Did you pre-order the Helix Stadium?

[timbuck3]

Musicians friend should not penalize people for wanting to get the best deal when they release a coupon like that and it works. They shouldn’t just turn it off the next day. That’s kind of unethical.

 

[Chocol8]

Yeah but it’s a lot more fun to imagine DI sitting at his desk marking our accounts so we only get 85% accurate amps.

Since it has wifi, they could add an in-app purchase option right on the device to unlock the other 15% "BETTER"!!!

 

[EOengineer]

Since it has wifi, they could add an in-app purchase option right on the device to unlock the other 15% "BETTER"!!!

You better delete that. Don’t put that out into the world. You’re going to give them ideas!

 

[Richard_G]

Nah - they're not Kemper, are they?

 

[12tone]

Same exact situation here. I was debating about it and was going to wait. After finding a coupon that actually worked, I decided I couldn't pass it up.

Interesting. I just got off the phone with MF and they say the discount CAN NOT be used for a pre-order on the Helix Stadium. I have one on pre-order with Sweetwater but at full price.

 

[Mikael Dez]

INB4 MF calls all y’all and apologizes/begs

 

[timbuck3]

Interesting. I just got off the phone with MF and they say the discount CAN NOT be used for a pre-order on the Helix Stadium. I have one on pre-order with Sweetwater but at full price.

So they realize too many people were using the coupon and they were losing too much money so they canceled it on this or they just didn’t input it correctly originally and then realized that after losing so much money

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

I won't be getting one any time soon.
No interest in running tracks from my guitar processor. I'll be sticking with the FM9T for a long while.
Honestly, this thing is being launched half baked. The concept of legacy amps and FX is gross to me. There must be a reason they feel the need to rush this thing out the door. I do have a lot more faith in L6 delivering on promises than NDSP.

 

[Mongillo19]

Honestly, this thing is being launched half baked.

That is certainly an opinion on the Internet

 

[ccc118]

I won't be getting one any time soon.
No interest in running tracks from my guitar processor. I'll be sticking with the FM9T for a long while.
Honestly, this thing is being launched half baked. The concept of legacy amps and FX is gross to me. There must be a reason they feel the need to rush this thing out the door. I do have a lot more faith in L6 delivering on promises than NDSP.

It depends on how you look at it, but when the Axe-Fx III launched, it carried forward the same stuff from the II. The amp modeling was a little better, but it wasn't a massive difference. Major improvements didn't come until much later. The older cabs were also carried forward in a legacy subsection as well.

 

[Mongillo19]

It depends on how you look at it, but when the Axe-Fx III launched, it carried forward the same stuff from the II. The amp modeling was a little better, but it wasn't a massive difference. Major improvements didn't come until much later. The older cabs were also carried forward in a legacy subsection as well.

Iirc they didn't have III specific modeling until 2021? Until then it was Ares, right? Which was on the II.

I think Cyngus was the next naming convention after Ares but I don't know for sure

 

[Mooselake]

I preordered the xl. Really wanted the scribble strips, didn't want the pedal (but promised myself I'd make an effort to use it this time--on my LT it was just a convenient place to set picks). But the biggest deciding factor was "fall" versus "winter". I'm too old to be patient, green bananas and all that.

 

[ccc118]

Iirc they didn't have III specific modeling until 2021? Until then it was Ares, right? Which was on the II.

I think Cyngus was the next naming convention after Ares but I don't know for sure

I think the III got Ares first and then they were able to port some of it to the II. I got the III relatively early when it was still on Ares. I still have the MK I. I noticed that the feel was a little better vs the II. Cygnus was the next major improvement and I did think that was a major improvement.

 

[ccc118]

I preordered the xl. Really wanted the scribble strips, didn't want the pedal (but promised myself I'd make an effort to use it this time--on my LT it was just a convenient place to set picks). But the biggest deciding factor was "fall" versus "winter". I'm too old to be patient, green bananas and all that.

I did the same thing. I went back and forth a bit about which version and whether to even get it at all. I'm not playing live, but I still like to have the scribble strips to keep everything labeled, so I can remember where everything is assigned. The pedal wasn't a huge deal, but I've been looking for something portable and having it built in can be convenient. Also, I'm extremely impatient and didn't want to wait.

 

[Stone]

While Line6 and the folks there are awesome as is this new product I have no reason to switch from my F9T
Most of what is appealing to most on the Stadium I would not use so there's that
But you know everyone has different needs .

 

[Mikael Dez]

I won't be getting one any time soon.
No interest in running tracks from my guitar processor. I'll be sticking with the FM9T for a long while.
Honestly, this thing is being launched half baked. The concept of legacy amps and FX is gross to me. There must be a reason they feel the need to rush this thing out the door. I do have a lot more faith in L6 delivering on promises than NDSP.

This is basically how they released the Helix. They didn’t just DROP the Pod HD line immediately

 

[molul]

There must be a reason they feel the need to rush this thing out the door

They probably thought the moment was right to release an MVP that would sell more now than in 1 or 2 years when there's more stuff finished.

Things that could have made some perceive the Stadium is released as "finished":
-USB driver (only wifi available at launch)
-New exclusive effects
-More amps
-Proxy

While I agree having those (and maybe more stuff I'm missing) would be fine, most of Helix users don't really need it to buy the device. The included features are enough to upgrade, and we know there's more stuff coming in the next 10 years (and we even know some of the things that will be finished during the first year).

It makes sense they saw a market opportunity and went all-in. And judging from the reception so far, they were right.

 

[RGB]

Nope...gonna wait until folks start dumping their Helix Floor and LTs to get the Stadium, and then nab one of the old school models to go with my JTV59 since they have the built in Variax capability.

 

[LCW]

Iirc they didn't have III specific modeling until 2021? Until then it was Ares, right? Which was on the II.

I think Cyngus was the next naming convention after Ares but I don't know for sure

Then Cygnus X2

 

[FuzzyAce]

I'll wait till y'all work out the bugs so I can reap the benefits at a later date...