Graves Into Gardens – Elevation Worship – Line 6 Helix Patch

In this play through Brian is using a Jennings Catalina with McNelly Sparkletron pickups

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. UPDATE YOUR FIRMWARE: Please upgrade the firmware on your Helix and the HX Edit software from Line 6 to the latest before installing this patch. Even if your Helix is up to date, the ‘HX Edit’ app needs to be updated as well. If you get an error importing a patch, the problem is most likely outdated firmware on your Helix/HX Edit.

2. IR CABS INCLUDED: This download includes two premium IR Cabs from our MATCH G12H30 pack. We matched these specific IRs to this amp, but feel free to experiment with other IR’s for different tonal options. We’ve also included a stock cab version of the patch, but we urge to try the IRs – it really does sound better – and it’s included for free :).

Here are the IR’s included:

• • WT Match G12H30 160 (top row)
  • WT Blue AC 2×12 SR25 (bottom row)

With Firmware 2.90, Helix should recall the IR based on its name rather than slot number, so it shouldn’t matter which slot you import the IR into. To purchase additional IR packs, visit Worship Tutorials.

PATCHES

This download includes two patches as well as the IR cabs. The patches are:

• Graves/Gard WT IR – This patch uses the IR cabs and is meant for guitars with single coils or low output humbuckers
• Graves/Gard WT HB – This patch uses the IR cabs and is meant for guitars with more traditionally voiced humbuckers
• Graves/Gard WT – This patch uses stock Helix cabs rather than IR’s (uses the single coil settings)

HOW TO IMPORT THIS PATCH AND IR

1. Connect your Helix to your computer using a USB Cable
2. Download and instal the ‘HX Edit’ app from Line 6
3. In the ‘HX Edit’ app, drag and drop the patch into a slot in the ‘PRESETS’ column
4. To import an IR, switch to the ‘IMPULSES’ column (next to the PRESETS column), and drag & drop the IR in.
5. PLEASE NOTE: If you do not have the IR loaded into the ‘IMPULSES’ column, the patch will not sound correct, even if you have the IR block on – you must drag and drop the IR into the IMPULSES column.

SNAPSHOTS

This patch is designed to be used in Snapshot mode. To enable this mode in your Helix, go to the ‘Footswitches’ section of the Global Settings and select ‘8 Snapshots’ in the ‘Preset Mode Switches’ menu. Here are the snapshots:

• SNAPSHOT 1: INTRO/VS – Clean tone for the intro, verse, and first chorus
• SNAPSHOT 2: CH SLIDE – Big tone with lots of compression for the slide/bends parts
• SNAPSHOT 3: INST/BR – Drive tone for the instrumental and bridge sections
• SNAPSHOT 4: INST/BR + – For when the bridge goes to 11
• SNAPSHOT 5: NOT USED
• SNAPSHOT  6: NOT USED
• SNAPSHOT 7: AMBI CLEAN – Ambient clean tone – here if you need it
• SNAPSHOT 8: SWELLS – Ambient swells – here if you need it

SIGNAL FLOW AND EFFECTS

1. Input
2. Deluxe Comp – not mapped to a switch, always on
3. LA Studio Comp – used for the CH/SLIDE Snapshot
4. Heir Apparent – Prince of Tone (voiced to sound like Bradford’s KOT, Yellow side) – mapped to switch labeled ‘KOT-Yellow’
5. Scream 808 – Tube Screamer – mapped to a button labeled ‘Scream 808’
6. Volume – mapped to EXP 2
7. Amp – Matchstick Jump
8. Cabs/IR’s – see above for IR info
9. Cali Q Graphic – Always on EQ – Use this EQ to make tonal tweaks for your guitar/setup. These controls will affect your tone differently than the amp controls.
10. Transistor Tape Delay – Quarter note delay – mapped to switch labeled ‘Quarter Tape’
11. Transistor Tape Delay – Dotted 8th note delay – mapped to switch labeled ‘.8th Tape’
12. Plate Verb – mapped to a switch labeled ‘Plate Verb’
13. Multitap Delay – ambient delay – mapped to button labeled ‘SWELLS DLY’
14. Glitz – Ambient reverb – mapped to switch labeled ‘Glitz Verb’

AMP GAIN BUTTON

We have mapped the ‘CH1 Drive’ and Bass’ parameters of the amp block to a button labeled ‘AMP GAIN’. Pressing this button will turn the gain up (and the bass down a bit). This gives you a pure amp overdrive, which sounds awesome. You can stack this with the drive pedals for big drive sounds.

USAGE

This patch is meant to be used in snapshot mode, but can be used in stomp box mode. We recommend setting up your Helix to use all ten stomps (stompbox mode) or all eight snapshots (snapshot mode). The Helix LT does not allow 10-button stomp mode, so you’ll have to re-arrange the button assignments to suite your preferences.

STEREO:

Everything after the amp block (all the wet effects and the EQ) is in stereo. If you only use the L/Mono output of the Helix, everything will be summed to mono automatically.

DIRT PEDALS:

Feel free to stack drive pedals for bigger sounds. All three one at once will give you a lead/solo tone.

EQ AT THE END OF THE CHAIN?:

Typically when you record guitar parts in the studio, you’ll put EQ and compression on the final tone. We’ve replicated the EQ in this patch. You can use the Simple EQ block for final tone shaping. See below for recommended settings.

MAKING ADJUSTMENTS FOR YOUR SETUP

SETTING THE PATCH UP FOR YOUR GUITAR

All guitars are different, so you may want to make changes to suite your playing style and guitar. We set this up with a variety of guitars, including both single coils and humbuckers (primarily a Telecaster style guitar). If your guitar has humbuckers, please refer to the suggested settings below.

We recommend making a copy of the patch and changing the copy just in case you want to revert back to the original.

We’ve included both single coil and humbucker voiced patches to serve as starting points for your guitars. To make adjustments, we recommend starting with these parameters:

• Amp Gain: Adjust the min/max values of the amp gain so that your guitar is slightly breaking up with big chords on the bridge position (without any drive pedals on)
• Amp EQ controls: Adjust these to suite your individual guitars/taste
• Cali Q Graphic EQ block: This is a simple way to adjust the overall tonal characteristics of the patch.

VOLUME CHANGES

If you would like to make this patch louder or quieter without affecting tone, the following adjustments can be made:

“Ch Vol” control on the amp module. This will increase or decrease volume without affecting the tone of the amp. This is the primary level adjustment tool I use for changing patch volumes.

Output block level. Changing the level control on the output block (the very last thing in the signal chain) will increase or decrease overall volume. We typically have this set at zero, but feel free to adjust this as you see fit.

CHANGELOG

Version 2.0: 2021-01-05

• Added: Worship Tutorials IR cabs
• Changed: Slight amp/eq changes

Initial Release (Version 1.0): 2020-09-08