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That’s the whole thing! These days it’s really hard to tell especially when it’s in a song environment

Yeah man, interested to see what it would be like in front of a good amp 😂 yeah man, it’s basically a loose connection because I run it directly into the camera, thought I’d be clever and not wear in ears to monitor 😅

Thank you mate! Really appreciate the comment x

Thanks for your comment and glad it was helpful!

So basically I’ve purchased a cue pack online that has a lot of the cues there but you can record them yourself. And usually you’ll load them up in any recording software and then put them the same side as your click track and then make sure they’re fairly audible and then when the click track gets fed to your in ears the cues come and the same time too. So you basically pan all instruments the audience is going to hear one side and then you pan everything just the band is going to hear the other 😌 hope that explains it and thanks for commenting!

@@DavidMarkThomasMusic Can you provide a link to the one you purchased? Thanks!

Exactly that! I find that the playing takes a back seat at this point and as long as everyone is enjoying that’s all that matters to me!

Yeah it’s such a good feeling too! It’s just night and day plugging straight into an amp as opposed to straight into a multi fx where it takes a little longer to get the tones!

Thank you for commenting! Yeah this definitely has some real gems built into it. And you know what, it's not really meant for heavy lifting it's supposed to be a practice tool so how useful!

Thank you very much for the comment and I’m glad I gave some insight 🙌🏼 I realised I rambled soon I’ll do an actual practical video to show how I’d actually relearn how to play 😂

Thank you for your comment! Yeah I get you, I have a video coming out this Friday about a device that probably saved my playing just purely for that reason you mentioned, it’s really difficult because playing guitar requires some sort of gear unless like you say acoustic playing!

Thanks for commenting! Yeah that’s a great point, we have a completely silent stage usually and it’s literally just drums.

@@DavidMarkThomasMusic I have to do the same for a church gig. It really lacks the human element makes me feel isolated from the other band members. Maybe I’m just a control freak but I like to be able to have some understanding of how loud I am compared to the other instruments for real. when I played direct with the helix at church, I’m totally at the mercy of the sound guy as to my level. Sometimes it’s great other times I’m completely buried in the mix and I might as well have not even learned all the parts because no one can hear them.

Thank you for commenting! Yeah I get you. The high end thing is quite frustrating on times, feel like sometimes I’m rolling the EQ because all the way to like 6k which seems insane to me! Amps are the real deal but I think place for both

Thank you for commenting! I’ve never played through a kemper or a katana, to be honest, I haven’t played through a lot of things because I’ve just used what works for me and I’ve been lucky enough to make a living using what I’ve got, but maybe I’ll have to check them out and make a couple of videos I’ve heard the katana is epic! And obviously the kemper is notoriously known for being wicked good

@@DavidMarkThomasMusic Interaction is what keeps us going !...The Kemper is pretty cool I think, but I did a Jam day recently with the Boss Katana and was pleasantly surprised, though I found the setting up a bit iffy.,

Thank you for commenting! Yeah I pretty much have my go to preset unless it’s for a specific gig I rarely change it up!

I’ll have to check them out! Thanks for commenting!

Thanks for your kind words and for commenting! I 100% agree with the clean sounds, it’s a constant uphill battle I find, I’ve been thinking about maybe getting the universal audio dream to run as a clean amp into my helix but yeah they’re not the best they have to be really dialled in. And I gigged with just amps for 7 years but mainly solid state and some other bits. 4 years with this amp which is really really nice. And yes! We’ve definitely come round to that time that players are so young and they’ve had it so good really that they’ve never really known what a good amp in a room sounds like! And anyone that’s ever used one extensively knows that they’re always longing for something that the amp can give them. But yeah, sorry for the clickbait title 😂 when I meant guitarists I meant me 😂 Thank you so much for this though I’ll have to give that video a watch!

That’s cool! What amp do you run if you don’t mind me asking?

Thank you for commenting and great point! I personally haven’t, so I wouldn’t have a clue that’s why this is more just amp based as opposed to amp vs modeller because I’m not qualified really 😅

Thanks for commenting and I definitely see your struggle. I’ve felt the same that I’ve been chasing my best tones since I stopped using my amp! All logistical for me 😢

😂😂 this could be a great helix patch name!

@@DavidMarkThomasMusic By the same token a helix could make a great headstone for someone, with their name and age as a patch name 😁👌

Thanks for commenting! What amps do you use if you don’t mind me asking?

