It’s rare to find such a good reviewer on these pedals. Everyone just talks and talks but you have the perfect mix of talking/playing. Buying this pedal based off this review! Thank you!
Very nice work. I listened to all three of your videos and I found them to be very educational despite my ownership of the POD for several years. Thanks again. Cheers!
You´ve made the best demo ever of the POD HD500X ever! Thanks a lot dude, I still don´t have this model but you helped me understand much better how my POD X3 Live works. Greetings from México.
Im just waiting for my 500X to arrive by courier this week - cant wait to get cracking on following your excellent tutorials. Very nice tones and playing, by the way.
Wow! thoroughly enjoyed every part of that, your playing, your tone, your clear and precise patch setup tutorials. Class act! I'm ready to jump so much further into my HD500x now... Thanks mate!
Best and most professionally produced line 6 hd500 tutorial on the web! Your playing is great and you have excellent audio engineering chops and ears. Your video and instructions draw me in where many others just fatigue me. Thank you this is very helpful for my POD sounds. And thanks for comparing sounds with the same riffs!
Fantastic peter what a sound thank god for your video,s what a help I ply a pod hd500x with a 1960 LP my sound are brill .keep up the good work please ...Rockin Bob Wales uk
Just bought one for my home studio and need to learn the patches a bit better. But on the whole a great unit and you show what is possible with the 500x. Lots of video's out there saying other products are much better, maybe so. This sounds fabulous and show's you have spent time with it. Thanks for the video and you sir are an exceptional player ! The 61 year old guy from Canada says so! TC
MY SUGGESTION TO EVERYONE... Peter's patches are unbelievable . I suggest you set your HD500X in the way you're going to use it while you are watching the video. for example, i set my hd500x into the POWERAMP section of my Fender DeLuxe loaded with a Celestian Cream speaker.... CREATE your patch while watching the video here with Peter .. you will notice the sound of your setup as you build the patch with him. I noticed when I added PARAMETRIC EQ my settings were slightly different then Peter's for the sound I WANTED.... it works great..... try it. HIGH 5 TO PETER for sharing his expertise and knowledge.... cheers
Nice demos. lovely to hear a pod HD clean for a change. Normally some Metalhead shreds off like h... Nice patches as well. Very nice playing too ;_) Keep them comin'
Seriously considering getting one of these now. I was looking at either the headrush pedalboard or a helix lt to replace my old Korg AX3000G which has served me well for the last 7 years, but alas, is now gathering dust. I do have a Line 6 HD100 head going into a cheap cab but that is also surplus to my needs. I just want a decent pedalboard now and this one really does sound great and the ones being sold used near me are really affordable. Plus your tones in these videos rock! Definitely convincing me that the HD500X series is still quite relevant.
Awesome Peter. Love your tone and music. That Highway 100 Custom tone sounds a LOT like Pink Floyd/David Gilmour. Love it . Keep it up. All the best to you. I dont have an HD500 but have a Firehawk FX and the HD500 editor to view the settings so I can try and dial in some of those tones in my EFX unit. Cheers
Peter, you are amazing. Can you please do a video on how to use the podhd 500 with 4 cable method, but, I want to know how to use the tone of my original amp. I’m using a black star HT60 tube amp and I was wondering how to setup the pod as just a stomp box for effects like delay etc.. but only using my black star amp sound and not an amp modeled sound. I hope you get what I mean. I love he sound of my black star with Celestion 12” greenback. So it would be really nice to know how to achieve this. Even my amp clean, boost and overdrive channel sounds amazing...I heard you can set up the pod to just do that, switch between amps clean and dirty channel and engage boost. I only want the pod to give me things like a distortion pedal and reverb chorus delay etc... do not want any of the amp modellings. Please help.
Very lovely playing the drums sounded great to you got a wonderful tone out of that thing everything I've been hearing up till now that sounded good but a little too much trouble you managed to get a really nice warm realistic tone out of it I've been feeling a little more inclined toward this one than the Boss GT 100 just cuz of the more options and cuz it sounds a little brighter than the boss sounds a little too muddy
Awesome sound plz make a video where you use the pod hd500x with a poweramp and a real 4x12cab. Have tweeked for hours and hours and just cant get it to sound good at high gig volume.
Peter, do you recommend going direct via XLR outs or 1/4 to XLR box. I've noticed a considered difference between the two. XLR outs always feel harsh to me. 1/4 seems to warm and be more organic. Lastly, being 2020, what units do you use now? Amazing tones here. Making me rethink the whole paradigm of gear and tone!
