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[unbroken]

Why do loads of people swear by it?

Its fucking pish. Great for bedroom playing but it has absolutely no presence in a live setting. Absolutely none.

A lot of the settings they 'model' or 'emulate' are from players who use tube amps. Solid state DOES NOT SOUND LIKE tube amps. Never will.

Just wanted to get that off my chest.

the DL4 is a great effects pedal, one of the best delays i've ever heard.

a lot of their stuff is total tosh, but i like the effects modelling, and the toneport i have is pretty neat too

[scottyboy]

yes we all know it's pish, people rant about it (and behringer, crate, pish marshalls mg-av-whatever-they-are etc) all the time on here

to be honest i don't think i've ever heard someone really 'swear by' line6 or similar. people use them cause they're cheaper than valve amps. i guess other minor consolations are solid state stuff is more managable (lighter, doesn't need revalved etc) and they don't have to be turned up full to get the, ah, best tone.

i assume you're talking about the amps and multi-fx/amp modeller unit things. don't know anything about the delay pedals or whatever else they make.

[IamScrooge]

TBH they're a lot better if you turn the speaker emulation off and use a real speaker.

[Jan Deal]

My Line 6 Pod 2.0 is excellent for recording, but it is pretty shite for live work, a valve amp will always sound better. I've not had any experience of line 6 pedals though.

[Alkaline]

The amps are good, like Scott said, if you want to use it as a practice amp but they don't have the balls to cut it live. They simply don't cut through at all even if they are mic'd up. The tone modulation on the amps saps all resemblance of tone that was there in the first place.

However, not all their products are shite. They make two pedals that i've used that are great: the DL-4 and The Verbzilla and the PODs are good for recording demos if you want to experiment with sounds (however like Jan says they are pretty rubbish live).

[Aaron_Robertson]

Ive been using the toneport UX2, Good for home demos.. tis actually not THAT bad when using it live.

I think the Pod does a pretty good job for recording and home use, you can't always crank up a Marshall.

Haven't played their amps though.

[Longhorn]

I heard the guy from The Cherrykicks playing a Duotone at Moshulu going straight from the XLRs on the back mixing the recto and JCM800 models. Sounded pretty damn good to me - better than the tone from the other players who were using my JMP MKII and 4x12" that night.

[Diesel]

I've got Flextone III Plus combo that I use for practice, recording, Cpt Tom's and teaching and it's excellent value for money.

Their products are certainly not "fucking pish" and the accompanying software is excellent for experimenting with sounds. The online user community is good as well.

I wouldn't use one live, but as Dusty rightly says, ye canny crank up a valve amp in the hoose.

(well I did once with my H&K whilst pished - my ears were ringing for days!)