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Release Date 12/01/2022
Anastasio23! A Line 6 HX EFFECTS preset for Trey Anastasio’s 2022 guitar tone.
Based around the Trainwreck Express amp with a slightly driven clean sound. The breakup of the amp becomes more noticeable when picking hard, especially on chords.
Trey sounded sightlier crunchier in 2022 with a less compressed overdrive, which I believe came from the natural amp breakup as well as using a Klon with very little drive to boost the amp into more saturation. I used a King of Tone model to emulate the Klon / Tubescreamer LESS, as I felt it sounded more open and natural. I also added a DRIVE switch changing the parameters of the amp to give the option of having even more natural amp breakup, which I absolutely love!
The effects include the usual suspects: Digitech WHAMMY, CAE WAH, two overdrives, LESS and MORE, a ROSS style compressor that I kept subtle but adds a distinct layer of presence to the tone, a Shin-ei UNIVIBE, SupaPuss 1 & 2 delays, an always on REVERB and SPACE for more reverb when desired, and finally the iconic CAE Super Tremolo chop effect.
New for Trey in 2021 and 2022 was the addition of the Line 6 M5’s and I’ve included a synth like sound that I believe replicates what he sometimes uses. It’s a unique and almost overpowering sound that took me some time to dial in so it wasn’t too obnoxious in the live setting. I also included an extra reverb, SPACE, emulating an Eventide Space Reverb, which adds a nice touch at times. Last in the chain is the looper, designed to emulate how Trey uses his Boomerang with a nice playback volume and decay setting for a very musical effect.
I spent a lot of time dialing these amps and effects in, trying them out at several live shows with my bands, Touch of Trey (phish & dead), A Live One (phish) & HeartByrne (talking heads). Testing them at home with several different cabinets, monitors and headphones, and then really dialing them in when pushing them at very loud live venue levels. I believe they’re balanced very well and sound really good in the mix!
HX EFFECTS VERSION: Because I don’t own an HX Effects, I’ve found a work around to use the Helix Favorites Blocks which can be uploaded manually into the HX Effects. This file is a folder of all of the individual Blocks from the Anastasio 22 Helix preset.
Release Date 12/01/2022
Anastasio23! A Line 6 HX EFFECTS preset for Trey Anastasio’s 2022 guitar tone.
Based around the Trainwreck Express amp with a slightly driven clean sound. The breakup of the amp becomes more noticeable when picking hard, especially on chords.
Trey sounded sightlier crunchier in 2022 with a less compressed overdrive, which I believe came from the natural amp breakup as well as using a Klon with very little drive to boost the amp into more saturation. I used a King of Tone model to emulate the Klon / Tubescreamer LESS, as I felt it sounded more open and natural. I also added a DRIVE switch changing the parameters of the amp to give the option of having even more natural amp breakup, which I absolutely love!
The effects include the usual suspects: Digitech WHAMMY, CAE WAH, two overdrives, LESS and MORE, a ROSS style compressor that I kept subtle but adds a distinct layer of presence to the tone, a Shin-ei UNIVIBE, SupaPuss 1 & 2 delays, an always on REVERB and SPACE for more reverb when desired, and finally the iconic CAE Super Tremolo chop effect.
New for Trey in 2021 and 2022 was the addition of the Line 6 M5’s and I’ve included a synth like sound that I believe replicates what he sometimes uses. It’s a unique and almost overpowering sound that took me some time to dial in so it wasn’t too obnoxious in the live setting. I also included an extra reverb, SPACE, emulating an Eventide Space Reverb, which adds a nice touch at times. Last in the chain is the looper, designed to emulate how Trey uses his Boomerang with a nice playback volume and decay setting for a very musical effect.
I spent a lot of time dialing these amps and effects in, trying them out at several live shows with my bands, Touch of Trey (phish & dead), A Live One (phish) & HeartByrne (talking heads). Testing them at home with several different cabinets, monitors and headphones, and then really dialing them in when pushing them at very loud live venue levels. I believe they’re balanced very well and sound really good in the mix!
HX EFFECTS VERSION: Because I don’t own an HX Effects, I’ve found a work around to use the Helix Favorites Blocks which can be uploaded manually into the HX Effects. This file is a folder of all of the individual Blocks from the Anastasio 22 Helix preset.