themetallikid Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I've been getting the itch to jam with some music like I used to when I was younger and stuff that isnt in my current live play lists. So I'm revisiting my Metallica days. I decided to create a preset that emulates each albums sorta tone. I'm only 2 albums in, but the Helix is amazing for this. Kill em all I simply grabbed the Mod2204 amp added a Stupor OD in front 0 gain/7.5 level, added a stereo cab with greenback 25/57 and mesa v30/160 combination and with minimal tweaking was in the ballpark for a nice early/mid 80's thrash type tone that worked well. Added a TS808 and a delay for some lead work and off to play The Four Horsemen I went. 10 minutes to create that tone. Ride The Lightning was my task today, more complicated tone to stay true to their setups. I believe they slaved Marshalls into Mesa power sections back in this time. I've never done this in Helix or tried it...so here I went. I grabbed the MOD2204 Preamp only block (bypassed initially), added a Mesa Rectifier amp block, kept the same cab combo as above, greenback 25/57 and mesa v30/160. I lowered the rectifier gain to 0.0 to where I was getting more just the power section. Even with gain on 0, I was getting a gritty cleanish sound...loved it. raised the master to about 6.5, lower the bias, raised the sag a bit and liked what I was getting. I then unbypassed the Mod2204, brought the gain up to about 6, hell everything to about 6 as a starting point. I lowered the sag, raised the master (what does this do with no power section?) and it was getting really close. Something was just off.....OH, they probably boosted the Marshall.. so added the Stupor OD as mentioned above...also added the Mesa EQ between the Mesa amp and Cab. Boosted 80hz about 1.5, 240hz about .7, cut 750hz about 1.2, boosted 2.2khz about 2db and 6khz about 1.5. Adjusted the Mesa amp settings to add more thickness and less bit by a touch....and then proceeded to enjoy Creeping Death and Ride The Lightning before shuffling off to work. All in all...this tone took about 15 minutes on a laptop with no mouse attached, that would have helped a lot. I mention all that cause I literally was telling my girlfriend that Helix is so amazing to be able to create those tones that quickly, that accurately, and it was fun to build them. I'm sure some final tweaking could be done, but when volume was balanced between my Helix and the Spotify audio....it was pretty tough to distinguish one from the other in a way (minus my mistakes, lol) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsulli Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Sounds fun! Mind tossing these up on CustomTone? I'd like to mess around with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themetallikid Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 I havent uploaded to customtone before. If you PM me an email I can just email the presets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsulli Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 And I can't see where to PM you...LOL. CustomTone is pretty easy to upload to, though: https://line6.com/customtone/upload/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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