Woodinblack

I was about to buy it full price, and then I was offered it second hand. There aren't many second hand stomps around at the moment so that is hardly a comparison. So I am not getting your point at all. So your point is that line 6 are bad people for not making a product that you wanted them to make and instead making something else? I really really don't get your logic. By that same logic are Zoom also not bad people for also not making a helix? so how many people have an HX? I am guessing it is a lot more Yes, load of people have gone out to buy the new thing that just came out this month, at the same time, rather than something else which they could have bought any time, thus demonstrating that that new thing is so much better than all the other things. That is totally unheard of, obviously or would we have loads of multi page threads where people were all buying the newest thing that had just come out like, oh I don't know, a new zoom b3n or a flea jazz bass or some amplifier etc. That would be crazy

Well, that is invariably the problem of buying things. If you buy something that isn't quite what you want and something else comes out later, that is a normal part of purchasing. This stuff we have today is complete junk compared to what is going to be out in several years, so it is down to whether something is out that does close to what you want, when you want it, knowing that at sometime later, you can guarantee that something better will be out. Well, that is in the real world, I suppose in the guitar / bass world it will be 'oh these new helixes aren't a patch on the original mk1s from just before the 20s'

I was interested in that - so what was it that made you choose that, was it a size thing or you just didn't need all of it? I mean otherwise the LT has all of the HX plus more.

Too right, if I was a touring musician or playing bigger places than the pub opposite tescos in town, I would have a full fat helix (or maybe helix rack) without as a second thought.

Very hard - what would be the point of the Helix LT then if a unit half the price and half the size did the same thing? No, easier to make a cut down unit with less DSP for people who want just the amps - I am surprised they didn't do an HX Amps, but then maybe that is what the stomp is effectively. I find the amps quite uninteresting compared to the effects. I have amps. I can have all the modelling I want, but my 2 x 12" Tc cabs and TC450 isn't going to sound the same as an ampeg and 8x10 however good they are, so until I am going straight into a PA without an amp it has less interest for me. I think you just want different things.

I bought used from someone on this very forum. I was trying to decide whether to go for an LT or an HX and got contacted with an HX for sale, so went for that. Obviously the LT had all the stuff, but the size was a bit off-putting as was the price. The Full helix was way out for price. The Stomp, although interesting, wasn't something I would have gone for, too few blocks, too few buttons..

And it depends on your own personality I guess. If told in that sort of situation what to play, I would listen, say “that’s an interesting idea” and carry on regardless. If something is suggested I don’t mind listening but being told is something different if you are not employed for that

No b3 update though Have they? How so? would like to know as I have just bought a hx rather than a stomp

You can alter the order of the patches on the B3n if you want to

Jazz necks are quite different. Especially some of the thinner ones. I don't play 4s any more but if I did I would have no problem playing a jazz whereas a P would be less comfortable. There are a world of other necks, but if you want to stick with the P body, then your choices are limited to P or J necks really (well, fender necks but that is about your choice).

What do you mean by cut corners?

Just stick a jazz neck on it then, maybe that would help you. I never could get on with P basses, the necks are awful.

I used to have a Shure SM58, never really liked it. Tried the Behringer XM8500 (handy thing as a spare) but I now use a TC MP75, and wouldn't want to use anything else. They are quite expensive here, but much cheaper in the states (back when we had an exchange rate). Out of everything I have used, nothing works as well with my voice.

TBH, although I normally play it with 3 (with the same 1-3-2 pattern) which makes it pretty easy, it isn't that much harder with a 1-2-1 once you get into it.

Same here if you mean the bit at 'Were not so different anyway' - the bit at 3:36 on that video ^^

I do love the fan frets and the thinness of the necks. Considering I can't generally cope with wide string spacing, I find the dingwall necks very comfortable and they are very wide.

I had a problem at the gig yesterday with a bad noise problem (that I suspect was something to do with a sound engineer - haven't had it before), so I stripped my pedal board apart trying to get rid of it. In the end I decided to go with a cable straight to the amp which cut it down, but meant for the first time I wasn't wireless. And frankly I didn't enjoy it - constantly having to move the cable out the way to not tread on it! As to the active bass thing, if a system uses a trs to charge itself (which seems a dumb idea), it won't work with the majority of active systems, as that is how they switch on. Or a Gibson darkfire for that matter. I guess because active guitars are less common they do it that way.

I found that too with the Guma.

If it is a tribute band, then yes, it does make sense, or if it is a named band leader, such as you are the backing band for someone else. Not a band I could be in though but probably as well as they wouldn't want me! But yes, as you say, you know the answer, you are just talking to yourself out loud

Oh thats a good idea to have a thread for this. I have an HX effects coming this week, should be interesting!

Thing is, if you are looking to buy something and there is something you don't like about it, walk away. They are not rare items, they come up quite often.

The artecs are pretty cheap and cheerful - I have a SE2 and an SE3, they all work fine (Although I had to send one back to thoman because it was pre-used and not functional!)

Well, I am over 50 and I mentioned going to see Royal Blood who have been going for 5 years now, if that helps.

You might find a general helix thread would be an idea seeing as a lot of the signal flow etc is common to a lot of the devices, and you might miss out on somethings that someone has for a full fat helix that also works on the stomp etc.

Because every block is affected by the blocks before it, think about what each block brings to a sound. For instance if you put a compressor before an autowah, it wouldn’t work well, but the other way round is fine etc