Line 6 POD XT Guitar Multi Effects Processor   (Used)

Playing this extensively for over a month you go from really loving this and never knowing what you did without it to realizing why all our guitar hero's don't use these on the road or in the studio.. it really has nothing to do with endorsement contracts either although the odd line 6 pedal can be awesome. But in the long run I thought this would help me record an albums worth of guitar tracks I was really mistaken. If you're playing without an amp you'll NEVER get that perfect clean tone when you record on your computer, metal doesn't have enough headroom or in other words sound full enough no matter what you do in Line 6 edit or use inside the studio using the usb drive to record no matter what head and amp combination also. The "tones" we download off the site for free for the most part aren't worth it although say fear of the dark and war pigs where awesome.. keep in mind the people who make them are you and me , we all don't have the same guitars and thats a big thing and we're really taking shots in the dark to see if the person has an actual ear for music. Line 6 has the WORST customer service in the guitar industry by the way, whatever you do if you buy it used DO NOT activate it you'll lose all your modeling packs the previous owner put on them giving you more amp simulations , effects and so on... at Line 6 they don't care they want you to buy the stuff again. This and the line 6 pod 2.0 are great to practice with and write new riffs.. thats it, but the usb recording on it can be so much better, everything sounds too digital or fake. Its a step up from webcams and those special cables you put into your microphone jack but theres a reason you buy studio microphones.

I could write pages of good things about this but I'll do this the shortest way possible, this is a huge step up from the pod 2.0. the big decision maker for me was I had no way to record perfect studio quality, this is in my budget and once I set it up I'm regretting the years of not buying this... you can tune to any tuning , you don't have to drag around 30-50lb amps, you can go between 65 pre-made tones or make your own out of any combination of amps and presets imaginable, worse comes to worse download off the site. I've owned 50 watt marshalls and all that but this alone gets a much better tone even through a clean channel with a beginner 10 or 15 watt amp, I'm no beginner guitarist and I know exactly what. I'd recommend this to beginners and pros alike , see it to believe it and remember it takes more than just this to achieve your guitar gods tone, have fun and the most unlikely combinations of effects can make or break your sound, I put a lot of hard earned money into this and would recommend this to anyone from a jazz player to black metal this does it all and more.

I bought one of these a couple of years ago and have had nothing but problems with it.  It's a cool little device but it's not made to last.  My POD's problems appear to be power related, sometimes it turns on, other times no-way.  I've contacted Line6 tech support with not so much as a reply.  I've posted to their POD forums, I've called and e-mailed their repair guys and still nothing.  Hit their support site and take a look at all problem posts.  Then look at the number that have a big fat zero in the replies column.  These things are expensive throw-aways when they go belly up, purchase them at your own risk.  I'm going back to good old standard stomp boxes and pedals.

Trust me, if you are a metal head, this pedal is NOT for you.  This pedal is great for blues, rock, and stuff that does not require high gain. It's got some great tones, but mostly acoustic sims and clean tones. I actually don't even know what to recommend...I thought this was the "be all end all" pedal!

I got the pod xt and fbv shortboard used from a guy I play with when he got an x3 live. It came with all the expansion packs except bass. It is very good for running through the system when required to. Good acoustic sounds. I also use it through my hotrod deville to crank the deville then pull the pod down through the fx loop and use my over driven distortion but chorous and delay through the pod with volume pedal, and amps reverb. That sosunds good and I can get a nice overdriven tube sound for 50 people or practice from a 60 watt tube amp. It sounds great. Shortboard a must have. Get the better one with the individual stomp pedals. well worth it