Line 6 POD - the original! Buy one for pennies... 

I’ve always said if you can’t get a great sound out of one of these, it’s on you. Probably 90% of people who bought and used them did very little tweaking. These are insanely powerful. And intimidating. You have to work on your sounds a lot depending on your gear. One thing I learned about sounds developed at home -the better they sound by themselves, the less you’ll be able to hear them in a band context. I’m wondering if all the people who slag the POD 1)ever actually used one and 2)ever actually tweaked one until it worked for them. I had to completely rethink how to program my XT Live after my first band practice with it. I had to learn about how different playing at home and playing in a band were, how NOT to do it(scoop those mids and crank the bass is always a bad idea with a band, though it sounded epic in my headphones) Still have my XT Live and while not my main sound anymore, it’s an amazing learning tool. I never got to play thru any of those real amps or effects, so that let me experiment to my heart’s content and it also taught me how big a difference things like speaker cabs or mics make. For $40 it’s a complete win, even if you just use it for effects. Great review!

Brilliant video! I’ve started my guitar journey with this pod back in the day

Ace review!...I still have my POD from the early 2000s and love it...Just dial in a sound and play...Has everything I need to practice and it's built like a tank...Can't think of a reason to replace it...Great piece of kit!

One of the best POD review. Well done!

great review - put a big smile on my face. gonna get one for sure - great no-messing recording tool thank you!

Small Tweed = 1952 "Wide Panel" Fender Tweed Deluxe with 12" Jenson speaker Tweed Blues = 1959 Fender Bassman with 4x10 cab Black Panel = 1964 "Blackface" Deluxe Reverb Modern Class A = '96 Matchless Chieftain Brit Class A = Vox AC30 Top Boost Brit Blues = '64-'65 Marshall JTM-45 Brit Classic = Late 60s Marshall 50 watt "Plexi" Brit Hi Gain = Marshall 1990 JCM800 Rectified = 1994 Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Tremoverb Modern Hi Gain = Soldano X88R (rack mount preamp)

Nice, I had one back in the day it was a revelation for someone cash poor that just wanted a good variety of sounds. As you say if it sounds good to you it is good, ignore the snobs.

Anyone else used to drool over all the cool guitars and guitar accessories in the Musician's Friend catalog in the late 90s/early 2000s? At the time, I used to think the Pod 2.0 was the pinnacle of amp emulators. I know people poop on it nowadays, but I think it's still a solid device.

Really enjoyed that - nice presentation, thanks very much.

Very decent and helpful review, as always. Thanks a lot.

A REALLY EASY TO FOLLOW, THOROUGH DEMONSTRATION. THANKS DAN.

I got an XT yesterday and I thought I was gonna hate it but I was wrong. Awesome for a headphone practice amp. And free-99 is my favorite price.

I gotta admit I'm 4 years late to the party but I really enjoyed you video. Very informative. I own the V2 and run through the torpedo c.a.b emulator. I also own the POD HD500 to but I prefer the sounds on the earlier pods and the ease of use. Thanks for video I really did learn alot from you. Best wishes CJ

I have one of these and a Floor XT that I used live. They do a job.

Awesome review... and if you hold tap tempo, the drive and channel volume have a decibel boost on/off function. You get a trebble booster hitting the front of the vox CA30... garb your Sixpense lads for some instant "Mayhem"... LOL. I have used the 2.0 version since 2000 for headphone practice. Love it

remember seeing these advertised in the guitar magazines in the mid 90s. really wanted one.

Anyone shopping for a Katana needs to see this!

Recently acquired the 2.0 version and am loving it. Granted I am a 50+ year-old drummer. But I do remember what a straight amp sounded like miked into a PA through various cabs, and I have to say this sounds pretty damn spot on for what was going on back in the “20th Century”. I’ve sent the signal from this over a PA and through my headphone amp and it just sounds good and clean. I’ve run it in tandem with another guitar interface, re-amping one into another - and actually then to another - which allows for layering up an incredible wall of sound; all of which can be controlled by a midi foot switch. How freaking cool is that. And all for just a few bucks. I love it.

Thanks!! I got a used one at a pawn shop and it was a bit confusing, without a demo!! Sounds great

Cool and easy done! 💥🙏🏻😎

Still have mine and use it in the studio. Simple to use and effective. Still beats all the fancy multi effects units on the market.

If you hold down the Tap button and turn the Drive knob a distortion booster kicks in and you can add compression too. I like putting different speaker cab sims from the POD on the amps as well.

I bought one 2 days ago for $40 at a pawn shop. I tried it out and everything seems to work as it should. I'd say it's a fun thing to use and play around with.

