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i have to second this. i also have the pod (v 1) and though i have not fully explored the possibilities, i think manual mode allows for some nice sounds. i don't like the presets much at all. the emulations are just ok but are much easier than hauling several amps to a gig. once the guitar is buried in the mix by a drums and vocals sound guy, they are probably indistinguishable from the real thing anyway... my only problem with this box is that you can't really overdrive it like a real tube amp. you can kind of fake it with the controls, but you have to think differently. (you can't just throw a tube screamer in front of it and crank the level) i think it is a great looper tool, because you can loop the amp sound without having to mike it. running a looper between guitar and amp just doesn't cut it for me. > Hi Andreas. Have you really ever tried a pod??? Or some line6 products? >Or > have you only heard the preset sounds??? > Having had and used some marshalls, fenders and laneys I find that the > emulations in the pods are really good (certainly you have to use it with > some good power amp or pa system, not in front of a guitar amp or on a > multimedia desktop system)...but I skipped completelly the presets (those > really suck), I use it in manual mode, and create my sounds from scratch. > > Peace > Luigi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A.Willers" <A.Willers@t-online.de> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 6:36 PM > Subject: Re: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V01 #715 > > > > > They are all the same and IMO they all suck big time. There is not one > > single really useable guitar tone to be found in a Pod and, for that > > matter, in any of the Line 6 stuff I've tried. there might be handy > > aplications in the studio but not for serious stuff. I happened to see >a > > demo of a H&K Centera amp the other week and that big, heavy and >expensive > > piece of gear in fact does sound reasonably good. But for live playing >I'd > > always recommend one (or two for stereo) decent small to midsize (tube) > > amps plus a blend of your favorite toys to go with it. > > > andreas > >