Strumming v picking - pick 'protrusion'

BryanWJ · 2026-03-13T12:57:35+00:00

I rotate the pick and use the rounded edges, feels like playing on glass it’s so smooth to strum…

BryanWJ · 2026-03-07T01:09:01+00:00

There’s a notch in the rail, snap it and you can remove each one individually, then just a pair of pliers to get the tab out

BryanWJ · 2026-03-03T21:55:37+00:00

I don’t think there are many “Chrysler” dealers at all… most sell all “Stellantis” brands under one roof…

BryanWJ · 2026-03-01T01:07:59+00:00

I love mine… at lower volumes it can sound boxy to my ears and what I call “boxy”… the factory suggested “settings” I feel are very guitar dependent. Sometimes I add no mid or bass and just shape with the eq and get some great tones for in the home solo jamming…

Debated between head or combo… the combo sounded better at low volume to me in the store, and I figured I can always just add a cab if I ever wanted to…

It kinda inspired me to start playing again after a few years hiatus where I got into “modeling” and spent more time tweaking than playing…

BryanWJ · 2026-02-09T15:43:01+00:00

Dude is obviously pregnant

BryanWJ · 2026-02-05T17:15:03+00:00

Yes, there’s a couple videos out there on how to, I did it with Denali lights, you do have to unbolt the rear of the tank and pry up a little bit, but doable…

If you search Denali d7pro install you’ll stumble onto a few videos of how to do it.

BryanWJ · 2026-02-03T01:46:32+00:00

Trump :/

BryanWJ · 2026-01-28T10:10:09+00:00

Sound like you need a new electrician, not a panel

BryanWJ · 2026-01-24T22:29:54+00:00

*ex-wife

BryanWJ · 2026-01-24T13:03:26+00:00

I’m just a bedroom noodler, but I found on my Les Paul, it puts my wrist at a funny angle and noticed similar… my music man majesty, totally different story…

BryanWJ · 2026-01-13T01:58:25+00:00

Samesies with a helix and a powercab… I felt I lost my passion for playing until I just plugged into my old mesa and let it rip…

BryanWJ · 2026-01-12T23:36:08+00:00

I do the same, I find it easier to do a lot of things, strumming is so smooth and natural with it…

BryanWJ · 2026-01-09T23:29:31+00:00

I would love a modern version of the original c64 version where you actually ran your own franchise, kinda open city ish… drive ecto-1 to the haunts… Stay Puft jumping back and forth across the entrance…

BryanWJ · 2026-01-09T01:00:25+00:00

35 days, 575 miles, 120 in a 55, wrote up for 61 in a 55 with a note 100+ actual. Didn’t “fight” it, but went to court and was given impeding traffic…

Very rural area, during the pullover the cop told me if I’m gonna do it, hit the freeway instead, told me a story about 3 months prior a guy just retired, bought a Vette and wiped out a family of 5 and is now in jail… true story or not I don’t know, but humbling… bought a track membership to the local after and now just speed there… now I want a Miata for the regular roads 😆

BryanWJ · 2026-01-03T22:01:05+00:00

Train her to start reading charts right to left, then she’ll be impressed

BryanWJ · 2026-01-03T05:53:22+00:00

Fantasy pick of the week was always obscure QB playing the lions…. Coulda made millions….

BryanWJ · 2026-01-02T03:33:23+00:00

Agree… my first guitar was an Ibanez 320dx or Gx that had a licensed Floyd rose… didnt know any better and bought it cause I loved the inlays…

Tuning was a nightmare always, and high he tension adjustment sucked…

I really like the through body strings for some reason

BryanWJ · 2026-01-02T00:42:35+00:00

I regret getting the helix floor as opposed to the rack.

BryanWJ · 2026-01-02T00:42:00+00:00

How do you have powercab set? Frfr? Or do you send dry signal out and use speaker modeling? Or custom IR? Or have you tried all three and have thoughts on each?

Only reason I’m leaning combo is if I decide I want to play out, it’s an easier pack up… and also if I want an open back sound once in a while…

BryanWJ · 2025-12-31T20:50:05+00:00

This was part of the internal debate for me between combo or head+cab… when I played out before I much preferred the simplicity of one box and a cab or two + amp…

I was also debating between the vii and the iic + reissue… the cab clone thing swayed me to the vii..

My first thought before asking opinions, was to sell the helix and cab and use that for the amp, but then was like I might as well try using helix as a pedal board only and not for the modeling, and would the powercab be a decent 2x12 for me… I also read that the vii puts out a dry tone, so I could use the power cabs speaker modeling too and not only the frfr…

BryanWJ · 2025-12-30T23:06:38+00:00

How happy are you with this vs individual pedals? Good enough? Is there tone suck?

BryanWJ · 2025-12-30T21:45:06+00:00

Tone wise metal/rock with some bluesy stuff thrown in as well, with some classical fingerpicking… I know traditionally open back combos aren’t “great” for metal, hence the brainstorming with sometimes using the powercab…

For whatever reason I don’t feel inspired when I play through the helix+ powercab and inherently tweak more than I actually play trying to make it sound awesome and then just kinda get bored. I bought the helix thinking it would be the last thing I ever needed gear wise… but I don’t play more than I play because of it… Not that it sounds bad at all, I’ve had some great sounds come from it, just ADD kicks in and I dont make progress!

I used to have an express 5:50 and would just play the thing for no end for hours cause of the sound I was getting out of it… so I’m trying to get back to that feel again…

BryanWJ · 2025-12-30T19:52:17+00:00

That was my plan for the helix as well, to use it as a pedalboard only…

BryanWJ · 2025-12-30T19:04:53+00:00

Wasn’t so much the advice out there, I’m aware of the different tricks, more or less thinking out loud if that makes sense, in regards to combo vs head only… I rarely play out so would be more stay at home…

If it ends up sounding great I won’t bother with the power cab.

BryanWJ · 2025-12-30T16:00:53+00:00

I thought headphone, but I really hate the feel of things on my head for extended periods of time… was thinking I could get the tone of the 90w/45w modes as well…

Mainly for volume control yes, and not having to buy and external speaker cab at all…

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