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I'm pretty sure it's soldered to the board so I'm guessing the unsoldering/soldering skills it would take to do it cannot be aquired by a human.

Remember, the chip Line 6 used for the 500 isn't made anymore. That's why the 500X came out.

The XLR outputs are designed to run at mic level, which is significantly lower than line or instrument level which is what the 1/4" outputs are designed to do. You can definitely get a higher than mic level out of the XLR's, but that is what they are designed to do. This is according to Line 6. (I asked whether they were designed that way a long time ago)

Remember, if you use the pedal and it looks like every thing goes back to a default (which it will in HD Edit), it has not in. Any parameter with and asterisk (*) next to it, is assigned to something so if it defaults back to looking at drive and your pedal works, I'm sure there will be an asterisk next to that parameter if you go back to it in HD Edit. And it will show what it's assigned to.

3 when i'm setting up an exp controller in HDedit the settings i have made instantly disappear! I then have to back through and selrct the controller again to tweak! again is this normal? Regarding this phenomenon. When you assign anything to the expression pedal and then move it while still connected to HD edit, your parameters will disappear BUT the setings you made will still be there. If you go back to what you were assigning it to, you will see an asterisk (*) next to the parameter, this indicates it is assigned to something and all your parameters will still be there. Notice also, it will show you what your parameter is assigned to when you select it. I'm not quite sure I understood the rest of your question but I can assure you, you're not going crazy. The pedal assign area took me awhile to "get". One trick I use is as soon as I assign a footswitch or expression pedal to something, I save (send) it to the unit. So it will be saved no matter what I do that might then screw it up.

I get what you are saying and it is certainly a legitimate perspective. In my case though, we are given the recordings of the songs (often in a key different than what we're doing for service) and very simplified often inaccurate, chord charts, a week in advance and do not practice together at all until just before the service. I essentially learn the songs note for note like the recordings because we don't have time to "arrange" the songs one hour before the first service. So my only reference and therefore, choice, is to match the recording. That makes these tips and patches very helpful to me. I definitely come up with my own stuff on my own time, but for worship, in my case, it works best to use the recording as a template. Just don't have the time to do more.

I need to check this stuff out. Sounds like a lot of fun to watch let alone play. Almost the ultimate solo improvisational jam. Spontaneous creativity. I love it.

The Z setting Joel mentions is an excellent tip that I just recently found out about from these forums. Often helps when you're at that "almost there" stage.

This guy uses the HD500 looper in this performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMwSg6j6FKk Many of you guys are probably already aware of him. And he seems to often enhance his performances with another pedal. Here's a quote from one of his other videos. And I did overdub the loops with SOS-mode of "Boss DD-20". So it is being used in performance. But I do see that there is much that many of you want, and would use, that it doesn't have. Making it fairly limited in it's use compared to, I gather, many other loopers.

According to this http://line6.com/support/page/kb/_/guitars/james-tyler-variax-guitars/variax-reflash-and-software-update-instructions-r103 The only way is to reflash it from your computer. Here's a quote from there. Q: How do I update or re-install the flash memory on my Variax Electric 300, 500, 600, 700 and James Tyler Variax guitars? A: These instruments can only be returned to factory reset by reinstalling the flash memory

One thing about reverb is I try not to use it at all. I let the room's natural reverb work (unless the reverb is used for some effect). It took me awhile to figure this out but it made a big difference. Like jcosta said, I always seemed to have too much reverb. So I finally just stopped using it. Having said that I now play in a new movie theater which is totally dead soundwise. So I now use reverb because of that.

Search for cloudchair. Here's a video with most of the patches. Excellent basic amp patches that can be good starting points. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrP-WXiPlJs (I seem to be on a Cloudchair kick.)

I've always thought whatever tones you want are in there but it just takes awhile to find them. I still don't have a set method for getting them because, to my shame :wacko: , when I get a great sound out of it it's usually pretty accidental. Line 6 could help a little by, for example, changing the EQ's from percentages to actual levels and frequencies.

Watch this and see if any of theses tones appeal to you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrP-WXiPlJs If any do, they are on Custom Tone Just search for Cloudchair. Don't worry about having the wrong guitar. The youtube will just give you an idea of how they sound. The great thing about these patches is they are a great starting point since they are mostly just the amp with maybe some echo so if you like the general flavor of the sound, it should be easy to adapt to what you want. I think they sound pretty good. Check out some of his videos. He's a Variax into HD500 directly into the PA kind of a guy and sounds pretty good to me. He's also a very good and creative player.

