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Did Anders said that or some in the comment field? This is just an idea anders had i guess it is perfect in tone with itself and it was a prototype that is NOT what the fretboard look right now Anders have made 4 of different fretboard earlyer for different kind of playing (called formula 1 2 etc) now it seems they opt for only one model .. I uploaded this video with that very strange frets for people to understand that if the frets are straight like a railways it makes the string longer /shorter when you push down the strings on the fretboard. Anyway maybe is Steve Vai can explained it better One comment i saw on this topic in a guitar magazines article where they had put up a video where Ola Englund was playing a TT guitar was "Steve Vai is gonna put it on every guitar? whatever happend to that?" Yes he said that in this video Well i guess that Steve has got one for every guitar model he ownes like the FLO and the 7 string some acoustics etc etc right now It is NOT on every guitar he owns (have you seen his collection? it is probably 400 or more guitars and i guess many of them is worth alot you dont want to change anything on those guitars of course) To do that would also take a great deal of time. And Steve is not the only one wanting TT frets If you order a TT it is gonna take some time because it is luthier work to do not something you do on a CRC machine and spit out a ready neck ever 10 second Anders company is small maybe 10 people and i dont know how many that actually work on the guitars but i know that Anders do it himself i know this as i am a friend since way back from the early 80:s But i moved to another place in Sweden in the early 90:s so i haven´t seen him since then In the mid 1990:s Anders was using a prototype in his band ( i have seen pictures of it) it looks almost like the one in the Video with the very strange frets The the bass player in the band (A trio) also got one.. One friend of mine phoned me and said that he saw Anders with a guitar that had frets that looked like Z i said come on you cant play on frets like that the guitar cant be in tune.I know better nowadays The first "rebuilt guitar" i saw Anders played and in fact the only one i tested myself (this was in the late 80:s) had 24 straight frets he had placed a fret between the original 12 fret i guess that is where he came up with the idea that he must bend the frets.. I know Steve Vai had a similar guitar ( 24 frets where the first 12 frets is) at the same time And i guess Anders do not have some kind of american dream "oh i gonna make millions" it was not because of that Anders start his business He was upset with the fact that a guitar is not in tune and did something about it and if he could help others out there who feel the same why not of course he must live and it is not a hobby anymore (i guess the luthier Paul Guy have helped him alot). Anyway i just saw through the comments on the Youtube page and nothing from Anders there saying it cant be used i a band situation (As i remember Anders he was a very quit guy didn´t speak much but a very good guitar player with awesome ears he could pick up what you played in a minuet even if he didn´t see it) Now where was that comment? If you clicked on the TT link you should have seen that the frets don´t look so extreme nowadays as the the one in the video Some comments in the Youtube page was also so wrong like the one saying his LP if intonated and tuned with a strobetuner would sound equally in tune with Anders TT guitar now that is LOL Here is the finished product played by Steve Vai with a band and i know many guitarist who use it in bands But there is a problem though what if the neck brokes? Unless you are a Jazz dude you gonna run around and make many moves on stage not stand there like a statue And of course there is fretworks that cant be done the normal way when frets wear down (if they do that on TT:s?) And the frets can of course come loose from the fretboard.. So i guess those guitars is more suited for studios or very relaxed playing if you don´t own many of those of course but then you got to be rich so it is not for everyone.. I think it is a great innovation not for the ones with no "musical ears" of course Or the ones with "i must look cool and this frets looks strange hmm maybe gay?" problems They can use the normal guitars and they don´t hear the difference anyway Anyway we can of course talk intonation and tunings forever Bach wrote a piece called well tempered clavier just because he was upset that the clavier wasn´t in tune with itself and the it was some sort of guide to people that you can play "sort of" in tune on this instrument I think only instruments like a flute wich is tune to chords and barely has no overtones can be in tune with itself I really need to work on my English ( it was good when i talked alot but nowadays i only read and type English) I can read English very well but when i type i tend to think Swedish and then try to translate it to English when i later read it i see that the grammar is so wrong

