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You'll know when they say "Here it is"... L6 has been rolling that way since day one.

Beyond keeping different patches for each guitar, the only real solution would be using one or more EQ blocks within a patch that you toggle on or off depending on which guitar you're using.

Unfortunately you've already exhausted all the end-user "fix weird $hit" options there are... time for a support ticket.

Well If you've never used it and have no plans to, then you're contemplating elective surgery for a disease you don't have, lol... just leave it be.

You could attempt a factory reset, but that's about the only option you have. If that doesn't work and it's stuck like that, then it's FUBAR... open a service ticket and see what they tell you.

If you're dialing in your tones at living room volume, you will always have issues when you crank up those same patches to stage volume. It has to do with how we perceive loudness of different frequency ranges at any given volume. If you really want to go down the rabbit hole, Google the "Fletcher-Munson curve". Whether you choose to delve into the "why" or not, there is only one solution, and that is dialing in your tones at (or at least close to) the volume at which you intend to use them.... otherwise you will find yourself in a constant state of EQing your patches back and forth every time you change listening environments and volume. Keep two set lists... one for lower volume home use, and another for gigs... it'll make your life a whole lot easier. This is true of any modeler... there's nothing unique about the PODGo in that respect.

You could probably get an old school MIDI controller to work... haven't used used one since my rack-mount days, but I assume they still exist. As for the spacing between the buttons, I imagine that will vary from unit to unit. Don't know if that's something they'd put on the spec sheet... might have to try and find one in person. Either that or invest in smaller feet, ;).

Unfortunately copying settings verbatim from the POD just won't work... the modeling engines are completely different. You can start with all the same (or at least similar) models in the signal chain, but just inserting the same values for each parameter will get you nowhere. Since you are already familiar with the process of building a patch, your learning curve will be easier than most, but you still have to start from scratch and figure out how to coax the tones you hear in your head from the Helix. Fiddle with the mic choice and position...I find that can often fix a "tinny" sound quite easily, often without touching anything else.

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L6 advertising drivel notwithstanding, the whole point of modeling gear is that no matter what unit you choose, you can create just about any tone under the sun. None of them are genre/style specific. Choose based on your budget and form factor, being mindful of how and where you intend to use the unit... are you just playing along with your favorite tunes, doing home recording, or live performance? Are you touring with it, or playing Walt's Trout Hut once a month, etc etc? But no matter what you pick, the sounds you want are in there... it's your job to find them.

Yeah... if I had a wall of tube amps to capture, then I'd be all in. But as it is, all I'd be doing is auditioning hundreds of captures that somebody else did, just to find the 2 or 3 that would be useful... it'd be no different than the Customtone and IR rabbit holes.

At this point the only thing you can do is put your request in the "customer feedback" section. Hit the blue button above that says "idealscale retirement". No guarantee that anything will come of it, but what is guaranteed is that nobody in a position to grant your wish will ever see it in here. This is a user forum...L6 staff don't hang around in here.

Agreed...a 10 year old platform in today's world, is ancient. Can't reasonably expect infinite updates once "the next big thing" arrives.

No one capable of granting your request will ever see it in here. Feature/ model requests used to go in Ideascale... though it seems they've transitioned to a "customer feedback" section. There's a link above titled "Ideascale retirement". That aside, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Those lush, cavernous reverbs come at a high DSP cost.I could be wrong, but If memory serves that pedal has roughly the same DSP capacity that powers the entire Helix, and uses every bit of it just to create reverbs. So even if they did model it, that one block would just about max out the DSP for the patch... you wouldn't be able to put hardly anything else in the signal chain.

Damn...I used my last EEPROM dump just yesterday.

Folks have been asking for a mobile app since Helix was released a decade ago... it ain't happening.

It's gonna be long wait for a train that ain't coming. All Variax models were discontinued almost 2 years ago. Whether or not a next generation Variax is in the works is anybody's guess. But if I were a betting man, I'd say no. The demand just isn't there. The Variax was always a niche product... most of guitar playing world didn't even know they existed. Large multinational corporations like Yamaha aren't interested in niche products. They want to mass-produce stuff, and sell lots of units. Fringe items like the Variax...especially when they're plagued with technical issues and inconsistencies in performance from user to user as a quick glance through this form demonstrates...will never excite share holders.

There are no genre or artist-specific amp modelers. The whole reason modelers exist is to allow you to create essentially any sound under the sun from smooth jazz to death metal, all with the same unit. Make your choice based on your budget, the unit's form factor, and how you intend to use it (home use, playing live, both, etc). Figuring out how to get the sounds you're after is all about experimentation, and that will take time and effort no matter what you choose.

I sympathize with your plight, but a shipping carrier clusterf*uck really has nothing to do with L6, and there's certainly nothing that anyone on a user forum can do about it.

No one has ever "missed out" on factory presets...;)

This is a user forum...nobody who can help you will ever see this. You need to open a support ticket, and L6 will tell you how to proceed.

My complaint about lima beans: They're terrible.

I know of one way to find out...;)

It's been a gripe since day one... but given that we're 10 years into the platform at this point, don't hold your breath. If there was gonna be a mobile version, they'd have done it by now.

Creating a backup file of all your patches in HX Edit is always Step 1 before updating the firmware... if you didn't do that, then anything you created yourself is gone and you're out of luck. Factory presets can always be reinstalled, but without backups for ones that you built yourself, you can't get them back.