Line 6 Helix HIGH GAIN AMP SHOOTOUT! with Ownhammer Impulses

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

00:00 Intro 01:32 PV PANAMA in mix 03:10 CALI IV LEAD in mix 04:48 ANGK METEOR in mix 06:27 ARCHTYPE LEAD in mix 08:05 REVV GEN RED in mix 09:44 CALI RECTIFIRE in mix 11:21 REVV GEN PURPLE in mix 13:00 LINE 6 BADONK in mix 14:37 PV PANAMA isolated 16:16 CALI IV LEAD isolated 17:53 ANGL METEOR isolated 19:32 ARCHTYPE LEAD isolated 21:11 REVV GEN RED isolated 22:49 CALI RECTIFIRE isolated 24:27 REVV GENN PURPLE isolated 26:05 LINE 6 BADONK isolated 27:43 Final Thoughts

[@graeme941]

Nick was the revv purple just the same settings as the red couldn’t see them in this video

[@SonicDriveStudio]

OOHHHHH YEAH! :) Killer content bro!

[@frankjager1647]

The Revv Purple had the best sound to my ears. But this is a hell of a good video people who say "You can't do metal with [insert amp here]!"

[@Aaabii]

Thank you for making this video with a 6 string. Because enough...

[@jackgane1013]

Thank you for introducing me to the Revv Gen Purple! Always used the Cali Rectifier or PV Panama in the past, but the Purple is just a gain machine.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

PV Panama sounded killer here btw!

[@pearmainstudios3942]

its john

[@infosecdotexe9080]

I love those day of the dead skulls that are on your bookshelf, but man that revv gen purple amp just screams. \m/

[@graeme941]

Nice was the revv purple the same settings as the revv red as u can’t see the settings for purple in the video

[@tgstk2]

Just got a helix and stumbled on your channel in the big pool of helix channels and videis. Although I mistly play metal and on high gain amps i love yoyr content and make me understand the helix before i unboxed it.

[@johnbeamon]

I was surprised how similar they all sat in a full mix, with only a couple of mid-scooped exceptions. I think that had something to do with you dialing the mids and bass, sometimes pretty extremely. It raises the question, do people who choose a brand on purpose use its idiosyncrasies to define their Sound or dial them to sound alike?

[@germanmartynenko2350]

I think it depends. In my case it's "dial them to sound alike") I owned a Marshall JCM2000, got tired of its spiky highs and switched to something completely different like Mesa DC-5 Dual Caliber. When I brought it to the studio and tweaked all those knobs, my bandmates said "so what's the point, you sound completely the same". So I do dial up the tone I have in my head on pretty much anything, Orange, Mesa, Diezel, Peavey, Marshall. The difference is very subtle and I rather feel it than hear.

[@lebebop1682]

I use to choose the Cali Lead for every heavy souds for almost 2 years, than I switched to the Badonk and got awesome results ,but now, I use the Revv gen Red, it's just the king.. EDIT : Coming back home with the Cali Lead. That amp just make me feel good.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Love the Revv too

[@Kevn1215]

I use both the Revv gen red and Badonk on two separate paths. haven't found a better metal tone

[@lebebop1682]

@@Kevn1215 Yeah I tried that some time ago, because a wanted to add those "highs and punch" of the Badonk to the Rev who got a more "full and thicker" sound, but I couldn't manage to make a better tone than with the Revv alone. But by scooping the mids of the Revv at around 3.0, I got what I wanted, which is kind of a Petrucci tone. Full and rich but with a lot of clarity, almost "liquidy".

[@kaxisa1]

Great shootout man! the Revv Gen Purple sounds massive!

[@donovanrebbechi3334]

I liked the sound coming out of the Mesas in this video (especially the Mark IV). Usually I don't care much for the Mesa rectifier sound (very scooped, a bit flubby) but you've really tightened it up here by pushing the mids very hard and near maxing out the tone. The "Panama" seems to lack the midrange punch of the real thing (not just here, in other videos too). The Badonk sounds really sweet as usual, leaves me wondering if there's some merit in the vendor building tones from scratch instead of trying to clone an existing amp.

[@milsamilsa-is8uv]

OMG. Man. I've seen some of your videos earlier, but this is kiìiiiiiiiller. Man you are for sure king of helix heavy tone. Guys from Line6 should sent you a truck of money. You should start to sell your presets.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Appreciate the kind words my friend. I actually do have two presets for sale on my website, nickhillmakesmusic.com

[@thomasl1260]

Very good shootout. Keep up the good work!

[@goliat2606]

Hello. Anyone can help me? I have problem with volume of Helix LT output, its very low. I connect Helix via USB as interface. When i want to play with backing track from YT, i have to turn down volume of backing track to 1/3 because volume of guitar from Helix is very low. How can i fix it? Meaby its normal with Helix?

[@joeconti3599]

Nick...on the Rev gen purple try bass at 5...mids at 8 to ten....treble at around 3. I know it may sound weird on paper but try it....sounds a lot better than I expected

[@thebunn]

All the tones are typical of Nick Hill. They are all KILLER. The thing I'm most hyped on is the riffs. AWESOME riffs man!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Yeah, those riffs are SICK!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Thanks Bro’s! I appreciate it

[@Xaeldaren]

Such a sick video! I was just thinking about this kind of shootout as I'm considering the Pod Go. The only thing I'd have liked is to see the Friedman included.

