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Thomas Butler
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Robbinsdale, MN
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Posted 24 May 2010 6:48 am |
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I see a lot of guys use the line 6 pod - does anybody use the VOX tonelab?
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Bill McCloskey
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Nanuet, NY
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Posted 24 May 2010 7:12 am
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I've used and owned a Podxt, a Tonelab, and the newer Podx3 Live. I like the Podx3 Live the best of all of them.
Happy to sell my Vox Tonelabs to whomever is interested. |
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 24 May 2010 9:30 am
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I have used the tone lab for guitar, highly recommended equipped with a valve ECC83 Tube/12AX7 for what is normally a 'pre amp' - but i beleive they have it wired on the signal 'out' for better compression, giving the tube a bit of kick.
Podxt studio is what i currently use and have been for 6 years. I run one for 'steel' and one for all the guitars/ the acoustic amp works very well when Eq'd nicely. Distortions are killer. The pre-amps are nice also, i use the 'Tube pre-amp' for steel, although it does not have a tube/valve in it.
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 24 May 2010 9:42 am
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| I've owned and used several, after all settled out I came to prefer the musicality of the Digitech RP "..50" series and an old Digitech Genesis 3 that unfortunately gets bizarre after it heats up. The RP-150, 250, 350, 155, 255, 355, 500 etc. have the same basic chips and selections as the rackmount GSP1101, and the Digitech engineers made some good-sounding choices. I sold my Pod 2.0 and XT. If you have a high-powered modern steel pickup like a George L or Lawrence, the most important thing is to attenuate it's output somehow or it'll overdrive any guitar-based processor or stomper. The second-most important thing is to discard ALL the presets, I wish they wouldn't even waste the space on 'em. Shriek, squeal, howl... |
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 24 May 2010 9:46 am
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[quote="Larry Bressington"]I have used the tone lab for guitar, highly recommended equipped with a valve ECC83 Tube/12AX7 for what is normally a 'pre amp' - but i beleive they have it wired on the signal 'out' for better compression, giving the tube a bit of kick.
Pod xt is what i currently use and have been for 6 years. I run one for 'steel' and one for all the guitars/ the acoustic amp works very well when Eq'd nicely. Distortions are killer. The pre-amps are nice also, i use the Tube pre-amp for steel, although it does not have a tube/valve in it.
Bill;
Does the POd xt3 allow you to use the 2 seperate channels without having the shortboard hooked up to one of the other channels channels??
In other words;
Can i use it for guitar with shortboard, but i would not want the shortboard used when having the steel in the other channel??
Are they isolated channels??
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 24 May 2010 9:51 am
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| Yes, they are isolated channels. Pardon my ignorance but I don't know what a shortboard is. You can set up any of the two channels to have any input you want: the mic input, the guitar input, or the secondary guitar input. you can then configure each separately. |
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 24 May 2010 10:03 am
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Thanks bill, thats good to know!
The 'shortboard as line 6 call it is their pedal contoller with the volume pedal, the 'long board' is bigger and has the added 'exspression pedal'.
I use the Kidney bean [studio] versions, i never had the same sound for guitar with the pod xt floor model, although they are supposed to have the same componants, many complain of it's sterile sound, recommend the studio and use an anologue compressor before the input really sweetens up the tone.
For steel, a bit of limiting with pedal floored wide open is good with the built in compressor.
I'm considering the X3 bill, I'm a laaaaaazy musician, hee hee, all about economy and efficiency and great tone !
Thanks bill, i think i'll be getting one in the near future, Like all 'toys' you have to dial them in, which can take a few weeks even.
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 24 May 2010 10:09 am
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| I have the long board with the expression pedal included. The expression pedal can be configured to be volume, wah, or both. |
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 25 May 2010 9:27 am
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So bill, If the volume pedal is off then, i can still have a signal through the other side, meaning that the volume pedal can be orchestrated to be used only on one amp, I would't want the volume pedal at all in the 'Steel guitar channell"
Thanks bill! 
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 25 May 2010 10:45 am
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| The expression pedal can be either wah or volume as I said, but there is no way that I know to turn the volume pedal to an off position. If the wah isn't selected, it becomes the volume pedal. If you don't want to use the volume pedal, then just leave it down. |
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