Need advice on creating a particular tone, probably an AC30

[strabes]

I'm having trouble with the AC30 tones I'm getting on the helix. I'm having trouble balancing between being bright enough and becoming way too thin. Any advice? Here's what I'm going for:

 

Preferably keeping the amp clean with one drive pedal for the rhythm tone and a different one or stacking them for the lead. 

 

 

https://youtu.be/jyXy4AHAqF0?t=145

 

This is what I've come up with so far but it's sounding really thin. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2238260/Helix%20Presets/AC30%20Clean.hlx

[spikey]

 

and 

 

 with a free patch download.

[jbuhajla]

Worship Tutorials (as Spikey posted) has a LOT of presets and videos available. It's a great place to get ideas. 

[strabes]

Thanks for the tips. I ended up just grabbing the default AC30 Fawn Normal factory preset and increasing the gain a bit. Came up with this: 

 

https://youtu.be/8aRJNHI6EkM?t=43

 

I think it sounds freaking awesome. 

[DunedinDragon]

Thanks for the tips. I ended up just grabbing the default AC30 Fawn Normal factory preset and increasing the gain a bit. Came up with this: 

 

https://youtu.be/8aRJNHI6EkM?t=43

 

I think it sounds freaking awesome. 

Yep.  Great sound.

 

It's always hard to match up with a video like the one you posted at the beginning when you're using a guitar with different pickups from those used in the video.  But I think you nailed a great tone for that tele for sure.  I think people are too quick to try to jump to pedals on a lot of tones when a simple tweak of the gain knob will easily do the trick.