Jamvox or PocketPod?

[Lord Nerdos]

Making the assumption that it's OK to discuss other brands here (a few too many New Year sake shots at the in-laws... forgive my drunken posting) Has anyone tried the Vox Jamvox thing?　I was about to pull the trigger on a pocketpod from line6 but then stumbled upon the Vox Jamvox software/monitor amp thing. The jamvox looks awesome as a practise tool... Has anyone had real world experience with the two? I don't want to drop a couple of grand on a proper amp until I've come to a preference using the modelling stuff out there. (Apologies to the tone hounds out there... I know that software modelling can't reproduce a tone completely but at least I'd have a rough idea...)
Happy New Year to the Balls fans! Any input　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｂｅ　ｍｏｓｔ　ｗｅｌｃome! Cheers!

 

[azazael]

Save up the extra and just go for the Pod X3 or the X3 live.
Its far superior and you would benefit more from it.

 

[Big Poppa]

I bought myself and the boys the Jambox for xmas havent set mine up yet. Brian set his up yesterday and had a lot of fun I will post a review later. Im still having a blast with the spider jam 75 amp

 

[GWDavis28]

BP do you prefer the solid state stuff over the tube stuff or do you just like messing around with different types of amps? Also, have you/did you play the new 25th Anni guitar thru the Solid State stuff too??

Thanx, Glenn |B)

 

[Grand Wazoo]

I've bought my 15 y old son a JamVox for Xmas and a week ago Marco was struggling with sounds, effect pedals and cables all over the floor, now he is the master of point and click, and he is recording his own music, singing on it, and using it to jam along. What I have noticed which is of a certain importance is that he is really improving his "band presence" context, better than playing along with an mp3, JamVox really puts you in the middle of the band. Awesome, wish there was something similar for bass.

 

[Smellybum]

pocket pod, easy simple, and the presets are great....and Mrs. Smelly bought me one a while back, I really like the spider jam too BP - saw it reviewed on the gadget show, thougt it'd suck in the flesh, but for the money it's great, and for people not around musicians it's one better than playing along with the record.

I did spot it in the 25th Axis thread in the amproom - never have thought it'd be yours popps,

I thought the whole made in china thing would screw the low end guitar market and fill it with cheap poorly built crap, but in fact it's really impressive what you can get now for a couple of hundred notes.

 

[Big Poppa]

Let me clarify...Im not quite dumb enough to bash an entire country of orgin. I have issxues with cheap guitars that cannot be played and marketing them as guitars. I really like it when you can get a product that gives someone a use for the guitar. Remember for most of us it is a hobby.

On the amp front I have discussed in a prior thread when someone saw that amp and bashed it. I love Line 6 and the forward thinkink and the investment they continue to make in r and d instead of beating the same horse forever. I am a tube man and have a collection of about 75 vintage amps. WOuld I gigi with the spider....maybe

I also still love the guitar and eeverything about it and have not lost my desire to explore and stay current. I also bough some of the new battery roland guitar amps splendid

 

[Smellybum]

Cool BP, I wasn't bashing the country of origin, although I was anti-china production a few years back thinking it would be the down fall of the sub $500 dollar market.

I was just admitting I was wrong! - it's a rare thing!


And 75 amps - your valve bill must be huge!

 

[Jimmyb]

Got any spare Mullards BP?

 

[guitarman23]

by the way, that axe is so beautiful!!!

(feeling Jealous)


"Lord Nerdos" i have a line6 tone port DI witch i really like. Maybe look into that, you also can find mostly anything on (YouTube) "reviews/demos" on pretty much any product and see what you are impressed with, that's what i do.

 

[Lord Nerdos]

Jamvox it is then!

I bought myself and the boys the Jambox for xmas havent set mine up yet. Brian set his up yesterday and had a lot of fun I will post a review later. Im still having a blast with the spider jam 75 amp

If it's good enough for the Ball family then it is certainly good enough for me! Thanks for the input BP!

 

[Josh O]

Never tried the Vox Jambox but I did pick up a Pocket POD Express last month as I wanted something portable to play through headphones in my family room and wanted to run my iPod through it. The little thing is pretty cool and works as advertised for headphone practice.

 

[azazael]

Never tried the Vox Jambox but I did pick up a Pocket POD Express last month as I wanted something portable to play through headphones in my family room and wanted to run my iPod through it. The little thing is pretty cool and works as advertised for headphone practice.

I cant practice through headphones the brittle sound just nearly makes me sick.

 

[Slingy]

I like playing through headphones just not regular multimedia ones or even worse computer speakers. With a nice studio pair its really nice to play through.