Got it all covered...guitars of any kind, bass, synthesizer, and even vocals.  Yes, it IS all connected together by MIDI, S/PDIF, L6 Link, and simple 1/4" connections.  Obviously dominated by the presence of several line of Line 6 gear from 2003 thru 2011.  Now if I can just afford a roadie...my back is killing me!!  LOL

And nothing I've written or posted should rain on anyone's happy holiday season.  I'm happy as a clam and glad to be still performing live after all these years.

You know, if I had kept responding and ranting about the logo thing, then you might write such a comment. But since I didn't do that, I don't really see the need for your statement that borders on dismissive. Just keeping quiet is a nicer way of not participating in the discussion without having to rub anyone the wrong way.

 

I don't mean to cast any shadows on the holiday, so please carry on in good spirits. But understand why I felt compelled to respond with a little snarkiness.

Well it's not just you that has made such remarks.  If you chose to take my remarks as unkind or dismissive, or anything negative towards your opinions, then it's a shame.  I do not dismiss anyone's opinions whether I agree with them or not.  However, what you wrote reads to me as...demeaning to anyone who doesn't worry, be concerned, or certainly not embarrassed by the logo of the Line 6 company amplifier products.  With that in mind I felt the need to stick up for the company.  And that is all I did, plus give a bit of my personal thinking for my rebuttal post.  I never do anything without a reason.

However...I've been attacked, dissected, demeaned, and out right b*tched at for having a brain, having an opinion, sticking up for or criticizing others including the Line 6 company on these boards.  And here it is in a forum I created I have you doing nearly the same thing.  Why??  You wrote about me being quiet, does this not apply to you as well??  you did not need to bring up such a thing as the logo as jumping off point for your thoughts about the size of the HD500 (which is indeed average in size for a pedalboard - ya might wish to check into this for your own store of information) and other remarks about knobs and such.  This is not condescending or nasty...I'm simply trying to be educational about what is average in the world of pedalboards.

Here's an opinion of mine for ya...I LOVE the playability, weight, and balance of the JTV-89, but HATE the headstock.  I hate everything about the headstock and especially the very horrible way they chose to write the logo on this model guitar.  Is this supposed to be more "metal-like" having a reverse in-line 6 with lots of lettering.  I'm not a metal-head, but I really love the feel of the neck.  Conversely, I LOVE the headstock of the JTV-59 (as well as everything else about this model) which is nearly identical to the headstock on the Variax model 700 that was not designed by James Tyler.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!!!

This is a photo of what happens when you need to be able to produce nearly any sound at any time during a live performance.  It also shows what you can do with Line 6 gear as well as other gear.  It's all tied together by all the means this large amount of equipment gives to me.  I really can't count on anyone else to put in the dedication I do, and this is what it looks like before I break my back packing it up for a live show every week.  This rig covers, all guitars, bass, synthesizers, bass pedals (I have a 2nd set (Roland PK-5) not in the photo that sits to the right of my Taurus III) as well as two bass cabs.  I'm going to be adding electronic drums instead of my acoustic ones so I can plug that kit into this rig as well.  Everything can trigger everything else as well as change programs, patches, etc.

Any other talented musicians out there with high range lead vocals - male or female (preferred)??  Want to play any style of music from Funk to Prog Rock and all in between.  I'm willing to relocate if the situation is right.

.....or.....

Any bands out there within the USA needing a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, drums, keys) with good harmony vocals??

That's my Christmas & New Year wish.  PEACE.

Neal

Message was edited by: Neal Van who simply added a photo that should now appear.

I read a question asking how to best set up a POD HD500 with an amp on stage and a separate signal to FOH.

Nick M. gave a very detailed explanation which certainly does work, but I thought I'd add my very simple solution since I have to run PA for many bands and they all don't use Line 6 guitar gear.  All an amp needs to have for my solution is a headphone jack built in.  Certainly all Line 6 amps have this built in and works especially well when dealing with Spider amps or any modeling pedalboards.

Hi Nick and any others reading this forum.  I read your entire post explaining your trials with the HD500 stage amp and FOH signal.  You didn't mention something I've been doing with amps from Line and other companies for many years that DOES give you what you all want without much fuss.  Plug your stage amp using whatever preamp settings sounds best for your purpose, THEN plug a SINGLE 1/4" jack HALF WAY into the headphone output.