Hi Jason, I find it really odd that there is a difference between XLR and 1/4 outputs. Mine sounded exactly the same. I don't know why you're hearing that there is a difference. I upgraded to the Helix in 2016/17 and then eventually switched to the Kemper in late 2018. It's not that the HD500X or the Helix wasn't good enough, I wanted to have the sound of my actual live rig available in a convenient way to record in the studio. The Kemper allowed me to profile the amp/speaker combination as well as the pedals that I use. The profiles were so close that i even put up a video on my UA-cam channel to demonstrate it. You can view it on my channel at ua-cam.com/users/PjhSAvideos
To be honest, I cant find anything .. I mean really ANYTHING wrong with these tones. To my ears these sounds are equally good compared to the real deal. Thanks Pete!!!. I am buying a POD now.
Thanks, Narendra, thats why those same guitar tracks ended up as finished products on my album. I was very happy with them too. Good luck with your POD and don't forget that you can download those same patches from my website.
You are SOOO generous Peter. Cant wait to try and dial in that Gilmour sounding tone patch into my Line6 Firehawk FX. Hope to get even something remotely close to that. I know it doesnt have all the stuff as in the HD500x... cheers
Thanks for the comment. The album is available. If you visit my website, the links for purchase are on the home page. There are also a number of videos from the album in the "Gallery" section.
Hi Peter! Great JOB I realy love it. In this momment I´m studing one course online With Coursera.Org for music production, I have one PODHD500x , and i don´t like the sound of presets patches connected direct to mixer, In My Case I use one ZOOM R16 for Recording. But yesterday I try make one pacth like yours, And WOW, this sounds like a guitar on a real amp. I have one ENGL Ritchie Blacmore, and when I play my first time with POD direct to mixer, And Only listen terrible noisey distortion, Very bad sound, I think I learn some more with your videos.
+MarshallMusicDirect oh man these are kinda tone I'm after, have check the atomic amplifire coz I don't which one I should go with since they are both I'm same price range
Jesus this guy is Stoopidly good. I mean that in a good way too. No ne should be that good... well maybe except for Joe Satriani... That's just wrong....Holy shit that big solo... OMG... Ummmm dude where is your instrumental guitar album so I can buy 2 copies right now!
Thanks for your kind comments. You can get my latest album from my website at www.peterhanmer.co.za or you can download it from www.cdbaby.com/cd/peterhanmer3. Thanks for your support!!!
Yeah he IS that good. And I will be right behind you to buy his CD (mp3) album. Love this stuff. Anything instrumental guitar is for me, esp when it sounds THIS good. Love Satriani and Pink Floyd and many others.
Damn Peter, another KILLER video and song... Thanks...!
Best demo of this pedal ever - and one of the best modeling pedals ever made, if not the best under $5K, IMHO.
It’s rare to find such a good reviewer on these pedals. Everyone just talks and talks but you have the perfect mix of talking/playing. Buying this pedal based off this review! Thank you!
Thank you for your comment. Cheers.
Instablaster...
just brilliant demonstration and wonder full track my friend
Very nice work. I listened to all three of your videos and I found them to be very educational despite my ownership of the POD for several years. Thanks again. Cheers!
You´ve made the best demo ever of the POD HD500X ever! Thanks a lot dude, I still don´t have this model but you helped me understand much better how my POD X3 Live works. Greetings from México.
+Mauricio Olivera Thanks, Mauricio, I appreciate your comments. I'm glad that the videos have helped you.Cheers,Peter.
Im just waiting for my 500X to arrive by courier this week - cant wait to get cracking on following your excellent tutorials. Very nice tones and playing, by the way.
How much I love the LP + Marshall tone! Everything sounds very nice!
Very good!
Wow! thoroughly enjoyed every part of that, your playing, your tone, your clear and precise patch setup tutorials. Class act! I'm ready to jump so much further into my HD500x now... Thanks mate!
Best and most professionally produced line 6 hd500 tutorial on the web! Your playing is great and you have excellent audio engineering chops and ears. Your video and instructions draw me in where many others just fatigue me. Thank you this is very helpful for my POD sounds. And thanks for comparing sounds with the same riffs!
Thanks for the comment. Cheers.
Line 6 should pay you to demo their products! These tones are actually usable and nice.
