Good stuff @shigginpit! Thanks!
Didn’t even think of the stereo aspect of the line in. I have the V2 so I think it’s a button combo but you’re right, it’s currently set to stereo. I’ll have to change that.
This guitar plays fantastic with pedals. Would have been better not knowing that, don’t need another thing to obsess over and throw money at!
Do you have an EQ pedal, or does colorbox have any EQ settings? Again, your acoustic specifically may not need it, but I’ve always found that an acoustic with an electric pickup will benefit from a little extra eq if you want to hit the sweet spot.
Colour box handles the EQ. Does an amazing job! I can’t say enough about that pedal!
Preamps are always first in chain for meeeee:)
Interesting, so there’s no real set way of doing it. I was using the DI out of the Colour box so I assumed it had to be that way.
A preamp would usually come before anything you want to amplify, a DI is often bringing the level up before going into a mixer. The pedal itself sort of confuses the issue by being both, but it’s typically the job of a DI pedal to bring levels up to that of a mixing desk.
I’m pretty sure the color box is more of a preamp but I haven’t looked into it too heavily.
If it were me, Id go, guitar to colour box and any config after that…usualy stereo stuff last…
All good stuff!
So I technically don’t need the DI aspect for recording into line level inputs(assuming that’s the 404)?
I think the output will be fine going through the delay pedal into the 404 but watch your levels, start low to make sure the delay feedback doesn’t scream.
Awesome!
One of the reasons I stayed away from pedals is I knew it would take time away from actually playing. That said, once you dial in a sound it’s so easy to get lost in it and helps creatively!
I guess I out grew my ghetto white claw pedal board now! Going to have to get creative!
Just seen an email from Line 6
They’re updating the Helix hardware this year, taking preorders now.
I’m happy with my Helix floor, haven’t felt the need to look for anything else, but it’ll be interesting to see how they approach their next generation of modelling
Edit - forgot the link
Yeesh, eye watering prices, although I haven’t had my eyes on that price point in quite some time so maybe with Neural and Kemper as options that’s where things are today. Still…
I’m still happy with my HX Stomp.
No doubt the advances in Helix Stadium will eventually trickle down to the HX family.
Craig Anderton is in LA for the Helix 10th Anniversary party. He posted this among other stuff:
If you do solo gigs with backing tracks, the Showcase playback/automation engine is a HUGE advancement with no other equivalent
He also stated if you are primarily a studio/home user, “just wait until the Native version comes out and you’ll get the better amps.”
So earlier this week I was trying to figure out if I could squeeze Lossy tones out of the 404MKII and discovered that one of the reverbs on it if cranked will start to feedback on itself. The effects chain I came up with (Reverb into Cassette Sim into Super Filter into Lo-Fi) made some pretty Sonic Youth sounding tones and I was listening to Lee Renaldo this week, so I decided to try to do something along those lines.
The guitar is my telecaster into the SP404MKII with that effects chain above and the built-in amp sim. No other pedals. I did add the tiniest bit of delay in Logic so that the tail didn’t cut off so abruptly, but it’s almost entirely SP-404MKII for the guitar sound.
Sounds great!
i tend to use over drive and delay only but for a long while i used the natural amp break up and the volume on my guitar and that was it no pedal s straight through - still think its the best way to focus on th playing, that said its nice to get lost in a delay pedal
Theres something special about a maxed out amp being cleaned up by rolling off the input from the guitar.
My kids friend found this beauty in the garbage! Who throws shit out like this, jerks!
He let me borrow it for a bit. It’s awesome!
I want to restring it for him but having a hard time determining whether it’s soprano or a concert.
banjolin or bukelele?? (no guarantee that these are real words).
Banjolele is the most common
