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POSTED: 02/18/2008 01:33pm]]> Comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:33:26 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_2
POSTED: 02/19/2008 02:17am]]> Comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:17:23 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_3 POSTED: 02/19/2008 07:35am]]> Comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:35:14 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_4 POSTED: 02/19/2008 05:55pm]]> Comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:55:22 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_5 POSTED: 02/21/2008 11:11pm]]> Comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:11:25 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_6
Any thoughts on the pros and cons between the Line 6 and Traynor.
POSTED: 03/01/2008 04:49pm]]> Comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:49:33 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_7 POSTED: 03/01/2008 09:34pm]]> Comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:34:17 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_8 POSTED: 03/04/2008 07:04am]]> Comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:04:50 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_9 I Cant believe it! I have to send it back again!
If Its Not Fixed When I get it Back, THEY ARE
FIRED! I WANT THIS AMP TO WORK CUZ I LOVE IT! LINE SIX SAYS IT NEEDS NEW TUBES, ITS BRAND EFFIN NEW! It went south on me last week at a gig! I can't have this!
POSTED: 03/07/2008 11:51pm]]> Comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:51:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_10
theDogger
POSTED: 04/14/2008 11:13am]]> Comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:13:10 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 04/14/2008 11:13am]]> Comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:13:52 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_12 POSTED: 07/14/2008 04:38pm]]> Comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:38:16 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_13 POSTED: 07/22/2008 12:23pm]]> Comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:23:49 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_14 POSTED: 07/30/2008 02:45am]]> Comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:45:19 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_15 FraerJock wrote:

shortbus 82, do you let your tubes warm up for at least a minute?

most likely not but i do that to my peavey sometimes, i like the slowly increasing volume effect xD
POSTED: 07/30/2008 12:50pm]]> Comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:50:49 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_16 POSTED: 08/18/2008 08:07pm]]> Comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:07:34 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_17 Shortbus82 wrote:

TUBES JUST WENT STALE ON MINE!
I Cant believe it! I have to send it back again!
If Its Not Fixed When I get it Back, THEY ARE
FIRED! I WANT THIS AMP TO WORK CUZ I LOVE IT! LINE SIX SAYS IT NEEDS NEW TUBES, ITS BRAND EFFIN NEW! It went south on me last week at a gig! I can't have this!

get a guitar geek to agust them the bias or whet ever its called
POSTED: 08/18/2008 08:12pm]]> Comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:12:02 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_18 HELLSHREDD wrote:

this amp needs a 9

Totally agree! It's an amazing amplifier. So is the 212!
POSTED: 08/19/2008 09:57am]]> Comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:57:32 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_19
It sounds great, much more versitile than imagined an amp could be, one thing though is that if your flicking through presets the volume decreases or increases, which can be a bitch if your up all night fiddling with it with the rest of the famil in bed, you have the master on say 0.5 and then it just screams in your face, and with no emulated output it kinda wakes up the whole family. but thats because channel volume is saved with a preset, so say at the time they had it on 10 for one preset and your got yours saved at about 5 then you'l hear a dramatic increase. so make sure to save all your channels in 10, then there'l be no problem, but even if you scroll from metal to insane it decreases in volume 'coz they were saved say at 5, and now you've got it on 10. so before entering a jam sessions be sure to only use your channels that are all saved at 10, you dont want to be blasting one part n then unheared in the next.

Also the guy i bought it said there was no FBV pedal that came with it, only having this amp for two days you need the FBV pedal, especially if your playing lead. My friends whos got past Line6 experience say that it should of came with one like the other spiders (im a previous TSL user so i know nothing about line6 really, bought this amp off a whim)

As for outputs a headphone socket isnt extreemly necessary because this is an amp that deserves to be played always above 5 on master (no recommended unless you like bursting your ear drums) This amp is also armed with a dual 8 Ohm output, and a single 4 Ohm output, which i was quite impressed with.

