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“Never did I actually expect to get the chance to see one up close, let alone play one”: Everything that caught my eye at Guitar Summit 2025 – from the grand unveiling of a brand-new guitar company to the year’s most anticipated amp modeler

Rosengarten Mannheim became a scorching-hot cauldron of all things guitar for three days – and there were plenty of highlights

Guitar World

“Unlike FRFR cabs, they provide a playing experience more like plugging into an amp with a traditional open-back cabinet”: Line 6 combines classic speaker cab and FRFR in one with the Powercab CL

The firm says its open-back cab series goes beyond neutral-sounding FRFR cabs by offering simulations of classic speakers as well as purely amplifying modeler tones

Guitar World

“A new benchmark for authentic sound”: Line 6 has finally shared what the Helix Stadium’s potentially game-changing tones actually sound like

Weeks after the Helix Stadium was unveiled, we finally have a brief taste of what the new Agoura modeling tech is capable of

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“One of the most hotly anticipated gear releases of the modern era has finally landed – and it still managed to sneak in a few surprises”: Here is all the new gear that has caught my eye this week – and, yes, that's a pink Jazzmaster

A blockbuster drop from Line 6 and a raft of new instruments from the Fender family of brands headline a busy week in the world of guitar gear

Guitar World

“The single biggest leap Line 6 has made in its near 30 year history of modelling amps”: Line 6 debuts all-new AI tech as it supercharges its amp modelling platform with the Helix Stadium series

The Helix Stadium and Stadium XL Floor units feature an 8" touchscreen, a vast range of tone-shaping features – including amp and effects capture – and take Line 6's modelling to new heights

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“A new type of product”: Line 6 ushers in a bold new era of amp modelers with the Helix Stadium – an extensively upgraded family of touchscreen-equipped floorboards that take the term ‘all-in-one rig’ to unprecedented heights

Brand new modeling tech, gear capturing capabilities, an overhauled interface, and the ability to control your entire live performance with your feet – the Helix Stadium has set a new benchmark in the amp modeler arms race

Guitar World

“The missing link”: Line 6 keeps up the pace with the Fender Tone Master Pro by adding EVH 5150-inspired amps for the first time in free bumper Helix update

The update also delivers amp models inspired by sought-after Fender and Bogner amps, four new cabs, and a bass wah to widen the line-up’s tonal palette

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“A toolbox of sounds for crafting classic and modern high gain tones”: Line 6 gives its bargain POD Express a metal makeover with new Black edition – designed specifically for heavier players

A handful of amp models and effects tailored to metal guitar tones have been lifted from Line 6's Helix collection to produce the new-look POD Express

Guitar World

“They’ve basically solved all of the problems that existed here”: Line 6’s $179 POD Express just became a pedalboard must-have after “game-changing” new update

Line 6 has issued a new piece of software that blows the humble amp modeler/multi-FX's true potential wide open

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“All the main food groups of electric guitar tone… The sounds are stellar”: Line 6 Catalyst CX 60 review

Get serious tonal DNA and features from this Helix-powered combo

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“Perform like traditional guitar amps, while providing the increased versatility of modern amplifiers”: Line 6 takes the fight to the Boss Katana once again with the upgraded Helix-powered Catalyst CX range

Double the number of HX amps and improved effects functionality headline the latest Catalyst family, which starts at $299

Guitar World

“A simple modeling device at a competitive price”: Line 6 makes a play for the most compact, easy-to-use multi-FX/amp modeler on the market with the HX-powered POD Express

Guitar and bass-specific stompboxes have been introduced –both priced at $179

Guitar World

“There’s no better time than now to make your move”: Line 6 continues to set the pace in the modeling arms race with yet another free feature-packed Helix firmware update

A sought-after stock sim based on the Marshall JCM800 2203 and a suite of new effects heads up the “game-changing” update that looks to tempt players to the Line 6 ranks

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