What you actually bought
What this box is for, what it is not, and the one sentence that explains most of the confusion around it.
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It is a whole guitar rig in one box — amps, speakers, microphones and effects, all modelled. Whether it sounds right depends almost entirely on what you plug it into.
The short version
A pedalboard-sized multi-effects unit with the full Line 6 HX effects library, six stomp footswitches with colour-coded LEDs, two effects loops and full MIDI. No amp or cab models — this one sits in front of, or inside, an amp you already have.
Is this the right guide?
If yours has amp models it is an HX Stomp or an HX Stomp XL. If it is a single pedal with two switches it is an HX One.
The thing everyone gets wrong first
On a HX Effects, the question we see most is looking for the amp models.
There are none, by design. HX Effects is the effects half of the platform, for players who already have an amp.