[thor von clemson]

I ordered a new amp setup for my POD XT Live. It got here last week and I am amazed.

First off, I downloaded some pretty good patches as well as the new XT update from Customtone.com. Said patches sounded really good through my studio monitors and I was struggling with the current XTL/guitar amp setup anyways(sounded like crap). I switch from amp to direct, tweaked the tones a little bit and it sounded amazing. I then ordered a Carvin DCM 150 poweramp and one of the 1540 PA speakers knowing I could always order a
2nd one in the future.

With a little tweaking I must say I am very impressed with the new setup. The bass is low and punchy, it is plenty loud, and it is amazingly clear. The full range, flat response gear really does well in re-creating the studio tones for live use. I could not ask for anything more considering I am not a professional musician and guitaring is more a hobby than anything else for me at this point.

The dudes at Carvin even threw in an extra 25 ft instrument cable!

I may have to tweak it a little more once my 7 gets here as it will be a completely different animal than my current 6 string (alder body, ebony fretboard, carvin pickups, seventh string vs. mahagony body, maple neck, dimebucker/59 bridge) but I am excited!

[Mind Riot]

You know, I was thinking of doing almost the exact same thing, except I was going to get one of their powered PA speakers for easier setup and portability. I may still do it one of these days when I have more money and a need to play out.

Glad to hear it worked for you, that gives me confidence that it'll work if I ever do it!

[D-EJ915]

Cool stuff, and running the modeler through a "neutral" speaker will let more of the modeller and less of the speaker show through.

As far as the different guitars, I'd say you should try to find some settings and tweak them using the other one and try to find settings which both sound good with and yet different...I mean that's kind of obvious but most people I know just set it up with their main axe and it sounds like ass with their others.

[Cancer]

This is slightly off topic but has anyone here tried the Pod (or any modeller for that matter) through that new Bose System? The last show I played I was lucky enough to try my friends, and I don't remember disliking it much. It was really eerie to walk around and get the same tone. Anybody else have any experience with it.

[Shawn]

Nice and congrats.

[eleven59]

I've seen those Bose things at my local guitar shop (well, the only good one in town). I'm not sure I like the idea, mainly because I'm just too damn stuck in the old ways (I know, this from a Line6 user ). I dunno what it is, I just don't think those Bose things can give out the same power as standing in front of a couple 4x12s.

[D-EJ915]

My policy towards all BOSE products is the same:

Buy
Other
Sound
Equipment

[gojira]

Originally Posted by D-EJ915

My policy towards all BOSE products is the same:

Buy
Other
Sound
Equipment

if we are talking anything they put out in the last couple of years - i would say the same -

some of the older floorstanding and bookshelf speakers from bose - are phenomenal stuff - the older 701 speakers are fucking hard to beat - the newer stuff is SHITE.

[bostjan]

Bose speakers are small, lightweight, easy to carry, and shitty.

I had a coworker who was really pushing them on me, so I tested them out and well, hmm, I just didn't like the bottom end on them at all, so I thought, try them with woofers. It sucked a lot of power, but I still wasn't at all happy with the sound. So he put them up for sale, and asked $2000 for them, no sale. Put them up again at $1800...no sale...etc. Still for sale.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by psyphre

This is slightly off topic but has anyone here tried the Pod (or any modeller for that matter) through that new Bose System? The last show I played I was lucky enough to try my friends, and I don't remember disliking it much. It was really eerie to walk around and get the same tone. Anybody else have any experience with it.

I played an XT Live through it when I ever so briefly worked for GC last summer. It was craptacular.