daacrusher2001

Yeah...ya got me...ha ha...well, I will be trying one out when they arrive in stores. I'm in no rush. My only modeler is the Yamaha THR10-C (if that counts) I do agree that the HD500 works just fine. My biggest frustration with it was the complexity of dialing in really good tones. It sounded good tho'. I recently tried the Amplifire but sent it back. It was supposed to be superior modeling and easier to use, but I didn't think it was better than the HD and the FX were way worse. As for ease of use, it was easy to set up but to get good tones you needed to load IR's...which made it more of a pain. I'm rooting for Helix!

It will 300% more expensive than the HD500 - lol...what the hell happened to this thread.

Former HD500 owner here...I don't currently own any modeling gear. As I'm still searching for something that sounds good and has an easy to use interface. I liked my HD but found it frustrating to dial in and was never willing to touch the settings in a live or rehearsal situation. It's just not a user friendly, or intuitive device. However, I did manage to get a few very good sounding patches set up. I tired the Amplifire - I actually thought my old HD was better in many ways so I returned it. The Amplifire had a much easier to use interface but to get any decent sounding amp models you had to buy and load IRs (complexity increase) and the FX were very weak so pedals were required. i don't get the appeal of it. I was going to get another HD then I saw Helix. I wil wait until I can try one out, but if it sounds at least as good as the HD, has a better interface so I can make changes on the fly (aka Live or at rehearsal), I will likely buy one.