Line 6 Spider V 60 MKII

BACKGROUND (REVIEW BELOW): As people are often more interested in the views of people who share similar interest & taste,, I'll start by saying that I've been playing for 30 years, I own a variety of guitars and amps. What I play most often is my American Fender Deluxe Strat through a Fender 4X10 Blues De'Ville tube amp, usually coupled with an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer.. As many will know, with that setup, you can get as close as you need to,, to the tone of Jimi, Stevie, and many others. So why buy a new amp? The problem (again, as many will know) with the amp mentioned above is "weight" and "volume." It is simply too heavy and too loud for daily jamming in the extra bedroom, or in the den, when I want to play along (fills and solos) with my stereo.. I bought the Fender amp because I was a tone junkie. I love overdriven 6L6's. But it's simply too much amp for my needs.. Normal house living doesn't allow for overdriving 6L6's. Yet I can't part with it. Once every six months, I'll dust it off and get my fix.. Then it's back to jamming through my practice amp under 90dB. REVIEW STARTS HERE: I chose the Spider V 30 based on several YouTube reviews. I wanted small, versatile, and inexpensive. I got ALL THREE with this amp, and am very happy with my purchase. At first, knowing the older Spider V 30's came w/ 12" speaker (because I bought one for my son 10 years ago (and he still loves it BTW)), I was hesitant. The new version has an 8" speaker and tweeter horn arrangement. But I think I understand why LINE 6 chose to go with smaller speakers on the new model. The new V 30 is compact, PERIOD. They are getting 95% of the sound with half (?) the weight.. I confess to not know the actual values, but side by side with my son's,, his amp is much heavier, but sounds very similar. It was worth it (smaller speaker for weight savings).. It's amazingly compact. The older version has a dedicated knob for every tonal quality and effect level, which is why it had to be bigger The new version has half the knobs, shrinking the panel size requirement by nearly half. The new version has a button to toggle between tone and effects, which are LED backlit. It's awesome. Every feature is one button press away, intuitive, and easy to see, even in low light conditions.. This, being a modelling amp, means that some very smart signal processing engineers over at LINE 6 matched the waveforms of the sounds of various popular amps and songs. So if you like the sound of the guitar on AC/DC Back in Black, you can go to that preset and be in the ballpark for amp and effect sounds. It will not be perfect, but surprisingly good. And once that preset is selected, you can EASILY adjust the tone or effect levels to tweak it. And you can EASILY save your adjustment. I say easily because I figured it out without even once touching the manual !! A big plus if you ask me. The only area that I think can be improved upon (and here, I may be wrong because I refuse to read the manual) is that the presets are not random access. If you know that a preset you liked was around number 60 (there's 128 presets to play with), and if you are currently on preset 4, you have to scroll through 56 presets to get to no. 60. I wish I could make jumps of 10. But again, there may be a way to save the ones you like to easy access location.. Or rearrange them per'se. I'm just too lazy to research it. Errol NOLA

This is my third Line 6 Spider V amplifier! I own 2 Line 6 Spider V 20 models, and love them. Now I have this third amp that I love so much! I can't wait to test out this amp with my new Jackson Dinky JS 12! The features of this amp are amazing! If you're looking for an amp to use while practicing at home, or at a friend's house, this is it. A friend of mine had a Line 6 Spider Jam amp that I played with years ago while an Ibanez guitar was plugged into it. The Spider V60 MKII is a huge upgrade from the Spider IV series! Best features of this amp are the looper where I can write riffs that come to mind, I can practice to drum loops, explore all the pre-sets, and amp cab models, and just to clarify, if yall want to practice along to backing tracks when using the aux port on the back of this amp, the audio from a phone or tablet, sounds amazing while either device is plugged into the back of the amp. So you won't have to worry about listening to the muffled sound of audio that goes into your amp while practicing. You will hear the backing tracks loud and chrystal clear. This amp is nice and loud. I haven't tested out the classic speaker mode feature, but will eventually. At first, the knob to change pre-sets is a bit tricky when accessing the drum loops, and metronomes, but this amp is worth a buy! Don't hesitate! Buy this amp! 5 out of 5 stars and so glad I bought this amp. Glad I did not pass this up! Exceptional tones, heavy and crunchy high gain distortion tones, and nice beautiful clean tones! Get it!

This is a great amp. It's perfect, for me at least, as a room practice amp and would do fine for small, intimate performances. It's easy to use, sounds great, and has LOTS of sound doohickees to play with. I also got the FBV MKII pedal board, and it also had midi/music editing downloadable CUBASE 14 with it, free. Being a new guitar player, I am enjoying all the different amp setting and sounds.

Great lil amp, Has around 16 - 20 effects. Each sound is unique. Will save you money on pedals. I use this as a practice amp. I tried out most of the models. This one is good for practice and jamming but would not recommend it for live playing or recording. You would need to go up two models to record. Great bang for your buck though

Really good product; sounds great and is versatile. Lots of different tones and effects. The best part of this amp is its ability to connect to a computer, allowing you to use it as a DAC. If you're on a budget, you can use this for a variety of purposes. It's a good size and easy to move around, although mine stays under my desk mostly. IMPORTANT: THERE IS A POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH START UP ON THIS AMP, if your amp keeps restarting and doesn't make it past the start up prompt, just leave it plugged in the wall and let it keep restarting it is not a common issue but it can occur with age and after it stays on for a while it will finally make it past the restart issue. It is a recurring issue, so it will likely occur frequently after it happens once.

I ordered this amp a week ago and the first one was defective. At the time, I wrote this review: "The amp arrived defective. No noise whatsoever when plugging in the instrument cable, no volume at all with master and volume up. Puzzling. Returned it for a new one." Now that I have the replacement, which works, I am happy to say that I love this amp. I have serious gear (12 guitars, amp heads from Friedman, Matchless, Hiwatt, each with their own high-end pedalboards). And I am not a snob about a less than $200 non-tube modeling amp at all. This amp sounds fantastic. You cannot gig with it, but for a practice amp, it is great. I am going to use it just for a quick plug in, turn the dial to the type of amp effects you want and start playing. It is not going to be a Friedman with a high end cab and top of the line pedals. But it will get you 75% of the way there on most of the effects you can dream of in order to practice and compose a bit. It is just more efficient to practice on this than to rev up the tube amps, get all the pedals turned on and so forth. For practice you just want efficiency. Not to mention preserve the life of the tubes in your heavy hitting tube amps for when you need them. The savings on tubes alone pays for this amp. Very impressed.

You can't go wrong with a line 6! My daughter doesn't play it as much as I wish she would, but it's excellent as expected. (I have a line 6 half stack that I play more than my crate full stack because they are easy to change sounds simply by turning a knob)

I was talked into this model vs an Orange amp of comparable price and features. I think i made the right choice. Especially for a practice amp. I'll use this by itself and with a 4 x12 cabinet. Good Bass and level mix of tones in addition to the ridiculous amount of mods!! Good midrange amp! Both functions and price.