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Greg,

The line 6 (I'm assuming whoever meant) "pod" is an 'all in one'. It's got amp modeling, EQ, compression, noise gate, reverb, etc. etc. etc. The pod, and the behringer equivalent (the V-Amp) take a little work to understand how to tweak them, but once you have your sounds set up, it's quite nice to just select a preset and have everything set up like you want it.

I believe a pod can definitely twangify anything you have, although there's nothing quite like certain guitars -e.g. a telecaster - for that. For most rockabilly you're going to need EQ - to brighten the sound, a 'slap-back echo' or short delay, a small amount of compression maybe, maybe some distortion depending on taste, and reverb depending on taste and use. The pod will do all of these, and lots more.

Although the purists out there will say there's more flexibility with individual pedals, my vote is for things like the pod because you're just dealing with one gizmo, not a whole pedalboard's worth.

The pod isn't the cheapest thing out there, but you get what you pay for. Another alternative is an amp that has modeling built-in; line-6 makes those too. But if you already have an amp setup you like, I'd go with the pod.

My personal setup is a Fender Cyber-deluxe, which works basically like the POD, save it's an amp too, and it's all nicely self-contained and ready to go.

HTH

John

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OK, cranky old guitar purist two cents here...rockabilly is a very primitive sound, and a pod, or a modeler, or a digital amp, or any of that stuff is going to give you an approximation at best. What you need is a small tube amp, and a slap back delay (preferably tape, but who can afford 1000 bucks for an echo?) and the guitar of your choice...those cats used teles, strats, Les Pauls, cheap pawnshop stuff...whatever they could afford...it's a big mistake to try and spend alot of dough on modern gear to try and get a sound that was made on the cheap for the most part.