todd911 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 My firehawk 1500 sounds quite good as a bluetooth speaker. But as a guitar amp it does not sound good. I'm getting a bad digital clipping/overdrive sound and any patches with gain to them sound bad. The patches all sound similar due to this clipping. It's not a nice overdriven sound; it's buzzy and farty. Clean patches are reasonably ok. With a les paul (burstbucker pros) the sound is much worse than with a strat with single coils. Which makes me think the pickups are overdriving the input and making it clip. On my HD500 and on the Helix there is a control to eliminate clipping the input. Is there one for the firehawk? I can't seem to find one. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryratpack Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I am not sure there is an input pad. Assuming your amp is not defective, have you looked at the output as far as both guitar and overall are set ? If everything looks good, do you have the ability to plug in external monitors or headphones to see if this is happening thru that signal ? Just trying to rule things out. How about a complete reset to the amp ? Maybe that will clear it up. If not, I would call line 6 and see what they think, maybe they can give you some suggestions. Hopefully it doesn't have to go back , it is one heavy beast as you know. Good luck and hope you get it resolved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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