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Yes that's exactly what i am planning to do ... And the pedal has a huge headroom and will produce lots of gain... Do tou think i can fix this tone suck by integrating a booster pedal after the HD?

Sorry for not making myself clear.. What i noticed is that the 4cm really compromises the amp tone..my question is if I don't use the FX loop on the pod will this tone suck still be there? I.e will the sound coming from preamp pedal be affected in the pod?

Hello there, I am currently using the pod hd500x (4cm) into fx loop of a blackstar ht40 ... I am expecting a theta preamp + distortion pedal that i will basically use to get my tone( cleans and dist) instead of relying on my amp for gigs.. Anyway i want to ditch the 4cm and just plug normally into the HD like this: guitar--preamp/disortion---hd (for delays/ reverbs and modulation only)--- amp So you guys think the HD500x will still compomise my tone? Keeping in mind that i will no longer use my amp for distortions and that i have a LPB1 booster that i can maybe use to compensate any signal loss