7/8/2023 0 Comments Line 6 pod farm 2 guitar ampsThe XT gives you more controls and presets, but is also much bigger, more expensive (around $100 more), and harder to use intuitively. I actually tried both the Pod 2.0 and the Pod XT at Manny's in Hollywood and I liked the older version, the 2.0, better. This unit also fulfills the primary reason I'd bought it in the first place - to record loud, aggressive guitar parts without rousing the neighbours. ![]() This is definitely the most versatile piece of guitar effect I own, and when you count any effects stompboxes you can connect into the chain, the possibilities are unlimited. In that respect, I was able to get Stratocaster-esque tones out of a Gibson SG, a searing blues-rock wail akin to my favourite standby, the Zoom A1 setting, McGuinn-inflected electric 12-string sounds out of an Ovation 12-string's piezo pickup, a horn section emulation from an Ibanez R-series superstrat.the list goes on. There is a vast array of presets and they do sound good, but I tend to switch them off in favour of the manual mode, which allows "What you see is what you get" operation. Now, there's a certain quality about miking a real amp that no amount of processing can achieve with plugging a guitar direct, but the Pod will add many more dimensions to that direct sound. No musician and producer I've met who owns this piece of gear has disliked it, and I'm no exception. Manny's across the street sold it for around $40 more, if I remember correctly.
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