you just dont record with a modeling device only using presets.you just need to spend time,learn how it works and tweak. otherwise any modeling device will pretty much sound shitty right out of the box.
True.After 1 month i had my own sets like 'tiny terror' rectiefier' etc.Take it to my local musicstore and listen to amps till i match them.Works great.
I like mine a lot. For bedroom- playing it is nearly unmatched in your freedom to create sounds.For 300 Euros ...If you want not to stuck with one sound and dont have the money...It simulates all.Using a ibanez rg with emg 81 and sa pickups i enjoy it very much. Best 'at home amp' i ever had the last 8 years.
How did you record this? Does the Line 6 app include recording capabilities or was this plugged in to a DAW? Also, was this one of the drum loops included with the amp?
The guitar is a Schecter Blackjack SLS with drop C tuning. As for the amp, these Spider Vs suck hard. I couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Now I practice with a Peavey 6505 MH with a cheap effects pedal in the loop and it sounds 10x better than Line 6 stuff.
I've read the same everywhere, Now I'm aiming to Boss Katana 50w and Peavey Vypyr 60, I might test them in a couple of days and see who's the winner. Thanks for your reply!
Miguel Casas I have the Spider V 120 and the Vypyr 60. Vypyr is great but the Spider is way better. As what was already mentioned, you need to tweak the settings. You'll be amazed at what you come up with. 😀
Bro you had the 30w spider with a damn 8" speaker, of course it sucked. That's not a fair way to evaluate the spider. As others have said you gotta spend some time with it and learn how to tweak it. The Spider V60 with the 10" is the minimum anyone should even spend time trying out, I have one and it's quite good actually, but the V 120 with the 12" is gonna be significantly better than that. The Spider V 120 (or V240, or the head/cab) is the amp that should be used when comparing it to other larger amps with 1 or more 12" speakers, including the Katana 50 and up (also incredible amps). The 6505 is a great amp for what you play, no doubt... is it better than the spider? Duh, and it has a price to match, especially when you add a cab and all your effects pedals to it. It'll also need maintenance (tube replacements). The Spider V 120/240 or head/cab versions however are FAR more flexible, and can easily sound 90-95% as good and you can get like 20-30 unique high gain sounds... rectifiers, marshall, soldano, etc. etc. and the line 6 originals (which are usually just taking the preamp section from one famous amp and mixing it with the power section of another, for example) are actually incredible models too, some of my favorites for high gain in fact. Point is you're comparing apples and oranges now. The spider V is a way better value, you get tons of effects built in, tons of amp and cab models (another hint: don't always stick with the default cab selection), and so much more - a looper, headphone out, wireless input, direct cab sim recording, etc. etc. The peavey 6505 sounds great when it's insanely loud... it CANNOT sound great at bedroom levels, if it's even capable of bedroom levels AT ALL, unless you get a high quality power attenuator. These are primarily practice amps, the 6505 is a gigging or studio recording amp. I've tried and owned several modelling amps and the new Spider V series is really quite good, way better than the previous spiders. Your settings were also complete rubbish and made you look like a total noob. Bass at 100%, drive at 100% plus the tube screamer, etc. Like dude.... come on. There may be times when you really do want to crank something to 10 (or 100%), but if that's your default reaction, you just don't know how to use gear, which wouldn't be surprising because that's typical of your average metal player. No nuance, no subtlety, no ear for tone. There are some smart heavy players out there that could teach you the real way to tweak your settings, because I'm not sure you have clue. Your recording really didn't sound that bad, but that 30w amp with the 8" speaker probably did sound like crap, and is why you felt you had to crank the bass to 100. Also nice playing, even though it's not my style.
Hell no. I used Spider IV for 5 years as you getting better you realize thats not that good. The signal what come out from the output is great but if you want to use it with speaker thats a pos actually. These 8" speakers not producing big punchy metal sound. And the Clean channel without slightl effects or pedal so poor.
