Best Twin I’ve ever heard. The damn things are so heavy and so loud, it’s rare that you get a chance to see what they can really do. I sold mine years and years ago and haven’t regretted it. Having the HX Stomp lets you experience all these great pieces of gear without breaking the bank. Great video as always. Nobody showcases the Helix technology better than you, in my opinion. 🤘🏻
I got to say you aren’t “experiencing” the gear that is in the Helix - just a cheap copy of of it. Massive difference in tone and feel when I play my vintage Twin compared to a Helix. Still a cool tool but not the same and I imagine most of the patches are similar in conduct.
@@electricj5 to each their own. I know a lot of people with great gear but they don’t have the ears to dial in great tone. Most of these classic amps require deafening volumes in order to really hear what they have to offer. I also know people that can’t figure out how to dial in great sounds with modeling technology.
@@electricj5 You can feed a modeller thru the front of the older Amps. And they do at a respectable volume sound just like those Large Wattage amps. I still have and use a Vox Tonelab se, it will push a tube amp into doing what it did back in the OLD Days. The settings on the real amp, just need to be set Neutral real clean setting, Set volume level of Amp. to comfort. ADD the modeller and set the modeller amp to all the tonal ranges like i make a Clean setting and then alter the Clean setting to the Pushed amp sound, usually MORE GAIN control. IT really works for gigging situations. I was astonished that it worked but GETS that FEEL that everyone seems to talk about.
That amp was one of the factory presets on my floor and it's the only one I use of them in fact with just a little tweaking it became my go to clean tone. It's the only preset that I've found so far where I can change from my PRS to my Strat and not have to worry about changing the patch because of different pickups. I have yet to put a tube screamer in place of the stock overdrive but after listening to this....I think I will. Thanks John!
I never managed to get this kind of noise from a twin, mind you, hard to set anything up with a loud AF drummer beside you. thanks for this. Oh, and have a fantastic day tomorrow!
Have a session tonight and my main board has a dead cable, but i have a hx stomp in the car…no presets for guitar on it(its a bass rig). I think you just saved my life with this video!!!
This video is so helpful. I think you might have unlocked the HX Stomp for me ! I've used your template/approach to make an AC15 version as well. Of course, all this is underpinned and validated by your impeccable musicianship. Thank you again.
One of the best guitar tones I ever heard live was from Charlie Whitney - Streetwalkers waay back, nid 70s. Les Paul into a Fender Twin. Real classy, both clean and driven. I didn't see any pedal'age but one never lnows what might have been 'behind the curtain' back then.
Excellent video sir, really like it when we can build the preset along with you and see your thought process. I will however say i think your jumper game is a little off this week.. I have high expectations for xmas next month..
Hi Johnathan. Firstly, love your content. It's opened me up to a world of music (Jazz) and tech that I had previously found too intimidating. Secondly, I'm considering going HX Stomp. I still love and use my valve amps, and will always own some - but the days of having 7 amps and 3 cabs are over for me. It's just not practical, they aren't all getting played. A Vox, a Fender, and something Marshall/Laney/Other (you get the idea) is all I need. The HX will be my main tool. Is it difficult for a newbie to learn this stuff? I don't really get into DAWs or much programming stuff, I work full-time and only have weekends for music. My current ampless solutions are a Humboldt Simplifier (good, very good in fact - but it still requires a large pedalboard) and my various single preamp pedals or my Hotone AMP (don't laugh! It's really quite good!) and either a NUX Solid Studio or GFI Cabzeus Stereo for the cabs/IRs. That's a lot of individual outboard tech units for what I want. The GFI and Humboldt can stay. They are probably the best at what they do (for now). But a few amps and a bunch of effects and the amp sim units can go - IF I can get my head around the Helix "thing". Kemper and AxeFX is like a foreign language to me, I just don't understand it. So I figured HX Stomp, based on fellow newbie's recommendations. Any tips or links to tutorials or anything at all that could help me would be wonderful. Thanks mate. Just because a Twin is a big girl doesn't mean she can't be sexy.
