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Went to GC Sunday and ordered Today it's shipping out to my house. Doesn't seem fair for all of you that have waited so long, and I'm sorry for your troubles.

What Line 6 has done is a stroke of marketing genius. Line 6 seen a price point that no one was at, took a chance and it looks like they hit a home run. No competition at this price point. Line 6 has always had peers, Boss, Zoom, Digitech and we all have used these products and while we got some sounds we could live with........ We were always left wanting. Now we have the Helix a product that promises the quality of tones that we have wanted out of the $500 line up. So the Helix stands alone as a product with no competition. Complete game changer.

kemper is in its own class. Axe fx and Helix don't work like the kemper. helix is just starting out so not as many bells and whistles as the axe fx. Each device you stated has its own merits. Let's talk Helix since we are in a line 6 forum. + price + looks + brand loyalty + future updates + capabilities I picked Helix on looks factor and what it is able to do. Price being lower than others is just a + :)

This Q has most likely been asked, how long is looper? And can the looper play back a phrase without the stop and start pause? I don't really remember the looper on the hd500 and I skipped the hd500x.

Troubles signing in to vote......so add my vote to Mesa mark 2c.

Wow Really? You claim to own an axe fx 2, but you didn't know how many amps it has? You cancelled a helix....... Unable to read the specs on it when you placed an order? I don't see that many people in here flaming the ax fx or kemper. I seen your one of the fantastic four when it comes to the Helix you flame on. Just let us enjoy the wait on the wonderful shipping dates that change day from day. Not really cool to flame a group of people that are already pissed about not getting the helix on time. Nice guitar the sl1 btw. I love USA Jackson guitars, have a sl2, an rr custom shop

When I said the Boss gt 100 took the tube feel away from the Engl I meant when you pick soft or hard the volume didn't change, sounded like a tube amp but didn't respond like one. Some of the older pedals would do this on the Engl, but in all fairness the Engl is a tube amp just no pre tube stage.

I have a Mesa dual rec 3 channel, this amp is really good and many sounds can be found, if the helix can do 80% of the Mesa I will be happy. Also I had a mark v, I don't see how the helix could get all the sounds that amp is capable of. But in the past I tried line 6, boss gt's, zoom and others on Mesa amps, and Mesa amps don't like them, tried the Roland cube with boss-gt 10 and 100, was ok, I have tried these pedals on powered monitors and again just ok and left me wanting. I'm going somewhere with this just hold on.........I have just got an ENGL power tube amp (older one) and this is amazing, I have tried it on many pedals and it makes them all sound great. Even cheap digitech pedals from years ago sound good on this ENGL. I just took back a boss gt 100 and put the money on a helix. For some reason the boss gt 100 took the tube feel away from the engl but it still sounded really good. So I'm waiting on the Helix to get in so I can hook it up to the Engl tube power amp......this may be a spectacular combination. I haven't owned a axe fx but the ones I got to hear were pretty good, the boss gt 100 played into the engl comes close to what I got to hear from the axe fx, so I can't wait to see what the helix can do.

Should we avoid update until this is confirmed?

Just ordered one today, let's see how I do. Date online says 20th