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Hello all, So I've been using a standard pedal board, well....forever and looking at streamlining my rig to make it as simple as possible. I have had a Zoom G3 in the past, and liked it, but was thinking of trying the M9 this time. My rig is simple: Ibanez RG2550z into a Jet City JCA 50H and Avatar 2X12 loaded with a G12 K-85 and V30. What I want to know is what's the easiest way to connect the M9 just for EQ, Gate, Chorus, Reverb and Delay. I won't be using any dirt from the M9 since I get that through my amp. Can I just connect my guitar to front input of my amp like normal and run a cable from the input or output of the M9 to the Send or return of the back of my amp? Or do I have to use two cables and take one cable from my amp's FX send to the M13's input, and then another cable from the M13's output to the amp's FX return? I've been reading so much on this I'm just confused at this point haha :D Any help on the easiest connection through the amp's send/return would be appreciated! Thanks, Lance

Cool, thanks for the replies! I would rather have them off and use my own speakers as I like the way they sound (K85 +V30 is a good combo). I just can't make the Zoom sound good with cab sim off or else I would use it that way. As long as the Firehawk has a way to disable cam sim and it sounds good that way through power amp and speakers, it should work! I'm going to see if I can demo one at the Guitar Center near me this coming week. Thanks again, Lance

Hello! Just have a couple quick questions on the Firehawk. I'm currently using a tube amp (Egnater Tweaker 15 head W/6L6's) with an Avatar 2x12 closed back cab loaded with a V30 and G12-K85. Sometimes I run pedals in front of my amp and sometimes a run my Zoom G3 through the amp return using the amp modeling. although I like the Zoom, the Firehawk looks appealing with the board layout. My question is if running the Firehawk through the amps return, how do the cab sims sound coming out of a guitar cabinet when using the Firehawk preamps? the reason why I ask is the Zoom's cabs don't sound too good and bypassing the cab sims sounds horrible! It just sounds.....fake in a live setting with the cab sims on. It appears you can't just use the preamps and bypass cab simulation on the Firehawk? Anyone using their Firehawk through a traditional amp/cab setup through the power amp section of their amp? Thanks for any info! Lance