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Line 6 Pod 2

celtaidd	Date: August 2, 2007 @ 8:26 PM I'm thinking of investing in one, anyone here know, or use one.? Worth buying or not?
GreatGooglyM...	Date: August 3, 2007 @ 7:15 AM Not really. Usually the Line6 stuff is quite cheap sounding. You'll be better off investing in some rack effect processor or separate pedals.
kingo	Date: August 3, 2007 @ 8:11 AM I disagree with that. Unfortunately I don't have one, but a lot of guitarists I work with do, and they sound great to me. Definitely better than any other rack effect processor I've heard (the Pod 2 is actually available as a rack unit, I think,) and loads better than some pedals. At any rate, you'll obviously need to see for yourself, try playing one somewhere.
TheTimbreWolf	Date: August 3, 2007 @ 3:00 PM well IMO the POD2.0 is the older model, what you want is either a PODxt or PODxtLive. i use the PODxtLive for my electric aswell as a way to control my Variax Acoustic on the ground. the presets are cool, but its when you start making your own custom amp settings that it can really shine. sometimes they end up sounding bad to people because they have them hooked up wrong, meaning they run it directly into the input line on their amp, when technically you are supose to run it through the effects loop to bypass your amps preamp signal. to get the best results from any POD you need a dry signal, such as keyboard amp(i use two 180watt Roland KCs for mine), PA system(works awsome in those), or your amps effects loop. in a nutshell POD2.0 is a slimmed down version of the PODxt cheap sounding so GreatGoogly is correct in that regards...what you need is a PODxt or PODxtLive, PODxt:based around the original Vetta digital amp. PODxtLive:based around VettaII
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: August 3, 2007 @ 5:33 PM It's a personal choice thing Celt, as you can see from above. Audition one at your nearest music store and see if it fits the bill or not, or whether something by Boss, Zoom, Digitech, etc. suits you better.
celtaidd	Date: August 4, 2007 @ 2:11 AM Should mention, it will only be used to play and record through a pc. Dont know if that will make a difference
Woof	Date: August 4, 2007 @ 1:19 PM When I needed a Direct-To-PC Mic Interface with Phantom Power, I went with Edirol's UA-4fx. It has worked great for vocals. But it also appears to have a really good array of guitar processing capabilities, too. Haven't tried 'em, but since Edirol is Roland, and uses their COSM technology for amp simulation, and is going on the web for $150 US, it might be worth looking into... http://www.roland.com/products/en/UA-4FX/index.html It also comes bundled with Sonar LE... one of the few decent recording programs that actually runs on Vista. I guess I'm saying that taking one for a test drive might be fun...
Mojosnake	Date: August 4, 2007 @ 10:12 PM digitech rp250 has usb interface and expression peddle and is MONGO approved i have one and i absolutley love it goes for about 150 U.S. so it's real afforable has software that lets you edit patch's on the computer ... i dont know just though it was worth a mention
jaypbaker	Date: August 7, 2007 @ 3:49 AM I use the Zoom GU1.2, as it has some great features for Aprox. $170 bucks. I've used the Line 6 pod stuff, but to me It was missing something tonally

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