Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I've just jumped on one of these on the bay....never tried one but I feel I need something fresh to fire in to my playing and though this may be the way to get an array of tones, effects etc..

I hope I've made a good choice!

Take it it's not that good then :/

I could never figure it out, and sold mine. I bought an SVT instead.

If I used one live, it would probably be as a football. Score!

Im with Charly, had one sold it.

I had one for about a week. I found it very easy to figure out, especially with the Monkey software, but I didn't care the overdrive tones that it produced, to me they sounded odd. I also need an effects unit that can produce an excellent sustained "strings" effect. Unfortunately that pedal cannot do that, even after help from the excellent Line6 customer support.

Sorry to pile on to the negative posts Ronan but I don't care for it either. I find everything sounds sterile and once it's set you can plug in any bass and it will sound the same. It strips all of the bass's character and adds it's own (IMO). I really wanted to like it but just ended up going with individual quality stomp boxes instead.

That being said, some people swear by Line6 products and love 'em to death so maybe you'll fall into that catagory.

I know Jeff Rath likes the Line 6 stuff. I prefer the Boss ME50-B. It's built like a tank and sounds good like all Boss pedals seem to.

I have one in my studio. I think Brian's comments are spot on - it removes the character of the bass and sort of imposes its own.

I couldn't imagine using it live - my Ampeg B200R sounds too good. If I want distortion, i'll use one of my distortion pedals, or look into something like a Zvex Wooly Mammoth, or a Fulltone Bassdrive.

I have the rackmount Pod XT pro and I like it a lot. I think I remember JH posted on the official RIC forum saying he's used a Pod Pro in the studio.

I love the Bass pod ... it takes a while to learn it ... some of the things that line 6 recommends don't work ... what I do is start with a good bass amp and a good tone setting and then get a good model from the pod ...

pretty much all of the preset saved patches on the pod are useless ... you have to make your own patches ... and it takes a while to learn what it takes to make a good model ... but it is a very powerful tool once mastered ...

I still use the first bass pod ... it has 2 amp models that I like that are not on the XT ...

I am another person not that into the Pod.

I agree with John, I found it made my basses and guitars all sound sterile and kind of lame. After all we have rics because they are distinctive right? Otherwise why not play a squire or a yamaha?

Your mileage may vary of course.

I tried a rack mount POD XT Pro and like some of the features and sound but was not happy with only a single direct output. I had an ART Nightbass for a number of years that had a stereo output that doubled as a means to bi-amp for the on stage gear while simultaneously sending two direct channels to the board for the FOH. The only other pre-amp that is close to this is my David Eden WP-100 which I love. I am not using my POD.

If you want a real clean sound then get a good amp and plug your bass straight in ...

If you want a real treble bite and a big bottom then try a sans amp ...

If you want occasional distortion then get a good distortion pedal ...

but for me I like to emulate the old Acoustic 360 with a rat distortion pedal and compression ... and then I want to emulate an ampeg flip top head run into a sunn 1x18 and 1x12 cabinet with distortion and compression ... the pod gives me this and more ...

If I was playing a big concert then I would probably run 3 signals ... one plugged straight in with no effects, one through a bass pod, and one through a sans amp ... then let the sound man blend the 3 signals ...

If you are doing studio work then a bass pod is an excellent tool to have on hand ...