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Line 6 has just released the Pocket Pod for guitar. The pocket Pod is a pocket sized guitar effects processor and headphone amplifier. Completely portable and compact, it is ready for anything you can throw at it! It also comes with over 300 presets from artists all over the map, Including; Steve Pedulla - Thursday, Randy Torres - Project 86, Bumblefoot, John Lefler - Dashboard Confessional, Tim Wheeler - Ash, Nick Hipa - As I Lay Dying, Phil Sgrosso - As I Lay Dying, Jim Ward - Sparta, Keeley Davis - Sparta, Matt Scannell - Vertical Horizon, John Z - Volto, Tim Mahoney - 311, Marcos Curiel - P.O.D., Bjorn Agren - Razorlight, Dan Estrin - Hoobastank, JT Woodruff - Hawthorne Heights, Jim McGorman - Hawthorne Heights, Joel Stroetzel - Killswitch Engage, James Valentine - Maroon 5 to name a few.

Going back two decades or so, the original Rockman headphone amplifier is where the guitar headphone amplifier started. They were flexible and powerful enough to drive your amplifiers without needing any external effects. You literally could plug into the house PA and do your show. No need for a guitar stack! Many bands utilized the Rockman, which is evident in the sound of the band Boston (they had several hit singles including "More than a Feeling") The inventor and lead guitarist of Boston (Tom Scholz) perfected the Rockman (sadly, their lead singer Brad Delp recently passed on)

The Line 6 Pocket Pod takes the original Rockman into the next generation. It weighs in at about 6 ounces, and is slightly a little larger than a guitar tuner. ( it also has a built in tuner!)

It runs off 4 AAA batteries, or an optional 9 volt AC Adapter can be used. The Pocket Pod includes a USB port for uploading and downloading your own custom sounds. The sounds can be managed from your PC. You can create your own sound libraries using a software program called Vyzex. With the free included software, you can edit and deep dive into all the sounds to customize them. Then upload them to your pc again. The Pocket Pod also has preset sounds for Bass and Vocals.

If you're curious to the types of amplifiers and cabinets that the Pocket Pod has, think again! It's all in your pocket! The cable connections include:

1 USB mini to USB - (cable included) to the USB port on the PC
1/8" headphone/line out - for headphones, or to another amplifier
1/8" stereo in (ipod, cd player etc.) for playing along with the music
1/4" guitar input - or anything that uses a 1\4" mono jack
1/4" mono output - to the amplifier, recording console, or another effects unit
Belt loop hook
9volt AC adapter jack (ac adapter not included)

The Pocket Pod has a LED display and a mini selector switch to select the presets based on a Band type, a music style, or your own creations. Once you havbe selected the preset type, you can then edit and adjust it further.

There are four rotary controls tha double in their functions:
Drive\Bass, Effects\Mid, Delay\Treble, Chan Vol\Reverb

There is a Save button, as well as a Reverb Tap Button\Tuner button. These double as additional settings and options for cabinet selection and uploading and downloading to and from the PC. Unfortunately, it does not support recording signals through the USB. Additional Presets (over 5000) can be downloaded from customtone