Yes but your right but what makes me convinced in this topic is that that luthier is now building true tempered necks so i don´t think he is so wrong when it comes to tuning.. The Luthiers name is Paul Guy he is located in Stockholm Sweden this is what i read on his website many years ago in Swedish of course but here it is in English http://www.guyguitar...ing/tuning.html He then in the 90:s met a young guitarist named Anders Thidell who was freaking out because he couldn´t get his guitar in tune so Anders started to mess with the frets on some of his guitars This is what he came up with http://www.truetemperament.com/ And here you can see Anders playing on a TT neck that is even more odd And here is some of the tunings method Paul Guy used over the years I have forgot about the first method as i am so used to method two but now that i remember first method is even better Try it if you dont like it go back to what you use http://www.truetempe...hods-evaluated/

Well the method i explained is what i read on a luthiers website over 15 years ago and i been using it ever since that day He has built guitars since the early 70:s I bet he knows what he is talking about And yes it make the tuning better for me all over the neck It´s not perfect like on a Piano (which b.t.w is not in tune with itself but alot more in tune than a guitar) but it is alot better then the normal way tuning open strings to tuner or tune strings to eachother on the 5 fret and 4th when tuning the B-string

Well since a guitar never will be in tune due to it´s contruction i would always tune my guitars with a tuning method that compansate for what the normal tuning method is missing. This is how i do it first tune your high E-string to a good tuner or a pitchpipe or pitchfork then when the high E-string is in tune hit a harmonics over the 12 fret on the B- string and tune that B-string to the a fretted B-note on the high E-string which is on placed on the 7-fret Then do the same with the G-string but of course you need to tune to the 8-fret on the B-string which is where the G-note is located. Then go on to the D-string for all you who don´t know where to find notes on the fretboard use the 7-fret on the G-string (but you should really take the time to learn where all the notes are as it is only 12 of them) And then it is time for the A-string do exactly the same as you did with the D-string and B-string And finally you guess it?It is time for the low E-string and of course you do the same as on all other string except for the G-string The guitar will now be a little of tune all over the fretboard but atleast you can play chords high up without it sounding way out of tune like it does when tuning the normal way.. Of course this solution doesn´t make it good just a little better than how it is when tuning the "normal" way If you really want a guitar that is in tune all over the fretboard you have to buy a True Tempered fretboard..

My POD HD Desktop tuner working just fine I have a Korg DT 3 and a Planet Waves Strobe Pedal And in my iPhone i have Peterson iStrobosoft or whatever it is called and the new IK Multimedia tuner which b.t.w is very good for it´s price. The Pod tuner is more accurate then the Korg But not as accurate as the Strobe pedal and the iOs Strobe IK Multimedias but i use those for fine tuning when i set the intonation or tune my 12 string Strange that some people have problem with the tuner and some dont must be a software bug

That Glen Delaune stuff sounded crap he cant tweak sounds on a POD And then charge money for it no way i would pay for that..

Well have you notice how many christian people who hang here no wonder they have filtered out any word that not is religious correct

Yes i agree i use the MIX IR vst or any other convulation plugin i came across and use the non cab in the POD i sometimes also only use the pre-amp version. Then it is not so bad i think it is close to AXE and Kemper not really in the same leauge but close if you use other cab:s.

???????? This is suppose to be an ENGLISH forum. Nobody that dont understand your language. Can help you if you dont write in english. Try to do a google translate next time

Yes me too!! Even if it is most likely a guitar related problem try to do a reboot on the bean. I believe you have to hold down left arrow button when you power up the bean But before you do that make a backup of your presets if you have you want to keep your own presets because i believe it turns the unit in to how it was when it left the factory. But i´m not sure i have done that before and still had the newer firmware installed!!

