I worked as a stagehand for about ten years. I saw more of these than people would probably want to admit in racks and under the stage. They could have been for practice but most of the time the stacks of cabs were all dummies and there would be a little 50-watt tube combo stashed in a box where all the sound was actually coming from. In the hands of pros these sound just fine and no one knew the difference.
Mit etwas Phantasie kann man im Netz doch jeden Bullshit plazieren. Leute bauen also Boxenstapel auf, und spielen dann mit versteckten kleinen verstärkern. Ich wette du warst keinen einzigen Tag Bühnenarbeiter! Märchenonkel
I used to gig with a Pod 1.0 that I upgraded to 2.0 with an Eprom. That, a floorboard and the original Variax. Built all my own patches. I eventually got such an ear for the Line6 sound that I can still tell when I hear one. I HATE the certain fizzyness that imbues the sound, especially with any gain. I could hear it in your initial sounds. When you changed the IRs, I could only tell on certain IRs. But there were several that sounded great to me. I never considered doing this. What an eye-opener! Thanks for a great video.
Some of the most amazing music was recorded with inexpensive gear and high end gear together so the only rule is, no rules. Great video perhaps you should make more like these.
It was amazing when I added a Mooer Radar IR loader to the effects loop of my Line 6 Firehawk FX. Like a modern modeler. Also shows how good the preamps were back then.
I knew this would work because back in the day if you ran any one of these guys through a power amp into a cab with the cab sims turned off into good speakers it sounded good. The issue has ALWAYS been the cab/mic simulation, which is totally solved by IRs. I actually used to run my Flextone II Plus (same exact modeling as the POD HD/2.0) into a stereo 4x12" with the cab sims turned off and I loved it (didn't love lugging it, but it was kind of worth it). Sure, the models could be a little more dynamic, but damn they get you some good sounds if you know what you're doing. Love your stuff, man!
My ex-bandmate and childhood BF has been one of the biggest jingle writers in Hollywood/New York since the early 2000's, and now does Television scoring... Still uses a Rack mount POD XT Pro to this day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I freakin' love you Henning!!😘
So this great video teaches us 3 things. Know your gear, listen with your ears not your eyes, sound comes from the fingers, meaning if you play well it sounds well. Danke Henning
I just bought a Pod Pro a couple weeks ago and started running it through my Tube Amp Expander’s IRs the other day. The sound is great and helps reduce my screen time. I’m happy I bought the unit when I did prior to this brilliant video’s release
I still have my Line 6 POD Pro guitar and Bass version. I like them and use them. I covered "Lovesong" by the Cure as a Christmas present for my wife. I used these preamps for all the bass and guitar sounds. I played everything except for the drums which I programmed with my synth. I had never recorded with anything besides a boombox at band practice and when I was writing and a 4 track. I used the two Alesis ADATs I had and went through the parts until it sounded good. I had no idea what I was doing recording wise. I had recorded in a studio before so I had to remember what the engineer did there. It turned out great. My wife loved it and cried as she likes gifts that are made and heart felt, just as I do. We went to my parents house for Christmas. My wife played the song for my parents, my brother, my sister, and my brother-in-law. They loved it as well. I thought they were being nice but my brother told me he liked it better than the version the band 311 had just done. My wife's nephew makes music for a living. He tours and all of that. He loved the way I did it and couldn't believe the great tones those units are capable of. I have a Marshall JCM 900 and had it then. I also had a Mesa-Boogie Dual Rectifier (Rack Mount, ) two of the old style Mesa 4x12" cabs , and for bass a GK 800 RB through a Mesa 2x15" cab. I didn't use them as I didn't want my wife to hear me and ruin the surprise. I don't know if they would have sounded any better. I subscribed to your channel. The advice you gave is excellent. Just play, enjoy the music and the creation process.
It really puts things in perspective. Especially when something new and shiny comes out with more numbers and everyone starts rehashing the same old phrases about how much better it sounds and how last years shiny thing all of a sudden sounds/feels bad. Many UA-cam influencers are insufferable about this(present company excluded). Anyways I'm going to get back to listening to A perfect Circle, which had all the guitars recorded through POD farm. :)
@ramencurry6672 Sometimes you just got to make fun of the hate... hating is bad, that's understood... yet some people just love to hate... it's a strange thing... and I totally agree with you! Landon has a unique way with words... I love him for that! 😎🤘❤️🎸
I toured w the POD Pro XT for years back in the day. Still have it and the PODX3. Tried to sell them some years back and nobody wanted them. Might have to plug them back in and have a jam for giggles. Honestly one of the cleans was better than what I’m getting currently out of my FM9 but it’s probably option paralysis
Very informative video, I have an old photo of me with the same POD you reviewed handling a Jackson strat style after a gig. I still have a POD X3 and have tried IRs, these IRs bring a new life. The X3 has a stompbox's tube screamer feature which is good enough for modern chug-chug
I previously used a Behringer Vamp2 (red bean clone) with 3rd party IRs and nearly pooped muh pants it sounded so good! The preamp can be outdated as long as the cabinet is all good IMO. Fantastic content Henning! P.S. Oscar says "bork!"😘
My current setup is a POD X3 Pro through a Mooer Cab X2, which loads separate IRs for the left and right channel. I put two Mesa Cab IRs, one center speaker and one edge of speaker, so the sound guy can blend both as needed. Similar to moving the mic in front of the speaker. Also, the Mooer Cab X2 is in the FX-loop of the Pod X3 Pro, so I can dial it on and off as needed.
I spent many years gigging with a Line 6 Flextone II head, which was a POD 2.0 with a stereo 200 watt stereo power amp. I played it though a 2x12 loaded with eminence Texas Heats, always sounded great to me.
