I've been waiting for more demos! I love Darkglass, Sansamp, and Aguilar sims on the Helix, but don't really venture much from those three basic sounds. This is amazing for the price range!
Consistently Fantastic vids. Super in depth about the things that are actually practical. No fluff. Very refreshing & beyond useful/helpful. Thanx for these! Please keep em coming!
Pretty cool demo, Nate 😎🎸 this multi-effects pedal sounds pretty cool. The effects I personally like are boost, overdrive, distortion, chorus, flanger, and the limiter. As for the amp models, I honestly like modern, punch, round, and deep. I normally don’t use synth effects live, but some of them sounded pretty rad and can be useful for experimental recordings.
This is the first demo where I see someone making good use - and good sounds coming from that synth knob. I was, and really, still am skeptical about that octave effect only going down, and not adjustable for a +1 octive - but your presets sound pretty great using it.
This is interesting. I know it would never end up on my stage pedalboard. But I could see it being useful for rehearsing or quickly recording a demo to send to bandmates.
Hi Nate. I am looking for some multi effect for bass. Nothing too complex, easy to use, no need to much programming on pc. I am very new in bass playing. Do you know the Zoom B2 Four? I would love to hear your advice. Thanks.
Can someone explain why this unit doesn't have an XLR out? Bassists often want to go direct to FOH but this unit doesn't seem to do that, was it designed just to go in front of an amp?
Actually a pretty good question, I think it would be more handy if it had xlr out. But since it doesn’t, you would just need a direct box, which most venues would have for a bass player anyway. And it’s not designed to go in the front of an amp. The electric guitar version is designed so that you can use it into a power amp if you want to run a speaker cab if you want, in which case you would turn off the cab sim on the pod. I don’t know if the bass version is designed the same way, but that would be my guess. Either way I think at least one of the outputs should have been xlr
Hey Nate great vid. Do you consider this a professional level unit as a fly rig for touring and gigging? It’s always a pain hauling my large pedalboard around the world! Thx!
Great walkthrough, thanks Nate! Technical question: is it possible to record dry and wet into the computer and re-amp later using the POD Express over USB?
Any time! I think it's a good option for playing live. 21 presets is plenty for most gigs, and they're easy to switch through. The presets are also clearly marked via the center knob's rotary lights. Line 6 found a clever approach to the overall layout of this pedal. As the old marketing phrase goes, "It's fun and easy."
After a certain point all the pedals and processors are a coverup for beginners who can't play, so they make interesting noise. Nate however is a great musician who plays magnificently with or without all the bells and whistles. Love your videos, keep up the great work!!!
Want to play an Ominous Bass Riff? Here’s the Tab: E0 E2 E3 E4, E3 E4, E3 E4 E3 E4, A2 E4. *Repeat 16 more times* BPM = 110 Pedal = Reverb and/or Delay There’s a lot more to the riff, but it would be a pain in the butt to transcribe every one. Also, I don’t know the amount of Reverb or Delay for the riff. The riff sounds better played with a picc.
It doesn't have an aux in but it can be used as an audio interface via USB cable, so potentially could work with iPad but will definitely work with a laptop - either Windows or MacOS
@@iliazh8949 Connect the USB-C to A adapter to your iPad. Connect the USB-A end of your Scarlett USB cable to the USB-C to A adapter. Connect the USB-C end of your Scarlett USB cable to your Scarlett audio interface. Connect the appropriate cables to the backs of your monitors.?? Like this??
@@eddiec2711 You wouldn't need Scarlett in that case - the POD Express IS an audio-interface by itself. So something like that should work: Connect the POD Express to your iPad with the USB C to USB C cable (I'm not sure if you'd need a special cable - I'm an Android/Windows user) Plug in your bass into POD Express, connect your headphones to POD Express. Play your backing track on your iPad - the sound should come out of your headphones plugged into the POD Express. Play bass at the same time - you'll get the mix of your backing track and your instrument.
