@David Kühnel do I understand it right, the spider II is the best of the old versions. what about the first generation ? Spider I ? you think spider V is better than spider IV. but how do you rate the new spider V against the spider 2-3 ?
Hi there. I actually have the Line 6 Spider V 240 MKII and the FBV 3 foot controller. I've been able to dial in my sound for clean and distortion. It's amazing. You have to seriously sit there and take time to develop your tone that you are looking for. The end results are awesome. I've had dudes come up to me at gigs we've played and they were tripping out, asking me the cost and if those were my tones that I created. I also connect my Line 6 Relay G10S. One of the best investments I've made. I am very happy.
I've never hated the spiders tones It's just hard to work with. But that being said, good guitar playing can make a lot of things sound good. You make the spider sound so good
I second that. My Spider V30 is very good value, full of features. But sometimes it seems like there's too many features and I just want something Simple.
It sounded fine. Amps like this are great for home practice. AS you noted, you get a ton of features for small change. I'm an inclusive thinker. I had a Roland Cube 30, which was similar, and that amp gave me hours of pleasure. Sure, once I discovered tube monsters, I moved on, but that's not possible or practical for your average teenager.
I’m a novice player at best. I’ve picked a guitar up and put it down for 15 years. Thing is now I understand what a good and amp and guitar should sound like. So what I have isn’t inspiring to want to play. I’m looking at upgrading to a PRS guitar, so what your saying is now I’m not a boy and flicking the presets won’t do it for me anymore. I should definitely get a valve amp? Coz that’s the problem I’m having. I’m set on the guitar: but now highly confused whether to buy a valve amp or not
@@nz540im3 Well, if that's really the question, then the answer is easy....yes, buy a valve amp. I have several. I use 100w amps for home playing through a 4x12 routinely. Cheap guitar/expensive amp is proven to be a better combination than cheap amp/expensive guitar. Of course, great amp/great guitar is unbeatable. Here's the thing though......modellers always have a lot of compression built in, so they sound more "produced" to your ears, and are easier to tame. Initially, a tube amp will be a handful, but that doesn't last long. Tube/valve amps will compress, but need to be over-driving to do that. Clean tones will throw big transients which are fun, but can be challenging to control. Aggressive playing is the key, but tends to be loud. You can use finesse, takes time to master, but is a vital skill to learn. Compression is your friend for home use of a tube amp, whether it be an over-drive section, pedals or a compressor. Uncontrolled transients cause divorce and blue lights. Personally, I don't use compressors, as I want to be forced to use dynamic control, but I do use overdrive/distortion, +/- pups with natural compression, like EMG's etc.
@@nz540im3 No worries. Rhett Schull pointed out that a lot of people prefer tones form units like the Helix etc, because they sound a to more like recordings, which if course, have had a lot of compression and eq applied to them as well as clever mixing etc. A tube amp is a different beast. It produces the raw material that those refined recordings are made from. That's why they are so much fun.........much like cracking the throttle on a Ducati as opposed to driving a Camry. Modellers have tremendous utility in domestic environments though, I can't deny that. What kind of music do you play ? What amps are you interested in ?
@@nz540im3 A cheap (but importantly well set up) guitar through a better amp will sound FAR better than the other way around. But people can go overboard about gear. Practice is far more important than gear, providing the gear you have is not absolute dog sh*t and playable. A cheap HSS guitar and this spider will give you more than enough to be getting on with until you decide to spend on more expensive stuff.
As a college student that inherited my older brothers line 6, I gotta say it’s been awesome for me. Obviously the price was right with it being free, but it’s served me well. When I do play in bands, I just simply have it on clean and use my own pedals and I always thought it sounded just fine. I actually even really like the chorus and delay it has built in. I plan on getting something better once I graduate and make actual money but until then I think it sounds great for what I need haha
Hey, just curious, what kind of pedal do you run through your Spider? Which model Spider do you have? Also, what does your setup sequence look like? Is guitar into pedal into amp, or is the pedal looped? Thanks 🙏
@@meals24u I believe it’s like a 2009 Line 6 Spider III 2x10 120W. I run my guitar into the the pedals then to amp no loop. i have a Beringer Super fuzz, Boss DS-1 distortion, Boss BF-3 Flanger pedal, and then a 91 Dunlop Crybaby wah. All in that order. Safe to say my pedals need an upgrade too haha.
@@KeyanHoushmandLive Would you recommend this amp or any other line6 for beginners like me? Just learning. Maybe another brand? I dont know what I need in a amp, pedals or anything. Total noob thx & merry Christmas
I think it sounded great. However I think a blind tone test would yield a more accurate response as a lot of people see that it’s a spider and automatically hate the sound without even hearing it
Most who complain about this amp only ever tried the smaller ones. The smaller ones don't sound so great, but I've used these amps since 2005. Spider I and ii were meh. But 3 and on as long as it's the 75w or high sound great.
Exactly. It’s gotta be 75 watts or more if you want good results. The 75 watt version has a 1x12 speaker (aka a full size speaker). I don’t mess with amps that have less than a 1x12 speaker.
Loved the sounds you got out of that! I bought this amp as an older new player. I loved it at the time. Now I'm retired and can't afford a new amp but I don't gig out so playing this is still a joy. Thanks for sharing!
@@KeyanHoushmandLive no please do it. Even if you "cheat" off nolly, I'd like to see your approach. You have the best guitar tone I've ever heard 😂 I need to know how man 😭
Of course. There are numerous videos of blind tests between this amp, the Helix, other modelers, and actual tube amps. It performs just fine. Snobs will always say otherwise. I'll happily take their gigs with a Spider V and a Classic Vibe Jazzmaster and sound very good doing it.
I've had a Spider IV 150-Watt amp and FBV MKII shortboard for quite a few years. I've never really got into the amp to see and hear what I could do with it. Am up in age and retired; watching this video has given me the inspiration to break out my gear and spend quality time to see what this amp does. Excellent video, keep em, coming. Thanks
Good for you making a vid like this. There’s plenty of things I don’t “like” about it (the Spider series), but for many years, that’s all I could afford; honestly, it taught me how to wrestle with gear as oppose to just swapping because I couldn’t find something that worked in minutes. All in all, I’d rather people use what they have and be playing than stopping all together because their “gear isn’t good enough; “ heck, I wouldn’t be a luthier if I didn’t have crap gear to experiment on at first. We all gotta start somewhere and should be focusing on encouraging each other to keep playing regardless of gear.
The big thing about Line 6 Spider series is it takes so long to figure out how to master the tones. I've had a Spider III/150W for about 10 years and granted, it took a while to figure it out but personally, I think they're great for getting different sounds and tones for specific artists or songs.