Hey Matt! So there's quite a lot of stuff on my channel where I'm building presets (like this one I suppose) which is different to some other folks who tend to use HX edit. Of all the modellers I've tried, the Helix stuff to me has the most straight forward user interface, though there's still a bit of a learning xurve. But it's a fun one
@@johnnathancordy Thanks mate. I'll check those out. The only thing that worries me is the screen. It seems awful small. I have terrible eyesight - idk if I could see it well enough. Guess I'll have to try one, idk how that's possible at the moment. I'll figure something out. Thanks again and congrats on your upcoming nuptials!
Good stuff. I have a TC Wiretap which is a little recorder in a pedal. I put it first in my chain and record strums and riffs. I then can play the recorded bits and dial in my pedal board and modeler settings without having to play the guitar at the same time. Been doing it for years now and find it is a time and back saver (for me anyway).
Maybe a random question and sorry if covered in a separate video - just discovered your channel and loving it! - why have the reverb on a parallel path? Isn’t that the same as setting it’s mix at a low %? Just trying to understand the thought process; I’ve struggled a bit with reverbs in HX in trying to get the balance right with how ‘real’ amp spring Reverbs are…
I think in theory it actually makes the dry tone louder, as if your reverb on the parallel path mix is set at anything other than 100%, the dry will be coming through from there too. It may be worth exploring the actual impact but that is the most obvious thing I can think of for why people might prefer it?
Awesome video and playing as usual! Love these videos where you choose an amp or pedal in the Helix and do these deep dives. When you drop the reverb on path b, do you normally stick with the y split or change to a/b split and why? Just curious since the y split and a/b split seem to be very similar
Hey Sean. That's an interesting question. I *think* a Y split will send equal signal to both sides of the split, whereas the AB has a relationship where as you increase signal down A, signal down B decreases? Need to look into that a bit more to be honest!
Indeed a great amp model in the Helix. Regardless I am jokingly tempted to ask “how many of these videos have you made”. Seems you have found quite a few models that are all “one of the best” 🤣
I really love the sound of the Twin on my Helix. Add a bit of lower gain Tube Screamer or the Klon model, and it is heaven. Amazing sound at reasonable (or low) volume!
I heartily disagree I find the Fender Twin is quite sexy 🥰, the compulsion drive in front sounds awesome! and as you said it's a great pedal platform for shoe-gaze-y type of stuff. John Nathan you make everything sound awesome!!! 🤘Congrats as well on your Marriage, yer Mrs is one lucky lady to get endless hours of John Nathan awesome guitar playing. All the Best Wishes to you both for a long healthy happy Marriage \m/
JOHN specializes at turning any Amp into a DUMBLE, not a knock on that. But I found myself doing this with some of the vintage amps. And had to stop myself. If I want the Dumble just do a set of presets using the Boutique amp. for that it takes alot less TIME. If I wanted the PLEXI sound that was used by the MAYALL boys back in the 60's, Eric Clap, P. Green, Mick taylor, i set the Plexi for that, try for 2 presets a Clean, and then use the Clean as a Base and raise the Gains and controls for that maybe add Treble boosters or vintage style fuzz's, and make those turnoffable. OF course if you want to spend alot of TIME you could dial it in to become a DUMBLE, but that would not be very Historical. I would definitly like to know how HENDRIX got that SINGING LEAD sound that he used on the Solos of All along the watch tower, alot of the stuff is added studio effects/by Eddie Kramer, echos/reverbs. BUT JIMI got that SWEET CLEAN singing tone, I assume he had an AMP. Cranked in the ROOM, but it might have been an old TWEED lower watt one, that might be the SECRET he took to his GRAVE. Just left us with that Gorgeous sound on Record. NEVER KNOW maybe JIMI used or STACKED FUZZ FACES, STACKED 2 smaller AMPS. together and turned the volume switch down on his STRAT. I never tried that, MIGHT be a new video for JOHN to EXPLORE the SECRET HENDRIX sound REplicated??
