StrayAlien

gunpointmetal, gunxsword, bbd_123, Thanks, I've been doing some more exploring. I think with the global guitar pad on and copying and noodling with some presets that sound okay I'll get there. I downloaded some quite high gain presets from the line6 web site and some actually sound pretty good on the strat. So, there is a formula in there somewhere that can have things sounds good - I just have to do the forensics and work backwards to learn what those presets do. Part of my education on modelling I guess. If I find the magic sauce I'll post back here. :-) Thanks again.

BBD_123: Thanks. typically about 1/3 volume (about '10 Oclock') or so.

rd2rk/davidsos, thanks for responding. The sound is the same with the DT100 headphones, so my feeling is it is not the 108. Unless the DT100 and the 108 have the same issue. The 108 takes a line level input so I've got that set in the LT global settings. I've not looked at the led on the 108 but will do tonight. Thanks. At this point, I'm only playing at domestic levels so nothing is being pushed. I have tried the TS808 with gain down thing as well but still the same. I only gave it a quick go, but will try some more. Thanks. I guess I really don't understand why people seem to pick up an LT, drop an amp/cab on a preset and get a great gain sound when it doesn't happen for me. At this point, after a spend of $1500 AUD the old Boss GT3 sounds better. Go figure! Maybe I should have got the GT1000 after all. Or the Katana. Sigh. All help appreciated. Greg.

Hi all, This is my first post here. I am a new helix LT owner and and am struggling to find any good medium to high gain tone. The lower end sounds pretty awful and, well, blobby or bubbly or flabby - not quite sure how to describe it. It lacks clarity and sounds like something breaking up. The guitar is a 1989 Fender US Strat with Seymour Duncan JB JR in bridge, Seymour Duncan hot-stack in neck, and the Fender OEM single coil in the middle. I have a headrush FRFR 108 and Beyerdynamic DT 100 studio headphones. The sound is the same in both. The cable is new, of good quality, and only about 6 feet long. For practically any medium/high gain preset I get the flabby bottom end. If I just drop an amp / cab onto a blank preset with some gain I get it. Clean sounds seem alright. * I have tried low cut from 80Hz through 150Hz or so with no difference. * The global guitar pad on helps but does not resolve it * I have played with every option for input impedance and even setting it to 10 I can still hear it. * It is there for all pickups, including the middle-position stock fender single coil, so we're not dealing with a 'high-output' pickup issue. If I just drop a (say) plexi / cab onto a blank preset I'll get it, no fiddling. From there it seems the only way to lose the flabbiness is to lower the master volume on the plexi. But then we lose gain. I have played with every setting there is inc the high & low cuts, the eq settings for the amp/cab. Bias, swag, biasx, etc etc but not much joy. I've soaked in mr Sadites vid on EQ and tried some stuff but no joy. I also have an Epiphone LP Custom 'midnight special' with EMG 81/85 pickups and needless to say it also gives the same result so it isn't dodgy wiring on the Strat. If I plug the guitar into my old Boss GT3 effects unit I get none of this on any gain tones. So at this point I am pretty much ready to take the Helix back - if I can. I mean, with a stock middle single coil it ought not to be getting any flabby distortion artefacts (if that is what they are). All help and advice appreciated. Greg.