Vintage amps just sound better

[St_G]

And top google result says "vintage" is anything 20+ years old. Sooo......looks like this bad boy is SIXTEEN VINTAGE AMPS now! Or, like 14 vintage amps, a vintage tube preamp and a vintage fuzz box.

Ooh, but some of those models were themselves based on vintage amps. So now that the models are vintage, it's...DOUBLE VINTAGE. That's gotta be like +4 Tone, at least.

 

[Jim C]

In was just thinking about these.
Are the programs dated compared to the new modeling gear?

 

[St_G]

Honestly? No idea. I haven't played a Pod in years. I had a Pocket Pod a while back, as a little travel toy. Was never very impressed by it. Not sure if the models therein were the same as either a) the old fullsize one or b) the newer full size ones or c) neither.

I don't think I've played a real, full fat Pod since the Pod 2.0 somewhere around 2003.

In was just thinking about these.
Are the programs dated compared to the new modeling gear?

 

[saabfender]

On my phone. So I read the title, then the text... then I scrolled down. Truly lol.

On a personal note, I borrowed a buddy’s kidney bean about 12 years ago. Stunned by how crappy it was. I can’t imagine how I’d feel about it today.

 

[St_G]

I will say that I always liked the GearBox software that came with the TonePort/PodStudio interfaces. Got some very good results out of that over the years. Now, for all I know, those models are EXACTLY the same as what's in the Pod, and I'm just full of crap, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On my phone. So I read the title, then the text... then I scrolled down. Truly lol.

On a personal note, I borrowed a buddy’s kidney bean about 12 years ago. Stunned by how crappy it was. I can’t imagine how I’d feel about it today.

 

[honeyiscool]

I mean have you seen what people will pay for first generation Boss digital effects pedals? I don't think Line 6 will have that kind of demand, but you never know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[St_G]

I've ceased being amazed or dismayed at what old crap people will decide is awesome.

I mean have you seen what people will pay for first generation Boss digital effects pedals? I don't think Line 6 will have that kind of demand, but you never know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[petrus61]

Do vintage amps and effects all have a bunch of latency and background hiss on certain settings too?

 

[petrus61]

I mean have you seen what people will pay for first generation Boss digital effects pedals? I don't think Line 6 will have that kind of demand, but you never know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I haven’t, because whenever I tried to sell one I wound up pretty much having to give it away. Guess I was late to the party.

 

[petrus61]

I've ceased being amazed or dismayed at what old crap people will decide is awesome.

Juxtapose that with how young people typically aren’t amazed or dismayed by what old people say. If these toys really are fetching high numbers, it’s probably not by folks that drove the market in the first place.

 

[St_G]

I guess that particular bubble passed me by as well.

I haven’t, because whenever I tried to sell one I wound up pretty much having to give it away. Guess I was late to the party.

 

[St_G]

Sure. It's harder to see the mystique in something you didn't like the first time around.

Of course, if you DID like it, then... Well, nostalgia is a Hell of a salesman.

Juxtapose that with how young people typically aren’t amazed or dismayed by what old people say. If these toys really are fetching high numbers, it’s probably not by folks that drove the market in the first place.

 

[Bim1959]

Ive got both a guitar pod and a bass pod. At one time I had a run on fixing these in my shop and ended up picking up one of each to do some recording with and they're not bad for that. I havent tried using one live or even at practice yet, but I might as well since I do have them.

 

[Kro]

That's gotta be like +4 Tone, at least.

I lol'd. Nice work.

 

[74hc]

I have the generation just after that one. My son uses it more than I do. I did try it on bass a couple of months ago. Could not find anything I liked.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

So... A 1982 model Fender 62 Reissue Jazz Bass is more vintage (double vintage) than an original Fender 62 Jazz Bass? I like your pod, but I'm more interested in the pot you got

 

[St_G]

You got it.

Also, you got me thinking... Didn't relic'ing start in the late 90s or early 00s? What if it were a reissue that was relic'ed, and that was now 20 years old? Triple Vintage?

So... A 1982 model Fender 62 Reissue Jazz Bass is more vintage (double vintage) than an original Fender 62 Jazz Bass? I like your pod, but I'm more interested in the pot you got

 

[St_G]

Yeah, recording was my only interest in them. They (and I'm painting with a broad brush here that includes all manner of Line 6 offerings) tended to err on the side of sounding like a recording of a guitar amp rather than what an amp sounds like in the room, which I found dead useful in a home studio setting, but slightly off-putting in a band context.

Ive got both a guitar pod and a bass pod. At one time I had a run on fixing these in my shop and ended up picking up one of each to do some recording with and they're not bad for that. I havent tried using one live or even at practice yet, but I might as well since I do have them.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

You got it.

Also, you got me thinking... Didn't relic'ing start in the late 90s or early 00s? What if it were a reissue that was relic'ed, and that was now 20 years old? Triple Vintage?

Wow, that must be a really good one! (And I'm not talking about the instrument).

 

[Engle]

I have a bass pod pro (rackmount) and used to use it playing live. It sounds pretty good, but I found it was a lot of work to get the different patches to have a consistent volume. I still use it for recording.