shanecgriffo Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 it is pretty nice with the free friedman 2x12 cabs someone here made and posted👠I don't use super heavy sounds too often but you can really have access to the history of rock and roll just using your guitar controls (vol and pickup) with this amp 😄✌ï¸ï¸ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabak Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I just got it out of their Mesa freebie sampler. It is labeled as 412 MES-ST V60 MDRN-0. I have bought several of their others, but haven't found any reason to go beyond their freebies on that particular cab, so..... Thanks. I'll download the free ones and take it for a spin. Btw. I spend half an hour with my new acquisition, the PRS Stealth cab from Rosen, comparing it to the 3 Sigma Engl. In my opinion It's much more clear and defined in the mids and not so boomy. I'm no expert so don't take my word for it. Next up is comparing the 412 MES-ST V60 MDRN-0 to the PRS and Engl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb77 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 This "Archetype Lead" amp = Fractal worrier! Nice job Line 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLF2007 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 This amp is great right away with little tweaking- nice work! . Sits great with other instruments...cleans up well with volume as someone else mentioned. Stock cab sounded great as is. I don't feel like I need to meddle with L6's predefined cab choices too much.. Except for acoustic IR's. I'm curious how many just go straight to IR's or how many try to tweak the stock or any other cabs before you decide to use an IR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabak Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 This amp is great right away with little tweaking- nice work! . Sits great with other instruments...cleans up well with volume as someone else mentioned. Stock cab sounded great as is. I don't feel like I need to meddle with L6's predefined cab choices too much.. Except for acoustic IR's. I'm curious how many just go straight to IR's or how many try to tweak the stock or any other cabs before you decide to use an IR? I use the stock cabs just as much as IR's. But IR's from Rosen and 3SA can serve as a reference point and some impulse libs come with multimic options too. But the smoother workflow with built in cabs is a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniedenov Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 This amp is great right away with little tweaking- nice work! . Sits great with other instruments...cleans up well with volume as someone else mentioned. Stock cab sounded great as is. I don't feel like I need to meddle with L6's predefined cab choices too much.. Except for acoustic IR's. I'm curious how many just go straight to IR's or how many try to tweak the stock or any other cabs before you decide to use an IR? Interestingly, they used the Mesa/Boogie 4x12 Recto cab as the "stock" cab with it. I use that one a lot, even on clean amps. I use a real one with my touring band and theirs is pretty close! I haven't downloaded any 3rd party IRs yet. I may at some point, but I don't think their stock cabs are as bad as a lot of folks do. And yeah, the Archtype is a very nice model, maybe my favorite high gain model in the Helix! As someone said, you don't really need a stomp distortion in front of it, but I'm using the Minotaur (with it's drive set very low) with it just to get the lower voiced midrange I like so much in my lead sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteinweinerMkIV Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I just bough a brand new Helix LT 1 week ago, I have the latest firmware etc... There is no Archetype Lead amp in my helix..??!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgar18 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I just bough a brand new Helix LT 1 week ago, I have the latest firmware etc... There is no Archetype Lead amp in my helix..??!?!? https://helixhelp.com/models/amps/guitar/ 2.30? I think it was in the previous fW but for sure in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteinweinerMkIV Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 So weird.. I don't have a lot of those presets...???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I just bough a brand new Helix LT 1 week ago, I have the latest firmware etc... There is no Archetype Lead amp in my helix..??!?!? Did you install the latest firmware yourself, or did it come with it installed from the retailer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteinweinerMkIV Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Came direct from Line 6, not a retailer..It's not refurbed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Came direct from Line 6, not a retailer..It's not refurbed... It came with 2.30 installed on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteinweinerMkIV Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Ahh.. no I just looked..It has 2.21.0 loaded on it.. It's only 1 week old.... So, do I need to get the latest version? Im "new" so, sorry for sounding like a dumba$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Ahh.. no I just looked..It has 2.21.0 loaded on it.. It's only 1 week old.... So, do I need to get the latest version? Im "new" so, sorry for sounding like a dumba$$The instructions for the update are in this thread: http://line6.com/support/topic/18284-latest-helix-firmware-230—nov-21-2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteinweinerMkIV Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I just did the update.. BOOOM!!! There it all is!! Can't wait to try some of these... Cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrieri Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I tend to avoid the models of amps I own but once I decided to fiddle with the Archon model I was impressed and haven't turned on my real one since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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