Thank you, that did it! Removing the bottom wasn't as bad as I thought. But trying pull the tip was quite challenging, but I eventually extracted it. The pedal is working normally as if nothing happened. :)
Thanks everyone! The conversation was very helpful; I definitely learned so much from you all.
I was up last night (knowing I had to go to work in a few hours) creating my tones for both guitars. I play gospel for a band and in my home church and the only time I play anything that requires "rock-like" distortion is for the praise and worship for the youth choir who sings once a month. I've download several CustomTones and "tweaked" them for my humbucker guitar. Awesome rock and metals tones out there. The other three weeks of the month I play my single coil axe and create my setup for scratch. I switch between JC120 and Twin Reverb for my amps then I would configure several FXs, Mods and other "ear candy" that fit the music.
I'm loving my HD500X! It will make it's debut in church this Sunday! :)