Line 6 Floorboard Pedal

The Line 6 Floorboard offers players complete control over many Line 6 amps. With 8 switches and 2 foot controllers, the Line 6 Floorboard gives you options. 103 People rated this product:

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The Line 6 Floorboard has 2 main modes of operation: Channel Select and Effect On/Off. Effect On/Off gives you instant direct access to your Digital Guitar Amplifier System's effects. Step on one of the Floorboard's sturdy steel Effect On/Off switches and the amp instantly responds by turning that effect on or off, just like a classic effect stomp box. Red lights above each Floorboard Effect On/Off switch show you whether an individual effect is On (light on) or Off (light off) so you can see the details of your Channel's setup at a glance.

Wah and Volume Control Pedals

The Line 6 Floorboard's 2 built-in continuous pedals control the Wah and Volume effects of the Digital Guitar Amplifier System. The Wah Pedal includes a toe-down on/off switch just like a classic wah pedal, and its tone is modeled after a vintage Vox wah for a very musical, expressive sound. The audio signal from your guitar doesn't go through the Line 6 Floorboard - these are just remote controls for the Digital Guitar Amplifier System's processing, which means the guitar signal always stays inside the amp and in the digital domain, safe from the kind of hum and interference that you can get when using traditional pedals on-stage.

Channel Select

The Line 6 Floorboard has 2 main modes of operation: Channel Select and Effect On/Off. Channel Select gives you seamless switching between all of your digital guitar amplifier system's channels. You can choose between Preset and User Banks right from the Floorboard's stomp switches, as well as switching between the individual Channels in those banks.

Tap Tempo

The Line 6 Floorboard gives you the same Tap Tempo control of effect times that you get from your digital guitar amplifier system. With the AX2, Tap Tempo controls the speed, or tempo, of your delay effects. Just tap a couple of times on the Tap Tempo stomp switch. Now the individual echoes of your delay will happen in time to the tempo you just tapped on the switch. You can store the new delay time with the Channel if you like, so that it will be recalled the next time you choose that Channel. With a Flextone, POD, or Spider the Floorboard Tap Tempo control can also be used to set the speed of your other effects, just like the Tap Tempo button on the Flextone top panel.

Digital Chromatic Guitar Tuner

Hold the Floorboard's Tap Tempo stomp switch for a moment, and you access a built-in chromatic digital tuner. The Line 6 Floorboard display shows you the pitch you are tuning to, and the red lights above the 6 lower stomp switches show if you are sharp or flat. The basic idea is that the lights to the left are on if you're flat, and the lights to the right are on if you're sharp. When you get a note in tune, the 2 center lights come on at the same time.

20 Ft. Control Cable Included

The lockable RJ-45 jack locks in to both the Floor Board and the Digital Guitar Amplifier System, so you never have to worry about accidentally kicking it loose during the gig. The special design of the Line 6 products lets this one cable carry all the control signals at the same time as supplying the Floorboard with power from the amplifier. So there's no clumsy wall wart or tangle of cables to complicate your setup. The Line 6 Floorboard is so simple to use that the entire operations guide fits on 2 pages.

Compatible Products:

- Axsys/AX2
- Flextone (I), II combos and heads
- POD (I) and II (marked as "pedal"), POD Pro
- (newer PODs marked as "FBV" are NOT compatible with the Floorboard)
- Bass POD and Bass POD Pro
- Spider (I)

Not compatible with
Duoverb, Flextone III, HD147, PODxt, PODxt Pro, Bass PODxt, Bass PODxt Pro, Vetta, Vetta II, Spider II, Spider III, or Spider Valve. Use FBV2, FBV4, FBV Shortboard, FBV Express or FBV for those models. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Line 6 products.

Weight: 7 lbs.

Dimensions: 25.5 x 3 x 7.5 in.

Works with: AX2, Flextone, Flextone II (will not work with III), POD, POD pro, Bass POD, Bass POD pro, and Spider I.

Not compatible with
Duoverb, Flextone III, HD147, PODxt, PODxt Pro, Bass PODxt, Bass PODxt Pro, Vetta, Vetta II, Spider II, Spider III, or Spider Valve. Use FBV2, FBV4, FBV Shortboard, FBV Express or FBV for those models.

Older POD 2.0 units that have a jack labeled "PEDAL" only support the older FB4 and Floor Board foot controllers. POD 2.0's that have a jack labeled "FBV Pedal" support the current line of FBV foot controllers.

