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Helix does have quick intuitive analog controls you can grab mid song. There's a specific button that always takes you back to the Amp settings display, and as the footswitches are capacitive you just have to touch (not press) one with a finger and that one will appear on the screen for adjustment.

Any good? Im on a bit of a Steve Harris trip at the moment and fancy trying them. Are they smooth? Or a bit textured?

I have never used a polyphonic on bass. I’m an old fashioned octave down person! ive done the update on the helix, when I got a chance I’ll see what happens with all the new fx.

M900 for me. At the moment my main gig is big band jazz and modern orchestral arrangements of pop tunes and film themes. The amp is superb

I copy it. Sometimes I have to learn 1 bar at a time, but I learn it properly. I think about changes after.

The new filters and synths are fun!

Yup. Silly yanks clogging it all up!

New update is out. 2.50 Loads more stuff including all the M series legacy fx.

Lovely colour. might be a candidate for serious modifications!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155979805431487&id=237414911486&ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_comment @alexclaber You might want to have a look.

It's really easy for us string instrument people to get all annoyed about it, but the guitar industry is relatively small compared to others. I have no difficulty in trying to ensure the survival of the species so that means restrictions must apply to all. You'd hope that a journalist, even a music one, would look at the bigger picture.

Ive been trying to resist. Failed. im in.

I don’t. But I am louder than them so it doesn’t matter. (also my eldest spawn is a very good clarinetist so she tells me whether I’m getting things right or not. Precocious little goit)

It looks great and it is light. Amazingly though, it still looks heavy next to my Barefaced One10 and Puma 300 which together comes in almost 10 lb lighter!

I use them in my Helix all the time. Very useful kit.

Line 6 Sonic Port and your iPhone. You get the mobile POD software with it, but it's also compatible with Amplitube - even the free version. Then you can import songs from your iTunes and play along. Really useful stuff indeed.

No doubt it's a valid business decision - outside of the USA there is very little stigma against other countries making instruments anymore. My Indonesian Ibanez Jem is amazingly well built. I suppose for me a Sadowsky is an aspirational instrument as they were only ever played by really successful players. I lusted after Jason Newsted's black and maple one. I wonder if new players don't feel that way about PRS simply because the SE series exists - they are used to the SE's existing.

In the late 80s I had a SLB model PJ. Wasn't an expensive bass but it was very nice. Lovely blue colour too. It was stolen in the end. I wonder what happened to it.

I'm sure they'll be great basses but I wonder about devaluing the brand. Always seems a risk when a high value item does cheaper versions.

£540 is about 60% of a proper Helix LT. I think that's pretty good really. If the new reverbs are up to Strymon levels then even at £540 it's going to look like cracking value for money.

Assumption: the helix can use any input for anything. Including iPod in type uses so I’m assuming the HX will do that. I’d be disappointed if it can’t. I’ll ask on the Feb group. The guys that designed it are in there.

I’ve got one. Dont know if CameronJ has.

I sold my octaves when I got my Helix. I kept 1, the mxr just so I’ve got a small board for easy carry.

No bass specific demos yet but with the 2.5 update both the Helix and Hx will have all the legacy fx from the M series of multi effects including loads more compressors and filters and synths. There’s tons of drives in there and the HX can load IRs as well. RRP is £540 GuitarGuitar are showing then at £440. Looks to be superb value. Nice and compact too.