11:05--11:45...BINGO!!!...That is bang on CORRECT!!!....The Johnson guy who was involved with Johnson Amps and J--Station and Digitech/DOD and the earliest amp modelling stuff, right there when Line 6 was still brand new, said some VERY interesting things about amp modelling. He was asked if the newer technology had greatly increased the quality of sounds....His answer???...WELL THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF DAY THEY WERE HAVING IN THE STUDIO.....I think Hennig just agreed. I believe the both of them and my own ears. Cheers!
Brother. That hum is unreal. I don't get anywhere near that much hum with my 2.0 Bean through an 18W Atomic Reactor 112 slave amp. BTW - that tone at 14:00 kicks butt.
I gigged a POD 2 running into the fx return of various amps cabs....usually a half-stack....for several years and people were constantly blown away with how I was able to get such great tones. I ran is a preamp, without any cab/mic stuff, and to use the delay, reverb, mod effects. I always hated the “modeling” aspect when used direct, so I just took advantage of the variety of tones as a preamp/fx unit with a live amp. Having the floorboard for it was all I needed on the floor to change patches, turn fx on/off, and wah/volume. It was such a simple setup that NEVER gave me any issues.........I kind of miss it. 😢
Had a POD XT bean, loved it, sold it only because getting the foot controller locally was quite cumbersome ( the whole musical instrument distribution was not the same back then)
Still using y POD Pro 2.0 with IR's and can get some pretty decent sounds that fit in a mix well...seen many live sets where these are use into a power amp and cab. For the age they have held up well!! cool vid!!!
I've been using both my POD 2.0 and Flextone II XL amp for over 20 years. I don't think Line 6 expected this life span since they both have soldered watch type batteries, I assume to be able to save the presets. I have had both batteries replaced. Wonder if Line 6 still solders batteries in the Helix and other related newer products.
I still have my POD XT Live and use it for gigging. Sure, not all sounds are great, but with a bit of patience and tweaking, theres some good sounds in there. I had a gig where I was using the POD emulating a Plexi, and the band after had a real Marshall Tube Half Stack. On site, the sound FELT better from the Marshall, but videos captured for social media had my guitar sounding better.
I’m shocked at how good it sounds compared to its reputation. On its own it’s not utterly fantastic (fine for noodling) but in a mix it wouldn’t be noticeable to a normal person. It seems like it would take a bit more work to get a good tone compared to a modern modeller, but it definitely seems very doable.
Sounds awesome!! I think we tend to put too much emphasis on the gear being played, vs the player playing the instrument, along with the person dialing in the sound.
I still have my V-amp 2, which I "replaced" with the Valeton GP-100 thinking I just want something newer and with more effects that sounds decent, and frankly in some ways, it was a bit of a downgrade sound-wise. (But on the other hand, I don't have to choose from a few preselected effect combinations and I can also use stomp mode instead of just switching patches, so...)
Ich habe gefühlt 200 Jahre lang die Demos von Songs mit dem POD 2.0 aufgenommen. Für mich klingt das immer noch super. Bis ich dann einen richtigen Amp anmache.... 😁
Put those tones in a full band mix and nobody would know the difference. Take a cover picture with an expensive boutique amp and $999 Gibson pickups in the background and tone snobs will praise the warmth and beautiful overtones. :) Henning P helping kill myths without yelling at me (see that Glenn). LOL
Hey, do anyone of you guys know the preset used by the Oak at 04:47? It sounds so good and so clean I would like to make that sound my own flag preset if possible. Thanks a lot in advance for your assistance. Peace
I own a hx stomp xl and two pod gos (I share them with my band), even today I still pull out my Pod 2.0 to play and I love the sounds. The plexi channel with everything at noon, maybe back off the bass a bit. Sounds great and responds to the volume knob extremely well. It liberates me from tunnel vision of always looking at my footswitches and I just play. Also the onboard effects are fantastic.
Great Show! Yes, I used the Line 6 POD in most of my recordings and you can hear it here "CARL FERRY" on all of your Streaming Platforms including UA-cam, Apple, Amazon and Spotify. I now have a 2010 Line 6 POD, a 2000 yr Line 6 Flextone Amp and the latest Line 6 Spider V MKII 240HC head with a 4X12 Cab. Been making good sounds since 2000.
People started hating on Line6, because of the later POD XT and the Spider combos especially. I love the POD 2.0 and I like it a lot more than the XT, which I do not like. The XT had this harshness which was difficult to remove. And they should've never released those spiders in my opinion. :D I'd love to see the same type of video about the XT and maybe it proves my memory wrong? I got a POD 2.0 years later for cheap, but I still keep it, because it's cool! :)
I'm still using a POD X3 Live for my bass rig. The dual amp thing it does is amazing for bass, the effects are decent and I got it for dirt cheap. The Pod with the modern IRs sounds great.
Ich habe das Gerät auch und es ist inkl. dem großen Floorboard quasi noch im Neuzustand. Wir haben damit 2000/2001 unsere Aufnahmen eingespielt und fanden es damals Klasse. 😅 Ich kann mich noch dran erinnern, dass sich der Sound verändert hat, wenn man einen Klinkenadapter in die Headphone Buchse gesteckt hat. Das Ding klang dann irgendwie besser., 🎸😎
I did a lot of studio work with the Pod Rack and XT Rack. Today the recordings still sound great. I miss pre modeling. On a recording or live for that matter it just matters that it is dialed in. No one in the audience knows what amp model you are using so who cares. Just make it sound great. Some of the best players I have played with and or met have used some of the cheapest, “worst”, low end gear. You do the best with what you got. Inspiration is the name of the game. We have too many options. I get a kick out of all the guitarists that try to flex with their chinese gear. Who cares, write something I want to listen to. I don’t care that you have 6 EVH 50 watt heads. Get the gear you want to use every day. Whether a Harley Benton or a Mayones.l or whatever makes you want to use it everyday.
