Thank you! I have almost bought the m5, ended up with the m13. Which does well at most things besides getting John’s fuzz and distortion sounds. I really wanted the line 6 fm4 for years and finally found a “new one”. Not sure if it was actually new or just looked new but either way I’m happy. If I didn’t have it, I’d probably buy the zoom pedal.
The Obi-Wah algorithm was added to the Line6 Helix/HX Stomp pedals in a recent firmware upgrade. If you have a second amp around it’s really fun to set one loud and clean (a la John’s 200 Watt Marshall Major) and the second amp on the edge of breakup (like his Marshall Silver Jubilee). And if you want to dive even deeper down the rabbit hole get a Boss CE-1 Chorus or a clone (Past FX makes an amazing one). There is a preamp in the CE-1 that is always on and is another key part to nailing John’s “clean” tone. You did an awesome job on this video. Sounds great! That slapback verse part is so awesome. Such a powerful example of John’s “less is more” style of playing. He knows when to hold back and let Flea shine, and when to let it all out.
Good to hear about the firmware update! I didn’t know it wasn’t already on the previous versions. I assumed all line 6 effects (fm4,dl4, etc) pedals were already on the helix/stomp. Glad I didn’t buy a helix last year! I would have been so disappointed 😂. I would love the pastfx chorus pedal. Or even other high end clones. I listened to John’s recent interview with Rick Ruben (part 2) where he said not only his playing ability was low (at the time of by the way era) so he tried to just add to what flea already had down to make flea sound even better. To me, that’s the best they’ve ever heard together (Californication/by the way era). He has returned to that style for the last two new albums but said he was just having fun and not trying to show off like stadium arcadium. Thank you for the kind words! Glad to hear for a fellow frusch! 🎸
The tempo of the song is 120 bpm. My delay is set to 1/16 note, with tap tempo set to the songs time. If you didn’t have a tap tempo feature I think the math would be that the delay is set to 240 bpm. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Man, that sounds bang-on! I've been thinking about pulling the trigger on a Line 6 M5, which has the Obi wah effect (along with 100 other effects).
Thank you! I have almost bought the m5, ended up with the m13. Which does well at most things besides getting John’s fuzz and distortion sounds.
I really wanted the line 6 fm4 for years and finally found a “new one”. Not sure if it was actually new or just looked new but either way I’m happy. If I didn’t have it, I’d probably buy the zoom pedal.
Sweet to share some tricks and show that you don’t need thousands bucks pedalboard to do the job 👍
And long life to your new chanel !
Very true my friend! Thank you!
The Obi-Wah algorithm was added to the Line6 Helix/HX Stomp pedals in a recent firmware upgrade.
If you have a second amp around it’s really fun to set one loud and clean (a la John’s 200 Watt Marshall Major) and the second amp on the edge of breakup (like his Marshall Silver Jubilee). And if you want to dive even deeper down the rabbit hole get a Boss CE-1 Chorus or a clone (Past FX makes an amazing one). There is a preamp in the CE-1 that is always on and is another key part to nailing John’s “clean” tone.
You did an awesome job on this video. Sounds great! That slapback verse part is so awesome. Such a powerful example of John’s “less is more” style of playing. He knows when to hold back and let Flea shine, and when to let it all out.
Good to hear about the firmware update! I didn’t know it wasn’t already on the previous versions. I assumed all line 6 effects (fm4,dl4, etc) pedals were already on the helix/stomp. Glad I didn’t buy a helix last year! I would have been so disappointed 😂.
I would love the pastfx chorus pedal. Or even other high end clones.
I listened to John’s recent interview with Rick Ruben (part 2) where he said not only his playing ability was low (at the time of by the way era) so he tried to just add to what flea already had down to make flea sound even better.
To me, that’s the best they’ve ever heard together (Californication/by the way era).
He has returned to that style for the last two new albums but said he was just having fun and not trying to show off like stadium arcadium.
Thank you for the kind words! Glad to hear for a fellow frusch! 🎸
Whats time to delay ??
The tempo of the song is 120 bpm. My delay is set to 1/16 note, with tap tempo set to the songs time.
If you didn’t have a tap tempo feature I think the math would be that the delay is set to 240 bpm.
Hope this helps! Thanks for watching. Let me know if you have any other questions.