@@iliazh8949 thank you so much for taking the time. I just find it funny they (Line 6) create such a great thing and could not Add an auxiliary input. Oh well I degress😙
Thanks! This is a prototype of my signature bass that I’m working on with Harley Benton. Just a couple revisions left… it should be available later this year.
So I have a total noob question here, either for the man here himself, or anyone in the comments section. I am very much a home player who will at most ever play with a small group in a jam session (all using amps) or a small stage, again, mostly relying on amps and not a PA. Do pedals like this, or the HX Stomp, or the Origin Effects Bass Rig, or the multitudes of preamp pedals that have EQ, emulations, cab sims, etc., have any function or place in use with an amp and cab? Or are these all solely designed for the amp-less world of DI to FOH, recording desks, or interface to DAW scenarios? I know. A really dumb question, but there isn't a demo on UA-cam for these types of pedals that isn't going straight into an interface or that even mentions where an amp might enter the picture. If anyone out there has any insights on this matter that might help out a very confused "bucket-list" bass player, I'd be grateful. Cheers!
Many bass and guitar players user them in front for existing amps. My stomp is all of my effects but I don’t use an amp or cab sim in my patches unless recording from it. I still do a lot of room EQ on my Mesa amp.
Pre amp pedals themselves can give you tone shaping in front of an amp, but in your situation I’d try this pod or the hx stomp for playing with effects
I appreciate what you’re doing here, Nate. But you playing through this thing makes it sound about 50 times better than it actually is. I can see myself using the synth bit in some odd occasions, and the mod. part does add a bit of movement if you need it. But that’s s it for me. It don’t see much value in this after you stopped playing.
The b1four definitely has more options, sound shaping abilities and features but, the pod has faster presets, a more simplistic design and the price isn't too steep. I would love to see a sound comparison.
It's cool, but the Zoom B14 is half the price and has more sounds and a digital screen to help customize a signal chain. This doesn't sound much different from the Zoom.
Unfortunately, no- one of the AMP- Sim- settings is clean. I know no bass player, who only plays with grit. I think the pedal could be a great tool, but this demo isn't for me.
I suppose I don’t doubt your experience but I never run a totally clean tone and haven’t for 15 years or more. The vast majority of bass tones in rock use some amount of tube grit or outright overdrive.
Using a clean DI on top of the amp is most guys way to go. So this demo isn't meant to be completely clean. I can totally see someone using the DI out on a G10S and this is as their backup rig. Hell, I might even do that.
179 dollars for a practice amp , interesting in the USA but not in Europe, Thomann sells it for 218 EUROS, it's 30% more than in the US! At this price you are not far from the OPUS that is a much more professional and sturdy construction .....
You forgot about some things: First: prices in the US are usually exVAT. Second: Dollar and Euro are not 1:1 right now, euro is a bit low which expresses itself in higher prices. Overall the pricing including vat and import seem to be ok. Btw: 19% of 180$ would already be 35$ which would add up to 215. Prices are still ok. Btw: the opus is at 320€ on thomann. If you add some cabinets to really use its features, you easily come out at 400-420€. So please (even if I do really think the 100-200€ is well invested), do not compare these two. This is a completely different customer group.
Thanks for watching, guys!
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Hey mr. Nate do you think you can do a review of a Dingwall afterburner II? I plan on DIYing a bass and i don’t know if i want to chamber the body😅
The amount of features in NATE himself are actually in=sane.
I've been waiting for more demos!
I love Darkglass, Sansamp, and Aguilar sims on the Helix, but don't really venture much from those three basic sounds. This is amazing for the price range!
One day I’d like to see Nate play a Glarry through a cheap practice amp. I’ll predict we’d all still be absolutely amazed as usual.
He's already playing a cheap Harley Benton
@@BassMusician7came here to say the same, and really he’s not even using a amp lol
@@BassMusician7 I guess that supports my point. The guy is amazing!
Consistently Fantastic vids. Super in depth about the things that are actually practical. No fluff. Very refreshing & beyond useful/helpful.
Thanx for these! Please keep em coming!
