I went to boot camp in back in April, and took my old Spider III to a pawn shop. Guy asked me how much I wanted for it. I jokingly said $20. The fucker actually gave it to me. He gave me $30 too much.
@@JoelSebastianMoreno Only in the proprietary world of brands like Apple and Google. Most other brands are still including headphone jacks regardless of the budget range, *because they're not proprietary corporate fuckers*
@Retronite In High End Smartphones is pretty common don't see any headphone jack, even in some mid range smartphones like Xiaomi Mi A2 from 2018 or even my current phone Samsung Galaxy A80, i buyed because i like huge screens and for listening music on my phone i use Bluetooth headphones (Yes, no the best choice but i only listen music in the bus way to job or in my morning runnings so idgaf about 320 Kbps on Bluetooth headphones).
@@JoelSebastianMoreno you don't need to explain anything about smartphones to me bud. I review and fix electronic devices, including all kinds of smartphones for a living. I use a Redmi Note 7 Pro myself too if you're wondering. Like I said, only a handful smartphone brands don't include headphone jacks anymore. Galaxy S10, Mi Note 10, ASUS ROG 2, Huawei P30 are all high end devices which have headphone jacks. Devices like Pixel, S20 Ultra and iPhones can afford to ditch the headphone jack because they know their buyers can afford to spend extra money on proprietary hardware. Then there are some devices that ditch the 3.5mm jack in favor of waterproofing. USB C is more waterproof than a 3.5mm jack. One of prime complaints of the Mi A1 was it wasn't very waterproof. Hence they did it.
My grandparents bought me a Line 6 Spider II as my first "big boy" amp back in the day. I hated it, but I still used it because I didn't want to upset them.
Lol times changing, if u practice guitar a lot, u might be a great guitarist, and for great guitarist, u need to get great equipment(or just better than this bullshit).
i am missing a lot of my high-end hearing, and had difficulty hearing what was so bad during the A/B testing (full band mix, changing cab sim?). is that what the real issue is? (aliasing in the high end, or noise at particular high frequencies). i instantly regretted buying a Spider IV 15 for my daughter's first guitar due to the awful distortion (I can't find a good setting). I actually like Roland MicroCube GX, and THR10X. Strangely, I play microtonal guitars, in part because the not-quite-in-tune-ness of the standard fret locations drives me crazy. But a lot of these reviews, I don't hear this wide gulf between good and bad gear just from the amp alone. What really does it for me is those little bends of notes in a chord to get a beating-free timbre; particularly with more distortion added.
@rrr00bb - recorded audio (in the video) can't give you the exact feeling of actually physically listening to the amp. depending on the quality of the recording, this difference can be lessened but not eliminated.
@@GoblinsOfFarmington alliteration is a repetition of consonant sounds What you did is referred to as assonance, or a repetition of vowel sounds. Not being a dick, I just figured since you are smart enough to understand alliteration, maybe you'd enjoy learning something new. Take-y sleazy boys
Please tell me Puppet Master was not their interpretation of Metallica's sound on Master of Puppets... good lord they missed the mark by a wide margin. Lol
I think they got pretty close. Listen to the original isolated guitar tracks from master of puppets. Its super ultra x100 compressed and the Mids are entirely gone. I thought they got close. Not saying it sounds good because I do not think the Master of Puppets tone is good.
I haven't heard the isolated tracks, so you're probably right that the presence of the bass guitar is messing with my ears (damn bassists). That said, I do have to agree as much as I like the Master of Puppets sound, it's not the sound I'd chase if I was going to recreate Metallica's tone.
Timothy Hammonds I was listening to the isolated guitar tracks from Master of Puppets the other day and I agree. Isolated, the guitar tones weren't all that great. I much prefer the finished product but I was pretty surprised how the isolated tracks ended up sounding.
They bassically just made it suck even worse by (instead of what every normal musician would do) making it sound like a cheap 6505 (not the 5150, yeah the bad re-issue versions with a different name but same chassis) with a blown out SM-57 in front with the mids turned down on the AMP, not the overdrive, not an EQ-Pedal or the Post EQ.... no the fuck amp's EQ.... this makes your sound just fade into the abyss of what is called "I CAN'T FUCKING HEAR YOU IN THE MIX ASSHOLE!"
Compared to Bias/Rosen mix, Line 6 tone sounds as if it was ripped from the old 8-track player straight out of 1978. Plymouth that was towed from the junkyard
Nuked652 dude no, I love conqueror and whatever other war metal I can get. War metal has more bass than a spider mark 5 somehow. This sounds more like bBathory’s self titled album to me, although Razor’s Malicious Intent is close too.
Francisco Zarabozo Switching completely to wireless is better.* You don’t have to do this, but try just ditching all ports where possible for at least a week (use Bluetooth headphones (even cheap skullcandy ones will do perfectly), wireless charging (if your phone supports that), make use of the cloud, just anything that doesn’t require ports), then switch back.
Nath m Plunk - As I said, having wireless available is great, but being limited to it is really not. It isn't about me not knowing the benefits. I actually work in technology and develop software for a living (and have been doing it for the last 18 years, so, believe me, I'm always familiar with the latest technology and I use it daily). I can think of A LOT of situations where having a wired connection to something (power, communication, internet, whatever you want) is way better or your only option. Apple removing that jack had nothing to do with pushing people to use wireless, but pushing people to having to buy wireless gear and adapters. Almost all other brands offer the same wireless technology but still give you an analog port, which is simply great to have available. Also, many things degrade in quality or speed over wireless channels, making it a convenient but imperfect solution for several applications.
We recently purchased the Line 6 Spider V (240), the Line 6 Amplifi (150), as we as the Line 6 Firehawk FX pedal for our band earlier this year, and they're all pretty amazing... A huge turn around in tonal clearity and sharpness compared to the real practice amps we started out on. The ability to model hundreds of different amps is really helping us dial in the tone we are looking for, for when we wanna make the next upgrade. Theres plenty of plus's to buying the more powerful updated versions of the Line 6 series, in my opinion. \m/
Ryan Bruce complaining: "I don't know what they were thinking, but this was definitely not a good idea" Glen Fricker complaining: "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHITTY FEATURE? IT SUCKS ASS!"
