Aahzz
Habanero Evangelist
I love new toys, and this has been a good couple weeks 
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I went from Helix back to tubes, because, well, tubes. However, as I tend to do, when I went Helix I sold all my pedals, because I didn't need them, and wanted to fund the other toys without irritating Mrs Aahzz. So, I now have the lovely new amp, which rocks, and the new S2 Custom 22, which rocks...what's missing?
Found a great price on a used HX Effects. Most of what I love in the Helix without paying for the amp models or extra processing. Perfect. Seller on Reverb was only asking $360, free shipping, with the expression pedal included, which is a noticeable amount under the going rate - couldn't hit the buy button fast enough. Arrived yesterday, and I adore it...one preset will do 98% of what I'll ever use. For now, I'm using it in pedalboard mode, with the amp footswitch separate. I may end up making a custom cable so it can switch the channels on my amp (VHT sent my directions on how to do it) and get more into complex switching, but for now, it sounds great and it works great.
Only thing that was weird was the previous owner had velcro on it, which I expected, but it was the fuzzy side!! That's backwards from any pedalboard I've ever seen, headed out shortly to buy new velcro because I'm out.
Since we as a group alway love pictures...
.I went from Helix back to tubes, because, well, tubes. However, as I tend to do, when I went Helix I sold all my pedals, because I didn't need them, and wanted to fund the other toys without irritating Mrs Aahzz. So, I now have the lovely new amp, which rocks, and the new S2 Custom 22, which rocks...what's missing?
Found a great price on a used HX Effects. Most of what I love in the Helix without paying for the amp models or extra processing. Perfect. Seller on Reverb was only asking $360, free shipping, with the expression pedal included, which is a noticeable amount under the going rate - couldn't hit the buy button fast enough
. Arrived yesterday, and I adore it...one preset will do 98% of what I'll ever use. For now, I'm using it in pedalboard mode, with the amp footswitch separate. I may end up making a custom cable so it can switch the channels on my amp (VHT sent my directions on how to do it) and get more into complex switching, but for now, it sounds great and it works great.Only thing that was weird was the previous owner had velcro on it, which I expected, but it was the fuzzy side!! That's backwards from any pedalboard I've ever seen, headed out shortly to buy new velcro because I'm out.
Since we as a group alway love pictures...
