Line 6 Bass POD xt Live User Manual - MIDI Manuals

Modeled Amps & Cabs • Rock Classic: Based on* an Ampeg® SVT®Rock Classic: Based on* an Ampeg ® SVT ®5 • 4For 30 years now, we’ve heard the tone and felt the power of themighty Ampeg ® SVT. ® This workhorse has appeared oninnumerable recordings and arena stages worldwide – there is noequal to the original SVT ® and its 300 watts of pure tube magic.(FYI – replacing the tubes in a SVT ® nowadays would cost youmore than you paid for your Bass PODXT Live!) First introducedin July 1969, the SVT ® set the tone, punch and arena-rattlingstandard for all future big gun bass rigs. Its users have includedeveryone from The Rolling Stones to Van Halen, and prettymuch every “rock” bass player in between. For your Bass PODXTLive, we selected a 1974 Ampeg ® SVT ® to model, and we’vealso given you a 70’s SVT 8x10 speaker cabinet to pair it with.The sonic combination of this head and cab is beyond big, but you had to praythat your bandmates would help you move it! Thanks to Bass PODXT Live, youcan now get big classic rock bass tone without frequent visits to the chiropractor.Flip Top: Based on* an Ampeg ® B-15This is modeled after a 60’s Ampeg ® B-15 Portaflex ® –one of the most popular studio bass amps of all time. It’stuned and front-ported, has a closed back, is 25 watts witha single 15-inch speaker, and set a new standard forcabinet and speaker efficiency, tone and convenience inbass amplification. If we had to sum up the amp’s sound upin one sentence, we would simply say: Listen to JamesJamerson’s bass playing on the Motown ® /Tamala recordsof the 1960’s—The Supremes, The Four Tops, TheTemptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and manymore. Jamerson played bass on more Motown hits thananyone else, and his choice for amplification was theAmpeg ® B-15. We think you’ll agree that the sound of his P Bass ® through that*All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated oraffiliated with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purposeof identifying the specific products that were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.AMPEG, SVT, and PORTAFLX are registered trademarks of St. Louis Music, Inc. MOTOWN is aregistered trademark of UMG Recordings, Inc. P BASS is a registered trademark of Fender MusicalInstruments Corporation.