LINE 6 POD - 20 Years Later, Did it age well?
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- Trying out the Line 6 Pod 2.0 that was released back in 2000. Does it hold up to the high praise?
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HEY! Lets try out some old shit!
Ola Englund I still use the pocket POD dude. Hard to beat it.
If you have any old equipment that you don't need anymore, why don't you be a Metal Donor? \m/
still chugs..
I like looking back on old gear great idea.
Also try using a overdrive as a boost after it in the chain, gives it a better tone and response in my opinion.
I love the fact that the title says its a 20 year old pedal and I thought "Oh shit, a 1990 pedal"
If only it was still 2010...
I’m still in the 90s
feelsbadman
I thought 1980s
@@jacobmyer7481 me too man... me too :(
Ola: changes the mode to a clean tone
“Oh shit”
Puts its back to distortion
Dude I laughed so hard ahahaha
I had a Pod 2.0. It was the only thing I knew that could replicate Jeff Beck's guitar tone on Cus We've Ended As Lovers.
Just recorded an album with this thing - sounds incredible, still. Nobody will ever guess that no tube amp was harmed on the record, if they don' know....
So this has bass amps built in?
The Line 6 Pod still has some real 'tegridy.
I love you.
STFU
Your beautiful.
I had one of those beans, 1.0 updated to 2.0, played for ~10y in a ass-dirty garage, tons of live gigs and used for recording 3 albums and countless demos, it had beer, vodka and a bunch of unspeakable things spilled on it, painting chipped off, dust everywhere and took hundreds of hits. Went to my hometown 1 month ago and hooked it up for a nostalgia trip across my old patches, still works like a charm.
And still living in your parent’s basement...
@@thegoodguy44 - "went to my hometown 1 month ago and hooked it up......." ( Cant live in your folks basement and in a different town.)
@@BigBUtah Unless you just moved back, lol
@@thegoodguy44 Bruh why so negative? Ola's comment section is meant to be positive and funny. I moved to live on my own in a different country (UK) 6y ago and I'm actually moving again in summer to live in Ola's own Stockholm
så önskar mig lycka till! Gotta visit your childhood mates and your parents every now and then, right?
@@emanuelebonura783 Don't take it too seriously mate. Just some harmless banter. No need to prove yourself to some random dude on the internet :)
Sounds like almost every album made in the last 20 years.
They were actually used on many albums by well known bands.
@@srxiii2261 name 5.
GurktheBrutal
In Flames did and currently still does the A/B with Pods for cleans and 5150s for dirty.
Buck Dharma has been using a Pod 2.0 into heads- JCM 900s IIRC- for a while now.
Incantation - all they had were pods into a poweramp
Symphony X used PODS
The Faceless
Weeper still uses it.
And meshuggah still uses them live in smaller venues.
A quick google/TH-cam search an you have interviews galore. You’re on the internet, use it.
Mike Watts I had no idea about ghost reveries. One of my favorite albums all time
@@skatterpro Arjen J. Lucassen recorded most of his Aryeon albums with a PODXT. Mayhem's Blasphemer used one to record all of Ordo Ad Chao.
I had probation officer that played guitar. I used to try distracting him by talking about guitars so he wouldn't have time to pop a drug test. He used to rant and rave about his pod saying it was the best thing ever.
I did the same thing when I saw my old p.o had "the office" memorabilia everywhere. Spend ten minutes talking about Jim and Pam and then left to go be young and irresponsible gaha
I mean thinking you got one over on a PO is kind of silly lol. If they didn’t test you they didn’t want to lol, not because you humored them on their interests 😂
@@jonathanebers9422 you guys have what it takes to be a great salesperson. When I was a Beer rep, I would walk in to an account and see whatever sports, music, pop culture memorabilia someone had in their office and mainly talk about that. Never even mention a sale and bam, slam dunk.
Then you got drug tested and violated I'm sure hahaha been there ....tried that
@@Epochstudios it worked. We talked about the cords to a santa song. He lost track of time.
2000 : (Line released POD) OMG it sounds just like the real tube amp.
2020 : (Kemper, Helix, Axe fx) OMG it sounds just like the real tube amp.
