Line 6 POD Go (A Complete Rig In A Small Pedal?)

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  • @MrPolevaulter
    @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +4

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  • @JoeyB7615
    @JoeyB7615 4 роки тому +3

    I like your honesty about all the gear it is refreshing to hear someone say what they think and stand behind it

  • @erpringle
    @erpringle 3 роки тому +2

    You actually saved me some money this time because I was thinking of buying one and trying it out on my board but I don't think so. Thanks for the headsup.

  • @wassabi-g7p
    @wassabi-g7p 8 місяців тому +1

    got this second hand in mint condition for 260 EUR. Best bang for the buck at this price really. Decided to buy some AC/DC presets off from a UA-camr that does a lot of Line6 presets and I am extremely satisfied with it.

  • @RapttorX
    @RapttorX 4 роки тому +8

    I only used the Helix Native, but the dark sound comes from the fact that default cabs come with an 8k high cut by default. Also the default cabs (IRs) are garbage.... it sounds 2 times better with some ownhammer IRs.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +2

      The dark thing isn't the worst of it. It's the plasticky feel.

  • @oncameramastery
    @oncameramastery 4 роки тому +9

    I think Elmo just plays too fast for the DSP's to keep up! 😂😂😂

  • @robertfalconer5054
    @robertfalconer5054 4 роки тому +4

    Use with Custom IR's, that's where its shines,
    I use Celestion, Three Sigma and David Hislop Irs, sounds fantastic.

  • @Dan_Ranger
    @Dan_Ranger 4 роки тому +7

    Brilliant! I absolutely agree. I’ve done the whole merry go round with modellers and comeback to a few pedals and a 50 watt head and a 2x12. It keeps me fit in my mid 50’s and I don’t get option paralysis!! 😂
    Less tweaking more playing 👍💪

  • @SirVicc
    @SirVicc 3 роки тому +2

    Just got one of these a couple of weeks ago and it's brilliant. I've setup several amps to my liking, and one is a near perfect copy of my Marshall half stack setup. A/B'ed them and there isn't much between them. IR's make it even better, though tweaking the stock cabs is good too.

  • @BesharALAzzawi
    @BesharALAzzawi 4 роки тому +2

    I totally agree with you! I have the BOSS GT-1000 connected to the MD, DD, RV 500 in a stereo fx loop. Then the stereo out of the GT-1000 goes to Behringer A800, then from the Behringer to VOX V212C and Harley Benton 212 with Celestion Vintage. A stereo rig (not very portable 😂) to me the best way is to use real guitar speakers. Listening via studio monitors/headphones/PA is never like having a good guitar speaker cab. What’s your take on that? Also, I personally find the Boss GT-1000 to be superior in tone compared to the line 6. Not the fractal fx though! Cheers and thanks. I forgot to mention that I disabled the “speaker emulation” in the BOSS output section.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      I was totally fine with the Axe-FX through a monitor. Much better than this. Even the old Axe-FX standard, which you can get for less than the POD Go.

    • @BesharALAzzawi
      @BesharALAzzawi 4 роки тому +1

      Elmo Karjalainen that’s good to know! Try the Boss GT-1000 if you have a chance! I’d love to hear your personal take!
      Cheers and thanks for the videos and music

  • @BeyondVexing
    @BeyondVexing 4 роки тому +1

    My biggest issue with all in one type of pedals is if something go wrong with it you spend more money fixing it. All in one pedals may be convenient but it’s like putting all your eggs in one basket. That usually doesn’t end well. Where as if you use individual pedals and one goes bad you can just replace fairly quick, easy and reasonably affordable. Excellent video Elmo!

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому

      Yeah. It stops working, you go get a new one.

