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Try out some 3rd party impulse responses. You can get good sounds of the stock cabs, but it takes a lot more tweaking in my experience. Also, high and low cuts in their own EQ block after your cab/IR can work wonders. If you're recording using its USB out, channels 7 and 8 are dry outputs, which...

Looks killer, what kind of tuners are those?

I use the duncan distortion (16.6k) in all of my guitars, run it unboosted into an Engl Fireball 100.

If you haven't had an actual Duncan Distortion, why not try one before sampling the "boutique" variants? You'd get the baseline as to what a DD style pickup sounds like, it's inexpensive compared to the small build alternatives, and they're easy to sell if you end up not liking it. Personally...

Guns n Roses' cover of Knockin on heaven's door should be enough to convince the most devout believer that there is no God.

I haven't dug too far into that rabbit hole yet, but I have been pretty happy with the free Ownhammer Mesa 4x12 impulses.

I need to dig into these when I get the time.

The only downside of native if that it has me gassing for an LT when I don't need it.

You might want to be a bit more specific as to what you're looking for, tone wise.

Very impressive that a $100 pedal would be that close- hell of a nice backup/highly portable option. How does is sound with the built in cabinet sim?

Looks cool, but it also looks like a splinter factory.

I know one thing for sure- I fucking love the sound of my Fireball 100. I don't plan on touring- if I was I'd probably go digital with something to mimic that sound (Helix native is impressing me so far) for convenience, less bulk/weight, flexibility, and reliability. Even a super well built...

^This. I do appreciate that everything I've seen from Amptweaker seems super rugged and focused on bringing some smart new functional design to the table.

I haven't played a Friedman, I'm looking forward to it as well. I'm too tight fisted these days to try all the usual high end amp stuff, I'll count on Helix to scratch any curiosity itch I may get for now. As good as the high end modeling stuff sounds lately, I'd really be thinking hard about an...

98% of my Helix time has been messing with the Engl Fireball model. I dial it in pretty much like I do my actual FB100 (though I've mostly been using a boost in Helix, whereas I generally don't through the real thing- it's honestly not needed in either case, just a little tighter of an attack)...

I actually just took the plunge on Native myself. Have been super impressed with the sounds I'm getting, and the convenience factor of being able to tweak so deeply without re-tracking or re-amping is really awesome. For my high gain sounds, I've found that using the high cut and/or the 160 and...

I find that what I'm after when considering new gear is filling a different utility. With guns, the bases to cover are primary sidearm, rifle, shotgun, daily carry compact/subcompact, and small game gun. With amps, I see the bases as primary amp head with cab/cabs, portable combo amp, compact...

I found Floyds to be a nuisance that I never used. that said, if I was going to have a tremolo at all, it would be a Floyd- they do hold tune very well once you get them set up.

Sounds like damage from shipping.

Buying an actual Fortin amp is ultra goddamn expensive- $5000 for a Natas. I'd wager that's quite far into the "cost prohibitive" territory for most interested people. Him doing contract designs ultimately puts "his amps" in way more customer's hands, as said companies can operate more on an...