NGD: HD500

[briansol]

yup, no one probably cares




Time to plug this bad boy in and see what happens.

[Chris]

About fuckin' time.

[poisonelvis]

dang'!

[briansol]

100-odd presets, 2 are useful


time to make some channels

[eleven59]

Great piece of gear, love mine. Definitely not much of use in the factory presets, but once you start dialing it in, it's great.

I also figured out I was dialing things in backwards, in that I would set a sound I liked then try to pick a mic and cab model that worked with it, but that's all wrong. Best idea is to set it flat-ish, pick a mic and cab combination that sounds close to what you're looking for, then tweak everything else.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by briansol

100-odd presets, 2 are useful


time to make some channels

The Acoustic Air preset is awesome.

Other than that, yes, typical Line 6. I don't know why they always release their gear with the worst possible presets.

[giannifive]

Congrats. I've heard good things about the new HD line.

Originally Posted by Chris

Other than that, yes, typical Line 6. I don't know why they always release their gear with the worst possible presets.

It's like, "Hmm, this preset sounds good, but do you know what would make it sound even better? Let's max the reverb and add some delay. Ooh, and let's crank the presence!"

[noodles]

Originally Posted by giannifive

It's like, "Hmm, this preset sounds good, but do you know what would make it sound even better? Let's max the reverb and add some delay. Ooh, and let's crank the presence!"

I call it the music store guitar wank patch set, and it has been the norm since the beginning of rack gear and music stores.

[briansol]

I'm still trying to figure out why it came with an allen wrench.....

[Wookieslayer]

probably to adjust the tension of foot pedal