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Is he doing the review at his nan's house? That's not very rock and roll is it?
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
@fretmesiter: As @Lewisjenkins said, it's completely doable.
What are the other pedals you were thinking? The included ones are very good on the whole; I've already discovered that the Minotaur (Klon) model is close enough to replace my Saucy Box, I'm still figuring out how close I can get the delays to my Strymon DIG* before I can decide to sell that too.
Btw, the UVibe is great, so your Viscous vibe can probably go if you ended up buying one!
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Do it, especially if you've got the choice to buy it now, try it, and return it if it turns out to not be for you.
I'm barely scratching the surface of what it can do yet, I've spent the last few days just using the equivalent of my "normal" rig, plus a few additions that I'd planned to add prior to the Helix being announced. I'm now essentially running it as a dozen or so pedals, a single amp, with post-amp time & modulation fx, and then into stereo outs.
The flexibility is worth every penny; the sound quality is superb (probably the best I've sounded in years tbh*), and I'm not noticing any loss of dynamics or "feel". I've not tried doing any recording yet but I think I might tonight if I'm home at a reasonable time. The best part for me is that I'm now able to get home, turn it on, and be up & running in seconds rather than hauling everything out; it lets you get straight on with playing.
In terms of negatives:
*Doesn't matter if I'm running purely into an amp model, or through a slew of fx first - it sounds & feels right.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Completely agree with all of this, highlighted points in particular. I'm dialling in tones that I've been struggling to reach for quite some time.
I've not had a multi of the "last" generation, but I've been through a fair few (Boss, Line 6 XT's, TC, Digitech, Zoom G3, etc) and none of them feel as easy as this - the M series had a good interface, but this is easily a step above them.
Paul - afraid I don't have one to play through it atm, I can run the whammy a -1 octave into a bass rig though if that's any use?! Or if you're in/near London you're more than welcome to bring one over and play.