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For what it's worth, I downloaded that patch from Customtone to see what I would find. My guitar is Strat-like but has DG-20 EMGs and is somewhat darker sounding. I do not use the input padding, fyi. I found it to be a fairly high-output patch and I had to roll the amp block channel volume way back to match the typical stock patch levels. You might check that you aren't clipping somewhere after the Helix, as that would affect the tone. Otherwise, it matched the tone from the video pretty closely when using the neck pickup. I missed a bit of the sparkle (typical for my "darker" guitar) but toggling the compressor off at the end of the chain brought it back. Good luck!

The "mix" parameter is your friend: set it at 70% or so to let some of the uneffected signal through.

If you haven't given up on them yet, I've had good luck with the rotary cabs by either running them in parallel with a normal cab, or by lowering the mix of the rotary cab block to 60% or so. Good luck!

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You will still get sound out of the tweed amp models unless you turn the Drive to zero, also. If you have both the Master and Drive at zero and are still hearing output, you must have some other output path set up somewhere.

I've gotten good cleans with the Twin, Hiwatt and JC120 models. In my experience, the hardest thing was getting the volume matched with distorted tones. Try cranking the amp's channel volume and throwing a compressor after the cabinet model. If you need bite on the attack, try one of the compressor models before the amp.

Guitar > tuner > Helix input > fx loop out > drop > fx loop in > Helix output

Good to know! Please add "solved" to the post title. This is a great reminder to always follow the advice of doing a backup before and a factory reset after firmware updates.

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I love the ability to override snapshot bypass for certain blocks!

It might sound counter-intuitive but try lowering the mix of the wah effect down to 75% or so. I have found that letting a bit of the unaffected signal through makes a big difference. Good luck!

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Exclusive EMG user here: I use the guitar input, no input padding and set the input impedance to 230k. I add gating to the input based on the type of patch: more gain = more gating. Good luck!

Another "ditto" for checking out the "templates" factory setlist. Great head start on your own patches.

From my direct experience, a VP Jr. with a mono patch cable in the output jack, leading to the exp. input of the Helix should work. I wonder if you need to roll the potentiometer backwards a bit in the pedal. It may have slipped against the string at some point. Also, does your pedal have a taper switch inside? You might try tweaking it, if so. Good luck!

Snapshots are your friend, here. You could make a snapshot in which you activate the pedal and lower the amps channel volume, for example. Good luck!

Resurrecting this old thread, because I've had a big epiphany with this setting. Using EMG DG-20 pickups, I've moved to leaving the pad off but setting the input impedance to 230k. This tames the spikey transients but still provides a good, strong signal to the modeller. As per some of the earlier advice, even my EMG DG-20 with the boost fully engaged won't cause input clipping. Good luck!

There is a factory "template" preset that features this scenario: Two Tones Blend. Maybe check there also? Good luck!

I actually recommended using footswitches 9 & 10 to reset setlists to factory, perform a global reset and clear IRs. This is more extensive than the option you mentioned above. Try it! https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/resetting-helix-globals-loading-the-newest-factory-presets/

I would do a complete factory reset: https://helixhelp.com/manuals/helix/resetOptions.html#helix-floor-lt If you are concerned about saving your IRs or presets do a backup first. Then after the reset, reimport them.

Perhaps a compressor before the pitch effect, to keep the signal more steady?

I really appreciate the footswitch edit mode on the Helix also: being able to tweak things without bending down is very convenient.

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