New POD Go day!

Aceman

I am your doctor of love!
Well hell, I went and did it. I read up on the POD Go and between the amp models available, the effects it had, the programmability, and portability, it was the ideal all in one box for me.

It is more than I need for experimenting, recording, live without an amp, or whatever. A definitive step up from my Zoom G3N, a big one, and more of whatever that I'm gonna need for a long time.

And, it's a Helix in a cool controller! Have not fired it up yet...
 
You haven't even fired it up yet?
Like you figured that it was so cool that you would post about it even before you tried it out?
Admittedly, I posted about the Fuglies the day that I got them. But then, they weren't exactly plug and play.
Play that thing and post some clips!

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So now I have been futzing with it for a couple of hours.

Overall, I REALLY like it.

My first achievement: Making a JCM800 sound exactly the same as a Soldano SLO Lead channel! (well, not exactly)

Also - really been playing with Cab IR's (built in). This is making me seriously rethink speakers.

I like the edit interface. Getting the rhythm of it.

And I'll really really try to get some clips up....
 
Now with sound samples!

Sick as a dog and just messing around...but here you Demaniac

Stuff I've been making...(All w/ Les Paul Custom & SuperDistortion)
Soldano Crunch
Soldano Crunch w/ Screamer goosing
Soldano Crunch w/ Reverb
Soldano Crunch w/ Reverb & Delay
JCM800
JCM800 with SD-1 goosing
JCM800 with SD1 & 80's Chorus
JCM800 with SD1 & Digital Delay
Peavy 5150 and Digital Delay

Presets...
Def Lepp (Friedman)
Some clean setting w/ Chorus & Reverb
Judas Priest (Plexi)
Metallica (JCM800)
Led Zepp (Plexi Jumped)
 
Grats! Are you still going to use some pedals or you were going for an all in one?

I will likely have one or two pedals in the loop: EHX Synth 9, maybe my Pitchfork. Possibly a choice tremolo....if playing out. But that's it if any. I'll try to lose them all for gigs.

For home use, I'm sure I'll hook all sorts of pedals into it.

I really like this vs the Garage Band interface for Amps/Pedals etc....
 
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There are definitely some decent tones in there. Some I found a bit shrill. But that could be my eg. Makes me want to mess around with my Line 6 some more.
 
It's amazing how many tricks for dealing with conventional amps apply in digital models. Scream 808 or the legacy Screamer that has extra EQ into a 5150 and V30 4x12s with 0.0-1.0 gain, 5.0-7.0 tone, 8.0-10.0 volume is terrific for tight rhythm chug. New Pillars (Earthquaker Devices Plumes) is another fun TS-like, at least on some settings.

The Friedman HBE-100 model is just a killer modded Marshall sound.

If you want Led Zeppelin sounds, you should try a tele into a legacy Jumbo Fuzz (Tonebender), Soup Pro (Valco Supro S6616), and the 2x12 Match H30 or 1x12 Celest 12H. That's pretty much what Page used in the studio early on. Supro into a G12H30 is terrific. Can probably skip the Jumbo Fuzz if you are using a guitar with humbuckers.

Don't overlook the Revv (I like the Purple for rhythm, it's still got more than enough gain for crunch, and at lower gain is surprisingly dynamic, where the Red is awesome for saturated gain tones), Archetype Lead (PRS Archon), Line 6 Badonk, and PV Panama (Peavey 5150) all are different flavors of wonderful for metal. Cali IV Lead is tricky to dial in just like the real thing, Rectifier unfortunately lacks a lot of the switches that make the real recto unexpectedly flexible. And the Line 6 originals have a lot of surprises.

For Marshalls (aside from Friedman) I wound up generally preferring the Brit P75, it was easier to dial in for classic tones. Brit Trem is a bit closer to expectations than the Plexi. Derailed Ingrid is great at lower gain. I've been warming to the 2204, though.

And those are just highlights of my favorites of the styles you are messing around with, there's a number of other amps just in the high gain & Marshalloid variations, never mind all the Fendery, oddball antiques, and boutique models.

Have fun!
 
Also, Line 6 regularly posts videos on social media with great tips on how to get a variety of sounds. They have helpful forums, too.
 
I have to say, as manuals go, Line 6 are some of the best. I'd be lost on my HX Effects if I didn't read it.

Unlike Roland/Boss manuals. My second MFX unit was a Boss GT-5, the first being an old ART ECC. The Boss manual went out the door a week later after I got the GT-5, since trial and error was a better way to learn my way around the unit.

Fast forward three decades, and got a Roland FA-06 workstation last year. Roland/Boss seem to have gotten better, but are still light years behind other manufacturers.
 
It's amazing how many tricks for dealing with conventional amps apply in digital models. Scream 808 or the legacy Screamer that has extra EQ into a 5150 and V30 4x12s with 0.0-1.0 gain, 5.0-7.0 tone, 8.0-10.0 volume is terrific for tight rhythm chug. New Pillars (Earthquaker Devices Plumes) is another fun TS-like, at least on some settings.

The Friedman HBE-100 model is just a killer modded Marshall sound.

If you want Led Zeppelin sounds, you should try a tele into a legacy Jumbo Fuzz (Tonebender), Soup Pro (Valco Supro S6616), and the 2x12 Match H30 or 1x12 Celest 12H. That's pretty much what Page used in the studio early on. Supro into a G12H30 is terrific. Can probably skip the Jumbo Fuzz if you are using a guitar with humbuckers.

Don't overlook the Revv (I like the Purple for rhythm, it's still got more than enough gain for crunch, and at lower gain is surprisingly dynamic, where the Red is awesome for saturated gain tones), Archetype Lead (PRS Archon), Line 6 Badonk, and PV Panama (Peavey 5150) all are different flavors of wonderful for metal. Cali IV Lead is tricky to dial in just like the real thing, Rectifier unfortunately lacks a lot of the switches that make the real recto unexpectedly flexible. And the Line 6 originals have a lot of surprises.

For Marshalls (aside from Friedman) I wound up generally preferring the Brit P75, it was easier to dial in for classic tones. Brit Trem is a bit closer to expectations than the Plexi. Derailed Ingrid is great at lower gain. I've been warming to the 2204, though.

And those are just highlights of my favorites of the styles you are messing around with, there's a number of other amps just in the high gain & Marshalloid variations, never mind all the Fendery, oddball antiques, and boutique models.

Have fun!

Just a note, the POD Go hasn't been updated with the 3.50 Helix update. Will probably get some of it later, but it has a different architecture from the Helix line, although it shares some of the tech.
 
Unlike Roland/Boss manuals. My second MFX unit was a Boss GT-5, the first being an old ART ECC. The Boss manual went out the door a week later after I got the GT-5, since trial and error was a better way to learn my way around the unit.

Fast forward three decades, and got a Roland FA-06 workstation last year. Roland/Boss seem to have gotten better, but are still light years behind other manufacturers.

Yeah, what's with Roland? Their manuals are like badly translated Japanese. Their editing software is not ergonomic, and looks & feels clunky. Their products are great- just hire some writers and design consultants.
 
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