I love how obscenely powerful these pedals are getting. LFG
Excellent multi-effect pedal ! THX for the great demo Nate! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
0:12 you nailed the slegehammer tone
Thought the same thing
This video definitely sold me, ordered
That first preset you made sounds amazing 👏🏿 wow. Thanks for showing them all to us..
Great demo. Other reviewers take note ! Uncluttered and direct showing clearly what each item does in a logical progressive way.
Damn your playing is phenomenal Nate!! So locked in and groovy! And great compositions too!! Subscribed!!!
Pretty cool demo, Nate 😎🎸 this multi-effects pedal sounds pretty cool. The effects I personally like are boost, overdrive, distortion, chorus, flanger, and the limiter. As for the amp models, I honestly like modern, punch, round, and deep. I normally don’t use synth effects live, but some of them sounded pretty rad and can be useful for experimental recordings.
Nate, you make everything sound great!
Love the versatility! All these options in one box that’s not some cheap “Uni-pedal”
This thing is so versatile, wow!
Dayum. For a covers gig bassist, this is the only thing you would ever need.
I was about to buy a cheap modern modeller w/screen but probably I'll go for this , seems a lot more handy and the few sounds are great , thank you
That string synth was KILLER
Good thorough review. Reasonably priced for all the features too!
Great demo as always Nate!!!
NATE. thanks for inspiring me to start my cover channel. Learned a lot from you. Love all your vids!
This is the first demo where I see someone making good use - and good sounds coming from that synth knob. I was, and really, still am skeptical about that octave effect only going down, and not adjustable for a +1 octive - but your presets sound pretty great using it.
Cool demo. I wish it had 2 modulation knobs, or a delay separate from the ither mid effects. Still looks pretty versatile for the price.
I Agree. And, a reverb would be nice. Adding a +1 octave option to that effect would have been a nice touch, this being for bass.
I wish EBMM would reissue the Sterling H/S model. This little Line 6 unit is perfect for Practice/Fly rig on the cheap. Thanks Nate 🍺
great pedal. great playing!
Great playing and a great quick walkthrough of all the possibilities!
To be fair…. This dude could plug into an empty shoe box and somehow make it sound like a million dollars.
This is interesting. I know it would never end up on my stage pedalboard.
But I could see it being useful for rehearsing or quickly recording a demo to send to bandmates.
That sound at the 20 sec mark is great
proof that you dont need expensive gear to be good. the HB bass looks and sounds great!
That Harley Benton sounds killer. This pedal looks like a good deal. I will have to check it out. Nice demo.
The best online review, hands down, thanks!
The Envelope Filter is Delightfully Funky & Exquisitely Squishy AF....
Should be mandatory to have one of these in every gigbag.
You had me at Myung! 🤘😎
One thing you forgot to mention about the pod is that it also offers looping capabilities 😊
Just saw it fly over my house. Way cool.
Great product review and demo!
Great Demo Nate!
Its cool that it can be a interface no latency i hope im looking for a recording solution for bass and this could be it
I may or may not have to switch from my Behringer BDI-21 the next time disposable income allows... DAMN this thing is versatile!
That finger ramp on the Harley Benton is sick asf
Thanks! This is a prototype signature bass (Me + Harley Benton). Aiming to release the completed version sometime this year.
Would have liked to see a longer demo, maybe showing how to build presets
Thanks for making this a very simple yet extensive review!
These multi pedals are getting smaller and sounding really good. I'd happily throw this in my gig bag and go play.
Hi Nate. I am looking for some multi effect for bass. Nothing too complex, easy to use, no need to much programming on pc. I am very new in bass playing. Do you know the Zoom B2 Four? I would love to hear your advice. Thanks.
It looks awesome; but how do you control blend/dry and tone?
You can blend by knobs and change tone on the bass...
Can someone explain why this unit doesn't have an XLR out? Bassists often want to go direct to FOH but this unit doesn't seem to do that, was it designed just to go in front of an amp?
Actually a pretty good question, I think it would be more handy if it had xlr out. But since it doesn’t, you would just need a direct box, which most venues would have for a bass player anyway.
