Line 6 Spider III 150 Watt Stereo 2 x 12" Combo

Before I start, I want to make it clear that I am not reviewing the 150 watt version of this amplifier. This review is judged solely on the 30 watt version. About a month ago now I purchased one of these fantastic amps off of Amazon. In the month I have had the amplifier, I must say I am very impressed with it. Not only does it produce fantastic sound quality even at maximum volume. It has countless other features and gizmos that you can play about with. Features: --------------- The 30 watt version comes pre loaded with 6 FX (effects) models, of which 2 can be used at the same time. The first 3 of the effects are based with the ...  Read the complete review

Well I own a small 15W spider practice amp and was told that the bigger models are far better in their quality. So I went to my local guitar store to demo this one. The tones in this amp are a fuller and don't seem so bland as they did in the smaller amp I own. I still feel though that Line 6 have not come out with an amp that is capable within itself to truly model other amps. The sound seems cheap and too electronic and the effects are pretty poor. While having an amp with all these effects built in is great in practise the Spider III just doesn't pull this off for me. For the kind of money you can spend on this amp, you would be much ...  Read the complete review

Introduction --------------- The Spider three amplifiers are produced by Los Angeles manufacturer Line6. Line6 are renowned in the guitar industry for their guitar and amplifier modelling. Amplifier modelling is making an amplifier sound like another amplifier by electronically modifying the sound parameters such as tone, body and acoustics of the amplified sound. This is useful as a guitarist can emulate many of their favourite sounds and only need one amplifier to achieve this, making savings in both space required and the obvious financial savings. The spider three amplifiers are the third amplifier in the Spider range and ...  Read the complete review