I knew I wasn't imagining it... So about 10 years ago, my Grandfather gave me an amp he found lying around his house (he's more into acoustics) It ended up being a Spider Line 6. Now, at the time I'd been using my Marshall MG15cdr, which if you've ever had the pleasure a using any Marshall equipment, you'll know they're more than a solid product. Still I thought "Cool, free amp." I'd definitely heard of Spider at the time and I don't remember it being negative. Plus, I noticed the control panel contained more than the usual "reverb, overdrive, contour, etc." It actually has some echo effects, flange etc. So I flew it back home with me. It sat in one closet or another, as it was moved several times over the years, having never so much as been taken out of the box (by this time I'd bought a digital pedal setup. Which I highly recommend as it's a great entry point to pedals, without costing hundreds of dollars) Together with my Marshall and looper pedal, I didn't need much else... That is until about 3 weeks ago when I spilled something and it killed my Digi fx pedal. "No big deal" I thought. I can try out that old amp if I really wanted some extra fx. So I fire it up one night and am super underwhelmed. I can't really figure out what I'm hearing. It doesn't sound "bad" but it doesn't really sound "good' either. And the clean channel didn't sound completely clean. It sounded like there was just a tiny bit of phaser hangin around. The reverb surprised me, but in a good way. Sounded like I was in an empty cafeteria. I've messed with the settings so much, I'm starting to forget what my guitar looks like. For something with this many bells and whistles, the sound quality is just not that great. Loud AF but not great. I was starting to think maybe I was imagining it.
Honestly the tone isn't the liquid ass that I remember, but it's not great either. Very thin and scooped, it gets lost in the mix quite often. Gets overpowered by the bass too. That being said, I guess this goes to show that there are things you can do to get usable tones out of basically any piece of gear. It also demonstrates just how important a good bass tone is. That bass probably hurt it's back carrying the mix that hard haha.
This was my main tone for years...I made it work I didn't know it was so hated although I've always known there was something different sounding about the insane channel...
Those 3 downpicking at 7:55 convinced me to buy a new amp and start playing guitar again, which I did 2 weeks after I first saw this video I'm back here looking for those crunch patched if sounded so beautiful groovy and contemporany metal
I had this amp for a while 10 old years ago, it served it purpose pretty well for a couple of years! I always thought of it as my ‘gateway drug’ to gear tone chasing lol
Very good video - thanks! My Spider IV 75 is an amazingly good amp. Great voices, decent effects. It's at it's best when you use the deep editing software to nail your sound, and one of the FBV pedals gives you incredible flexibility. These babies have an undeserved bad reputation. I have a Mesa Triple Rectifier, Mesa F-100, Mesa Subway Rocket, Peavey 6505+ and a 68 Fender Twin Reverb. The Line 6 is the go-to amp for me when I don't feel like breaking my back hauling large amps or I just don't need a large amp. The Spider IV 75 will keep up with a drummer, and every band and musician I have jammed with have praised the sound of this little beast. The only mod I made to mine is to install an external speaker jack but the built-in Celestion G12-T75 is an excellent speaker. Plus the open back design gives you plenty of bottom end. Not all Line 6's are great, but the Spider IV 75 is for sure. Don't listen to idiots like Glenn Fricker - he has a tin ear and is one of the foulest personalities online these days. If you can find one of these, try it - you'll be surprised and you can pick one up used for under $200.
I have it (the spider III 75) since 2009 ... and you know what ?! I love it. For Metal, this amp can change you and your guitar in a destroyer of worlds ! Very insane !
I have the Spider III15 and the V30. both sound excellent with the right mindset. If you change the sound of the III15 and save it, you also have a great amp. The Spider models are also particularly good at rock and metal, which cannot be said of all amps in this class. In addition, the V is so versatile that it can be used by blues, soul, funk, jazz, country, disco, pop, psycedellic, rock, hard rock, metal and its subgenres, etc. Actually an amp for all styles of music and also in different versions such as 20 watt, 30 watt, 60 watt, 120 watt 240 watt and 240 watt HC. In addition, 128 memory locations can be stored for different sounds according to the genre. So what more do you want?
I have a Spider III 75W, bought new back in the day. I set it to the clean channel with a little reverb and delay, and run a 1980 TubeScreamer in front. The tone is a brutal chug with wall shattering volume if you want it.
I actually owned the first Line 6 AX2 212 combo which was their flagship amp and was one of the first Modeling amps of it's kind on the market in the mid 90's (yes i'm actually that old lol). It was $1500 US when it was brand new. It sounded fantastic for the era it came out and served me well for many years! After that experience I can see why some people wanted to hate on the spider but there wasn't anything wrong with it for it's price point and it's intended purpose. If someone bought it expecting it to cover pro territory then that's their fault. Great video as always, sounded surprisingly great!
It would be great if you could do a tone comparison between Misha's Jackson and Mark's PRS. I've been trying to find a comparison in order to buy either of the 2 but there seem to be no such video on the internet.
Between the Jackson Pro and PRS SE models, the PRS stomps it on nearly every possible level. The USA Jugg and the USA Holcomb is a non-issue because good luck ever finding a USA Holcomb these days lol.
I gig a spider V, with the fbv 3 floorboard and the wireless unit too. Suits my playing needs. As long as you take the time to sit and create your own presets to tailor them to what you want, it’s easy to use but it does take a lot of time and patience to achieve.
In high school when I first learned guitar in 2009, this was the 2nd amp I owned. I used it for 4 years. I went from the cheapest Fender amp that was 10 watts, to this. I had a lot of fun with it, but I didn't have anything to compare it to. I loved all the tones, drums, jamming with my iPod connected. I'm getting back into guitar again after 5 years of not playing, and I'm thinking of getting this amp back from my dad.
I have the same exact amp and to be honest. I think it's pretty great. It came out in the peak of my high school life and it has all the great presets. And it just sounds great for what I like. And I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I think it's incredibly interesting to really hear what a difference it makes to hear you play on a Line 6 Spider versus myself. When I played on this amplifier sometime around 2007 to 2013, I never really managed to get a good tone out of it, everything sounded too scooped and playing with a whole band has been a nightmare everytime because the tone never really cut through the mix no matter how much I cranked and boosted the mids with EQ/Tube screamer, I often resigned to use a Distortion pedal and set the amp to the clean setting instead. But hearing you play on this amp says more about how bad I am as a guitarist and how much it really is in the fingers of the player. People like Glenn Fricker and Fluff couldn't get a decent tone out of it either but you somehow succeeded to create this monstrous and clean chug tone that all of us was searching for back in the day. It's incredible what the guitarrists of 2020s is capable of! Great video as always!
Ive had a spider 4 since 2011ish and ive had a couple years to noodle around with the settings and this video is probably the best I've done so far, its not direct throught the headphone line, I actually mic'ed it with a gls audio es57 (shure sm 57 clone) and you cant hear it but in this video I have my treble doem at about 1/3rd of max, gain is about 20 percent of max with the added ts808 overdrive the spider 4 has Its alright and definitely able to worked with But my amp of choice is actually a peavey xxx or a peavey jsx, if you look at my covers youll notice I dont have one Well I say my favorite is the xxx because I just found out yesterday that the bugera 333xl is a clone of the xxx, the only reason to choose the peavey is because bugeras are suicidal since both 333xls I had (both 2x12 combos, first one i had was new from sweetwater for 499, and the second was refurbished for 299) If i wouldve just gotten the xxx I couldve bought it as a half stack instead of 2 2x12 combos "Take this oath" cover on my spider IV ua-cam.com/video/x5I343EXTGU/v-deo.html
But also tbf I can get some amazing tones out of some amps that not a lot of people could replicate, because i have an emg zakk wylde set on my guitars BUT I swap them around so the 85 is in the bridge If you have a guitar with the 81 85 set, i highly recommend to try switch them around Careful though, after playing an 85 in the bridge theres a good chance that it will ruin any other oickups in your mind because its just so good Cause thats how i am, once I tried it (i tried it because kse did it on end of heartache) I instantly fell in love with it
I own the latest Spider V 30 MKII lol. Started playing 8 months ago. Upgraded to the neural plugins, but the spider makes a hell of a practice amp as long as you keep it on classic mode as Glenn says. There’s not much more you could ask for as an introductory amp with a massive list of effects. Plus, the new firmware and app included made the transition to plugins, DAW, and all else related that much easier. You’ve got to start somewhere and that’s exactly what it’s made for.
