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Line 6 Problem

Tim O'Sullivan

Tim O'Sullivan

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Hi there,

Are there any Line 6 users out there who play Axis or Van Halen guitars? I have a hardtail model of each and have a problem!

I have plugged both guitars into a Line 6 Duoverb and a POD 2.0 (into various amps) and get terrible microphonic feedback problems on the Soldano and Boogie models. The only way I can get rid of this it turn the gain basically off. The funny thing is, it does not happen on the high gain Marshall models.

It seems to mostly happen on the bridge pickup. Is it me? Or am I doing something wrong?!

Its a shame as I would really like to get a Flextone 3!
 
i use to have a flextone XL and when i played my axis with floyd rose thru it, it would give a slight feedback after anything i did when i stopped playing. i could just strum a chord and quick mute it and it would be followed by feedback. my les paul studio didn't do that. i always just figured it was the tremelo springs or something causing it. normally i don't play any sort of trems.
 
This sounds like the exact problem I am getting on my POD and my mates Duoverb. Maybe its a combination of high output pickups and the pickups being screwed to the body?

Its a shame beacuse the Soldano model and Axis sound great.
 
it might be the axis design and the fact the pickups are so close to the strings. my les pauls are close but not that close.
 
YUP!

Same problem here with flextone II 200 watt 1/2 stack in MODERN HIGH GAIN mode (SOLDANO model).

PITY. Love that channel for overdrive sound.

I now use my axis SS for songwriting and will probably sell my other.

LUKES seem fine with my line 6 and sound heavenly clean to boot!

KEITH
 
For home recording purposes its an excellent choice. In fact my EBMM EVH and a POD pro sounded devine on a recent recording. Its just live that the high gain models are unusuable.

Such a damn shame!
 
I don't have a POD or the Axis in question, but I've seen similar sorts of behavior happen with my basswood bodied Ibanez JEM (also w/high output DiMarzio pickups) thru my Boss GT-6 sometimes.

What's odd in my case is that I get my brand of peculiar whistling feedback when I have my guitar's cable near my pickups using some high-gain/distortion models. I first noticed it when I laid the guitar in my lap and draped the cable over it without turning the volume down. Makes for an interesting effect, I must say... :)

I'm just using a stock Groove Plugs cable you can get at any Sam Ash store at the moment, and I think the prob was even worse with an older cable I had from a different chain store.

Wonder if cable length, shielding, resistance, etc. plays into this, and if if you're seeing the same kinda thing?

Perhaps an upgrade a higher quality cable like DiMarzio, Monster, or George L's might help rather than dumping the POD?
 
HOME RECORDING

I've used a pod 2.0 and Axis ss w/ piezo to get some wonderful clean tones on my korg d1200 home studio. Blending piezo and magnetic pups gives some of my favorite sounds of any ebmm guitar.

KEITH
 
maybe line 6 and the axis just don't work together. i mean if you can't go high gain, whats the point? anyone else try any other EBMM models thru a line 6?
 
I had the same problem with my PRS EG3 and a flextone 2 XL...but nothing wrong withe de POD 2...I sent the amplifier back to the store...
 
Is this a problem relating to home recording or using the POD 2.0 for gigs? I've recently bought a new 12 Track for home recording and demoing tunes, and its got some amp modelling on there which is pretty dire. I can't really crank my 5150 in the house, so I was looking into a substitute. Does the problem occur at high output levels? Is an external cabinet involved?

I'd be interested to know as a POD 2.0 would've been my first port of call....
 
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