soundog Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I've chased blues harp tone over the years as much as guitar tone, and the Helix is providing the best tone I've found outside of a musty old Fender Princeton amp. I prefer a Paul Butterfield sorta sound, using a Shure Unidyne 545 mic. Going direct into the Helix, I'm really liking the following block chain: 1) Mail Order Twin Amp/Cab, with treble and presence turned way down, drive to taste, lots of sag and bias for compression, the 57 mic at 1", and high cut set at about 4 kHz. 2) '63 Spring Reverb to taste. Straight into the PA. Yowsa!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooey Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Hah, I was just thinking about that the other day, wondering how Helix would do for Butterfield-like harp. Which BTW totally kicks it... One of the bands I was in in high school is planning a reunion(!?!), and we did a bunch of Butterfield. Don't know if our singer still plays harp, but theory is, I should have my Helix by then, and it's got a mic input. (Whole thing is kinda seriously scary, as in, I haven't played with or for anyone in, oh, 35 years or so, but maybe it'll get me back into it. I do still play a fair amount, and dig it, a lot, so we'll see how it feels. Yee ha!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck_R Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Oh man, now you've started me down another rabbit hole..... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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