Does anyone else find these products to be CRAP???

[Jezzasurf1]

I recently played 3 shows in Las Vegas. The G10’ failed at every single event. Charged for over 8 hours and only once did it last thru a 3 hour set. What’s the point of having wireless if you have to keep spare cables on standby for when Line 6 fails again?

 

My Pod Go was the same. This hunk of crap only worked without issues once. And the support for Line 6 is a joke. They offer no solution, support or take the slightest bit of responsibility for their products. I have spent $1,000 on line 6 products over the past 7 months. I feel taken advantage of, I feel unimportant and unappreciated. 
 

if you have experienced similar issues and are not getting it resolved with the “support team “. Please let me know. And if I’m wrong please let me know and what I can do to resolve the issues I’m having. 
 

 

[silverhead]

Is the POD Go new and under warranty? I guess not; otherwise Line  6 support would have resolved it. If used, do you know anything about its history? Did you buy it from a reputable reseller who should be able to help you? What exactly is the issue you’re having with it?

[theElevators]

Pod Go is not a professional-grade piece of equipment.  Helix is pretty good, but not perfect.  ALL Line 6 gear has absolutely garbage footswitches... ALL!  As a touring guitarist, I can tell you that you need to constantly maintain your gear to make sure everything works 100%, and ALWAYS have a backup with you. 

 

I don't play bass lines with my feet, just switch my sounds around 6 times per song. 

 

 

 

I have 2 Helixes: LT for home practicing and all the outdoor gigs and Floor one that I baby and only use at professional gigs. 

 

The Floor quickly developed an intermittent issue with 2 buttons not always engaging after a year and a half.  Got it cleaned and now it's fine.  Also the expression pedal was note screwed in right from the factory, so I had to disassemble it and tighten the screws of the claw, otherwise it would start drifting and loosening.  I have mine in Space Gray, and the paint is of really bad quality and scratches easily.

 

My LT which I used a lot more has been almost completely fine, except the same 2 buttons stopped being as reliable, but still always worked, unlike on the Floor.  I also bought it used, and it just seems a lot more solid.  Cleaned the footswitches, and everything works 100% after 5 years.

 

My Pod Go--one of the footswitches started crapping out after a month and a half of use!  I again cleaned the switches and it's been fine.  I only used it live 4 times lol. The footswitch design is even worse than on the Helix line.  You have your metal button inside the plastic.  It attracts dirt, it oxidizes, and starts getting scratchy/crunchy.  It's a shame really.  If it were built better, it would have been an amazing machine.  The sounds out of it are fantastic.  It's truly a mini-Helix, just not built for serious live gigs where you don't want your buttons to **** fail!!

 

Line 6's biggest selling point is their usability of their gear.   To set up snapshots is a piece of cake, meanwhile on other boards you really need to jump through hoops, e.g. FM9... way too complicated for no reason, also limited in terms of what's allowed in the signal chain.

 

 

 

If you want reliable modeller, go with the Fractal FM9, for example.  Their footswitch design is contactless (SSS), so they should never wear out or require cleaning, like on the Helix.  The only problem I've heard from Fractal boards is the internal battery sometimes fails and you lose all your presets!  That battery should last around 10 years, but some users claimed that their board lost all presets within a month.  Helix doesn't use a battery btw. 

 

Every other modeller has the same crappy tactile switches and they go bad, that's just how they are built.   I think it's a deliberate point of failure so people would spend more money and buy more gear.

 

Even with tactile switches, if they used gold-plated ones that cost 5 dollars per switch, they would last forever.  But instead, it's cheap Chinese junk.  My coffee maker has higher quality switches.  My cheap Chinese mechanical computer keyboard has all its buttons still working.  My 19-year-old Nord electro keyboard had every single footswitch working flawlessly. 

 

 

 

In terms of portable wireless units, Shure GLXD16+is the only thing that is not a piece of garbage.... if you want to have a reliable professional system.  Everything else that is cheaper is a toy.  Shure is for serious musicians and is very reliable.  I played outdoor festivals, clubs in Israel, all over Europe, Canada and all over the US.  This is the new industry standard for "non-stadium" live acts.  If you are playing a stadium, then you need something with even better frequency management and range. 

 

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