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toneman2121

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  1. well as usual i lollipop up. all this time i've been going back to the amp every now and then. checking lollipop. of course the first thing i did was swap tubes from one position to another...same lollipop. finally decided to bring it to a well recommended tech. jim walton's his name. in the philly area. google him. hell, i thought, one more search on google, a few more checks. swap some tubes and if still no luck i'll call him today. turns out when i swapped tubes the first time i put the exact same lollipop tube back in the exact same lollipop socket. off to get a set.

  2. try this from the manual

     

    If for any reason, or just for the sheer mad joy of it, you decide you need to reset your 
    Floor POD Plus’s entire memory to its factory-programmed state, then boldly do this: 
    Simultaneously press the Bank Up and Bank Down footswitches while plugging in the 
    power supply. After startup, the display will show “intâ€, to indicate that the unit has been 
    re-initialized. Disconnect the power supply then reconnect it. You’re done
  3. Sorry Toneman but I own Axe Fx 2, out of the box the amps kick the HD500 into touch, don't get me wrong HD is fraction of the price and mine is still in my live setup but only cos Axe has nearly 200 amps and you have to add your own cabs with no default setting it is quite complicated to edit too, you have to guess which cab and mic goes with each amp, that and constantly upgrading firmware it seems every other month it is hard to keep up. But most updates also improve amp sims!

     

    The HD is superb but cannot compete, its like Fractal release a new pedal every other month, that is what HD is up against. Price wise it's ridiculous, but that's like me asking you what guitar you have. Bet it aint a Squier or copy, Gibson vs Epiphone, Fender vs Squier. They can all do the job, but sound quality, sound wise and updates are nothing like each other. Getting a bit fed up of people sounding like sour grapes on forums because they can't afford one. For what Axe and HD are bulit for there is no competition and no comparison. This is not a commercial by the way, but out of the box the Axe patches sound like real amps ( well through my FRFR anyway )

     

    Complicated, expensive? Yes but the two are not even near.

    for the sake of argument, why not use the better equipment. you really don't use 200 amps at one gig, do you? why not convince me once and for all that the pod cannot compete? record clips of each and post them. 

     

    Coke. By a mile. solved, resolved, fact.

    no coke...pepsi

  4. my thoughts are that if the noise stops when there is no input, the pod is at fault, since you have tested another guitar with the same results.  suppose there is a ground wire  or input plug fault in the pod. this, [Idea: plug your guitar into the Aux input and change the patch input to Aux. If the noise goes away then it's a faulty Guitar Input circuit.] sounds like a good test

  5. Is there any impedance that one should avoid/favour? I wonder how it influences the tone.

    if you have too much treble in the tone, lower the Z. no right or wrong. another thing i noticed is that if you have to much attack when you pluck the strings, separate the right and left channels on the mixer. works for me, this also lowers the volume so just turn it up. seems to me it eliminates that plucky, trebley  sound.

    in my opinion, you just have to learn where all the controls are (there's thousands of combinations) to shape your tone and try them all. i've had mine for 3 years and i still ain't done learnin'. happy tone hunting

  6. i think you should have an output signal from the pod even with the lower current capability of your ps. since it's old, i would try changing the battery. you have to open it up and do some soldering. it doesn't cost much and you can also check stuff on the board. remove the knobs using 2 small screwdrivers to pry them up using even pressure on opposite sides. protect the finish. they can be a lollipop to pry,

  7. Ehm, where do I change the input Z? Do you mean the impedance?

    on the pod lcd, with the pointer on the amp, hold the view button down a couple of seconds until the screen changes, page over with the nav key 2 or three pages. also access it from hd edit, upper left portion of the window

     

    always perform a global reset and pedal cal after reflash

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