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Is the cream and sugar coming in the next update? ;) -Max

I don't play gigs for free, and if I were to spend many hours working on and perfecting a product or service that also required the use of some of my particular experience to pull off I would probably not give it away for free unless I were wealthy enough to not need additional income. -Max

Odd, our band has three L2 and 2 L3 speakers and none have had any issues. -Max

I can't tell what cabinet this was from. US Custom does't really tell me much. Anybody know what cab this free IR is? -Max

It is always possible that your unit is an older unit that sat in warehouse somewhere for a while. Get a support ticket going. -Max

Yes I checked out each snapshot, but crystal clear cleans is not the phrase I would use for the cleans on the Friedman or the Sur amps. When I want clean I will use a Fender Deluxe or Fender Twin or if I need absolute clean with no grit the Roland JC. This is with a medium output humbucker equipped guitar. After fooling around with them I found that almost all of the gain comes from the OCD distortion that comes before the preamp model. If you step through the snapshots you will see that the preamp setting don't change, just the gain on the OCD (some of the cleanish snapshots use a seperate IR). I was able to dial down the gain pretty easily. -Max

I bought the pack this weekend. They are mostly way too much gain for anything that I play, but the basssman will make it to my gigging set list. I need to play with a few of them to see if I can tame the amount of gain down a bit. -Max

I have been using Line 6 products since the red bean POD and have never had a failure at a gig. Just one data point to be sure, but I don't worry about it. -Max

I will probably buy this set as I have purchased two other sets from Glenn and have been happy with them. However I notice especially on the Suhr amps that his Helix simulations are missing that 3D aspect of the tone, it is hard to describe, but what I heard in the Suhr clips was nice but was missing something from the real amp. I only hear that 3D lushness with cleaner tones. -Max

I had a six day turnaround from pickup to getting my repaired unit back in my hands. I have to say that I have not received the level of service and support that I got from line 6 from any company I have ever done business with. They were amazing! -Max

I go out the Line 6 Link to an L2 speaker and then run XLR to the mixer. The big knob is set to only change the volume to the L2 speaker, so that I can't mess up the mix by changing my stage volume. -Max

When mine stopped working the same way, I put in a ticket and returned it to Line 6 for repair. The turnaround was only 6 days from shipping until it arrived back on my doorstep. I haven't had any issues since and the guys at Line 6 were absolutely amazing for customer support. -Max

If you are using the little cable that comes with computer interface, stop now. You should have a real VDI cable and they are as long as typical 1/4 inch guitar cable. The real VDI cable has the proper connector so it doesn't damage the connector on the guitar, for the same reasons don't use a regular CAT 5 cable either. -Max

I have had the opposite experience as you. I can get a great tone by just putting a Plexi amp and couple of speaker cabs in parallel and not changing anything other than low and high cuts on the cabinets. I have never even listened to any of the built in presets, they are not made for my amplification rig and guitars in mind so I don't expect them to work with my stuff that well. I play in a band and just create my own presets for the tones I need for the songs we play. -Max

Our other guitarist in our band compared QSC K series to the Line 6 L series speakers and he thought the Line 6 speakers sounded better. I think he was testing them as keyboard amps however, so you mileage may vary. -Max

I have been using some Ownhammer IRs, I got the VOX 2 X 12 cab, A Fender Deluxe, and a Marshall 4 X 12 checkerboard cab. I like to use two IRs in parallel. One with a SM-57 and another with one of the ribbon type mics. I think it sounds huge when you mix two cabs with different mics like that. I have to admit I didn't even use the built in cabs much, I was excited to try some IRs using some of my favorite speakers. -Max

With the addition of snapshots the Helix is now the perfect gigging rig for me. -Max

My wife uses an L3 and my old HD500 for Bass. The L3 works good for stage volume but you need to be going into the P.A. also to really fill a room. -Max

Did the OP compare it with the real thing or the way it was modeled in the Zoom G5? -Max

Judging by the fact that sales exceeded Line 6 expectations pretty much says that the product is competing very well in the market. -Max

I had my second gig with me Helix this weekend and I had zero issues. It sounded great and never glitched once. This gig I used all of my own presets that I created, the first gig I used tweaked Glenn D patches (I only had a few days after getting the Helix before that gig). -Max

I have been using a L2m for a couple of years now (first with the HD500 and now with Helix). I put it on a tripod speaker stand behind me set up high enough so the tweeter isn't aimed at my head and it sounds great to me. -Max

I love my JTV-59 it fits my hands perfect. I have always preferred Les Paul and SG guitars and the JTV-59 neck feels like Gibson 60s neck to me. Even if using the VDI cable with the Helix you can run both the Magnetic pickups and the JTV modeled guitars at the same time or set them up on separate signal chains and switch back and forth (you won;t need a separate 1/4 inch connection). -Max

Yes, I used to struggle getting the Plexi to sound good to me with the HD500. With Helix I made a few minor adjustments and am loving the Plexi (it is a good choice for a lot of the 70s hard rock we play). -Max

I play in a 60s and 70s rock cover band and the Helix already has all the classic amps I need for the genre I play. I mostly use 2 -3 different amps, a Fender Twin, some version of a Marshall (usually plexi), and an AC30. -Max