Line 6 POD X3 PRO

[Thor_Thunder_God]

Ok I got the new POD X3 PRO which I use for the guitarist in the Band I work for and I was wondering can anyone help me out with it, we got all our sounds sorted out but we need to get more sustain on the dirty channel which is the hardest iv been working on it for 3 days now and I just dont know how to get it.

 

So if anyone can help me get more sustain id much appreciate it!

 

Thanks

[mervaka]

what guitar is he using? sustain occurs where the guitar's body resonates with the strings. are you using the X3 to eliminate the need for the amp?

[dbuckley]

Does he need more sustain when trying the thing out solo, or more sustain when working in a full band environment.

 

When you're on your own you need far more 'drive', but when you use the same sound in a whole band context its my experience the drive needs to be wound way back to avoid sounding like a buzzsaw, and to give it some tone outside the range of 'silent' and 'full clip'...

 

And.... if you're using this technollogy to reduce stage volume, then the guitar will behave differently in a quieter environment; it doesn't get the mechanical assistance provided by proximaty to 4x12s...

[mervaka]

I remember someone at college who for their project wound some heavy duty "pickups" for use in reverse to artificially create sustain. he connected them to a small amplifier and fed the signal back in to create a part electrical, part mechanical feedback loop. I cant remember what success he had though.

[dbuckley]

Have a look at this wikipedia article.

 

Also: the Roland GR-500 guitar synth also has a feedback pickup and can thus sustain indefinitely. The infinite sustain is only engaged whe the three position guitar-both-synth switch is in 'both' or 'synth', but in 'both' mode and with all the tone generator switches off it will do infinite guitar only sustain.

[Thor_Thunder_God]

This guy uses a Music Man Silhouette and its grand with his gt8 rings for ever nearly. The POD is to replace is foot pedal still using and amp tho on cleans to keep up a backline for him. With the POD I just need to get the guitar to ring that bit long instead of the notes fading away quick.

 

Thanks

[Variaxer]

Line 6 has its own support forums just like this one and has a dedicated Pod section. Suggest you try a post there and could gaurantee someone will have your answer

[SPTTRIAL]

I've tried a lod of these simulators, gave up with all of them in the end, buy an AC30 and have done with it.