i dunno. I'm 85 now, but in the past Line 6 let me try out a Helix at an early stage when I was really broke. .
(I'm a Flamenco guitarist; not many gigs around for us these days (I probably had the last one in Santa Barbara before the restaurant folded for good). Sort of considered myself the Johnny Appleseed of Flamenco in the US until a few years ago, but now am identifying with John Henry.)
I was despeately trying to get the nylon string amplified sound I heard in my head, but after much effort, the technological breakthrough was the pickups, starting with the disastrous Barcus Berry - first the Takamine ctp pickups, then the Fishman Aura Pro, and many others, but finally the
Adeline AD-85 pickup ($60 on amazon) which sounds as good as the best of the others, and is stick-on with a 1/4" jack and a gain knob so easy input to mfx, etc. After 50 years if struggle, problem solved (using Cordoba Flamenco guitars).
All the other effects packages now sound excellent, especially through my Headrush FRFR- G0.
I currently own an HX Stomp, an HX One, Helix Native, (and almost every other mfx known to man), and my feeling now is that for my use case, everything is probably as good as it is going to get (I mean, who needs more than a Boss OD-200?). Nevertheless, if I have any cash left at the time I will probably purchase a Stadium when it becomes available, not because I need it, but because Line 6 deserves the business to keep going (and donate it back to L6 in my will). Kudos to Line 6!!!! It has been a long journey, and you guys really helped out a lot.
