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Hi @benthere77 Contrary to its name the Pod Go isnt just plug in and go. Its going to take a while for you to learn how to use it and I think your expectations to find your tone on the day you bought were probably a tad unrealistic. I've had my Pod Go for 3 weeks and I'm still on a learning curve - however I've been using digital modelling gear for years for gigging so I've gained some modest experience with these. When I first plugged in I was hugely disappointed as I couldn't get anywhere near the tones from my old Vox Tonelab SE (that came out in 2003) and I thought I'd made a bad mistake and was contemplating returning it. But now that I'm figuring it out, I'm simply over the moon with it and getting some stonking tones. There's a lot to learn and in the nicest way your experience as a software developer isn't really going to help you. Learning about tone, EQ, amps, cabs etc is a journey and that journey can often take you down an entirely different road when your gear changes and you have to think a bit differently to real amps and stomp fx. What guitar are you using and can you post a link to a recording of the tone you're trying to get? Through Pod Go you can save and share patches so if I can come up with something that I think might work for you I'd be happy to send you something to try. I'm not familiar with the patch you bought but these will rarely sound the same with your gear compared to theirs and I very recently posted on this topic on The Fretboard. If you could let me know the core elements in the patch you're working on ie amp, cab, reverb, delay and fx types that you're trying to get your tone with and the chain order I'll see what I can come up with although I may change these of course. This might help me to understand what (if anything) might be bringing about your initial disappointment. I'm still learning myself so it will be an interesting exercise, and I have a few different guitars so should have something that's reasonably close to what you might be playing. Don't worry, it's all in there and it's just a case of figuring it out, & I'm happy to try & help. On my Souncloud page (https://soundcloud.com/richard-birch-1 ) there's my e-mail (plus links to my youtube page). Drop me an e-mail and I'll have a go.

Ah - thanks!

Hey @phil_m - how did you copy a page from the manual & highlight it? I tried to do the very same thing last week and couldn't figure it out? I also tried to highlight sections with my mouse, which it did, but there was no way it would seem to let me copy a section of text from the .pdf?

Exactly right sir!

Its an interesting question. The terminology only really evolved relating to amp EQ where the halfway point on the knobs rotary position ie 12 noon 'straight up' was intended to indicate a more neutral halfway tone. Even then this is misleading because on some amps the tone parameters are interactive ie adjustments to one parameter e.g. mids, changes other parameters eg treble and bass, depending on where they are positioned. If you were looking at a bar line equivalent think of it that e.g. if you set mids to halfway and then changed the treble to halfway, the mids and or bass bar would move too. With certain real effects, the adjustment scale is logarithmic not linear which means that half way doesn't always represent the mid point of the parameter range. However, assuming the modelling is accurate this behaviour may still be reproduced but may not equate to what you see. For example although you're seeing the bar at halfway, much in the same way as 12 noon on a rotary dial, that doesn't always mean you are hearing half the range. For example the maximum change you hear might be within the first 70 percent of the parameter range with the remainder having less impact. So 12 noon on the dial or 50 percent along the bar may not always equate to what you might think.

On the Gear Page, Frank Ritchotte of Line 6 is seeking folk who have a Pod Go that regularly locks up - I think he's found one so not sure if he might still be interested in one or two more - if you're in the US he was offering an upfront swap and a free copy of Native. See here: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/line-6-pod-go.2113195/page-268 I'll ask if he's still looking.

I was just curious because I have a Pacifica too. Mine's a 611VFM in translucent black. I picked it up in mint condition from a very nice guy on Ebay for only £300 inc a gig bag. It's a cracking guitar that punches way, way above its weight with a Seymour Duncan P90 neck and Seymour Duncan bridge humbucker, Wilkinson VS50-6 bridge and trem, locking Grover machines, graphite nut and 3 way plus a push pull tone knob for single coil options. The neck is superbly comfortable with a lovely dark varnish and rosewood board, and it has a matching headstock. The trem was set up badly when I got it, but I've set it up properly and it now returns beautifully. It didn't come with the allen keys but I called Yamaha Music (London) and they very kindly sent me a set in a cute little holder.

No probs - out of interest, I think you said the problem was with your Pacifica - which model do you have?

UPDATE: Re the weird behaviour of FS7/FS8 and losing my volume pedal connectivity, James Domine (Yamaha) dropped me a line to say they've duplicated the problem from my back-up file and it will be fixed in the next update! Yay!!

Short answer...yes of course. You have lots of options. 1. You can set up a patch for each song or for each tone you need. You can name it as you want e.g. song name or what it does. 2. You can use snap shots either for different parts of the same song or 3. Use snap shots as an easy fast changing patch within a patch. So let's say you essentially only use 3 or 4 types of sound with different delay times, reverb depth, gain settings, and with or without e.g. tremolo. You can save snapshots with all the different setting parameters you need with any trem on or off or at a different speed, all within the same patch. 4. Or you can set your patches sequentially in song order and move through your patches one by one, even if several are the same. So you don't have to think about going back and forth and you just create and save a gig set. I've done exactly that in my Tonelab SE and LE. So in say a 20 to 30 number set I call the patch by song name even if its the same as a patch I used 4 songs back! It's idiot proof and as a certified idiot I can confirm it's really simple to do on Pod Go! Lol You don't need to over ride factory patches...You just create your set list in the user part of Pod Go, save it on Pod Go edit and load it in to your Pod Go as you need. And you can create different set lists for different gigs e.g. a rockabilly set, a blues set, a rock set etc if you play in different bands.

