Line6 Pod Go

[Chris Breese]

Since they are modeled after real world pedals/effects, no. I like your thinking, though. I have found myself wanting that feature.

 

[chadhargis]

I have always had a traditional pedalboard and never used or even knew what parallel processing is until I got a Pod Go and people disparaged it for not having it.

 

[Mighty Thumb]

I have been successfully achieving this with a Boss LS2 to split my signal and run two separate chains. Sometimes these chains come back into the LS2 to blend and send to a single amp, sometimes they go to two amps. It works, and I’ve used this and similar setups for quite some time, but it does create a lot of points for failure and injecting noise in the signal chains.

Since there have been few rehearsals and no gigs in the last year, but doing quite a bit of recording, I’ve torn this setup apart and am rethinking things. It would be really nice to do all of this “in the box”. Being able to use the 4 cable method (or the 7 ) would be a must for me as I would like to be able to use the preamp in my head(s) and switch to modeled preamps inserted at the effects loop. Being able to record directly into Logic ProX digitally is a very nice to have. Probably the Helix floor is where I need to be, I just don’t want to shell out that much coin right now, especially on an unknown for me. I have zero experience with multi-effect units for bass. Also, I just picked up a new Roscoe last week so probably need to ease off the GAS for a minute

 

[Bassguy87]

Really in a dilemma whether to go for the POD GO or HX STOMP. Just need an all in one solution for live gigs direct to FOH.

Have many people here used the POD GO as an all in one unit?

 

[René_Julien]

Am I the only one missing the form factor of the bean PODs?

In the early 2000s me and a guitarist in a band was in had our bean PODs on mic stands or pupiters and control floorboards on the ground.

It might just be the nostalgia talking but it was a great solution for comfort, tweak settings on the fly with your hands without bending down, while playing stomp on the floorboard to engage/disengage effects or switch banks.

Plus, take the bean as a seperate unit as an headphone amp for practice.

 

[BrentSimons]

Am I the only one missing the form factor of the bean PODs?

In the early 2000s me and a guitarist in a band was in had our bean PODs on mic stands or pupiters and control floorboards on the ground.

It might just be the nostalgia talking but it was a great solution for comfort, tweak settings on the fly with your hands without bending down, while playing stomp on the floorboard to engage/disengage effects or switch banks.

Plus, take the bean as a seperate unit as an headphone amp for practice.

My Bass Pod XT is sitting on my computer desk! I can still dial in some decent tones with it that I feel can hold up today.
That being said I would love to try out the new Line 6 tech. Either the Pod Go or HX Stomp. The larger Helix models would be overkill for my needs!
Stay safe and healthy,
Brent

 

[René_Julien]

That being said I would love to try out the new Line 6 tech.

Me too.
I always land back on seperate pedals, but I have a soft spot for Line6.

 

[chadhargis]

Really in a dilemma whether to go for the POD GO or HX STOMP. Just need an all in one solution for live gigs direct to FOH.

Have many people here used the POD GO as an all in one unit?

I replaced my entire pedal board with the Pod Go. It has everything I need for live performance. There is nothing I'm missing or sacrificing by going with the Pod Go. In fact, it's MORE flexible than my old rig which I sold for a nice sum and put money in my pocket after buying the Pod Go.

 

[Bassguy87]

I replaced my entire pedal board with the Pod Go. It has everything I need for live performance. There is nothing I'm missing or sacrificing by going with the Pod Go. In fact, it's MORE flexible than my old rig which I sold for a nice sum and put money in my pocket after buying the Pod Go.

Thanks for the reply. What kind of effects do you run? Do you go direct to FOH?

 

[Matty Koff]

Me too.
I always land back on seperate pedals, but I have a soft spot for Line6.

Really in a dilemma whether to go for the POD GO or HX STOMP. Just need an all in one solution for live gigs direct to FOH.

Have many people here used the POD GO as an all in one unit?

The Pod Go could hold it's own imo. I haven't used it in a live setting but it has decent bass amp sims.. decent cab sims and you can download custom cab IRs and install them on the pedal. The Pod Go has 4 fixed and 4 unfixed blocks though. The 4 fixed blocks are dedicated to Amp block, cab block, volume pedal, wah/modulation pedal. Where all 8 of the HX Stomp's blocks are unfixed allowing you to opt not to use an amp or cab sim or expression pedal. The best effects for bass have a mix or blend or wet dry setting.

Either could get the job done. My Pod Go kind of makes me wish I had a helix. At the same time, the Pod Go has a smaller footprint and is lighter weight and easier to tote around, and offers many ways to enhance your bass signal.

I'm honestly planning on building a pedal board around an HX Stomp XL along side 3 source audio pedals, my markbass compressore, and 2 dunlop mini expression pedals.

When I do? I'm going to keep the Pod Go. That way I can leave my pedal board at a rehearsal space and still have a decent rig to play through at home.

The switch layout on the StompXL is very similar to the Pod Go's switch layout so at least that much of my setup will be very familiar.

IMO the choice really boils down to whether or not you want to pair the HX stomp with other pedals on a pedalboard, or if you really want an all in one unit which, the Pod Go is a nice option for the price. Also whether or not you're okay with 4 fixed blocks on the Pod, or the added customization that the Stomp or Stomp XL offers with its blocks being unfixed.

