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Mine is a Joyo RD3, its a pretty good fit, solid case and removable wheels make it very portable. I did make a firm wedge out of cardboard and gaff to go under the front half of the pod so the footswitches sit up and out of the case, and as you can see I have a thin piece of foam that sits on the side, I also have a piece of removable foam I put in above the pod where the I/O section is for transport, but it gets removed and kept with the lid when in use. The removable lid is great too.

Thanks mate, much appreciated.

Here's a few pics of my current Rig and the evolution from the older variax models (a maple neck 600 to a JTV 69 to go with my jtv 89). The top picture shows what's patched into the back of my 500x which is basically: JTV 69 into variax input JTV 89 into guitar input L6 link out to my dt25 which is feeding of the Left output of the POD mixer DI out of my Right XLR straight to the desk. I run like this for a few reasons: Firstly all my patches have their inputs set to both variax and guitar input (apart from a few special patches like a spilt acoustic/Electric dual tone) which means if a guitar dies or breaks a string I can just grab option B (usually the 89 on a guitar cable) without unplugging/plugging in guitars (which can be slow on the digital neutrik connections with the variax's). If this happens I just need to manually change models and/or tunings on my 89 as required. All my tones are dual tones with different sounds out of left and right, although most patches share effects (for example a tube driver on fs1 which will feed both amps). I set my output to studio direct (Manually because the L6 defaults it to combo out) but run the Left side of my signal which feeds the dt25 with no cab sim and usually pre version of the amps. The right side uses full models with cab sims, and different amps to the left for a bigger stereo sound. This combination serves a few purposes, mostly a bigger better sound due to the two different amp models panned left and right feeding front of house. It also means I always have redundancy if one of my channels goes down (Eg if the dt25 blew a tube), they always have the other side they can work in mono. The DT is also the backup if the POD dies, I just go old school 2 channel and ride the guitar volume more. The complexities are remembering to set it to studio out manually, ensuring the FOH guys hard pans my signals, and making sure the monitor guy only sends me my Right signal though the wedge, as I get plenty of my Left channel through the DT25 on stage. I get a cool, fat front and back stereo image from this set up and a blend of my favourite amps without potential phasing issues that occur when blending models. I'm lucky in that I mostly play big rooms (500-3000 people) with good quality PA support. I had thought about running dual DT amps but this method gives me the best of both DT setup and a FRFR speaker, which is ideal for some of the acoustic stuff I do. I do play smaller gigs too, and take smaller rigs on fly in/fly out gigs, often just my JTV 69 and HD500x, for which I have a whole other set of patches set up to go direct to the PA. In this case where possible I ask for a stereo Foldback set up, or if that's not possible I still send stereo to FOH but only ask for one side of my signal through foldback (again to avoid phasing). I do love my dream rig setup, I play a pretty wide variety of stuff and as a guy with a studio production background I really do enjoy being able to bring a very versatile, complex set of sounds to the gigs. It's always a balance between have solid core sounds and also setting up specials sounds for specific required tones (eg a vocoder for 'livin on a prayer', or organ sound for 'lonely boy') but that's half the fun. If you have any questions, happy to answer them. Cheers, Ben.

I'd buy the helix first then decide if you need the kemper. If the helix models are up there you might not need the kemper and could spend it on something else (like a variax or frfr speaker setup).

BB kings blues club, for great music, Jack daniels and gumbo (this coming from an Australian).

I'd still love to find out about mono summed stereo paths and phase correction.

So how bout that phase correction for summed mono signals... Bueller?

Mr igloo?

If you have a moment to answer this one, that would be great.

One of the most frustrating thing about the hd series was phase issues when dual tones were summed to mono, can you let us know if this is a potential issue on the helix or has it been designed to compensate for latency incurred on different signal paths so they remain in phase when summed? Cheers.

Legend, thank you

Hey can someone link me the variax set list to try out? When I did my fw upgrade I kept all my old patches and didnt get this one.

Dumble Two rock Mesa mark IV Diezel Herbert Put those in a boutique pack then shut up and take my money.