  • @mrjoesguitar
    @mrjoesguitar 4 роки тому +5

    LOL I knew you wouldn't like it! I wouldn't buy it either and as always I can't stress enough how valuable your honesty is to us! 🎸🤘🤪🤘🎸

  • @silotwenty
    @silotwenty 4 роки тому +3

    No substitute for an honest opinion. Excellent review 👍

  • @amirkhalid5449
    @amirkhalid5449 4 роки тому +1

    This class of product -- the multiFX box -- is useful to a beginner/intermediate player who is new to effects pedals and doesn't yet have enough knowledge and/or money to shop for discrete pedals. MultiFX boxes go all the way from the cheapest noob-level gear to pro gear, and this one sits somewhere in the low-middle part of that range. Elmo wouldn't gig a Line 6 Pod Go, it's below his level; but for many a bedroom player, it (or something like it) will do the job just fine.

    • @林盛恩
      @林盛恩 3 роки тому

      Rather condescending. Just because it's cheap and has a predetermined layout, which admittedly can be a massive help for people new to digital modellers (personally limiting to me) doesn't mean it is unusable professionally. People gigged with this, on worship, rock/metal or any sessions. Heck, people managed to gig with the fucking pod bean years ago. Compare this to the bean, this thing actually has helix modelling algorithms built in it. im sorry but if you can't get good or usable tones out of this then it's completely on you.

  • @MAXILOGUITARRO
    @MAXILOGUITARRO Рік тому +1

    My point of view is: Line 6 Pod Go is only a Tool! is a Practical Device! For Simplicity and Multifunctional Benefits (For Gigs, In Home Studio for Recording For Rehearsals, Light Weight, etc)! Obviously is a Digital Device and never can Replace a Real Equipment (Amplifier, Analog Pedals, etc)! Conclusión: For the affordable price is a Great Choice! Thanks a Lot for the Review! Cheers!

  • @borisv8766
    @borisv8766 Рік тому

    Regarding dark sound - you hit an infamous PodGo impedance issue. Instead of declared 1M Ohm it is de-facto closer to 250K. Some people just use buffer in front, some people have it fixed by warranty, some people don't care. PodGo wireless has it fixed, and so does PodGo red edition, too. All early production standard black ones have it.

  • @GearGasms
    @GearGasms 4 роки тому +1

    Picture in Picture is a pain in the ass but it certainly helped in this video! I agree with your assessment

  • @Fnnggjji
    @Fnnggjji 4 роки тому +1

    To anyone looking at buying this. You need IR's. On the stomp you can use dual cabs which can sound as good as IR's but the pod does not have that option and single Helix cabs won't sound like a real amp. IR's will make the pod usable

  • @truthfactreality6814
    @truthfactreality6814 4 роки тому

    Used to use pedals with switcher etc. I have a Marshall jvm 410h. Since I got my helix I hardly use the Marshall. I do hook it up
    Sometimes.mainly just use unit on own. Amazing. Modelling is so good now and much lighter

    • @73Spoiler
      @73Spoiler 2 роки тому

      Sorry for the late question but I was wandering is there a big difference between a Helix and a Pod Go? From what I can tell the Helix is mkre pricey. Just curious

  • @gyslainbeauchamp9241
    @gyslainbeauchamp9241 4 роки тому +1

    gives malmsteen&moore type tone,wow!

  • @robertfalconer5054
    @robertfalconer5054 4 роки тому +5

    Elmo check out the,
    NUX Cerberus, its a direct solution and its Analog,
    I own it too, i think you would like it, it fits your style better..

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      Thought about it a few times, but never did get around to it.

  • @giorgospantelakis9766
    @giorgospantelakis9766 2 роки тому +1

    Well, what if you use a multi effect pedalboard only for the effects and use your amp's clean and distortion channels?

  • @dendyadiluhung8315
    @dendyadiluhung8315 4 роки тому +2

    Even labelled as POD, that thing have a Helix signature those "warm typical class A amp sounds"
    Good review and honesty , and you're sure can play that guitar, good job sir 👍💗
    Your subscriber just add +1 today 👌

  • @darkestfugue
    @darkestfugue 2 роки тому +1

    ive never used a pod, sounds pretty good in your hands i reckon i could get some good use out of it ive been using modelers for years my current is a boss gt1000, its not bad

  • @robertfalconer5054
    @robertfalconer5054 4 роки тому +1

    I use a HX Stomp,
    I use it as a Clean Amp Solution,
    Add it to a full Pedalboard is where it shines,
    The Drives as you said aren't great, But the Cleans are decent.
    So plug your favourite Drives, EQ, Comp, Delay and Verb Pedals and your gonna have a Pretty Good Sound,
    You can go Direct to Front of House, But use Custom IR's, the Line 6 IR's aren't great..

