Line 6 Helix Stadium Pre-Launch Discussion

[jmcecil]

Any word on when the Backpack will ship?

Mine shipped with my order

 

[jmcecil]

SW rep also said he was blown away by how many they have to backorder. So congrats to Line 6 on a flawless, stress free, and surgical release!!!

 

[DanRad]

Mine shipped with my order

Mine still says backordered at MF.

 

[jmcecil]

Mine still says backordered at MF.

I did order the new expression pedal as well, but that shows as "waiting for items". But backpack and Stadium have shipped.

 

[jmcecil]

If I take the tone of the emails with my SW rep, the response for this stuff is off the charts. So it wouldn't surprise me if the supply for the backpacks is even more scarce.

 

[Digital Igloo]

I know it’s not the case and some here are very adept with gear, but every single tube amp I’ve ever played has “harsh and fizzy” in there.

But what about the thall kids who've never played a tube amp but insist they know what said tube amp really sounds like because of Spotify on their phone speaker?

Won't anyone think of the kids?

 

[PorcinePicker]

which ones?

I watched the Worship Tutorials and Sonic Drive Studios high gain demos, with the audio going through my DynAudio studio monitors that have outstanding guitar midrange reproduction. Like I said, I don’t want to make too much out of it until I’ve played the Stadium myself.

 

[BenIfin]

I hope you can make it through this tough time of Fractal still hurting your feelings.

Its a very long, slow and introspective process, but my therapist assures me I'll get there !

 

[JiveTurkey]

Its a very long, slow and introspective process, but my therapist assures me I'll get there !

 

[ian_dissonance]

But what about the thall kids who've never played a tube amp but insist they know what said tube amp really sounds like because of Spotify on their phone speaker?

Won't anyone think of the kids?

If they’re really THALL kids they know the secret is POD Farm.

 

[mikah912]

If they’re really THALL kids they know the secret is POD Farm.

Only way to get those first Animals as Leaders album/Periphery demo tones.

 

[ian_dissonance]

Only way to get those first Animals as Leaders album/Periphery demo tones.

I’m pretty sure the THALL plugin is a modded capture of Big Bottom with some plugins in front and behind it.

 

[Frodebro]

Maybe it's because at least two other companies pitched their flagship multieffects as "Helix killers" to major dealers, not understanding that those dealers like us better than they like them. Because we're not dude-do-you-even-lift crypto bro douchebags who are the type to slither into competitors' threads (or entire forums) to slag their boxes "anonymously."

Okay, that one probably doesn't need an anger translator.

There is some solace in knowing that those companies blow smoke up their dealers’ asses just as much as they do to the rest of us. That shit catches up with you, and once you get a reputation for underdelivering it’s almost impossible to recover.

 

[Chocol8]

But what about the thall kids who've never played a tube amp but insist they know what said tube amp really sounds like because of Spotify on their phone speaker?

Won't anyone think of the kids?

You could make a "less real" control for them. Maybe call it a "hype knob"?

 

[ejecta]

I hope you can make it through this tough time of Fractal still hurting your feelings.

Where did he mention Fractal?

 

[EOengineer]

Where did he mention Fractal?

I don’t know but it was probably bold, italicized, and 14 different colors.

 

[ejecta]

I don’t know but it was probably bold, italicized, and 14 different colors.

I must be blind because the post he quoted didn’t mention them at all.

 

[EOengineer]

I must be blind because the post he quoted didn’t mention them at all.

Reading between the lines a bit it seems like something that may have spilled in from another conversation.

 

[ejecta]

Reading between the lines a bit it seems like something that may have spilled in from another conversation.

Oooooohhhhh. Yeah I don’t keep up with the who’s hating on what brand BS so that’s probably why I didn’t think of that.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I’m pretty sure the THALL plugin is a modded capture of Big Bottom with some plugins in front and behind it.

Whatever it is, it sounds absolutely awful.