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Don't get me wrong - I AM a Helix fan!! The Helix can do more and I do concede the amp modelling is better on the POD HD even never mind the Helix. It is a more capable unit, my point is simply for 4CM live use your can do most of what any 'normal' musician would want from an FX unit even without any extra exp pedals or footswitches being added or external pedals from your pedalboard being grafted in. But even that you can do on the GT-100 - just not as much as on the Helix as it has more loops 4 to the GT-100's 1 loop. And has more buttons available ie 10 to the GT's 6. (not counting the ACCEL and expression pedals) 8 if you count those.
but £309 vs £1147....is the Helix close to that much better ? Hmmm....not so sure! Saying that i'll still end up being daft n get one....desire will overtake me methinks. I will justify it by telling myself the amp modelling is betterer and that's something that I will use at home if not live.
None of my guitars are 4 times better than the squire equivalent
But if you are just looking for a multifx and have mild requirements then the Helix is hard to justify
But I don't regret mine for a second
If you're going a bit further with sound manipulation then it becomes more worth it. Plus you get the multichannel USB interface and all those FX loops and inputs and outputs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngj12degBiE
my fave demo I think of the GT-100. There's only 2 really good uns so far for the Helix - Paul Hindmarsh at Andertons and Pete Thorns. For ME personally and specifically for LIVE use there's no sense in the Helix. Still probably won't stop me buying one though. GAS is a dreadful disease to which there is no known cure. )
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I'm going to try some more IR's and lots of EQ tweaking but it currently sounds like an average recording instead of an amp-in-the-room again.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Just save yourself weeks of IR auditioning and patch tweaking and move to a house with a better sounding room. It's the simplest soloution
Will let you know @siraxeman.
Bad guitarist will make the best gear sound bad.
Good guitarist makes even average gear sound great.