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Posted by: Jesse Oct 30 2008, 09:28 PM

I come home from school. I eat a bit. I rest a bit. I play on the pc abit and make homework. then its evening! In the evening, around 10 I get this urge to play the guitar soo bad. I also get most inspiration at this point. In the evening, I feel like it is not something I HAVE to do. It's odd ^^ But the problem is, I can't turn the amp up since we have neighbours and.... parents who watch tv... damn them! So I really want a pod! The x3 or Xt ,is too expensive , it's around 400 euro's . But the pod II is only 130 and I tested it and I looove it! I was wondering, could I download patches to the pod II?

Posted by: Kuba Szafran Oct 30 2008, 09:30 PM

You can do that, visit www.customtone.com

Posted by: Marek Rojewski Oct 30 2008, 09:38 PM

Maybe buy toneport GX, it is cheap something like 70 euro. It works great for me.

Posted by: Tolek Oct 30 2008, 09:40 PM

http://www.thomann.de/de/line6_toneport_gx.htm Seriously, that´s not much! I´m gonna buy it, I think.

Posted by: ParalyzedHorse Oct 31 2008, 01:43 AM

You can try buying the pod off eBay. I bought my pod XT for 160$ shipped it came in perfect condition, box manual and everything I'm sure there are some for even cheaper now.

edit: oh you can try getting the pandora, never used it but heard it is good.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Oct 31 2008, 01:48 AM

If you wanna use it for home practice and recording on your computer then perhaps it is better to get a Toneport. Check out my review http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Toneport_Ux1_Review.

Posted by: Jesse Oct 31 2008, 12:08 PM

QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Oct 31 2008, 01:48 AM)

Posted by: Zizi Top Oct 31 2008, 12:24 PM

If you don't play bass and you don't sing, or you don't use a mic for your amp... I'd say that the POD XT would be great . I have the X3 and it allows me to record bass and voice but as for guitar it's really close to the pod Xt

Posted by: superize Oct 31 2008, 12:27 PM

If you dont want to waste much money i would suggest the toneport GX.....

its very cheap and you can get alot of great sound with plus you can record witha good sound........

Posted by: opeth.db Oct 31 2008, 01:25 PM

QUOTE (Jesse @ Oct 31 2008, 07:08 AM)

Posted by: Praetorian Oct 31 2008, 02:01 PM

I too think you should get a Toneport GX. I have a POD 2.0, and ever since I got the Toneport...the POD sits on my shelf! The Toneport GX is all I use now!

Posted by: BollyRotten Oct 31 2008, 02:05 PM

You could also get a Line 6 guitarport , similar toe the tone port. Plugs into pc, tons of patches online, All amp models & effects you could dream of.
Best bit of kit I bought. cheap too at about £60 uk pounds.

Got mine on ebay

Posted by: Young Guitarist Nov 1 2008, 07:47 AM

Man, now IM eager to get a pod

Posted by: Jesse Nov 1 2008, 10:27 AM

I dont want ti to be pc only, like pod, I want to sit on the couch and just play with headphones.

Posted by: Matt23 Nov 1 2008, 05:45 PM

I've got a PODXT and i found that pretty soon patches you just want to make your own patches instead of downloading them off customtone.com. What im saying is that if you like the POD II, but it doesnt download patches (dont know if it doesnt) its not a big deal.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Nov 2 2008, 03:46 PM

Matt32 is right, you actually don't need any patches from the web. You will make your own patches 95% of the time.

Posted by: Fran Nov 2 2008, 07:50 PM

Pod II/Pocketpod (both use pod 2 custom tones) sound nice trough headphones. Problem with patches is that they might sound different depending on the guitar you use, so don't expect them to be extreamly good, as already mentioned you'll probably have to tweak them a bit.