jayjay347912
Inspired
Agree.. don't get me wrong I own a Helix..but you really need to work for tone. I happen to love tweaking so it's not to bad, but Fractal is miles ahead. For the high gain stuff, I almost always needed pre/post eqs, especially overdrive blocks on helix..Not always the case with the Axe FX. There is also a certain organic "plink" chink timbre in the Fractal models that is very natural and pleasant to my ears. I was going to sell my Helix..but that's just it..I spent so many hours tweaking a few dozen custom presets, that I couldn't sell my hard work away. Bare in mind I came to helix from the spider V 240mk2 (still use it as my FRFR) and always thought line 6 high gain was cool..I couldn't hear the "digital"ness all the bashers claimed..untill I upgraded to the helix lol blew away the spider. Now I feel the same with Fractal to helix, but the jump isn't quite as extreme as going from spider to a helix. Pure sonic bliss I am in