Line 6 POD HD500: Most Powerful POD Ever Caught On Video ( Part 1)

It s been a while since the POD Live X3 came out. Hightime Line 6 introduced a net flagship POD, wouldn t you say Turns out Line 6 would agree. The New Line 6 POD HD series is wholly upgraded POD featuring in addition to its new, rugged, metal chassis 16 highdefinition amp models that sound closer to the real things than any Line 6 six model to come before. Friend of Gearwire and Line 6 axeman Dave Lenat brought a POD HD500 to show off to us, and in this Part 1 of a 2part demo he plays a few of the new, upgraded amp models. Particularly impressive are the models of the Park amp (listen to how it responds to a rolledoff volume knob) and the beefy clean of the Twin Reverb emulation. In part 2 we ll take an indepth look at the looper functions and some of the weirder presets included on the POD