Max Michael Helyer

On fuzz, Max uses an original Rotosound Fuzz pedal on top of the JHS Sweet Tea. He uses it to fatten the sound of a distorted signal.

"I've been getting involved with the TC Electronic Hall Of Fame reverb in a lot of our songs just to make it sound big and roomy and vast.

In a Rig Tour video by TotalGuitar, Max Michael Helyer of You Me At Six discusses using TheGigRig G2 Switching System, inspired by fellow guitarist Chris Miller, for its ease of use.

Though he doesn't talk about it, Max's NS-2 can be see at the center-right of the board. From what is seen, he only use the mono connection.

According to post from Daniel at Gig Rig, they constructed a board for Max Heyler, while Electro-Harmonix POG2 is visible in the photo.

Originally, Max used multiple Boss DD-20's as his main delays, but made a switch to Strymon after several recommendations from friends. Like the Mobius, it is synced to the G2. Also, the options are much more diverse with settings such as the "Ice" setting for such songs as "Crash".

Like the Strymon Timeline, Max has had this synced to his G2. He likes the Mobius for the multiple modulation effects in a single pedal.

To go for overdrive, Max uses a Double Barrel with a boosted TS808 setting as well as a clean channel. He has it set hot enough to break up.

On his main distortion, Max uses a JHS Sweet Tea. He uses this so as to make his settings on the amplifier more simplistic.

Max has several pedals similar to Chris Miller. Like Chris, he begins his chain with the Ernie Ball Volume Pedal.

Also like Chris Miller, Max has a Boss tuner connected to the tuner out on his Ernie Ball Volume Pedal.

Like Chris Miller, Max has a Boss footswitch attached to the G2 switching system.

Max Michael Helyer uses the MXR M102 Dyna Comp, as seen in the MusicRadar feature on professional guitarist pedalboards.

Boss dd-20 bottom right next to his feet

According to guitar.com interview, Helyer switched to using Neural DSP, as Bring Me The Horizon's Lee Malia started using it.

While a conversation Bring Me The Horizon’s Lee Malia inspired a recent efficient switch to Neural DSP Quad Cortexes, the fundamental Max Helyer pedalboard is his pride and joy, as he gives us the full, extended rundown.

According to guitar.com interview, Helyer uses TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2.

The TC Electronic Hall Of Fame 2 is the perfect [reverb pedal] for studio and live,” he begins. “I’ve got options on a small pedal – I’m tweaking the decay and effects constantly throughout the show.

Used in a couple of songs, such as "SUCKAPUNCH" (2021) and "No Future? Yeah Right" (2023), according to guitar.com interview.

“I’ve got an Electro-Harmonix Bass Microsynth that I use for songs like SUCKAPUNCH and No Future? Yeah Right – it squelches a little bit, and saturates it more towards a synthesizer sound. Being a guitar player, the Bass Microsynth reacts in a different way and just gets that little bit more grunt out of that lower end.”