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Why does everybody hate Line 6 Spider amps
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Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:17 amby DainNobody
Is it because they are cheesy sounding modeling amps?..no headroom?..I know I have grown to hate the Roland Cube 40 amp I own..love my Marshall DSL40C tube amp..the tone is so much more genuine sounding..
Re: Why does everybody hate Line 6 Spider amps
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Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:45 amby GuitarMikeB
Not everyone hates them, just valve amp purists. The models up through the III had very 'fizzy' distortion sound. The IV and V models do much better. Others' first modeling amps (Fender, Peavy) sounded pretty awful too. And listen to the distortion from an early Zoom multi-FX pedal - horrible.
Re: Why does everybody hate Line 6 Spider amps
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Sun Apr 14, 2019 2:09 amby Cajundaddy
Spider, Marshall MG, Fender Frontman, are the three amps I cannot work with. I have used them in a backline situation and they physically hurt my ears. I cannot explain it much further than that , but in cheap modeling amps the Roland Cube, Vox VT, Boss Katana sound far far better to my ears.
Spend a little more $$ and get a lot more useable tone.
Re: Why does everybody hate Line 6 Spider amps
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Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:36 amby MikeTalbot
I have a Fender Mustang V for my guitar. It's 200 watts and drives a Marshall 4/12 (although I often push a 2/10 instead).
It's a modeling amp and I love it dearly. Sounds great and importantly for me, I can play it at low volume while getting high volume tone.
Talbot
Re: Why does everybody hate Line 6 Spider amps
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Fri Apr 19, 2019 2:13 pmby schmedidiah
Cajundaddy wrote:Spider, Marshall MG, Fender Frontman, are the three amps I cannot work with. I have used them in a backline situation and they physically hurt my ears. I cannot explain it much further than that , but in cheap modeling amps the Roland Cube, Vox VT, Boss Katana sound far far better to my ears.
Spend a little more $$ and get a lot more useable tone.
I have a Fender FMDSP 2x12 combo and a Marshall dfx head that were about $400 each and I agree the tone pretty much sucks so I use pedals to get the tone I want and try to keep the amp as transparent as possible. more money? yeah, I wish!