Ha! Nice! You won the Internet! 😀 THAT is funny and so true! 👍🤘
This comment is gold!
I paid over five hundred dollars for one of those when they came out..lol, these were the sh#t back then. Im almost 40 years old so when i see all the arguing over how the axfx or kemper is better then a real amp this is just a repeat of the past to me..spoiler alert the real amp always wins. Thanks for doing this vid ola.
Nathan Denton sorry but thats just not true anymore. You can do the blindfold tests yourself with even an hx stomp and I promise you cant distinguish them most of the time.
@@officerminiwheats Yeah, but playing through them is a different story. In records or clips, it makes no difference.
Kmac: "There's nothing wrong with a POD! They're problems with me! I'm not a good guitarist! Ok?"
+1
I still have my hd500 pro x
@@godsreclamation2539 but the hd500 is only 8 years old or so. The pod (red bean) is a tiny bit older than the hd500 ;)
no truer word have been said. I saw a studio in my city still uses POD HD Pro...
@@bennyelsensohn9299 true, I see value in older equipment if you can tweak it properly. I do have an ax fx 2 that I love but that older line 6 stuff still sounds good with some help
It has aged better than I have!
So true
I know the feeling. I'm 40 but my back tells me I'm a really young 93. I guess that is what I get for carrying rigs taller than me to every show for over 2 decades.
@@Metalbass1979 But it's kinda interesting to cross the big Four-O, every morning is like a lottery of which body is going to ache today!
@@JayHendricksWorld Yes, sir. I still wake up stiff every morning but it is usually my back. 😆
There are hundreds of metals records that were recorded with 'real' amps that have waaaaay shittier tone than a POD, and using the POD would have been a hell of a lot easier in the studio.
Hold the tap button and turn down the treble, it will take a screenshot.
Next one: Zoom 505.
BrunoDSL I loved my 707. The expression pedal was great because I’d set it to control my delay/reverb level and just fade it in for leads instead of switching channels. It was also the only multi-effects pedal I ever had, so of course I loved it, haha.
I had one back in 98 or 99
I had the 505 in late 90s, the POD is way better
I still have mine
I had a Zoom GFX 505 and was terrible
I remember Kiko Loureiro using this POD (plugged into a Laney VH100) live with Angra to the Temple of Shadows tour, in the early 2000s. If you ask me, it was actually his best live guitar tone up to that time.
no gadget is going to make you sound like your guitar hero
@@southamericanrockerThe OP didn't say that.
he said u dont need to spends thousands of dollars on pedals to get a good sound d00fus@@southamericanrocker
I used to play through a POD X3 Live and started running it through the poweramp section of a 5150 at some point, which sounded absolutely crushing. Tube power really made the POD come to life, it was impressive.
I was looking to get a good metal sound without spending billions on over rated pedals and amps and tried lots of pedals and stuff but without much success. Then I saw this video and decided to give one a try. I bought one for £40 with a power supply and manual, and man I was blown away by it. I used the Treadplate setting with an external delay and compression and am using it all the time now. They must have been way ahead of their time as they're still good today. So glad I saw this video.
When the Pod Go hits the streets, it would be really cool to see a comparison on how far the tech has come in the past 20 years!
Everybody and their neighbour's cat on TH-cam will probably make that video. Don't worry about it.
@@Tuttermuts they didn't
I rock this up until I got my Boss Katana just a few years ago. The POD v2.0 was the shit!
Dork
Get outa here
The POD 2.0 is surprisingly good! I send back today the Katana 50 MKII, 'cause of its hum, and other flaws. It did not offer a substancial better sound, just a bit more organic one, and more modern overdriven sound... (I‘m still a bloody beginner though)
Keep up the awesome vids Metal Messiah 🎸
I use my Katana as a cab for my POD Go.
