Line 6 Spider III 75

The nightmare of every tube snob every born, the Line 6 Spider III. Just about every kid who has a Squire Strat and wants to play chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga has one of these things. I don't personally own one, but I have a good friend who does, so I have a decent amount of experience with it.

It has 12 amp models and 7 "Smart Control FX": Tape Echo, Sweep Echo, Standard Delay, Chorus/Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, and Reverb. The one I will be reviewing today is the 75 Watt 1x12 model. Besides the control knobs for the effects, it has Drive, Bass, Mid, Treble, Preamp volume, and Master volume knobs. It can be controlled via an optional footswitch, of which there are several models of. There is also a speaker emulated lineheadphone out for quiet practice or recording, and a line-in if you want to jam along with a MP3 or CD Player

UTILIZATION

The basic idea of it all isn't very hard to grasp. Turn the amp model knob to what you want, then dial in the tones you desire from there. Saving presets is a little more in-depth, but Line 6's manuals are pretty good about explaining things well. Trying to fine-tune the effects is harder, because you only have one knob to control them. Selecting presets is also fairly simple, and is done by using 4 patch buttons (A, B, C, D) and a direction pad to change banks and sections.

SOUNDS

This is what really counts, right? Well, let me put it this way. If you are just starting out on guitar, or are looking for a practice amp, then this does OK in those roles. If you are looking to gig anytime soon, then please, for the sake of your audience's ears, please pass over this amp. It may sound OK at bedroom levels, but once you start cranking it the tone thins out quite a bit and you are left with a really tinny sounding amp that lacks low end and just general "oomph".

Not to mention that this amp negates the tonal differences between guitars. For example, if I play through this amp with my Warbeast NJ that is loaded with active EMG's, and then if I play through it again with a different guitar, there is very little difference in tone. I do believe that this is part of the design of the amp, because as I said earlier, there is all these kids who want to go "Chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga" using their Squier Strats and their uber-super-amazing Spider III. And to make that sound anywhere decent at bedroom levels there has to be quite a bit of compression and signal tweaking going on.

OVERALL OPINION

As I said earlier, if you are just starting out, or need a practice amp, then this amp may work OK for you. But there are still better amps in the price range than the Spider. The Vox Valvetronix amps are good for low gain stuff, and the Roland Cubes do higher-gain rock and metal decently well, and both of those amps seem to be built better than the Spider III's.

So overall, not only are there amps that sound better for the money, but they are built tougher as well. I highly suggest that if you really need an amp that has effects built in, that you take a look at what Roland and Vox has to offer.

* 12 MODELS damplis customiss from Clean Insane
* 7 Smart Control effects (up to 3 simultaneous) including Tape Echo, standard
Delay, Sweep Echo (all with Tap Tempo) Chorus / Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo and Reverb
* 250 presets by artists crs
* 150 presets bass on tracks
* Tuner (Tuner) front
* Plus 36 user programmable presets
* Speakers Celestion Custom 12
* Dimensions: 20.5L x 17.25H x 10.75D

UTILIZATION

The configuration is simple but time was an infinite possibility of grace all sound effects and all the presets (see https://fr.line6.com/spideriii/sounds01.html all available presets).
This gives a good sound quickly with only choose from ...
The only weak point is the manual since it explains only how to save their own presets. I AIM a Friend Print a list and explanation of all the presets available
for navigating more than 400 presets is complicated!

SOUNDS

It should be quite my style of music because I play the heavy, metal, etc ...
It quickly gets a big fat sounds much the slipknot, Killswitch Engage, Meshuggah, but also a multitude of other sounds of the 50s today.
We can paufiner the grain of his grace each wheel "drive" and add effects (with Smart Control (up to 3 simultaneous) including Tape Echo, standard
Delay, Sweep Echo (all with Tap Tempo) Chorus / Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo and Reverb)

My presets are prfres belongs to:

Slipknot
Master of Puppets,
Killswitch Engage,
Message In a Bottle (The Police)
Enter Sandman (Metallica)
And plenty of others (I will not mention any because the list is too long)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 weeks and I play guitar even more than before because I take a lot more fun playing with this amp (I had before a Marshall 15 watt: ia no photo).
Most of the new range of Line 6 is on the screen, which makes all the diffrence compared to other competitors as well as the directional buttons to navigate through the directories DIFFERENT.
Report qualitprix (I pay 375 in store a little haggling trs good compared to other brands.
I would do without this purchase hsiter!

75 watts with a celestion 12, and it is on, the 75 watts are present!
No effects loop (this can be used), but there's already a lot of effects.
CD or MP3 input, stereo headphone / recording type pod 2.0!
In terms of effects and amp simulation, Unimator has already done a good description.
No extra HP out!

