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Honest Opinion... that's also a good way to handle multiple guitars.. (actually now that you mention it, my acoustic is a different patch, too) just not the electric guitars. it's great that the Helix is versatile enough (in regard to signal routing) to allow us all to use different approaches. I'm thinking about a variax, in which case I would have to incorporate some of the method you are using. as with You and Flyingscool - I've had the low level ringing and had to turn it off, which made me make a mistake on the intro... but I 'm getting conditioned now to check first. I've been sort of arranging my set list to play the same guitar on a couple of songs, before I switch but not all the time. GenoBluzGtr... I know what you mean... I'm calling the songs, so not an issue for me .. haha but yeah.. I guess that's where the variax has an advantage... but I just spent too much money on a nice acoustic, so I"m not quite ready to go variax... at least this month. sometimes depending on the mood in the club at the time, I choose a song to start as the previous song is ending... in that case... I just have to use the same guitar. I considered different patches but I am using different patches to switch between amps... instead. (Marshall, Jazz Chorus, Vox, Fender) so that I have the same FX setup but different sound. ******************************************* Thanks, Y'all for the replies. If I get a chance, I plan to post a short vid with pieces of songs that demonstrate the different tones, I'm getting. now that I am 98% set, I plan to make no adjustments for a little while, to give myself and my feet, time to learn what I have programmed. ex.. I have on separate switches - overdrive - distortion - amp gain increase. (now I have to decide when I'm using one, two, three, or all of them together, which also kicks A$$ when you need it.) *** the one thing I've noticed with the Helix compared to all my previous rigs... you can really hear the differences between guitar pickup/tone knob and switch settings and all of the tonal characteristics of each guitar is more audible than I've ever heard before. amazing !!

I just wanted to post my results using the Helix. --I'm still learning it.. of course-- I use the Helix with left and right L2T FRFR speakers for a stage amp. (connected with L6 Link. XLR are going to the house PA (using xlr to TRS adapters, to avoid worrying about phantom power issues). I read on a post here by Verne-Bunsen about the use of custom IR's... and his success in using the factory ones. He posted getting good results with helix factory cabs by adjusting the early reflections settting, usually down. seemed to be a big difference between the amp+cab combo and separate amp separate cab, separate being better. Thank You Verne-Bunsen for that post. That... worked perfectly !!! now I am very happy with the sound's I'm getting. I have 3 guitars connected simultaneously . Guitar in = 2016 American Strat with Seymour Duncan STK and Hotrails in the bridge position, with orange cap tone mod. Return 1 = 2012 Gibson SG 61' reissue (added an eq block with -5 gain reduction) Aux in = 2017 Gibson Hummingbird limited acoustic. NO switching required... I just pick up the guitar I want and play.... (I just have to remember to turn the volume down on the other guitars) I use a dual delay block and/or stereo chorus block to make left and right sound fully stereo. **for the acoustic I set up a footswitch to toggle the volume of the L6 Link signal going to the stage FRFR between 20% and 60%. the signal going out to the house PA and monitors is full volume and set on the house mixer. Very very happy with the Helix... now I just need to play better. (you would think after 49 years of playing ... ah nevermind) that is all.