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Firehawk in front of modelling amp, no 4CM


Alexshim
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Hello community,

A newbee here, looking for some advice.

I am considering buying either the firehawk fx or the M13.

My problem: I am a hobby guitarist with occasional gigs. While sometimes my signal goes directly into a PA setup, most of the times I use my little Vox vt40x modelling amp with no fx loop, so the 4CM is not possible. The M13 could not be used as a standalone option.

 

Would the firehawk be an option with the fh amp/cab modelling off?

What are your experiences with fh in front of a small (modelling) amp?

Thanks for your answers,

Alex

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Welcome, I have use the FH strictly as a pedalboard with nice results.  While not true bypass, it certainly does the job and lets you set up a few different pedalboards to suit what ever song you're playing if you need a variety of effects.  I've also had an M13 which is great also, you just don't have the luxury of using it direct and you'd have to add an expression pedal.  Good luck.

Steve

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My Firehawk arrived a few days ago and I was able to do some testing with the fh in front of my modelling amp.

So far I can say: The results are really good and exceed my expectations!

 

I made some comparisons between the sound of the fh in front of my vt40x (amp mode) with the sound over my headphones (line mode) and with a youtube video wich demoes all the presets on a Line 6 L3T speaker (as I don’t own a suitable speaker).

 

Using a very clean amp model / clean channel together with the effects and amp models of the Firehawk gave me very good results and virtually the same sounds as on my headphones and the youtube video (as far as this can be judged by a video). There are some presets which don’t sound too good to me, but to my ears in the demo video they weren’t better. But most of the presets sound very good and I was able to create some really amazing sounds of my own.

 

What doesn’t work though is using the fh as a mere effects board together with the amp models of my little Vox. The sound of the two modelling engines in line gets muddy and flat, so now I’m only using the amp like a speaker which of course is not what I bought it for. That’s a bit of a shame because the Vox amp models are really good and seem to be a bit more responsive than the line 6 ones. But the extremely good effects of the fh and its overall ability to produce complete sound sets which can be used in a very flexible way more than compensate for this.

 

As the know limitations of the Firehawk like the app to board latency are no problem for my (once I will have created my own presets there will be no need for fast-switching presets via the app) I am extremely happy with the results and I will keep my Firehawk. :)

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