Ok mate here you go, I've modded my normal patch with what you requested - left side is variax mags, a plexi marshall with red comp always on, amp drive controlled by exp 2, wah on exp 1, tube drive on fs1, phaser on fs 3. You can change the amp to one of your choice and remove the drive assignment for exp2 if you like. Right side variax ac model 1, a tube comp into eq (adjust to taste), chorus which is on FS 2. Both sides are also run through a stereo delay which is assigned to fs4. See how it works for you. http://line6.com/customtone/tone/893783/

Had a quick run through the new guitar models (haven't tested bass yet) and have to say so far I'm very very happy. The Shiva in particular I've been looking forward to and early impressions are very good, even the peavy which is generally a brand/sound I don't always love is very very usable, they've managed to pack all the gain and size that people love about the 5150 but without the annoying peavy fizz that can cripple the sound. The new JCM 800 feels like an improvement and the other amp that is surprisingly big and warm with lots of gooey tubey gain in the champ. The best part though was they came up great through my DT25, I've achieved great amp sounds pretty much instantly which wasn't ways the case with older models. One general peice of advice I'd give dream rig user is I have had better results on any crunch/lead patches when I set the amp to typology IV , which has a tamer high mid response but tighter bottom end. Early days but first impressions very good.

I'm guessing your issue is to do with putting a compressor at the start of the chain and it summing your two paths into mono before you split it. The good news is that it's absolutely possible, I have a patch in use regularly to blend jtv acoustic sounds with the mags through an amp (plexi model with volume pedal that allows me to blend in the electric to my taste or for specific sections). I'll see if I can post it up for you, but I'd also suggest you consider running the acoustic side out the fx loop into a DI instead of your second tube amp, as acoustics generally sound better through a full range pa than a traditional guitar amp, especially once it's miced. In the short term, double check your two paths are hard panned in the mixer and try having a unique compressor on each side of the chain after its split instead of one at the start which I suspect is your problem.

It's possible to do with the expression pedal and pitch glide but a pain in the butt. My less eloquent solution is to set a hd500x patch to tell me variax to drop an octave and I play that riff an octave higher (around 7th/5th fret) but the lower tuning allow me to achieve a pretty close sound with a slide down instead of a pitch effect. If you don't have a variax, you could try using the pod to do the guitar an octave.

I'm stoked they are modelling the shiva, if the model sounds good it will all be worth it for me. Also glad the JCM 800 is being revisiting, felt like that was lacking compared to some of the other models. Sooooo, it's mid March, it can't be too far away right? Any idea of an actual release date yet?

I'm a fan of dual tone/stereo patches and also have a dt 25. I considered a second dt25 but didn't want to deal with a whole second amp to carry, plus I generally play larger Venues with good foldback setup so when I want a dual guitar tone I have them mic the Dt for my Left and I run the Right output to a DI which feeds the PA. I hear my dt on stage naturally and have them put my R signal through the foldback wedge. The only issue with this is watching of for phasing issues that happen due to the delay incurred by the distance it takes the sound to hit the mic, but I get around this by have the two paths panned hard left and right which means the delay actually makes the sound bigger.

I always ask for a DI exactly for the phantom power reason - Im paranoid it might fry my hd500x if they send it by mistake which is easy to do. Some goes for the direct out of my dt25 - does anyone know for sure if its safe or alternatively if it will hurt your device if they accidentally send 48v?

No problem. In terms of stereo effects, as long as you dont have a mono summing before the chains are split i think they stay seperated as the mixer is effective two stereo channels. You'll just end up with all of them summed to mono anyway once they hit your mono amp input (someone correct me if im wrong).

EDIT- My reply worked now, please delete!

switches 1 and 4 on is the classic dimension shimmer.

If you're not using any fx on the pod and only using it for an a/b/y using an fx loop on either side of the chain is probably the easiest way to break the signal flow. So you'd go out of the pod L output into amp 1, Pod R out into amp 2. Make sure your mixer is hard panned left and right. Make a patch with the FX loop enabled on the right side (bottom chain on the editor) but dont plug anything in or out of your loop. This will give you amp 1 only. Do the same on another patch except with the fx loop on the left side (top editor path) and it will be only amp 2. You could then also add in a FS controller function for the FX loop for both patches that enables you to add in the amp that you've by passed by pressing that footswtich - for example have FS 1 contolling the loop on/off, the loop is on by default which breaks the signal chain on that sidebut when you press FS 1 it disables the loop , allowing signal through on that side and now you get both amps. Hopefully that makes sense!