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      I don't understand why they can't just make it good out of the box, with good IR's.

    • @73Spoiler
      @73Spoiler 2 роки тому +1

      @@MrPolevaulter i was wandering the same thing when I read so many saying custom IRs make it good. Then I was wandering whether there is an IP/copyright issue. If they model a competitors amp too closely maybe they get in trouble. What an individual does from a custom perspective is ok. Then I found that people charge for custom IRs so that can not be it.
      Got me back to why can't they be there best out of the box?

  • @cptntwang
    @cptntwang 3 роки тому +1

    I really find some liking in that thing. I hook it up with the powersection of an aer acoustic amp. Greetings from Germany, you rock Elmo and I like a lot that you play that beachboys tune. God only knows how you did that....

  • @stevetamv68
    @stevetamv68 4 роки тому +1

    I`ve said it before, If you want a Marshall tone with a TS9 in the front end, Get a Marshall and a TS9... EASY AS!!!

  • @portuguesebeer5069
    @portuguesebeer5069 4 роки тому +1

    Those are the same sounds of the Helix.
    Do you made any review of the awesome Peavey 6505Mh?
    And did you tryed the awesome Boss Gt-1000?
    Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому

      Yeah, I did do the Peavey, but I think you saw that? Haven't tried the Boss.

  • @davidjorgenpedersen8010
    @davidjorgenpedersen8010 4 роки тому +1

    Really Good Tone, Fair Price, How Would You Compare to the Floor Stomp from Line 6?

  • @DarthPreamp
    @DarthPreamp 4 роки тому +1

    Elmo! Love your channel and always enjoy hearing you play!
    One of the ways this, or any other like it, could be used is in the effects loop of your amp. As the reverb, delay, modulation et al are very useable. Wondering if you’ve tried this?

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому

      Didn't try it like that. I'm sure it would be fine like that, but it wasn't something I was interested in.

  • @gyslainbeauchamp9241
    @gyslainbeauchamp9241 4 роки тому +1

    great to hear it with 3 single pickups

  • @VegetableMan1400
    @VegetableMan1400 4 роки тому +1

    How would it work as a multi effects into the front of real amp or are the effects fake sounding as well? Probably more cost effective options for that out there.

  • @soumojeetdas9736
    @soumojeetdas9736 11 місяців тому

    Plz make a review video on Boss GX 100

  • @preciseaudioblog
    @preciseaudioblog 4 роки тому +1

    Nice vid! I have a question. The correct place to set the Master knob is at noon? Thank you.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      On the POD Go? Not sure. Thanks for the kind words.

  • @m007mm
    @m007mm 2 роки тому +1

    Does it also have an USB connection to a DAW?

  • @hoosierdaddy2308
    @hoosierdaddy2308 4 роки тому

    I must have missed this. At least I don't remember watching. Great review sir.
    Plasticky is a good word 🤣
    You'd make a rock sound good my friend. 🤣
    I think it would work in a pinch and I doubt the audience would notice, but if it doesn't inspire then I'm not interested, and I trust your experience because you've played the real thing and know music. Your honest too which is a breath of fresh air.
    You should do a vid on why you like the AxeFx. I think at least you said you like it.
    I would like to have an Axe 8 pedal board or whatever it's called. I'm also looking at the atomic 12. I just want something that feels like an amp a little at least and is easy to go to FOH so I dont have to carry a 2 x 12, pedals, cords, tape, flashlights ,etc.. 🤣.
    I used to gig with a peavey tube amp that weighed 90lbs. It was like carrying New York city around. 🤣 In the old days I giggled with a Fender twin and rat pedal on the clean cbannel.. God those were the days. 🤣
    I had a really good peavey classic 30 that was stolen and loved that amp with a boost pedal and reverb and delay and I was set.
    Anyway. Great video sir
    Oh. I listened to your album in more detail. Loved it. It was a little Steve Vai quirky, but good stuff. 💘💘🤟🤟
    Be safe sir.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, very plasticky. The AX8 might be good. I just ordered a Quad Cortex to try out. That should be interesting. Which album did you listen to?

