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Line 6 Spider III, should i DEW it?

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:16 am
by Haze
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/msg/761940650.html

cheap, a 45 min drive

currently using a Frontman 15

and i can't resist this kind of deal
might get a foot switch for it to make it ideal for me

any experience with line 6?
only downside i've heard is that it is modulated and your guitar tone doesn't come through as much

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:31 am
by Ninja Mike 808
A dude I know plugged a LP in through one wit the foot switch (telephone wire or some shit). Sounded almost exactly like Pantera... I think you have a lotta options with them, besides tubey goodness...

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:03 am
by Doog
Go for it, they sound 100 times better than your current amp.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:09 am
by Will
It's a big step up from yr frontman and the best amp yr gonna find for $100. You can probably resell it for $100 if you don't dig it.
Go for it.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:33 am
by suede
normally I would say no, but for 100 bucks, go for it...

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:21 am
by Haze
will dew ;)
can get a better deal for 100 bucks and i can easily break even onnit
thanks
just wanted to know if i would find someone who has a serious issue with them

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:21 am
by Mike
30 Watts
6 FX
12" Celestion

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:29 am
by Haze
= steal

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:30 am
by Mike
Meh.

I'm not a fan, but whatever floats your boat. It is a very good price, but it's not a very good amp.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:32 am
by Haze
true, only thing i don't like about it is that it is going to cost me 20 bucks in gas :shock:

i do hear that the insane channel is a nice eric johnson tone though :lol:

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:47 am
by Doog
They're definately good for clean tones and chuggy metals tonez, the other stuff is reasonable. I wouldn't use it with a band (because of the wattage and way amps like that sound when pushed), but for bedroom riffage, it's gonna be fun.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:48 am
by Mike
Absolutely, it's mid gain stuff and playing with a band that is going to be it's weak points. Unfortunately that's what I use my amp for.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:20 am
by Sublimedo
I've got a 50w spider I. It's a great bedroom pwner. Its definitely not for "fans of tone" as all the digital processing makes any guitar sound like an Ibanez running through a mesa (albeit not as grandiose) or something but you do get variety of sounds. It's no tube amp but it's really worth it. I'd probably save up a bit longer and wait on a cheap bassman 10. It happens.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:01 pm
by aphasiac
Ive used a Line 6 Spider on a few occasions, and frankly i think theyre utter crap, only good for clean tones. by god it took a lot of fiddling to get usable sounds.

BUT that is a sweet deal, so i dunno you could always resell it on ebay if it doesnt work for you.

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:33 am
by Haze
sweet, i picked this thing up from the other side of oklahoma for 100 bucks and now it's sitting in my bedroom floor

i'll do a proper demo of this thing tomorrow after [my first day of] work

and the clean tones are nice once you re-do their shit pre-sets
crunch is a good marshally tone, metal i just said piss off to and use my mt2 for teh tones, and insane i just kick the front end with a boost and it's all good w/ some tape echo and what not, good solo setting though

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:00 am
by NickS
Congrats. At that price if it never needs fixing you can throw it away, like the guy did with this Flextone Duo I've got :(

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:07 am
by Wilbur
So how did it workout?

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:33 am
by Haze
it's pretty freaking sweet. i just had my uncle play it with a MIA '69 Jaguar and MAN does it bring teh tonez

he's comming back over Monday and i'll shoot of vid of him playin it [as he can do it much better than i can!!!]

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:54 am
by tribi9
Haze wrote:and MAN does it bring teh tonez
teh shitty tones maybe? those amps are crap. Save money for a small tube amp, then you get teh tonez !!

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:20 am
by Sloan
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