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For the John F sound I found for the funky stuff using the Fender Delux amp model with a plain old Scream 808 to beef the gain and a LA compressor really does the trick, well with a Strat on neck pup it does any way - then again John F really does drive that classic strat sound that in my mind is hard to get without an actual strat

Squeeky Pedal here too and the place i got it from is 3 hours away :(

Lol sallllll goooooooddddddddddd :)

When I say whizz kids I mean fellow helix users (not line 6 themselves) I actually like the helix - I traded my rockerverb 50 and CB 2x12 cab in to get it and I prefer the frfr sound from the helix

This seems like a good place for us to ask for certain patches to be created by the whizz kids..,, I have a few I'd like but can't quite get : Nuno Bettencourt Tom morello Rammstein (rank)

Some real sweet set ups. I've had a few rehearsals with the Yamaha monitor now and at half volume it stands up to the loud drummer so pretty impressive and no tone colouring.

Thanks guys - yup it works a treat - I had forgotten to allow all the inputs when setting up helix as the audio driver in reaper. Very impressed - the thing works like an 8 track. It'll be interesting to see what kind of tones I can get from my guitar when sharing the dsp with another guitarest and bass player . Interesting idea on the looper

Ok great that definitely helps - many thanks

Hey guys question here . So me and my drummer buddy were playing with the helix yesterday and basically set it up so both my guitar and his electric drums came through the helix and recorded directly onto reaper, The question is, when you have two signals on the helix , so one for guitar then the drums in the fx send , when recording on reaper is there a way to have the drums and guitar go to separate recording paths on the recording interface instead of being on one combined path so that you can then eq the tracks separately ? On another note, it sounds impressive still but being able to relevel separately when mixing would be great. Here's what we did (just a soad cover to play around https://soundcloud.com/smoke-signals-765125715/soad-suite-pee-cover-drums-and-guitar

Nice - yeah the l2t is my next choice . Think I may stick to the Yamaha though now - sound great when cranked up . I find they sound best on the floor angled up like monitors .

My Yamaha DBR15 came - wow its miles apart from the Ironhearts. The sound is just so full and im getting that rehersal cranked sound but at room volume still. Far less feedback and the tones sound a lot more real. Sounds way better than my rocker50 and cb2x12 - ill post another piece of feedback when ive tried in at band practice on tuesday. Im blown away so far.

Awesome feedback guys! Ill let you know the verdict on the new Yamaha tomorrow (comparing to the previous rig which was orange rockerverb 50 and 2x12 orange cb with V30s) even with the 200watt laney speaker the band seemed impressed with the new sound

Let us know how it goes mate - be good to see how they hold up

Orange rockerverb and thunder verbs !!!!

Sorry about the typos by the way . *15 inch cone !

Let's share opinions on great speaker options and experiences . So I got the helix to replace my physical rockerverb amp and cabs , the idea being I use an frfr monitor to throw the sound out there for rehearsals . So first I tried the laney iron hearts irtx thing . Great great sound from all the presets though at practice I had to crank it up to nearly full as we have a loud drummer - pushing it to the max resulted in too much feedback . . . It just about held together but needed much more - it's tiny and only 200 watt. Sooooo that's sent back and to replace it I have the Yamaha dbr15 on the way. It's still full range but a 15" come and 1000 watts and much more ruggedly built with 5 year warranty. I'll let you know if it's any good ! What are you guys using ? My fallback option will be the atomic clr but that's worse case scenario as it means another 350quid. High hopes for the Yamaha

Just plugged her in - to those waiting still - dont worry its well worth the wait. I switched my Orange Rockerverb 50 and Closed back 2x12 with V30s for the Helix and an Ironhearts FRFR and i am not disappointed. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Ill be over in the other forums sharing ideas and tones no doubt. Good luck guys and have fun

Same here with Andertons - mine comes tomorrow. I also noticed they have one left in stock for next day delivery: http://www.andertons.co.uk/multi-fx-units/pid40979/cid693/line-6-helix-floor-multi-effects-unit.asp Good look everyone and hope everyone enjoys the new toy! Got my Laney IRTX FRFR on standby!

I have news, 2 retailers have stated that Yamaha have now shipped all of the orders to the uk and that they are now in the uk going through customs, so in the uk we should have news early next week :) and maybe a delivery by the end of next week. Getting real excited now!

Well I ordered mine just before Christmas and andertons say the end of January so here's hoping. I know that the delay is something to do with stock being held at Yamaha for firmware updates.

I think you are right there frank. I'm not sure which Yamaha - their main distribution I think - no idea which one that is bit yeah it sounds like a pause to sort out a load of issues / errors

Ok guys I've spoken to two retailers, both of which confirmed that the delay is because they are all being held at Yamaha distribution for a pre-shipping firmware update. So they are pretty much working through those in batches and sending them to retailers. Apparently the end of January is the time where deliveries will be back to normal