It looks like a really nice piece of gear but something no one has yet brought up here... how does it sound? That Sweetwater demo has virtually no playing in it. The little I heard sounded pretty good, but let's face it - Line 6 simulators get decidedly mixed reviews, to be charitable.
My take is that I have yet to hear any Line 6 unit actually sound good. Decent, maybe, in certain situations... the clean sounds can be OK... but I've never liked the dirt sounds, particularly those hard-to-get light-, and mid-crunch tones. Still, I'm curious. I won't get one, no, but I will check it out occasionally online, as I do several amp modelers.
If you go to the
http://line6.com/helix/ page, go to the "learn More" section and click on the video and listen to Sean Halley demo'ing it, it sounds pretty damn good over my computer monitors!
Now I agree that I want to hear one live to see how the tone sounds and how dynamic the response is to my playing...but it looks like Line 6 may have a solid unit on their hands!
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