 

Before you start shaking your heads at how silly this seems or how the impedence is all mismatched - I've done this for years live and it work perfectly if done exactly how I will describe.

 

With the single 1/4" cord plugged half way into the headphone jack or a simple Stereo to mono adapter jack (or if you feel half way is not good enough or you do need or want full stereo, then use a 1/4" TRS with either two DI's), if close enough, you can plug direct into your FOH board as a line level 1/4" input with no major trim adjustments needed.  IF you are running down a snake to the FOH board, then you will need an active or passvie DI box.  The headphone jack is ALWAYS in Studio/Direct mode.  No matter what you change for the 1/4" line outs or the XLR outputs.

 

See - you can "have you cake and eat it too" as the old saying goes if you know how to do it.

Another chapter from my book of tips and tricks,

Neal

This post copied from a question regarding closed back cabinets NOT having enough Low Q control as closed back cabs...

Re: Close vetta combo back  

 

+ 1 to what "jvblack" wrote on how to turn the speaker off within the software.  That is exactly correct. 

 

Or you can disconnect the speakers inside the open back cabinet and leave them unplugged as long as you use a closed back cabinet of ANY KIND that matches the minimum Ohm load per channel.

 

My personal favorite answer to this question it to ask a question first.  How loud do you play on stage?  You've written that you've turned the low Q down and you still get "uncontrollable low frequencies especially when palm muting".

 

I've had a Vetta 2x12 combo since 2003 with the original Celestion Custom 90 speakers in it and have never had this problem.  I play a variety of material and I can't even play my amp with FULL POWER MODE on.  I use HALF POWER mode and I get more than enough volume for any style of music I play heavy metal or not.  I also do not play a 7 or now 8 string guitar, but I DO have custom tunings I've created on my Variax guitars that are tuned down to "B" like a Baritone guitar is tuned with no bass "overload" problems.  If you're like most metal players I've worked with live or in the studio - they have this weird EQ thig they do where they THINK they are getting the sound they hear by their favorite metal players, but in reality they are far from how that sound is accomplished.  These guys I've worked with scoop out nearly all the mids and crank the highs & lows.  That is precisely the opposite way of getting that mean crunk for playing metal.  But I digress...

 

Please don't try making your combo into a head, do as previously suggested if the knobs are not where you want them...buy a used good condition Vetta II head and perhaps sell your Vetta combo.

 

ALso, I've found that using my Line 6 Vetta and opther Line 6 gear that produces acoustic guitar sounds (don't know if you ever need this or not) The BEST cabinet solution is a good (4ohm for mono or a pair or 8ohm for keeping the stereo output the same) BASS CABINET by several of the better bass cabinet makers.  I don't recommend PA cabs for this as nearly all of those horns are NOT adjustable as they are on bass cabs with horns or tweeters.

 

Oh, and you always do have the option of using a stereo power amp (tube or solid state) from your Vetta into any cabinets you choose.  This would give you the option of using your internal speakers, PLUS using the external amp and speakers.  One with a VARIABLE horn and my personal preference is one with 10" speakers. 

 

BUT if you want more bottom end, go with one with 12" or even a combination of 10/12 with a 15".  These cabs are ALWAYS closed backed for the PUNCH gained by the air compression within the cabinet that MOST guitar cabs don't have, PLUS you gain the added bonus of having a full range cabinet that can produce shimmering high Q if needed for acoustic patches.

 

And it that is still not enough frequency control for you - you also can add a stereo 31-band Graphic EQ cheaply from Behringer or other company that makes quality gear at inexpensive prices.  In this manner you not only do not have to make severe EQ setting within the patchm, but just let the amp "cruise" at a nominal volume and crank up the external amp/EQ and that will come out of whatever external cabinets you have connected to the external power amp.

 

I hope this helps you in your decision making.  Perhaps other might even get some ideas based on my out-of-the-box thinking in matters like these?

 

Take care,

Neal

Hi hugh - I'm sorry i forgot that post was still thee, but I leave all my posts so anyone can what happens to me as I learn the gear I have.

This is no longer true, and honestly probably was some gliche that it worked at all the one day it did save and recall JTV guitar patches.

