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MGR/Johnny P. Good « Line 6 Bass Pod »
Published on 11/02/01 at 15:00I bought this unit from Guitar center. I paid $250 for it.
The sound is incredible. One thing is that all my guitars sound great in it, including my Les Paul Standard and my Nylon string guitar through a piezzo. Vocals and synths also sound great through it. The Bass Pod adds depth when serialed after the Guitar Pod. It sounds awesome for my 6 string bass too, of course. There is a great deal of diverse and useful amp and speaker simulators. All of the functions, and configurations are accessible on the unit itself. Software and a midi connection to a computer are not needed. I tried matching sounds to compact disk recordings of my favorite bass players. I found it fairly easy to do so, without a digital sound, or flat "warm" sound like other units have. There is also no appreciable background noise from the amps. It's a great alternative to a heavy rig, totally appartment sized. You can practice with headphones, playing as loud as you want, without disturbing/being disturbed by the neighbors. The Bass Pod also sounds great on hard drive recordings, giving a full professional sound, that fits well into the mix without too much tweaking. The best bass is the one you don't notice.
I don't like some of the effects. I like effects that are weird as long as they are useful. I can't groove into the bass synth effects on the unit. I also think there are too many distortion options. I think the unit would benefit from having reverb, delay, and classic wah effects like bass balls.
The Bass Pod is durable. I once dropped it from 4 feet high. It landed top down on the knobs. No problems. The knobs themselves have dust sheilds on them to prevent dust particles from creeping into the pots. However, the dust eventually does get in there, so I would recommend storing your unit in a drawer, box, or bag. It's definitely a road worthy unit.
I haven't tried a lot of bass effects units or bass amp simulators. I just wanted an easy to use, no hassle unit with knobs instead of a digital menu system. I wanted something that sounded good enough to record. I got way more than I expected with this unit. Priced like a practice amp, it's definitely worth the money.
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The sound is incredible. One thing is that all my guitars sound great in it, including my Les Paul Standard and my Nylon string guitar through a piezzo. Vocals and synths also sound great through it. The Bass Pod adds depth when serialed after the Guitar Pod. It sounds awesome for my 6 string bass too, of course. There is a great deal of diverse and useful amp and speaker simulators. All of the functions, and configurations are accessible on the unit itself. Software and a midi connection to a computer are not needed. I tried matching sounds to compact disk recordings of my favorite bass players. I found it fairly easy to do so, without a digital sound, or flat "warm" sound like other units have. There is also no appreciable background noise from the amps. It's a great alternative to a heavy rig, totally appartment sized. You can practice with headphones, playing as loud as you want, without disturbing/being disturbed by the neighbors. The Bass Pod also sounds great on hard drive recordings, giving a full professional sound, that fits well into the mix without too much tweaking. The best bass is the one you don't notice.
I don't like some of the effects. I like effects that are weird as long as they are useful. I can't groove into the bass synth effects on the unit. I also think there are too many distortion options. I think the unit would benefit from having reverb, delay, and classic wah effects like bass balls.
The Bass Pod is durable. I once dropped it from 4 feet high. It landed top down on the knobs. No problems. The knobs themselves have dust sheilds on them to prevent dust particles from creeping into the pots. However, the dust eventually does get in there, so I would recommend storing your unit in a drawer, box, or bag. It's definitely a road worthy unit.
I haven't tried a lot of bass effects units or bass amp simulators. I just wanted an easy to use, no hassle unit with knobs instead of a digital menu system. I wanted something that sounded good enough to record. I got way more than I expected with this unit. Priced like a practice amp, it's definitely worth the money.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com