Like I mentioned in the written review, I don't like any of the presets, especially the metal ones. Most of the gear sounds like crap, and the V30's wimpy 8-inch speaker doesn't help. You can create some acceptable tones from scratch but it takes a lot of work going through like 78 amps, 24 cabinets, and 100 effects. There are definitely much better sounding amp sims and effects out there. I don't know why Line 6 is still using sims from the Pod X3 that was discontinued like 5 years ago.
Because everything pretty much has the same name and none of it is their newer HD gear. line6.com/support/page/kb/_/amplifiers/spider-v/spider-v-series-model-list-r839 line6.com/support/page/kb/_/pod/pod-x3/pod-x3-series-models-list-r416
I had this amp over a year and a lot holds it back from being any good. First, you are limited on what you can do unless you have an iPod. Android devices plugged into this thing keeps shutting down the software. Second, the speaker sounds tinny. Like it's coming out if a old ham radio. Lasly, the distortions all sound the same with some major fizz. It's jumping hoops to get this thing to it's full potential. I went fender Mustang 1. Cheaper and the speaker sounds a hell of a lot better.
I went from a Fender Mustang v.2 to this and I like this one way better. Although I don't use an Ipad, I use a PC and run the Spider software. With the software you can reach out and try community donated presets.
you just dont record with a modeling device only using presets.you just need to spend time,learn how it works and tweak.
otherwise any modeling device will pretty much sound shitty right out of the box.
True.After 1 month i had my own sets like 'tiny terror' rectiefier' etc.Take it to my local musicstore and listen to amps till i match them.Works great.
I like mine a lot. For bedroom- playing it is nearly unmatched in your freedom to create sounds.For 300 Euros ...If you want not to stuck with one sound and dont have the money...It simulates all.Using a ibanez rg with emg 81 and sa pickups i enjoy it very much. Best 'at home amp' i ever had the last 8 years.
This amp sounds even better now with the new Classic Mode firmware update or buying a newer MKII!
How did you record this? Does the Line 6 app include recording capabilities or was this plugged in to a DAW?
Also, was this one of the drum loops included with the amp?
DAW + EZdrummer 2. The built-in drum loops suck.
man you gotta do tutorial how you set it up - sounds great!!!
hey dude, what is the exact cable i need ? i have a mac desktop
What guitar are you using? Sounds awesome, and it's cheap too. What's your overall impression? Thanks!
PS: Awesome video
The guitar is a Schecter Blackjack SLS with drop C tuning. As for the amp, these Spider Vs suck hard. I couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Now I practice with a Peavey 6505 MH with a cheap effects pedal in the loop and it sounds 10x better than Line 6 stuff.
I've read the same everywhere, Now I'm aiming to Boss Katana 50w and Peavey Vypyr 60, I might test them in a couple of days and see who's the winner. Thanks for your reply!
Miguel Casas I have the Spider V 120 and the Vypyr 60. Vypyr is great but the Spider is way better. As what was already mentioned, you need to tweak the settings. You'll be amazed at what you come up with. 😀
Bro you had the 30w spider with a damn 8" speaker, of course it sucked. That's not a fair way to evaluate the spider. As others have said you gotta spend some time with it and learn how to tweak it. The Spider V60 with the 10" is the minimum anyone should even spend time trying out, I have one and it's quite good actually, but the V 120 with the 12" is gonna be significantly better than that. The Spider V 120 (or V240, or the head/cab) is the amp that should be used when comparing it to other larger amps with 1 or more 12" speakers, including the Katana 50 and up (also incredible amps). The 6505 is a great amp for what you play, no doubt... is it better than the spider? Duh, and it has a price to match, especially when you add a cab and all your effects pedals to it. It'll also need maintenance (tube replacements). The Spider V 120/240 or head/cab versions however are FAR more flexible, and can easily sound 90-95% as good and you can get like 20-30 unique high gain sounds... rectifiers, marshall, soldano, etc. etc. and the line 6 originals (which are usually just taking the preamp section from one famous amp and mixing it with the power section of another, for example) are actually incredible models too, some of my favorites for high gain in fact.
