Line 6 POD?

Question

What is it? Is it worth it?
How does it work?
Is it easy to use?
ALL details and sugestions on this product will be of great help.
I've always wondered what his was.
As far as effects for the Guitar and its distortion and overdrive does it match up to single effects pedals?

Answer 1

The POD is a digital amp modeler. It can produce a similar sound to may of the most popular amplifiers such as a Fender, Marshall, Mesa, etc.. It also has built in effects such as Chorus, delay, reverb, phasor, etc.. It also has some overdrive pedal models as well.

Think of it as a pedal, but one that give you an amp sound. You can plug it directly into a PA (i.e. you have no amp on stage), or you can plug it into an amp. The cool thing is you can put all your favorite pedals in front of the unit, so you can still use your RAT, or Tubescreamer, etc..

All settins can be saved. So you may have one sound of a Marshall, with chorus, lots of drive, and some reverb, then simply step on the channel pedeal (of course you have to buy this seperately) and in one second, chance to a clean sound with flange, delay and totally different EQ settings.

It's pretty versitile. There is nothing like having a good amp on stage, but this unit is pretty good, and makes your life a hell of a lot easier in terms of having to drag a ton of equipment around.

Here are a few good sites:

http://www.line6.com/products/pods/

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/Line+6/POD/10/1

Good Luck!!

Answer 2

Yes, the Pod is a very good amp simulator, that is best used for direct recording, but I don't like it for live performances. I prefer single effects pedals, but I own a lot of pedals because the pedals aren't as versatile as the Pod, but in my opinion, the separate pedals sound quality is better. For overdrive, I use a Zoom Powerdrive. For distortion, I use a Boss Metal Zone, or a Digitech Metal Master, and for fuzz I use an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff. With these four pedals, either in conjunction with each other, or separately, I can get any tone I desire...

Answer 3

they're both. the provision a astounding veriety of digital consequences plus amp fashions. althought they have an countless blend of sounds and it does provide off a particularly good tone for a digital pedal, i'm no longer keen on them cuz they're typically complicated to apply and puzzling to modify consequences instant if you're on level

Answer 4

The best I can do to answer all your questions is to direct you to the following website, where they give a pretty good review.

http://homerecording.com/line6pod.html