NAMM 2020. Line 6 Pod GO

fretmeister

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Helix models. Simple routing 

$449!

impmann

So £649 by the time it lands here... ;-)

Lodious

That looks like a winner. 

rossyamaha

Ffs

impmann

rossyamaha said:

Ffs

Is that the sound of an embargo being broken?

NorthernStomps

How is it different to the helix?

fretmeister

NorthernStomps said:

How is it different to the helix?

Looks like it’s a simple pathway from what I understand. So no clever routing like the helix has.

Eric Klein (head helix dude) also said “all helix models with few caveats” on a TGP post, so I’m assuming not every model. Perhaps some need too much DSP for this new unit.

Find out shortly I suppose. 

rossyamaha

Ill explain tomorrow. Been a long day setting the booth up and I’ve just got back to the hotel. Sleepy time. Soz. Not soz. 

impmann

rossyamaha said:

Ill explain tomorrow. Been a long day setting the booth up and I’ve just got back to the hotel. Sleepy time. Soz. Not soz. 

Sleep well fella.

bloodandtears

Looks good.. no XLR outs which might be a deal breaker for some although they are balanced jacks.... Treadle looks a bit flimsy but I may be wrong.

But the size, the sounds (no doubt) and the 3rd IR capability makes this enticing...

Curious how price wise it'll compare with the Helix LT.

NelsonP

Does it have midi?
Looks like there is no dedicated aux in (or maybe that is via bluetooth?)

Bron_Yr_Aur

NelsonP said:

Does it have midi?

Doesn't look like it.

bloodandtears

Apologies for the hot linked pics..

bloodandtears

NelsonP said:

Does it have midi?
Looks like there is no dedicated aux in (or maybe that is via bluetooth?)

Doesn't look like it

Musicman20

So it's like a Helix Jnr? Kinda cool, and means those who don't want to spend as much enter the Helix world. 

digitalscream

Argh, so close - if only it had an amp control output for channel switching...

Jonathanthomas83

I want a bean.

sgosden

if its stripped back, is it going to have helix amp models or POD ones?

NelsonP

digitalscream said:

Argh, so close - if only it had an amp control output for channel switching...

Maybe that's what the amp out is?

Lack of midi is a bit of a miss for me. If you want to add external effects (I'm looking at you pitch shifting) it's nice to be able to control those via midi from the footswitches on the main unit, using something like a Morningstar ML5. I know you can already do that with Helix. But Helix is too big to put on a board, for me. I guess Line 6 would point me in the direction of HX stomp if I wanted to put something from them on a board, and this is not intended for that 'use-case'.

As a compact all in one 'Helix-lite', at a decent price and for that purpose it still looks pretty interesting and should do well I think.

NelsonP

sgosden said:

if its stripped back, is it going to have helix amp models or POD ones?

They already have Firehawk FX with the POD ones. So I'd guess Helix.

sweepy

Basically a supercharged HX, still sound like a Helix though