tazima Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Hello everyone! I'm about to sell some of my analog stombboxes and get a POD HD500. The thing is I want to keep my Big muff and my Whammy DT. I've seen some videos about this subject but none specific about the Whammy and where to plug as a pedal chain. Cutting to the chase.... 1)If I decide do keep my Whammy DT and my big muff, how am I supossed to chain them with the POD? e.g. guitar > Whammy > big muff > POD (where am I supossed to connect it on the pod? As the guitar in or as a send return??) 2) Anyone ever tested the performance of a Whammy DT going through the POD? Thanks in advance and sorry for any misspeling/punctuation issues, english is not my mother language :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Since both FX are plugging into the same place that a guitar was when they're hooked to an amp, going Guitar>Whammy>Big Muff>Pod would work fine plugging into the Guitar Input, but as a better option, you could use the FX loop send and returns. That way if you wanted to include some HD FX before your Whammy>Big Muff you can. The FX Loop is essentially treated as another FX block so by using it you can put your external FX (in your case the Whammy/Big Muff) anywhere you can put an FX block in the signal chain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Brue58ski pretty much has it for you. You may or may not need the Muff (check out the fuzz in there) but the HD does need a Whammy. I always default to: dist goes to the "in" and mods in the loop. But you should experiment as the HD is pretty flexible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_V_RO Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 You can use also the 4 cable method. Do you have an AMP with FX SEND/Return? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 While I think you can use the pod as a standalone, the fx loop is the best bet for the outside pedals. That way: 1. you can put them before or after or somewhere in between. 2. when you don't need them, they can be bypassed so that there is no degradation of the signal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazima Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 I think I'm going to use it as a FX loop. I check about the fuzz and see if I will keep the Muff. Thanks for all the replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokizeljko Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hello,i like to change the foot switch mainboard in PODHD500. Have anyone informations abaou a direkt company to by it...? p18-pod x4 live footsw pcb rev A P/N 35-00-0387-2 06.17.2010 ced-hhx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjnette Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hello, i like to change the foot switch mainboard in PODHD500. Have anyone informations abaou a direkt company to by it...? p18-pod x4 live footsw pcb rev A P/N 35-00-0387-2 06.17.2010 ced-hhx IMG_20161107_103910.jpg IMG_20161107_103015.jpg You might be best starting a new post but I do not have any info. You might be able to pick up a used HD with issues and use the parts. You could also open a support ticket and you then might be able to buy what you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 www.fullcompass.com lists a footswitch assembly for the hd500 ~ $25. You should contact them though to be sure its what you want as no pic is posted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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