running elec guitar..through "basspod" ?

[AllenPOPO]

Hi, I am working on some guitar parts for a track and i was wondering how logical it is to run an electric guitar signal through a "basspod" (do not have a guitar one) to get some oomph behind the signal (otherwise i run it through a very plain DI box from guitar center)


so my questions are these:


--Does this "hurt" the tone more than helping it?

--is there any tricks to "rigging" a basspod to act more like a guitarpod?

--if using post porcessing effects, like guitar rig et al, could simply running the signal THROUGH the basspod before processing gonna make it sound beter? worse?




any info is appreciated....im just really getting into guitars and bass....still learningg alot... thanks in advance




-Allen

[Kingston]

basspod sounds great with guitar. obviously you're going to have cleaner sounds, but certainly more emphasis on bass definition and possibly sharper transients overall (great funk and rhythm guitar sounds for example). It won't hurt the sound at all, and in fact it might do certain things better than the guitar pod ever could. There's no special tricks to it. You just aim at the sound you want to use in the mix.

know that the basspod EQ mostly has an emphasis on frequencies important to bass guitar, but that might not be a problem at all and you can always compensate for it in the mix.

remember to take advantage of the great sounding compressor the basspod has. I still haven't found a compressor quite like it anywhere for guitar. works wonders with dynamics.

[AllenPOPO]

Thanks Kingston! I just wanted to hear some views from some guitar users from here, my "premonition" was that it would work fine. now to go dig up the basspod's power plug from this hamper of cords that are all knotted up

no pain no gain i guess....cheers man

basspod sounds great with guitar. obviously you're going to have cleaner sounds, but certainly more emphasis on bass definition and possibly sharper transients overall (great funk and rhythm guitar sounds for example). It won't hurt the sound at all, and in fact it might do certain things better than the guitar pod ever could. There's no special tricks to it. You just aim at the sound you want to use in the mix.

know that the basspod EQ mostly has an emphasis on frequencies important to bass guitar, but that might not be a problem at all and you can always compensate for it in the mix.

remember to take advantage of the great sounding compressor the basspod has. I still haven't found a compressor quite like it anywhere for guitar. works wonders with dynamics.