Sounds like a ring mains earth issue. If you're in a house, try plugging into a different socket downstairs if you're up stairs & vice-a- versa, as these will usually be on a different circuit. Also, check what else is physically plugged in and switched on - if everything is on a single circuit even things like a fridge could be causing the problem. A line conditioner may be the answer, or even a mains adapter that has some noise filtering eg 'Belkin'.

You should be able to tame or even do away with the hum using the Pod Go's noise gate. A Line conditioner may help, as in the US this type of issue is more prevalent than in the UK due to differences in mains electricity. However, check out the Electroharmonix Humdebugger which is brilliant. It is not a noise gate per SE but cleverly filters out hum with no perceivable impact on tone.

It's very normal with high gain particularly if you have other equipment running eg computers, lights, and it's worse with single coils than humbuckers. What guitar and pups do you have? Lots of things can contribute to noise e.g. earthing, shielding or lack of it in your guitar, your guitar leads, lights on dimmer switches, other devices plugged in on the same ring mains etc.

I'm on v1.11 and have had my Pod Go for around 10 days but only actually used it for 3 or 4 days due to work. I got my first freeze yesterday. I've also had some odd behaviour when using FS7/FS8 (see my separate post on this). I really love the tones I'm getting from my Pod Go, and it's design. These glitches/bugs do need sorting out asap - but to be fair I think the Line 6 folk are on the case!

It's not a flaw but a flexible choice. If you want all your fx in front of the amp, you can. And when it comes to fx chain order, even in the real world whilst there is a general thinking of what's likely to be a good logical order, there are no hard and fast rules and players go with what sounds good to their ears. Even an EQ and Volume will sound different in front of or after your amp and fx, depending on whether e.g. you want the volume to control gain too or just volume, or the EQ to work clean or add gain. Pod Go also means you can even put fx between the amp and cab e.g. spring reverb which most agree sounds best there.

No difference. However, I just switched it on/off a few times this morning ( not connected to Pod Go Edit) and it now seems to be working correctly and going to EXP2 'green' led (with FS7/FS8 setting & with pedals connected). I've done nothing since last night (when it kept defaulting to 'red' EXP1 led). So, it was originally working perfectly, then the red EXP1 problem came out of nowhere, and now it (appears) to be working perfectly again. There's definitely got to be a bug!

Thanks @silverhead. None of this helped...BUT I went through all the settings again and I think I've found the problem. The pedal was set for F7/8 - when I went into settings on Pod Go Edit and toggled From F7/F8 to EXP2 and then back to F7/F8, my volume came back & the green light is on. HOWEVER when I switch off Pod Go and restart it, the same thing happens. This can't be right and unless I'm missing a setting that I don't know about, the only thing I can think is that there's a bug either in Pod Go or Pod Go Edit. Any ideas?

Many thanks @silverhead I'll try a factory reset. When you mentioned back up both set lists, what did you mean?

@silverhead I have some questions: 1. Will a factory reset retain v1.11? 2. What is the difference between: (a) a factory reset, (b) installing back ups, and (c) reinstalling firmwate v1.11. 3. How do you reinstall firmware?

Line 6 will tell you that Helix LT is the natural successor to Pod HD500x not Pod Go.

Yes, everything.

Yes 2 footswitches. But disconnected and rebooted. Still nothing.

Hi guys - need some help. Switched on my PG today and every patch is defaulting to EXP1 wah. The red light is on, but it is in normal volume mode and when I press, the wah will be engaged; the red LED stays constant. But when I repress the wah switches off but the EXP2 volume green LED does not appear - it stays on LED1 red & I have no volume control function. The green Exp2 light won't come on in any patch, even though the volume pedal in the preset is being shown as on - so I have no volume control - I'm hearing the patch fine, but I can't seem to get the volume to go up/down with pedal movement which should be a default setting. It's as if some global change has occurred but I haven't touched any global setting. Can someone please help me to get my volume pedal back? Needless to say I've rebooted my PG and PG Edit. It's like the EXP1 has taken control. The default should be the green volume and it then changes to red and switches to EXP 1 only when wah is engaged. But that isn't what's happening. I tried reverting to a previous back-up, but no difference. The EXP pedal 'clicks' but the Vol Exp2 green LED light does not engage. I'm now thinking that this might be a physical 'switch' issue rather than being a software related problem, & if that is the case it will have to go back to Yamaha for a replacement. I've opened a ticket but if anyone here can help, I'd be pleased to hear from you. Many thanks.

I suspect these are all made in the same factory in China and the ones you see on Ebay for around £10 are no different to the original. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LINE-6-POD-GO-MULTI-EFFECTS-PEDAL-9V-3A-POWER-SUPPLY-ADAPTER-REPLACEMENT-UK/164036024339?hash=item26314f1813:g:V~MAAOSwvx1bqlj-

To raise this guys, there is a Line 6 Ideas forum you can join, post ideas and post votes.