I remember the first time I heard a POD. It was 2006 and I was booked to back two artists: Chris Burgh (who had a hit with the lady in red) and Olivia Newton John. At the last moment I found out I was just playing with Chris as Olivia had decided to bring her guitarist. I arrived at the rehearsal the day of the show and it was Andy Timmons playing guitar for her! I loved his playing. I asked him if he had an amp as he could use mine and he said no, I’ll just use this, it’s a POD. I had a fender twin (we all did then), and he was willing to go direct with this kidney shaped red box. Man, it sounded so killer. So a week later I got one and was disappointed I didn’t sound like Andy Timmons. Ha. I had it a few years and sold it. I often wondered if it hold up today so thanks so much for posting this video. Anyways, that was a good time - when we all had gigs. Hope your safe and well.
I'm grateful that you share this. In 2004 in Carlsbad, Ca some insane producers and a studio decided my music needed to be recorded. I left my 1 room apartment in Escondido and drove to the studio. Upon entering i recognized photos on the wall of a local talent that had just released an album, his name was Jason Mraz. Jason probably wouldn't remember it but in 1999 as very young men we played the same gig together, totally different music but the intensity of a musician that writes their own music was felt and shared between us both. fast forward and I enter this studio in a small mansion and there's Jason Mraz album and photos and very quickly i tracked my music, finished my vocals and upon listening to the raw tracks something was missing... a few things. SO these producers that for some reason wanted my music heard called in an old old favor from their time as young musicians and in short order I was face to face with the daughter of one of the most well known American singers of all time. (One of the main writers / singers of "Unchained Melody" ( Righteous Brothers) and no i had no idea how fortunate i was when they and she came into the studio. Growing up, I was a product of The Highway Men, Duran Duran and grunge and Elton John... but never had i asked myself who sang the songs on the film "Top Gun" because even if i had, it wouldn't have mattered as i grew up in a family with NO musicians and so songs were just landmarks in our lives.. we never asked who and how they were made. Fast-forward and the daughter of one of the aforementioned well known singers has tracked her parts with almost no effort and a few harmony parts later we were done..but something was still off... and then the studio engineer pulled out this red kidney shaped monstrosity he called a POD or in his voice a "Pawed". The engineer routed my guitar track singal through that tiny red bean and chose some chorus flanger and it changed EVERYTHING. To this day when i hear that track im still amazed at the brilliance of the POD. So, i think right now im gonna buy one.
Friend, wherever you are now, thank you for sharing your story. I wasn't quite aware that to some people sharing where we've been and who we've worked with mattered but after reading your post i realized it really does matter because most of us arent born into a world with high end effects processors and high dollar engineers, often we have to discover the sounds ourselves and in this instance it seems we both discovered a treasure when the POD came into our lives.
I hope life is better now for you than you'd have ever hoped. God speed, friend.
These guys are actually great if you bypass the cab and put your own ir in
In the year two thousaaaaaaannnnndddd
Haha I did it too!
Torch Her Silverchair love.
@@Its.superwill Conan O'Brian love, actually
Maybe Silverchair used a pod for that song?
Two thfffauussend
05:34, modern hi-gain was actually a Saldano. Great video, definitely appreciated. I own one of these, and this made me want to take mine out and try it again! Sounds amazing!
Thank you for this vid! I’ve had the unit for 15 years and had no idea how to change the cabs and get to the extra amp models. I still it and the bass pod pro almost every day for practice and studio sessions.
It sounded sick when you fed the overdrive pedal into it.
I loved when you did "Seed of Filth" in your demo, I still remember seeing you play that with SFU when I was 11 years old!
2024 and this is still my main rig. This unit has withstood all tests against time, still turning heads on guitar recordings. Everyone always asks, "WTF is that killer tone?" The Rectalfire patch is clutch.
i have a version one, and am still using it to this day as my only direct-to-soundcard recording amp. using only one single soundpatch, I can do clean sound by turning guitar volume way down. people usually don't believe me when i say i recorded my songs with that ancient kidney-shaped object. i hope it lasts another 20 years!
thanks for the video, i thought i was the only person still using the pod. ;)
Nice, I was asking the exact same question to myself a few days ago.
I still use my Line 6 50w combo from the early 00's, it sounds great.
The POD XT and X3 actually had quite some great sounding amps that I used professionally (that means real recordings and real tours) for years. Super bang for the buck, real easy to use.
