Line 6 POD Express, Bass

The sound quality is great and there are a lot of amp models to choose from. I really recommend digging in to the app so you can fine tune things like the compressor, dirt settings, and swap cabs. I personally thought most of the cabs didn't sound great, but I found one I liked and use it for everything. It's made of plastic but I don't have any concerns about it breaking. For the money you're getting Helix tones that sound really nice. To get the most out of it you may also want to get something to add 2 additional switches.One complaint is even using the 4 switch method, you can't bounce around to different presets. You need to build one with all the effects you want. This is mostly fine unless you want to be able to switch between 2 different gain pedals, which you can't do. You can always switch to a different preset, but you're going in order, so going from preset 1 to preset 3 means you have to go to 2 first. It's not a seemless switch like a Stomp would be, though you're paying a fraction of the price.You could easily gig with this or just use it for home practice/recording.

Super fun practice equipment. Lots of quality tonal options

After saveral months of research and review the Line 6 Pod express for Bass player like me is perfect. I don’t like complicated pedals and this one just hits the nail. Very easy to use and has the right number of sounds, control and effects to play along.Easy to carry and use. Effects are not too fancy or complicated. Couple of points to not - this pedal comes in without an adapter (you need to buy it saperately) and doesn’t have an inbuilt tuner (mentioned that it has but doesn’t display anything) other than that I’m very happy to fiddle along to get the right effect and tone. Cheers!!

I had trouble with the first couple of these. I had various issues trying to get what I wanted out of it. I now use it in line with my other pedals as an amp modeler. It works perfectly for that. Also for what it's worth, the thumbwheel near the headphones jack is the overall gain for the unit. I would have never guessed that. I have LOTS of pedals and this was the first that used the headphones gain as the pedal gain. That should be spelled out better in the manual.

I bought this because of the newly released software functionality allowing to tweak more parameters for each effect. I can not update to firmware to access this functionality I have spent days trying to trouble shoot this with no solution. I was hoping to, at the very least, get a decent chorus out of it. Using the controls without the software is extremely un-intuitive.I might bother to fight through using it manually if it didn't feel so insanely cheap that I don't feel comfortable stepping on it. I knew it was plastic when I bought it but this is the cheapest possible flimsy happy-meal quality construction possible.

I was looking for a simple, all-in-one solution for practicing my bass using headphones. Essential functions for me are: headphone out, tone shaping (ideally amp emulation and compression), and tuner. The Pod express seems ideal. However, the "tuner" only tells you if a particular note is in tune, not what note it is; it would happily tell you that you're in tune with your E string tuned to D. Fine if you're already tuned up and just need to check your tuning, but if you are putting on new strings you will need a pitch fork, or a real tuner, or some other reference pitch. So unfortunately this pedal is un-usable for my purposes.Line 6 saved a few bucks by not including either a small LCD or a super simple LED display. Considering that this pedal also allows saving and recall of presets, seems like that was a really bad choice for UI. I would have no problem paying $20 more to have a display, and a real onboard tuner.

Compact size, for bass guitar.

It has some great tones. Easy to use. For Android users the app is totally useless. You have to go through flaming hoops with your PC to update the firmware and even more with your Android device. I could never get it to work. Looks pretty, but absolutely worthless if you can't get it to work. I just use it for in the bedroom and silent practice. Got a Zoom MS60B+ to do the actual heavy lifting in playing live. I'm so disappointed. Line 6 customer service is even worse. If I did not like the tone from out of box settings. I would have set it back immediately. P.S. no problems with the MS60B+ but it does not have a headphone jack. Overall, I'd say the Line 6 Pod Express Bass is just a cash grab off its Helix fame. I'm just glad I did not pay full price. A lot of promises and little delivery. Very disappointed.