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The playing experience isn't as satisfying to me as playing through a real amp, but the FOH band sound is really good, and that's the point. FWIW, the drummer doesn't like it as much, either - he sometimes has triggering problems with certain "hits", but agrees its worth it to get a decent band sound in a small venue with often inconsistent sound engineering.
I don't think going direct works as well (for the smaller rooms that we normally play) if there are acoustic drums onstage and the other instruments are direct.
And... how was it for you, OP?
It’s a bit odd not having an amp behind you and I’m still wondering whether to get an FRFR or not (possibly one of the new Fender ones…)
I don't, BTW, because we've got e-drums, but it's a nice thing for at home and sounds better than monitors or headphones for me.
I also use a Headrush monitor, sat behind me, for live use. Feels a bit of a faff but it guarantees I can hear myself and I play better, it changes the energy.
We have keys on some songs, but on those I’m typically playing less guitar. On the more guitar driven songs, there’s no keys, so there’s not too much going through the PA at once, so it seems to work ok.
Our drummer is already very nervous - given that he struggles to hear vocals thru our 2 monitors as it is...
and further to OP above - as Chris Buck said on a recent podcast - when you use a floor modeller and having to bring an FRFR with you - how is this any easier than an amp and pedals?
I use an Axe-FX. Direct to PA for FOH, but on stage I put it through a valve power amp and real cab. I just prefer to hear it that way rather than FRFR personally. the volume can be a lot lower than a real valve amp though - and I can go in ears if its a more silent stage (Id never use FRFR monitors - real cab or in ears).
What it gives me is the ability to tune the sound to what I hear in my head - something I always struggle with real amps. I always for something lacking, oir missing, or there that I dont want. Also I have changing and complex FX routing if needed.
I tsno easier, and doesnt have less gear than an amp and pedals - BUT it IS way more flexible, way more controllable at the desk, less bleed into vocal mics, and a more controllable stage volume.
It''s much quicker to set-up/take-down too
Collision rock band
Obviously if you prefer snapshots that's great, but for me I find stomp mode works best for my needs live. I also set up my patches in song list order so I just go from one patch to another, and though many patches are duplicated it makes life simple on stage, leaving me to focus on playing with the band rather than shuffling back and forth between patches.
My POD GO remains a home practice and recording tool and comes to gigs as a backup if the amp blows up. Once it did and I finished the gig plugging my usual pedalboard into the POD GO running a clean amp sim and it sounded pretty good without even tweaking the patch much from my home settings. Just a little EQ on the preamp if I remember correctly.
I'm in no rush to join the revolution but I'm not a tube snob and my amp (Peavey Classic 50) runs clean anyway (master volume nearly dimed, use the channel volume as appropriate) but I like the immediate ease of tweaking on the fly if I need to and it's such an easy amp to make sing, really resonant and full of harmonics. Yes, it means lugging stuff but I still can and still get excited about every gig.
Funnily enough, my pedalboard is a heavy git. They rarely get spoken about but I reckon mine's some 8kg. Somehow I resent lugging that more than the amp!
But I love following threads like this and I'm sure I'll try the POD GO live one day. The pros and cons of both approaches are clear and I don't want to get bogged down too much when I should be learning songs and practicing instead.