Cygnus and the HBE

erockomania

Experienced
Hey all, for the last several years the HBEs have been my go to for rock and metal. I've always gravitated towards them and they've always sounded great. I'm struggling to get anything usable out of the new version with Cygnus. I know that Cliff mentioned they'd all been updated to a newer iteration of an HBE if I'm not mistaken.

Have any of you had to take a different approach to this amp?

I find I like most everything else a LOT better now but I'd love to get the HBE in working order again. Any input is welcome.
 
Raise the input EQ low cut to around 450-500 Hz, and see if that feels better. On the previous version that was the default and there's some suspicion a 0 was missed when it was set to 50Hz in the current version but that's unconfirmed.
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Personally, I always found the HBE models pretty bass heavy. I always had to use the bright switch and dial back negative feedback. I haven't listened to Cygnus V3 but Cygnus V1 is pretty awesome. Best HBE I have heard yet on any modeler.
 
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