Awesome Johnathon! 🔥 I have Helix (Flagship) and Fractal AX8, AXE FXIII, and a FM9 on the way, but I keep forgetting about my Helix, until I come across YOUR videos, as they’re some of the best content on The Helix family of products. I still have 16 tube amps from 1965 to the present and currently having a blast with my new Wangs #2204 (Marshall clone) that just simply sounds glorious, but I just plugged into my Helix, after watching your video, and once again I’m HOOKED! Helix and the Fractals are like a drugs to me and once I get it all setup my wife complains that I lock myself in the studio for HOURS AND HOURS!!! lol. It’s true though! The modelers are simply fantastic and I only use them for recording, instead of my tube amps, as it’s easier all the way around to record the modelers and get a perfect signal every time… 🔥 Although I play them all, I still luv my tube amps to death and I was selling a lot of gear off, used pedals and recording gear that I grew out of, but now I’m keeping the rest f the stuff that I’ve been acquiring for over 45ytrs, and there is a LOT of gear! So much, that we are looking at a new home, as there is no more room here. The wife is gonna go through the roof though when she see’s the 2 new Ceriatone amplifiers I purchased, that will arrive at any time. Pray for me! lol 🙏 Thanks Johnathon, for all your help and hard work in bring these videos to us all! Best brother! ✌🏼
Great video man - I really enjoy your tone and the way you dial stuff in. I think you constantly search for the same type of tones that I do - so it's cool to see what you come up with. You were right on the money with the Normal US Double drive at 7 - it really hits the sweet spot when you hit that point - strange why they made it that way - you'd think that would come in at like 3. I noticed you usually use the default cabs and specifically the dual cab block - doesn't that force the panning left/right at 100%? Any particular reason you don't use IR's or if you do - which ones you'd recommend? I look forward to looking up other videos like this one and following along with my Helix. You should make a playlist of these type of videos for each device so they are easy to find.
Great video, and beautiful intro/outro jams! I've certainly played through my share of Twins over the years. Back in the 70s, the keyboard player in my high school band played an Arp string synthesizer through a Twin at gigs, and completely fried the speakers! Lately, I've been playing through a Twin Tonemaster (digital recreation of a Twin) at a rehearsal studio; it sounds nice, but lacks the punchy-ness of a real tube Twin (at least to my ears). I think you got a better sound here.
The problem for fender tones especially on a strat is they have too much latency. Like when you play a real fender amp it’s almost like the notes are there before you hit them it’s so quick to react.
This is the first amp I connected with when I first got my hx. It just feels so good to play. I was trying to get the clean tone from the Coming Back To Life intro by Pink Floyd lol (Btw if anyone knows how to get that please let me know :) it's my fav clean tone ever.
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Best Twin I’ve ever heard. The damn things are so heavy and so loud, it’s rare that you get a chance to see what they can really do. I sold mine years and years ago and haven’t regretted it. Having the HX Stomp lets you experience all these great pieces of gear without breaking the bank. Great video as always. Nobody showcases the Helix technology better than you, in my opinion. 🤘🏻
I got to say you aren’t “experiencing” the gear that is in the Helix - just a cheap copy of of it. Massive difference in tone and feel when I play my vintage Twin compared to a Helix. Still a cool tool but not the same and I imagine most of the patches are similar in conduct.
@@electricj5 to each their own. I know a lot of people with great gear but they don’t have the ears to dial in great tone. Most of these classic amps require deafening volumes in order to really hear what they have to offer. I also know people that can’t figure out how to dial in great sounds with modeling technology.
@@electricj5 You can feed a modeller thru the front of the older Amps. And they do at a respectable volume sound just like those Large Wattage amps. I still have and use a Vox Tonelab se, it will push a tube amp into doing what it did back in the OLD Days. The settings on the real amp, just need to be set Neutral real clean setting, Set volume level of Amp. to comfort. ADD the modeller and set the modeller amp to all the tonal ranges like i make a Clean setting and then alter the Clean setting to the Pushed amp sound, usually MORE GAIN control. IT really works for gigging situations. I was astonished that it worked but GETS that FEEL that everyone seems to talk about.
Such a lonely tone and definately fender through and through. Soulful playing. Thanks for taking the time!
Your tones are always amazing! Such an inspiration to all of us!
I just got my Helix and the Twin Reverb and the "Litigator" Dumble are my two favorite amp models on the whole thing.
That amp was one of the factory presets on my floor and it's the only one I use of them in fact with just a little tweaking it became my go to clean tone. It's the only preset that I've found so far where I can change from my PRS to my Strat and not have to worry about changing the patch because of different pickups. I have yet to put a tube screamer in place of the stock overdrive but after listening to this....I think I will. Thanks John!