If you think this sounds good, you need to hear the cleans from a Roland Cube (vintage or modern). Most tube-like clean tones from any solid-state amp ever.
I got a Line 6 Spider II around 20 years ago now, after I had seen a few demo videos, one of which had Mick Thompson from Slipknot in it who said he used it as a practice amp while the band was recording their 'Subliminal Verses' album. It was a huge upgrade from my little Marshall MG series I got as my first amp, and I got a little FBV 4 foot switch to go with it. I was big into metal and rock music at the time and it was right up my alley considering all of the effects crammed into it, the sound, volume and price as a young man. I'm not going to pretend it was the same as buying a Mesa Boogie tube amp half stack and a bunch of pedals to get different sounds and play bigger venues but it was a great portable, tough, versatile practice amp and a good little local gig amp for small places that a kid in his teens or twenties would play with some friends for fun. I did not have a hard time mimicking sounds from various Lamb of God, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Staind, etc albums with the Les Paul and the Schecter guitars I had, and it worked fine with my Alvarez acoustic that had built in pre-amp if I needed extra volume. I think people tend to s*** on these amps and Line 6 products in general because they're solid-state amps instead of a tube amps, having a bunch of effects and sound mimicry crammed into it somehow offends amplifier and pedal purists and they're not quite as sharp when they try to mimic the tones of their more expensive rivals. But they get the job done just fine for a lot of amateur players like me and as the years have gone on, the gear you work with has meant less and less as computers have started to shape how your instruments sound more and more.
I had a spider IV about 8 years ago, this sounds very much how I remember it. Not great but not bad for what was available at the time in the price range.
Got the 75watt from the last 10 yr and let me tell ya all...inside my place or in a gig its a beast and i have so much fun discovering yet after all these years sound that i never expect....a blast..
I think Ola Englund did a spider video a few years back and it sounded fine then too. Much like nickleback, it has its flaws but much of the hate is meme.
I had this thing for over 10 years as a practice amplifier for home use. If you use it to practice and jam along, the Line 6 Spider is an awesome piece of equipment. You guys may hate it all along, but that won‘t take away all the hours of joy this little box brought me. Nowadays you can get a Mooer GE 150 or a Zoom G3XN for the same money that this little bad boy costed...but back in the days this thing was more than sufficient.
I have this and it's relatively cheap and completely fine as an practise amp. Plays good on the low volume levels which is essential while I live in apartment house.
Great amp, I’ve always loved the insane distortion. For a small amp it sounds beast, thats why I’ve been jamming on mine for over 12 years. Traveled with it as well, no issues.
Haters: “tone is coming from the fingers anyway.” Bro you just nailed it! Even though digital systems are really cheap, people who wanta practice amps can think twice 👌🏻
I saw Dime play a shitty 8 inch speaker Crate practice amp with a single distortion pedal and it sounded so bad ass you would think he had a full stack. so I believe that part of the tone, but another big part comes from a good guitar, and good strings/pickups/cables. all of that matters, and knowing how to set even a shitty amp. look at Ola he makes a lot of shitty amps sound decent. (EQ and settings post production and adding a bass guitar track counts a lot too).
I bought a used Spider IV 75 watt amp for $99 at Sam Ash. I then bought a used Line 6 MK-II pedal $60 which allowed me to upgrade the firmware in the amp. It is a killer amp with a ton of options and the best money I ever spent. Tubes are definitely on another level, but I have no complaints at all and successfully able to gig with it too!
The tones were pretty good, aside from the "Modern Metal" one. Good job dude. Also a lot of people (like Glenn) are too biased against digital modelling amps and basically just assume they're garbage without putting any effort into it
Weird bc responded in his latest faq to a comment that bashed amp sims and Glenn actually defended them and said how much they changed and how they have usable tone rn
This amp sounds best cranked up in an open space in a metal genre. Tilt it back even mic it up, it has a Celestian speaker so if you can't get a good tone you haven't worked with it enough. That being said it doesn't touch my Vox modeling amp at lower volume and clean tones. The 75W can drown out your drummer but this is a live amp not a studio amp. Another option is bypass all the presets and use it with your pedal board.
I've just taken my Line6 out of the closet after 10 years, and going to try it out tomorrow. As far as I remember from 10 years ago, it sounded really cool with my Ibanez RG370DXZ black beauty. Your demonstration is really good, and it sounds amazing
I feel like it's definitely possible to get decent tones out of these kinds of amps if you're using them at lower volumes in a home practice sort of situation. The problems usually arise when using them at higher volumes or in live band situations. That's definitely the real test for most amps and modeling ones in particular. If you can get a decent sound that doesn't fall apart or get lost in that situation then you've got a workable tone dialed in regardless of the amp.
75 watts of good power nothing to sneeze at, Just Spent 7 bucks and rewired the speaker to a shunted tip 1/4 in speaker jack... Now I have a 4 x 12 cab to play through with this amp or any other 8 ohm cab I wish. With the volume at the nine o'clock position it's loud enough to be heard anywhere in the house.. That's 2 out of eleven clock positions. Can't wait to crank it up!
I remember this being my starter amp and I didn’t even want to practice with the amp on anymore because it just sounded like a thin weak fart and took away any inspiration I had.
Sooooooo so right. I've been on an amp journey in the hope that the more I spend the better I will sound. Didn't happen. A good guitarist can make a £50 amp sound awesome.
Just from personal experience, people thought I recorded my guitar videos on my old randall rg or other amps then are surprised to find out I use my line 6 for most demo videos.
If you work a little with the settings you can get a lot out of a line 6 .I own 3 Line 6 amps Spider V 30, V60, V120. You had a good sound on your video. I set mine up a little thin,because that is a sound I am going after classic 60's for years I used a fender Deluxe or Vox ac30 the line 6 V60 lets me get very close to the sound of those amps,with a third of the weight.
Straight off best video of this amp. I own one and they are very difficult to dial in. But like players good days bad days...... it's a great amp to dial in your own expression, in addition affordable, at minimum its a perfect amp for home use and with enough effects to see if your even interested in putting in time to learn. It's affordable for parents to support their child or themselves in this guitar pursuit. It's alot of amp for the beginner irrespective of age! And can be used at home without bothering the rest of the house or powerfull enough to rock out in the garage. Thanks for actually trying to give a fair demo of this practice amp. Cheers Doug 😎
I bought a used one for $20. The middle tone knob broke off. I use needle nose pliers to adjust. Everything else is fine, fx work. I'm able to get a "decent" tone. Fine, acceptable. I've even played out in a club with it. Miked up. So, no worries. Just have to get accustomed to the amplifier.
