Line 6 POD GO Beginners Guide & Demo w/ Tom Quayle

Watch Tom demo the Line 6 POD Go multi-effects unit and show you how to build & save your own presets onboard with ease.

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[matthewwilkinson]

Just bought one of these and as a beginner in all things 'guitar-tech' related, I've waded through about half a dozen 'how to' you-tube guides figuring out how to get started. NB: Line 6 tutorials for this product are highly esoteric and incomprehensible to be honest. This is by far the most concise, straight-forward and well constructed video's I've seen on the Line 6 Pod Go so far. The film-maker has concentrated on what his audience would want to know about the product rather than filling up airtime with playful 'bantz'. Thank-you Tom.

[nekkenek]

Use a PoD go for about 1, 5 years now and still have a very good feeling about the unit

[bjorknasty]

Got this unit for Christmas, and i couldn't be happier. S-Tier gift.

[aguspullol]

I'm about to get one, but with your playing you'd probably convince me of a metal zone as well ... amazing video!!

[mikecorey]

I've had this unit for 18 months. Lots of videos, and this, hands down. is the best. I've yet to really deep dive into it. But the key is writing your own presets, or downloading presets other people have written. There are some really good ones, and some really bad ones. The other thing is monitoring. You need good monitors or headphones. Low quality monitors do not do this justice.

[jeanpierre]

I bought one; love love love it. Had a Pod XT Live back in the day and it was ... ok. This is leagues ahead and I feel like it's the Swiss Army knife I will never sell. I tried several other modellers and I'm so glad I happened to buy back into the ecosystem; a ton of experience and lessons have brought Line 6 to this point imo

Not sure if he mentioned, but part of the price point is that it has only one SHARC processor, instead of the two that Helix(es) have ... so you can't do the parallel amp thing and you can get limited to the type of blocks you can add to a preset, depending on how complex the amp or effect model might be. No big deal for me.

Like another commenter has said, look into the snapshot functionality ... it's cool ... for each of the 265 presets, you get 4 snapshots ... that is, 4 variations of each preset, so that you don't have to manually switch overdrives, delays, twiddle knobs and parameters ... just set up 4 different combinations of each preset and switch with no gap/glitch ... cool.

One thing, when running into a PA/traditional FRFR amp, you will get the sound of a mic-ed speaker cab, which can include some speaker cap fizz when heard through a FRFR setup ... I've read a couple of articles about why this is, compared to how this isn't an issue with an amp in the room, but not quite got my head around it yet.

So, question, what eq are folks applying to get rid of the fizz in a PA-based setup? I'm running into a Behringer Eurolive. Thanks!

[edwardprete]

The PG may not be as robust as others in features but IMO that is a selling point. Amp, cab, some pedals and you’re well on your way to some great tones. I’ve gotten some tones that have the same touch sensitivity as my amps. Great product.

[gregsmith]

I just purchased this POD GO this week. Love it! You didn't cover the snapshot function - one of THE most important features for a gigging guitarist!! Maybe in a follow-up?

[kerryewen]

Great demo, I was on the fence, now going to buying it . You should get a commission

[nigeldaddyo]

This is a little long but if you're on the fence about modeling this could be a worthwhile read.

I bought one of these for late night practicing through headphones and the occasional fly gig/jam. It sounds so good to me that it has become my main rig, but there’s an important catch- I bypass the cab sims and put it straight into the fx loop return of my Bad Cat Cub 15R because, let’s face it, FRFR systems cannot recreate the “amp in a room” sound.

Although I’m not about to part with my Eventide H9, the effects on board are good to excellent. I’m still pretty floored by how uniformly great this setup sounds. Just so you don’t think I’m some easily impressed noob, I’ve been playing since the early 80’s and own or have owned great amps by the likes of Mesa (at least 6), Carr, Friedman, Budda, Fender CS, Orange, Rivera, Revv, and so-on. I’ve had my favorites from these brands and I can really say that the Pod Go into my Bad Cat’s fx loop return puts as big a smile on my face as any of the above amps.

Maybe I just got lucky and the Bad Cat just happens to “like” the Pod Go and it’s a great combination just by chance? Eventually I’ll pull out other amps to find out. I also think it’s important to mention that in my experience it doesn’t sound good into the front of an amp which makes sense given that you’re putting a modeled preamp into a real preamp in this scenario.

Modeling has really come of age IMHO. If you’re tired of lugging a big rig around and you’re intrigued by modeling but don’t like the FRFR experience you should consider this kind of setup. You may be very surprised. Oh yeah, the day after I bought this I got an email from Fractal as I'd been on their waiting list for the past 6 months for a FM3. With all the confidence that I was making the right choice and zero regret to date, I told them I was going to pass. YMMV

[ProfessorShyguy]

Look at the self-control on this guy. Waits 8 minutes to play some super clean shreddy riff.

[ChrisDeJuanMusic]

Total pro review, video editing and tasteful playing! I've had my PodGo for about a month now and am very impressed with the tones... especially when connecting direct from the main out's to my studio interface and also when connecting directly to a PA or powered speakers... great tones without the need of using a guitar amp! But I have to say... when I've connected it in to the front of my guitar amp I haven't been that happy... as even when bypassing the PodGo's amp and cab modelling blocks, the unit doesn't seem to work as a true bypass and still seems to 'colour' the sound and muffle the tone of my amp. I use a Roland JC40 for it's amazing clean sounds, but when going through the PodGo I loose the amps tone... as I say, even when bypassing the amp modelling and cab blocks on the PodGo, and even when using the direct Amp Out jack which can be configured to tap out just before the amp and cab modelling blocks.... Basically this means that I can't use the PodGo just as a multi effects pedal board (with no amp and cab modelling), am I doing something wrong? In any case, just for it's use in the studio or for practicing with headphones it's worth investing in one! Many thanks

[jonwebb]

Just ordered one. 2 weeks off over Xmas. I just know what I’m going be doing!!

[mariodriessen]

I recently purchased one of these, but they don't come with a paper manual anymore (yes, I'm an old guy), so I decided to watch this video and learn. And I did. You know it never even occurred to me that you can not only turn the knobs, you can push them as well!
I know, I'm an idiot, but I grew up in a time when we didn't have personal computers, smartphones and all of that. I bought the Boss ME-5 and if I remember correctly that was the first programmable floor processor. I was ahead of my time!

And now? Am I getting too old for this? I'm not going to use it live. I want some decent amp models and plug it straight into my audio interface and record it. I should be able to do that. Damn, I feel old. 😖

[dougboyle]

Super informative and comprehensive. Well done. Great playing as well, Tom.

[ShaneIrwin]

Wow thanks for the tips! I bought one yesterday, and now I'm learning a bit about it before it arrives here. I'm pretty stocked. Well done video.

[petercook]

Really well produced and informative tutorial, thank you!

[jcserrano]

Dear Tom, I love your videos and the truth is that it doesn't matter what you test it sounds Amazingly Awesome!!! 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗🎸🎸🎸

[davidmurray]

Ordering one in two weeks, going to throw it on my hk blackspirit 200 floor amp into my tascam dp32sd, going to be a saddo and wrap it up.and put it away for Christmas to myself to ease this shitty year 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[richardlee]

Amazingly helpful video and excellent delivery!