( 7 reviews )
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Posted: 06-07-2009
I bought this pedal a couple months ago because my dad fried my Digitech RP350. I was so excited about this pedal because A, Its a new pedal, B, my friends line 6 amp sounds awesome, C, It was more expensive than the RP350 and it had some good reviews around the internet. Let me tell you now, I would never waste $200 on this thing ever again. I played around with it when i got it and was overwhelmed (not in a bad way, so much stuff!!!) I started in the "Back in Black" setting which is 1A and I was thinking this pedal is awesome. After that i tried to find what I would be using the most: High distortion for metal riffs. The first I found was 2D which gave some meaty distortion. Great right? Wrong. Once you throw some gain into the picture you will have to turn the gate up over half way to cut the feedback you get from it. I had to go through and test each preset and if it hummed then I set the gate on it. Thats a pain and it takes away from the sound of my Les Paul. On the upside, it has 1-32, A-D presets. Thats awesome! There are a lot of effects and the FloorPOD is easy to use. It is up to you whether you get this pedal or not but i highly suggest saving your money. I bought it about a month and a half ago and just laid down $300 and got the Digitech RP500 because I trust Digitech now. No more Line 6 for me for a while.
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Posted: 04-29-2009
I could not be happier with this pedal. I had a Boss effects pedal that I could never get to sound right unless I played through an amp. I'm a Youth Pastor, and play guitar for my church twice a week, and find it difficult to get a good mix if I'm not able to plug into a direct box. A friend of mine had a Pod "bean" that I played through for Christmas and was blown away by the sound that was able to come out of that little thing. I needed to be able to switch sounds with my feet, so I went with the floor POD. It does not disappoint. I am able to get a better sound with headphones plugged straight into this pedal than I was playing through my amp with previous pedals. The only down side, and it's relatively minor. I use a BOSS tuning pedal, and although this comes with a built in tuner, the two tuners do not agree (try saying that 5 times fast). If I tune with my BOSS pedal, the POD shows me being sharp. The BOSS has always been consistant, so I will continue to use it. Also, if tuning with the POD pedal, the sound does not automatically shut off, instead it kills all of the effects but continues to play through the PA. I would HIGHLY reccommend this product, but would still go with a BOSS tuning pedal.