He's gonna take you back to the past... to play with the shittiest amps that suck ass... He'd rather have... a bass player... play a diarrhea riff in his ear.
After watching a number of reviews on modeling amps, it’s nice to see one that’s just honest about the sound and not hopefully boasting all the features in the manual. Thank you sir!
On that: 9:00 You push your thumb of your left hand against the tsuba (guard) to unlock the sword. Just for safety: At 9:15 when the sword is sheathed, you place your thumb of the left hand on the tsuba (guard) to prevent it from accidentally sliding out the saya (scabbard). And you usually carry the katana edge up.
I'm so happy I found your channel when I did. I'm still quite new to guitar, and was looking to buy my first amp soon. The line 6 spider was recommended to me. But after your videos and others I wont touch it with a ten foot pole. Decided to go with an audio interface and use amp sims. Since I already own a daw and good monitors it seemed like the best choice for my budget, space, and playing level. Thank you for your fearless reviews, hilarious videos, and honesty.
Reminds me of Crate Amps in the 70s. A music store I worked in sold them, and I was the repair guy. And so I repaired them. All of them. All day long, every day. And they sounded just like the Spider, maybe worse. I never understood why a beginning guitarist with no money who didn't sound good anyway had to have an amp like this inflicted on them. It's always been a rule apparently. It's a crime against humanity.
My friend bought a spider V and said the high gain was "awesome". Then again, he was using a PRS custom 24 with Seymour-Duncans and Paradigm strings...
Dainius Vyšniauskas I know. But this ACTUALLY HAPPENED. His dads band used Line 6, so just because of that he bought one, even after I showed him the $200 tube amp video. Goes to show that lead guitar players are just a bunch of fucking wankers. Then again, I'm a useless cunt, so whatever.
A friend of mine who never stuck with guitar let me keep his 50 watt Spider III and it is honestly a really nice solo practice amp. I would never use it in a band setting even for rehearsals, but it beats playing acoustically
Yeah, can't complain if you got it for free, it's better than nothing! A friend of mine used a Spider II to demo some tunes many years ago and on that context, the amp did a decent job, although of course those songs really came to life later when they recorded them with a JCM800 and real drums.
You can actually get some good tones out of the spider. Just use the settings: Gain: 7, Bass: 6, Middle: 3, Treble: 9. Then you just need some cave reverb and a riff that's made up from three to five notes and you sound like a trve son of northern darkness.
I wish my dad could see some of these. I mentioned wanting to buy a fender rumble 25 cause i dont own a bass amp and he told me to get a line 6 spider. Hes 57 and been playing guitar since he was 8. Ive never questioned his guitar gear advice until that day
KhronX Actually I still think almost anything can ship a good usable metal tone. He just sucks at it. I love the way he being hoest to himself. He is not intentionally bias towards something else. He also has good opinion to recabinet(which is almost the best cabinet sim to me other than torpedo) And u530 he loves those vsts.
Personally I find this Line of amp ( the smaller watt versions) are great. They're small, sound decent for an amp of the same size at the same price range, and are super cheap to begin with. They are great for putting in the trunk of your car and bringing with you to friends houses to jam since it's an amp you don't really care if it gets trashed.They're good for a guy like me who isn't super computer savvy also. Obviously they're no 5150 or Marshall or anything, but they really pack in a ton of cool features and sounds that you won't get from an amp of a similar price tag. That being said, it isn't for everyone. I use mine for playing in my room, messing around, taking to friends houses, and jamming alone. There's no way you can play any shows with this, and it won't last super long I'm sure ( although mine has lasted about 6 years of heavy use ). For a professional or recording this amp is garbage and a complete joke, but for teenagers who want to start a band or young adults who are strapped for cash and need a practice amp I would say a line 6 is perfect. There is my honest review, 3/5 stars.
I’m a guitar noob. 38yrs old and started playing guitar 2 months ago. I listened to everybody and got a Katana 50 for my first amp and a used Schecter Blackjack SLS C-1. Absolutely love the guitar. I don’t hate the amp, don’t love the amp. However, I played through a Spyder V 60 today at GC and had so much fun and truly enjoyed it. I agree that the amp is likely great for noobs such as myself. That doesn’t mean the V 60 is a piece of crap; just means it isn’t for everyone.
just kidding. I would never buy a line 6 or take anyone seriously who bought one. "buy once, cry once" if your serious about doing something, don't buy cheap
My Spider MkI I had in high school only had one truly metal moment... It burst into flames while jamming in my buddies basement, Metal AS FUCK! BTW, nice Office Space reference...
As an owner of some Line 6 products I have to say they aren't quite as bad as they're made out to be. They get an especially bad rap because the stock patches are ass (they really need to hire someone like Ola to dial in a few patches before release), but if you scrap those and play with the settings for a while they don't sound *terrible*.
alfother Ola now has patches available from what I saw on his review. It seems some people who review gear have a predetermination whether they admit it or not.
Sure and his patches sound 100 times better than any stock metal patches (and even it is pretty basic). But I do think line 6 is losing its position as the "ok for the price" product because they keep putting out shit like this.
Legendary. I bought one of those not long ago looking for that original nasty tone. It is a step backwards, I couldn't even use it for black metal. I have kept the amp for clean but even then, watching your video was satisfying, thank you.
Your review was spot on. I especially liked the comparison to the Spider II. I remember trying out the Spider II amps in Guitar Center many years ago. My thoughts on them at the time was that they sounded incredibly fake and digital with a lot of 'FIZZ'. The Spider V is much worse when it comes to the fake digital FIZZY sound.
I used a Line 6 Pod Pro for many years after I heard it used on albums by my dying bride and meshuggah, it sounded good on their albums. And I was very happy with the sound we got on our recording at the time.
I'm sure he didn't. But if you can't get a decent tone with the presets, it defeats the point of being a starter amp anyway. No noob is going to figure out how to dial one of these in very quick.
