Richie Castellano Line 6 Helix Presets for Blue Oyster Cult 

As requested, I've uploaded the presets. line6.com/customtone/profile/RichieCastellano/

I hope Line 6 has contacted you, I've never heard a bad tone from you. And even better, the way you show, explain things is just SO simple to understand.. Respect Mr. Castello. Have a great day!

Really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge! I just purchased a Helix and find it a bit overwhelming at first, but your videos answer many questions and provide tips on features I wasn’t aware of or didn’t understand. Thanks Richie!

Even though this video was from a few years in the past it’s always nice to see someone at your level of ability and success to get into a few of the patches and discover how it works. I’ve enjoyed a measured level of success with the unit and have been very pleased with the results I’ve gotten to this point. I’m trying my best to maintain a positive balance of success. Thus far I’ve been able to do that. I don’t want anything such as cost or language to be a barrier to overcome. To me, music and math are the only 2 barrier-free "languages" that I can think of but I haven’t exactly put my 🧠 through a hard, taxing process. Still, I can’t come up with anything else from the depth of my brain pan, which is a shallow pool at best to be sure! 😂. If you’re on the hunt for custom tones for the Helix, happy hunting! I’m always on the lookout. You others, you may want to consider it as a viable option for effects processing. What I’ve done has been with little effort and great results, the American way!!!! It’s a very strong effects processor. Imagine having to go out and purchase the individual pedals that are put to use in this machine, wire them properly and get a great final product/result in the end. What if you employed 2 of the same pedal? The opportunities are not endless but are infinitely better. That’s my sales pitch. Good luck. 🖖🤘😎 Live long and rock your ass off!

Hey Richie, those presets are absolutely fantastic!! I love it. I wish you continued success in your guitar playing.

Thanks for taking time out to share this with us. Very useful information explained very well. The best demo of the Helix I have seen.

Richie... Thank you so much man! I had the HD500X and truly could not get the tones I wanted and found the user interface frustrating. After many weeks of youtube and then finally coming across your channel on the HELIX, I was sold and pulled the trigger as well. WOW..is all I can say! I'm using my Fender Strat Elite as my main guitar and a Marshall JVM 410H. I wanted to use the 4 channels of my amp using the reverb of the amp to save an effects block. After watching your HELIX videos I was astounded at the simplicity of the layout compared to the HD500X...which I might add was the key reason I purchased the HELIX. Your videos are professional, informative, and very thorough for a newbie of this awesome piece of technology know as the HELIX. Thanks again man!

This is the best Helix video on RU-vid. Great job! And I am a huge fan of BOC. Keep on Rockin’! 👍🏻

Hey man, just saw you guys the other day. I'm an axe fx snob and I was beyond impressed with the tones you got. I got near the stage and was super surprised to see you were using a Helix. Sound truly lies in the hands of the user.. Right on!

Nice board. I'm not much into multi effect units but they sure have come a long long way. Those are very authentic tones. Nice review Richie.

I love that I’m looking at a video from 7 years ago that applies to a product I bought a week ago. Props to line six. Only thing I could think to make this machine better is if it was modular. Like I could take off the expression pedal to make it light some times

Nice demo and patches. I see you are using IRs which seems to be the way to really get the most out of the unit. I still haven't bought one yet as I'm still feeling snake-bit by Line 6 as their gear in the past gets obsolete quickly. I currently have a Kemper which I like but miss the dual amp options. Plus the signal chain is not as flexible as this unit is, or on any Fractal gear. I am wondering if you will do a Brain May demo with this unit like you did with your POD HD 500. Looking forward to some more stuff. Thanks for posting this Richie.

Amazing playing and tone. One of the greatest Helix video on RU-vid. Please, can you tell us exactly the names of the IR's used on the 4 presets please?

Wow! You make this sound amazing best demo of this pedal out there

Hey Richie, Love all your stuff man, anyway of downloading these or your updated presets currently?

At 7:13 when you're editing your feedback value, I believe you can also use the expression pedal to change the values rather than the button.

I love the tone you are getting out of this, Richie. You are using the Ownhammer OH 412 MES-OS V70 7B-07 IR file, but I can't find them listed on the Ownhammer site. Did they change the file names to RECTO? Which bundles did you get from the Ownhammer site? I'm trying to get a crunchy high-gain sound and it looks like the Heavy Hitters Collection Vol 1 might be what I need to get me started.

Great review and awesome playing! Have my Helix about 2 months now and discover new things all the time. Those patches sound great. What is the Ownhammer you using?

