glideman

Do yourself a big favor and order a Mission Engineering EP1-L6... Designed specifically for Line 6 products. My Boss FV-500H did not play nicely with Helix...

Good write-up! I got rid of an Axe FX II XL+ and a Kemper rack shortly after I dug into my Helix. I wanted an all in one floor board that was easy to program/edit/tweak. Much simpler live setup for me and I don't really have to sacrifice sound and playability moving to the Helix.

Hey, Beavis... He said Cthulhu... uhhhhhhh

Though they are great sounding boxes, I sold my Kemper and my Axe FX II. Once I was satisfied with the sound and feel, I was glad to not have to sacrifice tone and playability to get away from having a separate rack AND foot pedal to control it. Simple setup and great interface! Your post was very well written!!!

Whoop!!! Thanks for the scoop, DI!!!

I would think you could probably not have to worry about running out of DSP with your described setup. I'll second the Glenn Delaune PF preset. I purchased it as well. When using only one amp/cab pair, you have to hammer the heck out of the Helix to run out of DSP.

Mine's repaired and returned and like new. Good luck with yours. Would hate to have to make the decision from your location.

I'm actually quite satisfied with using the pitch effect for detuning to Eb. Doesn't have any significant artifacts or anything. No severe chorused sound effect to it.

Yeah, Lonestar is a good amp, too!

Agree

Thanks!

Mine aren't cheap, but I think they were geared more toward commercial music than flat response. Too boomy in the lows and fizzy in the highs. Any recommendations for true flat response headphones that won't completely break the bank?

Have the same problem with an FV-500H... I finally gave up and have ordered a Mission EP1-L6. I'll find out how that works next Tuesday (everyone here has success with this pedal since it's made for Line 6 products).

Hmmm... mine seems to work fine. I can jack up the feedback and echo "until the cows come home..."

I'm hoping the Mission EP1-L6 I just ordered works. I have a Mission EP1-Kemper and a Boss FV-500H, and both of those have the 0 to 100 to 0 problem. Doesn't matter if it's a TS or a TRS cable, they both do it. If I set the min vol pot on the FV-500H to max, then the pedal makes the helix volume go from 100 to 0 (inverse action) from heel to toe. TOTALLY screwed up!!! If this L6 Mission pedal doesn't work, then there's a problem with my Helix... *crosses fingers* I'll know next Tuesday when the new pedal gets here! Anyone else have this problem with these particular pedals?

I never did like my Helix into any of my headphones. Sounds way better into my 12" coaxial powered monitor. I've also plugged straight into a tube power amp and into a cab and gotten some great tones. For some reason, headphones just don't do it for me. I guess I'll have to go purchase some of those $200 types... LoL! Love my Helix, though! Many compliments on my live tone through my monitor and straight to JBL PA!!!

I had the Road King II head... was a nice amp. Brutally loud... but nice. I usually ran it with just a pair of tubes in 6L6 mode or EL34 mode.

Dangit... I was looking forward to playing with the new amp tonight.... :(

And how did you get 1.06 before the rest of us? LoL

Are you going to post the matchless patches on your downloads page? I have everything else, I might as well buy some more. LoL

I hate Apple... android and winders all the way. Hehe

Would love the XTC...

Was surprised at the amp model selected, but it should be a good one. Most of us predicted Bog XTC...

Shocker on the amp model. Guess those of us that guessed Bogner XTC were wrong.

Poof there it goes... Poof there it went........