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Long-time Helix/Variax/Powercab user here. I'm in the process of transitioning to using some of my non-variax guitars for gigs. Updated all of my patches for one of my guitars with active electronics, but brought a guitar with passive electronics as backup. When I switched over, I found that all of the patches sounded much weaker and that the gains were all wrong. Is there a setting somewhere on the Helix that would allow me to quickly globally dial the input gain up?I'm not in a "use this guitar for this song and this other guitar for that song" situation. I just want to be able to reliable switch to a backup guitar if I need to.

Having same issue here.

Hi, I've got two JTV Variaxes (69 and 89f) and Firehawk 1500. I play in a cover band and love the versatility of the setup. Recently, I've notice that my varian doesn't consistently change models even when programmed to do so within a patch. Weird thing is that tunings or other variax controls change. Yes, I have checked the patch to ensure that the Variax settings say "Control from Firehawk." I find that pushing the toggle to change the guitar from model to magnetic and back fixes the issue, but I would really like to have the amp control things properly so that I don't have to remember how to do this. Anyone else experienced this?

Had my Firehawk for about a year now. Really love it, but had hoped to see some feature updates/fixes come on the amp. Does anyone know if there are any plans for further updates?

Updating in case anyone encounters the same problem... I replaced the cable between the FBV3 and the Firehawk and this seems to have solved the issue.

Hi, I recently purchased a Firehawk 1500 and an FBV3 floor board to control it. Loving the set up! Recently, the FBV3 LCD screen has been periodically going blank during performances. Everything else seems to work--the footswitches still change effects and patches (and are illuminated correctly). I have found that unplugging cable that connects the FBV to the Firehawk solves the problem immediately. However, this is not a practical solution during a live show and I am concerned about a larger issue. I've had the unit less than 30 days. Has anyone else experienced this? Any known solutions?