Line 6 Helix Stadium

There, internets is the problem. It is heavily infiltrated by the deep state. If you search the interwebs instead, that's where all the secret knowledge is. And it's always right and always true. All the time. Every time. I know this is so. One of the Teletubbies told me so.

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Teh intarwebs.

Jeez, is nothing sacred?
 
Even with a perfect digital model, some fuzzes (a lot?) have low input impedance, loading your guitar pickups, changing their response, which the digital device won't do
Helix pretty much nails the pickup loading behavior of a fuzz face along with the volume knob cleanup behavior. I’m comparing against a half dozen fuzz faces I own. They’ve had the pickup loading all the way back to PodHD. I’m not saying their model is indistinguishable but the interaction seems correct to me.
 
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No, the point is that naming things sucks and everyone's opinions on it (including mine) suck too. It was a

Sorry I just said that name was excellent.. and think putting all the “older” helix stuff in a supposed revamped engine unit is a lot like the gt1000 having the older amps and only putting a few x amps in it… when the x amps are clearly more dynamic… too many people here are so biased it’s weird
 
Sorry I just said that name was excellent.. and think putting all the “older” helix stuff in a supposed revamped engine unit is a lot like the gt1000 having the older amps and only putting a few x amps in it… when the x amps are clearly more dynamic… too many people here are so biased it’s weird
 
Sorry I just said that name was excellent.. and think putting all the “older” helix stuff in a supposed revamped engine unit is a lot like the gt1000 having the older amps and only putting a few x amps in it… when the x amps are clearly more dynamic… too many people here are so biased it’s weird

Right, so the modeler that was a successor to a previous generation platform that launched with all-new content that you're comparing this to is.........?

Can't be Axe-FX II or III. Can't be Helix. Can't be any BOSS modeler. Not even Ampero II.

Who has accomplished this thing you're holding Line 6 to account for?
 
I used to do a global high/low cut, but stopped and I didn’t miss it. I think the key is finding the right cab/IR.
For sure. With the cab I currently use with the AC30 model, I use no low cut and only a moderate roll-off above 10K just to tame the extreme highs. I could probably get away without high cuts for that particular set of sounds, but with most other cabs I have some kind of low and high cuts going because it needs it. No rules. Just cut what you need to.
 
Right, so the modeler that was a successor to a previous generation platform that launched with all-new content that you're comparing this to is.........?

Can't be Axe-FX II or III. Can't be Helix. Can't be any BOSS modeler. Not even Ampero II.

Who has accomplished this thing you're holding Line 6 to account for?
When hd500 was out and then helix released it was pretty much a whole new engine and tones and effects… remember that? Touted as new modeling as well…
 
It belongs in global though because what if you have to tweak it for a venue or foreign recording situation?

As has been explained by @Orvillain and @MirrorProfiles already , that "trick" isn't a globally valid trick for a whole number of reasons. Global EQing is there for the very reason you've mentioned yourself: To accomodate a certain situation. Not to "fix" whatever patch issues you might be running into.
 
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