UTILIZATION

The manual is pretty light (INSTRUCTIONS ( ))

If you do not want to spend hours to find her for you, this amp is for you! There are 400 + 36 Presset you can create. Of course, you can use it as a conventional amp. You turn the nice chrome buttons and it responds beautifully. The settings are fine. You add effects or you do not put anything is possible.

SOUNDS

The Presset are sorted by artists and song titles. For the latter, they are sorted by year. 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and present. As you understand, there's something for everyone. Do you like jazz (in fact this amp going to do jazz, believe me), blues, rock, hardcore, metal ... Everything! I like the grain, it's hot, and I think the most resistant to amp transistors / modeling is not insensitive to sound. Crystal clear sounds, sounds bold, heavy, dirty, thick, pfft, I do not know what to add.
Very important, the receiver transmits perfectly the sound of your microphones. Presset sounds will change according to those below.
Versatile amp, sounds amazing, do not plug a distortion pedal or overdrive type, you will be disappointed by a wha cons, it does it well.
Click the link has been Unimator to preview the sounds of this amp (the sound is not working to be embellished), I find that the amp sounds even better!
What I find amazing is that I can play without getting busted eardrums at very low volume with its extra (useful for those who play in the apartment). And you can play in groups without problems, it really farts.
The headphone jack cuts the HP, I have a slight hiss, it must be my adapter jack, to check.

OVERALL OPINION

I use second amp when I want to play right away and I too lazy to heat lamps. I also used as an additional channel to my amp lamp with an A / B box, and there is really great! I have everything!
I tried the cube 30 which is really great too, but the canvas spyder me, and I can not but be devoured by its sound! The price of the amp is really pathetic compared to its qualities, you do not take any chances.
All these sounds inspire and make you want to play more.
I put a little note to the pedals for the simple channel change not included. You must add 35 euros to control the foot! We must find fault, but still the one ...
The tuner is a very nice little extra. A guitar, a single cable, and play.

Well this amp is more than enough already for rehearsals with a drummer yet sent the large, Hp 12 "Celestion the same as the old marshall.
In the instructions he gives 75w, I give him good 100w (eg pdt rehearsals if I happen to get on the 5 / 10, I hear my friends yelling at me to death to fall suplier ^ _ ^)

After connection to see what other opinions.

And the effects, we arrive in the cave of Alibaba is a monster, look at the site of line 6, everything is explained there is even demos.

UTILIZATION

Configuration is very simple vrément, 2, 3 I click the sound that suits me.
I play Rock, blues, it's going Green Day Led Zep, and I board vrément nothing to repprocher.
In 30 seconds we go from Metallica and Deep Purple and the Beatles.
The manueld'utilisatin is very easy for a part I buy this amp for Christmas but I board read the user manual that last week I discovered aditional 36 mode as the function that allows me to mount the sound back without hearing any buzzing yet I have the ear of the amp (very useful during concerts), after there is a tuner and a Gain Boost fct that can add gain and more, we go after vrément but the trash has never been fun on a solo Nightwish ^ _-

SOUNDS

This amp should tt completely to my style because I do not play a specific style, I biensur surtt in the Rock, but with this amp I Paux spend at all, eg in conjunction with a FBV express pedal is plays a blues songs and then click I spend a large distortion in pr do my solo, it vrément extra .....
I play with an Ibanez Jet King and I will change to a Hagstrom super swede, but I can tell you that it makes, already preset in the register if I choose "Smoke on the water" I feel like calling me Deep Purple.

To tell you how it sounds, qd I started I was playing with a guitar at home Behringer € 100, this guitar sounds even bin on this amp, well it has nothing to do with my Ibanez but qd mm correct.

I can not tell you what are the sounds that I like because there are so many, but what I love to play avce is the same as Green Day, and the same sound as the Rolling Stones. I think that anyone can find the sound he wants on this amp, unless he chooses to play with only one purpose, one of its kind: the kind 50W Marshall Plexi, or a vox AC 30, at the end sounds very typical in the end.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this amp for Christmas 2006, I'm not tired, I play roughly 2 hours a day and each time it is a pleasure!
The characteristic I like most is the fact that it is versatile and powerful (I recommend if you want to work alone in an apartment, the neighbor will attack)
I is not trying to model just a bcp 100dfx Marshall, and I must say that there is no picture, already I do not like the sound of Marshall and fat when pushed a little he understands nothing that is played, the sound becomes filthy !!!!!
The value for money is not bad although this amp is not to € 400 but it will allow many guitarists to have fun by taking the future pr Hendrix, Curt Kobain or lol

With the experience I do not know if I reffer this choice, but it is quite possible, because I can not bear to stay more than 5 mm min on purpose ^ _ ^ now I would definitely not more powerful simply because already ample, after up to you to organize your concert pr so that it does not cause the floor (the top will be the last avt deaf hear sth from audible).

I highly recommend this amp