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MGR/J. Jeff « Line 6 POD XT »
Published on 11/12/03 at 15:00I ordered this unit over the internet for about $365.
This unit has many effect features a guitarist might want from compression, reverb, distortion, amp models, speaker models, preset effects etc.
So far, there is not much I don't like about this unit. The only thing that might have been nice would be a mini input jack so I could plug in my MP3 player and play along with a song through headphones while using all of the effects and amp models on the POD XT for my guitar. Then we could more easily compare the sound of the part we are trying to emulate to the sound on the song we were playing along with. Oh yes, and the built in guitar tuner seems to be one of the most accurate I have ever used. It would be great for seting up the intonation of a guitar so that it plays in tune all the way up the fretboard.
Construction quality seems fine. I see no reason, other than if you hit the unit with a solid body guitar while doing a "Who" imitation for this unit to have any problems.
This is the best amp/speaker sound I have found for going direct into a PA system without using a real guitar amp with a microphone on it. I also have a Digitech unit that has amp models that don't sound as realistic to my ears though some of their effects are great and it does have a mini jack input so you can jam along with your CD player or MP3 player over headphones. Overall, the sound quality on the POD XT sounds better to my ears, however, the unit cost me more than the Digitech did.
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This unit has many effect features a guitarist might want from compression, reverb, distortion, amp models, speaker models, preset effects etc.
So far, there is not much I don't like about this unit. The only thing that might have been nice would be a mini input jack so I could plug in my MP3 player and play along with a song through headphones while using all of the effects and amp models on the POD XT for my guitar. Then we could more easily compare the sound of the part we are trying to emulate to the sound on the song we were playing along with. Oh yes, and the built in guitar tuner seems to be one of the most accurate I have ever used. It would be great for seting up the intonation of a guitar so that it plays in tune all the way up the fretboard.
Construction quality seems fine. I see no reason, other than if you hit the unit with a solid body guitar while doing a "Who" imitation for this unit to have any problems.
This is the best amp/speaker sound I have found for going direct into a PA system without using a real guitar amp with a microphone on it. I also have a Digitech unit that has amp models that don't sound as realistic to my ears though some of their effects are great and it does have a mini jack input so you can jam along with your CD player or MP3 player over headphones. Overall, the sound quality on the POD XT sounds better to my ears, however, the unit cost me more than the Digitech did.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com