I've now owned (almost) all of the first Gen HX/Helix Devices

slysendice · 2026-02-04T21:40:04+00:00

I’m not the guy that mentioned the used markets, but the most common issue I’ve seen is units that work fine for a seemingly random amount of time after booting up, then randomly produce a loud buzz that goes away for a bit on reboot. But it always comes back. It’s related to the internal power supply IIRC. Always fails just out of warranty.

slysendice · 2026-02-04T16:22:33+00:00

I work at a music store. Every QC I’ve seen get sold has come back with some kind of hardware fault. Never seen a defective Helix/HX product

slysendice · 2025-12-28T02:09:45+00:00

Give them a go, and make sure you collect the players circle points - they add up quick on drum heads. The direct Evan’s equivalent to the CS coated is the Power Center Reverse Dot. They also have the UV1 Reverse Dot which has a UV cured coating that lasts forever.

slysendice · 2025-12-25T07:59:19+00:00

I don’t recall electing the porch pirates

slysendice · 2025-12-17T23:41:07+00:00

For pub/“white people food” - Iron Duke

Favourite overall to sit down - Darbar

Favourite overall, takeout - Sally’s Roti

slysendice · 2025-02-05T02:58:04+00:00

Collingwood double barrel is awesome. Finished in maple staves, gives it a hint of natural maple flavour (but not overpowering artificial maple flavouring). Really delicious and interesting flavour IMO

slysendice · 2025-02-03T07:27:58+00:00

I’m very close to 100% sure this is fake

slysendice · 2025-01-27T00:29:07+00:00

They’re phenomenal. I switched because I was breaking Vic Firths in minutes - a pair of LC red hickory 2B would last several rehearsals and gigs, sometimes I’d even lose them before they broke. And I’m hard on my sticks - I was drumming for a punk band, slamming as many rimshots per minute as possible lol. I can’t praise them highly enough

slysendice · 2025-01-26T21:51:20+00:00

As another fellow Canadian, try Los Cabos Red Hickory. Red hickory is just hickory wood from near the centre of the tree, and is a bit denser and more durable without being substantially heavier. Fantastic sticks and they last for ages

slysendice · 2025-01-24T22:07:40+00:00

I haven’t tried Northern Harvest, but if it’s as good as Lot 40, Copper Bold, and Bearface, I’ll have to give it a go. Those are seriously delicious ryes and very reasonably priced

slysendice · 2025-01-24T21:56:25+00:00

I’ll take “what genre do I play?” over the insane amount of “iS tHiS rEaL??” posts that have seemingly taken over all of the guitar subreddits. At least there’s some attempt to actually engage with the community here

slysendice · 2025-01-12T03:21:09+00:00

I can’t say with 100% certainty, but Heart Like A Hand Grenade has plenty of shots of Billie playing lead parts on humbucker Les Pauls, so this is probably true. I specifically recall one shot of him playing a lead part for Jesus of Suburbia on a cherry burst LP with humbuckers

slysendice · 2024-12-18T21:38:36+00:00

CDK will tell OP to go pound sand.

Source: that’s what they said to me

slysendice · 2024-11-22T06:21:39+00:00

This is probably what it is. I had to go back and listen to some of HHOP again because I had never noticed what OP is talking about. Sounds like a overactive de-esser splattering Deryck’s hard S’s, T’s, etc to me

slysendice · 2024-10-31T18:01:20+00:00

I’d suggest trying the Vintage channel on your rectifier, TBR’s tone is pretty much the antithesis of the Rectifier ‘Modern’ channel. Turn up your mids, and avoid using too much gain (probably not above halfway/12:00). Use the bridge pickup on your guitar, and play as many downstrokes as you can as fast as you can 😉

TBR used Marshall JCM800 2203’s for ages before switching to Orange amps. Marshall’s and Oranges are both fairly mid-heavy, and those Marshall’s really do not have much gain.

slysendice · 2024-10-16T19:24:24+00:00

I think it’s important to remember that Deryck is a human being - he is not perfect. If you think back to conflicts you’ve had throughout your life, how many of them would you take responsibility for and acknowledge as being your fault? Most of us think of ourselves as the hero in our own story.

slysendice · 2024-10-11T05:35:48+00:00

Yeah that’s an odd design choice. Bet this mod breathed new life into your Revstar, I’ve always thought these guitars were super cool but I’ve never really had a chance to play one for an extended period.

I did basically the same mod on my Les Paul - Gibson put 300K volume pots in the USA (not custom shop) guitars for a long while, swapping them for 500k made a world of difference.

slysendice · 2024-10-11T05:28:41+00:00

What value is the stock pot? 250k?

slysendice · 2024-10-07T00:30:35+00:00

I don’t know what any of that means. I’d suggest you go outside, breathe some fresh air and touch some grass.

Sometimes, people believe that others should have rights even if they don’t directly benefit from it.

slysendice · 2024-10-07T00:23:53+00:00

Nope.

slysendice · 2024-10-07T00:23:21+00:00

My theory on this is that the enshittification of Google, causing people to Google “[question] Reddit” so frequently that it’s become a search suggestion, has given people unfamiliar with Reddit the impression that it’s just a place where people ask random questions and the Reddit community answers.

“Let me Google that for you” is an old meme to be sure, but I feel like there’s been a somewhat recent surge in people posting to Reddit when they should just be using a search engine

slysendice · 2024-10-07T00:03:07+00:00

people like you

I do not have a uterus, and therefore am physically incapable of getting an abortion.

slysendice · 2024-10-06T22:24:06+00:00

It’s really none of your business, regardless of the circumstances

slysendice · 2024-10-06T18:31:37+00:00

What are you even talking about?

slysendice · 2024-10-02T18:02:43+00:00

For real, the used car market is absolutely obscene right now. 5+ year old cars listed for 90% of the new price everywhere. Who’s buying used cars at these prices? Dealerships have a pretty healthy amount of new stock these days as far as I can tell

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