PatMustard

If only I had the cash for 2 of everything. :( Re: Power supply, a friend had soak tested the power pack and it didn't dip over 3 hours. Obviously, things are different when under load. Cheers all, though.

Gentlemen, thank you. It maybe that I start saving up for the Helix now, once one's trust has gone... well, it's not a nice feeling while gigging. I will in the meantime do what you both have said, resets plus buy a new power supply. Thanks again. I do have a back up unit, which I can't believe that I will have to take with me this weekend (shhh, it's a BOSS GT8) Hope it's not needed

Hi all, Hopefully I am in the right area/forum - couldn't find a specialist one for faults, so apologies if not. We set up (as below) and before we started playing to anyone, I hit the tuner. At this point the board went off and then after a second, rebooted as if the power had gone and come back. I thought initially there might be something under that pedal making this happen. However... as in the title, I was gigging, half way through a song and no guitar could be heard, just a high pitched scream. I looked down at the board and saw it re-booting(?) . Basically, coming back on as if the power had been pulled out and put back in again - it had not. This time I had not touched the board, much less the tuner. The guitar sound came back on and we made it to the end of the song. No-one died. Background - had the POD HD500X about two years. Love gigging with it. Guitar into board, into PA mixer desk and out through PA speakers. Never had a problem before. Questions: Is there a reason/cure? Any experience of this elsewhere? Do I say, 'I can't trust you anymore', and buy a Helix? Thoughts/help please. Thank you in advance

It says Paul Hindmarsh on that link, not Sean Halley.

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Again thank you all. I will have a go and be back. I don't know why I chose the word 'investment', and although most people answered the questions I posed in my post, rather than the title question, I apologise sincerely for any misunderstanding. I know that electronic items generally depreciate rapidly in monetary value as technology advances, so I had hoped that in the looser definition of the word my meaning would have been clear. Consider my wrist to be well and truly slapped. :(

Thank you again - glad I signed up, you all seem a nice helpful bunch. :) mystic - surprised to hear you say that regarding distortion sounds for the POD. Not heard a great distorted sound from Boss at all, but heard plenty of POD ones. Hmm. Having said that, you maybe correct about EQ - I did state my lack of competence on those matters earlier, ALTHOUGH I haven't heard anyone else get the same quality sounds out of a BOSS as from a POD. Clean/chorus etc - yes. Distorted rock/metal - no. Rlblues - Thank you also. When you say, ' Download the quick guide, read it, and make sure you are connected properly for your particular setup and understand the ins and outs.' That's the vital info I will need. Does this come with the unit?

Thank you both for your replies. pfsmith0 - where's the best place for me to start researching? I am a novice on understanding and therefore changing 'muddy' 'boomy' 'grainy' etc noises. I guess that's EQ experience. Would be grateful of some direction if you know where to look? Miguel - Thank you. I don't think there's that much of a sound difference between Ax FX and the POD. Certainly not enough to justify the price difference. But it's all subjective.

Hi all, Brand new to the forum and have read a few posts and realised there is a LOT of info here and even MORE things that I do not understand. I need some advice before I decide on whether I can get the HD500x to do what I require - it should definitely do it, but can I make it do so? I currently play in a rock duo to backing tracks. Me on guitar, plus a singer. I currently plug guitar into Boss GT-100 (boo hiss :angry: ) straight into the desk (Dynacord) - and to Dynacord PA speakers. This is the set up without an amp that I need advice on. The problem? The distortion sounds on the Boss. I have heard the POD sounds on youtube ( but never live) and have been blown away. They are incredible compared to the Boss ones. However, these videos are usually DIRECT recordings rather than into the set up I have. So my question is this: How difficult is it to get (download/copy other people's settings/do my own/ whatever) those professional sounding tones through a PA? As I have not heard or seen any examples, but have read on the net that people do use them, I am not asking if it can be played direct through a PA, but more how difficult is it to get these brilliant sounds that are available to work on my system if I were to buy the POD? Sorry to ramble on, but I was trying to preempt people asking for verification of certain points. So, should I buy one?