It sounds decent, but I think it requires a good bit of subtractive eq to get that harshness out on the high gain. If you do that, I think it’s possible to get a great tone like you did in the mix! As far as the clean goes, I think it lacks a bit of “warmness”. Awesome vid! Saw it on your Instagram and had to come see the full thing.
The Spider IV 150W combo together with the FBV Shortboard MKII "remote control" is my "KOMMANDOH GIG" amp ... namely the gigs in the worst places. The amp is still working great and loud as f°°° after long years of total abuse. The sounds aren't "stellar" by any stretch of the imagination, but MORE THAN OK in the mix. I had to modify the amp section in order to add BIG FANS and HEAT SINKS, and since then it's just been absolutely refusing to die. For the gigs in relatively nice places I use my Blug Amp 1 with my pedalboard. I got the Siper IV 150 and the FBV Shortboard second hand for dirt cheap, and it's one of the best investments I ever made in musical equiment.
Ideal video. I bought one these for a mate starting guitar, but the v3, 2 x10" speaker option. Used for £50. Nuff said. A cheap amp and a bespoke full valve bells and whistles amp, with pedals costing 100s, if not 1000s of pounds, will both sound poor at the beginning of learning guitar. However, I have "chased tone" for years, and spunked cash on pedals, speakers, pickups, picks. Sometimes people just need to "SHUT UP AND PLAY!!!" rather than go on about how good or bad certain equipment is. Good work Keyan.
The key is to match the right settings to gain the right sound. It would be awesome if you'll share some amp settings you've made, just to take examples and a guideline to procede with my own sound path. Good topic for this video anyway, I needed one like this!!
@Sci_ent_ifiC Sui_neG it was merely the wording which made it seem as though you didn’t appreciate my comment. I understand the logic though, as these really are good products for a walmart price!
I’ve had the Line 6 Spider IV 150 Watt 4x12 for a decade and here’s the thing. People think this amp sucks because the built in presets suck. They’re garbage, so if that’s what you’re basing your opinion on, then of course you’re going to think it’s a bad amp. I literally deleted every single built in preset because I didn’t want that garbage on my amp. If you want a good sound from these amps, you have to make your OWN. When I first bought this amp, it took me weeks, even months, to truly understand how to utilize all of its features. You can vastly customize the settings on this amp. Once I did, I got great sounds from it including metal. And the louder I turn up the volume, the better it sounds. It’ll shake the whole building. This amp is better than you might think.
Idk what some of these fools talking about how the modern patch wassant that great .. I'm getting the feeling all yall just agreeing with each other to avoid confrontation. That modern patch isnt that bad at all .. I've hear some songs from animals as leaders have that kind of tone Before. They weren't bad at all in the mix . Good job man
The only line 6 amps that are decent are the spider valve bogner editions amps with the V30 speakers in the combo or separate cab. I have one but only use it as a power amp since I run my zoom g9.2tt into the fx return. I can get great tones this way even though these days I only use VST plugins like Neural DSP which I love among others.
It’s funny because growing up I wasn’t part of the guitar “scene.” Knew a guy that was a fantastic guitarist, did amazing stuff with loops, etc. he had a line 6 and I thought they were PRIME amps because of what he was able to do with it lol
this video made me go seeking a Spider, picked up a spider 3 with the foot pedal with wah and all that, some tuning and I have it "almost" tuned out like my marshall! not a bad amp when you put in the work, save the tones, and rock it!
Problem with Line 6 Amps is that they have no soul, in saying that tho I own only one amp and it's a Line 6 AX2 212 and I love it for what it is... an interesting soulless experiment., it tries to emulate hundreds of famous amplifiers and does a good job, however owing one good tube Marshall Amp beats a hundred emulated amps all day long. The best amp I ever owned was a solid-state Peavey Bandit 112 Sheffield.
Thanks for watching dudes! Let me know what you guys think
@David Kühnel do I understand it right, the spider II is the best of the old versions.
what about the first generation ? Spider I ?
you think spider V is better than spider IV.
but how do you rate the new spider V against the spider 2-3 ?
I love the insane setting on mine. Add a touch of chorus with it. Freakin awesome!
Hi there. I actually have the Line 6 Spider V 240 MKII and the FBV 3 foot controller. I've been able to dial in my sound for clean and distortion. It's amazing. You have to seriously sit there and take time to develop your tone that you are looking for. The end results are awesome. I've had dudes come up to me at gigs we've played and they were tripping out, asking me the cost and if those were my tones that I created. I also connect my Line 6 Relay G10S. One of the best investments I've made. I am very happy.
I've never hated the spiders tones It's just hard to work with. But that being said, good guitar playing can make a lot of things sound good. You make the spider sound so good
I second that. My Spider V30 is very good value, full of features. But sometimes it seems like there's too many features and I just want something Simple.
"That being said" 😂
Honestly I’ve had no issues with finding great tone on my spider iv they should be more expensive for what they have to offer as far as sound.
If i think line6 sounds bad u are friggin DEF
So I'm not alone when I say I'm totally lost even after reading the pilots manual from front to back.
It sounded fine. Amps like this are great for home practice. AS you noted, you get a ton of features for small change. I'm an inclusive thinker. I had a Roland Cube 30, which was similar, and that amp gave me hours of pleasure. Sure, once I discovered tube monsters, I moved on, but that's not possible or practical for your average teenager.
I’m a novice player at best. I’ve picked a guitar up and put it down for 15 years. Thing is now I understand what a good and amp and guitar should sound like. So what I have isn’t inspiring to want to play. I’m looking at upgrading to a PRS guitar, so what your saying is now I’m not a boy and flicking the presets won’t do it for me anymore. I should definitely get a valve amp? Coz that’s the problem I’m having. I’m set on the guitar: but now highly confused whether to buy a valve amp or not
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Well, if that's really the question, then the answer is easy....yes, buy a valve amp. I have several. I use 100w amps for home playing through a 4x12 routinely.
Cheap guitar/expensive amp is proven to be a better combination than cheap amp/expensive guitar. Of course, great amp/great guitar is unbeatable.
Here's the thing though......modellers always have a lot of compression built in, so they sound more "produced" to your ears, and are easier to tame. Initially, a tube amp will be a handful, but that doesn't last long.
Tube/valve amps will compress, but need to be over-driving to do that. Clean tones will throw big transients which are fun, but can be challenging to control. Aggressive playing is the key, but tends to be loud. You can use finesse, takes time to master, but is a vital skill to learn. Compression is your friend for home use of a tube amp, whether it be an over-drive section, pedals or a compressor. Uncontrolled transients cause divorce and blue lights. Personally, I don't use compressors, as I want to be forced to use dynamic control, but I do use overdrive/distortion, +/- pups with natural compression, like EMG's etc.