Overall due to extreem diverse sounds, ease of use, and outputs/loops, i give this amp a 9, would of been an outright 10 but the fact that the presets were saved with all different channel volumes so you find yourself constantly turning up their presets can be abit tedious.
POSTED: 09/10/2008 08:00am]]> Comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:00:20 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_20
It sounds great, much more versitile than imagined an amp could be, one thing though is that if your flicking through presets the volume decreases or increases, which can be a bitch if your up all night fiddling with it with the rest of the famil in bed, you have the master on say 0.5 and then it just screams in your face, and with no emulated output it kinda wakes up the whole family. but thats because channel volume is saved with a preset, so say at the time they had it on 10 for one preset and your got yours saved at about 5 then you'l hear a dramatic increase. so make sure to save all your channels in 10, then there'l be no problem, but even if you scroll from metal to insane it decreases in volume 'coz they were saved say at 5, and now you've got it on 10. so before entering a jam sessions be sure to only use your channels that are all saved at 10, you dont want to be blasting one part n then unheared in the next.

Also the guy i bought it said there was no FBV pedal that came with it, only having this amp for two days you need the FBV pedal, especially if your playing lead. My friends whos got past Line6 experience say that it should of came with one like the other spiders (im a previous TSL user so i know nothing about line6 really, bought this amp off a whim)

As for outputs a headphone socket isnt extreemly necessary because this is an amp that deserves to be played always above 5 on master (no recommended unless you like bursting your ear drums) This amp is also armed with a dual 8 Ohm output, and a single 4 Ohm output, which i was quite impressed with.

Overall due to extreem diverse sounds, ease of use, and outputs/loops, i give this amp a 9, would of been an outright 10 but the fact that the presets were saved with all different channel volumes so you find yourself constantly turning up their presets can be abit tedious.
POSTED: 09/10/2008 08:01am]]> Comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:01:12 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_21 POSTED: 09/10/2008 08:01am]]> Comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:01:55 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_22 theDogger wrote:

Only thing that I can say is that the reverb is a little lacking.

theDogger

Ah yes forgot about the effects, yeh the reverb sucks really, its either all or nothing, you can barely recognise reverb untill you've past 1'o clock and of course, the second you pass 1 o'clock your great sound is flooded.

what i love is the tap button and the tuner, want a fast delay? double click the tap button as fast as possible and you got it, want a slow delay? click it, wait a second or two whatever click it again, perfection, any sound you want, you got it, with the most genious amp yet created.
POSTED: 09/10/2008 08:09am]]> Comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:09:09 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_23 POSTED: 10/02/2008 07:21am]]> Comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:21:26 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_24 POSTED: 10/17/2008 10:52am]]> Comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:52:51 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_25 POSTED: 11/14/2008 09:06am]]> Comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:06:28 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_26 POSTED: 11/25/2008 09:04am]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:04:40 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_27 POSTED: 11/25/2008 12:03pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:03:55 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_28 A-G-guitarist wrote:

I keep hearing different opinions about this amp, and I've been planning on saving up for it for a while now. Answer me this: I play metal, thrash, completely ultra-distorted stuff but also like to switch back to completely clean tones back every now and then. It's at PMT in Southend for about Ģ500. Is it worth saving up for?

Definitely. Some people here have tested it in stores, where the volume needs to be really low. This is amp really screams! With the volume at 3-4, you have enough volume to practice with a full band, and it|s gig-worthy as well.
POSTED: 11/25/2008 12:23pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:23:26 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_29 POSTED: 11/25/2008 12:28pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:28:27 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_30 BlisteringDDj wrote:

Definitely. Some people here have tested it in stores, where the volume needs to be really low. This is amp really screams! With the volume at 3-4, you have enough volume to practice with a full band, and it|s gig-worthy as well.

Thank you, thank you so much! I worry about who to listen to about stuff like this because the majority of my school are either chavs or guitarists who act like they know everything. Thank you again
POSTED: 11/25/2008 12:30pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:30:14 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_31 A-G-guitarist wrote:

I keep hearing different opinions about this amp, and I've been planning on saving up for it for a while now. Answer me this: I play metal, thrash, completely ultra-distorted stuff but also like to switch back to completely clean tones back every now and then. It's at PMT in Southend for about Ģ500. Is it worth saving up for?

yeah im pretty much the same thing
it has surprisingly good clean sounds if you fool with the EQ a bit(as i said in my review)
POSTED: 11/25/2008 03:33pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:33:39 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_32 Ferrarone wrote:

a really bad amp, tested it out in a store and i couldnīt hear a difference in sound while playing a les paul and then changing to a telecaster. it has no dynamics at all, itīs just a spider with some valves put into it and a fancy bogner badge on the front..

you must have had bad EQ or something cuz really this amp is incredible.
try it again
POSTED: 11/25/2008 03:38pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:38:07 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_33
POSTED: 11/25/2008 06:39pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:39:25 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_34 POSTED: 11/25/2008 07:56pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:56:47 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_35 RocknRollRay wrote:

I played this amp at best buy and I was not satisfied. I couldn't get a good tone no matter what I tried. I ended up buying a marshall mg which sounded much better imo.