I don't know. I had the POD X3 and it was lame. Later, much later, I bought the THR10, Yamaha. People still swear on that sound. It sounds like poo. You just need to turn the THR10. It says "Line6" all over the place. I only use 3rd Party IRs with the THR10 or just it's DI
So... I was just looking at my old POD Pro wondering ... should I install it into my studio rack? So timely, you are... my friend! I even have the Floor Board it came with as an optional controller!!! I bought them for $300 back in 2007 ... so... I guess you just made up my mind for me... not to mention this video is giving me serious Lance Vibes (we miss you buddy). ❤ BTW... Don't ever... drop that guitar! 😮 I so love that thing! I'm loving the HP42 Smith, don't get me wrong... but I'm feeling somewhat incomplete without its Whammy Twin! Now I'll have to put that POD into the Friedman IR-X... and see what it sounds like... I have a feeling it won't totally suck! Few digital devices that are almost "vintage" can say that! 😎🤘🎸🐦
I still use my 25 years old POD 1.0 and FlexTone II XL… they both sound great if you spend enough time tweaking them! Used the POD 1.0 with a Tube Screamer for live gigs for years, no one knew!
I used my Line6 Pocket Pod plenty of times live & NOBODY noticed. I went to the “JUMP” settings & turned off all of the effects. Then I turned the volume & all of the knobs up to the maximum. It sounds like a Marshall & I have guitar volume control to drop it & get really decent cleans.
What do you think about Roland Ready Strats and using with GR30 Guitar Synths from year 2000? I use them in my recordings and get some wonderful sounds.
I had a few models on those (and my old Flextone II XL) that actually sounded decent. A lot of it was ass, and didn't take drive pedals well, but some of it was actually useable if you dialed it in right. It was mostly about finding the right gain sound and cab combo (in the flextone I turned the cabs off entirely), then adjusting your effects from there. The delays and reverbs were glorious!
The thing is, there's a BIG difference between hearing someone else play something and playing it yourself. Plugging direct into a desk can sound good on a record. People don't dislike these things because they don't sound good in a mix, they dislike them because they feel horrible to play.
I've just bought a 2nd POD XT to replace mine with a misty LCD. Great little box for recording and teaching with. Not for gigs but the new HX crap is weird and plastic shite. 1 Reply
I actually bought one of these around 5 years ago; I was in a band that had ideas about everyone going direct but I didn't want to spend too much in case the band didn't work out (it didn't). While some of the DI sounds weren't great, IRs I'd think, but it can work pretty well as a preamp. I'd been running it into a Crate power block and 2 Marshall1x12 and it sounded fine - I could tell the difference but the audience were none the wiser. Also it was a godsend when lockdown happened as I found myself playing through headphones a lot during that period. I really think some up to date IRs would make it a great bit of kit (I'm 7 minutes in, so I don't know what your conclusion is yet).
First off: Like any of this matters while listening on my crappy laptop speakers.... I still use Amplitube 3 at times because they made the StompIO abandonware after that version
I just recently purchased the Old Spider Valve MKII HD100 amd the HD147 300 watt head and along with the FBV footboard and a midi controller and an ABY switch I have more tones than I coukd imagine and all in less than 500 dollars for just the heads.
I actually wanted to test this with Guitar Rig4, because that was what I started out with. Now I know that some of those sounds dont sound "great", some of them worked in the context back then and probably would now. But I dont go back to that software because I know that modern IRs can pull out so much more than old cabsims. But still I wouldn't hate on the songs I wrote just because "the ampsounds sucked" - the tones didn't write the song, and they didn't break it either. I'd argue a great song will carry the idea no matter the tone. Sure there are genres that will suffer more from that, but that's for people with far more technical abilities on the guitar than I will ever have. Great to see this theory confirmed by you!
The software was key, you could also change the cabinets with a 2 button press during the power on, they really should have made all the functions available on the front. The use of presence really made a difference in the mud tone.
I picked up the metal pack from Forward Audio after your guitar recording tips video. I think you were using them for that one. Anyway, I really like how they work with my plugins. The IRs I landed on bring nice top end with punchy bass without the mud (through my monitors) but cleaned up some of the fizz. I've played with the virtual mic placement, and mics, never really landing on a combination that I bonded with. Thanks for sharing them with us! Their website is pretty basic but their product is giving me results I'm happy with 👍
I really think that they got component modeling and amp modeling right in the 90s. I think they were that meticulous back then and they really nailed it. And they just didn’t have the technology to do a really good impulse response back then like we do now. The problem is that the cabinet is 90% of the tone. The moving air is what we feel as the response of the amp so it makes sense then that we can take this brilliant library of amplifier models, combine them with modern impulse responses, and really achieve these amazing modern tones with them. I’m now changing my approach personally to just use the mainstage app on the Mac.
I know Bjorn Gelotte used a PodXT Pro for his clean sound for a really long time. Haven't kept up with his rig in recent years. I never really dug the crunchy tones of it, but I think it handles cleans and multi effects really well.
Ha! I just took out my POD 2.0. a few days ago. Figured I'd sell it for $50. Fired it up and used headphones. Decided it's good enough for silent practice so I guess I'll keep it for now. Never did like it going into an amp. Sounds too lifeless/stiff, don't know how to explain it.
LOVE Your Line 6, Henning....Take it to dinner, and then a nice dancing club and then take it home for a "night-cap". Grab your guitar. Plug it in, You know you want to... plug it in. Feel the good vibes tingling in your body. LOVE Your Line 6 :) The world needs more L - O - V - E.