@@MrScrofulous awesome thanks for the detailed reply
@@nz540im3 No worries. Rhett Schull pointed out that a lot of people prefer tones form units like the Helix etc, because they sound a to more like recordings, which if course, have had a lot of compression and eq applied to them as well as clever mixing etc. A tube amp is a different beast. It produces the raw material that those refined recordings are made from. That's why they are so much fun.........much like cracking the throttle on a Ducati as opposed to driving a Camry.
Modellers have tremendous utility in domestic environments though, I can't deny that.
What kind of music do you play ? What amps are you interested in ?
@@nz540im3 A cheap (but importantly well set up) guitar through a better amp will sound FAR better than the other way around. But people can go overboard about gear. Practice is far more important than gear, providing the gear you have is not absolute dog sh*t and playable. A cheap HSS guitar and this spider will give you more than enough to be getting on with until you decide to spend on more expensive stuff.
The line 6 spider has been of the best practice amps I’ve ever had
Found a Spider V used practically new for $100. Think it’s worth a buy for a beginner like myself?
@@estebancruz3519 the best one you can get
@@oscar.leon003 thx
dude,i have this amp and i want to buy loop pedal,do you know by any chance will the loop pedal sound good with this amp?
The amp is not as bad as people say. I don't get it.
As a college student that inherited my older brothers line 6, I gotta say it’s been awesome for me. Obviously the price was right with it being free, but it’s served me well. When I do play in bands, I just simply have it on clean and use my own pedals and I always thought it sounded just fine. I actually even really like the chorus and delay it has built in. I plan on getting something better once I graduate and make actual money but until then I think it sounds great for what I need haha
Hey, just curious, what kind of pedal do you run through your Spider? Which model Spider do you have?
Also, what does your setup sequence look like? Is guitar into pedal into amp, or is the pedal looped?
Thanks 🙏
@@meals24u I believe it’s like a 2009 Line 6 Spider III 2x10 120W. I run my guitar into the the pedals then to amp no loop. i have a Beringer Super fuzz, Boss DS-1 distortion, Boss BF-3 Flanger pedal, and then a 91 Dunlop Crybaby wah. All in that order. Safe to say my pedals need an upgrade too haha.
I literally have the same story, college student inheriting Line 6 from older brother.
It’s possible when Keyan is in the room
It may be possible, but boy did it take a long long time AHAHAHAHA
@@KeyanHoushmandLive Would you recommend this amp or any other line6 for beginners like me? Just learning. Maybe another brand? I dont know what I need in a amp, pedals or anything. Total noob thx & merry Christmas
@@Jesusprayerwarriorbw Yeah, these are great beginner amps. I mean, do you even play guitar if you've never owned a line 6 spider?
I think it sounded great. However I think a blind tone test would yield a more accurate response as a lot of people see that it’s a spider and automatically hate the sound without even hearing it
Most who complain about this amp only ever tried the smaller ones.
The smaller ones don't sound so great, but I've used these amps since 2005.
Spider I and ii were meh. But 3 and on as long as it's the 75w or high sound great.
@Nilly Sigger curse you nicholas Gurr
I'm gonna buy one just because of your comment. Ima check out the 3
@@worldeconomicforum7210 i think you will enjoy it.
It's a very dynamic amp.
Exactly. It’s gotta be 75 watts or more if you want good results. The 75 watt version has a 1x12 speaker (aka a full size speaker). I don’t mess with amps that have less than a 1x12 speaker.
@@Davedesert I bought one from new. The distortion channels are so-so, but go the the clean channels and use a TubeScreamer. Now you have a beast.
Loved the sounds you got out of that! I bought this amp as an older new player. I loved it at the time. Now I'm retired and can't afford a new amp but I don't gig out so playing this is still a joy. Thanks for sharing!
Man your mixes sound huge! Please do a mixing tutorial :P
Maybe
@@KeyanHoushmandLive pretty please?
Yes please kind sir
@@KeyanHoushmandLive no please do it. Even if you "cheat" off nolly, I'd like to see your approach. You have the best guitar tone I've ever heard 😂 I need to know how man 😭
Yep do this tutorial I want to know how you do your mix
Of course. There are numerous videos of blind tests between this amp, the Helix, other modelers, and actual tube amps. It performs just fine.
Snobs will always say otherwise. I'll happily take their gigs with a Spider V and a Classic Vibe Jazzmaster and sound very good doing it.
I've had a Spider IV 150-Watt amp and FBV MKII shortboard for quite a few years. I've never really got into the amp to see and hear what I could do with it. Am up in age and retired; watching this video has given me the inspiration to break out my gear and spend quality time to see what this amp does. Excellent video, keep em, coming. Thanks
Good for you making a vid like this. There’s plenty of things I don’t “like” about it (the Spider series), but for many years, that’s all I could afford; honestly, it taught me how to wrestle with gear as oppose to just swapping because I couldn’t find something that worked in minutes. All in all, I’d rather people use what they have and be playing than stopping all together because their “gear isn’t good enough; “ heck, I wouldn’t be a luthier if I didn’t have crap gear to experiment on at first. We all gotta start somewhere and should be focusing on encouraging each other to keep playing regardless of gear.
Not sure how anyone can make this amp sound bad , that celestion sounds amazing.
The big thing about Line 6 Spider series is it takes so long to figure out how to master the tones. I've had a Spider III/150W for about 10 years and granted, it took a while to figure it out but personally, I think they're great for getting different sounds and tones for specific artists or songs.
I knew I wasn't imagining it... So about 10 years ago, my Grandfather gave me an amp he found lying around his house (he's more into acoustics) It ended up being a Spider Line 6. Now, at the time I'd been using my Marshall MG15cdr, which if you've ever had the pleasure a using any Marshall equipment, you'll know they're more than a solid product.
Still I thought "Cool, free amp." I'd definitely heard of Spider at the time and I don't remember it being negative. Plus, I noticed the control panel contained more than the usual "reverb, overdrive, contour, etc." It actually has some echo effects, flange etc. So I flew it back home with me.
It sat in one closet or another, as it was moved several times over the years, having never so much as been taken out of the box (by this time I'd bought a digital pedal setup. Which I highly recommend as it's a great entry point to pedals, without costing hundreds of dollars) Together with my Marshall and looper pedal, I didn't need much else... That is until about 3 weeks ago when I spilled something and it killed my Digi fx pedal.
"No big deal" I thought. I can try out that old amp if I really wanted some extra fx.
So I fire it up one night and am super underwhelmed. I can't really figure out what I'm hearing. It doesn't sound "bad" but it doesn't really sound "good' either. And the clean channel didn't sound completely clean. It sounded like there was just a tiny bit of phaser hangin around. The reverb surprised me, but in a good way. Sounded like
I was in an empty cafeteria. I've messed with the settings so much, I'm starting to forget what my guitar looks like. For something with this many bells and whistles, the sound quality is just not that great. Loud AF but not great. I was starting to think maybe I was imagining it.
nearly spat out my drink when my mans started playing BFMV
Yessir classic waking the demon solo
The Bogner version with the tubes in it actually sounds pretty decent. Great video dude.
I have one and i absolutely love it
True… I have it also… I’ve had mesa boogie and Marshall in the past and I love this amp!! Had it a while now! It’s awesome!
