Rattlehed

You like yourself a lot, huh?

I've done some googling and stared at some schematics and have come to the same conclusion as you, and I believe you are correct here. the sag control in the preamp models makes sense to me as you described above.

Derp... yes you did.

My understanding is that sag is mainly a power amp phenomenon, the filter capacitors should store enough energy on the preamp nodes that the voltages should stay fairly steady in the preamp stages. as they draw very minimal current, I could be wrong on this however

Not quite, the rectifier's main purpose is to convert (rectify) AC current to DC current for use in your amplifier. all of your amp, not just the power tubes, the capacitors are for smoothing AC ripple in the power supply.

This one has USB pass through as well so you'd not need the USB bulkhead I posted, you just need the appropriate A-A USB Cable. As far as mounting it, just need to cut a hole the right size in a large enough case, a jigsaw should do it

USB Bulkhead Connector

that sounds like two notes together, i think the problem is with your guitar.

That was shot down on the Facebook thread.

Both the guys in Jinjer use a helix.

sorry misread, thought this was a helix, not a stomp

Set up a volume pedal?

Well, Long and McQuade now says their supplier is projecting August 30th as the ship date, I'm too impatient so I guess Im upgrading to the Helix LT.

I'm also in Alberta, up north, in GP. I'm looking to upgrade from the HD500X, but I don't need all the crazy extras you get with helix. I rented a Helix for a month, it was awesome, but it's too much for me, price and functionality wise. i like the ins and outs on the HX stomp but i want the added functionality of the extra switches and expression pedal on the POD Go. I've had conflicting information about availability, i was hoping someone could clear it up. I've heard anything from days to weeks to months.

Wish I could get one of these units, but alas they are not available in Canada. I was told by the Canadian distributor to "check back in a month or two." Can anyone from Line 6 speak to the accuracy of this?