Hi all.
I'm considering buying a Firehawk as a replacement for Stompboxes in a live setting. Getting fed up with the spaghetti of leads and power cables, plus this would give me lots of additional pedal options at minimum cost.
I'm interested in the amp modelling but only in a recording / practice environment, as I have a nice valve amp I'm happy with for live performance.
I have scoured this forum and various online resources, but I can't seem to get clarity on this point:
I want to put drive / distortion / boost effects in front of my amp at input stage ie. Instrument in on the front of the amp. I like the sound of my amp and want to preserve this as much as possible, albeit overdriven by the above kind of effects where required.
I then want to run delay / reverb / mod effects separately through my amp's effects loop to colour the sound of the amp's pre-amp output, before sending to the power section.
This is the way I manage my set up at the moment with stomp boxes and it works really well for me. Does the Firehawk allow you to do this?
I wouldn't want to run distortion / overdrive through my effects loop, and neither would I want to run reverb / phasers etc into the amp's input.
This issue is what has put me off multi effects in the past, along with lacklustre digital modelling (which I'm satisfied that the Firehawk doesn't suffer from).
If anyone could clarify on this point I would be happy to take the plunge!
Cheers, P