@@dominicchetta1463 I've recorded the same tracks with my Triple Rec and Spider; I liked the Spider sound better. Used it instead of the Boogie.
Honestly the tone isn't the liquid ass that I remember, but it's not great either. Very thin and scooped, it gets lost in the mix quite often. Gets overpowered by the bass too.
That being said, I guess this goes to show that there are things you can do to get usable tones out of basically any piece of gear. It also demonstrates just how important a good bass tone is. That bass probably hurt it's back carrying the mix that hard haha.
A boost goes a long way with this amp. Ofcourse no ones going to run a $200-$300 pedal into a piece of gear thats $150 haha
The spider IV 75 watt was used in recording studios.and the ones who complain never owned one or even played out of one
This was my main tone for years...I made it work I didn't know it was so hated although I've always known there was something different sounding about the insane channel...
Those 3 downpicking at 7:55 convinced me to buy a new amp and start playing guitar again, which I did 2 weeks after I first saw this video I'm back here looking for those crunch patched if sounded so beautiful groovy and contemporany metal
I had this amp for a while 10 old years ago, it served it purpose pretty well for a couple of years!
I always thought of it as my ‘gateway drug’ to gear tone chasing lol
Very good video - thanks! My Spider IV 75 is an amazingly good amp. Great voices, decent effects. It's at it's best when you use the deep editing software to nail your sound, and one of the FBV pedals gives you incredible flexibility. These babies have an undeserved bad reputation. I have a Mesa Triple Rectifier, Mesa F-100, Mesa Subway Rocket, Peavey 6505+ and a 68 Fender Twin Reverb. The Line 6 is the go-to amp for me when I don't feel like breaking my back hauling large amps or I just don't need a large amp. The Spider IV 75 will keep up with a drummer, and every band and musician I have jammed with have praised the sound of this little beast. The only mod I made to mine is to install an external speaker jack but the built-in Celestion G12-T75 is an excellent speaker. Plus the open back design gives you plenty of bottom end. Not all Line 6's are great, but the Spider IV 75 is for sure. Don't listen to idiots like Glenn Fricker - he has a tin ear and is one of the foulest personalities online these days. If you can find one of these, try it - you'll be surprised and you can pick one up used for under $200.
I have it (the spider III 75) since 2009 ... and you know what ?! I love it. For Metal, this amp can change you and your guitar in a destroyer of worlds ! Very insane !
I have the Spider III15 and the V30. both sound excellent with the right mindset. If you change the sound of the III15 and save it, you also have a great amp. The Spider models are also particularly good at rock and metal, which cannot be said of all amps in this class. In addition, the V is so versatile that it can be used by blues, soul, funk, jazz, country, disco, pop, psycedellic, rock, hard rock, metal and its subgenres, etc. Actually an amp for all styles of music and also in different versions such as 20 watt, 30 watt, 60 watt, 120 watt 240 watt and 240 watt HC. In addition, 128 memory locations can be stored for different sounds according to the genre. So what more do you want?
I have a Spider III 75W, bought new back in the day. I set it to the clean channel with a little reverb and delay, and run a 1980 TubeScreamer in front. The tone is a brutal chug with wall shattering volume if you want it.
I actually owned the first Line 6 AX2 212 combo which was their flagship amp and was one of the first Modeling amps of it's kind on the market in the mid 90's (yes i'm actually that old lol). It was $1500 US when it was brand new. It sounded fantastic for the era it came out and served me well for many years! After that experience I can see why some people wanted to hate on the spider but there wasn't anything wrong with it for it's price point and it's intended purpose. If someone bought it expecting it to cover pro territory then that's their fault. Great video as always, sounded surprisingly great!
I'm particularly impressed by your articulate and super clean technique. Nice job.
It would be great if you could do a tone comparison between Misha's Jackson and Mark's PRS. I've been trying to find a comparison in order to buy either of the 2 but there seem to be no such video on the internet.
Between the Jackson Pro and PRS SE models, the PRS stomps it on nearly every possible level. The USA Jugg and the USA Holcomb is a non-issue because good luck ever finding a USA Holcomb these days lol.
Great video idea!
just from the PRS side, my Holcomb SE in Satin Blue is the best purchase I have ever ever made in my life.
I'm also very interested in the diferences between Jakes Ibanez with Dimarzio Titans and Mishas Jackson with BKPs Ragnaroks.
Josua Stangl I’d take the titans over the juggs, but I’d take the rags over the titans or juggs
I gig a spider V, with the fbv 3 floorboard and the wireless unit too. Suits my playing needs. As long as you take the time to sit and create your own presets to tailor them to what you want, it’s easy to use but it does take a lot of time and patience to achieve.
I'm not shocked you and Glen got massively different results. He can't play guitar to save his life and you can make anything sound good.
The line 6 IV 75 watt was used in many recording studios..
In high school when I first learned guitar in 2009, this was the 2nd amp I owned. I used it for 4 years. I went from the cheapest Fender amp that was 10 watts, to this. I had a lot of fun with it, but I didn't have anything to compare it to. I loved all the tones, drums, jamming with my iPod connected. I'm getting back into guitar again after 5 years of not playing, and I'm thinking of getting this amp back from my dad.
I have the same exact amp and to be honest. I think it's pretty great. It came out in the peak of my high school life and it has all the great presets. And it just sounds great for what I like. And I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I think it's incredibly interesting to really hear what a difference it makes to hear you play on a Line 6 Spider versus myself. When I played on this amplifier sometime around 2007 to 2013, I never really managed to get a good tone out of it, everything sounded too scooped and playing with a whole band has been a nightmare everytime because the tone never really cut through the mix no matter how much I cranked and boosted the mids with EQ/Tube screamer, I often resigned to use a Distortion pedal and set the amp to the clean setting instead.
But hearing you play on this amp says more about how bad I am as a guitarist and how much it really is in the fingers of the player. People like Glenn Fricker and Fluff couldn't get a decent tone out of it either but you somehow succeeded to create this monstrous and clean chug tone that all of us was searching for back in the day. It's incredible what the guitarrists of 2020s is capable of!
Great video as always!
Personally wether is guitar or vocals I ALWAYS take the mids out...to me they just mess up the tone I like
Ive had a spider 4 since 2011ish and ive had a couple years to noodle around with the settings and this video is probably the best I've done so far, its not direct throught the headphone line, I actually mic'ed it with a gls audio es57 (shure sm 57 clone) and you cant hear it but in this video I have my treble doem at about 1/3rd of max, gain is about 20 percent of max with the added ts808 overdrive the spider 4 has
Its alright and definitely able to worked with
But my amp of choice is actually a peavey xxx or a peavey jsx, if you look at my covers youll notice I dont have one
Well I say my favorite is the xxx because I just found out yesterday that the bugera 333xl is a clone of the xxx, the only reason to choose the peavey is because bugeras are suicidal since both 333xls I had (both 2x12 combos, first one i had was new from sweetwater for 499, and the second was refurbished for 299)
If i wouldve just gotten the xxx I couldve bought it as a half stack instead of 2 2x12 combos
"Take this oath" cover on my spider IV
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But also tbf I can get some amazing tones out of some amps that not a lot of people could replicate, because i have an emg zakk wylde set on my guitars BUT I swap them around so the 85 is in the bridge
If you have a guitar with the 81 85 set, i highly recommend to try switch them around
Careful though, after playing an 85 in the bridge theres a good chance that it will ruin any other oickups in your mind because its just so good
Cause thats how i am, once I tried it (i tried it because kse did it on end of heartache) I instantly fell in love with it
I own the latest Spider V 30 MKII lol. Started playing 8 months ago. Upgraded to the neural plugins, but the spider makes a hell of a practice amp as long as you keep it on classic mode as Glenn says. There’s not much more you could ask for as an introductory amp with a massive list of effects. Plus, the new firmware and app included made the transition to plugins, DAW, and all else related that much easier. You’ve got to start somewhere and that’s exactly what it’s made for.
