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Nope, he runs through, thats right boys and girls, you guessed it, a 
POD XT, and he runs out to two Randall solid state amps.  So, we're 
both running in stereo, with a speaker on either side of the drummer 
so we can hear each other.

--- In gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Snelgrove" <bob@...> wrote:
>
> Does the other guitar player run through the "PA", also?
> 
> bob
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Daniel 
>   To: gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:19 PM
>   Subject: [gsp-2101] Re: Using the 2101 analog front-end in front 
of a Line6 PODxt pro
> 
> 
>   Hello
>   I use the 2101 in live situations for lead and rhythm guitar, as 
well 
>   as playing keyboards through reason on a laptop, using an fcb 
1010 
>   floorboard.  Pretty intricate system.  I run both of them through 
>   what could be considered a PA, my power amp and two 12" pa cab 
>   speakers. The sound through the pa speakers is fantastic!  Just 
like 
>   running through a 2x12 cabinet, but with more defined highs from 
the 
>   tweeter. I've tried all of the gizmos on the market, and just 
>   recently bought the 2101 because the tone and versatility can't 
be 
>   beat.  I htought about an xt, or pro, but settled on the 2101 for 
the 
>   sound.  I easily, well, maybe not easily at first, control it all 
>   with the behringer; keyboard, computer and 2101.  Our second 
>   guitarist uses an xt.  And our two tones, aren't quite day and 
night 
>   different, but I definitely get the looks when it's my turn to 
solo.  
>   My opinion, get a midi footpedal, and just use the 2101, it can 
get 
>   whatever sound you want without dumping a bunch more dough on 
stomp 
>   boxes.  The 2101 can function as though in stomp box mode either 
with 
>   their own Control One, or a modified prom on the behringer called 
an 
>   uno.  
> 
>   regards
> 
> 
> 
>   --- In gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com, "revansx" <revansx@> wrote:
>   >
>   > Hi folks,
>   > I request your collective thoughts and wisdom on how (and if) 
my 
>   2101 
>   > can be used in my 'new' gear, namely  my PODxt pro.
>   > They look so good together ;-)
>   > 
>   > If you want to skip all the narrative, scroll down to the 
bottom of 
>   my 
>   > post for a bare-bones list of my questions for you.
>   > 
>   > Otherwise, here's my long winded story:
>   > 
>   > [Begin long-winded story telling]
>   > ------------------------------------------------------
>   > I have been a 2101 fan since Aug. 1994 when I first bought one 
>   along 
>   > with my first guitar. 12 years later, I am neither a GSP expert 
nor 
>   a 
>   > geat guitarist, but i have always loved playing and especially 
>   through 
>   > my gsp. I have only ever been a studio ryhthem player. Mostly 
>   because 
>   > I have never been very satisfied with the sound of my lead 
playing 
>   and 
>   > have always attributed it to 'MY' lack of talent.
>   > 
>   > Recently though, I have done some live stuff with a 12-string 
>   electro-
>   > acoustic and with thoses experiences under my belt, I have gone 
>   > through a sort-of growth-spurt in my playing ability. I have 
>   finally 
>   > started to bunker down and learn both by research and by 
playing, 
>   how 
>   > to build great tone for electric guitar and especically for 
soloing.
>   > 
>   > Here is where I face the fact that the 2101 is a only a studio 
pre-
>   amp 
>   > and all I use is a nice clean PA system. I have never 
experimented 
>   > with guitar amps and all the issues of how to mic them. And I 
have 
>   no 
>   > interest in adding more bulky gear (heads and cabs) and 
>   complications 
>   > to my hobby.....HOWEVER :-) I am willing to spend 
money.......so, I 
>   > got me a rack mount Line6 PODxt PRo....its great!
>   > So is the 2101. I love them both....
>   > 
>   > But I have now chosen to find my sound with the POD. Because 
>   clearly, 
>   > the POD solves my problem of not wanting to get involved with 
>   finding 
>   > an amp model and cabinet and having to mic it. Now I get to go 
>   right 
>   > into my PA and sound better than I ever imagined I could have, 
but 
>   I 
>   > still haven't achieved the sounds I am interest in, for this i 
>   became 
>   > conviced that I will still need stomp-boxes.
>   > 
>   > Now, the POD models many great stomp boxes, but it is very 
limited 
>   in 
>   > the order of the effects and how many can be used.
>   > 
>   > For example, if I want to use a "Big Muf Pi" distortion, the 
POD 
>   can 
>   > do it, or if i want to play through a "Tube Driver" distortion, 
>   again 
>   > the POD has it. But, I can't put them together and create a 
>   combined 
>   > distortion (as I would like to) let alone eq them seperately. 
This 
>   is 
>   > stomp-box city I'm talking about -eh?
>   > 
>   > Also, I play through an Ibanez S540 (yep - from 1994) and i 
need to 
>   > compress and EQ before I even get to the POD.
>   > 
>   > And so I was planning to go out and buy pile of EQ, compressor 
and 
>   > distortion pedels to play with when the though hit me.....my 
2101 
>   has 
>   > a reasonably close "Big Muff Pi" distortion, compressor and EQ, 
>   maybe 
>   > the 2101 can play a role in builing my sound with the POD 
instead 
>   of 
>   > more pedals........
>   > 
>   > [end of long winded story]
>   > ------------------------------------------------
>   > 
>   > OK.....so thanks for reading (or not)
>   > here are my questions:
>   > 
>   > Q#1:
>   > Does anyone see anything wrong with using the analog front-end 
of 
>   my 
>   > GSP-2101 and a big pedal to feed my POD?
>   > 
>   > From my guitar, I would plug into the 2101 first and then 
connect 
>   the 
>   > FX send of the 2101 as the instrument input to the pod. This 
would 
>   > allow my to sculpt my sound with the 2101s analog compressor, 
>   > distortion and EQ before it hits the POD. 
>   > Does that sound smart -or- does that sound dumb?
>   > be honest..... please ;-)
>   > 
>   > Q#2:
>   > Is there any way to use the full capabilities of the 2101's DSP 
>   > section? It has a GREAT 8-tap chorus that I would love to 
continue 
>   to 
>   > use. So....the basic question is: Any thoughts on how to get 
the 
>   most 
>   > out both pieces? How to wire them to get the best of all worlds?
>   > 
>   > I can't wait to hear your thoughts
>   > thanks gang.
>   > 
>   > -revansx
>   > http://members.cox.net/oddesy/
>   >
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