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Stick with your pedals. They’ll be worth money in ten years, unlike a ‘helix 1’ which you won’t be able to sell for love nor money.
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It's like any gear. Long term, some stuff is in demand and other stuff isn't. A Spider was always sold as an affordable consumer item. A Helix is sold as a professional tool. How much it's worth in 10 years will be down to a; what age-related faults start to occur and b; how good its reputation is, long term - how many famous artists use it, how many users make positive noises online etc.
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When Helix 2 comes out, Helix 1 values will plummet. Line 6 gear just doesn’t hold its value.
Bit like old iPhones...
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L6 pedals have always held their value pretty well, even the monsterous tonecore ones. I’m confident the DL4, M9 and M5 will continue to hold their values and any of the Helix products will - to an extent - hold theirs too.
I paid £350 new for my HX Effects (PMT knocked £50 off for it being a display model). If it’s worth less than £200 - adjusted for inflation and assuming it’s in good working order - I’ll be very, very surprised.
Do the overdrive models sound and feel like the real deal boosting a valve amp and what's the noise like? I typically would just use a tubescreamer or klone for boosting an already dirty amp.
There is something I like about buying individual pedals though, which Helix would take all the fun out of. But then I think by the time I've bought everything I want for my board I probably won't be far off the price of an LT anyway!
If were talking cork-sniffer approval though, no other product from line 6 has had the sort of acceptance the Helix stuff has over at TGP. That might change its perception on the used market....
Or Mooer could make a GE500 for £199 that is better than Helix so everyone ditches their Helix for £90
we don’t know, and I don’t care, I’ve had three years pleasure so far and sounded better than ever, that’s worth the investment as far as I’m concerned
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