    • @hoosierdaddy2308
      @hoosierdaddy2308 4 роки тому

      @@MrPolevaulter I don't remember the name. Sorry. It's from a link in your description of a video you did. You may have it in all the vids. I listened while changing strings on my custom LP Jr I built.

  • @joshmuz9018
    @joshmuz9018 3 роки тому +1

    Are you just plugging it on thorough your amps effects loop?

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  3 роки тому

      Didn't use it with the amp if memory serves.

  • @fastacesus8499
    @fastacesus8499 4 роки тому +1

    Meat n bones; and Turnips! 😁 I think modelling tech has been ok for a long time. Its the fiddle factor that seems to get you in the end. You can get a good sound out of analogue amp with just a few eq adjustments and the right fingers.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      Fair enough, although something like the Axe-FX Standar sounds WAAAY better than the POD Go, with minimal tweaking.

    • @fastacesus8499
      @fastacesus8499 4 роки тому +1

      @@MrPolevaulter good to know thank you.

  • @richfiryn
    @richfiryn 4 роки тому +2

    I tried really hard to dig this Line 6 stuff and the BOSS GT 100 or 1000 and just never felt like i could get a great sound out of them at all. All of the patches that you shared here sounded pretty poor to be honest, and i doubt that was because of how you used them. You could buy the BOSS Katana MK II 100 watt 2x12 for same money and have a way better sounding rig.

  • @captainprivate3768
    @captainprivate3768 3 роки тому

    Do you have any experience with or thoughts on the headrush products?

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  3 роки тому

      Nope. I've had a look at them, but haven't gotten around to actually trying anything by them yet.

  • @marijnweeke3484
    @marijnweeke3484 4 роки тому +1

    Ive got one, i ll send it back, even my old korg ax 3000g souds better! Doesnt matter what i try.

  • @alfredoarredondocastillo7007
    @alfredoarredondocastillo7007 4 роки тому +1

    I’d like a review Of Boss gt1

  • @guyfromnj
    @guyfromnj 4 роки тому +2

    I had a hex stomp and sold it. I hated it. Sounded fake as hell. I sold it and over the year or so that followed I heard well respected guitarists getting amazing tones so when the pod go came out I bought one. No matter how much time I put in I can’t get truly pleasing tones out of it. I’ve bought IR’s and presets. Plasticky is a great way to describe it. I couldn’t agree more. Now the pod go is dusty in the corner. I would be really upset if I bought the big helix and got sounds like I get from the pod go and according to everyone it’s the same sounds in the big helix. So idk. Maybe I’m doing something wrong. Maybe it’s the monitoring situation and what you use there. Idk.
    In the USA Sweetwater started carrying the neural dsp quad core and I will be curious to see how that fairs against helix.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      Yep. Definitely plastic.

    • @guyfromnj
      @guyfromnj 4 роки тому +1

      @@MrPolevaulter so there is a site called zzounds and they are blowing out these Gibson studio monitors. I’ve been in the market because I had a hunch that I’ve been using the helix stuff wrong. I bought a set of lp4 monitors for 270 bucks. They were 500 a piece in 2015 apparently. The sounds I’m getting with the pod go are impressive now. They just came today and all the presets I made sound terrible on them. I bought presets from a UA-camr/Musician named Jonathan Cordy and they sound epic. Epic. I’m loving the sounds and I’m real picky. My presets sound awful lol. I was using the hx stomp through a head rush Frfr 12 inch. And then the fx return of a tube amp and the tube amp was better but nothing compared to the monitors. More testing and tweaking is needed as I’m only a couple hours in but so far it’s night and day difference.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому

      @@guyfromnj Cool bananas :)

  • @earthsteward9
    @earthsteward9 4 роки тому +1

    I wish Roland would reissue the Cube

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      Yeah. I think they only do the 10GX at the moment.

