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Any experience with these things? How is $499 with a POD 2.0 for a price? Thanks
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You know... I hear a lot of mixed information about the atomic amp. If I was in your shoes, I would trip on over to www.instituteofnoise.com and do a search for atomic in the pod forum. There is just a ton of information about the atomic amp over there.
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I've read a review about these thingys in a german guitar magazine, and those guys where more than impressed!!
they wrote it would be the best for V-Amp POD etc.
it doesn't have much to do with a guitar amplifier IMO, since it's more full ranged like a headphone for example...
didn't try them myself, but I heard a lot of good things so far!!
please write a review if you decide to give it a try!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]tremstick give-away (performer series trem)Comment
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It seems that many owners wind up selling them soon after they buy one. It seems to gimmicky of a product to me.Comment
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I had an atomic for a while. I didn't care for it. I get much better performance by running my xt into a mackie srm450. It had tons of headroom and volume. To my ears it great at low and high volumes. For me this is usually not the case with moddelers.
I got mine used fro $440.00 to my door. I lay it down on the floor like a wedge monitor. The funny thing, is I am loving some amp models I hated before, like the Silver Jubilee JCM one. I have found it faster dialing in tones I like as well.
The Atomic was never that loud and I had a hard time getting a tone I liked from it. YMMV There are great players that love them."Yes,..that's when they used to shove a red hot spike in your peehole until you screamed "yes, yes, godammit ..you fuggin' dicks..I'm a witch..I am witch..you cocksuckers"" horns666Comment
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It seems that many owners wind up selling them soon after they buy one. It seems to gimmicky of a product to me.
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That's a pretty telling statement right there.1+2 = McGuirk, 2+4 = She's hot, 6-4 = Happy McGuirkComment
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i'd like to see them make 300 watt head version. or a 100 tube head version.
that would be cool.Comment
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It seems that many owners wind up selling them soon after they buy one. It seems to gimmicky of a product to me.
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That's a pretty telling statement right there.
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There is a good size group of use Atomic owners that have no desire to sell.
I love mine. I have not taken my Vetta head/cab to a gig since I got it. It is perfect for bar gigs and playing at home. One weakness is you can't get a squeaky clean loud tone. The power tubes overdrive a bit if you crank it.
I use my with a POD XT and I'm amazed at how good it sounds. 18 watts was much louder than I thought it would be.Comment
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oh yeah 18 watts can be quite loud. my mark 3 simul is 15 watts in class a and it's plenty loud. i read somewhere 5 watts is roughly equivalent to a blast on a trumpet.
so how is 499 with the POD 2.0 included? it get the idea people sometimes are not hip to the 2.0 and prefer the XT or original POD.1+2 = McGuirk, 2+4 = She's hot, 6-4 = Happy McGuirkComment
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Not a bad deal. Cheaper than buying them sperate. You can try it out with the 2.0. Later you could always sell the 2.0 and get the XT down the line.Comment
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Cool, My only experience with modeling was my Vampire. I could never get it the way I liked. Moving overseas so I've got to scale down.1+2 = McGuirk, 2+4 = She's hot, 6-4 = Happy McGuirkComment
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for direct recording i still haven't gotten as good of a metal guitar tone with the xt like i have with the 2.0Comment
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After going thru just about every modeling amp on the planet, I finally picked one of these up.
My modeling amp search is over.
This thing is awesome and makes my PODxt sound like a guitar amp instead of a preamp thru the PA. You really have to tweak the patches to fit the amp, though. I was frustrated with it at first, as all of my PODxt patches sounded "boomy" or harsh. Then I stumbled across some bundles of patches that were tweaked for use with the Atomic Reactor. Instant joy!
Reducing the Microphone Room mix in the AIR II settings makes a huge difference. I mean down to 0-5%. Also, I think that using the stompboxes and compressors really opens things up.
The amp really gets a good bit of thump out of the low end since it is a closed back cab. One caveat, though: It is very directional. You need to have it pointing at you on an angle to really get a good sound out of it.
Overall, I am extremely happy with it now that I have patches that are tweaked for it. For low-medium volume venues I don't think this can be beat; if you need the versatility of a modeling amp, that is.Comment
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After going thru just about every modeling amp on the planet, I finally picked one of these up.
My modeling amp search is over.
This thing is awesome and makes my PODxt sound like a guitar amp instead of a preamp thru the PA. You really have to tweak the patches to fit the amp, though. I was frustrated with it at first, as all of my PODxt patches sounded "boomy" or harsh. Then I stumbled across some bundles of patches that were tweaked for use with the Atomic Reactor. Instant joy!
Reducing the Microphone Room mix in the AIR II settings makes a huge difference. I mean down to 0-5%. Also, I think that using the stompboxes and compressors really opens things up.
The amp really gets a good bit of thump out of the low end since it is a closed back cab. One caveat, though: It is very directional. You need to have it pointing at you on an angle to really get a good sound out of it.
Overall, I am extremely happy with it now that I have patches that are tweaked for it. For low-medium volume venues I don't think this can be beat; if you need the versatility of a modeling amp, that is.
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welcome aboard !!
I'm still amazed at how good this little thing sounds.Comment
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for direct recording i still haven't gotten as good of a metal guitar tone with the xt like i have with the 2.0
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EXACTLY my problem! I sold my old trusty 2.0 and got a XT when it first came out, without trying it...which after a couple of days tweaking I soon came to regret, because they changed some stuff with the mic'ing simulation so that even my old patches sounded different through the XT even though they were un-edited!!
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can't believe how Line6 could go backwards on the metal tones on the XT... sheesh!Comment
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