Always wanted one...so I just bought two...the original pod and the xt both for$150...funny thing...they had loads of paint nicks...so I grabbed the touch up paint bottle for my red 2019 Toyota Corolla and it was a very close match...unless in close bright light you can't see the touch ups...looks and plays brand new!

I have one of the limited edition chrome plated ones!!

Recorded an EP using one of these. Used the Brit High gain model. Listened back the other day still pretty good. I remember playing the solo and the engineer pressing the tap tempo for some delay... happy days...

Perfect video

I remember the Pod when it first was released in the 90s, and I thought it was terrible and I still think it is in 2023. Back in the 90s it made more sense to either get a small Marshall combo amp or get a second hand Marshall head (I had the JCM2555) with a nice JCM900 Lead 1960A 4x12 cab, and then add a multi FX unit. All that would have cost around £1000 in say the mid-1990s, and you could sell the amp and upgrade to other things later. The Pod sounds fizzy, thin and unrealistic with no real valve tone.

The PODs were great for clean tones and even some crunch sounds were very usable, but for high gain rock or metal sounds it was just awful. I started with the 2.0 version of the POD and I couldn't get a decent heavy tone out of it at all. It was just soft and fizzy, and nothing mixed well at all. The effects were great though, and on the cleans they sounded very good, so as an FX unit and/or clean preamp it was really excellent. The PODxt was my thing, because you could make chains, add pre-amplifier stomp boxes to tighten up high gain sounds, and even change the virtual mic axis. I used one for about seven years, both for recording demos and live shows (straight into the PA). The convenience factor was off the scale, and it really helped me creatively.

Cool, looks like your pod is relic'd !!!!! Mine is in mint condition in a case got to be worth at least £5 more

Very useful, clever and funny demo! I bought one complete in box for 35 euro's, its a brilliant tool for anyone whether you're a beginner or a professional. I went over to a friends house where we A/B'd this thing against more expensive things such as a Kool & Elfring Tube Pre-Amp, a Carl Martin analog multi-fx unit, and i have to say the POD to this day holds up quite well! It seems a little bit more quiet and a bitt less responsive than the other pieces of gear i just named, but its hardly noticeable and nothing a bit of EQ can't fix. I am now hunting down a FBV-4 floorboard controller to make full use of its features! I'll report back a.s.a.p when i have more experience with this cheap, fun and indestructible piece of kit.

legend says that some that go up to 11 but are hard to find

The original POD will be a vintage 4 figure piece of gear one day .... trust me ! ...

And then there's the pockrock which is pretty darn good!

Excellent Review I'm also a Drummer but a wanna be Frustrated Guitar Player. Most of the reviews on this Piece of equipment were only dogging it out, and saying this and that new Equipment is better .....we all know that, that isn't the point of reviewing a The POD of 20 years ago.....right mate? I think it's a great piece of equipment even by todays standards It's the Player not the the equipment, you can have all the Super Gear in the world but if your playing is Rubbish All the bells and whistles won't help. Thanks for the very informative Review Mate.

great!

Put the chip in it still available turn v1 into v 2.3

And you missed the hidden functions! Like the TS boost activated with the drive+tap tempo, volume boost, presence boost, etc

Nice demo man. Got my POD 2.0 back in 2008. Still have it and the (sold separately) gig bag made to carry the magic bean and it's leads/psu. They are a good piece of kit to have around. Features in the photo on the back cover of Gary Moores album 'Back To The Blues' ... nuff said.

I remember these first time around as well. Although I was always into electronic music exclusively at the time. Back when it wasn't all bundled and labelled as EDM. God I hate that term.

16:47 sweeeeeet

Hi which amp setting would you recommend using if you’re going for an Oasis tone? Thanks

Looking on ebay today 20/7/2019 they are ranging from £80 to £160.

I have a chance of getting one , I play through headphones 99% of the time and love the katana mini but had to sell it and now they are out of stock. Would a POD be a good unit to play through headphones only for rock ?

You can update the firmware to version 2.3 for more amps and revised sound. Costs about $20-30. You do have to tweak to get a sound to your liking.

1:47 "Hold shift button" for more amps. I just bought a 2.0 and can't find the additional amps.

Mine won't power up. I have no idea where to start. I have a new power supply, btw.

I have te same one! but do I get the same sound without a fender amp? Mine is strait into a mixer..

Is is there a way to use this to get the surfer sound? What would the settings be?

I lost two of these to Jägermeister being spilled on them. Knobs stopped working.

Pod on????

I have one but don't like it, when i tried it i noticed that it took away a lot of bass, but if you want to have a lot of sounds for little money definitely go for it.

Nice unpretentious review - kids these days don't know they're born! (Waited years to say that and mean it)