GuitarjonSDS Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I was messing around with Helix 2.50 this week and the sounds I'm getting here have blown me away! I used to really love the HBE and BE amps in my Fractal but something about the Placater amp is just really special. Still love those but I do prefer this one now. The notes really 'jump out' in a pleasant way and it has tonnes of definition. The low end also is very tight so it actually works well for many different types of tunings. Very cool that they added the Sat, C45 and HBE switch options too. The Cali Texas Ch2 was a very pleasant surprise too. I hadn't used a lot of Lonestar emulations in the past so I didn't really know what to expect but I'm very stoked about the tones I'm getting for clean and low-gain tones. It's kinda the link that was still missing from the Helix.... That HBE too actually. Now it would be cool to see amps like the EVH 5150 III added and rare stuff like a Randall Satan or something haha! Another very cool thing was that they added all the 'old' M-series effects. I mean, those effects are still really of high quality and I enjoyed the crap out of them in my old colored M series multi effects. I'd say we're getting an entirely new fx modeler's worth of content.... for free. So yeah, I can't be anything else than positive about this. I made a video to demonstrate these amps with my new 7-string Ibanez. It has a swamp ash body with Dimarzio PAF-7 pickups. Sweet guitar, was really happy with the tones I got. Also used Helix for bass this time around and I'm very happy with the results I got there.... How are you guys digging the new amps?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-dYVUXinn4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJarvis Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 DUDE, that was really cool, love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredzilla1964 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Seriously. ... Inspiring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGblade Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 awesome track John! really love the be and lonestar too, they both replaced my go to amps in helix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verne-Bunsen Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hear, hear, what an update it was. I always enjoy your videos, thanks Jon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarjonSDS Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 Thanks for checking out the video and for your kind words! Above all, I'm just so stoked about everything Line 6. They're doing such a great job, especially right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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