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No FX loop and I'm just plugging my guitar straight into the HX Left input and the left output straight to the amp. Amp has channels jumped so the 2 input feeds the bass channel. I usually have my bassman set in the 3-5 range and use a Weber Mass 100 attenuator. I will probably be using my analog overdrives and fuzzes but would obviously be interested in getting just this unit to sound as good as possible.

Hey all, thanks for all of the tips and I will try them. My bassman is really old so no effects loop. I'm using the HX Effects.

Hey all, thanks for having me here. I'm new to the HX, just got it yesterday. I've been playing around with it going into a '66 Bassman head with an orange cabinet. A couple of observations and maybe someone can tell me if I'm doing something wrong or my expectations are out of line. 1) Most of the distortion units sound quite harsh. Not much low-end or warmth. Some of them are unusable to my ears. 2) Just plugging my guitar in to the input and output to amp input seems to degrade the signal and thin it out, while bypassed too. 3) It also seems like when you use any effect, the overall sound becomes somewhat brittle and harsh. Lemme know if any of you experienced folks have any comments. I'm all ears!