Pod Go - build quality, reliability

[hausi_117]

Hi, I consider getting a Pod Go as a fly rig. Can anybody tell me how well it is built and if it performs reliable. I am a touring musician with occasional fly in gigs and therefore want a lightweight and sturdy rig. Playing a wide range of shows (festivals, tv performances, headline shows etc)

 

I also considered building a board around the HX stomp, but cost is a factor, and a pedalboard with all its components would be overkill.

 

Maybe someone that heavily uses the Pod Go can help me.

[voxman55]

Pod Go is plenty rugged enough for gigging and touring. But it's feeble power supply is it's Achilles heel. Make sure you have backups or better still, try and source a better quality power supply. 

[spaceatl]

I used it exclusively for nearly a year...Mostly songwriting, rehearsals and a handful shows (2020, so not so much)...It was great...If you are able to scale tones down and understand how that works as I am sure you do, it should be fine...In the end, I could not get around how the blocks are restricted...So I opted for the HX XL....basically, it's a stomp with the same control layout as the GO...only thing you might need is an expression pedal. My patches spilled out into a pedalboard, but it really isn't a problem to use the XL on it's own...more scenes, paralell paths and more flexible block choices is where I landed...