You forgot Samplitude in the poll and Sonar? "well you had the option others" But i think they both should be in the poll with their respective name and Tracktion should be left for others

Well do you have the same attitude when it comes to learning guitar? I would say to him dont give up!!! Take it slow bit by bit read the manual and dont be frustrated.. Download some patches from custom tone of songs or guitarist you like that other people have tried to immitate (most of them are crap anyway) and try to make them better but see what they have done wrong usually they have the wrong Amp to much dsist or to many effects and they sound nothing like the tone they try to sound like. Also try to learn how to build an effect chain what effects should be placed first in the chain? etc etc (there is webpages that will teach you that) read the meambobbos awesome webpage or dl it (he has a dl version) And start from scratch with a clean signal i say use the HD edit software if you can as it is so much better to use and understand then using the units knobs Good luck

Yes i already said that did you understand that or what?? But still they dont use the AMP-SIMS (exept for some metal dudes) that is what MOST PEOPLE THINK in here. That if John Petrucci and Vai etc etc use them they use the AMP-sims. Well they DONT!! And read their remarks how that make me laugh then you read an INTERVIEW on a studio magazine about how MUCH they use the porduct well then it is a completely different answer then on the Fractal website. Hey i remember malcolm youngs answer when they said that Amplitube amp sim software was on the latest studio album.. (I think it was on the album on some track but i cant remeber but it is a good product what was it called?) Then you read an interview in SOS with the engineer how recorded the album he said all guitars where tracked using old marshalls and speaker boxes so they can be on full volume miced and then routed to the mixing desc then to TAPE not a DAW for that 70:s sound. Or that Alex Lifeson only have an AXE roumor that float around before well according to some who has seen them live he still uses the H&K amps You got to learn to NOT believe everything you read. Vai makes no secret he say it is for effects only but still he have tons of toher sstuff aswell all his pedals are there and other effects aswell i think he replaced the old delay TC 2290 and the harmonizer with the AXE II. Here is a good site if you want to see what famouse guiitarist have in their rigs. http://www.premierguitar.com/topics/1561-rig-rundown b.t.w read Guthries rig on page 2 he still is on the fractal website They only use the effects!! Petrucci did however use the amp-sim Fractal made a clone of his Boogie to make demos with. He could have used a Boss dist pedal for that purpose but as he is a guitar heroe he dont need to. BUT he used the REAL AMP instead of the AXE when it comes to tracking later on. So i dont get your point in answering my statement? We all now it´s a good product But for most HOME users it cost to much It´s the same with Amps hell i want a Mesa or a Buddha or a Dumble BUT i have to buy what i can afford.. Instead i have to deal with amps that i can afford like used Marshalls Blackstar Peavey VK etc etc. Do you REALLY think that SRV payed for his Dumble? Or Slahs for his modded Marshalls? And when it comes to AXE i think it is like theis The unit has tons of studio quality effects so why have 10 different units when you can have ONE that do the same as all those 10? Thats why people have them it is NOT beacuse of the AMP-Sims as many might think hell even most of the people who run studios and had AXE before they have swithced for Kemper as it has better AMP-Sims except for some people that dont want to admit it.. But still the AXE have better effects Anyway i can understand your hype and glory nowadays but i assure in maybe two or three years or so something NEW has arrived and then all the BIG GUNS have left AXE and went for that. Thats how it goes in this buissiness thats why i admire people who never change things like Robin Trower and Steve Howe to name only two. You see they still have the same stuff they had in the 70:s they sounded GREAT back then they sound great now.

I never ask for any acoustic sounds or if it was good for variax (i dont own a variax) i simply saw someone saying he have an Atomic he had for the POD XT and use that Atomic with the POD HD bean. So my question was if it make the HD bean sounding any better?? Still havent heard an answer yet. I know what the DT sounds like and it is maybe an option but if Atomic can make my HD bean sounding way better that it sounds without the Atomic i might buy a used Atomic instead as it is much cheaper than a used DT

I dont think you got my point!! I am pretty sure that NOONE that ad that box is paying for it. And of course it is in their racks hell it is a good product with studio quality effects in it. But most people in here still think that they use it for their amp-sims (well some guitarist do that especially metal bands that play down tuned) But the rest of the guitar heroes that uses the AXE FX only use the effects in it and not the amp-sim they have real amps for that. And that is beacuse you get so many good effects in one box instead of having say 7 - 10 different rack units so it is much easyer especially when you concider switchin presets

But the atomic is suppose to not colour the sound of the POD like other tube amps does thats why i asked.. On the other hand a DT25 and a POD HD 500 would be nice but then i have to exchange my bean to a 500 the atomic i have in mind is also much cheaper than the DT

