Originally Posted by: tehplatypus
as far as pods go... they're extremely useful for recording but not useful for much outside of that.

I dissagree with you on this. I use a POD 2.0 for live use, and couldn't be happier. I have two rigs I use it with, both using the amp as a power amp (bypassing the amps preamp). One is a Peavey Classic 50, and the other is a Peavey Triple X head into a Marshall 1960a 4x12 cab loaded with Eminence Governor and Wizard speakers. Both of those amps sound good on their own, but using the POD with them gets me closer to, and more of the tones I like. However, I'm not too crazy about the PODxt for live use. It has the potential to sound great, but just takes too much time to get a good tone from it. On the other hand, it is excellant for recording!

As for guitar, I play a PRS Custom 22, and a Schecter C1 Blackjack. Effects, Ernie Ball volume pedal, Cry Baby wah, MXR ZW-44 overdrive, Boss CH-1 Chorus, and Boss DD-3 Delay.

I do agree that one should shoot for getting a good quality amp that makes you say "wow!", and not just "ok, this will do." but as cheap as they are, and as good as they sound, I think everyone should have at least 1 POD 2.0 in thier gear arsinal.