Burns-bass Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Hi all. I play bass, DB and guitar and I have lots of pedals and preamps and am wondering whether the Helix would be appropriate for DB? Ive previously used a Fishman Platinum but don’t use this anymore. Any advice welcomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Had an answer to this now. So no worries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 08/10/2022 at 23:42, Burns-bass said: Had an answer to this now. So no worries! Interesting question, care to share the answer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 7 hours ago, Beedster said: Interesting question, care to share the answer? The answer was: No! Apparently the Helix won't boost the DB's low output signal, so you need to run it through a pre-amp to achieve this. You could then stick the DB through the Helix, but it's not going to provide the single solution I had hoped for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubsonicSimpleton Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 What pickup are you using? Can't imagine the helix having insufficient gain given you can plug (the piezos I've used at any rate) straight into any old instrument amp and get sound out - the DB preamp specific features like phase invert, high pass and notch filtering should be readily available in the helix along with the opportunity to use an impulse response to make the piezo sound more like the acoustic sound and the ability to split the signal to give different EQ profiles for monitors and FOH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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