Line 6 Helix - Dialing In The Cali Texas Ch. 1 & 2 (4 Snapshots)

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After very quickly exploring the new Cali Texas Ch. 1 in yesterday after Helix 2.60 came out, I thought it would be fun to dive a little deeper into the new model and combine it with the previous Ch. 2 model to create a preset incorporating the entire amp. I hope you all enjoy this and the preset is available up on CustomTone here for those who are interested:
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Thanks so much for watching and please subscribe to my channel if you are so inclined...

[@airproofer]

Jason--I love what you did here. Had a gig this past weekend (classic rock, more or less)--lived on this patch most of the evening. Such great tone and versatility! Thanks much for the patch and for all of your insightful videos!

[@JasonSadites]

My pleasure and so glad to hear that it is working out so well for you :-)

[@domingolantigua881]

Thanks so much for this. I imported it into my HX Stomp (Helix preset viewer helped). Closest I've gotten to my Blues Jr. Tone!!! Running Blues Jr out of main outputs, Headrush FRFR out of send. both amps sound really close. When starting, the tone was very tubby until I messed with the cabinet cuts. Thanks again, and don't forget us HX Stomp guys

[@JasonSadites]

My pleasure Dom :-) More HX Stomp content coming up...

[@CRP2426]

Just Beautiful. Thank you for doing this, you show , Teach & inspire me everytime. Can't wait for your new album, hope to hear the Helix used as a tool for your music. Thank you for Sharing!

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much for the kind words Carlos :-) It really means a lot! The new album is all recorded and mixed and now just working on the final touches (artwork...etc.) Shouldn't be long now! It is all Helix tones for the whole album...Thanks again!

[@InGratitudeIam]

Excellent work, Jay! What's so amazing about this new model is how easy it is to dial in tones. I had a Lonestar Special. And, while I could get great tones from that beast (78 lbs to be exact), it could take quite a bit of time to dial things in "just right." It had a lot of knobs. So, not only is this new model much easier on my back, it is so amazingly quick to dial in! Thanks for taking the time.

[@JasonSadites]

My pleasure and thank you :-) Very glad you like it! It really is an easy model to get dialed in pretty quickly!

[@RickSanchezChannel]

Well, Jason, as usual, very, very tasty and excelently executed! You never fail to deliver my brother! Keep it rocking!

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much for the kind words Rick :-) Much appreciated and so glad you enjoy!

[@rhodriwilliams8111]

Ah man that is a great sounding preset! Thanks so much, you're the man!

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much and my pleasure Rhodri :-)

[@riosax1536]

Once again great , great tones Jason , loving this amp really got to try this with my Clapton style Strat ! Thanks so much

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much Alan and my pleasure :-) Let me know how it sounds with your Strat...

[@matthurtguitartuition]

I own a Lonestar 2x12 combo and a helix, but have only just made the updates from firmware 2.54 to 2.81. It seems like these models react very similarly to the real amp, which is incredibly bass heavy very responsive. Great demo! (Plus the amp is so loud that even on a medium stage size I’ve never been able to crank that master volume so I’m going to have a lot of fun with this model haha).

[@JasonSadites]

Thanks so much and really glad you enjoyed :-)

[@1086Guitarwanker]

Thank You J for your inspiration You rock!!!!!

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much and my pleasure Gene :-)

[@1086Guitarwanker]

BTW downloaded and listened to some of your Music "That's gonna Leave a Mark" love it!! Ala Fusion Jazz Rock

[@LaminarSound]

Despite how wonderful the AC30 and Deluxe verb models sound(those are typically my go tos) i cant turn off this Lonestar Ch 1. Actually ive got it coupled with the Placater Clean in full stereo. Running my full pedalboard into the Stomp with Neunaber Expanse in the stereo loop. Mind blowing tone. I could one ever dream of this tone when i was using real amps. In love. Great video Jason. As always my friend.....

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much Sean :-) The Lonestar is a really great amp model for sure!

[@musicgearnetwork]

Beautiful!! Tasty chops and great setup bro! I will have to experiment more with these amps.

[@JasonSadites]

Thanks so much buddy :-) I am really liking this amp model!

[@marcelblade]

first! always stoked to see new Sadites video's. love the new clean channels.

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much MarcelBlade :-)

[@Hansaikouwen]

Very nice indeed!!

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much Hans :-)

[@map70]

Very Nice Jason!

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much Mark :-)

[@jasonmaltz7040]

Jason, thanks so much! This sounds amazing. I loaded this one on my LT today. Completely blown away! Question, I noticed a huge volume jump between snapshots. Do you recommend bringing down the master volume on each or should I adjust for the volume in another way? I do not want to kill the amazing tone that I am getting out of this one.

[@JasonSadites]

My pleasure and so glad you like it Jason :-) If you need to balance the volume between snaps at all don't use the Master as that will change the tone. Use the Ch. Vol. or the level control in the Output block. Hope it works out for you alright...

[@kevindrewsmusic3153]

Nice video as always Jason! Thx :) i wonder what the 3 ladys on the wall in the back think since you give the revstar so much love :P Is it your favourite guitar at the moment? It sounds really great! Greetings

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much Kevin :-) I am afraid to look at them back there...lol there is actually 7 of them....

[@JonnyLeeguitarist]

Nicely done my friend , that Yamaha guitar sounds awesome 👏.

