Somebody should periodically zip the entire collection. The only problem with this is the number of tones is always increasing. I don't think there is a quickest way to do that.

PS: Buying tones on eBay? I didn't know somebody was selling tones..

First thing is to stop BUYING tones when you can get them for free from CustomTone here. 

I used to build CUSTOM banks of tones for players of all styles before the JTV guitars came out as I was one of the seemingly few who knew how to create or edit guitar tones based on a description or hearing a songs guitar sound, rhythm, lead, whatever.  I did this quite successfully by request only.  I charged a fair amount of money agreed upon based on the request and time it took to get the sounds exactly the way the customer wanted.  That is something worth buying, not a pile of sounds that could have come from anywhere.

It would be TRAGIC if whoever is SELLING 3,000 tones on eBay actually got them mostly from CustomeTone for FREE and just bundled them together and charged money for it!!!

I'll bet that after getting BLASTED by most of us on how bad the POD HD500 Factory preset sounds were...I wouldn't be surprised if Line 6 changed all or most of those sounds to really well done and USEABLE sounds for the retailers to simply plug in and play.  There is some new update coming..it's well within the realm of "possible".  Because if there is anything "simple" - it is the majority of the retail sales people around the world.  Minimum wage, no commissions, what incentive to learn anything about any of the gear on the floor?  So having great sounding factory presets will help resolve that problem that Line 6 already has gotten itself stuck in.

If this does happen...I hope it's not too late to "put the spilled milk back into the bottle".   PLUS, all retail stores would have to either put a NEW unit out on display or take the time to update the one already out on display - IF these places even bother to display these Line 6 products?

I think there are several good suggestions for auditioning sounds posted here, but I'm posting here to tell you and anyone else thinking this - DO NOT BUY SOUNDS - they are here for free!!  Unless you have someone build you custom tones to your specs - THAT is worth paying an expert EDIT user to do in my opinion.

Take care,

Neal

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