The POD HD500 is really that great? I've sold mine! + Patches

TO DOWNLOAD MY FINAL PACK, MY MEGAPACK AND OTHER TOOLS GO ON MY FB PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-089Ray-Gillman/202328016528121?sk=wall

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE VIDEO AND THE DESCRIPTION BELOW PRIOR TO BASHING ME!!

1. I highly respect people at l6 community, the l6 staff and people that are following me with their pod but I just can't take this anymore. I need a unit that's reliable and solid, without bugs, problems and that can provide what is wrote on the box: DYNAMICS, ORGANIC SOUNDS AND A TONE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OUT OF A DIGITAL MODELLER.
The HD500 just doesn't do this.

I would also thank Line6 for the journey I shared with them, starting in the late 2006 when I first bought my XT Live, and I was happy like a kid when I played the sweet child of mine intro with the same slash sound. I've grown up as a guitarist and the pod started to fail under my more mature requests, tone-wise talking. I've bought the X3 in 2008 when it was released and was very happy with it, in fact I kept it until summer 2010. When the HD was released worldwide i got one immediately like I did everytime with the pod line (I owned TWO x3 live and a x3 bean with fbv shortboard. I also had a pocket pod - total garbage) but it's time to move on, my faith in this company isn't there anymore.

I will leave this channel active, but I won't do other POD videos like expected, because I've sold my hd500. I've made my last video with the final tricks and with the four best patches I've ever made. Let's see if I'll become a guru with the eleven rack, so stay tuned if you're an avid/digidesign user.

F.A.Q

Q: What's the name of this song?
A: Surrounded (The Man In The Iron Mask OST - Nick Glennie Smith)


JUST FOR BEING TRANSPARENT:
Here's a few threads with problems I was referring to, and keep in mind that all of these problems are JUST in the first TWO pages of the community...

http://line6.com/support/thread/72499
http://line6.com/support/thread/72065
http://line6.com/support/thread/72278
http://line6.com/support/thread/61427
http://line6.com/support/thread/72478
http://line6.com/support/thread/72434
http://line6.com/support/thread/72419
http://line6.com/support/thread/72407
http://line6.com/support/thread/72131
http://line6.com/support/thread/72275
http://line6.com/support/thread/72204
http://line6.com/support/thread/63259

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• petrucci

[089Ray]

Their forum is so full of douchebags pretending to know everything. Everytime someone pops on saying that the pod doesn't sound good there's always someone saying 'you're not setting it right, you need to develop your skills on the machine, the learning curve'. Always the same sentences. When someone points out an hardware issue, the answer is always 'contact our customer service' and the thread gets locked. There's no freedom of speech over there.

[089Ray]

@TheCitadelZombie yea, but if everyone starts to follow the idea that pubblic dissing isn't the right way, every bad manner and wrong thing in this world will live on. If they allow only positive comments on their HD line, they are in fact fooling customers.

[TheCitadelZombie]

@TheCitadelZombie Actually, a few days after I posted here I was contacted by Rich at Line 6 who turns out is a really cool and decent guy. He completely made things right. Apparently he does read things like this and takes it seriously, sometimes its just really hard to convey things through the internet though. I learned a big lesson in being patient and not publicly dissing anyone. Still ended up returning my HD500 though. Just wasn't for me.

[089Ray]

@TheCitadelZombie They are threating loyal customers as garbage, I contributed alot to the petrucci fanbase with l6 patches, with xt, x3 and hd500 ones. I always shared everything I had and knew, including tricks, and the only time I tried to give a feedback about an issue I was having with my brand new pod they addressed me as a troll, pretending everyone to believe I was flaming for the purpose of givin' a negative mark on the l6 product line.

[089Ray]

@TheCitadelZombie that's simply unbeliavable. pure dictaturism.

[TheCitadelZombie]

@089Ray After all the issues I had with the M13 and HD I commented that I had old pedals from the early 80's that were still working and were obviously more reliable. Also, that I was sick of software, updates, bugs, etc and them not addressing the issues. SEVERAL MONTHS later "Rich" from Line 6 read my comments and completely blew a fuse over it. I've used their gear since the old AxSys amps were released. NO MORE!

[089Ray]

@TheCitadelZombie wow that's really bad dude. What kind of flame?

[JosephMile]

3. and 9. are really true.