Best Buy?
POSTED: 11/25/2008 11:46pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:46:38 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_36 I played this amp at best buy and I was not satisfied. I couldn't get a good tone no matter what I tried. I ended up buying a marshall mg which sounded much better imo.

you must be friking joking me if yo uthink an mg is better.

this thing blows it out of the water. however, get the 212, its WAY better.
POSTED: 11/26/2008 01:17am]]> Comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:17:44 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_37 POSTED: 11/26/2008 01:29am]]> Comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:29:55 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_38 A-G-guitarist wrote:

I keep hearing different opinions about this amp, and I've been planning on saving up for it for a while now. Answer me this: I play metal, thrash, completely ultra-distorted stuff but also like to switch back to completely clean tones back every now and then. It's at PMT in Southend for about Ģ500. Is it worth saving up for?

definately get it, it suits you perfectly. Unlike the spider III, the cleans are great, not fender cleans but they are still really good. Also gives a great distorted sound.
POSTED: 12/11/2008 04:43pm]]> Comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:43:13 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_39 RocknRollRay wrote:

I played this amp at best buy and I was not satisfied. I couldn't get a good tone no matter what I tried. I ended up buying a marshall mg which sounded much better imo.

You are an idiot i got beter out of a spider III 15w then a mg!

line 6 spider>marshall mg
POSTED: 12/31/2008 05:05pm]]> Comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:05:55 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_40 POSTED: 02/04/2009 09:51pm]]> Comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:51:31 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_41 POSTED: 02/07/2009 04:33pm]]> Comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:33:21 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_42
I needed an amp and bought this thinking it would substitute for an effects board at the same time. But it lacks a USB interface to fine tune the effects, or upload premade tones. So I ended up adding a Pod X3 Live to the mix. Now I'm happy.

It's a good amp to just fool around with and practice, but it's not always easy to get the exact tone you want. The flanger/chorus is especially tough to dial in. What if I want just chorus without the flanger/phaser?

With all that said, I still like it a lot and I would buy it again.

POSTED: 10/07/2009 06:36pm]]> Comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:36:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_43 POSTED: 10/19/2009 08:33am]]> Comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:33:07 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_44 POSTED: 12/30/2009 02:18pm]]> Comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:18:40 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_45 Crank_it_to11 wrote:

Man, I'm really confused between the line6 spider jam, the Line6 Sipider Valve MkII 112 40w 1x12, and the orange tiny terror combo... Can someone tell me what's the best (price/quality/verstility[from blues to metal] and if it can gig or not)

Honestly, the Spider Valve MkII will be your best bet.
Correct me if I am mistaken, but I believe the tiny terror is a one channel amplifier that will not give you much versatility. The Spider Valve on the other hand has a large amount of user presets and a crap load of effects. I have the first model of the Spider Valve and I wish I had waited a few more months so I could've gotten the MkII
POSTED: 01/10/2010 09:18pm]]> Comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:18:39 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_46 meant to mimic. It has the worst amp modelling I've
heard - worse than guitar rig. The Marshall JMD-1 is
miles ahead of this. Even the Vox Valvetronix is way
better. I thank God I tried it in the shop before I bought it online
POSTED: 04/22/2010 11:37am]]> Comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:37:23 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_47 transistor, I've seen good guitarists use them for bar
gigs with a nice sound.
POSTED: 04/22/2010 11:39am]]> Comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:39:19 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_48 POSTED: 09/05/2011 11:37pm]]> Comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:37:15 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_49 POSTED: 11/21/2011 10:21pm]]> Comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:21:18 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_50 POSTED: 12/22/2011 06:00pm]]> Comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:00:51 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_51
POSTED: 02/17/2013 03:47pm]]> Comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:47:55 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/line_6/spider_valve_112/index.html#u_52 POSTED: 03/25/2013 07:56pm]]> Comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:56:17 -0400