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i think my longest stint with a digital / hybrid/digital rig is coming to a close, lol at least for my live rig. it has been a solid 2-3 years i think - maybe more. I'm not selling my helix but i just ordered a korg pitchblack tuner and coppersound triplegraph. ever since i saw that rig rundown with End where he mentioned how cool the triplegraph is I have had my eye on it. the board I'm planning will also have my keeley ts9dx for a boost, fortin zuul mini, and eqd afterneath. going to keep it pretty pretty simple.
seeing Hoods last night was so amazing and was def the tipping point. dudes triple recto totally slayed. I like my tone with the helix in the fx return a lot but in the back of my mind I just keep thinking a tiny bit of something is missing compared going into the front of the amp with a few pedals. hard to describe... just the immediate powerful organic attack you get with a real amp gets lost a little with whatever digital stuff helix adds or takes away. the helix is amazing but I don't really use a ton of effects for this band so if I am using the helix primarily for amp tones with an actual amp I might as well just use the actual amp haha. thankfully I still have my pedal train board and case and voodoo labs pedal power so this little experiment isn't going to be that expensive. setup and tear down should be pretty comparable to using the helix once i get the board all wired up.
I'm going to keep the helix for practice at home and who knows maybe ill switch back at some point. life is a journey. just have fun with it and find your own sound.
seeing Hoods last night was so amazing and was def the tipping point. dudes triple recto totally slayed. I like my tone with the helix in the fx return a lot but in the back of my mind I just keep thinking a tiny bit of something is missing compared going into the front of the amp with a few pedals. hard to describe... just the immediate powerful organic attack you get with a real amp gets lost a little with whatever digital stuff helix adds or takes away. the helix is amazing but I don't really use a ton of effects for this band so if I am using the helix primarily for amp tones with an actual amp I might as well just use the actual amp haha. thankfully I still have my pedal train board and case and voodoo labs pedal power so this little experiment isn't going to be that expensive. setup and tear down should be pretty comparable to using the helix once i get the board all wired up.
I'm going to keep the helix for practice at home and who knows maybe ill switch back at some point. life is a journey. just have fun with it and find your own sound.
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