LoonyyyWSMN Nah. That's just your experience talking. I still remember trying to dial in a tone on a jvm when I first started and having trouble with it. You develop an ear. I can't, not find a decent tone on any amp anymore. It's experience. But since these are being marketed as "beginner amps" I agree with only using the presets. This amp is more complicated than your basic tube amp and I think you are waaaay overestimating the abilities of someone that's never touched a guitar before. Aren't the presets supposed to be ideal tones made by the manufacturer to begin with? I can't fathom how you can expect people to look past them when they are supposed to show off the abilities of the amp. Also, I never said it wouldn't make a difference or that Glenn isn't capable of making it sound better. Try reading that comment a little more closely.
it's subjective. I own both the line 6 spider V60 (the 30 is just a joke he shouldn't have reviewed it, it's not fair... 8" speaker? come on.) and a katana 50, which I have played around with quite extensively. the katana has SOME great tones in it, but not many. I'm selling it and keeping the spider, which has a far bigger variety of good tones and a built in looper. katana 50 doesn't even have an effects loop so a looper isn't even possible. got them both used. i'd rather have a spider v120 with a 12" though, for sure. i do like the cab and speaker of the katana, but it's high gain sounds are very limited. i even tried all the "sneaky/hidden amps" (google it) and they all sound the same for the most part, same basic character EQ'd differently, with a couple minor exceptions like the Vox 'model'. the cleans are great, but limited to the one jc-120 type sound it has. edge of breakup/light crunch is good too, but again limited. i like several of the boost/disto pedals, great effects. but the line 6 has all that and more. slightly inferior sound, mainly because of the 10" speaker in my case and the closed back cab instead of open back, but way more usable tones that sound completely different from eachother. the katana is a 4 or 5 trick pony, the spider has an order of magnitude more tonal options, with genuinely different characters.
MegaCrasherMusic i hear you, but i just don't think the katana is that good on its own, with the built in stomp boxes. The clean channel as a pedal platform for outboard pedals might be fine, but not quality tube amp level good, although it is MUCH cheaper. It may not be advertised as a modeller but it is advertised as being very flexible, and apart from the effects, i don't find that it is. I have played with the global eq's, and as you discovered they do help, but to me the entire character of the distortion is lacking, it's not just some highs that need removed. The crunch through the brown channels have the same overall character, and even the stomp distortions don't really give me what I'm looking for. It's not awful. The dynamics and feel and response to guitar volume and picking are great. It does have it's own unique sound, it's just not for me. I like what the spider v offers better. And you have the same global eq tone shaping options if there's a frequency you don't like, but the fundamental character of the gain in the different models actually changes when you switch amp models. Don't like the dual rec? There's some marshalls. Don't like those? There's an SLO. and the custom line 6 models are actually some of my favorite... Some of them are from scratch creations, but some are simply a mix of one amps preamp with another amps power section. Mics and cabs can have a large effect too. When it comes to relatively low volume home playing, for me, I'll trade what may very well be superior dynamics and responsiveness for a better base tone and flexibility. Even if the spider only had 5 amp models like the 5 katana channels, id still choose it (assuming i liked those models). And then there's the looper! But it's all subjective, I'm glad you've optimized your katana. I've enjoyed mine but in the end wanted something it couldn't provide. You should try out the so called sneaky or hidden amps in the katana. Just download the tsl file and BTS tone library can load up another 27 "models", although i think you'll find like i did that they mostly all sound the same just with different gain levels and eqs. But there is a little difference and variety, so you may prefer one to the stock channels. The vox model genuinely sounds significantly different, and there's some good slightly different clean tones (a twin, with and without bright switch for instance) that are worthwhile. Not sure why people say it emulates a tube sound... I mean it can and does with some of the sounds, but the stock clean channel is from all indications essentially a model of a jc120, a solid state amp, although a famous one to be sure. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts if you try out the many other channels/models that can actually be accessed quite easily.
Katana is bad ? Lmao, sounds to me a bunch of upset valve amp users are upset knowing the technology Boss has put into that amp will completely destroy valve amps in the next few years. Tubes will die at the rate solid states are evolving.
MegaCrasherMusic What do you mean by feel? The only thing is sound/tone and there's almost no difference between tubes and solid state anymore with high end solid states. In the next 10 years expect to see tubes completely fade out and be replaced by the cheaper and more reliable solid state. Blind tests online will confirm even advanced guitar players can't tell the difference between the amp types anymore.
I love your attitude, being a smart-ass myself I can really appreciate your fearlessness! As for inexpensive modelling amps that don't suck balls, for those curious, (not sponsored lol) I would highly recommend the Peavey Vypyr (personally own the 30 watt version), amazing cleans with crushing gain good for rhythm and screaming leads. Good effects too Again I'm not sponsored by Peavey
Hey, the destruction was unnessecary. The grille cloth was still tolerable. Or was that terrible as well. If so, then I might just look towards the Randall head over the Spider Jam at my guitar store.
I once was an idiot and bought a Spider 3... until I realised I couldn't get a sound out of it other than that of a strangled cat. Now I have a Micro Terror and I'm never going back. So... as the review shows, if you're getting off on the sound of a strangled or mutilated cat... buy Line6.
LogiForce86 my friend/guitarist did the exact same thing. I hated that wasp in a bottle sound for years until he got the Orange...his tone was missing the tone
I heard Ola Englund's presets for it and it sounded pretty decent. I feel like the presets you showed off here are a little misleading because you only showed the bland stuff instead of a full scope. Not saying these things are great, just saying I feel like this is a slanted review that cherry picked stuff to prove a point. Nothing wrong with that, we all have our preferences. I'm not a big fan of EMG pickups for instance but hey, if you are thats totally cool. I just wish there was more stuff shown off here.
I have a Line 6 Spider Jam and a Line 6 HD100 MKII and they are some of the best sounding amps I've ever used. It makes me question if you really got the best out of this amp or your Line 6 hate has driven your bias. I'm gunna look for one of these to test it myself.
Julian West it's pretty damn good man. but, you could try out a used dt25 for cheaper. yes it is a line 6, BUT it's bogner designed, tubed, and comes with a celestion 30. the Marshall is still...well a Marshall lol, but I highly recommend checking out the dt25 too.
no pants? marry me...
+Ola Englund Sorry Ola, I'm already married!
