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Hey just wanted to follow up! Unit is all repaired. Once I figured out the process for setting up a repair everything was a breeze. I was able to find a local repair shop, they handled all the paperwork with Line6. The encoder knob was replaced and we are good to go. All under warranty. This experience has added to my respect for what Line6 is doing.

To be clear the knob is physically stuck, it does not click or press. It's like it is stuck pressed down and it does not turn. The Stomp is on 3.80. Did a factory reset. I really don't see how reinstalling the firmware will fix the knob.

The knob between the page buttons locked up while I was working on a patch this afternoon. It won’t turn or push anymore. My warranty runs up 12/29/25. I am trying to figure out how to get help remedying this. honestly I don’t have many miles on the stomp. I tend to baby my gear. So the knob locking up on me is frustrating, but I get that these things happen.

Rd2rk, theElevators and datacommando thanks for the replies. I realize I was a bit all over the place and long winded. I appreciate your responses, very helpful. I will be returning to them for a little while to take in all the ideas. I would never have guessed the volume all the way up is unity. I agree about the preset not for serious use they are more a sample of possibilities. I like the advice of recreating my own rig. Instead of trying to understand all possibilities, focus in one preset at a time.

After years of waiting I finally broke down and picked up an HX Stomp after Christmas. I am excited and overwhelmed. So overwhelmed that I haven’t dug into it the way I should. I know this is a great piece of kit and am taking the attitude that I just need to learn it. A couple days ago I pulled apart my pedal board and wired the stomp in, to force myself to use it. Up to this point I have never used a modeler. I have a strat, a Tele and a p90 guitar, I have pedals on a board, most complex pedal is the strymon deco. I have two amps a fender 1972 champ which is loads of fun and a quilter Mach 3 that is my main work horse. I am good with knobs but menu diving is new to me when it comes to guitar. 1. Is there a good resource to help a guy coming from an amp and pedal (knobs) mindset to a modeler (menu) mindset. setting up a basic preset is not hard, but my brain sees the blocks like a traditional amp and pedal board. Snapshots and multiple presets elude me. which leads to a problem that is a quick fix with knobs, volume. 2. Is there a simple master volume that serves as a baseline for all presets? When I first got the stomp I ran it through the effects loop of my Quilter, bypassing the amp and just using the cab. I was stunned at the initial volume drop, I had the turn the HXstomp and quilter speaker volume up way more than I would expect for in home volume. I suspect I was actually the stomp was running too hot as it was having noise issues, something I do not have a problem with typically. Then of course all the presets have different volumes. there has to be a base volume level for the presets. People don’t just play switching through presets and jumping around in volume song to song, right? 3. Monitoring. I do not have studio monitors for my computer, I do not have an frfr speaker. I know that I can use the stomp for effects only and use my amp. I think I can use the amp models into the quilter’s cab. Am I really missing out not having studio monitors or a frfr (headrush)? Perhaps me using my amp cab is causing some of my volume issues? I know the post is long and scattered. I am feeling overwhelmed. I was hoping I would pick up how to use the stomp pretty quickly, but I am starting to feel like an old dog instead.