linuxgitano

Hi there! just wanted to chime in here, as i have the same question/ issues as the original poster. I recently got the chance to stress test a JTV89 and HD500X combo, been playing around with it for a few weeks now, so far i am quite amazed by this stuff, really love the infinite possibliities (alt tuning, different instruments etc)! We play a heavy setlist which is in dropped B for the most time, while throwing in a few newer tunes in dropped F#, so far i always had to change guitars between blocks, now with the tuning programmed into the HD500X things will get a LOT more convenient, no need for longer breaks anymore, etc. Allready had it going in a live gig a week ago and things are looking pretty good. However, there appear to be some issues at the moment, which i hope to get fixed, soon: - i noticed that the JTV plays slightly different when doing palm muted strokes on the low string via the piezo pickups rather than via the electro magnetic pickups, somehow you shouldn't go that far up onto the strings with your palm as you would usually do or you tend to cut the sound pretty quickly. Nothing which one couldn't solve (practice!), but right now it still feels a bit weird and for the next gig (important one) i will probably go for my old standard rig, at least on the dropped B tunes. - sometimes pinched harmonics in the modelled patches seem to sound kinda broken, sometimes they sound ok. Not a show stopper so far, but can be annoying - doing full chords while playing in the dropped F# tuning seem to push the processing to the limits - the dynamics while playing via the piezo system and modeling seem pretty flat compared to playing via the electro magnetic pickups… which is itself not that bad as long as the patch sounds good and i'm playing well, of course ;) Still, feels a bit weird and that is why i would LOVE to do the following: 1. Physical down tune the whole guitar to dropped B, using thicker strings (EB beefy slinky 11-54 gauge) and playing the standard repertoire via the humbuckers… just sounds and feels better, right now 2. Create modelling patches which get me to dropped F# relative to the dropped B tuning for the shorter set Well i've been testing this setup already with different string gauges, guitar models and effects in the patches, but somehow it doesn't work that well. Been having the EXACT same issues with the 4th string as the original poster while playing in the modelled patch… somehow it seems as if the processing unit seems to have issues with calculating the frequencies once you're not in standard tuning or close by anymore. If anyone in here could give some more insight in how the processing works or if anyone could give some advice or share their experience with similar setups -> that'd be awesome! I really like this unit and saving up money already, if the above setup works -> i will getting my own for sure! Thank You very much! Cheers, gitano