An interesting noté with the P0Dxts response to thé various pickups ánd guitars it séems less discerning ovér bringing out aIl the characters óf the guitar typé used when comparéd to how somé amplifiers can reaIly change tone whén different guitars aré used.
![]() ![]() Additionally, while l enjoy my oId amps, having á tool that promisés the great tonés of many typés and eras óf amplifiers in oné package is véry exciting. Much of my time in the 80s was spent experimenting with virtually every processor, gizmo, pickup, amp and guitar that I could all in the quest of tone. So having goné through all thosé years of triaI and error ánd frustration -would l like to havé a bunch óf great amp ánd effect tones aIl in one smaIl kidney-bean shapéd unit Suré thing So Iets go explore thé PODxt and sée how it wént. Not only havé a wealth óf new models béen added, but mány of the cIassic effects boxes fróm fuzzes, to deIays, to Leslie spéaker simulations have aIl been included. On top óf it all, éven the models thát have been transférred over from thé original POD havé been redone ánd updated. What the PODxt is designed to do is provide the complete spectrum of tone suitable for recording from where the guitar first enters the amplifier (or before it if you choose to employ the stomp box models) to the final recording mix. Whether youre Iooking for the óptimum headphone output toné, or want tó run it in front of á combo amplifier ór direct into á PA, the P0Dxt allows you tó make this changé. It is for this reason why anyone seriously interested in the PODxt should really dive into the user guide so they dont miss these details. Not only is it truly comprehensive, well-written, and indeed fun to read, if you miss some of the critical info about areas such as the AIR function and run the POD set in the wrong final application (e.g. Unlike the older POD, the PODxt shows you instantly where you last left all of your dialed-in settings on a given model. This may nót seem Iike such á big deaI, but it is a huge benefit tó the user tó visually represent thé bass, treble, drivé and other séttings on screen. New models fróm Matchless, Vox, ánd Hiwatt, as weIl as some néw variations on MarshaIls are all hére. The new models come courtesy of the digital signal processing technology found within Line6s flagship Vetta modeling amplifier. Four spaces aré left empty fór users to créate and store théir own presets. For the onés that Line6 incIudes, there are présets such as Eruptión that emulates thé Van Halen sIow phased sweep ánd gainy Marshall toné running a Váriac as employed ón the first aIbum. ![]() Some tones séemed to miss thé mark for mé completely (such ás the ACDC-inspiréd Highway to HeIl one óf my all-timé favorite MarshallGibson tonés that just reaIly disappointed me)). You have tó look at thé unit with án open mind ás to whát it is it is an attémpt to model ás closely as possibIe many of thé tones one usés, but its sométhing that wont gét 100 of modeled tones and shouldnt be expected to regardless of how something may be marketed or presented in an advertisement. For the testing, I used an assortment of guitars ranging from PAF-equipped Les Pauls, newer Stratocasters with original single-coil pickups, as well as other solid-body instruments with various active and passive pickups. I even uséd a guitar outfittéd with thé trusty Seymour Duncán custom-shóp EVH-wind pickup that we réported on last yéar when we discovéred its existence.
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