Sounds great, I'm sure the standard of playing helps :) Especially loving your crunch sound. I know it's a cop-out but any chance you could post details of your settings or upload to custom tone? Amp settings would be a great start.

Great video and love the tones, especially the WAH! I noticed on Line 6 Custom Tone you've uploaded 4 pages of tones, what is the name of the patch you are using in the video?

Richie, is this still your stage rig and setup? Or did you change it alot when you spent more time with the Helix? It would be great to see an updated video if you have modified the Helix and setup since this video!

Great channel and your playing is amazing, I'll have to check out your work with BOC. And one more thing, thanks for sharing your presets and explaining how you use them with your gear and band.

Hi Richie - so now how do we get BOC to play more Secret Treaties - the most under-appreciated and greatest LP of the '70's? Genius IMO. ALL I ask is that you play the entire LP w/o interruption on every live show from now until forever, with a little Red/Black and Cities on Flame to pad out the show. That's all. Plz see what you can do. :-)

Love your playing brother love you videos keep them coming and keep on picking.

Best demonstration I have seen and very convincing ! You should be a Helix rep !!!

Hi Richie, love the video. In three days you really dug in deep. I hope you came up for air. food and water. I really liked your explanations and description of practical application. Thanks so much for the effort. Hope to see you guys when you come to Chicago.

love that dotted 8th thing you did, that's my week ahead gone !

96 Halen Music man? I believe the last ones rolled out in 1995. 96 was peavey. Love the channel and the videos! Killer work!

I just got a Helix. I was wondering how I can hear my music from my stereo through my headphones while playing guitar? Can anyone tell me how? I can't figure it out with the manuel. Sounds Great Richie!

Wow awesome playing brother! Is the musicman axis your preferred workhorse?? Great guitars

Excellent video Richie! This is on my wish list...You sound great. .I love your sounds too! Keep on Rocking! 😆

Excellent demo played at the beginning. Very tasty playing! I've yet to have an opportunity to try the Helix in person. I play in a cover band and would the amazing flexibility such a unit offers. However, I'm not completely convinced I'd get the necessary cut live that you would get from a real amp. (e.g.I've observed lesser amp modelers disappear in a mix and find I always lessen amp natural distortion & pedal distortion in a live settings to cut through a mix). That isn't even mentioning the attack you get from speakers via moving air and the extra cut you get from driving tube power section of an amp. I suppose I could compromise and use such a unit with IRs turned off through the tube section of a tube amp. However, I'd love to hear how your tour goes using such a unit on a rock band tour direct.If such an approach can work you the potential would be to cut down on moving equipment and save our backs moving less gear :-) Please keep us posted! Thanks for sharing!

I like Line 6 stuff. I seen the Demo you did with your father. I like the idea you can see the readout LOL Hope to catch your show soon at the St George Theater. Sounding Great Richie c];-D

Awesome rundown! I still have the HD500X, are the presets on the Helix able to be loaded onto the HD500X?

Hi Richie. As always, love your demos and material. When you do the post production on this and others, do you EQ the sounds in ProTools? Or is it flat with no plug-ins so we hear exactly what's on the module?

Richie: I bought my first amp from your grandfather at the shop on Bath Ave. Good luck.

Richie, On internet time, or Helix time, this video was made generations ago. But here's the question. Do you use the same patches in shows as you use in the studio. Or from big stage to small stage? What I'm getting at is that a preset is like a patch of color on a canvas that may be blank, or may be full of other colors, soft to loud, hue to hue... Whether it stands out, clashes, complements, blends, harmonizes or fizzles within the "big picture" has a lot to do within the framework of colors created by the other instruments, a.k.a., in "the mix." Do you have a short-hand way of taking a preset you love in the studio and adapting it for shows? Thanks in advance. By the way, love the "Where's the F'n Beat" videos.

Interesting that you would put your modulation effect and delay after the speaker cab. I'm guessing that flies in the face of what would be standard in a guitar rig (either before the amp or in the loop).......but rules were meant to be broken I suppose. I'll have to try it.

HELLO Richie Castellano AFTER DOWNLOADING YOUR CUSTOMTONE HOW TO INSTALL IT ON MY HEALIX LT? I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS CONGRATULATIONS!

