POD xt with as a Dobro Preamp ??

Tim Harr · From: Dunlap, Illinois

Who has experience with this?

Can I use the PODxt into a PA for a Dobro (squareneck resonator guitar Winking

) that has a pick up?

I figure that since there are many variables within the PODxt that is is very possible ..

I just want some opinions though

Thanks to you all in advance,

Tim

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

I can't say the POD XT makes a good Dobro Simulator. I have the Tommy Dodd Dobro program and it's pretty poor, compared to my Goodrich MatchBro (I can fool Bluegrass pickers with my MatchBro)

Mike Perlowin · From: Los Angeles CA

I also have a POD XT with Tommy's presets, and I agree with jack that the Match-bro is better.

Tommy has some really nice sounds programmed, but the Dobro patch doesn't really work all that well.

Still, I'd bet that using the match-bro to get the Dobro sound together with the POD XT for amp and speaker sounds would yield some pretty good results. I haven't tried combining them yet.

I set the default on my POD to the Bassman amp module and the four 10 speaker cab simulation. That seems to work really well for steel.
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Jon Light (deceased) · From: Saugerties, NY

The question is "can I run a resonator guitar into the POD?".

I don't see why not. There are enough voicing options on the POD that I would think you could tweak it to as natural a sound as you could with any other outboard preamp. And with the POD's tweakability, I would think you've got more control than you'd get with an average preamp.
I've never used it this way but I just plugged an acoustic guitar with a piezo pickup into it, into an FSK and I was convinced that I could have dialed in a good sound.

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

Sorry about that, I wasn't awake yet this morning when I answered.

But, I don't see why you couldn't run a Dobro through it. I have a separate program with only a slight amount of reverb (effect only, no preamp or speaker modeling) that I use with my MatchBro. It's available to download on my web site www.gulfcoaststeelguitar.com

Otherwise, there are several "clean" preamp/amp models that you can choose from and then set the EQ wherever you want.

Tim Harr · From: Dunlap, Illinois

John,

I have experience with a PODxt.

My question is also.. would I need anything ELSE besides the PODxt with a Dobro pickup.

I have read quite a bit about the LR Baggs Para DI. I am thinking that I wouldnt need both if I was going to run to an amp and a PA.. since the PODxt had 1/4" outs and XLR outs as well.

Anymore feedback??

I have a buddy that uses one with a fiddle but cant get him now.. he is on the road.

Thanks!

TH

Mike Perlowin · From: Los Angeles CA

Tim, my experience is that the POD is all you need. My rig is the steel to the volume pedal to the POD to a power amp. Period.

I'm toying with the idea of getting a Franklin Stereo volume pedal and running the pod between the steel and the volume pedal. I need to investigate this further before I decide whether or not this is a good idea.
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Tim Harr · From: Dunlap, Illinois

Mike, Like you, I have used a POD with a Pedal Steel for years..love the ease and variability they offer!!

I am interested in knowing how a DOBRO PICKUP will directly interface with a POD.

I know that sometimes a LR Baggs Para DI is used as an interface...

I want to use a PODxt and was checking on feedback from any members with experience using a Dobro with a PODxt.

Thanks!

Tim

Chuck Stowe · From: Sycamore, Illinois, USA

Tim,

I have a "Chinese" resonator with a built in pickup and always use it with my PODxt. I like the Fender amplifier settings. The only thing I have to be careful is to watch the volume level. If I don't lower it significantly from my normal Pedal Steel settings, the feedback can be painful.

Chuck

Tim Harr · From: Dunlap, Illinois

Going to run a LR Baggs Para DI in to a PODxt with a Reso (Dobro)

May also try the PODxt in the effects loop of the Baggs Para DI

MORE TO FOLLOW

Webb Kline · From: Orangeville, PA

I have a Fishman under-bridge pick-up and have used the Pod with it for a couple of years. But as much as I am a Pod fan, I was never completely satisfied with it. Then I picked up an ART tube preamp, which is a DI with a 12ax7 tube, for 29 bucks and it sounds great.

I'm anxious to try it with the X3 Pod though. It has an XLR input and a bank of mic programs for guitar. I'm thinking the combination of mic through the Pod and Fishman through the preamp might take the sound over the top. The only thing I miss with the tube preamp is a little reverb, which I could have with if I added the X3 and a mic to it.

Dan Beller-McKenna · From: Durham, New Hampshire, USA

Tim,

I'm wondering what your experience ended up being with the Pod xt plus the Baggs. I traded my Baggs for a Pod 2, hoping to kill a bush full of birds with one stone; have since moved up to a Pod xt. I gigged with the Pod 2 and found it a little dicey, especially with dobro. I haven't gigged yet with the xt, but I'm hoping it will be all I need. That said I'd consider getting another Baggs if you (or anyone else) has found that in combination with the xt it's a big improvement for the dobro.

Thanks,

Dan
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David Spires · From: Millersport, OH

I use POD XT effects when I switch to my MatchBro, in my normal "live" rig:

Piezoacoustic 2 amp model
no cabinet
dial up some % of room to taste
Delay setting at around 25 to 40ms, as a "doubler"
Room Reverb

In my opinion, it helps create a difference between the Dobro tone, and steel tone. I haven't run my actual dobro into it, but I would approach things in a similar way.

Good luck,

David Spires
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