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Sweet, more options that I thought. And looking on Trade Me, there are even a few Rat 2's going on there (new).

Another point of interest: after fiddling with my HD500 for an hour or so, I unplugged it and plugged in the one stompbox I haven't sold: my Boss Bluesdriver 2. ...And I have to say, the sound blew away the HD500. I've spent hours with the HD trying to get sparkling clean tones from Fender and Hiwat...

Alright, at the risk of getting this thread back on track... I tested out Jeremyb's theory and for the most part it did work well. I compared patches with the same settings, with and without cabnets, preamp and normal models. In general, it did sound better going through my HRD's "power amp in&...

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I didn't know Guitar Centre shipped to NZ, that's helpful.

Rob, what exactly do you mean by different "stores" within Amazon.

I know this question reveals my noobishness, but here goes... I've been looking at pedals like the Pro Co Rat and Fulltone Fulldrive and OCD (among others) online, and I just can't seem to find them to buy in NZ. Every now and then one of these kinds of pedals pops up on Trademe, but that's about it...

I think a lot of people misuse their HD500's, and therefore don't get the best out of them in terms of the amp modelling, heres what I suggest you try: I believe the HRD has a poweramp in jack? or if it has a serial effects loop use the effects return, this is so you bypass the preamp of the HRD, s...

and bugger the chiropracter! This. I downsized to a 2x12 a few years back. Felt good carrying my amp head in one hand and cab in the other when loading into venues. Never really felt good when playing though :oops: . Now I have a 4x12 which I pump a 100w Marshall head through. It's too big. It's to...

...thanks for the welcome :-). I'm blown away by how active this board is! Way more than the Gibson board. Yeah the HRD isn't an amazing amp but I do like the clean channel. It takes pedals well and has enough headroom for me. The dirty channel is horrible though. To be honest the metal side of thin...

Thanks for all the replies. My SG is a Gibson Special Faded in Cherry. I've customised it a bit with some Grover tuners and a Seymour Duncan '59 in the neck and a Custom 5 in the bridge. It's not a Standard but it does the job. :D ...Just to give a bit more context: I would love a Plexi, but using a...

I am currently playing a Gibson SG through a Line 6 POD HD500, into the clean channel of a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. The HD500 is a great multi-effects pedal, but a couple of things are making me wonder if I should sell it. First, I probably spend WAY too much time tweaking my settings, time which, if ...