I had this unit years ago because back in the day because I couldn't own a decent tube amp for a variety of reasons (mainly because I couldn't crank it and cost). The POD can provide good tones however in my experience it didn't always agree with pedals put in front of it - but most of all it wouldn't respond like a real tube amp. This can be a HUGE problem when trying to play Jeff Beck type stuff or anything that requires tube response at all gain levels. The far better alternative in my view are sansamps and the POD just doesn't hold a candle to it.
I (still) have a POD 2.0, it replaced a Digitech RP-100 that really did sound like s**t. I occasionally drag the POD out just for fun and as you say, if you know what you are doing, you can make it sound pretty good. I don't see anything wrong with using old gear, if it's all you have, then what other choice does one have? I also think people can create s**ty tone with new gear too, because I have heard it. That's the thing about tone in general, there will always be good and bad tone because it's subjective, as you've proven. Good points and good video!
Doesn't Marshall Harrison use one of this? I can't remember. Some years ago, I used my Zoom 606 on my tube amp clean channel. Man... that things sound really nice! It's just, something is broken there and the thing goes off on certain patch =S that's why I didn't sell it. But when it works, it's really fun! I wonder why that one was dynamic but the next version wasn't...
Thanks Henning for this! I try the same running my pod x3 through the strymon iridium irs... Sounds not bad but with the ir I had really low volume than using the pod cabs.... Do you know which could be the reason?
A few years back I bought Scott from Chernobyl audio’s course on dialling in amp sims. And he made the point back then that the IR’s are what will make or break the tone. Be it from a live amp to a plug-in. He was absolutely right. Just recently I fired up Peavey Revalver 4 that I stopped using ages ago as I found it too shrill sounding, I swapped out the speaker sims for better IR’s and am now enjoying the living hell out of Revalver again. Manufacturers always seem to do preamp emulation well, but then they always seem to ruin it in the speaker emulation. I’ve even found some of the latest plugins from Neural DSP and STL tones more to my liking when their IR’s are swapped out.
I still have an Eleven Rack that I use every day as an audio interface. I don't use it so much for sounds anymore but as an audio interface I'd put it against pretty much anything currently on the market below something with multiple mic preamps like an Apollo Twin.
While my pod 2.0 is long gone, I still keep a Flextone 2 which is essentially the pod amp. More than once, when the venue had a shitty PA to’ even bother going direct I brought it out as my powered cab for my modern modeller. last time though, since it was a shitty gig and I was out f*** to’ give, I went with the stock sounds and boy did it sound great. The only gripe I have is that, even using a midi editor, the FX are kind of basic but honestly I see myself using it again as it is since with a pair of real speakers it still does it’s job admirably
I liked the lower gain sounds without the IRs. As soon as you got to the Brit channel that wasn't the case! The IRs made a difference, but not an amazing one -- those IRs sound very nasal. I did a similar thing with a Pod HD and Ownhammer/Redwirez IRs and got better sounds than stock cabs for sure.
I thought the stock POD Pro sounds are very nice actually. They might not be the best but as long as your playing is fine, I don't think anyone would complain. Also honestly, I've heard a lot worse from a lot of modern stuffs than this.
I had a rack pod xt, on certain intervals and note decay you could hear digital artifacts. If you are just slamming chords and leads like this with not much dynamics you are fine. (No hate)
Fun video! Thanks HP. Since Line 6 is continuing to make modelers, do you think that their products have evolved beyond the POD? In other words, is the Helix "different" or "better", or is it just a repackaged POD?
I worked as a stagehand for about ten years. I saw more of these than people would probably want to admit in racks and under the stage. They could have been for practice but most of the time the stacks of cabs were all dummies and there would be a little 50-watt tube combo stashed in a box where all the sound was actually coming from. In the hands of pros these sound just fine and no one knew the difference.
Mit etwas Phantasie kann man im Netz doch jeden Bullshit plazieren.
Leute bauen also Boxenstapel auf, und spielen dann mit versteckten kleinen verstärkern.
Ich wette du warst keinen einzigen Tag Bühnenarbeiter! Märchenonkel
I used to gig with a Pod 1.0 that I upgraded to 2.0 with an Eprom. That, a floorboard and the original Variax. Built all my own patches. I eventually got such an ear for the Line6 sound that I can still tell when I hear one. I HATE the certain fizzyness that imbues the sound, especially with any gain. I could hear it in your initial sounds. When you changed the IRs, I could only tell on certain IRs. But there were several that sounded great to me. I never considered doing this. What an eye-opener! Thanks for a great video.
That "fizziness" is at 3130 hz
Scoop it out with say fabfilter eq..
Q 6
Gain - 6
There you go.. a much better sounding pod.
Some of the most amazing music was recorded with inexpensive gear and high end gear together so the only rule is, no rules. Great video perhaps you should make more like these.
I'm still using my line 6 flextone 2 amp, love it, use it for gigging, have done for 20 years
It was amazing when I added a Mooer Radar IR loader to the effects loop of my Line 6 Firehawk FX. Like a modern modeler. Also shows how good the preamps were back then.
I used to use the"Soldano" setting all the time!
I knew this would work because back in the day if you ran any one of these guys through a power amp into a cab with the cab sims turned off into good speakers it sounded good. The issue has ALWAYS been the cab/mic simulation, which is totally solved by IRs. I actually used to run my Flextone II Plus (same exact modeling as the POD HD/2.0) into a stereo 4x12" with the cab sims turned off and I loved it (didn't love lugging it, but it was kind of worth it). Sure, the models could be a little more dynamic, but damn they get you some good sounds if you know what you're doing. Love your stuff, man!
POD all versions were always good enough to make hit records in Live Mode. Good video thanks.