And it’s not designed to go in the front of an amp. The electric guitar version is designed so that you can use it into a power amp if you want to run a speaker cab if you want, in which case you would turn off the cab sim on the pod. I don’t know if the bass version is designed the same way, but that would be my guess.
Either way I think at least one of the outputs should have been xlr
Hey Nate great vid. Do you consider this a professional level unit as a fly rig for touring and gigging? It’s always a pain hauling my large pedalboard around the world! Thx!
wow sounds really good
Great walkthrough, thanks Nate! Technical question: is it possible to record dry and wet into the computer and re-amp later using the POD Express over USB?
0:12 Sledgehammer time 🤩
Hello... which pedal do you recommend to start the line 6 pod go express or zoom b1x four, which is better, thank you
I think for now I'm sticking with my Bass POD XT
I miss having mine
Awesome, man ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the demo! What do you think about this for live shows?
Any time! I think it's a good option for playing live. 21 presets is plenty for most gigs, and they're easy to switch through. The presets are also clearly marked via the center knob's rotary lights.
Line 6 found a clever approach to the overall layout of this pedal. As the old marketing phrase goes, "It's fun and easy."
Thanks Nate!
After a certain point all the pedals and processors are a coverup for beginners who can't play, so they make interesting noise. Nate however is a great musician who plays magnificently with or without all the bells and whistles. Love your videos, keep up the great work!!!
The bass model sounds WAY better than the guitar 1!
Want to play an Ominous Bass Riff? Here’s the Tab:
E0 E2 E3 E4, E3 E4, E3 E4 E3 E4, A2 E4. *Repeat 16 more times*
BPM = 110
Pedal = Reverb and/or Delay
There’s a lot more to the riff, but it would be a pain in the butt to transcribe every one. Also, I don’t know the amount of Reverb or Delay for the riff. The riff sounds better played with a picc.
Can you make a video using this as an audio interface for Android phones?
I bought one. Not very user friendly but has unlimited sounds
Honestly? With all those knobs in front .
Can i upload a patch that was the originally made on a helix rack onto this unit?
Curious if you could get the peter Steele sound of Type O Negative. He used a Boss ds-1 distortion pedal with a Boss chorus.
Some of the early amp sims sounded quite dirty. Can this be turned off?
Can you plug your phone or iPad into this? So you can learn songs while you have your headphones on and the effects?
No auxiliary in, unfortunately.
It doesn't have an aux in but it can be used as an audio interface via USB cable, so potentially could work with iPad but will definitely work with a laptop - either Windows or MacOS
@@iliazh8949 Connect the USB-C to A adapter to your iPad.
Connect the USB-A end of your Scarlett USB cable to the USB-C to A adapter.
Connect the USB-C end of your Scarlett USB cable to your Scarlett audio interface.
Connect the appropriate cables to the backs of your monitors.?? Like this??
@@eddiec2711 You wouldn't need Scarlett in that case - the POD Express IS an audio-interface by itself. So something like that should work:
Connect the POD Express to your iPad with the USB C to USB C cable (I'm not sure if you'd need a special cable - I'm an Android/Windows user)
Plug in your bass into POD Express, connect your headphones to POD Express.
Play your backing track on your iPad - the sound should come out of your headphones plugged into the POD Express.
Play bass at the same time - you'll get the mix of your backing track and your instrument.
@@iliazh8949 thank you so much for taking the time. I just find it funny they (Line 6) create such a great thing and could not Add an auxiliary input. Oh well I degress😙
What exactly is the bypass?
Not mentioning looper?
Great demo! But I'd pick a Zoom B1 Four for half that price all day.
Instant buy.
Wish they would have put it in a metal case
Love that bass! What is it?
Thanks! This is a prototype of my signature bass that I’m working on with Harley Benton. Just a couple revisions left… it should be available later this year.
The Sweetwater link doesn't go the pedal
can it reamp the clean signal?
Yes, look at page 33 on the manual.
So I have a total noob question here, either for the man here himself, or anyone in the comments section.
I am very much a home player who will at most ever play with a small group in a jam session (all using amps) or a small stage, again, mostly relying on amps and not a PA.
