Yeatzee Guitar AC30 TB

Description

Your support has been incredible, truly mind blowing actually. Thank you especially to those that have shared my patches on Facebook groups and forums. You doing that helps a small creator like me tremendously, honestly more than you know. If you like the presets please post your impressions online and if possible tag me (@Tanner Yates on FB) so that I can thank you personally. Any help I can get to spread the word is awesome!

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Patch Details:

The Yeatzee Guitar AC30TB preset was built from the ground up taking what I’ve learned from using the Helix over the past few years to create what I think is the best and most complete AC30 patch on the market.

Utilizing the Vox AC30 Top Boost model in the Helix (known as “Essex”), this preset features a compressor, several overdrive pedals, volume pedal, vibrato, tremolo, multiple delay blocks both before and after the amp, a ‘Dirty Verb’ block before the amp, and what I’m most proud of, my version 2 ‘Modverb’ reverb setup.

There are 6 total presets included in the pack. They are labeled:

• 27 = Helix patch compatible with Helix devices that have not updated to 2.8+ firmware yet. They feature a unique drive section so even if you’re on current firmware give them a try!
• S = Patches built for single coil guitars
• SSC = Patches built for single coil guitars using Stock Cabs
• H = Patches built for humbucker guitars
• HSC = Patches built for humbucker guitars using Stock Cabs

I recommend trying BOTH S & H versions of the patch with your guitar to see which one gives you a better starting point for your tonal preferences. To learn more about adjusting presets for your specific guitar check out this video: https://youtu.be/aqneGjqtwAk

The preset is laid out in 10 stomp mode with a live-ready setup that allows you to get any sound you might need on the fly. LT users will lose the two most leftward footswitches so I made sure only ancillary effects would be in those slots. I have also setup one snapshot in slot 8 labeled “Swell” (helix in 8 snapshot mode). This snapshot allows you to quickly access a ready-to-go, lush swell sound quickly and easily. The rest of the snapshots are left blank as a clean template for you to set it up with your preferred workflow.

Stock Cabs:

I tend to prefer IR’s for a few different reasons. In particular they use less DSP so you can fit more in a preset, and they tend to sound and feel more realistic to me. The biggest difference to my ears is the midrange, the upper upper treble frequencies, and the detail in the low end. With that being said, great tone can still be had with stock cabs and this preset pack is no different. I demo’d all of the stock cabs and included two versions of the patch with stock cabs so you don’t have to use IR’s if you don’t want to. It’s not exact to the preset using my preferred IR’s, I think the Helix’s vox style stock cabs are one of it’s weak points so I went with something different that still sounds great but does give a different flavor.

IR Cabs:

I tested every IR I could find to pick the best ones to recommend and ultimately my favorites are listed below (will update as I try new IR’s and find more I like).

• Tone Junkies M75-Fathead906
  • This IR has a really unique midrange and extra chimey character that I enjoy. It’s a little more brash than some IR’s but it makes the amp sound and feel very raw and real to me. It does not have the boxiness you hear in a lot of vox cab IR’s which I like.
  • https://tonejunkiestore.com/impulse-responses/scum-m75-impulse-response-pack
• David Hislop DH 2X12 Green R40 3-4in
  • Really one of my favorite greenback vox IR’s. It’s well rounded, full and warm but still has a nice top end. It’s fatter than the Tone Junkies IR with a smoother top end and overall more polite.
  • https://www.davidhislop.co/product-page/greenback
• Ownhammer (r)Evolution Pack
  • These IR’s are great. The debut bundle is an incredible value, there are more IR’s than you’ll ever need and they cover every major cab out there.these sound a bit more HiFi, have a more extended treble range and a bit more punch with less low end in general. There are probably thousands of IR’s to choose from in this pack so it took a long time A/Bing them to pick my favorites, but here they are with some recommended setting adjustments.
  • ownhammer.com/store/debut-bundle
    • OH 212 VC30 BLU-12C VINTAGE DK
      
    • OH 112 VC15 SLV-12B VINTAGE DK
    • OH VC15+VC30 VINTAGE DK
    • OH VC15+VC30 WARM M+
      • With these you may want to start with the high cut of the IR’s around 7khz and/or drop the amp’s treble  control by about 0.7 and go from there. These are thinner and brighter in general.

It’s important to note that these IR’s are not requirements, and I whole heatedly recommend you try out the stock cabs as well as your existing impulse responses first (but be prepared to make EQ adjustments to match your specific IR’s, they make a massive difference in tone). If it sounds good, it is good, regardless of what type of cab or brand of IR you use.

Thanks so much for the support, I hope you enjoy the patch!

-Tanner Y.

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