Hey JMJ,

Saw your promotional vide of the above mentioned unit on line 6.com. I'm thinkin about buying one, i've read the reviews on this, i've checked out line 6.com etc. i feel it'd be handy for what i'm doing, playing live a lot in a covers band, but i've yet to try one out. Personally i don't think i'd be able to learn too much about it and make a proper assessment on it trying it out in a shop for half an hour, without my bass or my amp!!

The question here is not too clear, but i suppose what i'm asking is do YOU think i'd be able to determine if it was for me or not, by trying it out in a shop?

Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!

Hey JMJ,

Saw your promotional vide of the above mentioned unit on line 6.com. I'm thinkin about buying one, i've read the reviews on this, i've checked out line 6.com etc. i feel it'd be handy for what i'm doing, playing live a lot in a covers band, but i've yet to try one out. Personally i don't think i'd be able to learn too much about it and make a proper assessment on it trying it out in a shop for half an hour, without my bass or my amp!!

The question here is not too clear, but i suppose what i'm asking is do YOU think i'd be able to determine if it was for me or not, by trying it out in a shop?

Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!

If you get away from the presets and make your own, that thing sounds awesome to me. So hard to answer your question. For me, it's come in really handy. Some albums I do (Garbage, Macy Gray) are mostly ALL that unit, blended with a clean DI.

JMJ

JMJ--your "Subdub" setting in that unit is one of the only sounds I use from mine(as I'm not too much of an effects guy as a rule). What a great patch!
The Brassmaster model in that thing is surprisingly good too.

Do you use it more for amp sounds or effects? I always thought it was quite limited in it's effects combinations but feel free to correct me.

Do you use it more for amp sounds or effects? I always thought it was quite limited in it's effects combinations but feel free to correct me.

Amp sounds, mostly. I have a feeling that their next hardware update is going to sound really strong and be an improvement.

JMJ

With the X3 just being released, how long is it going to be before the "next hardware update" is available?

AFAIK (please correct me if I'm wrong), the X3 simply took all the XT modeling (guitar, bass, and vocals) and squeezed it into one unit, so it's not a true hardware update since the POD didn't get better, it just got more compact.

Good question! I'd like to know, too. They haven't kept me informed. The last product of theirs I actually helped with was the little Low Down amp with the single 10" speaker, which I think is the ultimate tiny amp...I have it backstage on the Beck tour, and even did a gig with it once! So I'm a little out of the loop as far as what they've got cooking next, but I know that software (such as Guitar Rig 3) is getting SO good (I use that at my home studio to record bass sometimes with great results) that they need to make sure they can stay in the game with their hardware units. I'm sure they will; they practically invented the whole scene.

JMJ

Can you let us in on a few of your favourite settings please

Can you let us in on a few of your favourite settings please

No idea, I just turn knobs. I work off the Sub Dub model, or B-15 or SVT or the Magnatone (Detroit) amp. Sorry...nothing particular, I just grab knobs and turn...if I can't get a good sound out of it in a particular track with a particular bass in 30 seconds, I move on to something else.

JMJ