r/Line6Helix

Looking to pull the trigger and get an LT after a fair amount of research. Play in a wedding band, about 20 decent gigs a year and want something that will give me much better quality than the boss me-80 I’m using and be fun to play around with at home.

My only hesitation - and I appreciate it might be a stupid one - is that it’s been around for 8/9 years now. A long time in this digi age. I understand the various software updates keep things broadly fresh and up to date, so are my concerns unfounded? Do most people find that out the box it is relatively up to date or does it need a major software update?

For instance, I play an arch top. It’s chill and warm. But I’ve heard the characteristic strat tone comes from peaks in like the 3k range. Whether or not that‘s the actual frequency response, my question is—is it possible to EQ your way into that tone? like, could I use the ten band or the parametric eq and boost and cut tones the way a strat‘s single coil does and get a similar result? Or is that just a property of the pickup and the sound wouldn’t be similar if you tried to manufacture it because it would be distorted?

I’m trying to get the hang of how tone actually works. this is maybe separate, but not sure how much of EQ should be controlled by an eq pedal in the chain, how much comes from amp settings, amp choice, guitar/pickup choice etc.

I found a great post on here about a huge over overview on how to shape tone with the helix so sorry if some of this feels redundant.

Not sure if that describes it best. But I bought a used helix, and the built in pedal sometimes just falls on its own and takes very little pressure to move it when using it. a new one, it takes some pressure to actually move the pedal is easier to control fine movements.

Is there a way to take apart some of the board and adjust how much pressure it takes to move the pedal?

Is the screen on the Stadium glass or plastic? Assuming it’s plastic, does anyone have recommendations for a good screen protector? Not looking for something bulky that covers all the surfaces. Just want to help avoid scratching the screen.

I have done something similar to this with my HX Stomp, but with the additional IO and DSP on the larger models, I am wondering if an easier alternative could work.

Path 1: Guitar In -> FX -> Main Outs -> Mixing Desk
Path 2: Mixing Desk Aux Mix -> Return 1 -> Send 1

Headphones Monitor Send 1.

The idea is that I would return my monitor mix from our mixing desk and then use the phones output to feed my IEMs.

If the Input to path 2 can't be Return 1, or if the Output from path 2 can't be Send 1, could I just set up the inputs/outs to be the USB because ultimately, it doesn't matter, I'm injecting the signal through the return and monitoring it before it reaches the output if that makes sense?

Maybe there is an even simpler way?