POD Patches – Guitar World (April 2008)

Every month I try to write some cool POD patches to go along with my subscription to Guitar World. I authored these patches on my POD X3 Live but you can use them on any Line 6 device or any other modeler that has appropriate amp models. Boss GT-8, V-Amp, Digitech modelers, you name it, you can probably type these and and make them sound pretty cool. This month I got to play around a bit with Amplitube 2 and Guitar Rig 3 so there are some sound samples and patches for those modelers as well. Which do you think sound best?I have also uploaded a bundle you can use to load the tones into your X3 using version 1.23 of Line 6 Monkey. I did some sound samples so you can hear the patches in action.

Van Halen – Little Dreamer

Sound clips		Amazon.mp3
POD X3	with track	without track
Gearbox		without track
Amplitube 2	with track	without track
Guitar Rig 3	with track	without track

• Output: Match/studio direct, amps panned at 9 and 3 o’clock
• Amp 1 Gate: Threshold -60dB, Decay 0%
• Amp 1: 1968 Plexi Variac’d (Marshall Super Lead), Room 80%, Cab 4×12 Celestion V30, Mic SM57 off axis
• Amp 1 Controls: Bass 50%, Mid 100%, Treble 95%, Presence 90%, Drive 82%, Volume 92%
• Amp 1 Reverb: Cavernous, Predelay 0%, Decay 22%, Tone 35%, Mix 43%, Config Post

Pulling up the variac plexi model put this sound 90% there. I probably spent more time tweaking the reverb than the guitar amp. The reverb was tricky to get close to the original recording. I’m not certain I nailed it, but I am happy with the results.

	Ibanez UV777 price check I used my ’98 Ibanez Universe on the Little Dreamer clips. This is my go to guitar for almost everything. This guitar just feels right.
	DiMarzio Blaze price check My guitar has the stock Dimarzio Blaze pickups.

Soundgarden – Pretty Noose

Sound clips		Amazon.mp3
POD X3	with track	without track
Gearbox		without track
Amplitube 2	with track	without track
Guitar Rig 3	with track	without track

• Output: Match/studio direct, amps panned at 9 and 3 o’clock
• Amp 1 Gate: Threshold -80dB, Decay 0%
• Amp 1: 1968 Brit Plexi Bass 100 (Marshall Super Bass), Room 0%, Cab 4×12 Green 25’s, Mic SM57 off axis
• Amp 1 Controls: Bass 3%, Mid 76%, Treble 43%, Presence 0%, Drive 63%, Volume 94%
• Amp 1 Reverb: Tiled Room, Predelay 0%, Decay 36%, Tone 9%, Mix 30%, Config Post
• Amp 2 Gate: Threshold -80dB, Decay 0%
• Amp 2: 1969 Brit Plexi Lead 200 (Marshall Major), Room 0%, Cab 4×12 Green 25’s, Mic 421 dynamic mic
• Amp 2 Controls: Bass 85%, Mid 79%, Treble 44%, Presence 0%, Drive 100%, Volume 73%
• Amp 2 Reverb: Small Room, Predelay 0%, Decay 63%, Tone 23%, Mix 26%, Config Post

This tone is very sludgy. Even though most of my research indicated Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil used Mesa Boogie amps on this album, the combination of Marshalls just sounded more right to me. How close did I get?

	Dean ML price check I used my 7-string Dean ML for Pretty Noose. The tuning is C-G-C-G-G-E (the 7th string was tuned to A, but not played on these clips).
	Dimarzio Tone Zone price check My Dean ML has a Tone Zone 7 in the bridge position. This pickup is wired directly to the output jack.

Gearbox Patch files for Line 6 products

• Little Dreamer
• Pretty Noose dual amp file
• Pretty Noose 1
• Pretty Noose 2

The sound clips on this page were all recorded direct using my POD X3 Live with no post processing. What you hear is what you get direct out of POD X3. Additional clips were recorded by taking a simultaneous dry out from POD X3 and processing it with Amplitube 2, Guitar Rig 3 and Gearbox plugins.

Line 6 POD X3 Live price check	Line 6 POD X3 price check
Amplitube 2 price check	Guitar Rig 3 price check