My ex-bandmate and childhood BF has been one of the biggest jingle writers in Hollywood/New York since the early 2000's, and now does Television scoring...
Still uses a Rack mount POD XT Pro to this day.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I freakin' love you Henning!!😘
So this great video teaches us 3 things. Know your gear, listen with your ears not your eyes, sound comes from the fingers, meaning if you play well it sounds well. Danke Henning
I just bought a Pod Pro a couple weeks ago and started running it through my Tube Amp Expander’s IRs the other day. The sound is great and helps reduce my screen time. I’m happy I bought the unit when I did prior to this brilliant video’s release
I had all the PODs loved em so much fun to play with all the sounds
I still have my Line 6 POD Pro guitar and Bass version. I like them and use them. I covered "Lovesong" by the Cure as a Christmas present for my wife. I used these preamps for all the bass and guitar sounds. I played everything except for the drums which I programmed with my synth. I had never recorded with anything besides a boombox at band practice and when I was writing and a 4 track. I used the two Alesis ADATs I had and went through the parts until it sounded good. I had no idea what I was doing recording wise. I had recorded in a studio before so I had to remember what the engineer did there. It turned out great. My wife loved it and cried as she likes gifts that are made and heart felt, just as I do.
We went to my parents house for Christmas. My wife played the song for my parents, my brother, my sister, and my brother-in-law. They loved it as well. I thought they were being nice but my brother told me he liked it better than the version the band 311 had just done. My wife's nephew makes music for a living. He tours and all of that. He loved the way I did it and couldn't believe the great tones those units are capable of. I have a Marshall JCM 900 and had it then. I also had a Mesa-Boogie Dual Rectifier (Rack Mount, ) two of the old style Mesa 4x12" cabs , and for bass a GK 800 RB through a Mesa 2x15" cab. I didn't use them as I didn't want my wife to hear me and ruin the surprise. I don't know if they would have sounded any better.
I subscribed to your channel. The advice you gave is excellent. Just play, enjoy the music and the creation process.
It really puts things in perspective. Especially when something new and shiny comes out with more numbers and everyone starts rehashing the same old phrases about how much better it sounds and how last years shiny thing all of a sudden sounds/feels bad. Many UA-cam influencers are insufferable about this(present company excluded).
Anyways I'm going to get back to listening to A perfect Circle, which had all the guitars recorded through POD farm. :)
Haven't watched an EP vid in a long time. Good to see that he's sped up the presentation. A lot more watchable than he used to be.
Don’t talk about me as if I can’t read this please, it’s not polite.
@EytschPi42 it was for you, dude. Meant as a compliment.
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I'm still using Guitar Rig 5 for effects and that piece of software is 13 years old I think. Still gets the job done for a good amount of occasions.
same, big monster preset sounds so good!
I love that "crazy train" preset they have. Good times!
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I, too, hate haters! 😅
Hate is actually real and not a joke. In America there’s sports fans that create an imaginary enemy of other cities
@ramencurry6672 Sometimes you just got to make fun of the hate... hating is bad, that's understood... yet some people just love to hate... it's a strange thing... and I totally agree with you! Landon has a unique way with words... I love him for that! 😎🤘❤️🎸
I toured w the POD Pro XT for years back in the day. Still have it and the PODX3. Tried to sell them some years back and nobody wanted them. Might have to plug them back in and have a jam for giggles. Honestly one of the cleans was better than what I’m getting currently out of my FM9 but it’s probably option paralysis
I just bought pod 2.0 brand new from line 6 last year just for the nostalgia.
I just pulled mine out of the cupboard a few weeks ago and I was pleasantly impressed with it ! 😎
Very informative video, I have an old photo of me with the same POD you reviewed handling a Jackson strat style after a gig.
I still have a POD X3 and have tried IRs, these IRs bring a new life. The X3 has a stompbox's tube screamer feature which is good enough for modern chug-chug
Me too! 👍🏼
I previously used a Behringer Vamp2 (red bean clone) with 3rd party IRs and nearly pooped muh pants it sounded so good!
The preamp can be outdated as long as the cabinet is all good IMO.
Fantastic content Henning!
P.S.
Oscar says "bork!"😘
My current setup is a POD X3 Pro through a Mooer Cab X2, which loads separate IRs for the left and right channel. I put two Mesa Cab IRs, one center speaker and one edge of speaker, so the sound guy can blend both as needed. Similar to moving the mic in front of the speaker. Also, the Mooer Cab X2 is in the FX-loop of the Pod X3 Pro, so I can dial it on and off as needed.
Same hardware excep I use a Tc mimique the stereo one in to each Chanel of the x3 pro paned hard left and right. I use Celestion irs
I still have my original POD and Johnston J-Station. I like their cleans sounds and effects.
Yeah my j-station died many years ago. It def made me sad. I still have my jm250 and 412 cab.
I spent many years gigging with a Line 6 Flextone II head, which was a POD 2.0 with a stereo 200 watt stereo power amp. I played it though a 2x12 loaded with eminence Texas Heats, always sounded great to me.
11:05--11:45...BINGO!!!...That is bang on CORRECT!!!....The Johnson guy who was involved with Johnson Amps and J--Station and Digitech/DOD and the earliest amp modelling stuff, right there when Line 6 was still brand new, said some VERY interesting things about amp modelling. He was asked if the newer technology had greatly increased the quality of sounds....His answer???...WELL THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF DAY THEY WERE HAVING IN THE STUDIO.....I think Hennig just agreed.
I believe the both of them and my own ears. Cheers!
Brother. That hum is unreal. I don't get anywhere near that much hum with my 2.0 Bean through an 18W Atomic Reactor 112 slave amp. BTW - that tone at 14:00 kicks butt.
