Hi guys. I'm currently a Vetta user. I play in a 80's hard rock cover band. We mostly play smaller bars, outdoor events, etc.
I love the vetta, both because for these smaller shows, I only need to carry in the head, rather than 50 pedals and other gear (it's just a perfect gigging head to have everything built in and have pretty good sound), plus it seems that everyone HATES line 6, or any other amp that isn't some million dollar boutique amp.
My vetta is starting to do funny things, and now I'm getting worried that it may be on it's way out. So while it's still working ok, I'm looking into what kind of gigging rig to replace it. If they still made a vetta, I would buy another one in a heartbeat.
Just for reference, I run the Vetta through the Line 6 cab with V-30's. I've had it about 10 years I think, and I think it's a great sounding cab.
So I'm tossing around the idea of getting the new POD HD rack unit, and using the FBV shortboard I already have. Since my biggest love about the Vetta was the convenience of having an all inclusive head, with really no other equipment, I would want to entertain the idea of finding a rack mounted power amp rather than carrying around some monster tube head. I guess my thought is that I could mount a power amp and the POD in one rack case, and at least SORT OF have the same convenience as the vetta (one 412 cab and one rack case).
Obviously, since I played the vetta for so many years, I'm not a tube snob. Does anyone have any real world experience gigging with the POD HD and a rack mounted power amp. I want to hear some good feedback on both tube AND non tube power amps. at most of the small shows we play, 80% of my guitar is heard through the cab, with just a little bit going into the FOH speakers to put the guitar sound in areas away from my cab. We are pretty loud for the small bars, since we have a hard hitting drummer and requires me to add some extra volume to be heard.
The power amp would have to be comparable in headroom to a typical 100w guitar head.
Any real world opinions??? Thanks guys!