  • @kmichaelp4508
    @kmichaelp4508 4 роки тому +1

    So you liked it? Compared to a K... uhh...Code?🤐

  • @robertlucas9867
    @robertlucas9867 4 роки тому +1

    Great videos.
    If you haven’t gone deep yet, you can move the effects around in the chain so the volume can be last, reverb ahead of amp, etc. IR’s help too. Since it’s the same Helix sounds, I’ve seen some videos by experienced Helix guys use similar tricks on POD GO which really improves the sound.
    But it according to your taste. I like it. Line 6 made it clear in a video two things to remember. One treat it like a amp, and two the sound is what a sound engineer will hear out of monitors. Nothing will be 100% like a tube because you don’t have the air moving and that interaction in front of you. I wish I had the link to that Line 6 video. It was informative

    • @robertlucas9867
      @robertlucas9867 4 роки тому +1

      The software helps a lot and opens more up.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому

      No worries. I sold it already. It was just way too plasticky :(

  • @erpringle
    @erpringle 3 роки тому +2

    Sounds a little sterile to me. J.S.

  • @mikew2256
    @mikew2256 4 роки тому +1

    Other reviewers are saying that the stock cabsims are the problem - how about trying a decent IR?

    • @cchavez248
      @cchavez248 4 роки тому +7

      How about line6 make 2-3 decent to very good IRs that come with this unit out of the box?

    • @mikew2256
      @mikew2256 4 роки тому +2

      @@cchavez248 Very good point!

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  4 роки тому +1

      Yep. Why don't they just do it properly. You can get an Axe-FX Standard for less than what this costs new, and it's WAAAY better.

  • @stephanematis
    @stephanematis 4 роки тому +2

    I know what was wrong! You played a guitar of the wrong colour for that rig! It has to be red or blue, not natural.
    /jk
    Yeah, well, I wasn't even thinking of something like this.

  • @johnnorth9355
    @johnnorth9355 4 роки тому +3

    Nearly 500 Euro ? They are having a laugh ! I would just buy a decent valve amp.

  • @niladrimodak1887
    @niladrimodak1887 4 роки тому +1

    1 st comment, nice review👍👍

  • @caryboudas5359
    @caryboudas5359 4 роки тому +1

    1987x forever ha!

  • @pipipermusic
    @pipipermusic 4 роки тому +1

    Line 6 must really be feeling themselves, I can buy a $149.00 pedal on Amazon and do the same bullshit . This bs should never have been released.

  • @taketwo-e5u
    @taketwo-e5u 3 роки тому +2

    I have this pedal, it sounds great when adjusted to my liking and played normally! Not everyone plays a 10 notes a second, which I find really horrible to listen to and could not watch to the end. Why do you think playing that fast is a good thing? It's awful. Not everyone wants to play metal either.

    • @MrPolevaulter
      @MrPolevaulter  3 роки тому +2

      "It's awful". Thank you for speaking the objective truth.

    • @taketwo-e5u
      @taketwo-e5u 3 роки тому

      @@MrPolevaulter Sorry, that was my immediate reaction at the time, what I mean is, putting aside your picky revue of a pedal that is not top of the range, nor is it meant to be, playing so fast after a very short time gets quite irritable. As others have said there is a lot of settings in this pedal to make it sound the way you want including a global EQ.

  • @paulkielt9301
    @paulkielt9301 4 роки тому +1

    With that kind of thing, you won't go very far!

  • @jordenlama2059
    @jordenlama2059 2 роки тому

    I dont think he liked the unit😁

  • @jimporter6389
    @jimporter6389 3 роки тому +1

    I bought a car. Hit the accelerator, crashed, and totalled the car. Shitty car.