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That's a stopgap though, at some point I want a helix, since it was delivering that extra % of lifelike feel and the routing options and effects blow the POD away.
I saw some of the THR demo too and I'm still not sure how I feel about it yet without getting to play it personally. Rossyamaha was that you demonstrating?
We didn't exhaustively go through each and every single effect, but I did stand there for about 10minutes whilst Paul showed the group a variety of effects, and I thought everything generally sounded good. The Phase 90 sounded great for instance, and there was nothing I would've tweaked about it. I've been having a bit of a fight with the Eventide H9's phaser lately, so take that for what it is worth.
The distortions were all very good. I didn't really care about the whole "oooo look!! The Fuzz Factory oscillates!" thing... but the fuzzes we tried sounded nice. I'm not a big fuzz guy though.
In general?? Yes. I think the effects will hack it. I just wish that there were a few more reverb options and a reverse delay.
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I loved the stomp gains for what it's worth, the tape delay was the first effect I tried and that was good. The univibe is in all the videos allready but it is really lovely.
I asked Paul to show off the big revervbs because I wanted to see if they were massive sounding eventide/strymon lush and the revamped particle verb is certainly something.
I think the effects are really the big jump in quality from POD HD, the amp models a comparatively smaller one since they were pretty decent already.
Thanks @Drew_fx I appreciate the info.
Sorry... I didn't express myself very clearly with regard to point 2. I' m wondering if it can replace my valve amp - so I'd be plugging the Helix straight into the live PA and getting my on stage guitar sound from a fold back monitor that I normally only use for vocals.
@hugbot Thanks for the info. Your Univibe comment is interesting... one pedal I do use is the Fulltone Mini DejaVibe - so it sounds like the Helix could do that.
And thanks for the comment about the jump in quality re. FX. I think most stuff I've read on the interweb has concentrated on assessing the amp models - so it's good to get your view on the FX quality.
Going beyond all the modelling accuracy assessments etc... and looking at 'bang per buck', the Helix appears to have a few less obvious and less 'sexy' advantages.
My pedal board uses two rather chunky PSUs... and replacement cost on those is about £250 to £300 for the two. Also, in order to break ground loops, I tend to use 3 PP3 batteries on every gig. None of this would be necessary with the Helix.
It's actually quite horrifying to look at one's pedalboard and work out what all the pedals, PSUs, patch cables etc add up to. Makes the Helix look like very good value - provided it performs to the required level.
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@hugbot yes that was me. I wasn't really on it today. Gigging last night and up at the crack of doom so very tired. Plus I got distracted by a bloke letting me play Alan Murphy's MSG. Nearly had a cry myself.
I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.