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Line 6 Spider Valve MKII 212
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«  Excellent »

Published on 02/22/11 at 04:19
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UTILIZATION

Config ultra simple doc walked in 15 minutes, everything is clair.L set is truly plug and play, I found my sound very quickly, from Marshall / Digitech, no pb. The setup is even easier with the Shortboard pedal which allows the use of special editing software (the pedal connects via USB to the PC).


SOUNDS

I worked very heavy distortion but still clean, and for that I have never found as well. I bought it elsewhere after trying it. I had a Mesa qqes time ago, great sound, but a real wind tunnel, so it needed a more external gate. There on the Insane setting (amber or blue, which is the amp the most satrué), the integrated gate is perfect, we hear nothing, and yet the sound is fine, until feedback, and crazy: even Very low volume! Me playing a lot at the apartment, I now have a perfect sound quality with very low volume (when the neighbors are asleep).
Many have criticized this model Insane, Line 6 clean (I had already on an old Spider transistors), saying that it was rather dirty, but the testers did not go far enough in setting Insane, go max gain at 60%, especially no more, so it saturates. At this level, the integrated equalizer can reveal a wide range of sounds, mine is very typical Vai / Petrucci, and I found it very quickly. Its fine in the end is achieved with the volume knob all.
In his clear, lack of crystalline, it is undeniable, impossible to leave a Fender style, regardless of the amp model selected, but against the great wealth of different models allows to find its own sound.
The integrated multi-effects is nickel, simple and useful. I love the harmonizer, tjrs I play with a slight delay and very little reverb, and the whole is very clean. And I repeat: the gate is super efficient and really does not change the sound, unlike many foot Gate.
I begin to appreciate the looper built (never played with it): handy, you throw a little rhythm pattern, loop it all alone, and you delusions that.
I bought the pedal thereafter Shortbard MKII is also perfect (bought new, but the cable was faulty, I thought at first that he was out of order, and a simple straight cable network Ethernet.à do) . The switching time between banks is super fast, no 'clack' and the integrated whawha is very rich, no need to cry my baby external (info unspoken: the built-in pedal is a volume pedal - which can be inhibited - end with a footswitch to switch to trigger the whawha).

OVERALL OPINION

I play for over 30 years I have had a dozen amps, multi-effects I did not even speak. I use it for 3 weeks, and here I must say that this amp suits me best: sound, ease the side plugandplay integrated whole - no son in every sense - to advise fans overdrive a little chiadés. For jazz and sounds too crystalline to avoid I think, at least I have not yet managed to model a cool sound, but I'm sure to find something approaching QQE that suit me. And above all it provides a very good sound at low volume while having a fishing than I could certainly never use .. The Shortboard pedal seems necessary for the practical side (PC connection) and vital for the flash and enjoy the updates (I've already done).

If you have questions or doubts and I can provide answers, it will be with pleasure.