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Originally posted by brake

any of you cats ever use one? they seem like they'd be great for home recording (which i'm getting more and more into)

I recently bought a Bass Podxt, which is a little newer than the original Pod.

 

Basically, all of the pre-sets are pretty overdone. Having said that, the most of the amp and many of the speaker models are VERY good. Some of the reverbs and things are also very impressive, but overall I don't really find most of the effects all that useful.

 

You just need to spend some time playing around with the amp and speaker models to come up with some sounds you like. I find it amazing how close you can get to the sound of some classic rigs by GK, Eden, Ampeg, and even SWR (less impressive, but still OK). It takes time, but if you're willing to learn how to program the thing, it's really easy to make your own pre-sets and get terrific results.

 

Remember that these are meant to be used for recording...they will generally sound like crap played through an amp unless you get rid of the speaker modeling.

 

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I dig my Bass POD!!! Only about 1/2 of the amps are useful to my ears, but overall a very useful tool. I'll be using it as my back-up rig with a tube power amp.

 

You do have to mess with it some to get the best tones. The people who say it sucks are going by the presets only and not working through the amp models, cab models, etc. I find the lo-cut effect cool---> this is where the effect on on the higher frequencies but not the lower. This is nice on chorus effect IMO.

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