POD Go 2.50 (released January 23, 2025) includes 11 new guitar amps, 2 new bass amps, 11 new guitar cabs, 2 new bass cabs, 2 new effects, improvements, and bug fixes and is recommended for all users of POD Go and POD Go Wireless. Here's a video if you're in a hurry.
How do I update to 2.50?
- Connect POD Go/POD Go Wireless to your computer and launch POD Go Edit. The software will walk you through the entire procedure, including backing everything up to your computer, updating POD Go Edit, and updating the firmware.
If you run into trouble, read this KB article:
I updated but why don't I see [Model X]?
POD Go Edit can't magically see new models added to your POD Go hardware; you MUST update POD Go Edit to 2.50 as well. Here's a link:
- macOS: https://line6.com/software/readeula.html?rid=12956
- Windows https://line6.com/software/readeula.html?rid=12955
My POD Go has a really old version installed. Can I go straight to 2.50?
Yes.
Anything else I should know?
Yes. We STRONGLY recommend performing a factory reset AFTER UPDATING your POD Go firmware to 2.50 and THEN RESTORING YOUR BACKUP. (Backing up is part of the update process). Here's how to perform a factory reset. IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP FIRST, AS A FACTORY RESET WILL ERASE ALL YOUR WORK!
- While holding footswitches C and D, turn on POD Go/POD Go Wireless.
New Guitar Amps in 2.50
The six Original Amp Designs in POD Go 2.50 (Clarity, Aristocrat, Carillon, Voltage, Kinetic, and Oblivion) are taken from Line 6's popular line of Catalyst guitar amps. Each boasts a unique, integrated boost circuit optimized specifically for that amp. You can assign the Boost parameter to a stomp switch:
- Select one of the six Original Amp Design models below.
- From the Edit screen, press and hold the Boost knob. POD Go jumps to the Bypass/Control screen.
- Press Knob 5 (Learn) and then press the desired stomp switch. POD Go automatically assigns it. If you like, adjust Min Value and Max Value to dial in how much boost you want.
- Press HOME to exit. Wonder to yourself "wait, it's that easy to assign any parameter in POD Go to a stomp switch? Why haven't I done this before?"—OR—ponder "I'm a power user who knows all the shortcuts. I should assign parameters to switches more often."
Amp/Preamp > Line 6 Clarity, Original Amp Design inspired by classic clean solid-state and tube amps. Lots of clean headroom with just a touch of overdrive at the very end of the Drive knob's range.
Amp/Preamp > Line 6 Aristocrat, Original Amp Design inspired by rare, unobtainable boutique mid-gain black-panel amps. Features aren’t limited by what can be done with analog circuits.
Amp/Preamp > Line 6 Carillon, Original Amp Design inspired by modern and vintage versions of a popular EL84 driven tube amp with added grit at higher gain settings. We kept the good quirks and eliminated the ugly ones, while also making the tone controls more flexible.
Amp/Preamp > Line 6 Voltage, Original Amp Design inspired by the classic British "plexi" amp, but with an additional gain stage and more tonal versatility.
Amp/Preamp > Line 6 Kinetic, Original Amp Design where all the preamp stages clip at roughly the same time, allowing the amp to go from mostly clean to heavily distorted using the guitar's volume control.
Amp/Preamp > Line 6 Oblivion, Original Amp Design built to cover both modern metal and old-school '80s thrash. We took out a lot of the noise associated with high gain, retaining just enough so that it doesn’t sound sterile or artificial.
Amp/Preamp > US Super Nrm, based on* the Fender® Super Reverb (normal channel)
Amp/Preamp > US Super Vib, based on* the Fender® Super Reverb (vibrato channel)
Amp/Preamp > Brit 2203, based on* the Marshall JCM800 2203 (Stock). TIP: Use snapshots (or a Stomp switch) to change the 2203's Input parameter between Low and High
Amp/Preamp > German Xtra Red, based on* the Bogner Ecstasy 101B (EL34) (red channel)
Amp/Preamp > German Xtra Blue, based on* the Bogner Ecstasy 101B (EL34) (blue channel)
New Bass Amps in 2.50
Amp/Preamp > US Dripman Nrm, based on* the Fender Bassman (Silver Panel)
Should I use US Dripman Nrm as a bass amp or a guitar amp?
Yes.
Amp/Preamp > Mandarin Bass200, based on* the Orange AD200 MkIII bass amp
New Guitar Cabs in 2.50
Cab > Soup Pro Ellipse (Single, Dual), captured from* the 1x6×9″ Supro® S6616
Cab > 1x8 Small Tweed (Single, Dual), captured from* the 1×8″ Fender® Champ
Cab > 1x12 Fullerton (Single, Dual), captured from* the 1x12" Fender® 5C3 Tweed Deluxe
Cab > 1x12 Cali IV (Single, Dual), captured from* the 1x12" MESA/Boogie® Mk IV combo
Cab > 2x12 Interstate (Single, Dual), captured from* the 2×12″ Dr Z® Z Best V30
Cab > 4x10 US Super (Single, Dual), captured from* the Fender® Super Reverb
Cab > 4x12 WhoWatt 100 (Single, Dual), captured from* the 4×12″ Hiwatt® AP Fane®
Cab > 4x12 Greenback 30 (Single, Dual), captured from* the 4×12″ Marshall® Basketweave G12H-30
Cab > 4x12 Cartog Guv (Single, Dual), captured from* Ben Adrian's Cartographer cabinet (Modified Lee Jackson 4x12 with Eminence Governor speakers)
Cab > 4x12 Cartog C90 (Single, Dual), captured from* Ben Adrian's Cartographer cabinet (Modified Lee Jackson 4x12 with Mesa C90 speakers)
Cab > 4x12 SoloLead EM (Single, Dual), captured from* the Soldano SLO 4x12 cabinet
New Bass Cabs in 2.50
Cab > 2x15 Dripman (Single, Dual), captured from* the 2x15" Fender® Bassman JBL D130
Cab > 6x10 Cali Power (Single, Dual), captured from* the 6×10″ MESA/Boogie® Power House
New Effects in 2.50
Distortion > Regal Bass DI, based on* the Noble Preamp bass DI
- Bass—Adds a 150Hz bass boost to the signal. 0.0 is flat.
- Treble—Adds a 3.5kHz treble boost to the signal. 0.0 is flat.
- Low Cut—Applies a 90Hz low cut (high pass) filter to the signal (6dB/octave).
- Volume—Controls the overall output level of the DI.
Wah > Teardrop Bass Q, based on* the Dunlop 105Q bass wah
- Position—Sets the position of the wah's pedal position. By default, this is assigned to Expression Pedal 1. You may set the Min and Max value parameters to set the wah's frequency sweep range from the Controller Assign menu
- Q Trim—Controls the Q or bandwidth of the effect. Lower values boost a wider frequency band and higher values boost a narrower frequency band
- Vol Trim—Emulates the actual pedal's side volume trim knob
- Mix—Controls the wet/dry mix of the wah effect. When set to 0%, no wah effect is heard; when set to 100%, no dry signal is heard
- Level—Sets the overall (transparent) level of the block
*NOTE: All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners and neither Yamaha Guitar Group nor Line 6 are associated or affiliated with them. These trademarks appear solely to identify products whose tones and sounds were studied by Line 6 during sound model development.