So sorry to have offended your delicate sensibilities. If I misinterpreted your post, so be it...but by all means feel free to overreact and lash out. Rest assured though, I am appropriately ashamed. And I'll make sure to read much more carefully from now on. I hope that putting me in my place made you feel better....and with an audience too, oh what a triumph for you. That and tweleve bucks will get you into the movies. Happy trails. Best thing about this site is the 'ignore' feature... Offended? Overreacted? Lashed out? Sounds like you're the one with delicate sensibilities. I did think you were off base. You seemed to dismiss my findings with an old cliche that had nothing to do with my findings. So I corrected you BUT, and I do mean this when I say I'm sorry if I came off a bit strong. Wasn't intending to shame anyone. Just was pretty puzzled that you said what you said and wanted to be clear as to why I thought your conclusion was wrong. So let me apologize for my strong wording and hope to move on. As I reread my post I guess my "you may want to read posts more carefully..."statement was a bit snippy, so I do particularly apologize for that. But I think the rest was just informational and corrective.

I've never played any of the older Variax guitars, so I cannot attest to which ones may have hotter outputs, but the one thing that I do know is that you're forgetting the biggest variable of all. The Player...You can dial in every parameter that he's got in that video, and your tone still won't be identicle, even with the same guitar...it's an impossible quest. You are WAY off base here. Of course the "it's the player" is a classic cliche that's been around for a very long time. Without getting into the merits, or lack thereof, of that statement, what I was doing has nothing to do with the player. It has to do with one guitar hitting the amp with a stronger signal than the other. Have you ever been in a situation where you hear a Les Paul with PAF or similar humbuckers going through an amp and getting a decent crunch. You then plug in a Strat and find the crunch distortion isn't as strong as with the Les Paul. Let another player do it and you wind up with the same thing. Let two different guitar players do it and you'll still hear the difference. We're not talking about the subtle differences of a performance, nor about getting an "identical" tone. We're only talking about how hard the guitar's signal hits the amp, thereby creating a certain amount of distortion. I thought I made that obvious in my post. The Variax 500's models hit the amp harder than the JTV. It's VERY obvious. Just try it yourself. I mentioned that particular thing in my post. I also mentioned how the "flavor" of the model was still there but the level's are different. Another indicator that I'm not talking about getting an identical tone. The only other way to convince you would be for you to do the comparison yourself. If you have an HD500 and a JTV try it yourself. the differences are WAY too large to be able to atribute them to "the player". You may want to read posts more carefully before you start tossing old & tired cliches about. And let's just say I disagree with your "most important variable is the player" statement. It's a variable and a big one. But if you give two guys with very different styles the same Gibson Byrdland and Bassman amp, the notes and subtle technique differences will be different. But it'll still sound like a Byrdland through a Bassman amp.

So there is a guy by the name of Jake Cloudchair. Does some amazing things using only Line 6 equipment. Check him out on Youtube if you haven't seen him before. His sounds are very impressive. POD & Variax only straight to PA. He has a Youtube where he's using a Variax 500 to demonstrate many of the amps in the HD500. I couldn't get the link pasted for some reason but just type in Variax HD500 in Youtube search. It is called POD HD500 & Variax demo - 16 clean & crunch tones. He has all of the patches in that video on Customtone. Search for Cloudchair. So here it is; I am absolutely not getting the same level of output from my JTV as he is from his Variax 500 (the old Variax). I downloaded his patches and, using the same JTV model as he did with the Variax 500, compared my sound to the video's sound and the JTV's outputs are significantly lower than the Variax 500. In the case of the Strat or Tele for example, I not only had to raise the preset volume in Workbench all the way (6dB), I also haed to raise the pickup output to push the amp as much as his Variax 500 dide. It is very obvious. He has many of the amp settings in the video, so it's not about the patches in Customtone being different than in the video. And, his patches use the Factory models of the Variax 500 so it's not about changing the models. You can see them in the patches. Therfore, the old Variax puts out a stronger level period. The JTV's model outputs may be more accurate but then that would mean the Variax 500's models were significantly wrong level wise. I'm assuming if you roll back the JTV to the old models, they also would have the same stronger level as the Variax 500. The flavor of the models is still there but level wise, there is a major issue. Bottom line. The old Variax 500 models have a significantly higher level of output than the new JTV models. Which level is more accurate, I don't know. But the difference is definitely there. I personally think the JTV model levels need to be increased in the firmware so I wouldn't have to raise them so much in Workbench. When you have to raise the preset level all the way and still need to raise the pickup output level, there's something wrong somewhere I think.