The XT was based on the Flextone 3, which came from the Vetta. Those are both awesome amps and for the life of me I can’t understand why the discontinued those and went the way of the Spider series.
I have an HD300 that I still use since all of their new modelers are overblown in price.
That being said, the HD300 is pretty amazing. The HD line in general stands up to any of the current "better" stuff. They replaced it far too quickly. The HD300 even has a bass amp.
The issue, like with any modeler, is that most of the presets are weak and making your own can be frustrating. Most people will never get past that and just assume they're awful products. Even the presets on AxeFX are pretty terrible.
POD X3 PRO is amazing, as an all around studio tool, there is so much quality software jammed into that machine, it will help you cover so many different needs, when you're recording tracks. A few years ago I was talking to a LINE 6 rep, in Toronto, LINE 6 was launching the first of the POD HD series. The rep said, they'll never reproduce the POD X3 series, or that type of an all purpose all in one recording toolbox because they ended up not making as much money after the X3 series was released. The X3 did so much, very well, that the company found out their back catalog of other gadgets weren't selling when everything a musician needed was in one box. Paired together with POD FARM 2.5 Platinum and you're totally set.
Great demo Ola! Thank you.
I still use mine and I bought it in 2000! I still record with it. I use the rectified tone 90% of the time.
There's something about the Pod Rectifier sound that I love. It's not extremely realistic, but it sounds really cool for metal.
I remember when this came out and was all over Guitar World magazine!
Oh man the memories! I also got one of these back in 2000 at 18 years old. Sounded so good coming out my Marshall.
I remembered the other day that my mate still has my 2.0 and i'm meeting up with him to grab it back, mad that you made this video! Real excited to get it back and have a play now!
And just like that the Line 6 POD went up in value on ebay and reverb 😁
Not to mention all the studios that have/had the rack version.
I use the PodHD for my live rig running through a Warp 7...I can't seriously find a reason to replace my setup.
Always impressed by how well Scandinavians speak English. Often better than some English people I know!
Oy wot you mean?
That r da truff me finks pppl dint read nomo
me fail english? that's unpossible.
He graduated from Gymnasium,its closest US equivalent would be an advanced magnet high school with all AP classes.They have mandatory English starting in the 4th grade.Most EU and Scandi countries have a tiered education system that the schools decide upon around 4th grade whether you go to a trade/less academically rigorous school or are smarter and study academics more.So basically you weed out most of the troublemaker kids into a dumber school and the smarter kids get to go to school and learn without being slowed down by them.Then there are further ways to weed out the few troublemakers who manage to squeak into gymnasium by parental demand/pressure.Music classes are a big way to do this tbh.Usually a music class is an actual class,they do orchestra and all that but also all the other subjects together as a class.So you have lots of music related class trips and private instruction plus instrument costs which all is privately paid(NOT by the school) so these classes tend to weed out foreigners and poorer people by their very nature of costing around 200 euros a month in associated fees
the ease with which you dial in a tone is always awesome to watch
Did so many demos with that thing and a Boss DR5 drum machine. Straight into a Sony minidisc MDMX4. Always used rectified, chorus on but effect knob all the way down. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Remember we used that one to record Ulf o Evert around 20 years ago. Bring some memories back for sure.
SLANGEN! Allt bra?
@@OlaEnglund Why is he called Slangen?
@@Barbro247 Google translates slangen from Swedish as "hose." lol
@@BassMeister17 Thats exactly what im saying;) Slangen means the hose aka peepee. Sneaky snake snoke the extra large prilla down there?
I still have a POD 2.0 hooked up in my living room for everyday use. It's quick, easy to use and plugged straight to my radio it doesn't take up space.
Thanks for reminding me I have one! Just tried it using the "Line 6 Clean" setting as a pedal input=superb!
450k congrats Ola!!! Keep up the great videos!
Great vid man . Would love to see what it sounds like with a 90s Ibanez or Jackson stock .. I know those had unique sounds themselves.
As an amateur player with a hand me down amp and guitar, staying up until 4am trying to learn some Metallica, the pod was made for guys like me. Bought one with my weekend beer money in highschool. Still have that thing, and occasionally pull it out to play. God Bless you Pod.
