Any tips? can't find where this exists in the dials as they're so interactive and it's a slightly different kind of top end and high mids the amp brings (yeah ok maybe that's the answer but still..)
Things that help but don't work too well:
-Suhr koko v1 with toggle in the middle. it brings 'it'...
How do you use them, any tips?
Modded marshall type amp/ high gainer.
i use YA ones in STL libra and load amp with Suhr RL.
running everything at around -9db at the input.
I find that there’s always something missing; a perceived loss of gain, a constant need for boosting and something not...
Admittedly I'm biased in my belief and personal experience that if you play many high gain modules through the same power amp and cab/ IR they'll start sounding same-y after a while, IOW the back end matters so,, what would give that module a shot at being the best it can?
Could be a rack unit...
So, 2 years ago I felt an identity shift going back to my childhood dream of becoming a musician.
Short story, I was considered a bit of a guitar protégé in my early teens by the late 90s stds of my small local Greek community bc I could transcribe and play Zep and Sabbath solos by age 13. I...
So,, 2nd hand helios in. sounds great and does what I thought but...
the transformer hum is unlike anything I've heard before and bc of the proximity of the amp to my studio desk and the size of the room it bugs me a lot.
I'm going through a power regulator but also changing outlets, killing...
..and hopefully my last bc I can’t really afford many.
got bit by the bug here whilst looking for a rawer amp to sit opposite to my 101b and Shiva..
2015, 100W, Texan tolex.
made a -to me- reasonable offer and the seller accepted so now I’m waiting eagerly to get shafted by UK customs..
Can anyone tell me about them?
I’ve owned all other plus models, CL and SE and the regular STD which was great and the most balanced but lacked some gain so the plus appeals.
The STD plus has been described as open and raw which is the gap in my rig (got a 101b) and one popped up for good...
Always curious to know which of the rigs that forum-folk tend to talk about, buy or obsess over are still used on records, tours etc.
Ideally within the last 5-10 years, i.e. not the 90s when the XTCs, SLOs, CAAs etc were considered 'contemporary'.
45-50W or more, not talking princetons etc...
I've been drawn to it since I heard Luke and Danhage of Evergrey play one and really like how Reinhold voices his amps. The chewy low mids and fuzzy top end, both in varying degrees depending on the amp..
Question is, is the Helios 100W toothy and grainy? Hard to describe in more detail in my...