Fantastic peter what a sound thank god for your video,s what a help I ply a pod hd500x with a 1960 LP my sound are brill .keep up the good work please ...Rockin Bob Wales uk
Thanks, Bob. Much appreciated. I'm glad that the vids have helped.
awesome video, I like both sounds... you are a great guitar player a single song but w. so much feelings
Am I the only one who thinks that everything sounds good in this video? even the backing and the drums.
Just bought one for my home studio and need to learn the patches a bit better. But on the whole a great unit and you show what is possible with the 500x. Lots of video's out there saying other products are much better, maybe so. This sounds fabulous and show's you have spent time with it. Thanks for the video and you sir are an exceptional player ! The 61 year old guy from Canada says so! TC
very nice!maybe you can put more videos about this product.Thanks!!!Cheers!!!
Nice tune , great tones !
Fantastic job, and a great guitarist worthy of his salt..
MY SUGGESTION TO EVERYONE... Peter's patches are unbelievable . I suggest you set your HD500X in the way you're going to use it while you are watching the video. for example, i set my hd500x into the POWERAMP section of my Fender DeLuxe loaded with a Celestian Cream speaker.... CREATE your patch while watching the video here with Peter .. you will notice the sound of your setup as you build the patch with him. I noticed when I added PARAMETRIC EQ my settings were slightly different then Peter's for the sound I WANTED.... it works great..... try it. HIGH 5 TO PETER for sharing his expertise and knowledge.... cheers
And sound of pod hd500 is amazing
great stuff!
Outstanding teacher
beautiful song
wow you are amazing musicians
Thank you, Joao!
Nice demos. lovely to hear a pod HD clean for a change. Normally some Metalhead shreds off like h... Nice patches as well. Very nice playing too ;_) Keep them comin'
+Steen Häggqvist Thanks Steen. Much appreciated.
Amazing tutorials, subscribed
BEST POD HD500X DEMO,PERIOD!
Seriously considering getting one of these now. I was looking at either the headrush pedalboard or a helix lt to replace my old Korg AX3000G which has served me well for the last 7 years, but alas, is now gathering dust.
I do have a Line 6 HD100 head going into a cheap cab but that is also surplus to my needs. I just want a decent pedalboard now and this one really does sound great and the ones being sold used near me are really affordable. Plus your tones in these videos rock!
Definitely convincing me that the HD500X series is still quite relevant.
Awesome Peter. Love your tone and music. That Highway 100 Custom tone sounds a LOT like Pink Floyd/David Gilmour. Love it . Keep it up. All the best to you. I dont have an HD500 but have a Firehawk FX and the HD500 editor to view the settings so I can try and dial in some of those tones in my EFX unit. Cheers
Love the tone on that song you guys did using both the plexi and HiWatt with some sweetness added in for flavor. David Gilmore-ish..
I agree very PF/Gimour-ish which I LOVE that tone sound soooo much
Peter, you are amazing. Can you please do a video on how to use the podhd 500 with 4 cable method, but, I want to know how to use the tone of my original amp. I’m using a black star HT60 tube amp and I was wondering how to setup the pod as just a stomp box for effects like delay etc.. but only using my black star amp sound and not an amp modeled sound. I hope you get what I mean. I love he sound of my black star with Celestion 12” greenback. So it would be really nice to know how to achieve this. Even my amp clean, boost and overdrive channel sounds amazing...I heard you can set up the pod to just do that, switch between amps clean and dirty channel and engage boost. I only want the pod to give me things like a distortion pedal and reverb chorus delay etc... do not want any of the amp modellings. Please help.
Awesome！！！！！！！ YOU ARE THE BEST!
Pink Floyd like in every way, awesome playing. David Gilmour would be proud!!!
5:46 !!!! that guys drumface. EPIC.
Very lovely playing the drums sounded great to you got a wonderful tone out of that thing everything I've been hearing up till now that sounded good but a little too much trouble you managed to get a really nice warm realistic tone out of it I've been feeling a little more inclined toward this one than the Boss GT 100 just cuz of the more options and cuz it sounds a little brighter than the boss sounds a little too muddy
Are his patches available for download? I need these in my life. I own the POD hd 500 x and have been trying to get that tone.
Es un placer al oído!!!
Gracias!!!
Awesome sound plz make a video where you use the pod hd500x with a poweramp and a real 4x12cab.
Have tweeked for hours and hours and just cant get it to sound good at high gig volume.
+Djenk O i dont know if you have solved your problem but, maybe try a different cab......cheers
+jeffrey monroe have bought a kemper
una canción muy bonita.