Hey John, What a sound! I had tears in my eyes before the 2:00 mark. Well done mon ami. Merci - db
and a lot less heavier than carrying a real Fender Twin from gig to gig!
Can't believe I used to do that effortlessly in my teens
@Philthy Casual Likewise. I used to be a "never ampless" guy.
Now I want an HX Stomp!
It’s all a part of the experience, lol.
I never managed to get this kind of noise from a twin, mind you, hard to set anything up with a loud AF drummer beside you. thanks for this. Oh, and have a fantastic day tomorrow!
"hard to set anything up with a loud AF drummer beside you" that made me bust out laughing. I can relate lol
Great tone! Getting my HX stomp this week! Can't wait to try these amps!
Enjoy, it’s completely changed how I look at setting up my rig. It’s an amazing tool.
@@BrandonScottSellner Thanks!
Have a session tonight and my main board has a dead cable, but i have a hx stomp in the car…no presets for guitar on it(its a bass rig). I think you just saved my life with this video!!!
So useful to see your thinking on these tones and how you dial them in. Another great vid✊🏻
This video is so helpful. I think you might have unlocked the HX Stomp for me !
I've used your template/approach to make an AC15 version as well.
Of course, all this is underpinned and validated by your impeccable musicianship.
Thank you again.
The Dual Rivet is the primary Amp I use on my HX Stomp.
One of the best guitar tones I ever heard live was from Charlie Whitney - Streetwalkers waay back, nid 70s.
Les Paul into a Fender Twin. Real classy, both clean and driven.
I didn't see any pedal'age but one never lnows what might have been 'behind the curtain' back then.
that's really convincing
fender twin reverb is one of the best amps in the planet
Excellent video sir, really like it when we can build the preset along with you and see your thought process. I will however say i think your jumper game is a little off this week.. I have high expectations for xmas next month..
Hi Johnathan. Firstly, love your content. It's opened me up to a world of music (Jazz) and tech that I had previously found too intimidating.
Secondly, I'm considering going HX Stomp. I still love and use my valve amps, and will always own some - but the days of having 7 amps and 3 cabs are over for me. It's just not practical, they aren't all getting played. A Vox, a Fender, and something Marshall/Laney/Other (you get the idea) is all I need. The HX will be my main tool.
Is it difficult for a newbie to learn this stuff? I don't really get into DAWs or much programming stuff, I work full-time and only have weekends for music. My current ampless solutions are a Humboldt Simplifier (good, very good in fact - but it still requires a large pedalboard) and my various single preamp pedals or my Hotone AMP (don't laugh! It's really quite good!) and either a NUX Solid Studio or GFI Cabzeus Stereo for the cabs/IRs.
That's a lot of individual outboard tech units for what I want. The GFI and Humboldt can stay. They are probably the best at what they do (for now). But a few amps and a bunch of effects and the amp sim units can go - IF I can get my head around the Helix "thing".
Kemper and AxeFX is like a foreign language to me, I just don't understand it. So I figured HX Stomp, based on fellow newbie's recommendations.
Any tips or links to tutorials or anything at all that could help me would be wonderful. Thanks mate.
Just because a Twin is a big girl doesn't mean she can't be sexy.
Hey Matt!
So there's quite a lot of stuff on my channel where I'm building presets (like this one I suppose) which is different to some other folks who tend to use HX edit. Of all the modellers I've tried, the Helix stuff to me has the most straight forward user interface, though there's still a bit of a learning xurve. But it's a fun one
@@johnnathancordy
Thanks mate. I'll check those out.
The only thing that worries me is the screen. It seems awful small. I have terrible eyesight - idk if I could see it well enough. Guess I'll have to try one, idk how that's possible at the moment. I'll figure something out.
Thanks again and congrats on your upcoming nuptials!
Beautiful tones, man!
The TH-cam Helix/HX Stomp goat strike again!
Great video, once again.
Good stuff. I have a TC Wiretap which is a little recorder in a pedal. I put it first in my chain and record strums and riffs. I then can play the recorded bits and dial in my pedal board and modeler settings without having to play the guitar at the same time. Been doing it for years now and find it is a time and back saver (for me anyway).
Obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento
Tasty playing man!
Great sound !
Mi amp fijo. Siempre que armo sets pruebo con el Twin Reverb. De hecho ayer tocaba y comparaba amps con el Twin en mi hx.
Amazing
Maybe a random question and sorry if covered in a separate video - just discovered your channel and loving it! - why have the reverb on a parallel path? Isn’t that the same as setting it’s mix at a low %? Just trying to understand the thought process; I’ve struggled a bit with reverbs in HX in trying to get the balance right with how ‘real’ amp spring Reverbs are…
I think in theory it actually makes the dry tone louder, as if your reverb on the parallel path mix is set at anything other than 100%, the dry will be coming through from there too. It may be worth exploring the actual impact but that is the most obvious thing I can think of for why people might prefer it?
Awesome video and playing as usual! Love these videos where you choose an amp or pedal in the Helix and do these deep dives.
When you drop the reverb on path b, do you normally stick with the y split or change to a/b split and why? Just curious since the y split and a/b split seem to be very similar
Hey Sean. That's an interesting question. I *think* a Y split will send equal signal to both sides of the split, whereas the AB has a relationship where as you increase signal down A, signal down B decreases? Need to look into that a bit more to be honest!
Indeed a great amp model in the Helix. Regardless I am jokingly tempted to ask “how many of these videos have you made”. Seems you have found quite a few models that are all “one of the best” 🤣
That's the bit Claus....eventually I'm going to be calling the Megaphone the best drive in the helix
@@johnnathancordy we are on to you yet still come back for more ! Keep it up !!
I really love the sound of the Twin on my Helix. Add a bit of lower gain Tube Screamer or the Klon model, and it is heaven. Amazing sound at reasonable (or low) volume!
I heartily disagree I find the Fender Twin is quite sexy 🥰, the compulsion drive in front sounds awesome! and as you said it's a great pedal platform for shoe-gaze-y type of stuff. John Nathan you make everything sound awesome!!! 🤘Congrats as well on your Marriage, yer Mrs is one lucky lady to get endless hours of John Nathan awesome guitar playing. All the Best Wishes to you both for a long healthy happy Marriage \m/
Great video and playing! What would be the advantage of placing reverb on Path B vs simply turning down mix?
Very helpful video, can you clarify why you used two speaker sims in series?
Cool 😎 really inspiring 👍🏻 what’s the strat your playing
John, do you play with ribbon wound strings? I never hear any *squeak* from your fingers! Aloha bud, and thank you again.
Thanks for the help and teaching us. One questions I have is what is your Low and High Cut setting in your global EQ? Thanks again.
Joel
JOHN specializes at turning any Amp into a DUMBLE, not a knock on that. But I found myself doing this with some of the vintage amps. And had to stop myself. If I want the Dumble just do a set of presets using the Boutique amp. for that it takes alot less TIME. If I wanted the PLEXI sound that was used by the MAYALL boys back in the 60's, Eric Clap, P. Green, Mick taylor, i set the Plexi for that, try for 2 presets a Clean, and then use the Clean as a Base and raise the Gains and controls for that maybe add Treble boosters or vintage style fuzz's, and make those turnoffable. OF course if you want to spend alot of TIME you could dial it in to become a DUMBLE, but that would not be very Historical. I would definitly like to know how HENDRIX got that SINGING LEAD sound that he used on the Solos of All along the watch tower, alot of the stuff is added studio effects/by Eddie Kramer, echos/reverbs. BUT JIMI got that SWEET CLEAN singing tone, I assume he had an AMP. Cranked in the ROOM, but it might have been an old TWEED lower watt one, that might be the SECRET he took to his GRAVE. Just left us with that Gorgeous sound on Record. NEVER KNOW maybe JIMI used or STACKED FUZZ FACES, STACKED 2 smaller AMPS. together and turned the volume switch down on his STRAT. I never tried that, MIGHT be a new video for JOHN to EXPLORE the SECRET HENDRIX sound REplicated??
Awesome Johnathon! 🔥
I have Helix (Flagship) and Fractal AX8, AXE FXIII, and a FM9 on the way, but I keep forgetting about my Helix, until I come across YOUR videos, as they’re some of the best content on The Helix family of products.
