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I believe I found the answer to my problem. I was just reading release notes on the various firmware versions and found that version 2.20 fixes the problem with the L2 setting the POD to combo/Stack. Time to update my HD500! -Max

Just got the call that my L2m is waiting for me at guitar center. This will be my third L2m speaker. I use one for my Dream Rig and the other two are for stage monitors. Just waiting for the right deal to get a L3s and couple L3ms to round out our little bar P.A. system. After using one for my guitar rig for few months, I was so impressed I decided to upgrade the entire P.A. system. -Max

I don't see or hear what you describe with my JTV. I play in a 60s and 70s cover band and the other guitarist is playing with vintage a Fender tube amp and Germino plexi clone and nice fender and PRS guitars. He is actually jealous of the Fender Twin and Strat on the bridge pickup tone that I am getting with JTV, POD, L2m system. The guy is tube and vintage gear purist and he admits that my system sounds amazing. -Max

I use a regular tripod speaker stand set up so that my L2m is about the height of my head. I have never heard myself so well, I guess I really don't have ears in my knees where most guitar amps direct the sound. -Max

I checked my Hd500 and it is running version 2.10. I wonder now if there has been some changes in the way the L2m behaves? It does appear that the L2m is forcing the HD500 into Combo/Stack when it connected via the L6 Link. This is annoying as I have to remember to switch this back to studio/direct at every gig and rehearsal. -Max

I still need to check the firmware version on my HD500. Currently I can have my HD500 configured for Studio/Direct. I can power the HD500 down and back up and the Studio/Direct mode is preserved. As soon as the L2m is connected via the L6 link and the speaker is powered on you can see the output mode on the HD500 switch to Combo/Stack. I will see if my unit needs a firmware upgrade and report back on my results. -Max

I will have to check my firmware version to see if I am up to the current level. -Max

Blackface double Park 75 I play 60s and 70s rock. -Max

I have the older HD500 not the newer HD500X. I haven't found any way for the Studio/Direct mode to stick. As soon as the HD500 sees the L2m speaker on the Link connection the POD switches to Combo/Stack. Cruisinon2, Are you using the Line 6 link digital connection between the POD and the L2? It won't switch if you are using one of the other outputs. -Max

I also found that it sounded best to me with the the L2 set to P.A./Reference and the POD set to studio Direct. Keep in mind if you use any of the other output modes on the POD you will bypass the power amp, cab, and mic modelling on the POD. I also found that if you use the link cable that the POD will set it self to Combo/Stack mode and you will need to manually change it back to studio/direct every time you power up the unit connected to the L2. -Max

I just bought two L2m speakers to use as stage monitors and I got a better deal than when i bought my first L2m. I still want a L3s and couple of L3m speakers, just need to find the right deal. -Max

Dang! I should go and buy one as a backup for that price. -Max

I am using the HD500 and the Line 6 L2m speaker. I don't play high gain or metal, but I found getting the 70's AC/DC tone to be very easy. In fact I have found while learning some new tunes for the band, that while playing along I can get an almost identical tone to the recording for most everything our band does from the 60s and 70's. I went from using the HD500 into a tube power amp and speaker cab, but have found that it probably sounds twice as good using the full amp models through the L2m. -Max

I use the L2m for my Dream Rig and it has been working great! I found that the POD set to Studio/Direct and the L2 set to P.A. Reference sounded best to me, it also has the advantage of using the power amp, cab and mic models (if you use any other mode the cab, power amp and mic models are disabled). The Acoustic sounds are good (I just put the vintage pre in the chain with no amp). My Dream Rig is lighter than anything I have used before, is more versatile and is more powerful to boot. -Max

I run JTV-59 -> Pod 500 -> L2m. I use the Variax acoustic and electric models as well as running a guitar synth into another input. This system gives me everything I need in one package. The DT amps are supposed to be great but won't work for acoustic or guitar synth tones. -Max

In the end it comes down to which style of tool you prefer to get your job done. Ever notice how many different styles of hammer you can buy? I play classic rock from the 60s and 70s. My current gigging system is the JTV-59 -> POD500 -> L2m and I also run a guitar with the roland GK-2A into a GR-33 guitar synth for some strings and horns on a few songs. I have to say that without this forum my tones would not be as good as they are now. A POD is more difficult to use that a simple amp, but the results for me are well worth the effort. I have been so Impressed with the L2m speaker, that I am saving pennies to convert my little P.A. over to all Line 6 powered speakers. -Max

I guess you guys missed the tone building video where they were building a Jimmy Page tone and had a foot switch activate the leslie and at the same deactivate the amp model. It seems to sound pretty good in the video. -Max

I had this issue when I was using variax as one input and guitar as the other (guitar synth connected to guitar input). I found that the guitar input was pickup noise and amplifying it. When I switched the other input to Aux it went away.

The Line 6 L2m is working amazingly well for me. It is also lighter than a combo amp or head and speaker can combination. -Max

I know this is a bit of an old topic. A real Leslie is typically used in place of an amp. I need to experiment but it doesn't seem to be very realistic to try and put the Leslie before or after an amp. I think you might want to start with no amp and use the Leslie as the amp. -Max

Try hooking it up to a Line6 L2 or L3 speaker! That is my current system and it is amazing for a cover band. -Max

I have been gigging with my JTV-59 for over a year with no problems yet. I use the POD HD500 to change the settings on the guitar however. -Max

I conformed that the L2m is changing the setting on the POD HD500. I turned on the POD, set the output to Studio/Direct. I then powered up the L2m which is connected via the link cable. As soon as the L2m powers up completely it switches the POD to Combo Stack mode. I really think that this is the wrong default to select for this speaker and wonder what the thinking was behind the decision to use combo stack mode when attached to the L2m. -Max

It sounds like you might be running a guitar with high output humbuckers into the POD. That Bohemian patch was intended for a single coil pickup. If you do have a high output humbucker guitar be sure to use the pad switch on the POD. -Max

By default when the L2m sees the HD500 it will set itself to electric guitar which is not the setting you want to use if you want to use the full amp and speaker models. You have to change the speaker setting to P.A. reference and save for each patch you set up. I have tried saving each patch after setting the HD500 to Studio/Direct but it keeps getting switched back to combo/stack which sounds like lollipop. It seems to me that Line 6 really chose the wrong defaults for POD500 -> L2m. Why would you want to use only preamp models with the single cab emulation on the speaker? The POD sounds amazing with the full amp and speaker models running into the speaker in P.A. reference mode. -Max