[@schause]

since ive bought a helix floor i found a video on your channel for pretty much every question i had. you rule. also cool that you have the same guitar so i can pretty much use the exact same settings, haha

[@bflippsytrance]

PV Panama and Revv Purple sounded best in this shootout in my opinion.

[@Terribleguitarist89]

Now let's stack all the tracks panned all over for a wall of sound from hell experience...

[@lumpinator]

Yeah, another great video! :) I've also been trying out all of the high gain models on my helix since I bought it. I ended up on the Revv Purple but also on the German Uber which is quite funny because you excluded it entirely. I personally don't like the rectifier model and with the Panama I always hear strange low end rumbles like digital artefacts when palm muting. 🤔

[@mrfender5001]

I love those camera angles showing down the neck from the body and the head stock! Please keep using those. We love to see what your doing!

[@erotonelli]

just used the same configs and same IR, but it sounded nothing like the video. i'm having a little trouble to create a nice high gain sound on hx stomp XL. Any EQ recomendations? Thx, and nice tones, btw

[@ulfrohdin]

I wish you would have shown the settings for the Revv purple, that was my kind of tone!

[@rafaufaufau]

Same. :)

[@LeeJoRo]

i've had a HX stomp since christmas, and the revv purple is so far my favourite (with help from nick hill, and own hammer, ive managed to get a really good sound - however it needs tweaking in a live situation, but recording at home sounds good)

[@HOLD1]

Hi, checking in, Jason wade sent me, liked and subscribed music friend:)

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Cheers man! Thanks for being here

[@HOLD1]

No prob, came back! I just subscribed now, don’t know what happened the first time I did, take care.

[@barryprosser1370]

Doesn't matter because no matter what amp you are gonna make them sound brutal... FACTS! \m/

[@XMetalChefX]

Eric Johnson jazz 3?

[@dariogrijalba]

I don't understand why someone could dislike this! Great video as always Nick! thanks for sharing.

[@7urdFurg3s0n]

Solar guitar, so you know it's gonna chug! #OlaEnglund

[@OneMomentFromForever]

Great video. Would love to see another with some more amps. My fav was the revv gen red, perhaps that was the most Marshall sounding one to me

[@achilleszaluar5825]

great man! THANK you for this video!

[@Kamilnono]

Any chance to see what happens in the eq block? :)

[@BreakMeDownIT]

Hi Nick! Great video! Can I ask you what is the eq block for? I supposed for the ir cuts but I saw that you did it direct into the ir’s block....I think I missed something 😅

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

You’re right. I’m doing some additional EQ but Th ere wasn’t enough room on the screen to fit it all! Lol I’ll address this stuff in another video

[@BreakMeDownIT]

Nick Hill I’ll wait for it 😉

[@islanderwinder]

Have you ever considered doing a video about the Ugritone products , Mainly the TRVE cab loader & there different IR's

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

One never heard of em. I’ll check it out

[@codyhansonbass]

Can you share what parametric eq settings you used on the cali iv?

[@idanshahar]

Great vid and playing!

[@SwainBjornstrandt]

You are so awesome man

[@Ymiraku]

Cali IV sounds angry AF, sorta reminds me of lamb of god tone for some reason. Why didnt you do the Soldano though? that amp is brutal

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

I tried that amp... I couldn't get a good sound out of either to save my life

[@Ymiraku]

@@NickHillMakesMusic I think rig makes a massive difference to sounds. Im playing on passive custom 59 pickups on my esp horizon through mackie 50's and using OH 412 MES G80+V30 JS impulse which seems to sounds really thick and tasty to me. Soldano seems to give me some of the best metal tones but it could be a taste thing, I like that death metal type tone (really narrows it down). The tones you pull are amazing though man you really know what you are doing.

[@yaroslavk8637]

Nick, thank you for an awesome content! Could you add timecodes to easily compare those amps side by side, please?

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Yep yep. I’m sorry forgot about that!

[@yaroslavk8637]

@@NickHillMakesMusic Thank you very much!

[@aligejter]

Great riffs!

[@kwk111]

I have wondered, these guitar tones sound pretty bassy on their own, so does one have to employ some kind of EQ trickery to accomodate the bass guitar for the final mix?

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Hmm wonder what you’re monitoring on, because boy do I roll off a lot of low end. Also, I always roll off low end in the mix as well.

[@islanderwinder]

I usually use the REVV purple or the Badonk with guitars with hotter pickups ,but with guitars with lower wound pickups PAF style pickups like Gibson's , I don't really like how the Mids sound so for that i use the Friedman patch .

[@d77sauce]

Same here. I’m trying to think of another high gain amp that will sound good with my PAF guitar. Placater is good for sure

[@rafaufaufau]

Great tones, but can you show what is going on in the EQ block and maybe in rest of amp settings? :)

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Thanks for being here man. That wasn’t really the point of this video. It was a general shootout. I have a ton of other videos dialing tones on my channel for the nitty-gritty details. Cheers my Friend and thanks for being here

[@vejichan]

What are your favorite 3rd part or packs?

[@mosiek1]

can you share preset's ?

[@fearofnone2]

Hey dude looking on ownhammers site having a hard time finding that IR is it part of the california duo bundle?

[@AndrewStonerock]

I used the Panama and the Angl when I recorded my first album. I have switched to the Revv purple only for the second. All the high gain amps are great, but that Revv purple is just IT.. kind of like how the badonk is your fave...

[@ctld5266]

the revv purple is really great