I"m married, you're married, don't you think our wives should meet first ? :)
SpectreSoundStudios any room for one more?
make that 2 xD We would be the greatest power...quintuple ever. I dont have much to bring to the party, but ill get the booze...
Imagine what the kids will look like..
I finally found a great sounding setting for this amp! Try this the next time you're in Guitar Center!
Gain: 5
Bass: 3
Mids: 8
Treble: 5
Volume: 0
Good one.
Nice 😂
Haha ha😂😂
Power: off
There's one other good setting, setting it...on fire
This is the best intro I've ever seen on TH-cam.
I've heard this amp live before, and honestly, kudos to anyone who can make this amp sound as bearable as you have...
I sold my Spider II last month.
Somehow I get a better sound with no amp at all.
LOL
Frankie Dingleberry 😂😂😂😂
Frankie Dingleberry zinger.
The sad part is, I'm actually not kidding xD
I went to boot camp in back in April, and took my old Spider III to a pawn shop. Guy asked me how much I wanted for it. I jokingly said $20. The fucker actually gave it to me. He gave me $30 too much.
Glenn *A phone with out a headphone jack is pointless*
Apple *now for the new iphone*
Came from 2020 and nowadays high range smartphones cost 1000 bucks and the headphone jack is not included.
@@JoelSebastianMoreno Only in the proprietary world of brands like Apple and Google. Most other brands are still including headphone jacks regardless of the budget range, *because they're not proprietary corporate fuckers*
@Retronite In High End Smartphones is pretty common don't see any headphone jack, even in some mid range smartphones like Xiaomi Mi A2 from 2018 or even my current phone Samsung Galaxy A80, i buyed because i like huge screens and for listening music on my phone i use Bluetooth headphones (Yes, no the best choice but i only listen music in the bus way to job or in my morning runnings so idgaf about 320 Kbps on Bluetooth headphones).
@@JoelSebastianMoreno you don't need to explain anything about smartphones to me bud. I review and fix electronic devices, including all kinds of smartphones for a living. I use a Redmi Note 7 Pro myself too if you're wondering.
Like I said, only a handful smartphone brands don't include headphone jacks anymore. Galaxy S10, Mi Note 10, ASUS ROG 2, Huawei P30 are all high end devices which have headphone jacks. Devices like Pixel, S20 Ultra and iPhones can afford to ditch the headphone jack because they know their buyers can afford to spend extra money on proprietary hardware.
Then there are some devices that ditch the 3.5mm jack in favor of waterproofing. USB C is more waterproof than a 3.5mm jack. One of prime complaints of the Mi A1 was it wasn't very waterproof. Hence they did it.
Line 6, the bass player of amp manufacturers.
This needs to be on a shirt
You almost made me laugh out loud at my desk you a-hole! HAHAHHAHA!!
We need this shirt!
Shirt for 100% its hilarious.
I have never laughed so hard at a comment!!! That is fucking gold dude!! Please make this a shirt!!
My grandparents bought me a Line 6 Spider II as my first "big boy" amp back in the day. I hated it, but I still used it because I didn't want to upset them.
Lol times changing, if u practice guitar a lot, u might be a great guitarist, and for great guitarist, u need to get great equipment(or just better than this bullshit).
You poor soul.
@@klinkov6393 lol wtf u talkin bout?
Same mine was crap, I thought the Flextone was actually way better, it's not amazing or anything but sounds less digital.
That into had me crying I was laughing so hard. Glenn you magnificent bastard!
Guys at Line6 can't hear anything over 4000 Hz.
hahahhhaahhh
Well yeah, they're tone deaf.
And cuts everything between 300-750hz sounds like a hollow dried dog turd
i am missing a lot of my high-end hearing, and had difficulty hearing what was so bad during the A/B testing (full band mix, changing cab sim?). is that what the real issue is? (aliasing in the high end, or noise at particular high frequencies). i instantly regretted buying a Spider IV 15 for my daughter's first guitar due to the awful distortion (I can't find a good setting). I actually like Roland MicroCube GX, and THR10X.
Strangely, I play microtonal guitars, in part because the not-quite-in-tune-ness of the standard fret locations drives me crazy. But a lot of these reviews, I don't hear this wide gulf between good and bad gear just from the amp alone. What really does it for me is those little bends of notes in a chord to get a beating-free timbre; particularly with more distortion added.
@rrr00bb - recorded audio (in the video) can't give you the exact feeling of actually physically listening to the amp. depending on the quality of the recording, this difference can be lessened but not eliminated.
Love these no-bullshit reviews, but Glenn's ass was the last thing I needed to see this morning.
Really? I was happy it was the last thing I'll see before bed.
Line 6 Spider is the mic cuppers of the amp world
Epixkiller65 indeed it is,hey alliteration
@@GoblinsOfFarmington alliteration is a repetition of consonant sounds
What you did is referred to as assonance, or a repetition of vowel sounds.
Not being a dick, I just figured since you are smart enough to understand alliteration, maybe you'd enjoy learning something new.
Take-y sleazy boys
I just learned that knowing the definition of a word made me smart. I also just looked up the definition of patronizing. Now I'm even smarter. 🙄
@@CynHicks poor little guy.
Must suck being so stupid.
The "Puppet Master" setting makes me want to die.
Charles Carr and the fact they called it the Puppet Master makes me want to kick a bass amp
Please tell me Puppet Master was not their interpretation of Metallica's sound on Master of Puppets... good lord they missed the mark by a wide margin. Lol
I think they got pretty close. Listen to the original isolated guitar tracks from master of puppets. Its super ultra x100 compressed and the Mids are entirely gone. I thought they got close. Not saying it sounds good because I do not think the Master of Puppets tone is good.
I haven't heard the isolated tracks, so you're probably right that the presence of the bass guitar is messing with my ears (damn bassists). That said, I do have to agree as much as I like the Master of Puppets sound, it's not the sound I'd chase if I was going to recreate Metallica's tone.
Timothy Hammonds
I was listening to the isolated guitar tracks from Master of Puppets the other day and I agree. Isolated, the guitar tones weren't all that great. I much prefer the finished product but I was pretty surprised how the isolated tracks ended up sounding.
Is it a Spider because it needs to be stepped on
Marty Friedman the fact that your name is Friedman makes this comment even better 😂
Hmm...
