Mar 8, 2013 7:54 AM
HD400 contrasts with HD500
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I am considering purchasing a used HD400 while I send my HD500 to the shop. I am wondering what the major differences are and will I be content with the HD400. My main concern is my use of my HD500 with my acoustic guitar. I use "vintage preamp", "tube compressor", "reverb", and "ping ping delay" with my acoustic guitar currently. Does the HD400 have all of those? Not so much worried about the electric stuff right now. I have some pretty awesome non-modelled stuff for those. What the HD500 does for me as an acoustic preamp is insane. I have had countless comments on the sound of my guitar, most of them would be rightfully attributed to the HD500. My guitar is OK, but would certainly be lacking without the pod.
The HD400 is more restricted in its selection of FX within a preset. You can only choose one FX from each of 3 FX groups. Unfortunately this is especially restrictive for acoustic presets because all Stomp, Comp, and EQ FX are grouped together in the FX1 block. This means you cannot have both the vintage preamp (grouped among the EQ FX) and the tube compressor in the same preset.
I may be able to work around that. Thanks for the reply.
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