Do pedals like this, or the HX Stomp, or the Origin Effects Bass Rig, or the multitudes of preamp pedals that have EQ, emulations, cab sims, etc., have any function or place in use with an amp and cab? Or are these all solely designed for the amp-less world of DI to FOH, recording desks, or interface to DAW scenarios?
I know. A really dumb question, but there isn't a demo on UA-cam for these types of pedals that isn't going straight into an interface or that even mentions where an amp might enter the picture. If anyone out there has any insights on this matter that might help out a very confused "bucket-list" bass player, I'd be grateful.
Cheers!
Many bass and guitar players user them in front for existing amps. My stomp is all of my effects but I don’t use an amp or cab sim in my patches unless recording from it. I still do a lot of room EQ on my Mesa amp.
Pre amp pedals themselves can give you tone shaping in front of an amp, but in your situation I’d try this pod or the hx stomp for playing with effects
@@dannygold2882 Thaks for your input. I'll consider that as I the bigger picture of my amplification & effects needs.
Cheers!
Their catalyst guitar amps have this feature
Ah man, brilliant video as always! GAS inducing…
But headphone-out without aux-in, what a shame.
F... ! I just buy a Fender Downtown express Bass pedal last week ....... and now I´m seeing this !!!! 😶😔
Would this be a good place for a noob to start messing with pedals?
Definitely. A few times I thought to myself, "I wish I had this when I was getting into effects."
I appreciate what you’re doing here, Nate. But you playing through this thing makes it sound about 50 times better than it actually is. I can see myself using the synth bit in some odd occasions, and the mod. part does add a bit of movement if you need it. But that’s s it for me. It don’t see much value in this after you stopped playing.
Reverb?
Nice case design - Zoom B1-Four sounds better
The b1four definitely has more options, sound shaping abilities and features but, the pod has faster presets, a more simplistic design and the price isn't too steep. I would love to see a sound comparison.
@@BassMusician7 This @NateNavarro
2:15 what in the?!?!
It actually sounds better with single coil pups imo
Not sure I'd be happy with the adjustability of this thing. Having just one parameter for so many different effects seems limiting.
That’s why it’s only $180. You’re not paying for all those parameters.
No displey, how to know what is the preset
Really don't like the amp sims apart from 1 or two...
Distortion and overdrive is ok, if used with low settings.
Overall...
Meh...
Then you adjust them
It's cool, but the Zoom B14 is half the price and has more sounds and a digital screen to help customize a signal chain. This doesn't sound much different from the Zoom.
Unfortunately, no- one of the AMP- Sim- settings is clean. I know no bass player, who only plays with grit. I think the pedal could be a great tool, but this demo isn't for me.
now you know one…me!
I suppose I don’t doubt your experience but I never run a totally clean tone and haven’t for 15 years or more. The vast majority of bass tones in rock use some amount of tube grit or outright overdrive.
Using a clean DI on top of the amp is most guys way to go. So this demo isn't meant to be completely clean.
I can totally see someone using the DI out on a G10S and this is as their backup rig. Hell, I might even do that.
'Promo sm'
крутая штука для школьников всё попробовать
На стадии Amp всё очень плохо.
179 dollars for a practice amp , interesting in the USA but not in Europe, Thomann sells it for 218 EUROS, it's 30% more than in the US! At this price you are not far from the OPUS that is a much more professional and sturdy construction .....
You forgot about some things:
First: prices in the US are usually exVAT.
Second: Dollar and Euro are not 1:1 right now, euro is a bit low which expresses itself in higher prices.
Overall the pricing including vat and import seem to be ok. Btw: 19% of 180$ would already be 35$ which would add up to 215.
Prices are still ok.
Btw: the opus is at 320€ on thomann.
If you add some cabinets to really use its features, you easily come out at 400-420€.
So please (even if I do really think the 100-200€ is well invested), do not compare these two. This is a completely different customer group.
A practice Amp? The ability to show up at a gig with nothing but a bass, 2 cables and this is worth it.
Cheap tones part 1.
Mmmm prefer my bass to sound like a bass...................