Spiders should not me stepped on (the arachnid)
Yes the line 6 Spider should be stepped on, not real spiders, they're cool creatures...
Dont step on the arachnid spider. They are cool. But if youre gonna step on the gear might as well destroy it
0:01 wait a minute, somthin ain't right
0:31 there we go
Voiceless Nameless more 0:01 then 0:32
I facepalmed SO HARD at the "puppet master" setting. Holy shit. Absolutely terrible.
Yep.
They bassically just made it suck even worse by (instead of what every normal musician would do) making it sound like a cheap 6505 (not the 5150, yeah the bad re-issue versions with a different name but same chassis) with a blown out SM-57 in front with the mids turned down on the AMP, not the overdrive, not an EQ-Pedal or the Post EQ.... no the fuck amp's EQ.... this makes your sound just fade into the abyss of what is called "I CAN'T FUCKING HEAR YOU IN THE MIX ASSHOLE!"
You won't be H A I R E D in a mix
Compared to Bias/Rosen mix, Line 6 tone sounds as if it was ripped from the old 8-track player straight out of 1978. Plymouth that was towed from the junkyard
Chicken wing (;
Glenn kids in Africa could've eaten that amp
But is there a big fat cock in the fried asshole? These are the questions we need answered!
Best comment ever xD
As a child in Africa, I would rather starve
no, even they don't eat shit
Bongsley Nuggets I tottaly read that as "Glen kids" instead of "Glen, kids" lol silly me
Jesus, puppet master actually hurt my ears. What is wrong with the sound on that one?
Matthew R if you play any hard shit like war metal or OSDM, it would sound sick
Nuked652 dude no, I love conqueror and whatever other war metal I can get. War metal has more bass than a spider mark 5 somehow. This sounds more like bBathory’s self titled album to me, although Razor’s Malicious Intent is close too.
'A smartphone without a headphone jack'.
Lmao, *looks at iPhone7*
HetaliaHeadbanger That was a great move. They pushed you in the right direction.
Mikolaj N Apple did want to switch to a wireless future & encouraged wireless (which is better) :)
Nath m Plunk - Being able to use wireless, good. Being *limited* to wireless only, bad, very bad.
Francisco Zarabozo Switching completely to wireless is better.*
You don’t have to do this, but try just ditching all ports where possible for at least a week (use Bluetooth headphones (even cheap skullcandy ones will do perfectly), wireless charging (if your phone supports that), make use of the cloud, just anything that doesn’t require ports), then switch back.
Nath m Plunk - As I said, having wireless available is great, but being limited to it is really not. It isn't about me not knowing the benefits. I actually work in technology and develop software for a living (and have been doing it for the last 18 years, so, believe me, I'm always familiar with the latest technology and I use it daily). I can think of A LOT of situations where having a wired connection to something (power, communication, internet, whatever you want) is way better or your only option. Apple removing that jack had nothing to do with pushing people to use wireless, but pushing people to having to buy wireless gear and adapters. Almost all other brands offer the same wireless technology but still give you an analog port, which is simply great to have available. Also, many things degrade in quality or speed over wireless channels, making it a convenient but imperfect solution for several applications.
did he just predict the iPhone 7
AnotherFan iPhone 7 came before this video buddy
JourneyModz no it didn’t
@@oli7745 are you stupid? September is before November??
And yet people still bought a new i phone.. :(
@@oli7745 Yes it did, September 16, 2016 is when the iPhone 7 came out. This video was posted November 16, 2016
We recently purchased the Line 6 Spider V (240), the Line 6 Amplifi (150), as we as the Line 6 Firehawk FX pedal for our band earlier this year, and they're all pretty amazing... A huge turn around in tonal clearity and sharpness compared to the real practice amps we started out on. The ability to model hundreds of different amps is really helping us dial in the tone we are looking for, for when we wanna make the next upgrade. Theres plenty of plus's to buying the more powerful updated versions of the Line 6 series, in my opinion. \m/
8:40 Drop the mic? Drop the bass?
Nah...Glenn Fricker drops the Spider. 🤘🏻
+mfowl777 :)
SpectreSoundStudios I feel like it was an Office Spaced reference, no?
Ryan Bruce complaining: "I don't know what they were thinking, but this was definitely not a good idea"
Glen Fricker complaining: "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHITTY FEATURE? IT SUCKS ASS!"
Anderons: "it sounds waaaaay better" WTF
Fairy C Rat To be fair. The cab sucks. But the preamp section is much better than mark 2.
i think they said that becuause the line 6 guy was there, lol
Anton Palacios What do you mean?
i said it to the guy that said that andertons "praised" mark 5
I get better distortion with my acoustic
LOL
it's not elephant shit, because elephant shit is actually useful, because you can make paper out of it.
Joschka Bernhardt so pig shit?
fuel
Im pretty sure theres some guy in the middle east who smokes elephant shit. I shit you not
Glenn, you're turning into the Angry Recording Gear Nerd. And no problem there.
AVGN meets SMG? I think that will be awesome!
He's gonna take you back to the past... to play with the shittiest amps that suck ass...
He'd rather have... a bass player... play a diarrhea riff in his ear.
AVGN is to LJN, what Glenn is to Line 6.
Glenn THICKer
Been called worse. Got any complaints with the actual review or are you just sticking to ad hominem so you don't have to think very hard?
@@SpectreSoundStudios It's a complement nowadays believe it or not. It's a meme and he didn't mean it in a bad way. Haha
@@KidNamedVashin don't people usually say Thicc instead of thick though?
@@SpectreSoundStudios I don't think he was seriously trying to roast or complain
Bear in mind that thick is also used as a synonym for stupid in some places. I think that’s what Glenn thought you meant
I think the chop suey setting should be renamed to "A blaze in the northern sky" and the puppet master setting should be renamed to "Filsofem"
Hey something you *can* use a Spider for: the Lo-Fi Black Metal sound. Thanks man (or woman 😂 ).
Or even Nocturnal Poisoning or De Mysteriis Dom Santhanas
Janek Hill we get it, you know some black metal stuff here’s your attention
Oh good, a Line 6 review. This past week has been horrible news every 10 minutes, so I could use some fucking comic relief.