When I plugged in a pair of over the ear headphones, I felt like I was playing in a stadium of fans.
Same here mate. Saved up for a pocket pod 18 years ago. And I can't tell you how great it was to rock out in my bedroom in my underpants thinking I was playing Wembley. Such a fun piece of gear
@@Hagg-o-tron Bless.
Fun throwback! My first multi effect pedal was one of those zoom 505 and I still have it around somewhere.
One of my favorite tools in the studio, for a lot of reasons. Great video 👍
Dani
One of the most used studio tools for guitarists when they came out.
How come you have a pigeon for you profile pic?
You're one weird dude Jed, but I like that. 🤟
I still have mine FOR SALE.
Modern Hi Gain was modeled after Soldano SLO-100, my favourite amp from this red kidney. Nostalgic!
Yes. I used this mode in vetta2 amp and pod 2.
Nope, it’s the X88R rack preamp
@@PetePohjanniemi the manual says "1989 Soldano SLO Super Lead Overdrive", I've just checked it to be sure. :-)
@Mike Watts cab sim POD on or off with power amp?
Wicked cool! My buddy bought one of those and the one for bass for his studio.
I still have my Digitech RP-7.
Rock On!!
I’ve always been a fan of the pod 2.0 , I gigged with one for years. It always sounded great! I think the Marshall pedal kicked it into second gear!! I need to try that! Thanks for the demo!🤟🎸
6:47 was a fuckin mid monster! It actually sounded really great!
This is more convincing than the actual Line 6 amps.
Agreed
One hour ago i was watching an old Ola video with a Spider Iv. Of course it sounds great (it's Ola) and better than this.
Maybe better than a Spider series, but the Flextone 3 and Vetta’s are great amps. Unfortunately they haven’t produced them in 10+ years.
What a throw back. Made me a little emotional. I had two of these and the line six cab set up. What an amazing company
I loved my Pod 2.0!! For 3 years my stage rig was a wireless - Pod - 50w PA amp. I could carry the whole thing in a duffel bag and it NEVER broke down, needed maintenance or repair, and the settings sounded the same night after night. Those were the days!
It has a special place in my heart, just because all the first Leviathan demos and albums were made with it. Including Wrest's shrieking vocals.
Recently moved from line 6 to BIAS FX2..... Had some great years with the line 6 though.
Hey Ola new segment..... Will It Last! Testing old relics / gear vs modern stuff... food for thought ;)
Right channel relics / Left channel new school.
That's a good one. My Marshall 600 combo still kicking.
That is actually a good idea! Hope Ola reads this :)
You
That was probably the best piece of kit Line 6 ever produced! Especially used with the editing software! Sound Diver!
I remember taking the outputs of my Triaxis and putting it through the Simul 290! I was blown away!
I am so glad you made this video, now everyone will want a vintage POD. Now maybe someone will finally buy my POD XT loaded with all the extra amps you can buy.
I still have the original POD, not even the 2.0 upgrade. The default AC-15 patch is one of my favorite tones to this day.
I still think that it was and is a killer piece of equipment
Great Video! When I listen to one of my favorite albums from 2004, I hear pretty much this POD frequency response in the guitar tone, so what sounds kinda old/lower quality now coming out of the POD 2.0 was the state-of-the-art guitar tone just 16 years ago. Considering that, the standard IRs in the POD 2.0 aren't bad at all. They delivered well on what was expected back in the early 2000s.
Super good idea to try it with the cab off, and impulses! DEFINATELY going to try that.
I gigged in a cover band back in ‘01-‘03 and used the POD running into the effects return of a Randall RH100 half stack and was great! I had the first Floorboard as well and was a great rig. I used to get compliments from house sound guys regarding my tone and how easy it was for them to get a great tone to front-of-house. Such a great little unit!
Question: does the POD still sounds good today ?
Answer: yes the impulse response still sounds good today.
Spot on!
But you can't do non-linear processes like distortion with an impulse response, only linear effects like EQ and reverb.
Still got an XTPro rack mount POD I bought in '04.
I've updated the software twice. Still sound great and has good touch response.
