I’m in agreement with what both Rainer and
Travis commented on the somewhat arbitrary nature of product design among
manufacturers. Travis’ point about catering to more conventional
musicians rings true for most companies, which is not to say that the companies
aren’t listening to more outside the box players. I would not be surprised
if, for example, Adrian
belew had some design input on the VG-99. I’m just speculating of
course. I know that Line 6 does listen to pros in the industry and welcome
feedback. To me they are more open to this than most companies. I have
friends who are industry pros down in LA that Line 6 calls upon for beta
testing and feedback and also to borrow some of the cool effects they model. I
believe my friend Lyle Workman loaned them is Tri stereo chorus and foxx distortion
for cloning, he gets a thank you in the manual. Let’s face it guys,
us fringe dwellers have deeper needs than more conventional musicians J I do
know that Line 6 endorsement artist seem to have some clout, but I think if
you really want to make your self heard you need to start blogging on the
various forum sites these companies have. Also Rainer, the routing scheme
on this box, though not nearly as sophisticated as that cool old sony box you
have, does allow you to run any effect in any order and also has some cool
delay patches with a wet/dry routing scheme, No series parallel capability but
definitely an easy way to put effects in unconventional arrangements.
Bill