Cool stuff! A few weeks ago I ran my old Zoom 505 through a BluBOX and was surprised how usable the result was.
I´m still using my Line 6 POD HD Desktop.
I still use that too. It's better than many modern modelers
I own a Pod Go and I can't get it to sound as good as this.
If you run a pod into the return loop of a valve amp its excellent.
I gigged a POD 2 running into the fx return of various amps cabs....usually a half-stack....for several years and people were constantly blown away with how I was able to get such great tones. I ran is a preamp, without any cab/mic stuff, and to use the delay, reverb, mod effects. I always hated the “modeling” aspect when used direct, so I just took advantage of the variety of tones as a preamp/fx unit with a live amp. Having the floorboard for it was all I needed on the floor to change patches, turn fx on/off, and wah/volume. It was such a simple setup that NEVER gave me any issues.........I kind of miss it. 😢
Had a POD XT bean, loved it, sold it only because getting the foot controller locally was quite cumbersome ( the whole musical instrument distribution was not the same back then)
Still using y POD Pro 2.0 with IR's and can get some pretty decent sounds that fit in a mix well...seen many live sets where these are use into a power amp and cab. For the age they have held up well!! cool vid!!!
i used to tour with a boss gt-100 and a mooer IR loader in the send/return. Worked like a charm
I've been using both my POD 2.0 and Flextone II XL amp for over 20 years. I don't think Line 6 expected this life span since they both have soldered watch type batteries, I assume to be able to save the presets. I have had both batteries replaced. Wonder if Line 6 still solders batteries in the Helix and other related newer products.
I still have my POD XT Live and use it for gigging. Sure, not all sounds are great, but with a bit of patience and tweaking, theres some good sounds in there. I had a gig where I was using the POD emulating a Plexi, and the band after had a real Marshall Tube Half Stack. On site, the sound FELT better from the Marshall, but videos captured for social media had my guitar sounding better.
I’m shocked at how good it sounds compared to its reputation. On its own it’s not utterly fantastic (fine for noodling) but in a mix it wouldn’t be noticeable to a normal person. It seems like it would take a bit more work to get a good tone compared to a modern modeller, but it definitely seems very doable.
I still have xt Pro in my rack. Still find it useful.
Sounds awesome!! I think we tend to put too much emphasis on the gear being played, vs the player playing the instrument, along with the person dialing in the sound.
I remember when Lance/Mike did something similar with the old pod express go
He got some pretty good sounds
That man was a gem 😢
He was the freaking best!
I tried running my Pod 2.0 (in amp mode) into the original Simplifier. Got some great sounds, after some tweaking.
I think a lot of the issue with the OG Pod was people would run it into the front end of their amp, cab sim and all. Of course it sounded like shit.
Rocking a Behringer V amp 3 here after trying a few modern modellers
I still have my V-amp 2, which I "replaced" with the Valeton GP-100 thinking I just want something newer and with more effects that sounds decent, and frankly in some ways, it was a bit of a downgrade sound-wise. (But on the other hand, I don't have to choose from a few preselected effect combinations and I can also use stomp mode instead of just switching patches, so...)
I have a Roland GT-8 and I remember the sounds out of it were amazing! I could sound exactly like Slash … when he was tuning his guitar!
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Ich habe gefühlt 200 Jahre lang die Demos von Songs mit dem POD 2.0 aufgenommen. Für mich klingt das immer noch super. Bis ich dann einen richtigen Amp anmache.... 😁
Put those tones in a full band mix and nobody would know the difference. Take a cover picture with an expensive boutique amp and $999 Gibson pickups in the background and tone snobs will praise the warmth and beautiful overtones. :)
Henning P helping kill myths without yelling at me (see that Glenn). LOL
Hey, do anyone of you guys know the preset used by the Oak at 04:47? It sounds so good and so clean I would like to make that sound my own flag preset if possible. Thanks a lot in advance for your assistance. Peace
I own a hx stomp xl and two pod gos (I share them with my band), even today I still pull out my Pod 2.0 to play and I love the sounds. The plexi channel with everything at noon, maybe back off the bass a bit. Sounds great and responds to the volume knob extremely well. It liberates me from tunnel vision of always looking at my footswitches and I just play. Also the onboard effects are fantastic.
Great Show! Yes, I used the Line 6 POD in most of my recordings and you can hear it here "CARL FERRY" on all of your Streaming Platforms including UA-cam, Apple, Amazon and Spotify. I now have a 2010 Line 6 POD, a 2000 yr Line 6 Flextone Amp and the latest Line 6 Spider V MKII 240HC head with a 4X12 Cab. Been making good sounds since 2000.
7:19 Arjen Lucassen setting right there!! :D He knows what he's doing! ;) You do as well, so it seems! :D
People started hating on Line6, because of the later POD XT and the Spider combos especially. I love the POD 2.0 and I like it a lot more than the XT, which I do not like. The XT had this harshness which was difficult to remove. And they should've never released those spiders in my opinion. :D I'd love to see the same type of video about the XT and maybe it proves my memory wrong?
I got a POD 2.0 years later for cheap, but I still keep it, because it's cool! :)
I wonder if Line6 have sneakily used the exact same algorithms for all of their products and never told anyone.
could be
I’d bet money on it
I'm still using a POD X3 Live for my bass rig. The dual amp thing it does is amazing for bass, the effects are decent and I got it for dirt cheap.
The Pod with the modern IRs sounds great.
The dual amp is also amazing for guitar 😅
@@Gueli Not a guitar player so I haven't tried that. But I love it for bass. One clean amp and one amp with drive is so much fun.
