Review by Mark StarlinWhen I first saw the new Pocket POD and how small it was, I couldn’t help but think of a gadget I had back in the early 1980’s called the Rockman. Guitar players who were around back then will remember that the Rockman was a compact headphone guitar amplifier created by Tom Scholz, the guitarist from the band Boston (who also had a Masters degree in engineering!) When you plugged your guitar into the Rockman and played, you essentially had the guitar sound of the band Boston coming through your headphones. This was way before amp modeling and was very cool at the time. Still, it was limited to a couple of tones and effects that you couldn’t tweak.
The Pocket POD is also a portable headphone guitar amp (plus a performance and recording device), except this one is designed for the 21st Century and has more features and tones than you would expect to fit in such a small package. And instead of sounding like one band, it comes with tones programmed by several different bands (and enough others to sound like just about any band.)
