Line 6 Guitar Amp Heads

I bought the Line 6 Spider II head at Guitar Center because i wanted a bigger amp with a lot of built in effects. This head is awesome matched up with the spider II cab or with anything else. I have been using it for about 6 months now and played at fairs and gigs and it has never let me down. Best thing I ever bought!!! I have no dislikes about this unit whatsoever. This unit is constructed firmly and has awesome quality Best money ever spent This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I bought my Vetta Head at Sam Ash on my Sam Ash credit card. Mainly because I was looking for the sound that I wasn't getting through the other amps that I had. I wanted to be able to create whatever sounds I wanted, and I am in a band that plays all styles of music from acoustic to metal to punk to funk. And of course I bought it because (SA) was having their 15 months No Payment No Interest, which is a Rockin' deal! I paid $1599.00 for the head and $399.00 for the foot pedal. It is THEE greatest piece of equipment ever created in the music world. I love the versatility, being able to use two amps at once is great but whats even greater is having the best amps ever created in the Vetta, to use at my own will! WOW, you talk about a "Make A Person Dream" machine, its the Vetta. You can tell the guitarists in the crowd because of the puddle of drewl in front of them. The only thing that I dont like about this system, is that it is very tempermental in extreme weather. I really cant complain too much about this tho, cuz every amp does the same thing! It's made to be taken care of, like a computer. It's not quite a "Peavey" in ruggedness, but the sound of this machine is truly amazing! Its definitely a high tech look, lots of lights...and when you turn the amp on the floorboard looks like Christmas lights, "Pretty!" This is the "Holy Grail" of all amps, and the Vetta really does go up to "11". Its loud, versatile, in-expensive (compared to buying even 1/10th of the amps in it), upgradable :O), constant tweaking (which for some is bad, but it lets me creat My own sound not someone elses), and last but not least its limitless possibilities makes this amp irresistable! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I bought the HD because I was really impressed with my previous amp, a line 6 flextone combo. I needed more grunt so I bought the head. It was on sale as they were making way for the new model (flextone 2). It retails at AU$3,600 but I baught it for AU$1,999. This unit is a tank!!! It's interchangable between 4, 8 and 16ohms. It's 300watts RMS, In stereo @ 8ohms it runs at 120watts per side. I play it through a 1960b box (stereo). The amp models are exact and the effect add even more diversity to the amp. The power is a huge plus, but the amp also has stereo DI's, midi out, effects loop (switchable from parralell/serial)... The amp models cater for eveything from metal to jazz to folk.... just adjust to your particular style by adding a different type of cabinet. A few downers may be that the amp is possibly so powerful that when you EQ a fat rectified sound, it pushes out to much bass and kills your box. of course this is just a matter of matching the right EQ with your box. The head is heavy, as in wieght wise, but thats a small price to pay!!! It sounds like a machine and it's built like a machine. Recently while playing a show my drummer tripped on his fold-back lead and spilt a full glass of scotch and coke on the HEAD. Even with the vents on the roof of the head ecverything worked perfectly (lucky for my stupid drummer). The bottome line is that this head is perfect for metal, jazz, country ect ect. It's easy to just add a different cabinet on the bottom (a little twin for jazz, 4 quad-box's for rock)... Oh yeah, one more thing, in the manual there's a diagram that shows that this head can run 8 quadboxs off the one head!!!! If anyone ever trys this please email me and tell me how it goes!!!!! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

When I first heard this amp I was a bit skeptical but to my surprise it sounded pretty good. The 1x12 sounds terrible and the 2x12 sounds a bit better and this was was a hit. Finally Line 6 got the idea...they cannot make a decent distortion tone. So they went out an found probably the best man who could create one. Reinhold Bogner has been building amps for over 20+ years now and creating some the best amplifiers in the world. Professionals around the world turn to Bogner to get their tonal needs. Line 6 has done a great job building effects processors but really couldn't figure out how o get the overdrive down. Now that they have Reinhold and his world renown taste for high gain tone the have achieved something until now has never been done before. Line 6 Spider Valve MkII HD100 100-watt Tube Modeling Guitar Amplifier Head Features: 100-watt tube modeling guitar amplifier head Packed with models of 16 legendary American, British and European amplifiers More than 20 tweakable built-in effects Designed in collaboration with renowned amp designer Reinhold Bogner Features two 12AX7 preamp tubes, four 6L6 power tubes Built-in front-panel tuner UTILIZATION Line 6 Spider Valve MkII HD100 100-watt Tube Modeling Guitar Amplifier Head Specifications: 100-watts Class AB tube amp with two 12AX7 preamp tubes and four 6L6 power tubes 1/4" speaker outputs (single: 16-ohm; dual: 4-ohm and 8-ohm) 1/4" power amp input and preamp output jacks 16 of the most advanced Line 6 amp models to date 20 Smart FX (up to 4 at once) Quick Loop: 14-second sound-on-sound looper Noise Gate, Boost (up to +8dB pre, post or both), Volume routing Advanced routing and full adjustability up to 7 effect parameters Oversized two-line LCD MIDI input and output/thru for seamless integration into MIDI switching setups Line 6 foot controller compatibility 128 user presets Bass, Mid, Treble and Drive knobs Channel volume Manual mode for a traditional front-panel amplifier experience XLR Output supports two output modes: Performance Mode and Studio Mode Oversized LCD is easy to use and easy to read Built-in front-panel tuner Weight: 35 lbs. Dimensions: 25.75" L x 10.75" H x 9.5" D SOUNDS I was at an amp festival when I first heard this amp and Reinhold Bogner was there telling us to listen to this amp and everyone thought he was joking because we know how Line 6 amps sound. They fired it up and it was a big surprise to hear how good this thing did sound. We tested it with a Gibson Les Paul and a Fender Telecatser and each guitar having its own personalty sounded very god through the Bogner cabinet. OVERALL OPINION If you are someone who needs solid sounding high gain amplifier with the ability to have multiple effects to go with it this is the amp for you. Having tubes coupled with the digital processors makes this thing a beast of a guitar tool. At new these amps come in at around $900, not a bad price for something that was designed by Reinhold and mixed with the processing power of Line 6.