I'll post this question here, as it seems like an appropriate thread. I've used Pods for several years, starting with a Floor Pod Plus, then the X3 Live, and at present, I've been using a HD500 for a little over a year.
I love my HD500, and I don't think I would ever go back to a traditional guitar rig. However, I've got one issue with it. The Fender Twin Reverb HD is my favorite amp. However, I don't care for the way it distorts when just using the drive controls for the amp. It's my natural inclination to use a distortion stompbox in front of the amp in the signal chain. But, the designers assumed that if you were going to use a distortion stompbox in front of the amp, that you would want the stompbox to overdrive the amp itself, but that is absolutely not the case for me. I want the distortion sound of the stompbox CLEANLY processed through the amp (again, because I don't like the distortion characteristics of the amp). To compensate, I switched the signal chain where the stompbox is after the amp in the chain, but I think it would sound better if it was in front.
So my question is, does anyone know if the HD500x will let a distortion stompbox be in front of the amp in the signal chain and it not cause distortion in the amp itself?