The ONLY thing the Vetta will save and recall is the tone knob setting.  Yeah, this is very weird, bt it is also 100% correct.  Now with all the revisions to the JTV software and as the guitar drifts further and further away from where it started, no chance it will ever work properly with a evtta via VDI like all the previous model Variax guitars do.

The only suggestion I can make to you is this...buy an HD500 and while this is a very complicated unit to start with, I wrote my own starters Guide which is posted on this thrad and several other places includung being a featured document in the POD HD main forum.  If you get a POD HD500, then you can have the HD500 save all of your guitar patches, then you will need to do the following into the Vetta.

For every patch on the Vetta that you REALLY use, you need to make a correcsponding number patch with the FX loop block as the FIRST item in the signal chain.  Leave the Send and return to their default settings, and adjust the MIX to somewhere between 50-60 percent.  Take a 1/4" cable from the FX SSend and plug that in the Vetta 1/4" input.  THEN get AT LEAST one MIDI cable and connect the HD500 MIDI OUT to the Vetta MIDI IN.  This will make the Vetta change patches when you changes patch numbers on the HD500.  This works perfectly.  Not what I wanted, nor what I asked for, but what I figured out to keep what I love and start working with the new.  Then of course, ALL Vetta patch functions will work with the FBV longboard.  Yes, you need to have BOTH to get this to work as I'v described and there is no shortcut.  I've spent two years trying to find one.  There ARE many benefits from this set up though if you want to experiment.  Like you can have any of the older Variax guitars plugged into the VDI jack on the Vetta and they will continue to work as designed. I put one on a walk behind stand for just that purpose.  I also added  Roland GR-55 to my rig with the GK3 pick-up mounted on my older Vax 700.  Now I have all the modeled Line 6 sounds, PLUS all the modeled and synth sound from Roland.  A very cool combination!!

Here's what it looked like when I got started, then the following photo is where I'm at now...

This is where I am now...

I'm sorry about the bad news, but I hope I've given you some food for thought on what your next move might be.

Take care,

Neal

Copied from a post discussing alternate tunings.

litesnsirens wrote:

 

I can assure you that you aren't the only one who has done that with alternate tunings. LOL (I'm talking about the live mental glitch)

 

Neal, I'm assuming when you say you use workbench to create and store alternate tunings that you mean into the custom banks on the JTV.

-- Nope - I have altered almost every single guitar slot in every bank including thre two Custom banks.  When the original Variax guitars came out, I thought that i'd be stuck with only 10 slots for anything I created.  this is not the case.  Every slot in any bank can be anything you wish to store in that spot.  When the VDI cable is used and a stored patch is recalled in older or new gear - it stores the bank/slot position.  It shows whatever name you've given and in the older Variax, you would see an "F" or a "U" so you would know which banks of guitars you were choosing or recalling from the Vetta or any other pre-POD HD piece of VDI equipped gear.

Unless I'm missing some cool trick it would be nice if we could create custom tunings in workbench and then store them on the alt tune knob some how as if we were doing a virtual capo function on the guitar itself. 

-- You can't store anything from Workbench onto the Alt tuning knob as it stands right now.  However, you can create alternate tunings on the guitar itself and stoe those alternate tunings in any alternate tubning slot except "MODEL" or "STANDARD".  You follow the procedures for creating alternate tunings on-the-fly as demonstrated on the Line 6 Tutorial videos, or in the Advanced JTV Users Guide posted online in the manual section.

I can't believe they haven't got an alt tune page in workbench yet.  Not only would that be easier than going through what you and edstar have gone through (and myself on occasion) but it would be really handy when there is a major JTV update like this last one.  Instead of having to manually put all my custom tunings back on the guitar I could load in the save alt tune bank that I created in workbench with this cool feature that doesn't exist yet.

I'm not sure why you would want to save and recall tunings beyond those on the alternate tuning knob?  Doing that removes temporarily all the alternate tunings available, and it would not give you any guitar models to choose from - just tuning options which you have many on the knob as default, plus with 1.81 functionality - you can create any alternate tuning specifically for any guitar available on the guitar and tune it using the POD HD500 or POD HD PRO Edit software functions to alternately tune every single patch on every single bank of those POD HD units if you wanted or needed to.

