dennyr123

Well I just picked up another Bass Pod XT and quite honestly I think it's a good product. I think a product only sells as well as you push it. When I go to a music store where line6 is sold I NEVER get shown anything Line 6 has made for BASS, but the sales folks are always eager to show me a Line 6 guitar amp. Line 6 might sell more bass guitar items if they emphasize the need for their authorized dealers to actually "SELL" them! I mean I realize that salesmen like to think that guitar players are the hot dog market, but look at the markup comparisson between beass guitar gear and guitar. In order for my bass to be heard over a Line 6 Bogner (2) 12" combo I upgraded from a 200 watt bass rig to a 700 watt bass rig with (4) 10's and a 15. Now I can blow the little bogner amp out the door if I wanted to, but I like how now I / we can get a good blend without one of us over powering the other on the stage sound. It's a good thing house sound is controlled by the soung man! Anyway, I paid a lot more for my bass gear than I did higher quality line 6 guitar gear. There is better mark up in bass equipment from my observation. I think Line 6 would do well to offer something to the bass player market. I would love to see a rebirth of the guitar port online feature where tabulature for not just guitar, but bass guitar as well were put out there. I'd pay a little extra for that honestly. Who wouldn't? I mean who hasn't sat down and tried to figure out a songs bass line note for note, only to find that one or two note difference burning your ears until you finally figure it out? It happens to a lot of folks, whether they're honest enough musicians to admit it... that is another story.

bjnette, Hello and good evening. In one of the bands I play in we had a guitarist who used a lima bean guitar pod. Two weeks into use the thing stopped working right in the middle of a gig. Boom - done! He tried to get Line 6 to lead him in a direction to get it fixed. Line 6 had him send it in for repairs. He told me what he got sent back to him was not his pod, and was scratched up really bad. He knew it wasn't his pod because he had put finger nail polish on it to mark a few things, and the numbers on the pod didn't match the numbers he wrote down on his card. He has since started using a big peddle board of mix and matched effects. The guitarist in another band is currently using the HD board. He really likes it, but has told me if it ever stops working he's not going to bother trying to send it in for repairs, and will probably be the last line 6 item he buys. In contrast a guitarist in another band that I do not play in has an older pod pro in his rack and he absolutely loves it, and has two of them. His rack goes like this top to bottom. Furman power conditioner - Line 6 -90 wireless - Korg DTR -1000 - Line 6 pod pro - Line 6 pod pro - power amp - power amp. I don't understand why they discontinued making the bass guitar processors, but eh.. there's always the Boss B-10 pedal board :(

Line 6 is leaving a good portion of the market wide open for another company. I liked the sounds I heard with the old bass pod pro, "really... what was wrong with it? and why was it discontinued?" but if Line 6 wont release an updated version the Boss GT-10B is the next logical solution, and perhaps it should have been the first choice, but I like my nobs in the rack. We can either wait patiently or buy what's available NOW. I'm leaning toward buying what's available now after these posts have gone unananswered for so long. Would I prefer a line 6 product, sure.. will I buy a line 6 product after I buy the Boss product.. NO WAY! money doesn't grow on trees. It's a one shot deal. The L6 bass pod pro are going on eBay for around $168 each used right now. Typically I don't like to take used gear on stage though. Is it possible to install bass expansion packs from line 6 into the new HD models like I did when I was using guitar port?

It would appear to me like Line 6 is only interested in making the guitar players happy, and neglects the bass player market quite a bit. Guitar port with it’s' guitar port online feature is a prime example. What's that.. You say not so? Anyone ever remember seeing bass guitar tabs? I surely don't! I'd like to see the selection and options found in the basspod pro models in the new models "HD" that replaced them. Line 6 doesn't need to produce fairy tales and stories to pacify anyone, just come out and say you either are or you don't plan on doing it!