Line 6 POD HD Thread

[Santuzzo]

For those interested in recording a wet and dry signal simultaneously with the HD500:

Initially I used the dual signal path method where I would use one signal path for the wet and the other for the dry signal. This worked fine but it's in so far a bit limiting as you can't you it for dual amp patches.

Over at the Line6 forum meambobo informed me about using the FX loop for getting a dry signal, so I tried that and it works very well.
The big advantage of that is that it lets you still use both signal paths for amps if you like!

 

[flv75]

Of course man! I can just give you the patch

http://uk.line6.com/customtone/tone/221747/

I used my LTD MH-1000FR which has an EMG 81 in the bridge and tuned to drop c.

Great tone , damn I can't open the patch with my hd500 , I've tried to convert the patch changing the R with 5 put but it doesnt work ...

 

[japs5607]

Of course man! I can just give you the patch

http://uk.line6.com/customtone/tone/221747/

I used my LTD MH-1000FR which has an EMG 81 in the bridge and tuned to drop c.

I will be giving this a try at practice tonight, sounds awesome good job

 

[Shask]

For those interested in recording a wet and dry signal simultaneously with the HD500:

Initially I used the dual signal path method where I would use one signal path for the wet and the other for the dry signal. This worked fine but it's in so far a bit limiting as you can't you it for dual amp patches.

Over at the Line6 forum meambobo informed me about using the FX loop for getting a dry signal, so I tried that and it works very well.
The big advantage of that is that it lets you still use both signal paths for amps if you like!

I told you that like a week ago

 

[Santuzzo]

I told you that like a week ago

I know , meambobo also told me this a while ago on the Line6 forum, but I have not tried this just until yesterday when I wanted to record with a dual amp patch, so I needed the second amp signal path.

 

[JoshuaKaroshi]

Great tone , damn I can't open the patch with my hd500 , I've tried to convert the patch changing the R with 5 put but it doesnt work ...

I hope this helps you man!

Also, thanks for all the kind words everybody. I tried to get the tone to sound as close to ola's 6505 play-through video.

 

[Konfyouzd]

Decent sounding and stock rga8 pickups don't belong in the same sentence. Get some new pickups and any patch will sound good. Some d-activator 8's for example. I love mine even more than ever recently and I know meambobbo really likes his.

The pickups are what separate the rga8 from the rg2228 the most.

RG8-- not RGA8.

 

[JoshuaKaroshi]

RG8-- not RGA8.

Either way, they are both horrible pickups. Anyone that can stop them from sounding like wet farts without extreme EQ deserves a medal.

 

[Konfyouzd]

A lot of talk from someone that's never touched the guitar in question...

 

[JoshuaKaroshi]

Well, I owned an RGA8 last year and the pickups were bad. Thats just a well known fact. Plus, I doubt the pickups in the RG8 would be any better considering the guitar is half the price as the RGA8...

 

[Konfyouzd]

I've read reviews from folks on here saying they got usable tones from it using an HD500. I'm not working on half assed assumptions. Thanks for playing, though.

 

[RickyCigs]

Well, I owned an RGA8 last year and the pickups were bad. Thats just a well known fact. Plus, I doubt the pickups in the RG8 would be any better considering the guitar is half the price as the RGA8...

I'm quite positive that theyre the exact same pickups. The only difference besides the arch top is a low grade basswood body as opposed to the mahogany of the rga8. I kind of wish this was available when I bought my rga8 since I changed the pickups in the first week anyway...

Either way, they're shit. The only even half decent pickups I've ever seen that are actual ibanez pickups were in my rg927qm, and those are technically dimarzio anyway.

Spend the $200 on a set of pickups for the rg8. You'll thank me. The pod doesn't have enough available fx blocks to eq anything good out the the stock ones.

 

[RickyCigs]

Also, speaking of ibanez 8 strings, here's another sample of mine including my rga8 with a mix of "5150" and the Epic tones.

My Beard Writes My Music



EDIT: I fixed the link to remove the mobile part. Probably annoys the people that only use actual computers and not their iphones....

 

[JoshuaKaroshi]

I'm quite positive that theyre the exact same pickups. The only difference besides the arch top is a low grade basswood body as opposed to the mahogany of the rga8. I kind of wish this was available when I bought my rga8 since I changed the pickups in the first week anyway...

Either way, they're shit. The only even half decent pickups I've ever seen that are actual ibanez pickups were in my rg927qm, and those are technically dimarzio anyway.

Spend the $200 on a set of pickups for the rg8. You'll thank me. The pod doesn't have enough available fx blocks to eq anything good out the the stock ones.

 

[Konfyouzd]

I don't need your pickup advice I have a plan for that already. If you don't have an answer for my original question we have nothing to discuss. I have already stated that I read from folks here specifically that they got good tones using an HD500. I'm looking to hear from those people.

 

[Matt_D_]

ok, Im eyeing off the HD500, couple of usage questions (couldn't find anything in the thread search).

What's the looper like? In terms of actually using it live? Straight forward? Decent?


Hows the patch switching? Can you easily navigate between full patches to avoid tap dancing? Is it instant?

 

[thebunfather]

Rough mix of some metalcore-ish riffs. Used the Uber model and the Fball with a Jackson RR7R loaded with D-Activators.

http://soundcloud.com/travis-dollaw...&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=soundcloud#_=

 

[Mordacain]

I don't need your pickup advice I have a plan for that already. If you don't have an answer for my original question we have nothing to discuss. I have already stated that I read from folks here specifically that they got good tones using an HD500. I'm looking to hear from those people.

My RG8 should be arriving in a few days so my first order of business will be coming up with some good patches with the stock pickups.

I'll post both some direct patches and preamp based patches (since I'm playing through the DT25).

 

[JoshuaKaroshi]

Have you tried tweaking some existing HD 8 string tones to fit your needs with the RG8? Or asking the guy with the HD500 and the RG8 for his patch?

http://line6.com/customtone/tone/220454/
http://line6.com/customtone/tone/220934/

http://line6.com/customtone/tone/219259/
http://line6.com/customtone/tone/219933/

The first two patches are for the HD500, the other two are for the PRO. You'll have to convert them to work for the HD500, and sometimes that doesn't work .

Hope this helps.

 

[flv75]

I hope this helps you man!

Also, thanks for all the kind words everybody. I tried to get the tone to sound as close to ola's 6505 play-through video.

Thank you very much !!