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The risk with Helix is you just end up fiddling and not practising...
EDIT: I see you have a Corso amp so scrub the Kataba idea..
Dont think it it really helps putting things like that in the guys head when he’s just starting out.
I dont have to sugar coat my opinion to make things more palatable for you.
I wouldn't steer a new starter towards a £650+ bit of kit and I would put the onus on learning to play. I would say that is more helpful than getting all jumped up and defensive about your fanboy, bandwagon ridding, flavour of the month helix and the generic opinions that come with it.
I also told him Helix was not a good idea to start out with.
Calling people fanboys because you weren't capable of getting a good sound from a Helix and they are is childish and pathetic.
How's that for not sugar coating an opinion? Do you want to go back to being a polite grown-up yet?
@www - don't worry, most of us are capable of dealing with other people having different opinions.
you can have lots of fun with pedals but with it comes a bit of hassle getting them powered properly and buffered and in the right order etc. Takes a bit of time getting your signal right.
rather than consider the expense of a helix perhaps look at one of line 6’s cheaper units I.e the amplifi 100fx. You can get a whole bunch of pedals via Bluetooth and controlled via iPad if you have one. You can change orders of stuff to get a good grasp of how effects work with each other.
cheap pedals can be great, really great in fact, but bad cheap pedals can hinder you.
The Helix required just as much knobbing around with eq as the HD500 did, in order to get things sounding good. I had really hoped it would sound good out of the box. Plus I found the joystick / knob really maddening. I was constantly losing settings because I accidentally spun the knob when I wanted to move the joystick.
I wouldn't buy the helix hoping that you will be up and running in 10 minutes...
FWIW The Zoom G3 is exactly the type of thing I would point people in the direction of for their first effects unit.