You see if you actually knew what you're talking about the Line 6 IV was used in many recording studios..
I have one, and the clean patch is really good!!
Line 6 clean tones have actually been really good throughout the years. Just have to know what you're doing. As with most things I guess.
If you think this sounds good, you need to hear the cleans from a Roland Cube (vintage or modern). Most tube-like clean tones from any solid-state amp ever.
Line 6 IV 75 Watt is professional quality it has high end features...the IV is perfect for professional studio recording
“I completely forgot that I owned it.” Brb I gotta make a meme out of that
I got a Line 6 Spider II around 20 years ago now, after I had seen a few demo videos, one of which had Mick Thompson from Slipknot in it who said he used it as a practice amp while the band was recording their 'Subliminal Verses' album. It was a huge upgrade from my little Marshall MG series I got as my first amp, and I got a little FBV 4 foot switch to go with it. I was big into metal and rock music at the time and it was right up my alley considering all of the effects crammed into it, the sound, volume and price as a young man. I'm not going to pretend it was the same as buying a Mesa Boogie tube amp half stack and a bunch of pedals to get different sounds and play bigger venues but it was a great portable, tough, versatile practice amp and a good little local gig amp for small places that a kid in his teens or twenties would play with some friends for fun. I did not have a hard time mimicking sounds from various Lamb of God, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Staind, etc albums with the Les Paul and the Schecter guitars I had, and it worked fine with my Alvarez acoustic that had built in pre-amp if I needed extra volume. I think people tend to s*** on these amps and Line 6 products in general because they're solid-state amps instead of a tube amps, having a bunch of effects and sound mimicry crammed into it somehow offends amplifier and pedal purists and they're not quite as sharp when they try to mimic the tones of their more expensive rivals. But they get the job done just fine for a lot of amateur players like me and as the years have gone on, the gear you work with has meant less and less as computers have started to shape how your instruments sound more and more.
I had a spider IV about 8 years ago, this sounds very much how I remember it. Not great but not bad for what was available at the time in the price range.
6:17 was pretty nice clean patch
Got the 75watt from the last 10 yr and let me tell ya all...inside my place or in a gig its a beast and i have so much fun discovering yet after all these years sound that i never expect....a blast..
Line 6 spider classic 15 on Clean with reverb is honestly very beautiful sounding. Amazing little amp.
I found a spider iv 75 for 40 bucks at goodwill. I have been loving jamming on it
Try to pick up a used FBV short board pedal. It makes it so much more fun!
I found a 15 w Spyder at Goodwill for 8$. It's my favorite amp to play at home.
I think Ola Englund did a spider video a few years back and it sounded fine then too. Much like nickleback, it has its flaws but much of the hate is meme.
The intro riff sounds like monuments, also is the riff at 6:58 original? Sounds sick
I had this thing for over 10 years as a practice amplifier for home use. If you use it to practice and jam along, the Line 6 Spider is an awesome piece of equipment. You guys may hate it all along, but that won‘t take away all the hours of joy this little box brought me.
Nowadays you can get a Mooer GE 150 or a Zoom G3XN for the same money that this little bad boy costed...but back in the days this thing was more than sufficient.
Didn't expect the Novelists riff there :D nice one!
I have this and it's relatively cheap and completely fine as an practise amp. Plays good on the low volume levels which is essential while I live in apartment house.
Great amp, I’ve always loved the insane distortion. For a small amp it sounds beast, thats why I’ve been jamming on mine for over 12 years. Traveled with it as well, no issues.
Haters: “tone is coming from the fingers anyway.” Bro you just nailed it! Even though digital systems are really cheap, people who wanta practice amps can think twice 👌🏻
I saw Dime play a shitty 8 inch speaker Crate practice amp with a single distortion pedal and it sounded so bad ass you would think he had a full stack. so I believe that part of the tone, but another big part comes from a good guitar, and good strings/pickups/cables. all of that matters, and knowing how to set even a shitty amp. look at Ola he makes a lot of shitty amps sound decent. (EQ and settings post production and adding a bass guitar track counts a lot too).
I bought a used Spider IV 75 watt amp for $99 at Sam Ash. I then bought a used Line 6 MK-II pedal $60 which allowed me to upgrade the firmware in the amp. It is a killer amp with a ton of options and the best money I ever spent. Tubes are definitely on another level, but I have no complaints at all and successfully able to gig with it too!
I love this amp for practice back in the days. There are reasons why slipknot played it.
Swapped from engl to the hd500x
I loved my 120 watt spider, I had the best sound in our rehearsal room 🤘😁
The tones were pretty good, aside from the "Modern Metal" one. Good job dude. Also a lot of people (like Glenn) are too biased against digital modelling amps and basically just assume they're garbage without putting any effort into it
Weird bc responded in his latest faq to a comment that bashed amp sims and Glenn actually defended them and said how much they changed and how they have usable tone rn
Facts
Nah Glenn's been doing it long enough he can tell pretty quick when something is hot garbage.
This amp sounds best cranked up in an open space in a metal genre. Tilt it back even mic it up, it has a Celestian speaker so if you can't get a good tone you haven't worked with it enough. That being said it doesn't touch my Vox modeling amp at lower volume and clean tones. The 75W can drown out your drummer but this is a live amp not a studio amp. Another option is bypass all the presets and use it with your pedal board.
I've just taken my Line6 out of the closet after 10 years, and going to try it out tomorrow.
As far as I remember from 10 years ago, it sounded really cool with my Ibanez RG370DXZ black beauty.
Your demonstration is really good, and it sounds amazing
Great video as always! Cheers, man :p
Thanks for watching!
Well done. What are your dial positions for the "modern metal" patch? I'm hunting for this tone
I feel like it's definitely possible to get decent tones out of these kinds of amps if you're using them at lower volumes in a home practice sort of situation. The problems usually arise when using them at higher volumes or in live band situations. That's definitely the real test for most amps and modeling ones in particular. If you can get a decent sound that doesn't fall apart or get lost in that situation then you've got a workable tone dialed in regardless of the amp.
75 watts of good power nothing to sneeze at, Just Spent 7 bucks and rewired the speaker to a shunted tip 1/4 in speaker jack... Now I have a 4 x 12 cab to play through with this amp or any other 8 ohm cab I wish.
With the volume at the nine o'clock position it's loud enough to be heard anywhere in the house.. That's 2 out of eleven clock positions. Can't wait to crank it up!