Point is you're comparing apples and oranges now. The spider V is a way better value, you get tons of effects built in, tons of amp and cab models (another hint: don't always stick with the default cab selection), and so much more - a looper, headphone out, wireless input, direct cab sim recording, etc. etc. The peavey 6505 sounds great when it's insanely loud... it CANNOT sound great at bedroom levels, if it's even capable of bedroom levels AT ALL, unless you get a high quality power attenuator.
These are primarily practice amps, the 6505 is a gigging or studio recording amp. I've tried and owned several modelling amps and the new Spider V series is really quite good, way better than the previous spiders.
Your settings were also complete rubbish and made you look like a total noob. Bass at 100%, drive at 100% plus the tube screamer, etc. Like dude.... come on. There may be times when you really do want to crank something to 10 (or 100%), but if that's your default reaction, you just don't know how to use gear, which wouldn't be surprising because that's typical of your average metal player. No nuance, no subtlety, no ear for tone. There are some smart heavy players out there that could teach you the real way to tweak your settings, because I'm not sure you have clue.
Your recording really didn't sound that bad, but that 30w amp with the 8" speaker probably did sound like crap, and is why you felt you had to crank the bass to 100. Also nice playing, even though it's not my style.
Sounds pretty good to me. Which app are you using with it?
The Line 6 Spider remote app.
i can't connect my phone(on android) with ODE cable to Line 6 Spider V. App don't see my spider v30
Line6 Spider IV and V Simply Brilliant Amps
Hell no. I used Spider IV for 5 years as you getting better you realize thats not that good. The signal what come out from the output is great but if you want to use it with speaker thats a pos actually. These 8" speakers not producing big punchy metal sound. And the Clean channel without slightl effects or pedal so poor.
What app is this? i have a v30
Name of the song????????
marshall code or spider v?! which one is better?
R- Bomb spider code sucks
how do u like the amp dude? does it have that same digital sound in every presets?
Like I mentioned in the written review, I don't like any of the presets, especially the metal ones. Most of the gear sounds like crap, and the V30's wimpy 8-inch speaker doesn't help. You can create some acceptable tones from scratch but it takes a lot of work going through like 78 amps, 24 cabinets, and 100 effects. There are definitely much better sounding amp sims and effects out there. I don't know why Line 6 is still using sims from the Pod X3 that was discontinued like 5 years ago.
Masters-of-Music
ok thx. but how do you know they are using the same sims from pod x3?
Because everything pretty much has the same name and none of it is their newer HD gear.
line6.com/support/page/kb/_/amplifiers/spider-v/spider-v-series-model-list-r839
line6.com/support/page/kb/_/pod/pod-x3/pod-x3-series-models-list-r416
The X3 wasn't too bad of a unit per se though. Ola got a great metal tone out of it, but I guess not everyone is as good as Ola Englund ;).
Is the cabinet ported?
Yeah, you can kind of see it on the lower right, with a tweeter above it.
I had this amp over a year and a lot holds it back from being any good. First, you are limited on what you can do unless you have an iPod. Android devices plugged into this thing keeps shutting down the software. Second, the speaker sounds tinny. Like it's coming out if a old ham radio. Lasly, the distortions all sound the same with some major fizz. It's jumping hoops to get this thing to it's full potential. I went fender Mustang 1. Cheaper and the speaker sounds a hell of a lot better.
I went from a Fender Mustang v.2 to this and I like this one way better. Although I don't use an Ipad, I use a PC and run the Spider software. With the software you can reach out and try community donated presets.
tutorial?
Shut up and take my money!!!
killer
ich habe es bestellt und ich hab kein Geduld an zu spielen 😂