I've retired now, but I used to go from the radio receiver into a tube preamp then into the line level input on the back.
Love the Deluxe and JTM45 simulations!!!
Honestly, I've had this for years and I got it with instructions, I've only just learned the selection!! THANKS!
The pod is that original "djent" tone everybody heard from periphery,tesseract,and monuments.
The "Inspire" EP by Polyphia was also recorded with POD Farm on the guitar tones :)
The entire animals as leaders debut album was recorded on one.
when i saw the old zoom pedal i actually said "YAY" out loud lol
got a POD 2.0 for Christmas in 2001 i believe, was fresh out of high school as well. Still have it, and while i never use anymore, it did great for recording but live was easily lost in the mix and fizzy (no matter how much you cranked the mids on your amp as the manual suggested) so never used for more than recording. Using a fractal AX8 lately and dig it, though it still has that digital fizzyness sometimes that can be eq'd out depending on what room the gig is in. The main thing about these modelers that i like is the consistency of the tone whereas a tube amp and pedals really needs the tubes working to get a good sound which usually means cranking volume which doesn't work (especially casino gigs) where the digital stuff can just be eq'd and you still get a good crisp distortion/overdrive. The tech has def gotten better through the years, especially when lots of pros are using fractals.
I should really thank you man for this awesome Vlog , you can't imagine how much I enjoyed it 👍👍👍
Actually I'm also quite impressed. Doesn't sound nearly as bad as I remember it. Had one back in the day and sold it later for a Boss GT-8 Multi-Effects-Pedal.
The only reason we all thought it sounded bad in the day is because all the old timers told us it was shit. Most modelling products sound just fine.
DiamondDead, I too have a GT-8. I wouldn't call it cutting edge at this point, but I still think it's got some tricks up its sleeve. What are your thoughts?
Most newer models have the same electronics and technology 😁
@@misterknightowlandco I didn't think it sounded bad in the day. But then I have never listened to people just because they were old.
Now his parents buy him gift cards.
Yo bro, love the show. Keep up the awesome work brah. Cheers from L.A.
I bought one of these when they first came out, and I still have it to this day. I even picked up the special bracket that you can put on a mic stand, and the Pod sits on top of it. And all I have to say is, mine's still going strong.
Dude for what it was at the time, it's perfectly good. It still has some dope effects that i still love like the volume swell.
Me too. The bean as well as the Johnson J-Station were fun units to use.
@@JPTyler Damn, I might break out my J-Station later this week! Forgot I even had the thing.
I remember those Zoom 505's one of the guys at my school had one.
Not really a metal fan but this is the best demo of the POD I've seen yet. You show off the cabs and the bright switch. You add an overdrive and IRs. For those that are curious - Brit Hi Gain is JCM 800, TreadPlate is Dual Rectifier Tremoverb, Modern Hi Gain is the Soldano X88R rackmount preamp. With the Tap HOLD they're - Brit Hi Gain is a Dumble Overdrive Special, Treadplate is a Dual Rectifier head, Modern Hi Gain is a Soldano SLO 100 head, and if you have to know the Fuzz Box becomes a Dumble Overdrive Special drive channel. The 4X12 cabs are 1996 Marshall with Vintage 30s, 1978 Marshall with stock 70s, 1968 Marshall basket weave with Greenbacks, Line 6 4x12.
Very usable...........you make everything sound very usable Ola.
It's a tool like any other, so I use it. As with most tools, I don't feel a need to attempt to solve every problem with it. It has its place on occasion. Real gear or simulated, you still have to learn how to use it well. Number one will always be playing your instrument well and choosing/writing good songs. The greatest tube amp on earth can't do either for you. There really are no shortcuts.
0:21 “Gymnasium” means you’re smart.
Or good at basketball, depending on the country.
I beg to differ
Literally started with the EXACT same zoom 505 effects pedal hahahaha, made a really long guitar instrumental with it's (new to me at the time) single note delay slap back function after I had the chance to mess around with it a lot more as I got older and was striving for the sound which would help me identify myself as a musician and which would end up feeling the best.
