Pilot's Guide

1. USB - Connect to Mac/ PC for USB Midi.

2. FBV Connector - Connect your Line 6 Amp or POD

3. ¼" Expression Pedal - Optionally add a 2nd pedal for even greater

control! The Line 6 EX-1 Expression Pedal is designed to work with

the FBV 3.

4. Bank Up / Down - Press the “Bank” buttons (labeled with the up and

down arrows) to scroll through the User Banks.

5. Function Assign Footswitch - Function Switch (with POD HD series

and USB connected PC) / Enter Live Edit mode (Firehawk 1500).

6. LED Display - This display shows your current Bank, Preset and

Preset Name or Tuner interface when activated.

7. Volume / Wah Pedal - Typically controls either the Wah or Volume of

the current preset - press the pedal forward to activate the toe switch

to toggle between Wah or Volume. The LEDs on bottom left shows

the active function of your on board expression pedal.

8. FS1–FS5 Footswitches - User dened footswitches. Press to

toggle the assigned eect on/o in the current preset.

9. Channel A,B,C,D Footswitches - Select to call up one of the four

“Channels” in the current Bank.

10. Ta p Te mp o - Tap in a tempo for your active Delay or Modulation

eects of the current preset to follow. Press and hold TAP to activate

the chromatic tuner. The Tap button is also used to exit menus in Live

Edit mode.

Line 6 FBV Control Application Installation

If you plan on using your FBV 3 to control software on your Mac

Windows

computer, then you’ll also want to install the latest Line 6 FBV

Control application. This free software provides you with the ability to

create, load, edit and store FBV presets - full sets of customized MIDI

controller congurations - all in an easy-to-use application! 

The FBV Control App can be downloaded from line6.com/software/

Live Edit Mode with Firehawk 1500

Note: Both Firehawk 1500 and FBV 3 reect Live Edit mode, regardless

of how the user engages it; that is, pressing FUNCTION on FBV 3 will

also change the UI state of Firehawk 1500’s top panel.

Pressing FS1-FS5 will display the model assignment for ~1 second, and

then time out:

Analog Chorus

After ~1 second...

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1. Press FUNC to enter Live Edit mode.

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