And it is starting off just swell.....
SWELL?!
Wanderer *SWELL*
well I think the ending was worth the wait
chun-wei kang The ending was, in fact, *SWELL.*
After watching a number of reviews on modeling amps, it’s nice to see one that’s just honest about the sound and not hopefully boasting all the features in the manual. Thank you sir!
Wait till my Marshall code review comes out....
"911, what is your emergency?"
"Yeah, there are these two long haired guys next door who are smashing things up, one of them has a sword. . ."
I trusted my music teacher until he made a Spider V workshop in a local music store
So why would that make you stop trusting him? He knows they're popular amps people have a lot of trouble with.
Glenn: “...or building a smartphone without a headphone jack.”
Steve Jobs: Hold my beer.
i bet after breaking the amp, it sounded better
Maybe because we can actually fucking hear now.
next: Fearless Gear Review: Boss Metal Zone
please Glenn. Do this.
"Puppet master" more like "If dimebag darrel played for darkthrone"
Lmao
For the newet style of Darkthrone, that would be awesome!
YES! IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS!
Best fucking review ever.
The katana blade through the speaker was actually pretty damn funny.
On that: 9:00 You push your thumb of your left hand against the tsuba (guard) to unlock the sword. Just for safety: At 9:15 when the sword is sheathed, you place your thumb of the left hand on the tsuba (guard) to prevent it from accidentally sliding out the saya (scabbard). And you usually carry the katana edge up.
Nudelaug Binideppat Jesus, don't talk anymore.
Weeb.
wat
I tried to reply to the other guy
was it a BOSS katana? no? okay.
This is a terrible review- it is biased and probably tampered with. The spider is a great amp that all players should buy.
Said no one ever
+LeopardSniper12 lol
Ok, maybe you are a better comedian than a guitar player then.
You didn't click on "Read more", did you?
Septicemic a
Love the "Office Space" at the end!!! That amp BLOWS DOG!!!!
That ending was pretty epic! I definitely didn't see that coming!
Loved the review. Loved the hammer. Watched Office Space for the eleventy-billionth time.
+Sean Cameron :)
After seeing Glenn in boxers...I shit myself.
jesus christ its jason bourne
Okay Glen okay you have to accept that these amp looking boxes are made to test hammers and Guns, isn't that so simple?
*Sees Thumbnail
Buckle up boys, this is gonna be a good one.
*Sees intro
Instant Classic, nice ass Glenn!
"I mean there's design blunders and then there are line six design blunders"
😂😂😂
I'm so happy I found your channel when I did. I'm still quite new to guitar, and was looking to buy my first amp soon. The line 6 spider was recommended to me. But after your videos and others I wont touch it with a ten foot pole. Decided to go with an audio interface and use amp sims. Since I already own a daw and good monitors it seemed like the best choice for my budget, space, and playing level. Thank you for your fearless reviews, hilarious videos, and honesty.
two thumbs up for the Bernie Sanders reference, my friend.
Reminds me of Crate Amps in the 70s. A music store I worked in sold them, and I was the repair guy. And so I repaired them. All of them. All day long, every day. And they sounded just like the Spider, maybe worse.
I never understood why a beginning guitarist with no money who didn't sound good anyway had to have an amp like this inflicted on them. It's always been a rule apparently. It's a crime against humanity.
That looked like an extremely fun video to make. Love it Glenn, keep up the great videos!
thanks now my screen as food on it from laughing at no pants.XD
Tony Tran XD I died laughing, my ghost is typing this. It was just too much for me to handle
My friend bought a spider V and said the high gain was "awesome". Then again, he was using a PRS custom 24 with Seymour-Duncans and Paradigm strings...
Why would a person with money and a good taste buy something horrible like that? You must be trolling :(
Dainius Vyšniauskas I know. But this ACTUALLY HAPPENED. His dads band used Line 6, so just because of that he bought one, even after I showed him the $200 tube amp video. Goes to show that lead guitar players are just a bunch of fucking wankers. Then again, I'm a useless cunt, so whatever.
I would rather have a tube amp.
Play 9:10 back at .25 for a little giggle
holy shit I lost it when the not wearing pants thing hit!
A friend of mine who never stuck with guitar let me keep his 50 watt Spider III and it is honestly a really nice solo practice amp. I would never use it in a band setting even for rehearsals, but it beats playing acoustically
Yeah, can't complain if you got it for free, it's better than nothing! A friend of mine used a Spider II to demo some tunes many years ago and on that context, the amp did a decent job, although of course those songs really came to life later when they recorded them with a JCM800 and real drums.
It's nice to see that TJ has progressively gotten better and better!
Also, I'm sure your neighbors have evidence of your craziness now.
Line 6 is officially the Call of Duty of guitar amplifier brands. Also, love the ending. That was just amazing.
You can actually get some good tones out of the spider. Just use the settings: Gain: 7, Bass: 6, Middle: 3, Treble: 9. Then you just need some cave reverb and a riff that's made up from three to five notes and you sound like a trve son of northern darkness.
All that, and volume: 0
Generally with Black Metal I find more mids and less bass works better. Gets you that buzzy grind.
Seriously tho, that amp makes the Boss Meal Zone pedal sound awesome.
Line 6 ceo must be a bassist
Brady Hiles yep
You know they have no idea what they're doing when they think guitarists use metronomes.
BassasaurusRex If you don't practice with a metronome, especially in early learning stages, you are doing wrong.
Chris Rennolds I think the joke went over your head.
luke towner Doesn't there have to be a joke for the joke to go over my head?
Well, if you don't miss the rythm and blame drummer, what's the point of being a guitarist?
Nah man metronome helps
Last time I was this early, Glenn still wore pants.
*looks on Craigslist- gently used line 6 spider V little beat up but works fine
I wish my dad could see some of these. I mentioned wanting to buy a fender rumble 25 cause i dont own a bass amp and he told me to get a line 6 spider. Hes 57 and been playing guitar since he was 8. Ive never questioned his guitar gear advice until that day
One might almost say that Glenn's *BIAS* ed against Line 6 stuff... :P
KhronX I don't think so. I think it is just the disability to dialing a good tone.
