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Hurry Up and Wait amp settings — Line 6 Helix LT

The Oli Silk guitar tone for “Hurry Up and Wait”, dialed in for a Line 6 Helix LT with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, '6' album (2020)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster with single coils, clean Fender-style amp (likely Twin Reverb or similar), light compression, subtle chorus, studio reverb

Warm, glassy clean with soft attack, neck-position sweetness, gentle compression sustain, and ambient room depth

Amp settings — Line 6 Helix LT

CHANNELUS Deluxe Nrm (Fender Deluxe Reverb model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	4
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	4
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01LA Studio Comp (LA-2A style)

Smooth optical compression for even dynamics and sustain on clean passages

Peak Reduction 4 · Gain 5 · Mix 7

02Chorus (70s Chorus / CE-1 style)

Subtle movement, not watery—just adds shimmer and width

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Mix 5

03Plate Reverb

Studio-quality plate for smooth jazz polish

Decay 5 · Predelay 3 · Mix 4

Why these settings

Your Strat's neck single coil is ideal for this warm, rounded smooth jazz tone. The US Deluxe Nrm model on the Helix LT nails the Fender clean headroom Silk uses. Rolling tone to 7 and volume to 8 softens the attack and reduces high-end brittleness, matching the studio-polished smoothness of the original.

PRO TIPPick over the neck pickup itself (closer to the 12th fret) with the fleshy part of your thumb or fingers rather than a hard pick attack—this is how smooth jazz players get that pillowy, rounded note bloom without any pick clack.

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