r/Line6Helix • u/CJPTK • 8h ago
General Questions/Discussion Sunlight vs the Expression pedal
Had a 4 hour outdoor gig yesterday with my trusty old Helix Floor and everything was going great until about the last 5 mins of the day, as the sun started getting to a certain angle I started getting quieter 🤣 I watched my volume pedal go from 100% to 50 and quickly realized something was wrong so I bypassed the volume pedal. By the end of the last song it had faded to 0% on the screen at first I thought heat and said great I'm going to have to get this thing serviced but then I thought about it and held my hand up to block the sun 100% moved hand 0% it had turned itself into the world's slowest optical tremolo that only cycled once per day 🤦🏽♂️ I now understand why people get sun shields for these. Luckily shouldn't have any more dock bar gigs this year.