Make the POD Go sound more like a REAL AMP!

[@kurtistodd]

That is some of the most useful information ever! I am an advanced guitarist who is familiar already with POD GO and I tried these tips and I am immediately applying all of them to my own situation. Wow! I am grateful!

[@HeyWorshipLeader]

Wow man, thank you so much for the kind words

[@luigra123]

low cut and high cut are located in global settings... you're welcome...! just google the freq range of the cab your using or the custom IR you've installed

[@billsstudio2528]

On the fence on getting a stomp. (doesn't everyone have one?) Owned a Helix, sold it. Playing 3 various tube amps now. For compact grab and go it is very enticing. Still hear the difference between real and fake, but heck, at the end of the day I still play through modelers out of convenience of switching tones probably 40% of the time.

[@rogersar86]

Not sure if it's my car speakers. But at around 6:05 when you talk about adding the reel to reduce harshness I'm still getting it on my end (the digital harshness sound)

[@LukeTalley-bs2qf]

I'm looking to get either this or the HX stomp soon. Can't decide which one!

[@rogerespinosa9404]

Thank you, just want I am looking for.

[@GuitarBailey]

Thanks man

[@HeyWorshipLeader]

Glad to help!

[@Sampi.J]

can you make new video like ambient freeze ? with every step and how can we use loop on Line 6 pod go

[@teerexness]

My main unit is a Helix, but I got a POD Go for a simpler, more mobile solution. I have been struggling to get the POD Go to sound good since I've gotten it. And it would be easy to say that obviously, it's because it has a fraction of the processing power of the Helix. However, I also have a POD 2.0 that I recently started using again. It sounds much better than the POD Go and it's much less of a struggle to get great tones out of. I fully accept that this may be user error, but it points out how "progress" isn't always automatically great. Line 6 seems to be a game of hopscotch for me. POD 2.0, love it. POD HD500, troublesome. Helix, love! POD Go, troublesome.

[@HeyWorshipLeader]

that's understandable if you are used to the HELIX and using parallel paths. But I can get the POD Go to sound exactly like the HELIX like in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYTSd3ppiNR_d5o

[@teerexness]

@@HeyWorshipLeader I rarely use parallel paths with the Helix. And my greatest struggle has been just creating a good, basic dirty rock rhythm guitar sound. I have a patch that works well for every guitar I own on the Helix. I rarely change it. However, I have not found or created an equivalent on the POD Go. I plug into the POD Go and I'm constantly fiddling trying to "fix" the sound. Frustrating, but it got worse when I plugged into the old "bean" while my Helix was in for repair on it's USB port. Almost instant gratification from a 25 year old unit! It just sounded great with minimal fuss. There's just something artificial and digital sounding about the POD Go that I can't seem to get rid of. I own the POD Go, so there's no reason to be contrarian about it, but I'd love to fix whatever the problem is.🤷

[@richflynn2880]

I agree with you man... I want to PLAY MUSIC, I don't have enough years left on earth to spend my precious time getting a frckin PhD in THIS piece of gear... Why couldn"t Line 6 put together a basic group of patches with THE BASIC TONES that everyone knows are the classic sounds used by 98% of every guitar song in history??? and then? if people want to endlessly tweak, that's ok, they are free to do so... but why couldn't they just give folks a handful of basic, USE-ABLE patches??? I went thru every factory preset, all 128 of them, and NOT ONE could be used. I don't need to know the exact frequency of the high/low cut needed for some cab w some mic etc etc ... I don't need to know how much sag and bias and blah blah... just make it sound OK, give us a place to start, for cryin' out loud... I've spent more time tweaking this thing than ANY OTHER thing I ever bought, and it still sounds MEH... I've spent more time and money downloading patches that sound great on youTube, but buzzy and plastic on my system...

[@teerexness]

@@richflynn2880 I couldn't agree more. Although I've gotten use to disregarding Line 6's default patches, post POD 2.0. They all pretty much suck and are a waste of time. So I go directly to the user created patches on Line 6's site. This was a satisfactory solution for the POD HD500 and a wonderful solution for the Helix floor. Not the POD Go. Every one I download and use doesn't live up to expectations. And, I've sent the unit back to Line 6 for the input impedance fix (which nobody should have needed to do, BTW) and it helped a little. Not much. Keep in mind, I'm a Line 6 fan. Three Variax guitars, a POD 2.0, an Amplifi 150 that I use as a small FRFR speaker (because that's all this stinker does well), a POD HD 500 and a Helix Floor. The POD Go is the turd in the punchbowl from this group, without a doubt. I'd recommend skipping this one and getting an HX Stomp or digging a little deeper and getting a Helix. The way they are built, I'd get a used Helix in a heartbeat. Not much more money for a used LT, and very satisfying.

[@isaacdiaz2007]

Can you do a podgo tone video for a Stratocaster?

[@tjhannemann]

Agreed! Step#1 is find an amp to compliment your guitar ...OK, I have an HSS strat-style guitar, now what? What amps go with that for modern worship applications? Can't do step #2 pick a drive to compliment the amp if I don't have enough info to pick the amp

[@RealisticZeus]

@@tjhannemann I like the Matchless amps for strats in Pod, use the AC30 Fawn for my gretsch.

[@tjhannemann]

@@RealisticZeus thank you!!!!

[@brettmarshalltweaksource]

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[@RealisticZeus]

Pro tip, ditch the FX loop and wah via jail break preset, adds 2 free blocks. 1. Add the dimension Chorus pedal - Extra spice on the cleans (adding this post amp and cab) 2. Put a dual dealy right at the end of the signal chain. Modulation off, left right mixes at 100% feedback at 0%, left time 5ms right time 14ms - fattens the tone so much

[@David_Perez06]

Is there a way I can contact you about some questions and advice? email???

[@Preston-Zak]

Wish i could get one lol! But your preset's sound great

[@HeyWorshipLeader]

I get that!