Just Bought a Spider II, and I actualy like it!

[bearballz]

Hey all,


Was at GC for their labor day sale and picked up a Line 6 Spider II 1x12 for $260.00. I actually was going there to pickup one of the new Vox modeling amps but they were sold out.

The guy who was helping me out asked if I ever played through the new Spider II's and, not being familiar with them I tried it out. Man was I surprised with all the bells and whistles on it! Plus the amp tones were great, the fender setting just nailed my deluxe reverb! Ive always heard horror stories about the 1st spider amps but I was very pleasantly surprised.

Being a tube amp purist I was very skeptical about modeling amps especially the line 6 stuff. I owned a 1st incarnation of the Vox Valvetronix 1x12 and it just didn't cut it for me but man was I surprised with Line 6. It took a while to figure out all the settings but once you figure that out its smooth sailing.

 

[DiminisheD-7th]

Re: Just Bought a Spider II, and I actualy like it!

congrats

and welcome to the club

 

[y2stevo]

Re: Just Bought a Spider II, and I actualy like it!

Congrats man, and welcome to the board..

 

[tone4days]

Re: Just Bought a Spider II, and I actualy like it!

good for you - yeah, i think that they are very good amps and represent a great value for the dollar

i've often wondered - do modeling amps feed back if you crank the gain and get real close .. the engineer side of my brain says that it should not feed back due to phase destruction at the A/D converter .. but the musician in me thinks that the designers couldnt have been so stupid as to design a product that wont let a guy use creatively controlled feedback

owners - what say ye?

cheers
t4d

enjoy

cheers
t4d

 

[TheProphet]

Re: Just Bought a Spider II, and I actualy like it!

the Flex feedsback just fine ... takes a little more volume than usual to get it there though

 

[ankalar]

Re: Just Bought a Spider II, and I actualy like it!

Congratulatory remarks in your direction! I've played with my friend's Spider and when you get used to the controls you can get some great tones.

 

[danglybanger]

Re: Just Bought a Spider II, and I actualy like it!

good to hear! I've got the old spider 1 that I'm kind of getting sick of... it just doesn't sound like a "real" amp sometimes. Might trade up soon.
dan