Line 6 Helix Stadium

[AlbertA]

Doesn’t anyone want to wait to hear how the damn thing sounds ?

There's enough buffer to flip it without losing money if the sound quality is not there.

And this way, I get to put it through its paces with my own guitars and my own 0-3-5 riffs and Palm mute chugs.

 

[timbuck3]

Well if you preorder and get 330$ off with coupon they don’t charge you until it ships anyhow right? Plus sometimes you can get 6-48 months financing on a gear card

And I mean it’s got a better gooey than the original helix and if there’s a new engine, it’s gotta sound better right that’s what evolution is all about so chances are if you love helix now you’re even gonna love it more plus there is also a chance or if you never really got along with the helixthere’s an even better chance that this time around you will if it’s as advanced as they say compared to the last iteration

 

[DrewJD82]

And I mean it’s got a better gooey

 

[ccc118]

I found a 15% MF code from Coupon Cabin that I got to work and put in a pre-order. I checked and it no longer works, so I guess it was a single use one, otherwise I was going to share it. I tested out several from multple other sites and that was the only one I could get to work, so I guess I got lucky.

I considered trying to get Sweetwater to price match, but I didn't really like the last time I had to deal with a sales rep there. They wouldn't bother to double check what I thought was an obvious ding in the top of a guitar I wanted to buy. I ended up just buying one elsewhere.

 

[timbuck3]

So are the scribble strips optical better then the original helix? What is advantage of 2 input in and 4 stereo effects loops vs 2

 

[Mongillo19]

So are the scribble strips optical better then the original helix? What is advantage of 2 input in and 4 stereo effects loops vs 2

I believe they are of better quality

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

[…] We have at least one post-launch Agoura amp finished that's never been modeled in a Line 6 product before. […]

JVM410H confirmed!

 

[dbagchee]

So are the scribble strips optical better then the original helix? What is advantage of 2 input in and 4 stereo effects loops vs 2

I think it’s 4 mono effects loops vs 2 mono - advantage of 4 is you can have two stereo fx loop chains vs one stereo.

 

[timbuck3]

I think it’s 4 mono effects loops vs 2 mono - advantage of 4 is you can have two stereo fx loop chains vs one stereo.

So I guess you can place those loops anywhere in chain? Before poweramp or after?

 

[dbagchee]

So I guess you can place those loops anywhere in chain? Before poweramp or after?

Yep same as current Helix!

 

[deadpool_25]

Old or newer?

Newer

 

[[Nathan]]

Sweetwater calling MF a bunch of MFs on this timely coupon code that works on Stadium XLs

For us aussies don’t check the price, it hurts (4300aud = 2800usd)

 

[rjen]

Sweetwater calling MF a bunch of MFs on this timely coupon code that works on Stadium XLs

For us aussies don’t check the price, it hurts (4300aud = 2800usd)

Yep, $4500nzd over here in NZ too

 

[Sascha Franck]

For us aussies don’t check the price, it hurts (4300aud = 2800usd)

That's what you get when you have toxic and otherwise deadly animals all around.
Or maybe it's the Kangaroo fee.

 

[molul]

Heck, if I was able to get 330 off, I might go for the XL.

I preferred the smaller footprint and the weight of the non-XL, but for almost the same price, that's quite tempting.

 

[[Nathan]]

That's what you get when you have toxic and otherwise deadly animals all around.
Or maybe it's the Kangaroo fee.

We've come to expect it for 95% of things like this so its no surprise. If anything we get surprised when the RRP is better in AU than other countries, it does happen occasionally.

 

[dronerstone]

 

[Tito83]

Hell no

Don't get me wrong, some stuff is pretty cool... but all of it? I dunno. Even if something would come from last gen I'd expect some kind of improvement/tweek aside from "taking advantage of the newer converters". Some of the more original/identifiable sounds like the growler or the particle getting revamped would be really cool, but aside from that it just ends up feeling a bit lazy IMO.

 

[Mooselake]

I signed up over at MF and at least so far, no coupon code. I guess they smell a rat and know I'm only interested in doing business with them to get a discount. Of course, that's the whole purpose of discounts.

 

[Mooselake]

Doesn’t anyone want to wait to hear how the damn thing sounds ?

I do. Some of the features might tempt me even if it was OG helix repackaged, but I'm keeping my LT around at least until I hear Stadium. And I suppose it's a little more than sound. Like ian_dissonance, I'm sure it will sound great and match anything once it's recorded and played back. It's more the elusive "feel" aspect. I may have sort of deceived myself that some of the OG Helix models have a little more feel to them, and it seems the playing experience has drawn a lot of people into the Fractal camp. So I'm hopeful L6, has started to find some new sauce. But I want to hear how it sounds in my room with my instruments plugged in.

And I cant help thinking what fun it would be to put my LT in the Stadium's effects loop. :)