This pack has 102 presets and 101 IRs for the HX Stomp with firmware 2.91 and above. The idea was to use as many different electric guitars/pickups as possible and make acoustic simulation presets for each of them, to maximize the chances to have presets that will fit your guitar.
These are brand new presets, not a simple conversion of the Helix versions : I used 5 different acoustic guitar sounds sources to make this pack, so for each instrument/pickup selector position (like a Fender Stratocaster in neck position), there are five different presets, each using a specific IR made from one of the five acoustic sources. Each preset also has 3 snapshots.
The sources are as follow :
1 A Musicman Majesty piezo sound (simulating a piezo sound often works better with an electric guitar)
2 A Taylor 914ce recorded with a AT2035 microphone
3 A Taylor 914ce DI sound (from its piezo pickup)
4 & 5 are third party acoustic guitar recordings, carefully chosen after pre-selecting a few dozen recordings .
Guitars and pickups used :
Fender Stratocaster Ltd edition HSS (1 : neck, 2 : bridge+middle)
Fender Stratocaster with Fishman Fluence pickups (1 : neck, 2 : bridge + middle)
Epiphone Les Paul with Gibson ’57/Super ’57 pickups (middle position, no split)
Gibson SG Standard HP 2018 with 57 Classic/Super 57 Classic (middle position, no split)
Ibanez J Custom RG8540 with DiMarzio Air Norton (neck position)
Ibanez RGR5220 with Bare Knuckle Brute Force pickups (1 : both humbuckers, 2 : both split)
Tom Anderson Angel with H3+/SC1 pickup combination (no split)
Suhr Standard Pro S2 with ML and Doug Aldritch picukps (1 : neck, 2 : bridge+middle)
Musicman Majesty (middle position, both split) – for those who have that guitar without the piezo ! (*)
Harley Benton ES-335 type guitar (middle position, no split)
PRS Paul’s Guitar (middle position, no split)
Strandberg Original 7 with Fishman Fluence pickups (middle position, no split)
Line 6 Variax JTV89 with DiMarzio Norton/LiquiFirepickups (middle position, no split) – there’s also presets for the Stratocaster, Telecaster and acoustic models of the Variax ; not a fan of the Variax acoustic model, I wanted to make it much better.
Soon, I will add presets made for a Fender Telecaster. Due to lockdown, I couldn’t borrow one in time ! This guitars selection should cover most needs.
Note : the single letter in the preset name specify the pickup selector position : N = Neck, M = Middle, B+M = Bridge + Middle (the “quack” position in a Strat type guitar).
(*) There’s also a preset for the piezo pickup of the Musicman Majesty ; I used the Taylor 914ce with the Audio Technica AT2035 microphone as a source for that one.