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MGR/Sean Moore « Line 6 POD xt »
Published on 05/23/03 at 15:00I got this for $399.99 flat from Musician's Friend because there is no tax, it's over three hundred, and I didn't need and extra year's warranty. I got it in March, 2003.
I was just looking around this site and noticed that there wasn't a review for the POD xt so I decided to put one there. This is the best musical investment I've ever made, apart from my actual guitar. I like how it's got a new LCD display, which makes it so much easier to know what you're doing than with the POD 2.0. I like how it's got 32 different amps programed into it, and from the real ones I've actually played, I know that they all sound EXACTLY like the real thing. I like the 22 different cabinets that are programed into it also. I like how I had trouble choosing whether to put in Guitar Effects, Recording Gear, or Live Sound. I like how it has USB, enabling me to update the software over the internet, MIDI just in case of the IMPOSSIBLE likelyhood that someone would find a stombox or modulation effect that isn't stored in here (there are 50-60 of them that you can modify or just leave the same, but I never found the need to search for any more than I currently use in my songs), and the jack for the foot switch. I like the ability to create my own tones and save them. I like the extremely easy-to-use and accurate built-in tuner. I like how it has fifty-something preset amp/cab combinations labeled with names of classic songs to help you find the tone you're looking for, even though I'm 14 and I've never heard most of them. I like how it will be months, even years before I discover all the different tones I can get. But most important of all, I like how it looks; the kidney-bean shape and the fact that is the exact same metallic red as my guitar.
If there is one thing I don't like about this, it's that you can't save the changes you've made to the preset amp/cab mixtures.
The POD is built like a tank. The outer shell is pure metal. Mine has been dropped several times already and not a single thing has come loose. I can probably shoot it and it would still work.
If you have trouble finding that perfect tone you're looking for either at practice, recording, or even live (you can buy the footswitch that Line 6 also makes), and you don't want to spend thousands, this is the answer to all of your problems.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I was just looking around this site and noticed that there wasn't a review for the POD xt so I decided to put one there. This is the best musical investment I've ever made, apart from my actual guitar. I like how it's got a new LCD display, which makes it so much easier to know what you're doing than with the POD 2.0. I like how it's got 32 different amps programed into it, and from the real ones I've actually played, I know that they all sound EXACTLY like the real thing. I like the 22 different cabinets that are programed into it also. I like how I had trouble choosing whether to put in Guitar Effects, Recording Gear, or Live Sound. I like how it has USB, enabling me to update the software over the internet, MIDI just in case of the IMPOSSIBLE likelyhood that someone would find a stombox or modulation effect that isn't stored in here (there are 50-60 of them that you can modify or just leave the same, but I never found the need to search for any more than I currently use in my songs), and the jack for the foot switch. I like the ability to create my own tones and save them. I like the extremely easy-to-use and accurate built-in tuner. I like how it has fifty-something preset amp/cab combinations labeled with names of classic songs to help you find the tone you're looking for, even though I'm 14 and I've never heard most of them. I like how it will be months, even years before I discover all the different tones I can get. But most important of all, I like how it looks; the kidney-bean shape and the fact that is the exact same metallic red as my guitar.
If there is one thing I don't like about this, it's that you can't save the changes you've made to the preset amp/cab mixtures.
The POD is built like a tank. The outer shell is pure metal. Mine has been dropped several times already and not a single thing has come loose. I can probably shoot it and it would still work.
If you have trouble finding that perfect tone you're looking for either at practice, recording, or even live (you can buy the footswitch that Line 6 also makes), and you don't want to spend thousands, this is the answer to all of your problems.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com