Ich habe das Gerät auch und es ist inkl. dem großen Floorboard quasi noch im Neuzustand. Wir haben damit 2000/2001 unsere Aufnahmen eingespielt und fanden es damals Klasse. 😅 Ich kann mich noch dran erinnern, dass sich der Sound verändert hat, wenn man einen Klinkenadapter in die Headphone Buchse gesteckt hat. Das Ding klang dann irgendwie besser., 🎸😎
I did a lot of studio work with the Pod Rack and XT Rack. Today the recordings still sound great. I miss pre modeling. On a recording or live for that matter it just matters that it is dialed in. No one in the audience knows what amp model you are using so who cares. Just make it sound great.
Some of the best players I have played with and or met have used some of the cheapest, “worst”, low end gear. You do the best with what you got.
Inspiration is the name of the game. We have too many options. I get a kick out of all the guitarists that try to flex with their chinese gear. Who cares, write something I want to listen to. I don’t care that you have 6 EVH 50 watt heads. Get the gear you want to use every day. Whether a Harley Benton or a Mayones.l or whatever makes you want to use it everyday.
I don't know. I had the POD X3 and it was lame. Later, much later, I bought the THR10, Yamaha. People still swear on that sound. It sounds like poo. You just need to turn the THR10. It says "Line6" all over the place. I only use 3rd Party IRs with the THR10 or just it's DI
Iva owned the pod 2.0, xt, hd and the helix stuff. In my opion the 2.0 sounded better than the xt and hd but the later models had better fx's.
So... I was just looking at my old POD Pro wondering ... should I install it into my studio rack? So timely, you are... my friend! I even have the Floor Board it came with as an optional controller!!! I bought them for $300 back in 2007 ... so... I guess you just made up my mind for me... not to mention this video is giving me serious Lance Vibes (we miss you buddy). ❤ BTW... Don't ever... drop that guitar! 😮 I so love that thing! I'm loving the HP42 Smith, don't get me wrong... but I'm feeling somewhat incomplete without its Whammy Twin! Now I'll have to put that POD into the Friedman IR-X... and see what it sounds like... I have a feeling it won't totally suck! Few digital devices that are almost "vintage" can say that! 😎🤘🎸🐦
I still use my 25 years old POD 1.0 and FlexTone II XL… they both sound great if you spend enough time tweaking them! Used the POD 1.0 with a Tube Screamer for live gigs for years, no one knew!
DT50 212 and Pod HD 500 here and a broken spine.
Amazing experiment Henning! Don't tell the forum people 😂😂😂😂
I used my Line6 Pocket Pod plenty of times live & NOBODY noticed. I went to the “JUMP” settings & turned off all of the effects. Then I turned the volume & all of the knobs up to the maximum. It sounds like a Marshall & I have guitar volume control to drop it & get really decent cleans.
What do you think about Roland Ready Strats and using with GR30 Guitar Synths from year 2000? I use them in my recordings and get some wonderful sounds.
Great video. I am waiting for Glen to do his version of this video.
I had a few models on those (and my old Flextone II XL) that actually sounded decent. A lot of it was ass, and didn't take drive pedals well, but some of it was actually useable if you dialed it in right. It was mostly about finding the right gain sound and cab combo (in the flextone I turned the cabs off entirely), then adjusting your effects from there. The delays and reverbs were glorious!
I love seeing that ENGL Special Edition Founder's Edition in there!
Oh no, you've killed GAS!
I still have it, now I want a POD Pro.
I still have my POD Pro worn the Floor Board controller... time to dust it off! 😎🤘
No. He just had Vintage GAS! ( image how that must be 🤢)
The thing is, there's a BIG difference between hearing someone else play something and playing it yourself. Plugging direct into a desk can sound good on a record. People don't dislike these things because they don't sound good in a mix, they dislike them because they feel horrible to play.
I've just bought a 2nd POD XT to replace mine with a misty LCD. Great little box for recording and teaching with. Not for gigs but the new HX crap is weird and plastic shite.
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Still sounds good
I actually bought one of these around 5 years ago; I was in a band that had ideas about everyone going direct but I didn't want to spend too much in case the band didn't work out (it didn't). While some of the DI sounds weren't great, IRs I'd think, but it can work pretty well as a preamp. I'd been running it into a Crate power block and 2 Marshall1x12 and it sounded fine - I could tell the difference but the audience were none the wiser. Also it was a godsend when lockdown happened as I found myself playing through headphones a lot during that period.
I really think some up to date IRs would make it a great bit of kit (I'm 7 minutes in, so I don't know what your conclusion is yet).
First off: Like any of this matters while listening on my crappy laptop speakers....
I still use Amplitube 3 at times because they made the StompIO abandonware after that version
I just recently purchased the Old Spider Valve MKII HD100 amd the HD147 300 watt head and along with the FBV footboard and a midi controller and an ABY switch I have more tones than I coukd imagine and all in less than 500 dollars for just the heads.
I actually wanted to test this with Guitar Rig4, because that was what I started out with. Now I know that some of those sounds dont sound "great", some of them worked in the context back then and probably would now. But I dont go back to that software because I know that modern IRs can pull out so much more than old cabsims.
But still I wouldn't hate on the songs I wrote just because "the ampsounds sucked" - the tones didn't write the song, and they didn't break it either. I'd argue a great song will carry the idea no matter the tone. Sure there are genres that will suffer more from that, but that's for people with far more technical abilities on the guitar than I will ever have.
Great to see this theory confirmed by you!
The software was key, you could also change the cabinets with a 2 button press during the power on, they really should have made all the functions available on the front. The use of presence really made a difference in the mud tone.
I picked up the metal pack from Forward Audio after your guitar recording tips video. I think you were using them for that one. Anyway, I really like how they work with my plugins. The IRs I landed on bring nice top end with punchy bass without the mud (through my monitors) but cleaned up some of the fizz. I've played with the virtual mic placement, and mics, never really landing on a combination that I bonded with. Thanks for sharing them with us! Their website is pretty basic but their product is giving me results I'm happy with 👍
I got the Pod Pro a couple months ago used for 60€ and I was surprised how well it actually sounds considered it’s 24yrs old already.
