Clean tones w/ Helix

[paulemurin]

Hey all, 

 

I have now done 5 gigs with my Helix LT. Overall, I'm very happy with it, and having a ton of fun. But the tone that I'm struggling the most to find is a good, ballsy clean tone. A hint of dirt maybe, especially when I dig in, but I generally want to be able to play a solo in the upper register and have it cut through the mix (above keys, drums, bass), and stay more or less clean. I'm getting pretty close w/ the "Archetype Clean" amp and goosing the mids, but there's room for improvement. Any thoughts/advice/tips? 

[cgar18]

This guy is great I have used alot of his ideas he makes great patches that you can adjust and tweak  a bit to get your type of tone.Like he alwsy says its will be differnt for everyone but he does a great job at giving me a great head start. https://www.youtube.com/user/gtr111/videos

[codamedia]

^^^ this ^^^

 

In particular, check out the "dialing in a brad paisley tone" for a ballsy clean tone with a hint of dirt as you are requesting. 

[JLondon]

Not sure exactly what style of music you're playing, but I like this one for a starting point.  Especially where he talks about EQ technique in getting rid of problem areas without affecting the whole tone.  You'd also have to search/watch another of his videos to learn about what he's doing with the split in signal.  He's made a template using that in his basic setup.  Happy New Year!