Yup. Gotta start from scratch. The good news is I find the models to be very close to the real thing in the HD500 so you can use whatever amp you're hearing in your head, where with the Pod Farm, I would often have to use another model to come up with the sound I wanted. The Fender amps are a good example. In Pod Farm, if I wanted a good Fender amp sound I'd often have to go with something else where I find that's not the case with the HD500.

I find the strat models to have too little output for my tastes and I agree with many, that the B & E strings aren't balanced with the rest of the strings. The opinion of the strat models on the forum seems to be pretty much down the middle for various reasons. I can't find it, but there was a thread awhile ago that had some settings that helped me a lot. I know it involved raising the overall level 5dB and then lowering the last 3 or 4 strings, depending on which pickup configuration, to compensate for the E, B and sometimes G volume difference. And since the pickup level already seems low, SRV would be very hard to do with the model as it comes from the factory. His pickups were much hotter (more windings I believe) than your average strat and I think the models are not only NOT hot but lower than your average strat. So the levels would need to be significantly raised before you could get close to SRV. The previously mentioned settings helped the strat models (imho) and I'm thinking raising them even higher would help with the SRV stuff. Something I haven't tried it yet, but will eventually.

The POD ships with presets on 4(?) set lists. EVERY set list can be changed to whatever you want so the in the bundle you have the author changed the factory presets in the first 4 (again I think it's 4) set lists. You can get the factory presets back by reloading your firmware. Save that as a bundle. Then you can reload the bundle you were talking about. This is of course, if I understand what you are asking.

One more Amplifi thumbs down, HD500 FRFR speakers thumbs up.

Mine goes to 11. :P Anyway, mine will go to 100% and 0% when I adjust it from my JTV69. I have the 500 not the 500X.

Supposedly there are two versions of this pedal. Version 1 which didn't work well and had a 20k ohm pot and version 2 which now has a 10k ohm pot. This works better supposedly. Can you new purchasers cofirm that it works well now?

The resistance of the pedal is critical for proper operation. A voltage is sent through the pedal and the postion of the pedal changes that voltage. That voltage is sent back to the HD500. The HD500 uses that voltage to determine where the pedal is. The resistance of the pedal's potentiometer affects how the voltage changes over the pedal's movement. It is my understanding that 10K is the optimum resistance for the HD500. There is a pedal from Mission Called the EP1-L6 that is made for the Line 6 Pod's inclucing the HD500. See here http://missionengineering.com/?product=ep1-l6 Even they got the resistance wrong based on this quote regarding the pedal: What is the importance of stating that these are version 2.0 pedals? The original EP1 Line 6 pedals (version 1.0) used a 20K Ohm pot. There were some Line 6 devices that did not work well with that design. The pedal design has since been updated and all v.2.0 EP1-L6's are fitted with a 10K potentiometer that is compatible with all Line 6 devices. Bottom line: if you need an expression pedal for your Line 6 device, THIS is the pedal for you! From this website: http://www.selectsoundsllc.com/mission-expression-line-6-pedal-red.html I'm also pretty sure the taper has something to do with this. There are two that I know of. Linear and Audio. The Linear taper changes to voltage smoothly but the Audio taper does not. The Audio taper works well with volume pedals but in the case of an expression pedal it would not. I think it would work the way I hear people describe how it's not working. So two things to consider before completely writing off the HD500. Don't give up yet. Even the cheap plastic pedal Line 6 sells works well in regard to this.

Where do you get that from? I can assure you of one thing. There is no policy "protecting" Christian people from any "bad" words. The "bad word filter" is in no way connected nor is it there for, from or by any religion or group, let alone Christians. It's just some Line 6 official policy. But I guess people like to point fingers at certain groups. Even though there is no evidence to confirm their claim. Let alone the fact that the word D I C K has no overtly religious connection that I know of and is not considered religiously correct or incorrect. You seem to have some gripe against Christians that you might consider getting over.