John Yang I was going for a little play-on-words there :)
KhronX Yep i think bias sounds pretty bad. u530 blow the shit out of it.
John Yang Umm... Yeah, nevermind then...
KhronX Actually I still think almost anything can ship a good usable metal tone. He just sucks at it. I love the way he being hoest to himself. He is not intentionally bias towards something else. He also has good opinion to recabinet(which is almost the best cabinet sim to me other than torpedo) And u530 he loves those vsts.
I am probably overthinking that but... a katana sword. BOSS katana amp?
I was thinking that too..
Personally I find this Line of amp ( the smaller watt versions) are great. They're small, sound decent for an amp of the same size at the same price range, and are super cheap to begin with. They are great for putting in the trunk of your car and bringing with you to friends houses to jam since it's an amp you don't really care if it gets trashed.They're good for a guy like me who isn't super computer savvy also. Obviously they're no 5150 or Marshall or anything, but they really pack in a ton of cool features and sounds that you won't get from an amp of a similar price tag.
That being said, it isn't for everyone. I use mine for playing in my room, messing around, taking to friends houses, and jamming alone. There's no way you can play any shows with this, and it won't last super long I'm sure ( although mine has lasted about 6 years of heavy use ).
For a professional or recording this amp is garbage and a complete joke, but for teenagers who want to start a band or young adults who are strapped for cash and need a practice amp I would say a line 6 is perfect.
There is my honest review, 3/5 stars.
Finally a guy who isnt on a bandwagon
Golub Dzukela agreed
I’m a guitar noob. 38yrs old and started playing guitar 2 months ago. I listened to everybody and got a Katana 50 for my first amp and a used Schecter Blackjack SLS C-1. Absolutely love the guitar. I don’t hate the amp, don’t love the amp. However, I played through a Spyder V 60 today at GC and had so much fun and truly enjoyed it. I agree that the amp is likely great for noobs such as myself. That doesn’t mean the V 60 is a piece of crap; just means it isn’t for everyone.
came for the review. stayed for the comments
just kidding. I would never buy a line 6 or take anyone seriously who bought one. "buy once, cry once" if your serious about doing something, don't buy cheap
Great Office Space reference at the end!
A good, honest workman's review is very good and helpful. However, destroying the amp in professional attire is priceless.
That ending was so nerdy. I loved it.
this thing is so bad it literally sounds like he is missing notes.
Nolan Carter its good
Maybe he is.
Dude, I never get tired of watching this one!!
My Spider MkI I had in high school only had one truly metal moment... It burst into flames while jamming in my buddies basement, Metal AS FUCK!
BTW, nice Office Space reference...
So... how come Ola Englund makes his Line 6 Spider V sound so good?
ola can make even ur moaning mom sound metal
Thomas Ferraro Lots and lots of pre+post editing.
As an owner of some Line 6 products I have to say they aren't quite as bad as they're made out to be. They get an especially bad rap because the stock patches are ass (they really need to hire someone like Ola to dial in a few patches before release), but if you scrap those and play with the settings for a while they don't sound *terrible*.
alfother Ola now has patches available from what I saw on his review. It seems some people who review gear have a predetermination whether they admit it or not.
Sure and his patches sound 100 times better than any stock metal patches (and even it is pretty basic). But I do think line 6 is losing its position as the "ok for the price" product because they keep putting out shit like this.
Legendary. I bought one of those not long ago looking for that original nasty tone. It is a step backwards, I couldn't even use it for black metal. I have kept the amp for clean but even then, watching your video was satisfying, thank you.
JAJAJAJA That background song and the beginning XD
Your review was spot on. I especially liked the comparison to the Spider II. I remember trying out the Spider II amps in Guitar Center many years ago. My thoughts on them at the time was that they sounded incredibly fake and digital with a lot of 'FIZZ'. The Spider V is much worse when it comes to the fake digital FIZZY sound.
I used a Line 6 Pod Pro for many years after I heard it used on albums by my dying bride and meshuggah, it sounded good on their albums. And I was very happy with the sound we got on our recording at the time.
Did you look past the presets?
I'm sure he didn't. But if you can't get a decent tone with the presets, it defeats the point of being a starter amp anyway. No noob is going to figure out how to dial one of these in very quick.
Big Bad Buzz I found a nice distortion sound (Puppet Master, amp British-900 Cln)
LoonyyyWSMN Nah. That's just your experience talking. I still remember trying to dial in a tone on a jvm when I first started and having trouble with it. You develop an ear. I can't, not find a decent tone on any amp anymore. It's experience. But since these are being marketed as "beginner amps" I agree with only using the presets. This amp is more complicated than your basic tube amp and I think you are waaaay overestimating the abilities of someone that's never touched a guitar before. Aren't the presets supposed to be ideal tones made by the manufacturer to begin with? I can't fathom how you can expect people to look past them when they are supposed to show off the abilities of the amp. Also, I never said it wouldn't make a difference or that Glenn isn't capable of making it sound better. Try reading that comment a little more closely.
Boss Katana>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Line 6 Spider
Line 6 are vfc the amps black metal bands use
it's subjective. I own both the line 6 spider V60 (the 30 is just a joke he shouldn't have reviewed it, it's not fair... 8" speaker? come on.) and a katana 50, which I have played around with quite extensively. the katana has SOME great tones in it, but not many. I'm selling it and keeping the spider, which has a far bigger variety of good tones and a built in looper. katana 50 doesn't even have an effects loop so a looper isn't even possible. got them both used. i'd rather have a spider v120 with a 12" though, for sure. i do like the cab and speaker of the katana, but it's high gain sounds are very limited. i even tried all the "sneaky/hidden amps" (google it) and they all sound the same for the most part, same basic character EQ'd differently, with a couple minor exceptions like the Vox 'model'. the cleans are great, but limited to the one jc-120 type sound it has. edge of breakup/light crunch is good too, but again limited. i like several of the boost/disto pedals, great effects. but the line 6 has all that and more. slightly inferior sound, mainly because of the 10" speaker in my case and the closed back cab instead of open back, but way more usable tones that sound completely different from eachother. the katana is a 4 or 5 trick pony, the spider has an order of magnitude more tonal options, with genuinely different characters.
