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Boston Rockman

Line 6 · Helix

VERSION 3! (I know.....) I did some recording with V1 and V2 and with the help of the TGP forum, I realized there was too much gain. 1 and 2 are still good patches and I'll leave them there, but they're not Boston. I went back and revisited the amp model and switched it to a Plexi. The effects are largely the same, the patch just needed a more vintage-y sound. I also added a lot, in fact the DSP is about maximized. SS1 is Grit+Chorus (the breakdown part of DLB where the main riff is semi-reprised), SS2 is Dirt+Phase (the build-up to the solo), SS3 is the main Boston rhythm, SS4 is the soaring Scholz lead. SS5 and 6 are both versions of Scholz's cleanish electric with 6 being heavily effected. SS8 is a Rhythm+, with the Plexi Drive and Minotaur Gain a little higher. SS7 is called Acoustic. It's a 10-band EQ and a Taylor IR (available here - it's the 314ce Scheops, placed in slot 26: http://bit.ly/29UpHRB). It's as close as I can get my electric to sound like an acoustic without building an entire patch around it. DLB doesn't use it, but it's a decent crib of the intro to More Than A Feeling. I made a quick recording of the sounds in the patch (here:http://bit.ly/2acROIo) playing through different parts of the song. In order, the Snapshots are SS3, SS1, SS2, SS4 and back to SS3. You will need FW2.0 and Snapshots to use this patch.

by chrisjw5 · Indexed at CustomTone · 3,818 source downloads

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Don't Look Back

Line 6 · Helix LT

Updated... FYI CHANGE THE INPUT I use the returns as inputs. The Snapshots are in order of when the sounds appear in the song. Snapshot 2 is for the intro and outro solos played by Barry Goudreau with a shorter but more prominent delay. Snapshot 4 is for Tom's solos with a longer but less prominent delay. Unfortunately in Snapshot 5 one note in the harmony ends up wrong (but not awful) because it's off by a 4th instead of the 3rd, oh well. I change the guitar volume and tone on the fly for each preset especially the middle part. And sadly I can't make a snapshot for the little licks before the middle part that are drowned in reverb, because there's no room for more stompboxes! I've spent forever researching how Tom got that tone and this is pretty close I think. Enjoy!

by DaveRules · Indexed at CustomTone · 218 source downloads

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