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It's frankly astonishing on bass. No doubt helped by 2 of the lead guys on Helix being bassists themselves.
Plenty of pro bassists swapping to it - from the Funk / Soul approach of Phil Bynoe to Billy Sheehan at the other end.
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depending how complex you like your signal chain, check out the HX stomp.. Quite a few bassists I've gigged with have moved over to one for their live use now.
Either going DI , feeding an onstage amp, or a combination of both.
Super smug* bassist at one gig, rocked up with a single gig bag with bass + stomp in. Then sat with a pint with his feet up whilst guitars and drums struggled in with their gear.
*intentionally not helping, for the giggles as opposed to just being an arse.
I can't help you re live but I’ve often used my Kemper to record bass (I usually take a profiled feed + a DI for processing later). Having recently acquired a Helix, and inspired by this thread, I tried the Helix on bass last night and it sounded great.
On guitar I've been favouring Kemper for recording and Helix for live but I think that the Helix may have the edge for bass. Probably not surprising as I suspect that a lot of commercially recorded tracks use a processed DI'd sound rather than a mic'd bass amp.
I'm quite tempted as a back up / easy carry version of my Helix rack.
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It's usually the one I build most patches around. The model of the Aguilar isn't as good to my ears. If I want that warmer low end thump thing then I tend to use the Woody Blue model which is the old Acoustic 360. That is another great model.
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A DI box and go stand in the corner and behave