MegaCrasherMusic i hear you, but i just don't think the katana is that good on its own, with the built in stomp boxes. The clean channel as a pedal platform for outboard pedals might be fine, but not quality tube amp level good, although it is MUCH cheaper. It may not be advertised as a modeller but it is advertised as being very flexible, and apart from the effects, i don't find that it is. I have played with the global eq's, and as you discovered they do help, but to me the entire character of the distortion is lacking, it's not just some highs that need removed. The crunch through the brown channels have the same overall character, and even the stomp distortions don't really give me what I'm looking for. It's not awful. The dynamics and feel and response to guitar volume and picking are great. It does have it's own unique sound, it's just not for me. I like what the spider v offers better. And you have the same global eq tone shaping options if there's a frequency you don't like, but the fundamental character of the gain in the different models actually changes when you switch amp models. Don't like the dual rec? There's some marshalls. Don't like those? There's an SLO. and the custom line 6 models are actually some of my favorite... Some of them are from scratch creations, but some are simply a mix of one amps preamp with another amps power section. Mics and cabs can have a large effect too. When it comes to relatively low volume home playing, for me, I'll trade what may very well be superior dynamics and responsiveness for a better base tone and flexibility. Even if the spider only had 5 amp models like the 5 katana channels, id still choose it (assuming i liked those models). And then there's the looper! But it's all subjective, I'm glad you've optimized your katana. I've enjoyed mine but in the end wanted something it couldn't provide. You should try out the so called sneaky or hidden amps in the katana. Just download the tsl file and BTS tone library can load up another 27 "models", although i think you'll find like i did that they mostly all sound the same just with different gain levels and eqs. But there is a little difference and variety, so you may prefer one to the stock channels. The vox model genuinely sounds significantly different, and there's some good slightly different clean tones (a twin, with and without bright switch for instance) that are worthwhile. Not sure why people say it emulates a tube sound... I mean it can and does with some of the sounds, but the stock clean channel is from all indications essentially a model of a jc120, a solid state amp, although a famous one to be sure. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts if you try out the many other channels/models that can actually be accessed quite easily.
Katana is bad ? Lmao, sounds to me a bunch of upset valve amp users are upset knowing the technology Boss has put into that amp will completely destroy valve amps in the next few years.
Tubes will die at the rate solid states are evolving.
MegaCrasherMusic What do you mean by feel? The only thing is sound/tone and there's almost no difference between tubes and solid state anymore with high end solid states. In the next 10 years expect to see tubes completely fade out and be replaced by the cheaper and more reliable solid state.
Blind tests online will confirm even advanced guitar players can't tell the difference between the amp types anymore.
The snare in that mix you played brought me tears of joy
My guitarist used a line 6 amp for his vocals. I didn't realize that till a few days ago, no wonder why his vocals sounded so shitty ahahahahahahhaha
kinda scary that my 10 year old Zoom G2 holds up pretty well to "cutting edge technology".
jinsu2301 can say the same about my Digitech rp255
i got an old behringer v amp pro which knocks socks off line 6 garbage
jinsu2301 I've been using a Boss GT-6 forever. Blows this thing away.
hey Zoom stuff are actually pretty good man..
It is really good also.
Guess what Glenn?? You actually made the L6 sound pretty good in some of your samples! Congrats on all the success!
I'm the only one here thinking that the bias amp "professional" sucked too??!
andrea petucco it does.
It did, but it was perfectly audible. The spider on the other hand...
I seriously think the lead tone on bias is worse in this vid.
I'm using mercuriall stuff btw. U530 and reaxis. Fucking goooood.
Nice nod to Office Space.
I love your attitude, being a smart-ass myself I can really appreciate your fearlessness!
As for inexpensive modelling amps that don't suck balls, for those curious, (not sponsored lol) I would highly recommend the Peavey Vypyr (personally own the 30 watt version), amazing cleans with crushing gain good for rhythm and screaming leads. Good effects too
Again I'm not sponsored by Peavey
Hey, the destruction was unnessecary. The grille cloth was still tolerable. Or was that terrible as well. If so, then I might just look towards the Randall head over the Spider Jam at my guitar store.
I once was an idiot and bought a Spider 3... until I realised I couldn't get a sound out of it other than that of a strangled cat. Now I have a Micro Terror and I'm never going back.
So... as the review shows, if you're getting off on the sound of a strangled or mutilated cat... buy Line6.
LogiForce86 my friend/guitarist did the exact same thing. I hated that wasp in a bottle sound for years until he got the Orange...his tone was missing the tone
What kind of speakers do you use? I love orange btw.
I could not hit the subscription button fast enough. Great stuff. I'm hooked.
I actually thought I was watching a sweetwater video for a minute, well done!!
love the office space homage
Great job on the ending!
Want a good Line 6 sound? Fear Factory, Divine Heresy and set the amp properly FFS.. Dino Cazares aproves
Am I crazy or did the amp sound fine during the lead in the mix?
You're crazy.
It was pretty good
Always a pleasure to wstch you work my friend...
I heard Ola Englund's presets for it and it sounded pretty decent. I feel like the presets you showed off here are a little misleading because you only showed the bland stuff instead of a full scope.
Not saying these things are great, just saying I feel like this is a slanted review that cherry picked stuff to prove a point. Nothing wrong with that, we all have our preferences. I'm not a big fan of EMG pickups for instance but hey, if you are thats totally cool. I just wish there was more stuff shown off here.
I have a Line 6 Spider Jam and a Line 6 HD100 MKII and they are some of the best sounding amps I've ever used. It makes me question if you really got the best out of this amp or your Line 6 hate has driven your bias.
I'm gunna look for one of these to test it myself.
What was your experience??
Dude! Finally honest reviews. You are my favorite new person on TH-cam.
What's your opinion on the Marshall DL-40 Combo? I've heard some good things about it and just wanted to know your how you feel about it.
Julian West it's pretty damn good man. but, you could try out a used dt25 for cheaper. yes it is a line 6, BUT it's bogner designed, tubed, and comes with a celestion 30. the Marshall is still...well a Marshall lol, but I highly recommend checking out the dt25 too.