Just watched more of this video and heard you had the hd500,great...does the hd sound as good as the helix or is there a very big difference

Your tones are fantastic Richie! I just ordered the L2m. Are you using the L6 connector? I tried different powered monitors and didn't really like the way they sounded. Really hoping Stage Source does the trick

How do you like the Line 6 Stagesource? Any preference on the model you are using?

tonight you are playing my home town, and I am sorry I cant be there. would have been cool to say hi, but hope you have a good one. btw I am in birmingham for Ritchie blackmore whose tickets went on sale first. till next time the cult play or I am in NY. jon

The music in the beginning was awesome. Was that a new song?

Is that picture on the wall background Aerosmith or Zeppelin? Also cool vid, you and BÖC are the best!

This video is great but it could use more cowbell..

great video! i have a ibanez in the picture here , and i use the fremen presets they sound sooooo good man, u should give them a try

holy moley - great playing!

So you can use just a powered speaker for an amp? Or a guitar cab with any kind of PA head or amp? Or do you still want a guitar amp? Would it matter if it models any sound?

I own a Line 6 DT50 amplifier, would you happen to know if the HELIX will work with my amp? I know that the HD500 runs all the functions of my DT50 (I don't presently own one) but would like to purchase the HELIX if it indeed works the DT50? Thanks, Garry.

Y qué opinas de la Fractal AX-8? Muchos dicen que es mucho mejor que la Helix..., porque valen lo mismo, pero quiero saber si su calidad de sonido es muy diferente. Gracias.

I hear a lot of buzz about patch switching delay but it doesn't seem really prevalent here. I know they all have it. How bad it is really?

Richie, just curious, after 5 years, does it still hold up? Still the same floor model without any issues? thnx :) rock and roll

Great video. Very informative and great playing. Cheers

Amazing tone

genial video pero al cambiar de preset ¿no hay cola de efectos del preset anterior?

How did you set up(send) yr stomps(comp, delay, chorus), in the upper place for the footswitches? I wanna do the same, but....no chance.

Some killer guitar playing

Great review as well of the Helix features .

hey Richie, great sound and very good playing! i have downloaded your patches and the same IR's - sounds good - thank you! but i have a feeling i need adjust some settings for my guitar. i have Hamer Californian with high gain pickups, looks like i need reduce amp gain. Do you have any advice what should be adjusted to match another guitars or pickups?

Just curious why you didn’t get the rack version?

Cool video. How do you find the Engl tones compare to your Morse amp ? Has the Helix displaced it ...

if one is to plug in direct to the main pa and use a speaker for monitors, is there really a difference between these all in one speakers (like the stagesource) from the less expensive behringers or alto powered speakers?

i missed it in the video...how are we hearing pedal and how do u hear it? great job richie!

yours videos about Helix are awesome!!!

I don't mean to solicit but I have a red 2000 Peavey Wolfgang I've been trying to sell for a couple years. Would you be Interested?

Anyone have an idea where you wouyld set up that High Pass to ditch the fizz? on then high end? BTW use the other all purpose preset Richie also does a vid on.

I can't afford this thing but it's awesome,I'm looking at either a line 6 hd500 or a boss gt10 or gt100...what you think.

Wow , this was really good!

When u change presets does your helix have a lag? Mine has a small one

Just curious.. why the always on -3dB gain that you click OFF for a boost as opposed to an on demand +3dB gain boost?

Love your video's there helping me figure this thing out!!

Thank You... great video... awesome tones

What amp model is the grit?

Really intresting thanks for video.

Great review thanks for sharing.

Awesome!!

great video , very helpful !..Cheers

Hi Richie I was Wanderung oft you would Share that IR you Use?

You are thee best!!

Thanks for your help.

good. Could Richie ask you for facebook about helix?

Are the 2 amp models in the same preset??

sick playing

Hi can you do circular delays with helix ? Ta

very good,woww

You are amazing!

Richie, I must have missed it but how are you able to have the presets (preset mode) on the bottom and the associated effects (stomp mode) on top? Great tones by the way.

I love it!

Awesome!

pretty neat...

GREAT!!!!

Nice recording to boot!

wauuu qe talento

Oh I see, your not using snapshots

F;)₪& yeh man !!! 🤘🔥🔥🔥

Think I have a man crush!

all them guitars, and not a single real amplifier in the room.

Ritche renounce this world. Leave Satan and his friends hanging. You haven't accepted Jesus yet. You need resurrection. Before you were born He knew you, while in your Mothers womb He set you apart. Don't be used by cheap washouts who wrote many lame records. Fireworks worst song ever. Bhuck Darma ruined imaginos.

Hi Richie! Are the crunch sounds significantly better than the HD500X has? Thanks you!