Cayman
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Spider Valve is an Excellent AMP
I have to differ with most of what is posted in this thread. I own the Spider Valve 212 and have at one time owned 10-15 other amps including Mesa, Fender, Peavey, Traynor, Line6 & Marshall. I still own 2 Marshalls, one is a 30Yr Limited Edition Anniversary. I have also played over 30 years and recently purchased the JP6 to go along with several other very nice guitars that I have decided to keep.
I had a little solid state line6 30 watt that i liked for a practice amp that i thought sounded pretty good at low volumes. The spider valve is not in the same class as the solid state line 6 amps that most people think of when they hear line 6.
The only thing I can tell you is this is the best all around amp I have owned. I can get it to do a lot of different sounds very easily and the distortion sounds are excellent. It does have a combination of digital effects in conjunction with a full tube amp. This amp is also very loud and unlike its solid state relatives sounds even better as you crank it up.
It has about 300 presets done by a variety of different artists, many of which are almost identical or designed to show off some strange effect they found. If you just go flip through a bunch of them then I can see how you could reach the conclusion that this amp is just another bunch of digital effects.
If you really want to see what it will do ignore the presets and use just the amp models without all the effects like you would any other tube amp. I believe if you go listen to this amp without prejudging it you will find that it in fact is a very good value for your money !
I have to differ with most of what is posted in this thread. I own the Spider Valve 212 and have at one time owned 10-15 other amps including Mesa, Fender, Peavey, Traynor, Line6 & Marshall. I still own 2 Marshalls, one is a 30Yr Limited Edition Anniversary. I have also played over 30 years and recently purchased the JP6 to go along with several other very nice guitars that I have decided to keep.
I had a little solid state line6 30 watt that i liked for a practice amp that i thought sounded pretty good at low volumes. The spider valve is not in the same class as the solid state line 6 amps that most people think of when they hear line 6.
The only thing I can tell you is this is the best all around amp I have owned. I can get it to do a lot of different sounds very easily and the distortion sounds are excellent. It does have a combination of digital effects in conjunction with a full tube amp. This amp is also very loud and unlike its solid state relatives sounds even better as you crank it up.
It has about 300 presets done by a variety of different artists, many of which are almost identical or designed to show off some strange effect they found. If you just go flip through a bunch of them then I can see how you could reach the conclusion that this amp is just another bunch of digital effects.
If you really want to see what it will do ignore the presets and use just the amp models without all the effects like you would any other tube amp. I believe if you go listen to this amp without prejudging it you will find that it in fact is a very good value for your money !
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