I remember this being my starter amp and I didn’t even want to practice with the amp on anymore because it just sounded like a thin weak fart and took away any inspiration I had.
Good guitar playing = good tone
Bad guitar playing = bad tone
It’s that simple.
Sooooooo so right. I've been on an amp journey in the hope that the more I spend the better I will sound. Didn't happen. A good guitarist can make a £50 amp sound awesome.
Just from personal experience, people thought I recorded my guitar videos on my old randall rg or other amps then are surprised to find out I use my line 6 for most demo videos.
If you work a little with the settings you can get a lot out of a line 6 .I own 3 Line 6 amps Spider V 30, V60, V120.
You had a good sound on your video. I set mine up a little thin,because that is a sound I am going after classic 60's for years I used a fender Deluxe or Vox ac30 the line 6 V60 lets me get very close to the sound of those amps,with a third of the weight.
Right On!!! Have had amp for a while. Love my Line 6. Especially when the band doesn’t want to show up. Hahahaha
Maybe show some of the amp settings?
The crunch tone is beautiful.
7:52 what song was he playing?
Straight off best video of this amp.
I own one and they are very difficult to dial in. But like players good days bad days...... it's a great amp to dial in your own expression, in addition affordable, at minimum its a perfect amp for home use and with enough effects to see if your even interested in putting in time to learn. It's affordable for parents to support their child or themselves in this guitar pursuit. It's alot of amp for the beginner irrespective of age! And can be used at home without bothering the rest of the house or powerfull enough to rock out in the garage. Thanks for actually trying to give a fair demo of this practice amp.
Cheers Doug 😎
Thanks, just got one @ 61 1/2. I'm gonna try to get close to your clean tone. Lead preset sings like an angel.God bless.
Loved the mixing on the guitars my dude!
Thanks man
I bought a used one for $20. The middle tone knob broke off. I use needle nose pliers to adjust. Everything else is fine, fx work. I'm able to get a "decent" tone. Fine, acceptable. I've even played out in a club with it. Miked up. So, no worries. Just have to get accustomed to the amplifier.
I love how you can really dial in the tones and change the gates through the black knob click. The ratio adjustment is easy to take hold of.
It sounds decent, but I think it requires a good bit of subtractive eq to get that harshness out on the high gain. If you do that, I think it’s possible to get a great tone like you did in the mix! As far as the clean goes, I think it lacks a bit of “warmness”. Awesome vid! Saw it on your Instagram and had to come see the full thing.
A good friend of mine gave me one of these a few weeks ago, and I've enjoyed my time with it quite a bit.
The Spider IV 150W combo together with the FBV Shortboard MKII "remote control" is my "KOMMANDOH GIG" amp ... namely the gigs in the worst places.
The amp is still working great and loud as f°°° after long years of total abuse.
The sounds aren't "stellar" by any stretch of the imagination, but MORE THAN OK in the mix.
I had to modify the amp section in order to add BIG FANS and HEAT SINKS, and since then it's just been absolutely refusing to die.
For the gigs in relatively nice places I use my Blug Amp 1 with my pedalboard.
I got the Siper IV 150 and the FBV Shortboard second hand for dirt cheap, and it's one of the best investments I ever made in musical equiment.
I have had mine since 2014 just got it back today. Still works like a charm. I have the spider IV 15
Ideal video. I bought one these for a mate starting guitar, but the v3, 2 x10" speaker option. Used for £50. Nuff said. A cheap amp and a bespoke full valve bells and whistles amp, with pedals costing 100s, if not 1000s of pounds, will both sound poor at the beginning of learning guitar. However, I have "chased tone" for years, and spunked cash on pedals, speakers, pickups, picks. Sometimes people just need to "SHUT UP AND PLAY!!!" rather than go on about how good or bad certain equipment is. Good work Keyan.
I used to have a Spider II head and a Harley Benton 2x12 with V30's and it sounded great for what it was.
Your new camera + soft box setup is looking great! Well done
The key is to match the right settings to gain the right sound. It would be awesome if you'll share some amp settings you've made, just to take examples and a guideline to procede with my own sound path. Good topic for this video anyway, I needed one like this!!
Great video. I'm planning buying this amp very cheap for Home practice but just as a speaker, gonna use it with a multieffect
That modern metal patch sounds super scratchy, like I took a knife to a vinyl of a metal record and let it play.
@Sci_ent_ifiC Sui_neG it’s not the playing, which Keyan excels at, it’s the tone, just wasn’t good to my ears
@Sci_ent_ifiC Sui_neG it was merely the wording which made it seem as though you didn’t appreciate my comment. I understand the logic though, as these really are good products for a walmart price!
I’ve had the Line 6 Spider IV 150 Watt 4x12 for a decade and here’s the thing. People think this amp sucks because the built in presets suck. They’re garbage, so if that’s what you’re basing your opinion on, then of course you’re going to think it’s a bad amp. I literally deleted every single built in preset because I didn’t want that garbage on my amp.
If you want a good sound from these amps, you have to make your OWN. When I first bought this amp, it took me weeks, even months, to truly understand how to utilize all of its features. You can vastly customize the settings on this amp. Once I did, I got great sounds from it including metal. And the louder I turn up the volume, the better it sounds. It’ll shake the whole building. This amp is better than you might think.
Ive had my spider jam for 15 years,. Its superb and nothing will beat it for me
Awesome bro you made it sound good ! I have this amp in the 150 watt version I love it
Idk what some of these fools talking about how the modern patch wassant that great .. I'm getting the feeling all yall just agreeing with each other to avoid confrontation. That modern patch isnt that bad at all .. I've hear some songs from animals as leaders have that kind of tone Before. They weren't bad at all in the mix . Good job man
Your Periphery chord shapings are amazing
I was given the opportunity to pick up this particular amp for around 45 euros, and after watching this video, I took it. 😄
The only line 6 amps that are decent are the spider valve bogner editions amps with the V30 speakers in the combo or separate cab. I have one but only use it as a power amp since I run my zoom g9.2tt into the fx return. I can get great tones this way even though these days I only use VST plugins like Neural DSP which I love among others.
It sounded decent, i think with an upgraded speaker it wound sound even better
It’s funny because growing up I wasn’t part of the guitar “scene.” Knew a guy that was a fantastic guitarist, did amazing stuff with loops, etc. he had a line 6 and I thought they were PRIME amps because of what he was able to do with it lol
this video made me go seeking a Spider, picked up a spider 3 with the foot pedal with wah and all that, some tuning and I have it "almost" tuned out like my marshall! not a bad amp when you put in the work, save the tones, and rock it!
Been using this amp for a long time! Very good amp
Problem with Line 6 Amps is that they have no soul, in saying that tho I own only one amp and it's a Line 6 AX2 212 and I love it for what it is... an interesting soulless experiment., it tries to emulate hundreds of famous amplifiers and does a good job, however owing one good tube Marshall Amp beats a hundred emulated amps all day long. The best amp I ever owned was a solid-state Peavey Bandit 112 Sheffield.
It shouldn't take more then 3 minutes to dial in a good rock tone in any amp
It was never the gear, its people not using them right. And not understanding limitations of a PRACTICE amp
You sound really drunk when I slow the video down.