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Yes, that was the first logical move. Both told me: we can't get the part. I do personal appearances with on-air broadcasts with incredible benevolence in technical matters from the Madison Heights "authorized service center" (they are the authorized service center of ..... pretty much anything that plugs in to the wall .. ) .. and their frankness with me concerning their .. first *-SHOCK-* then languishing month after month in to .. comedy, a joke ... a farce .. that is Line 6's technical support of "authorized service centers" ("Dave, I kid you not, my friend .. it's .. the MAIN GUITAR JACK .. OF THEIR PREVIOUS FLAGSHIP .. not 70 years ago .. their previous model ... and it's THE MAIN *****AMN INPUT .. and they don't have any. And neither does anybody else. Anywhere. Throw the thing in the trash. It's a piece of .. " Well, there's your authorized service center's opinion. And they make a pretty good point.
HOWEVER ..
I like Line 6. I like the sound. I used to think of them like .. Jaguar .. they aren't Ferrari (Marshall) or Lamborghini (Fender) ... but I enjoy that they cost far too much and are intensely unreliable. It makes me remember my ex-wife.
So, I went outside of the envelope .. and used all the resources that an on-air rock disc jockey has ... and took it to a place .. that is ..
NOBODY
And I Mean Nobody's
"authorized service center"
And should you bring up such nonsense in conversation, you'd be asked to leave.
I was told to leave because I had a Line 6 in my hand.
That's the current state of your authorized service centers and intensely qualified "could probably invent your company on a Saturday afternoon" rock tech experts with decades of experience.
That's what this issue has done for you and done to you.
IT"S THE PLACE YOU PLUG IN YOUR GUITAR. I mean, my God, man. You have to, at least, understand what we feel when it's something like .. *THAT*.
Issues happen, sure. But it's with ... the transmission bearing in a Porsche .. or something similarly obscure.
What we're talking about is .. you won't make anymore .. and there are none to be had ANY PLACE (source: authorized service center).
It's the place we plug in.
It's faulty.
Look across the web.
It's everywhere.
But evidently .. .you don't see it.
Because :
A.) You don't want to
B.) You do see it and you are just a guy on a forum
If it's B .. at least you can understand our frustration.
But hey .. it's invaluable for me, personally. During any interview with any significant artist live on the air, I can always have the go-to line in my pocket:
"Yeah, he's like a Line 6 Amplifier. Defective Main Input."
And the audience and the person being interviewed can all laugh and feel like they are in on the joke.
You are the joke.
Never argue with a disc jockey. We speak professionally for a living.
We'll take either side of the discussion and beat you about the face and neck with it.
