Badger55

" If Line 6 thought they could drive increased sales by improving factory presets instead of adding new functionality they would do that. " I've seen criticism of Line 6 presets on a number of on-line/You Tube reviews & shoot outs where they came second (or worse) to other gear that simply sounded better "out of the box" . This must have an effect on sales & you'd think they would want to address it. I've had other multi FX in the past with similar issues so I assumed when I invested in a Helix LT that I'd be spending some time tweaking & creating my own presets. I've not bothered changing factory presets, but I have copied some to empty user presets to use as a starting point for editing.

This was my first update since updating to 3.11 from 2.xx when I first bought my Helix LT. I'm aged 66 & no tech wiz, but I followed the (very clear) instructions & everything went perfectly, after noting the comments above regarding Helix Native, I've also managed to update that with no problem. As has been said before : read the instructions first- it saves a lot of hassle. :)

It's nice to see the Blog article on the old British amp manufacturers. It would be great if they were intending to model any of them. I have an early 70's WEM dominator III & despite extensive attempts to get near the tone of this amp using the various models/cabinets & EQ in Helix LT, I'm finding that there is nothing that gives the same tone. There is a woody low midrange that I just can't emulate with the models available. A Dominator III, and maybe a Laney K35 twin would be great additions. Please upvote this in Ideascale if you agree.