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
The HX Stomp's engine — the full Line 6 model library and eight block positions — with eight footswitches, four snapshots, and all of its jacks on one rear panel. It is the version you buy when you want to gig the thing rather than tuck it into a corner of a board.
Is this the right guide?
If yours has three footswitches it is an HX Stomp, which has three snapshots and puts its jacks on three different faces. If it has no amp models at all it is an HX Effects.
The thing everyone gets wrong first
On a HX Stomp XL, the question we see most is not finding the save gesture.
Hold HOME and press ACTION. There is no save button.