[@JasonSadites]

Thanks so much buddy :-) Yeah I am liking that Yamaha, very nice!

[@PieterJordaanWillem]

Beautiful! I think this is my favorite clean amp of them all. I keep wondering how you decide that the split cross should be used rather than the tonestack of the amp?

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much and so glad you like it :-) It is more of an instinctive decision to be honest. I will usually mess with the tone stack to get a feel for what the controls are doing and then decide whether I can get what I need out of them or use the split x-over. Also, the split gives a more broad control when set where I usually set it. Not sure if that helps at all, but I hope so :-)

[@PieterJordaanWillem]

Thanks that makes sense. I will just have to train my ear and intuition some more.

[@JasonSadites]

I always say just start making changes and seeing what you like and don't like and you will usually quickly learn the moves that work for you :-) Best of luck with it!

[@MrStephenlederle]

how do you monitor your tones, in the room? Im torn between my powered monitor wedges and my studio monitors. I'm more interested in setting up patches for live work with a full band (bass, drums, and 2 guitars) as opposed to use for recording.

[@JasonSadites]

For the videos I usually use my studio monitors which are Tannoy Reveal 502. I recently received a Mission Gemini 2 which I will be using on some upcoming presets and I will have a PowerCab+ in the near future also. If you are trying to dial in for live I would probably use your monitor wedges at close to stage volume to make sure you are going to hear what you want when using them live. Hope that helps a little :-)

[@MrStephenlederle]

Jason Sadites thanks ,Jason. It's more of a confirmation of my instincts. Is the Powercab really a good solution to live monitoring on stage? I don't want to fall to the hype. I don't have anywhere close that sells them so hands on time will be zero. I respect you opinion. Love you videos.

[@JasonSadites]

Thanks for the kind words and my pleasure :-) I have only had the PowerCab in my studio for one afternoon thus far, so have never tried it live yet. My first instinct is that it would do a very nice job live. It is a really great sounding monitor and very flexible with its built in speaker emulations. But again that is just from my first impression in the couple hours I had with it.

[@MacEffie]

Love your video's. Just have a small question. I have Helix LT 2.60 and there is only Cali Texas Ch2 and nowhere I can find ch 1? Any idea's on that?

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you MacEffie :-) Is it showing up on the hardware unit but not on HX Edit? If so, you will need to update your HX Edit software to the latest version also. Hope that helps...

[@MacEffie]

Thxs Jason for the quick responce and you were right. Had to update my software version as well. Hope you will be making nice video's in the future for a long time. If you have ever time to make a patch and no inspiration (but i don't think you have :) ) maybe you can think of Ted Greene (The Chord Chemist). He was a phenomenal guitarplayer with a very nice sound. One of the many KZbin movies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHXYlphsl9GpoJo

[@JasonSadites]

My pleasure :-) I love Ted Green, I will hopefully be able to get to a tone like his in the future...thanks for the suggestion!

[@otborgen]

Would be so cool if you made a Philip Sayce video!

[@JasonSadites]

I love Philip's playing :-) You never know! I may try and do that at some point...

[@3lackwoodmusic]

So basically what you're saying is I should sell my 1x12 Lonestar and buy the HX Stomp?

[@JasonSadites]

Haha, Jeff! I don't remember saying that :-) lol But it could work for you nicely!

[@turaly0n]

do you press ctrl when you click to engage snapshots on the parameters? I always rightclick and select snapshot but that takes a long time

[@JasonSadites]

I just started using Ctrl+number and it is much faster :-)

[@nicost72]

Hi Jason, through which monitor/s do you listen to the sound of Helix while doing these videos? Thanks!!!

[@JasonSadites]

I am using Tannoy Reveal 502 monitors...hope that helps :-)

[@nicost72]

Thanks!!! I have the Tannoy 802's through a Scarlett 2i4 and I often have a lot of bass frequencies I find hard to handle... Any suggestion apart from Low cut?

[@JasonSadites]

My pleasure :-) I would start by not being afraid to keep going higher with the low cut until you get rid of the low end. You could also try using the distance control on the mic and move it back until the lows are under control. Hope that helps :-)

[@nicost72]

Thank you!

[@rockgooby]

Great video Jason. I'm unable to load this preset into my helix, getting error 8312.....would you be able to help me here, many thanks

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you so much Martin :-) Do you have the latest HX Edit installed? Sometimes having an older version can be the problem. Hope that helps!

[@rockgooby]

Cheers for reply Jason I'm on hx edit 2.52 not sure is it latest but trying to update regardless..no joy

[@rockgooby]

YES!! Got the thing updated....thanks again Jason

[@prs22gt10]

Great player and informative video but the constant legato noodling gets old really fast.

[@JasonSadites]

Thank you :-) There is this great feature on KZbin that you can take the little slider and skip over parts you don't like.

[@prs22gt10]

Thanks for the reply! I'm still subscribed and will watch whenever you post. But as my son would say...."dude play a song". It's all good. Peace!

[@JasonSadites]

Actually, I think I will continue doing things exactly as I have been and you can skip what you don't like. You could also start your own channel and put yourself out there for others to listen to and then you can play whatever you want for your videos. You could even "play a song" if you want.

[@prs22gt10]

You're right. Please accept my apologies.

[@JasonSadites]

No worries :-)