Hi SIlverhead - I'm not back I just happened to have not found all of the email notifications i've signed up for over the years to have stopped them all.  Soi this post came through that I saw and HAD to reply to.

I appreciate the kind words about my product knowledge, but I'm simply getting out of the public forums since I confuse too many people or as one person put it - "I seem to be a lightning rod for controversay".  Rather poetic as I've never thought of myself as more than just someone with a brain I choose to use, but in doing so I rub many the wrong way.  Can't help uit, don't wish to try as I don't believe I'

m doong anything wrong, and most of all, I'm very tored of being bullied and gang-banged verbally because of the words I choose to use, or how I choose to use them.  I just want to help those who ask for and want it for the products I'm very well versed in.

In answer to your confusion about my last sentence...

Sorry to all, I shouldn't have written anything, but this was too easy.

Silverhead, that sentence means that I'm sorry for posting publicly as I am a man of my word and hardly ever break it, but this post was "too easy" not to ignore and post what I perceive as the Line 6 strategy in getting customers to buy the products that are not only what the customer may want or wish to take all the time needed to learn to work properly, yet just have the VDI interconnection.

But Line 6 is also a corporation that has spent tons of money in R&D for these new products starting probably around 2007.  Simple business says sell products created to as many whether they might not need nor want.  These items can be too complex for some (causing ill feelings and much frustration by those who have posted such things against Line 6 - there are quite a large quantity of those types of posts) by the simple fact Line 6 chose to save a few pennies NOT putting VDI connectors on all POD HD units.

Personally, I believe the company is proud of their JTV guitars (I am very pleased with mine) as they were very proud of their original Variax guitar models.   But this lack of VDI connection on all new POD HD models is confusing to me.   After the original installation of the VDI connectors to retrofit one the Vetta 1 and all POD pedalboards that came out at the same time the first Variax model guitar came out.  All products other than Spider amps and POD Beans which seemed to be geared more toward non-Line 6 players who wanted simple amps with several standard features, easy to use, and at a fair price.  This was a great strategy to get a new company out there and into the hands of many non-pro, and even some pro players who want them for practice, studio, or even live performances.  And it worked so well Line 6 became the largest producer of amps in the world.

It also might be part of the reason why pro musicians think Line 6 is nothing more than a joke, a gimmick, and other unkind and untrue, yet perceived reality by the majority as well as having near zero presence in the minds of not only the general guitar playing public worldwide, but not a thought in the minds of those who sell in retails stores "serious" Line 6 products that most don't even bother to stock. Do I think this is fair?  Not at all, but I can't change reality.

I am also truly sorry to contradict Karl with his remark "That lasted long".  And should I giggle, or think it was intended to be insulting?  I don't know as typed words have no expression as the human voice has.  However, I'm sorry bro...but I'm not back and this was just as I stated.  I hope you're presumption being incorrect is not going to cause a problem for you?  It happens to us all from time to time when you don't know someone like you might think you do.  I wouldn't lose any sleep over this.. It's nothing and I'm gone back into private conversations where I feel much more at ease.

Take care everyone,

Neal