topher565

Some updates after this weekend: 1) Realised I had an impedance mismatch due to the FV50H being after a buffered pedal when it should see my guitar at the very beginning. Swapped it and got back my highs and some bits of low end 2) Tone was still not to my liking so i concluded that rd2rk was right; I indeed did not like the palmer cab simulator. However, it was too much of a hassle to rewire my board to use the IRs in the HX Stomp. My solution: run a preamp into the front of the HiWatt to give it some character and dirt to give it some life. Used the JTM45 preamp (bright) into the front end. Added a nice sparkle and extended the low end a bit. Dealt with the weird mids i was getting from a somewhat DI-like signal too. Put out some of my best tones so far. The HX stomp saved the day this weekend by giving me additional tools to solve a problem I couldn’t. 10/10 would recommend.

I'll definitely go earlier before my next soundcheck to do as advised. Thank you for taking the time out to help me out!

Yep thats the exact one I used. The interesting thing is I’ve uses that before and thought it sounded convincing enough. I also tried plugging directly into the amp and it sounded noticeably better but once i plugged it through my board with the HX Stomp, the low end essentially disappeared and it was much softer. I’ve used this exact set-up through an amp with speakers and it sounded fine except it was a lil bright. Does the HX Stomp coloue the tone that much? I’ve included a pic of my board. I run my nova delay in the effects loop I can’t run the PDI-03 into it.

Hi guys! Recently just purchased a HX Stomp after years of thought (I know I'm late to the party). I am extremely impressed with the unit and all that it can do. I am currently using the HX stomp in 4 situations: 1) Stereo with amp and IR blocks 2) Mono with amp and IR block 3) Stereo into an amp, using HX stomp as an effects unit 4) Mono into an amp, using HX stomp as an effects unit The amp with IRs sounds amazing. Different FOH engineers haven't said anything bad other than it being bright (which is tweakable since I just got it). However, I recently just used it as an effects unit running into the front end of an amp (HiWatt head connected to FOH through a Palmer PDI-03) and I'm pretty disappointed with how it sounded. In my ears, the HX stomp seems to have cut much of my low end and replaced it what sounded like a guitar running into a DI. I ran instrument level into the amp and had my input impedance set at 230K. Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Does it have anything to do with the amp running through a Palmer?