I don't honestly find the fixed blocks to be much of a limitation. I love the cab sims. I would use the amp sims if I was playing direct and had no other preamp. And being able to switch between a volume pedal or a wah pedal or other effects you can assign to the expression pedal is nice to have.

 

[Bassguy87]

The Pod Go could hold it's own imo. I haven't used it in a live setting but it has decent bass amp sims.. decent cab sims and you can download custom cab IRs and install them on the pedal. The Pod Go has 4 fixed and 4 unfixed blocks though. The 4 fixed blocks are dedicated to Amp block, cab block, volume pedal, wah/modulation pedal. Where all 8 of the HX Stomp's blocks are unfixed allowing you to opt not to use an amp or cab sim or expression pedal. The best effects for bass have a mix or blend or wet dry setting.

Either could get the job done. My Pod Go kind of makes me wish I had a helix. At the same time, the Pod Go has a smaller footprint and is lighter weight and easier to tote around, and offers many ways to enhance your bass signal.

I'm honestly planning on building a pedal board around an HX Stomp XL along side 3 source audio pedals, my markbass compressore, and 2 dunlop mini expression pedals.

When I do? I'm going to keep the Pod Go. That way I can leave my pedal board at a rehearsal space and still have a decent rig to play through at home.

The switch layout on the StompXL is very similar to the Pod Go's switch layout so at least that much of my setup will be very familiar.

IMO the choice really boils down to whether or not you want to pair the HX stomp with other pedals on a pedalboard, or if you really want an all in one unit which, the Pod Go is a nice option for the price. Also whether or not you're okay with 4 fixed blocks on the Pod, or the added customization that the Stomp or Stomp XL offers with its blocks being unfixed.

I don't honestly find the fixed blocks to be much of a limitation. I love the cab sims. I would use the amp sims if I was playing direct and had no other preamp. And being able to switch between a volume pedal or a wah pedal or other effects you can assign to the expression pedal is nice to have.

Thank you for the reply.

I'd like to keep things very simple so don't plan on adding additional pedals.

I think I can live with the 4 fixed blocks if another 4 are not fixed, and like you said I would probably use the fixed ones anyway.

So the the parrarel path signal is the ability to split and effect and the clean tone on seperate paths and mix them into each other? That's not possible on the POD GO but you mentioned you can still mix the dry signal into the effects so should be OK?

I'm leaning towards the POD and the new wireless version looks cool.

 

[chadhargis]

Thanks for the reply. What kind of effects do you run? Do you go direct to FOH?

I seldom use “effects” outside of a drive/distortion or an octaver.

On the Pod go I do run an amp model, a compressor, and an EQ. That’s it.

I have done other patches set up to emulate a B15 or an SVT. But only use them if I need that particular tone.

I do go direct to FOH. Just need to pick up an inexpensive 1/4” TRS to XLR cable.

 

[Bassguy87]

I seldom use “effects” outside of a drive/distortion or an octaver.

On the Pod go I do run an amp model, a compressor, and an EQ. That’s it.

I have done other patches set up to emulate a B15 or an SVT. But only use them if I need that particular tone.

I do go direct to FOH. Just need to pick up an inexpensive 1/4” TRS to XLR cable.

That's good to know. I'll definitely be using Octave, perhaps some synth too. How would you describe the Octave?

Also when doing direct to FOH does the POD have a pre/post switch like some heads do?

 

[chadhargis]

That's good to know. I'll definitely be using Octave, perhaps some synth too. How would you describe the Octave?

Also when doing direct to FOH does the POD have a pre/post switch like some heads do?

The octave is good. There is a bass specific one.

There is a main out and there is an “amp out”. The amp out can be pre or post. You can also configure the FX out to send the signal out anywhere in the chain and you can configure the FX in to be an AUX in.

 

[Bassguy87]

The octave is good. There is a bass specific one.

There is a main out and there is an “amp out”. The amp out can be pre or post. You can also configure the FX out to send the signal out anywhere in the chain and you can configure the FX in to be an AUX in.

Thanks. Lastly Do you have any tips on placement of effects/expression pedal? As in adding before or after amp. Seems like you can drastically change the tone.

 

[chadhargis]

Thanks. Lastly Do you have any tips on placement of effects/expression pedal? As in adding before or after amp. Seems like you can drastically change the tone.

Cool thing is, you can change them and make "snapshots" then flip through the snapshots to hear tone comparisons.

The concept of a pedalboard really is out the window. You can do so much with the Pod Go that you can't do with a traditional board.

The other thing that I love about the Pod Go is that when you turn it on and off, it is silent. No loud pops.

 

[Mighty Thumb]

So I found a good deal on one of these and pulled the trigger. I figure this is a good way to dip my toe in the pool before shelling out Helix floor $$. Looking forward to experimenting with 4 cable method + snapshots.

 

[Bassiclees]

We need a TB thread dedicated to Line6 Pod Go setups, patches, IR's and whatnot. Should it be here? It's so powerful and there's not really a readily available database of how to optimize it for Bass.

 

[Vic Winters]

1.21 is out. Plenty of new stuff.

 

[Bassguy87]

1.21 is out. Plenty of new stuff.

Nice. Much useful patches for bass?