Line 6 POD Express Bass
Line 6 POD Express Bass
Cool bass tones in a handy pocket format
The POD Express is an ultra-portable amplifier and effects processor that lets you take your tone anywhere. Its simple operation and the models from the HX family deliver exceptional sound quality and an authentic playing feel. The POD Express gives you seven amps, seven speaker cabinets and 17 distortion, modulation, reverb and delay effects - including a looper - and can be powered by three AA batteries (included) or an optional 9-volt power supply.
Huge selection of amps and effects
Seven multi-coloured LED segments light up to indicate different parameter functions. A red LED shows the selected amp model when the AMP knob is turned. Turning it selects an amp and loads a matching speaker cabinet. Using the Alt button lets you access the alternate control functions (GAIN, MID, BASS, etc.). The Tap footswitch lets you either set your delay tempo or activate the built-in tuner.
The POD Express Bass at a glance
- ultra-portable
- simple and intuitive to use
- exceptional sound quality
- battery-powered operation
- stereo output
- headphone output
- USB interface
Product information "Line 6 POD Express Bass"
The Pod Express Bass is an ultra-compact amp, cab and effects modeller. It offers 7 amps, 7 cabinets and 17 effects including a looper in top HX quality. Your own sound creations can be stored in 14 user memory locations. Operation is intuitive using rotary potentiometers - either for the effect settings or for the amp EQ and gain. Mono input and stereo output, USB audio interface and connection for an optional expression pedal or 2-way footswitch.
- Amp modeling: 7 Amps, 7 Cabs
- Battery Type: 3 x AA
- Battery powered: Battery Powered
- Design: floor pedal
- Expression pedal: Expression Pedal Connector
- Headphone Jack: yes
- Inputs: MonoJack
- Modeling: yes
- Outputs: ¼" Jack
- Power supply: 9 Volt DC Center negative
- Presets: 7 Factory Presets, 14 User Presets
- Tuner: chromatic
- USB Port: yes
Line 6. Few names are more associated with modelling and innovative sound design than the Californian soundsmith. The brand took off with the famous little red "bean", the Line 6 Pocket POD, in the early 2000s. Suddenly musicians in the recording studio could access a wide range of amp and effect sounds without having to set up complex rigs and mic them. "Modelling" suddenly entered the mainstream, appeared on almost every studio console and delivered sounds to home headphones. At session the POD series remains a top seller to this day, with each generation — POD 2.0, POD XT, POD HD500 — adding new features like improved sound, many more amp models and hundreds of effects. Current models like the Line 6 POD GO even offer the ability to use multiple rigs simultaneously, letting you play complex sounds with several amps and effects at once.
For professionals, Line 6 expanded its product range in 2015 with Helix, a kind of high-end POD offering endless possibilities to dial in the perfect sound. With professional routing options, displays on the footswitches showing the current setup and what was at the time the most realistic sound in LINE 6's history, the Helix can still be found on stages and in studios around the world. The Helix LT, a reduced model with fewer features, and the HX Stomp, a very compact, more affordable variant, later broadened the Californian's range with stripped-down options for smaller budgets. HX Effects completes the Helix family as a pure effects module without amp sounds and is extremely popular at session!
But at session you'll of course also find the other major pillar of Line 6's range alongside the multi-effect pedals: amplifiers.
Line 6 modelling didn't start in pedal form, but reached musicians first as a kind of all-in-one amp, the AxSYS 212, which contained a wide variety of classic amp sounds from clean to metal. From these roots later came classics like the Line 6 VETTA II, but also an absolute beginner top seller: the Spider! Today the Line 6 Spider V MkII is a true classic among beginner amplifiers and offers great sound for home, music school, rehearsal room or first stages for modest money, regardless of musical style.
Whether modelling amps for electric guitars, multi-effect pedals or now also wireless systems for instruments for cable-free use of your guitar on stage, Line 6 remains a standard for anyone seeking outstanding sound with maximum flexibility.