How does the POD HD sound when it is used with the Atomic Reactor amp? Is it worth to get one of those or should i go for a DT 25 amp

Impreesed by the amount of player yeah that box is good no doubt BUT do you really think those players needed to BUY that box?? Nope they get it for free for some advertising.. Those players dont buy their axes or amps or strings well i dont even think they buy their clothes. If they do use them is another question? Like Yngwie and that Crate amp he advertised in the 90:s well i can go on and on and on

I got a nice deal on a used DT25 it even have 6 months guarantee But since reading all the post in here about that transformer issues and Line6 REFUSE to say what serial it is i am unsure if i gonna buy it as i dont want to pay a lot of xtra cash to repair it if it brokes.. That is so lame of Line6 if a CAR has a major problem like the breaks stop working after 4 years or so most car builders are taking them in and repair them for FREE since it is their fault in the first place. So should i buy?

Doesnt the desktop and 500 model use the same chip? As they have exactly the same amp models and effects?

Why dont you just user the bank up and down switch? You have exactly the same patches on both banks and use different effects assigne to the switches it can be done on your computer with the edit software. But to me it sounds like you only believe that you can have 4 patches? You have atleast 128 own patches and the 512 stock ones but i believe you can overwrite the stock ones so you have the same patch on all 4 patches in the same bank.. Anyway i will say read the manual you will learn alot from that and there is alot of "tweak secrets & solutions" here in the forum

How can a band be outdated?? Thats the most stupid comment i ever read is Beatles or Elvis outdated? They have written songs that will stay in peoples mind forever unlike many band that is popular today. And b.t.w they where doing records when the recording method was the good old fashion way. A.k.a record guitar with a real amp miced up and then recorded to a reel to reel recorder. And the album was released on vinyl and casettetape. Unlike today where you can have unlimited tracks and it is recorded digital on a computer. And then you can modify every single thing you record to beyond recognition. Hell you dont even have to sing in tune anymore or being able to play well on your instrument. That was needed back then if you could not play or sing no way you could do a record. Unless you had very good friends and was very rich. Today you only need the looks no talent required. I take that bands that use Line 6 do it beacuse they like the sounds of the unit. When we talk about AXE FX II and users that are stars. Vai and Petrucci only use the effects on the AXE not the amp-modeling they use real amps instead. I dont know about other famouse uses that use AXE FX but i guess most have real amps and use it for effects only. Petrucci did record the demo songs at home using a "cloned" a.k.a (tonematching) model of his Mesa MK V on the AXE FX. But when it came to actually do the record he used the REAL Mesa MK V amp not the AXE if AXE was so good why use a real amp in the studio?.

Never heard one myself but from what i get from watching countless youtubes videos i think AXE FX II:s effects are better than POD HD:s they sound like real studio effects and they should as you pay so much for it.. When it gets to AMP modeling i dont know as most units today is very close when it comes to heavy distortion but when it comes subtle distortion the ones that breaks up so nicely on a REAL tube amp i havent heard a digital modeling unit even come close to that sound.. They have come a long way though but it is something in those tube amps sounds that digital modeling units havent been able to mimic..

Well to change presets you must do the Midi configuration yourself if you want to use the POD HD 500 as a Midipedalboard. Or any other product aswell unless you want to buy a gadget called Stealth Pedal from IK Multimedia but you still need an optional switching pedal in order to switch presets I tried to configure my Behringer Midipedalboard FCB 1010 to work with Amplitube (and Guitar RIG) but i did not have the patience to do it so i quit as it is a timeconsuming job and very very boring.. If you buy the IK Multimedia pedal and the swithing pedal they will "shake hands" immediately but with another midiboard you have to assigne every "midichannel" on the midipedalboard to the corresponding channel in Amplitube or any other software.. It is far more easy to use the corresponding products as they are ready make.. I remember first time i tried a rackunit called ART SGX 2000 and had a midipedal from Roland it did not work(out of the box) So i bought the ART version that was made for SGX unit and hooked it up with 2 midicables and everything just worked.