Line 6 POD problems... anyone else? Guitar will not play when in neck position??

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I have recently bought a Gibson ES-335 and a Line 6 POD to do some guitar tracking. Now I have notived a few things about my Line 6 and I wonderid if it is my particular device or if PODs in general have a few "weird" thingies. First off... I have to "wake the knobs up" whenever I change the amp model or turn the thing off. if I change the amp setting or turn the thing onn for the first time I have to go and physically turn each knob just a little bit and then back to where it was in order for it's function to work ex... reverb doesn't come on until I wiggle the knob, or drive won't be giving the gas until I wiggle it, or the Bass will not be equlizing until I wiggle it. Anyone else having this problem?

Also... and this is the weirdest thing I have ever seen...

When I am playing distored I play usually in the tremelo("trebble/lead position"), and then if I go to the Line 6 Clean setting the sound goes clean (like it is supposed to) but then if I flip the switch to the smoother neck pickup, then the sound completely cutts out. If I switch back to the lead or middle position then I hear it again, but back to the smooth neck position and NOTHING! HOEVER, if I keep it in the smooth neck position and then switch to another amp model (Fuzz box, for example) then the damn thing works!. So it isn't my guitars wiring, which is what I thought at first. Because we have all had a bumb switch that crackled or didn't work at all in one or more positions.... but this is a brand new (2 weeks old) Gibson. Anyone else having toggle switch problems with the Line 6 POD?

Thanks Guys,

Mike
 
no clue as to the neck PU problem...weird.

my POD does the same thing...you have to adjust a knob first. The volume control is the worst (or way most noticeable...or inconvienent). The J station is similar too, in this respect. But, then the knobs are NOT *automated* to adjust when you go to a preset...most likely the reason why this happens.
 
sounds like your pickup is out.....try the guitar on an amp or something and see if it doesnt the same thing...dont blame it on the pod.....

my J-Station i guess does something like you described with the settings...when you change amp settings, all the settings change internally, but the knobs arent reflecting that change...say you had the low eq knob on 5 on one amp setting and then you change amps...the internal setting for the preset may be 10 and it will change internally to 10 even though the knob is still showing 5...thats why a slight wiggle sounds so funny because it automatically goes from the preset to wherever the knob is....while you may think it wasnt working before it was, it just wasnt on the settings that were physically shown...this is normal....
 
sounds like the Noise Gate is turned all the way up...

have you tried the POD with another guitar?
 
Gidge, the POD does that not just when switching presets but when in "manual" mode switching between amp models.
 
Hi, I own a Gibson ES-335 and a POD 2.0 too. Its 2 years old but I've owned it for 6 months, so its quite new. I tried your setup, all three switch configuration with tone controls hi and low for both and I had no problem hearing anything. I also succesfully tried with a stratocaster.
Also, the noise gate on the POD is either ON or OFF, I haven't seen a way to configure it so it can't really be "all the way up".
You should check the volume knobs on the ES-335 and make sure they're up to 10. At this level, you'll provide a very high signal (hmmmmbuckers.. :p)
If you have a POD floor board connected, make sure that the volume pedal is all the way up.
Make sure that the Channel Volume knob is also high. After, try with the Drive knob all the way up. Also, depending on your current output, set the current AIR - Amp setting behind the POD.
You might even have a problem with your earphones, monitor or something you put in-between (like an EQ).

Otherwise, you'll have to check with another guitar. I doubt that the POD is the problem. Its settings, yes. :D The ES-335 might not have its original settings either. You bought it 2 weeks ago, but it was made earlier and its setup may not be the original. Its doutbful but possible...
 
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Man I hate to sound ignorant as hell... but how on Earth can you make repairs to a Gibson ES 335? How did the pick ups, volume knobs etc... even get there? Please do not tell me that if I want to change out the selector switch that I am going to have to either rip the front of the guitar or grow extremely long and slender fingers to go up inside the "f " hole.

Also, if it were my pick-up or switch then why does it only screw up in the "Line 6 clean" amp model? The Fuzz Box works fine in all positions?

Thanks for the response so far guys,
Mike
 
Did you get a manual with your POD? I highly suggest reading that thoroughly. Make sure that when you have things adjusted to the way you want them, you SAVE the settings. That way if you go to a different patch and then return to the one you edited it will sound the same as it did when you changed it.

The POD isnt made to act like an amp where you adjust the EQ and then adjust the sound with a knob. You have to get the 1st sound you want, save it to a certain bank, then tweak until you get your next desired sound, then save that to a different bank, then switch between the two banks.

From what you described in your first post it doesn't sound like theres anything wrong with your POD. The pickup thing has to be a problem with the guitar. Try turning off the noise gate and then switching pickups. If your neck pickup doesnt provide a strong enough signal it wont break through the noise gate. You may need to just move your pickup closer to the strings to achieve a hotter output.

Just read the manual and try other guitars through the POD. Once you get everything down you'll learn to love it. I traded a Marshall JCM 2000 head for a POD and power amp and I haven't looked back since.
 
pisces, if your guitar is really a Gibson ES-335 and not an Epiphone and you're not a professional guitar repairman, please take it to a true repairman! This beauty is worth several thousands of dollars and you wouldn't want to hurt it.