@@DavidMarkThomasMusic I have a Fender Princeton a Bugera 55w and a very old Vox AC 30 circa 1960

I bet that’s a wicked combo!

@@DavidMarkThomasMusic it is I lean towards the AC.30 For most gigs

Thanks for commenting and that sounds sick would love to hear that setup!

@@DavidMarkThomasMusic it’s fairly ordinary - the guitar first hits a Hudson Broadcast which gives it an initial clean boost and transformer isolation from the rest of the chain. Then an origin effects Cali76, couple drive pedals, a chorus, and an Origin Effects Magma 57 for the amp drive topology (and harmonic tremolo). Then via a reverb and delay (which one depends on what I am doing but mostly I am using an earthquaker devices Avalanche Run now) and a Two Notes CAB-M which usually runs a Hiwatt Fane speaker cab sim

Thanks for commenting and yes the modelling or ampless set up is great for in ears! I find with my amp it sounds a lot different in the room than it does mic’d up (obviously many variables)

Yeah I get you! It’s so instant with an amp you just tend to get an idea of how it sounds instantly!

Some good points here! Yeah I definitely feel my helix is more than capable of doing every gig I ever do. My thing is sometimes is just that the amp I have I can switch on and I don’t have to do too much tinkering so it’s very much a luxury at this point. I have no doubt the helix could handle it though it’s a beast!

Amps still have a use. Last show I did FOH for a monitor failed, so having a guitar amp available helped a lot. Also the fact it was an Orange with the "Bedroom" switch for really low power also helped massively. However you are right that hyperbole around these topics on social media doesn't help. Use whatever you want, just understand it and use it well, nobody really needs the power of a modern modeller and nobody needs a vintage tube amp to sound great. Also I'm tired of hearing about "feel", it never gets brought up in a blind test...

Oh and the trend for "FRFR" speakers... It's just a powered monitor. There's one on the floor at most venues. I know that contradicts what I just said. But if a guitarist is going to bring an amp, just bring a typical guitar amp.

@@3rdStoreyChemist You can’t change the type of speaker with each preset of you bring a traditional amp. And maybe that’s fine for you, but it’s not like there are zero circumstances where it’d be handy.

@@OtherTheDave I wouldn't argue that there isn't a use for such a feature. However for the vast majority of musicians playing typical small venues, it provides zero benefit with more drawbacks than benefits. The EQ controls on an amp, as well as other EQ options such as EQ pedals and tone controls pedals do the work of placing your guitar where you require it. A speaker is a more broad frequency response. But because anyone can access countless IR's, it's essentially being used in the place of pretty basic EQ'ing and with less control. That huge change in tone every guitarist is suddenly discovering is what you're giving FOH to work with when changing IR's within a usually pretty static mix around it. Which is the whole point, social media always blows up all sorts of aspects of a signal chain and create trends for each aspect. Right now speakers are in vogue.

you can have your nihilistic take, but the dissonance between you suggesting the audience "didn't care" while making a video wondering why so many ppl cared is hilarious

That’s absolutely fine and music is subjective so of course you’re entitled to your opinion. And I meant the live audience, nobody there seemed to care it’s just the guitar community that’s providing the outrage

Yeah she's a great player!

I completely agree and this is exactly my point! The guitar community is reacting a bit strangely towards H.E.R and I’m just here trying to shed some light on how it all works, she is an amazing guitarist!

What’s the point of a music/ song contest without live music?? (Pointing at you ESC) When every instrument was live at the platinum jubilee, it was no big deal. The Brit’s just do it without big comments. America and the rest of the world can’t play live even in small awardshows like the Swiss music award😂 The music mega shows should make real music again👀🥴 Understandable that the Super Bowl doesn’t do it. But all other occasions, don’t get it:(

@@jimi272 This is a great point! A lot of the British jubilee stuff seems to be live!

There’s definitely room for improvement there! Some do provide a good starting point but I definitely get your point some are really dodgy 😂

Thank you for commenting appreciate it! Yeah I actually just improv in the videos I make. I suppose it’s just about listening to your favourite players and getting what you can out of them that’s probably the easiest way I found!

Hi, I have one joyo gate of khan (iron man series too) same size this pedal and it doesn't flip when I step on it. cheers.

Try to repair it with an electrical engineer. My ehx memory toy had the same problem and my friend added a piece of metal (like a clip) between two things and it was solved. Good luck!

Damn, I've this problem too, this pedal has a noise doesn't matter if it's on or off! :( Someone would can help me?

Thank you! Appreciate it!

Thanks! It was a TS808 Clone!