I mentioned in a couple of threads that once i'd heard these i'd tell y'all what i thought.
 
Well, first impressions, not good.
 
To my ears there is little difference to the spider II, other than the obvious addition of all the presets...
 
Which aren't great. I tend to find with Line6 amps, that at low volumes most of it sounds pretty good, but really can't cut it once you start climbing in volume. These pretty much follow that rule.
 
The lower gain and crunchy settings I quite like, there are some good Brown Sugar, Johnny B Goode etc settings, but as is usually the case, the high gain sounds are A- nothing like what they are meant to be reproducing and B - awfully muddy and the clean sounds, also as usual, are all completely covered in effects and sound very 80's, reverb, chorus, delay and compression galore.
 
Yeah, so all in all, not a fan. I'll play them a bit more over the next few days when i get the chance and see how i grow to them, but at the moment, i'd say if you like Line6 gear, you be as well going with the spider II, cause i don't feel the presets are adding anything significant, unless you absolutely NEED the savable presets. Better yet, if you like Line6 go with the flextone range, which are waaaay better, and have good recreations of real amps, as opposed to the generic in between settings that the spiders use to try to cater to all tastes at once.
 

I remember my brother had loads of issues with his old spider, I think it was from the first series and just kept breaking down.
 
Probably doesn't help to have hi-fi amps in them
 
Have you tried the new Line 6 bass amps? They're supposed to be pretty good

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Nah still no sign of the bass amps as of yet. Apparently their arrival is "imminent" though.

I have a Spider II was the biggest mistake I ever made buying that piece of crap.
 
Cant use it live. It just feedsback the whole time - and the sound is really tinny, no matter what you do with the settings.
 
I bought it because I liked the pretty lights that flashed up when you turned it on :(

 
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Both our guitarists use the Spider II. They seem to get along with them fine - just stay away from the 'insane' channel, because its just overkill.
 
each to their own I guess.

Unless you want some effects, I don't understand anyone who would take the tone of a Spider over a Peavey Bandit, particularly the high gain sounds.
 
Still, each to their own and all that.

The rhythm guitarist uses a Spider II and I'm positively dreading when it comes to using it in a live.  I think I'm going to make him keep the mids down and lay off the gain so as to stop the feedback as best as I can.

Love my amp though :) Orange Valve amps ftw.

ive never really liked them either, A friend of mine has one, and its not that nice. But then again i can hardly talk since i use a Marshall MG250dfx, that sucks balls also!

i almost bought a line 6 spider II... but the nice man in soundcontrol convinced me to buy a Crate GTX 212... smart move

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i almost bought a line 6 spider II... but the nice man in soundcontrol convinced me to buy a Crate GTX 212... smart move

Definatly a smart move!