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Sound: This is a great tool for the new guitarist.It has all the basics for starting axemen .It is very versitile and can withstand gigwork,but I stil feel this is a great tool for taking the next level.To many beginers buy a procuct that is going to interfeal with their basic learning skills.This is a versitile tool and I would recomend it Feature: well built. Ease of Use: This is an easy sturdy workingmans tool.You don"t have to have a degree to figure it out.Sticks to the basics with options later,and a tuner YEAH. Quality: This product is wellbuilt and seems roadworthy but I wuold never use it on the road.reasonally price okaygood bang for the buck. Value: compentaly priced sleek good bang for a buck,intermediate level.A good tool to work on integrating effects and your music. Manufacturer Support: The instructions were clear(as mud),but I find quite a few of this type of pedal but on the average it passes,I recommend, The Wow Factor: This is an intermediate toolfor leaning and small gigs.looks like star trek. Overall: Tech moves faster than I can dish out cash,but I still do.pedals like these are great jamming at home or in the garage.On that basis I wuold recommend this tool.Easy settup a reasonable selelection o effects.I did not get a chance to gig test it,but put it thruogh a few band practices.KBT.TOO MUCH FLASH FOR ME but thats is just my opiniona

Style of Music: louder harder faster,stevie ray

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Sound: The Floorboard incorporates its own pedal waw, and it's as good as any. On effects setting you can deselect some FX, and the one problem I have with it is that there is not enough difference in level for distortion and drive to make much of a difference. But there is some, and I use the switches when I want to take off some of the edge. Feature: This is an accessory, of course, so you could say a big NO to whether the main unit (for me a Pod Pro) includes it. It was always too expensive, and I jumped at the chance to get a new one (already had an old one) at ZZ prices. But the features are very good, a solid volume pedal and waw. I like the waw switch--you push down a little harder in toe position to toggle it. Much easier than having a separate switch, and the auto-switch waw's don't allow you the same range of sound. Having a good volume pedal and waw pedal are indispensable, so the Floorboard solves that problem, otherwise your rack unit would be sorely lacking (that's probably one reason why old-school players prefer stomp boxes). I'm surprised that Line6 didn't provide something closer to the Floorboard for newer rack units; I wouldn't want one of the newer boards. I suppose the reason for that is that the trend is self-contained floor units. Arguably the size of the Floorboard is a negative (big footprint), but I like the size of the switches and the space between them. Ease of Use: I've already discussed the layout. There's no learning curve to speak of. And given the size and weight of the unit (all metal), you don't worry about it moving around on you. One problem with any unit of this kind is that you can't randomly select patches except in the rows, and that's unacceptable if you like to vary your patches a lot like I do. But my solution for that is a midi controller, so I only use the Floorboard for volume, instant waw, and varying effects as I noted above. But there is also an advantage in being able to see the patch number in big red letters; it's faster to glance at than looking at the rack unit. Quality: I've had an old Floorboard now for a long time and it's been very dependable. Looks good cosmetically. Now that I have a new one, I realize that one problem is that the range of control on volume and waw deteriorates over time because both use a transparent plastic strip that is colored dark on end to function optically, E.g. at toe down volume the strip is clear and heel down it is blacked in. This isn't bad compared to other methods, but the strip in the old unit evidently faded too much over time to completely kill the volume, and you certainly can't count on Line6 to carry spare parts with the board being discontinued. Value: Line6 stuff tends to be too expensive for what you actually get. In the case of the Floorboard, the MSRP would give you sticker shock when you realize that the only extras you're getting in addition to the basic controllers are the volume and waw. But they do make the Cadillac of units, and if you can get a good deal at ZZ or other places, I'd say go for it. Manufacturer Support: The company isn't particularly easy to reach. I did have one problem that took me quite a bit of emailing to track down. But once I got to the right person, he was very helpful and suggested a transistor I could get a local parts store to fix it myself, which is what I wanted to do. Line6 is famous for it's reader-friendly manuals, but they still miss details here and there--the kind of thing where you wish you could find something specific in the index. I didn't have any failures during the warranty, and I guess it's too much to ask for a lifetime warranty. The Wow Factor: This is very old-school so there's no Wow factor, but it's still a good-looking unit, and it does stuff that newer Line6 equipment doesn't. Overall: The combination of the Pod Pro and the Floorboard is hard to beat for what it does, so much so that I would rather have my old PP and FB than the new Line6 stuff. I found myself very concerned that my old unit might wear out and there was nothing to replace it. The ultimate value probably depends on your playing style. If you're strictly stomp-box oriented and you only use a handful or less of different sounds at a gig (as most pro's do), then this is not for you, unless you want to have your volume and waw pedals in one solid unit, and are willing to have virtually all your effects from one source. But this is what I prefer, and I could never live with a case of stomp boxes.

Style of Music: Christian rock

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