As for slender fingers, tools do the job (mirror, pincers, wrench etc.) and no, you don't rip it apart. Urg! just saying this gives me shivers... ok mine's fine :p There's probably an A..B..C way of removing the parts, which I don't know.

As said earlier, it might or might not be a pickup problem and it might also be a POD settings problem. If you tried most of the stuff we suggested you try (try another amp, another guitar etc) and you still didn't find the problem, then you might consider showing it to a real flesh-and-bone tech guy. A POD is portable, so its easy to bring it to a repair guy and show him what doesn't work.
 
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Of course it is an Epiphone.

I always wanted a Gibson ES-335, since I was 12 years old and saw Back to the Future. Then I moved to Europe and couldn"t even think about a real Gibson ES-335. Then I got EXTREMELY interested in home recording over here. Then that interest grew to a passion, and now a fucking psycholtic obsession! (Whoops, did I let that one slip? Don't tell my doctors, they won't let me have Jello for lunch anymore.) I have two Fender Stratocasters, one Telecaster, a 12 string Ibanez acoustic that my mom gave me, and a regular 6 string acoustic. Now that is all in the US, and my ass is over here. So I began my home recording project(s) with literally a toy acoustic piece of shit with no name on it. I went and bought a Dean Markley Acoustic Pickup and have been learning home recording by banging on that thing getting all kinds of shit feedback, and magnetic interfierence etc...

So after being here in Europe for over two years, and working, I decided that I had enough money and necessisity to make the electric guitar plunge. So I went to the store and had my eye on an Ibanez. And no offense... but I HATE Ibanez! Not just a little bit... but I just HATE them. But this one was built to look like a double cut away les Paul and it had two independent humbuckers so you can turn the volume knob allthe way down on one pickup and turn that pick up off, just like a Gibson. And it was only like $250. So I had saved about $275 and was finally going do go buy it. And they have had an ES 335 Epiphone the whole time in the same store... and I have always played it every time I go into the store. But it was like $600. (over twice my budget) and I knew that I needed/wanted the Line 6 POD. So I went and was trying out the Ibanez. It was a nice looking guitar with pretty wood grain and the shape was cool. But I am 6 Feet 5 inches tall and about 220 pounds. The guitar was like a little Ukilahli on me. It kept slipping down my lap. It would never stay in position and it was just a pain to hunker down over it.

So in true credit card fashion... I had a brief moment of insanity and bought the ES 335 Epiphone and the Line6 for $910.

Now, of course I would love to have had the ES-335 from Gibson. But it is like $3,500 over here in Germany. About a thousand dollars more than in the States. But the reason I am posting this questions....

What is the real difference between a GIBSON ES-335, and a Gibson EPIPHONE ES-335. The pickups are the same (I assume), the wood is probably of lower quality on the Epiphone, and the ornimentation is probably MUCH shittier on the Epiphone, meaning that the Inlays are cheap, and there is no white inlay along the sides of the neck. The knobs on the GIBSON are black and on the Epiphone they are kind of bronze top hats. The real ES-335 is probably hand made in Ameirca and mine was probably mass produced in Korea. What is the real difference? Do you pay a lot for the Gibson name?

I have always had REAL Fender Stratacasters and telecasters, but my friends always had Squire. And sometimes I could tell a differnece, but most times, there wasn"t a shit bit difference between the Fender and the Squire except the name, and the pickguarde wasn"t tripple ply with a black layer sandwiched between two white layers like my Fender was. But playing wise they were the same. What about the Gibson?

Thanks for reading this long thread,

Mike
 
Well the pickups that come with a Gibson ES-335 are different and really depend on the type of ES-335 you buy :P If its a Dot reissue you get '57 Classic pickups which are reissues of 1957 PAF humbucker pickups (they can't use the PAF name since it was copyrighted by DiMarzio). Depending on the Epiphone you buy, you can get anywhere from pretty shitty pickups to alright Gibson pickups (not PAF..).

Of course, you can buy the '57 Classic separatly from Gibson and install them on the Epiphone. At which time both guitars will probably sound almost the same.

With Gibson, you get to pay a lot for the name and the collector craze price evaluation. But you also get a pretty well made guitar. I mean, its hand made! Its made in America so what does it mean? Well it depends, but American builders are paid a higher salary and are thus considered being more thorough (this might be doubtful considering what happened to Firestone tires, but guitar builders usually have a passion lacking in more traditional domains).

The rest is probably aestethic. You get a kick-ass looking guitar :p Its really a love thing, you want your companion to look its best :D It won't change much the way you play ;)

As for Squire and Fender, I beleive both are mass-produced. But the Fender has higher-quality everything.

In both cases (Epiphone/Gibson Squire/Fender), the top qualtity brand will probably last longer, be more reliable and feel better as well as having a much higher resale value.
 
try the noise gate answer from previous thread also I had to replace a switch on my epi sheraton which is similar to the ess335 . Use a wire coat hanger ,you have to cut off the the top of hanger then bend a small hook in it you will need this to manuoever around inside and hold and pull thru one of the F holes(the bottom one ). IT"s kinda of tricky use your imagination you can do almost anything with a coat hanger otherwise a tech will suck you dry
 
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