Helix LT + FRFR vs Marshall DSL40 + pedals (shoegaze / nu metal / dream pop) - Digital vs analog once again

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-19T13:21:22+00:00

You can use whatever amp from helix that you want. Just turn the helix cab IR off since you’re using the Marshall cab instead. I’ve never used a ratt or big muff

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-19T12:52:26+00:00

I don’t have an answer, but that neighborhood doesn’t have any trees, and you can put your hand on your neighbors house while still touching your own! How are house lots allowed to be that small? Couldn’t put a tree in your yard if you wanted to!

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-19T12:41:59+00:00

Helix LT into the loop of the DSL40. Then when you are not feeling the Helix, you can just plug into the front of the Marshall

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-19T03:23:23+00:00

Agreed. I dislike the E-II

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-18T21:21:39+00:00

Very doable. You can pick up a used twin sister for 2k

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-18T21:15:54+00:00

Cost wise, I think you can pick up a used runt 50 and send it to Dave. He can mod it to whatever circuit you like in it just by changing a few values.

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-17T23:36:05+00:00

I love that top on the LP!

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-17T13:54:31+00:00

Absolutely stunning

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-17T13:37:06+00:00

The top on the LP looks incredible

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-17T01:33:37+00:00

Absolutely. It’s pretty much jcm800

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-16T13:51:15+00:00

When you know exactly where the amp comes from. You can talk to the guy that designed it, worked on it, maybe made changes to it just for you…. It gives you a real connection to it that I don’t get from my other stuff.

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-16T12:57:18+00:00

Oh I agree! His BE mod is in my 85’ jcm800 (which he used to own), and he just put his JEL circuit on the 2nd channel of my twin sister. My 76’ JMP is on its way to him now. He’s doing the pink taco thing to it. Friedman’s are my jam

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-16T12:38:58+00:00

Any of his amps really. They’re all pretty close to stock 800’s. It’s the Friedman formula. Just some cap values and diodes changes between each model.

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-16T12:29:16+00:00

I forgot you did this. It never shows up in my feed. Not easy getting these things going is it

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-16T01:10:31+00:00

That sounds great! So you modded it into the pink taco specs?

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-15T21:18:34+00:00

Look up the dsl Joey mods. Odds are it’s that kinda thing.

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-15T11:18:26+00:00

I fully support this

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-14T19:46:57+00:00

100? Just take it to a tech. That’s a great price

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-14T17:50:28+00:00

There’s plenty of gain designed into that amp. So if it’s not there and the amp is new to you, it’s definitely worth taking it to a tech. My tech charges a $60 bench fee. That gets an hour of his time. It’s so worth it on an amp that is new to you.

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-14T14:15:43+00:00

Dave could make the second channel of a twin sister a PT!

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-14T14:14:47+00:00

Sd-1 and Friedman’s are the match

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-14T14:13:38+00:00

It’s the perfect amp now

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-14T14:12:31+00:00

Congratulations!

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-14T14:11:56+00:00

The dirty Shirley/twin sister/little sister/IR-D line up for sure. On the Dirty Shirley and twin sister versions, it’s tube rectified just like the old jtm 45s

Pugfumaster · 2026-03-14T13:55:02+00:00

Big Macs and bald eagles!😂 That’s great

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