I'd prefer two things to have happen  - one of which is being worked on already.

1. Get the new Acoustic models to read, and recall any alternate tunings without the use of "Custom (Force) Tuning" from the POD HD units.  This prevents me from playing my guitar in acoustic mode through any other amp or direct through PA with my alternate tuned patches as I used to be able to do with the JTV 1.71 version.
2. How about this for a suggestion I've already posted in the product feedback section and on my most recent Acoustic model demonstration of the Dream Rig.  Someone in the Dream Rig Group was not able to get his acoustic models to sound clean and undistorted. 

I gave instructions, those didn't work and he asked me if I had or could create a video to demonstrate how the Dream Rig sounds for me.  This gave me the thought that since so very many have complained about the "airiness" of the the new JTV 1.81 Dreadnought, Parlor, and Jumbo guitars in just that one bank. 

Many prefer the drier, more in-your-face, sound of the JTV 1.71 acoustic models in that one Acoustic bank.  but it's now either keep the acoustic guitar sounds many prefer and lose out on the 1.81 other functionality, or deal with the acoustic models just to have the new 1.81 functionality.  I suggested using one of the Custom banks for the older 1.71 acoustic guitar models while keeping the 1.81 acoustic guitar models in the standard acoustic bank as they are now. 

Nothing in the either Custom bank are unique models and I doubt highly anyone would be upset if Line 6 chose to accommodate both groups of acoustic preferences by switching Custom Bank 1 to the older JTV 1.71 Acoustic guitar models that Line 6 already has.  The tech team would only need to change out Custom Bank 1 with the older acoustic guitar models with those currently in Custom Bank 1.  I'm not a tech writer, but I would think that this would be fairly easy to accomplish with a minimum of tech time doing it.  Plus it would also give us acoustic guitar models we already know work with alternate tunings created in Workbench until the JTV 1.81 acoustic tuning problems is resolved.

If anyone is interested in my video demo in two parts - it can be found in the Dream Rig User's group as well as on YouTube at least links.  If you do choose to watch them both together take about 20 mins.  They are very rough and done in one take.  All my performance mistakes are left, because it was just for the purpose of demonstrating the sound I get from my Dream Rig by itself without any other speakers, or amplifiers.  Please do watch both in order to understand my demonstration correctly - thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gpJHrGdkEU&list=UUPyEGIOoZ1_Y2sg_OLJ-HJw&index=1&feature=plcp  Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfytZ-2vL9Q&list=UUPyEGIOoZ1_Y2sg_OLJ-HJw&index=2&feature=plcp    Part 2

Take care,

Neal

Copied from two different forums discussing the same topic of Trouble Tickets submitted for the JTV 1.81 problems.

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Hi Hugo - can you confirm my support ticket has been received? 

And also if this is within your scope of things...could you let me know if my JTV bank suggestion of using Custom Bank 1 for the 1.71 Acoustic Models and the typical Acoustic bank still for the 1.81 models has been received by the people who get those submissions?  I submitted it at the link you posted above this post. 

Not much allowed room to explain a thought in any detail.  It would be an excellent feature if the page had a character counter like YouTube and other sites have when typing comments, replies, etc. so you don't find out it's too long after you've finished writing and it deletes everything while stating the message exceed the maximum character limit.  Very frustrating to type something only to have it erased if it's too long by even one character.

I submitted this suggestion over two weeks ago after reading all the posts stating they prefer the older acoustic patch sound, but yet still want the 1.81 functionality.  I thought having one of the Custom Banks used for this purpose would be an excellent option for all the JTV users who like either version of acoustic guitar models.  Plus if able to be done quickly, it would be a resolve to the alt tuning problem with the 1.81 acoustic patches until that issue is resolved.

It seems to me like a "win-win" scenario as the Custom banks really don't have any unique guitar models or tones in either of them. And based on the stock models in both Custom Banks all the way back to the first Variax guitar model banks, Custom Bank 1 doesn't even have any alternate tuned patches like Custom Bank 2 does.

Of course I'm not a tech writer and think it would be fairly easy to change one bank for another?  I might be presuming incorrectly, but its not like anything new would have to be written since that bank of patches already exists.

Any answer to my questions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Neal