Line 6 Floor Pod DO NOT BUY

Line 6 Floor Pod DO NOT BUY

The volume will spike up or cut down at seeminly random moments.

The settings will also change on their own.

This may happen within seconds, after ten minutes, or in an hour.

Otherwise it'd be a nice toy, but its just not a reliable device especially
for the stage which is what its supposed to be designed for. Unfortunatly
for me and I assume others out there they won't discover its quirks until
its too late to exchange it.

And as I'm stuck with it, if anyone else has one and knows any trick to
getting it to behave or be predictable please tell!

cheers,
terry.

Re: Line 6 Floor Pod DO NOT BUY

In article <zluGh.1203764$1T2.326878@pd7urf2no>, yrret <bat@ahell . com > wrote:

> The volume will spike up or cut down at seeminly random moments.
>
> The settings will also change on their own.
>
> This may happen within seconds, after ten minutes, or in an hour.
>
> Otherwise it'd be a nice toy, but its just not a reliable device especially
> for the stage which is what its supposed to be designed for. Unfortunatly
> for me and I assume others out there they won't discover its quirks until
> its too late to exchange it.
>
> And as I'm stuck with it, if anyone else has one and knows any trick to
> getting it to behave or be predictable please tell!
>
> cheers,
> terry.
>
>


sell it on eBay and then get yourself a few nice analog pedals.
you won't have to spend a lot. look at Boss or Digitech pedals to start.

anyways - you are not 'stuck' with it. that's why there is ebay.
be honest and explain - and people will still buy it.

Re: Line 6 Floor Pod DO NOT BUY

Digital gear is vulnerable to line spikes, and especially
vulnerable to static electricity. You might try a line
conditioner - one of those rack-mounted gizmos
with the pull-out lights, or a simple "office" type
floor box with a few outlets on it - and, if it's cold
and dry where you are, and especially if your
digital shitbox is sitting on a carpet, you might
make up some anti-static spray. Get one of
those spray bottles that chicks mist plants with,
put a quart of water and a tablespoon of liquid
fabric softener in it. Shake it up and spray it
in a wide area on the carpet under and around
the effects device. This stuff wears off, so you
need to re-spray every three or four days. Try
to pick a brand of fabric softener that doesn't
smell like a French whore. (Good luck with that.)
Commercially prepared antistatic aerosols are
available; they cost a whole lot of money, and
don't work any better than fabric softener. You
can, however, find some that don't reek too bad.

If filtering the AC line and eliminating static
discharges in the vicinity of the device doesn't
work, the pedal is probably defective. Have
it fixed.

Lord Valve
Expert



yrret wrote:

> The volume will spike up or cut down at seeminly random moments.
>
> The settings will also change on their own.
>
> This may happen within seconds, after ten minutes, or in an hour.
>
> Otherwise it'd be a nice toy, but its just not a reliable device especially
> for the stage which is what its supposed to be designed for. Unfortunatly
> for me and I assume others out there they won't discover its quirks until
> its too late to exchange it.
>
> And as I'm stuck with it, if anyone else has one and knows any trick to
> getting it to behave or be predictable please tell!
>
> cheers,
> terry.

Re: Line 6 Floor Pod DO NOT BUY

On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:14:39 GMT, "yrret" <bat@ahell . com > wrote:

>The volume will spike up or cut down at seeminly random moments.
>
>The settings will also change on their own.
>
>This may happen within seconds, after ten minutes, or in an hour.
>
>Otherwise it'd be a nice toy, but its just not a reliable device especially
>for the stage which is what its supposed to be designed for. Unfortunatly
>for me and I assume others out there they won't discover its quirks until
>its too late to exchange it.
>
>And as I'm stuck with it, if anyone else has one and knows any trick to
>getting it to behave or be predictable please tell!

Yours is broke. Get the damn thing fixed. It should still be under warranty. If
not get it fixed anyway.


Ron

Effect pedal demo's up at * w w w .soundclick . com /ronsonicpedalry

Re: Line 6 Floor Pod DO NOT BUY

On Mar 4, 2:14 am, "yrret" <b...@ahell . com > wrote:
> The volume will spike up or cut down at seeminly random moments.
>
> The settings will also change on their own.
>
> This may happen within seconds, after ten minutes, or in an hour.
>
> Otherwise it'd be a nice toy, but its just not a reliable device especially
> for the stage which is what its supposed to be designed for. Unfortunatly
> for me and I assume others out there they won't discover its quirks until
> its too late to exchange it.
>
> And as I'm stuck with it, if anyone else has one and knows any trick to
> getting it to behave or be predictable please tell!
>
> cheers,
> terry.

Do not buy?

Why? Because you have a defective unit? How many do you think they'd
be able so sell if that's what all units did?

Like others said, fix it. That's not normal. Gear sometimes breaks
down (believe it or not). I've got an original POD 2.0 (7-8 years
old?), still works perfect. I've got a Zoom floor MFX unit in the
shop as well, it sucks but if you like it, then get it fixed.

RF