caledoneus

I like to run the Mic Preamp on my acoustic presets to give me a little bit of options for some "amp" effect, then whatever effects.

corrupted preset. do a factory reset (after you export your presets/ setlists) then you can import in setlists/ presets and hopefully figure out which one is the corrupted one.

Short answer is this. Lets say they stop all updates and such for the Helix today and announce the next Line6 modeler (not likely considering they just did a major overhaul of the firmware to make future updates easier and such). You would then have a great sounding, easy to use, versatile piece of gear that you could use in a multitude of ways. So, if you like the Helix, go ahead and buy it.

True enough.... lol

one could argue China did. Just saying.

Was it answered thoroughly and right away? Yes. BUT Then we had to have comments such as "Tired of winning? Vote" and "You bet I will! I don't want a madman determining how much I have to pay for my guitar modeler!" which are not answers to the question and are political comments in nature. I keep my political thoughts out of it (which I think is part of the rules for when you sign up), so it's only fair to expect other to do so as well... Whatever though. Screw it.

sigh. I wish people could answer questions without dragging their political baggage into it. I just wanna talk about guitar stuff!

The bandits actually make a great pedal platform amp... Good clean sound, stays clean at high volumes, and not too heavy to carry around....

Twangy Les Paul???? Did you mean to say Tele? yeah, you meant Tele

put in a ticket. They will fix the LTs exp pedal even if you bought it used and it is out of warranty.

if you are running it into the front of an amp, most (or quite possibly all) of the factory presets are going to sound bad, b/c they have an amp/ cab block in them. You'll need to delete/ bypass the amp/cab blocks, or just set up your own presets with no amp/cab blocks involved to use it as a pedalboard.

OP stated he is using the HX Effects. This does not have XLR outs, just the 1/4".

the plus side to using the 4CM is that with it you can run your drives and stuff before your amp and delays and stuff in the loop... That being said, some down sides are you have to have more cabling, and you have to use up blocks for the send/ return to get the 4CM working (so you would have less options). I never really tried the 4CM with mine when I had it b/c I got the sound I wanted just running it before the amp.

Yeah, this is a great point. I use my LT for bass all the time, and like you said, the reality is that technically every effect on the unit has a blend control, you set up a parallel un-effected path, and then use the split block as your blend. To try and put the Zoom stuff on the same level as the Helix is just silly. With it being a bass specific unit, I'm sure it has more things that say "bass" before them (Bass Phaser, Bass Flanger, whatever) but so what? And as far as no 12" cabs go, you can put the bass "amps" into the 12" cabs pretty easy....