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Time flies when you’re subverting analog norms! It’s been 18 years since Line 6 challenged sonic assumptions with the original kidney-bean-shaped Pod, the device that introduced countless guitarists to the possibilities of modeled amps and stompboxes. So it’s no shocker that Helix, the company’s new flagship pedalboard modeler, has all the hallmarks of a mature product line. If I had to describe Helix in a word or two, I’d consider “great-sounding” and “versatile,” but I’d probably go with “thoughtful.” You get the sense that a clever development team considered every conceivable way a guitarist might use a tool like this, and designed accordingly.

Helix is an ambitious multi-effector with nearly 200 amp and pedal models, a built-in expression pedal, and exceptional rear-panel connectivity. It seems designed to go head-to-head with modeling rigs like Fractal Audio’s Axe-Fx II and the Kemper Profiling Amplifier, but it’s configured as a pedalboard rather than a rackmount box or head. Meanwhile, Helix’s $1,499 street price is well below that of its rival products, and here you edit sounds via a large, full-color LED screen, as opposed to the rather stingy LCD windows of its competitors. (Though in all cases, users can connect to a computer via USB and edit on a dedicated software interface).

Crafty guitarists might use Helix for nearly every aspect of their music making: composing and sound-designing while monitoring through headphones, tracking to DAW via Helix’s quality convertors, and rehearsing and gigging by plugging into a P.A. or a clean-toned, full-frequency amp, or bypassing Helix’s amp/cab simulations and playing through a conventional amp. Two performance modes let you switch between up to eight sets of up to 128 patches each, or just use Helix as a static pedalboard with simple on/of switches for each assigned effect.

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