With that zoom pedal I was able to make it sound like there were multiple guitars going at the same time, it was all about timing and layering the notes in sequence with the slap back to create the multi effect harmony... I called the instrumental "Infinity".
I will never forget that pedal, now I gotta go dig it out of the relic box and give it a grind again.
Such awesome memories, Thank You for reminding me of them, Ola!
Nice video. The POD was/is great, I had the 2.0 version but, many people don't seem to realise that the ROLAND GP-100 was the first digital amp modeller. I bought one shortly after release, used it live for several years, and still own one. A guitarist friend still uses his live, with presets I created back in the 90's! Modelling has come a long way since then, and things like AxeFX, Helix etc are definitely superior in the amp tones department but, the effects in the GP-100 are still as good as anything you find in modellers/processors today.
"Modern Hi Gain -- I don't remember what that was ..." It is the 1989 Soldano SLO Super Lead Overdrive wth Post volume pedal and Room reverb. I also still have my POD 2.0 and original Floor Board sitting right beside me atop the bedroom practice amp. I don't play such heavy tones, going more for blues or classic rock vibes (I'm a neck beard) and still think that there are at least a few useful tones in the ol' bean.
I used to love my Johnson J Station, esp for 80's Hard Rock stuff but after a while, it just lacked the realness & presence of a loud, all tube amp. However, in defense of the J Station and POD, the real tube amp STILL beats digital.
I do, however, miss my ADA MP1. That thing was stellar and so well designed(tube pre, all analog path, active eq, yet w/ digital control & memory). It sounded fμ¿king amazing with screaming harmonics at any volume. All you needed was a clean solid state power amp.
The MP1 was used on a lot of killer albums like Mindcrime, Metalica Black album, White Lion albums and many more. To heck with modeling, the MP1's hybrid technology knocked it out the park over 30 yrs ago.
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greetings from germany
Mine got rained on because I left it out by accident. Just bought a used one off the net because I missed the sound. Thanks for the video! Keep Rockin!
Still have mine and use it everyday.
5:57 - hits a low drive gone
“Oh, we can’t have that here”
Dude!!!! Best thing i ever played thru. Many years ago I was at a fav open mic night, not playing that night- this Ausie on stage made the most unbelievable sound id ever heard.. afterwards I went up to him and said "what the heck are you playing mate?" - his eyes rounded and he pointed at a pod 2.0- ffw 3 years later pending a business trip to the US after researching my rear end off for a gibson lp my choice was a black classic model.. well after the NY jam in chicago i walked into guitar ctr and there wasnt a SINGLE lp in store!!!! lo and behold 10 minutes later someone walks in and trades a guess what - a BLACK CLASSIC LP!!!! I bought it and grabbed a pod 2.0 from the 50% off stack at the front door - soaked many good nights through that guitar over the eyars then idiot as I can be SOLD IT!!! I had so many ppl tell me the sound was unbelievable- that LP through my pod 2.0 gave grown men goose bumps - im NOT lying!!!! And yes I still have sellers remorse to THIS DAY!
Thanks for reminding me about the Pod. I'm about to get mine out now!!
Reinventing the Steel will be 20 years old for this year.
They tried their best.
I loved my Pod 2.0. I gave it to my nephew with a guitar when he showed interest in guitar. He's still using it now.
I still have the Line 6 ux1 & Ive had the same one for about 15yrs. It is still plugged into my computer (Mac Pro - iMac when I 1st got it), & is used as the default audio card for listening to music or any "normal" computer audio. Sometimes I still use the toneport software, but that's not often now days...still sounds good for what it is! 🤟😊👍
Holy moly. I own one of these and had no idea about all the hidden amp and cab models!!
What happens when you plug it in the effectsloop of an amp?
LEVIATHAN's Jef Whitehead uses a Pod on everything and his tones always unreal
Great Video. I think it sounds pretty cool . Thanks for the unbiased review
If I can find one still workin almost properly, gonna try it. I myself got OD/Dist I'd like adding just to see how it could work like. For your Discord channel... Will try as soon as I can. Thanks again for sharing your experience and allowing people like me NOT to give on music up. Cheers fromBelgium :)