Peter, do you recommend going direct via XLR outs or 1/4 to XLR box. I've noticed a considered difference between the two. XLR outs always feel harsh to me. 1/4 seems to warm and be more organic. Lastly, being 2020, what units do you use now? Amazing tones here. Making me rethink the whole paradigm of gear and tone!
Hi Jason, I find it really odd that there is a difference between XLR and 1/4 outputs. Mine sounded exactly the same. I don't know why you're hearing that there is a difference.
I upgraded to the Helix in 2016/17 and then eventually switched to the Kemper in late 2018. It's not that the HD500X or the Helix wasn't good enough, I wanted to have the sound of my actual live rig available in a convenient way to record in the studio. The Kemper allowed me to profile the amp/speaker combination as well as the pedals that I use. The profiles were so close that i even put up a video on my UA-cam channel to demonstrate it.
You can view it on my channel at ua-cam.com/users/PjhSAvideos
To be honest, I cant find anything .. I mean really ANYTHING wrong with these tones. To my ears these sounds are equally good compared to the real deal. Thanks Pete!!!. I am buying a POD now.
Thanks, Narendra, thats why those same guitar tracks ended up as finished products on my album. I was very happy with them too. Good luck with your POD and don't forget that you can download those same patches from my website.
Thanks Pete! I am surely downloading those patches the moment I have bought a POD! ",,"
You are SOOO generous Peter. Cant wait to try and dial in that Gilmour sounding tone patch into my Line6 Firehawk FX. Hope to get even something remotely close to that. I know it doesnt have all the stuff as in the HD500x... cheers
Could you explain your settings for this wonderful tone? I just got the pod hd500x and am loving it but would like it to sound like this!
The patches for those tones are available on my website.
Amazing!
Чисто и красиво,отлично.
how to make this patch plese step by step
nice sound!!! are you playing throw an amp or directly to computer?
Thanks, Juan. The POD was played directly into the desk and DAW. No amps.
Lovely👍😊
BELLEZA ¡¡¡
God DAMN! Ain't heard something that good in a long time. You have an album? Sounds like Santana too.
Thanks for the comment. The album is available. If you visit my website, the links for purchase are on the home page. There are also a number of videos from the album in the "Gallery" section.
Hi Peter! Great JOB I realy love it. In this momment I´m studing one course online With Coursera.Org for music production, I have one PODHD500x , and i don´t like the sound of presets patches connected direct to mixer, In My Case I use one ZOOM R16 for Recording.
But yesterday I try make one pacth like yours, And WOW, this sounds like a guitar on a real amp. I have one ENGL Ritchie Blacmore, and when I play my first time with POD direct to mixer, And Only listen terrible noisey distortion, Very bad sound, I think I learn some more with your videos.
did you use the parametric eq after the cab on these clean patch?
+Be Mule Production I might have but if I did it was a very minor setting.
+MarshallMusicDirect oh man these are kinda tone I'm after, have check the atomic amplifire coz I don't which one I should go with since they are both I'm same price range
Would you share the backing track with us sir, it's awesome to practice along.
Really sorry DM, it's actually one of the tracks from my solo album. Cheers.
+Marshall Music SA No problem, cheers!
buy his CD to get them :)
My line 6 pod500x is buzzing too much any help brother.... it's buzzing everywhere I go
Check the earthing of those house...
Wheres the part 4?
How to get long suatain
BIG LIKE
Song?
Yes... Name : The Long Road Home...
Jesus this guy is Stoopidly good. I mean that in a good way too. No ne should be that good... well maybe except for Joe Satriani... That's just wrong....Holy shit that big solo... OMG... Ummmm dude where is your instrumental guitar album so I can buy 2 copies right now!
Thanks for your kind comments. You can get my latest album from my website at www.peterhanmer.co.za or you can download it from www.cdbaby.com/cd/peterhanmer3. Thanks for your support!!!
Yeah he IS that good. And I will be right behind you to buy his CD (mp3) album. Love this stuff. Anything instrumental guitar is for me, esp when it sounds THIS good. Love Satriani and Pink Floyd and many others.
Please , take me the settings , rsrsrs ...
***** The link is at the end of the video.
Good old drummer not really happy to be there lol
Not a single word about setup of the POD HD500X. This is not a demonstration but a waste of time.
Maybe you should go and look up the word "Demonstration" -
"an act of showing that something exists or is true by giving proof or evidence"
Part two of this video series shows more setup and editing. But hey, that'd be too hard for you to look up wouldn't it
part 3. part 3. part 3. Doesn't that tell you anything?