the next 5 years we see some insane modeling
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advancements on mobile devices.
[WM] Gear Talk is brand agnostic which
means you see a truly organic sampling of
worship and mainstream musicians alike. What
are the things about Helix that appeal to so
many people (mainstream and worship) in the
Gear Talk world?
[Lance] I think Line 6 are very smart with
their branding and marketing and they are very
good at listening to their fans. Aside from the
above-mentioned benefits of Helix, I think the
aesthetics of it is very on point. Often, I need
my pedalboard to not grab the attention of the
audience on camera shots. There is nothing
more out of place on a dark, sleek stage and
some off the wall purple pedalboard with a
million odd shaped devices to distract people
from what they there for.
[WM] Is there anything else you'd like to add?
[Lance] Sure. I would like to address the fact
his plectrum of choice. Since he really kicked to leave them. I walked away from a descent
off the whole patch market it only seemed amount of money in doing so. Well, at the time
fitting to feature him as the first ‘patch-maker’ I had a pretty good presence on YouTube and
voice for this feature! I had been giving my presets away for four or
that I am a guy who loves tube amps and all five years prior to this. So, in trying to figure
analog gear. There was a time for me, where out how I was going to replace that income it
digital modeling was not at the level sonically, dawned on me that there might be a market
and I wouldn’t use it for anything besides for Premium Presets that people might want to
‘silent’ practice. In the last few years with buy from me to use in their own units. I set out
these advances in modeling, the tone is at a to build my own website and I learned how to
very acceptable level and it’s only going to get use the PayPal platform as a payment vehicle. I
didn't go to school for this stuff either. I just said
better.
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to myself, "I'm Going to do It"!! In no time at all I
had a very simple but effective website.
Also, with gear like this, there are many benefits
that you can’t get with analog gear like the [WM] Glenn, you're the first person I know of volume control, portability, and routing of who made their patches available for purchase, I was surprised at how quick it took off. I
effects and cab selections. Whether you’re a and over a decade later it's clear that need immediately started to get a lot of sales and
tube amp purist or digital modeling junkie, Helix has not died down. As I was on your site I was it was then I realized that I might be on to
is at the peak in its field and a necessity for pleasantly reminded that you've been doing something. Then I also quickly figured out how
today’s player. this since the X3 Live, that's a lot of years and a important my YouTube Channel was at getting
lot of patches. Can you tell us how you got into my videos made and promoting my patch sets.
this in the first place? So, in 2013 I might have had about 2,000
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subscribers and maybe one million views. Fast
Glenn DeLaune has been creating presets and [Glenn DeLaune] That's a good question. forward to today and my channel has grown to
patches for worship and mainstream musicians I started my business in 2012 after leaving a over 30,000 subscribers and right at about ten
alike for longer than anyone we know of. He’s band I was in at the time. I had been in that million views. That's how I got my start.
a great player, seasoned musician, and makes band for about 13 years and I just didn't like excellent and unique use of the thumb pick as the direction it was taking me, so I decided
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[WM] You have a pretty deep collection
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