Re: Pod

[jim palmer <jimp@pobox.com>]

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
> 
>