Line 6 Pod Go vs Boss GX100 - Which Should You Buy?

So tones are probably not very easy to compare across these models, but I dialled in some tones that I'm enjoying with the GX100 and just put them side by side with some tones from the POD Go that I also use.

In the GX100 I'm using the Boutique Model and a "JCCab" IR
In the Pod GO I'm using the Litigator Model and the same IR

I love the intro. Any chance you have the whole song somewhere we can listen in full?

One point to note, is that the boss is useless if you want to change tunings. The pitch shifter in the line 6 is great if you want to drop down a couple of steps, say if you have some tunes in E and some in D and you only want to bring one guitar. The boss simply cannot do this. I tried. That aside, the Boss is a very nice unit.

Marvelous intro! Do you have the music sheet or Guitar Pro file of it??

Nice vid. Tx.

Tip. Your camera stability and skills need an uplift ... 😅😅😅

Felicidades por el vídeo, para ti después de probar las dos pedaleras, cual es la mejor? Muchas gracias

What is missing from this video is GX-100’s Bluetooth module ($60) that enables wireless BTS app control on an iPad—much bigger and easier than the little touch screen!

Mira entre este pedal y el GT 1000 core cual escoges para tocar en vivo

Great comparison. I like the idea of an amp out for a stage tone, with a separate output for the front of house. (PodGo). Does the Boss unit offer that feature? If not, what amp modelers should I be looking at? Thanks

Does someone got experience with those two effectboards as a bass player? Which one has got more usable sounds for bass? I like the stomp mode (manual mode) from the boss, where you can assign single effects to a switch. Does the POD Go also include this feature? ..and I need a good and easy to use compressor ..thanks for answers and the great demo video here 😊

Great playing. Never mind the gear.

That intro was sexy as hell…you’re playing is freaking fabulous

GX-100 > POD Go

one thing that all line 6s have a defect from the first pod red bean xt x3 go helix etc is the sound of the hollow melody ... it always sounds muffled never clear as it should sound instead which on the Boss in general always sounds good even the old Boss models sound clear and empty like in a real amplifier. ditto Fractal has this flaw and that Headrush Eleven rack orange doesn't have because he too plays the empty me singing very clearly. ditto Kemper excellent . so after having had line 6 all the most important models, I understood this defect idem Fractal. in the studio, try to believe and then you can feel the defect of line 6 and Fractal under your fingers

Smooth switching. ❤ Expression pedal assignment, really they are the boss of effects...

Thanks for the great review!! I've always been a preset guy, so seamless switching is a must. That is what multi effects are for, right? Even the old Pod xt floor and all Boss gt's could do that. That is a pro feature for me.

@johnnathancordy under these circumstances which would you prefer, the GX-100 or the HX-effects? I'm looking at using this as an effect machine primarily and replace my overgrown pedalboard entirely. I want to do 4cm into my PRS MT15, into a captorX, into a Scarlett 2i2. I'd like it to sit on my desk, and have expression pedals on the floor under my desk, but I would be ok with the boss on the floor, as it will always be adjusted via my iMac it will be hooked to anyway. I love the idea of being able to change effects, and place effects in front and in the loop just by clicking. under these circumstances which would you chose?

Wow, I want to like these things but they sound so bad. The Boss is really bad. It sounds like hot garbage. It's like the sound is coming from a wet paper bag full of bees.
I guess sound quality doesn't matter to some people? I dunno.

Hi John, now that you've lived with the GX100 for a while, what are your thoughts regarding tonal differences. Boss has made a big thing about its AIRD technology which combines amp & IR's and allegedly makes the GX100 sound and feel more like an amp through a cab. Whilst that's a convenient approach is that just marketing hype and is there any real difference as against Pod Go with a decent IR? I have a Pod Go currently so that above everything would be the key reason for me to buy a GX100. As you have both units I'd value your insights here (- oh, and like others have said you're a wonderful player! ) Thanks John

Can you turn on/ off the efx on a fly on a specific present?

Could you do nu-metal tones with the Boss GX-100?

Thanks for showing how the crossover feature works. Big plus and game changer for the Boss

John going back to all your videos on the GX100. Reason is, my HX Stomp failed, which really surprised me. It stopped having any output level. Its been a great work horse for me for close to 4 years. I'm trying to decide to whether I want to move up in a Line 6 HX product or perhaps the GX100 for a fully contained multi-effects. I'm now well versed in the Helix programming and learning a whole new system is daunting. But budget is a factor too.

However, I would also say that when you press the buttons the Boss is very quiet, the Pod Go seems to beat on it with a hammer. The boss as a construction is not discussed, it looks like a tank, the pod go is somewhat "toy"

what do you think is the best idea? 1. use boss pedals to record directly from USB or plug it into an audio interface ? 2. connect the pedal to amps and record it from amps? 3. connect the pedal to the amp and then connect it to interface for recording ?

Anh hướng dẫn cách chỉnh tiếng GX100 sound như trong viedeo này đi

the intro could be its own video
your timing is great

The full size Boss Gt-1000 changes patches seameslly no matter the chain you have. They (the chains) can be very different, but they will change patches seameslly. Besides the CTL function works as a Snapshot.
Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹

So what computer programer cause do we need to enter

Doze the line 6 have duel engine like the pod go

I currently have WAZA Air, had a GT-1 that I sold and bought a Pod Go for the more buttons/flexibility for gigging. The Pod is good, but I definitely hear the different in the Boss sounds and (to me) they sound much better. I also got used to Boss Tone Central and really like their software better. I'll admit, I steal a lot of settings from the Studio Rats channel. I see a GX100 in my future.

GX 100 all the way Pod is a toy

I still think that the Boss doesn’t have the Tail setting like the Helix where we create the scenes to have the delay tail running even when we change presets.
With Gx 100 I can hear that the delay cuts off changing between presets.

The main reason i'll go with Boss is it's a new unit, has a few years of "life" guaranteed, for firmware and the possibility to be eventually sold for a reasonable price.

Hi, can we buy your personal IR?

Came for the review, stayed for the badass playing. Nice work.

There is over on the pad go. You have to go to the global setting.

Received the GX100 yesterday... oh... such a nightmare, so complicated. Even if this is recent release, menus, screen, interface, all seems ot be so dated. The touchscreen is really, really bad ( even if this is not the main point of such electronic devices ), make me think 2008 entry level smartphone. Not responsive at all. I did not like the sound, out of it, really muffled. It's very special as all effects and amp are only BOSS made. I will return it.

Can you name the presets just like the gt100? Instead of 01-2?

Line6 is gross

Excelente Video!! Tienes Instagram? Facebook? Podrias subir una foto donde se aprecie perfectamente la comparacion de Tamaño de esas Dos pedaleras??

not true. you can use snapshots and have spillover.

Forget the amp models for a minute. For us guys who love our real amps, do they have trails on the delays? Do the Rotaries have ramping?

IMO the Gt100 sounds way more natural N less compresssed like crazy ...i don't understand that sound modelling policy...
i would prefer to go for a Helix LT (or FB) even if i prefer till'now the Boss layout concept of the Mix/Div blocks which R very powerfull and you can't do this on Helix (at least without some tricks ???) Fortunatelly i've a Bogner Alchemist head cranked up with a Brunettti Overtone2 tube preamp running on a 212 Cab with Celest V30 + Jensen C12K to forget all that shit 🤣

At the first glance the UI of the Pod GO seems so much better.