Gemmill 34470 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 And to do the last bit go to Global Settings > Ins/Outs > 1/4" Output ... and toggle it between Line and Instrument and see which sounds better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13847 Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Got you! Whilst we’re on about Helix’s @Gemmill… Do you know of any possibility of err extra buttons to stomp on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34470 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 20 minutes ago, Tom said: Got you! Whilst we’re on about Helix’s @Gemmill… Do you know of any possibility of err extra buttons to stomp on? Yep, this video will sort you out. You basically just buy an extra footswitch controller, but this bloke Scott Uhl is the king of explaining this shit so I'll hand over to him. He'll show you how simple it is to set them up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13847 Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Ah class, i’ll get watching! I just need a little more flexibility for live. Right now Ive got a Tubescreamer into a “Dark Dove” as a drive and it sounds unreal mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 7 hours ago, Blastronaut said: I think Boss are still making them, they're just not as cheap used anymore. Im sure there was a time you'd have struggled to even give them away. Actually maybe it was the original Heavy Metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4220 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 07/02/2024 at 19:22, sammynb said: Actually maybe it was the original Heavy Metal. That sounds more likely, they're definitely a bit of an acquired taste. I might be wrong but I think they stopped making them roughly around the same time the Scandinavian Death metal scene decided "this is our pedal!". Seems there's wazacraft reissues of that out now? Fuck knows who is buying them. On 07/02/2024 at 20:43, Andrew said: Is this a new version of the thing you (and I think maybe Gemmill?) got recently? For some reason I vaguely remember commenting about a fanned fretboard that this doesn't seem to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) On 07/02/2024 at 19:19, Tom said: Ah class, i’ll get watching! I just need a little more flexibility for live. Right now Ive got a Tubescreamer into a “Dark Dove” as a drive and it sounds unreal mind Fuck is the Dark Dove modelled on? I've just about had an aneurysm trying to work out what it's a reference to. Sure I'll kick myself. I've just seen there's a Zendrive patch on the Helix. Strikes me as something that might up your street and worth playing around with. Edit: a quick search suggests the dark dove is a fuzz that doesn't play well buffered signals so I'm assuming it's based on the Fuzz Face. I'm really curious now, especially since you're running it after a TS. I know a few folk that swear by running it after buffer Fuck sake, I hate what I've become, this is heavy anorak territory. Edited February 8 by Blastronaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13847 Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 The Dark Dove is a Russian Big Muff! I'll definitely give the Zendrive a blast like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4220 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 24 minutes ago, Blastronaut said: Is this a new version of the thing you (and I think maybe Gemmill?) got recently? For some reason I vaguely remember commenting about a fanned fretboard that this doesn't seem to have. Yep, a step into more affordable territory, about a grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 5 minutes ago, Tom said: The Dark Dove is a Russian Big Muff! I'll definitely give the Zendrive a blast like! Ah cool. Well ignore my edit about Fuzz Faces. The Zendrive is a serious favourite of mines. The voice control is a bit unconventional but really intuitive. It's basically "more gain on tap at the expense of low end frequencies" or "more low end but less gain on tap". Stacks really well with other overdrives too, but on its own it's basically the Hellacopters "High Visibility" sound. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 17 minutes ago, Andrew said: Yep, a step into more affordable territory, about a grand. If nothing else Strandberg really deserve some credit for surviving the 80's and 90's without ever really changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4220 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 6 minutes ago, Blastronaut said: If nothing else Strandberg really deserve some credit for surviving the 80's and 90's without ever really changing. I think you're thinking of Steinberger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 6 minutes ago, Andrew said: I think you're thinking of Steinberger Ah for fuck sake. Yeah you're absolutely right. I'll get my coat! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4220 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 minute ago, Blastronaut said: Ah for fuck sake. Yeah you're absolutely right. I'll get my coat! It is definitely not the first time you've done that while we've been talking about these guitars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 minute ago, Andrew said: It is definitely not the first time you've done that while we've been talking about these guitars For what it's worth when I was typing "I'll get my coat" I did think "this is definitely not the first time ive said that here". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Is it just me, it probably is, but the no headstock thing of both Steinberger and Strandberg (surely they must be related) freaks me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34470 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 It's class man. It never goes out of tune. And I can't tell you the difference of having a guitar that's actually properly balanced. It's not an aesthetic thing either, it's cos of the amount of wood removed from the body in their design, the only way to make it balance is by lopping off the headstock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: It's class man. It never goes out of tune. And I can't tell you the difference of having a guitar that's actually properly balanced. It's not an aesthetic thing either, it's cos of the amount of wood removed from the body in their design, the only way to make it balance is by lopping off the headstock. Funny you mention that, I've just finished building a jazzcaster/telemaster depending who you ask and have spent the last hour adjust the bridge to lose the buzz and get the intonation right, well as close as you can with a three saddle bridge. And still there is a slight buzz in the fucking B string! So over the weekend it will be clean the frets up and if that doesn't work and check the truss. I can imagine it's nice and light but the aesthetics just does not appeal, I'm not judging, to each their own. Edited February 9 by sammynb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34470 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Ah don't get me wrong, I'd love it if it weighed 2kg and looked like a tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 4 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Ah don't get me wrong, I'd love it if it weighed 2kg and looked like a tele. There's a guy here in Brisbane called Tym Guitars, who builds the occasional guitar - you have to be really lucky to get one, either perfect timing for when it goes on his site or for him to offer to make you one. Most of his guitars are a Mosrite shape but since covid he's started making them chambered bodies and out of pine laminate. He's got the weight for them down to about 3-3.5kg, which is impressive. https://tymguitars.com.au/products/tmi-custom-sbv-2022 https://tymguitars.com.au/products/tmi-custom-jrs-sb75-2022 https://tymguitars.com.au/products/tmi-custom-jrh-sb79 - Les Paul Jnr @3kg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34470 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Is he bong eyed, do you know? 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13847 Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 They’re cheap though $2400 AUS, whats that about £200? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1236 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 5 hours ago, Tom said: They’re cheap though $2400 AUS, whats that about £200? Lately I've been using that Chats song "the price of smokes has gone up again" as a rough guage of Aus Dollars to pounds. If it's was $48.50 for JPS a few years ago (and assuming Australia is taxing tobacco higher than we are) I'm assuming closer to £800-£1000. Insanely cheap for something like that that's handmade, even before thinking about the body being chambered. I quite like the Mosrite shape, It's all wrong at first glance but after a while something about it just works. Bit like that song Anthem by the Wildhearts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 8 hours ago, Gemmill said: Is he bong eyed, do you know? 😜 You never seen a Mosrite before Scotty? I dig that guitar and that's even before knowing that Johnny (the right wing nut job) Ramone loved them. 28 minutes ago, Blastronaut said: Lately I've been using that Chats song "the price of smokes has gone up again" as a rough guage of Aus Dollars to pounds. If it's was $48.50 for JPS a few years ago (and assuming Australia is taxing tobacco higher than we are) I'm assuming closer to £800-£1000. Insanely cheap for something like that that's handmade, even before thinking about the body being chambered. I quite like the Mosrite shape, It's all wrong at first glance but after a while something about it just works. Bit like that song Anthem by the Wildhearts. Our peso is worth about 50-52p, so like Tom says it's about £200 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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