Line 6 Bass POD xt Live User Manual - MIDI Manuals

Modeled Amps & Cabs • Line 6’s Original ModelsL6 Super ThorIf you were in a roomful of vintage gear, an open back, little ol’ combo amp is probablythe last thing you’d choose to play your bass through, right? Well, its one of the first weplugged into, but we like doing the unexpected. Anyway, this tough little cookie wecall the Super Thor is based on the Supro Thunderbolt, the bass-minded love childLine 6 and the infamous Supro S6616 of early Led Zeppelin fame. Our very reliablesources also tell us that Jimi Hendrix occasionally played through a Supro Thunderbolt.We figured that if that little amp, mic’d up right in a studio, could churn out big guitartones for the big Jim’s, maybe a bass-loving cousin could do something similarly hugefor us. After you’ve dialed in a tone to your liking, notice that the harder you hit yourstrings, the more fuzz on the peach! We’ve also found that Super Thor adds a very warmcharacter to Bass PODXT Live’s Synth/Filter models.L6 FrankensteinAre your dreams filled with warm and fuzzy bass tones with lots of sustain? If so, thesound designers here at Line 6 are in the business of making your dreams come true.We’re not sure what they used to cook up the JTS 400-S, but based on the secretapocryphal codex created by those afore-mentioned sound designers, our guess is thatthis is one of their Marshall ® /Fender ® Frankensteins. Could it be the front end of a 100watt Plexi grafted on to the power section of a Dual Showman ® ? Or something likethat? Whatever this is, our tone wizards (who, by the way, are seen occasionally insidethe Line 6 Tone Lab wearing capes and funny hats) concocted it with sweet, fuzzy bassin mind. The first time we plugged in to this dream machine, we, as Captain Beefheartused to be fond of saying, “…hit the lunar note and let it float….” Man, we’re stillhappy we did.5 • 17L6 Ebony LuxThis original creation was inspired by a Fender ® black face Deluxe Reverb. ® Althoughnot commonly used for bass, plugging a bass into this Holy Grail of guitar tone yields amost pleasurable experience to say the least. Imagine a clear top end, transparentbottom and a nice mid scoop that makes your bass wonderfully unobtrusive. This ampmodel makes it easy to find the proper space for your bass when accompanying those* 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.MARSHALL is a registered trademark of Marshall Amplification PLC. FENDER, DUALSHOWMAN, DELUXE REVErb, and TWIN REVERB are registered trademarks of Fender MusicalInstruments Corporation.