I really think that they got component modeling and amp modeling right in the 90s. I think they were that meticulous back then and they really nailed it. And they just didn’t have the technology to do a really good impulse response back then like we do now. The problem is that the cabinet is 90% of the tone. The moving air is what we feel as the response of the amp so it makes sense then that we can take this brilliant library of amplifier models, combine them with modern impulse responses, and really achieve these amazing modern tones with them. I’m now changing my approach personally to just use the mainstage app on the Mac.
I know Bjorn Gelotte used a PodXT Pro for his clean sound for a really long time. Haven't kept up with his rig in recent years. I never really dug the crunchy tones of it, but I think it handles cleans and multi effects really well.
Ha! I just took out my POD 2.0. a few days ago. Figured I'd sell it for $50. Fired it up and used headphones. Decided it's good enough for silent practice so I guess I'll keep it for now.
Never did like it going into an amp. Sounds too lifeless/stiff, don't know how to explain it.
Hail the POD! 🤘🔥
LOVE Your Line 6, Henning....Take it to dinner, and then a nice dancing club and then take it home for a "night-cap".
Grab your guitar. Plug it in, You know you want to... plug it in. Feel the good vibes tingling in your body.
LOVE Your Line 6 :) The world needs more L - O - V - E.
Some of those sounded ok, but not great. The new IRs DID make a noticeable improvement, sounded less harsh maybe!
I had this unit years ago because back in the day because I couldn't own a decent tube amp for a variety of reasons (mainly because I couldn't crank it and cost). The POD can provide good tones however in my experience it didn't always agree with pedals put in front of it - but most of all it wouldn't respond like a real tube amp. This can be a HUGE problem when trying to play Jeff Beck type stuff or anything that requires tube response at all gain levels.
The far better alternative in my view are sansamps and the POD just doesn't hold a candle to it.
I (still) have a POD 2.0, it replaced a Digitech RP-100 that really did sound like s**t. I occasionally drag the POD out just for fun and as you say, if you know what you are doing, you can make it sound pretty good. I don't see anything wrong with using old gear, if it's all you have, then what other choice does one have? I also think people can create s**ty tone with new gear too, because I have heard it. That's the thing about tone in general, there will always be good and bad tone because it's subjective, as you've proven. Good points and good video!
Moore cab x2 on offer at Thornman. It’s stereo. Bought another for my x3 pro. I am glad kept my pod pro and bass pod pro.
POD 2.0 was my first modeler. I used the Brit high gain model a lot.
Doesn't Marshall Harrison use one of this? I can't remember. Some years ago, I used my Zoom 606 on my tube amp clean channel. Man... that things sound really nice! It's just, something is broken there and the thing goes off on certain patch =S that's why I didn't sell it. But when it works, it's really fun! I wonder why that one was dynamic but the next version wasn't...
Not too shabby!
I use my Line 6xt 3 still at my gigs,with other pedals,And I have more newer Modelers, but the line 6 just sounds and feels more inspiring.
It's not bad at all. You'd get away with it live or on an album for sure
Thanks Henning for this!
I try the same running my pod x3 through the strymon iridium irs... Sounds not bad but with the ir I had really low volume than using the pod cabs.... Do you know which could be the reason?
no clue, that's weird
A few years back I bought Scott from Chernobyl audio’s course on dialling in amp sims. And he made the point back then that the IR’s are what will make or break the tone. Be it from a live amp to a plug-in.
He was absolutely right. Just recently I fired up Peavey Revalver 4 that I stopped using ages ago as I found it too shrill sounding, I swapped out the speaker sims for better IR’s and am now enjoying the living hell out of Revalver again.
Manufacturers always seem to do preamp emulation well, but then they always seem to ruin it in the speaker emulation.
I’ve even found some of the latest plugins from Neural DSP and STL tones more to my liking when their IR’s are swapped out.
I still have an Eleven Rack that I use every day as an audio interface. I don't use it so much for sounds anymore but as an audio interface I'd put it against pretty much anything currently on the market below something with multiple mic preamps like an Apollo Twin.
While my pod 2.0 is long gone, I still keep a Flextone 2 which is essentially the pod amp. More than once, when the venue had a shitty PA to’ even bother going direct I brought it out as my powered cab for my modern modeller. last time though, since it was a shitty gig and I was out f*** to’ give, I went with the stock sounds and boy did it sound great. The only gripe I have is that, even using a midi editor, the FX are kind of basic but honestly I see myself using it again as it is since with a pair of real speakers it still does it’s job admirably
I liked the lower gain sounds without the IRs. As soon as you got to the Brit channel that wasn't the case! The IRs made a difference, but not an amazing one -- those IRs sound very nasal. I did a similar thing with a Pod HD and Ownhammer/Redwirez IRs and got better sounds than stock cabs for sure.
I thought the stock POD Pro sounds are very nice actually. They might not be the best but as long as your playing is fine, I don't think anyone would complain.
Also honestly, I've heard a lot worse from a lot of modern stuffs than this.
I had a rack pod xt, on certain intervals and note decay you could hear digital artifacts. If you are just slamming chords and leads like this with not much dynamics you are fine. (No hate)
I use line 6 pod. 2.0 until today also with mxr overdrive, with 81/85 emg pickups - no noise. I see no reason to change anything.
Fun video! Thanks HP.
Since Line 6 is continuing to make modelers, do you think that their products have evolved beyond the POD? In other words, is the Helix "different" or "better", or is it just a repackaged POD?