I still have 16 tube amps from 1965 to the present and currently having a blast with my new Wangs #2204 (Marshall clone) that just simply sounds glorious, but I just plugged into my Helix, after watching your video, and once again I’m HOOKED! Helix and the Fractals are like a drugs to me and once I get it all setup my wife complains that I lock myself in the studio for HOURS AND HOURS!!! lol. It’s true though!
The modelers are simply fantastic and I only use them for recording, instead of my tube amps, as it’s easier all the way around to record the modelers and get a perfect signal every time… 🔥
Although I play them all, I still luv my tube amps to death and I was selling a lot of gear off, used pedals and recording gear that I grew out of, but now I’m keeping the rest f the stuff that I’ve been acquiring for over 45ytrs, and there is a LOT of gear! So much, that we are looking at a new home, as there is no more room here. The wife is gonna go through the roof though when she see’s the 2 new Ceriatone amplifiers I purchased, that will arrive at any time. Pray for me! lol 🙏
Thanks Johnathon, for all your help and hard work in bring these videos to us all!
Best brother! ✌🏼
Great video man - I really enjoy your tone and the way you dial stuff in. I think you constantly search for the same type of tones that I do - so it's cool to see what you come up with. You were right on the money with the Normal US Double drive at 7 - it really hits the sweet spot when you hit that point - strange why they made it that way - you'd think that would come in at like 3.
I noticed you usually use the default cabs and specifically the dual cab block - doesn't that force the panning left/right at 100%? Any particular reason you don't use IR's or if you do - which ones you'd recommend?
I look forward to looking up other videos like this one and following along with my Helix. You should make a playlist of these type of videos for each device so they are easy to find.
this is include in "Helix and HX Stomp General Presets" ?
hey man, just joined you patreon mostly to try this. Are the backing track and tabs up?
Great video, and beautiful intro/outro jams! I've certainly played through my share of Twins over the years. Back in the 70s, the keyboard player in my high school band played an Arp string synthesizer through a Twin at gigs, and completely fried the speakers! Lately, I've been playing through a Twin Tonemaster (digital recreation of a Twin) at a rehearsal studio; it sounds nice, but lacks the punchy-ness of a real tube Twin (at least to my ears). I think you got a better sound here.
Nuno Bettencourt used one? News to me, had to just be for cleans right?
Yeh apparently it was for the sensitive stuff haha
Have you tried putting the EQ after the cab? What difference do you think it makes to put it before the cab?
Disculpa, qué pastillas usas en tu guitarra?
Dancing between the sculptures i Rome, a little drunk so drunk you can be without behave like a Norwegian on board the ferry to Danmark🤘🏻🇳🇴
Hi I bought all your presets at the start of the week, is there anyway i can get this one?
The problem for fender tones especially on a strat is they have too much latency. Like when you play a real fender amp it’s almost like the notes are there before you hit them it’s so quick to react.
How do I access this magic folder?
What style of playing is this and how can I learn how to play like that?
Listening this vid in phones makes me dizzy
Harmonic trem lol
Are you using the built-in Helix looper or a separate one?
Seems every amp is the best amp in the helix... sup with that?
Cab or IR?
Can't see the preset in the folder?
Give me a chance David! Lol sorry I'm getting married tomorrow and I need to sort some things I'll get it in there
@@johnnathancordy Haha no worries mate! Congratulations!
@@johnnathancordy say whaaaa. Congratulations! I'm glad you've taken your relationship with the HX Stomp to the altar 🥲
@@johnnathancordy
Congratulations!!
@@johnnathancordy getting married? Finally tying the knot with the Helix, or the KLine?
Bro where did you learn how to play to well?? 😭👌
No comments? Where is that guy tat does the first thing?
FIRST sorry traffic was crazy
@@confusedscreaming9727 I was worried. Seems like they were trying to start without you.
@@bryantwalley they wouldn't dare, TH-cam would be nothing without random guys yelling FIRST on everything
This is the first amp I connected with when I first got my hx. It just feels so good to play. I was trying to get the clean tone from the Coming Back To Life intro by Pink Floyd lol
(Btw if anyone knows how to get that please let me know :) it's my fav clean tone ever.