45 Results for "Helix"

Line 6 HX Stomp vs. POD 2.0 – What difference does 20 years make?

20 years ago, a little red bean revolutionised the guitar industry. But can it still hold its own today, and how does it compare with the current HX Stomp?

This Helix mod shows you the real “names” of your amps and pedals

Guitarist Ben Vesco has made a set of updates that allow users of Line 6 systems to see all the correct effect pedal and amp names in their virtual setup.

Line 6 Helix/HX 2.90 Firmware now with even more stuff for your favourite floor pedal

The Helix 2.90 brings a new amp, two new cabs and six new effects for you to play with, plus a host ion new features to the Helix and HX Series of pedals.

Free and discounted music content to keep you inspired in isolation

With many of us stuck indoors (thanks, coronavirus), many are looking for some new tools to keep happy and inspired. Here's a list of free and discounted music gear to put a smile on your face.

NAMM 2020: New GE300 Lite – yes, another Mooer!

Yes, yet another Mooer GE series amp simulation and effects floor unit. Surely, the world has enough variations of this unit already? The new Mooer GE 300 Lite suggests that, no it does not.

NAMM 2020: Neural DSP launch Quad Cortex amp modelling pedal with machine learning

Could the new Neural DSP Quad Cortex with its machine learning, be the most powerful DSP based guitar rig on the market? It certainly looks impressive.

The Top 10 stories of 2019: Your favourite posts ranked!

2019 was a great year for gear - here are the most often-viewed posts on gearnews.com from last year. They included a courtroom battle, some destroyed guitars, some leaked guitars an more!

Mooer has just announced the GE250 multi-effects processor

The new budget friendly Mooer GE250 multi-effects processor and amp simulation pedal has just been announced. This unit manages to pack in a whole slew of fantastic features into one pedal.

Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 FLOOR: An amp-in-a-pedal that packs in the features

The latest Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 FLOOR packs in a 200-Watt power amp, four channels, digital effects, FX loop, pre-FX loop, a built-in Red Box AE+ and an IEM mixer. Wow.

LEAK! New Kemper Profiler Floorboard Effect spotted on Instagram

Kemper's new floor unit was spotted on Instagram today, and it looks like a full-on Profiler in a floorboard format! We managed to grab the image before it was pulled, presumably at Kemper's behest.

Is Kemper about to announce a new floorboard effect?

UPDATE: Since this post was published, an image of what looks like a new Floorboard Profiler has been spotted on Instagram. And it looks like a whole lot of Profiler, in a floorboard format.

Summer NAMM 2019: Line 6 Powercab 212 Plus announced

The new Powercab 212 Plus is Line 6's attempt colure pro players to using their FRFR active speaker system and it certainly packs some punch with an active 500 watts of stereo power.

Summer NAMM 2019: Line 6 Helix 2.8 finally released!

Do you want a Hermida Zendrive, Analogman Prince of Tone, King Of Tone V4 and a Moog Moogerfooger for your Helix? Well today you can finally have them and more!

Amp modelling vs Tube Amps: Has ‘digital’ won the guitar tone war?

The "amp modelling vs tube amp" debate has been heating up of late: Have amp modellers finally won the war? Are tube amps out-dated? Don't write off tube amps just yet, we say...

Mooer GE300: The ‘budget Helix’ is finally released!

Mooer's GE300 virtual amp/multi-FX system is now available! Given its impressively low price and extensive feature set, we think this unit could become a serious contender...

Craig Anderton’s Amazing Multiband Helix Presets: Dynamic drive with added clarity

Craig Anderton's new Amazing Multiband Helix Presets pack gives your Line 6 Helix access to true multiband distortion for more dynamic, open and wider sound.