Helix for just pedals?

[probo_squad_henry]

I've been looking at the Line 6 Helix a bit recently. It looks amazing, but I'm not really one for emulations of amps, so if I had it, I would just use it as a pedalboard and hook it up to my amp with a 4-cable method. The $1500 price tag is fairly steep if I was just going to use the effects part of it, would it still be worth it to eventually get, or would I be better off with something else?

[devastone]

Re: Helix for just pedals?

If you just want effects, I would check out the Fractal FX8, it's been discussed here before, I think it was in a GT-100 thread.

http://www.fractalaudio.com/p-fx8-multieffects-pedalboard.php

[probo_squad_henry]

Re: Helix for just pedals?

Didn't think about the FX8, I'll check it out

[PFDarkside]

Re: Helix for just pedals?

Or the M9/M13.

[Gone_Shootin]

Re: Helix for just pedals?

The effects on the Helix are outstanding, but like others have said, a Helix would be overkill if you only wanted effects.

I would wait awhile, though. I have a gut feeling that the effects from the Helix are going to end up on some sort of stripped down model to compete with the Axe FX8.

[Mincer]

Re: Helix for just pedals?

Yeah, I love the Fractal, but I would suspect, as Line6 has always done, to see their flagship technology trickle down to several other products for years to come. I love the M-series, so that is something available now, and fairly cheap.

[Red_Label]

Re: Helix for just pedals?

Or the M9/M13.

This! I dig the Helix and Fractal units, but for the money, it's hard to beat an M9 or M13. My M9 and Plexitone (or the BE-OD coming soon) could be a complete "fly rig", but at much less than the cost of the Helix or Fractal.