What I Think of the Line 6 Spider III Fifteen Watt Combo
The Line 6 Spider 3 fifteen is the least dear amp Line 6 makes. It has some of the great tones found in their larger amps but in a much smaller package. It incorporates the same DSP based processing system as found in the model thirty and HD75 but only puts out fifteen watts in to a 8 in. speaker. Thereis also an MP3 / CD input jack which is a1 / eight in. stereo jack as well as a headphone / direct output.
It comes with 4 presets ( channels ) in which each preset has one of their favourite artist’s guitar tones which have been based on : Clean, Crunch, Metal, and loony amp models. You can change each of these with your own preset by taking a ‘snapshot’ of the current amps settings ( apart from the master volume ). The 4 amp models outlines :
The Clean model is superb for jazz, country, or anything where a crisp clean tone is needed. You can get sparkling highs and enough lows for all types of playing. The Crunch model is reliant on a 1968 Marshall one hundred watt Plexi. When this model was made it was regarded as having a variac and the guitar was plugged into both input channels to make the famous brown sound. The Metal amp model is really fun and is based on a Mesa boogie Dual Rectifier. It’s a brilliant example with a punchy and aggressive high gain metal tone. The insane model is ‘dialed in for shredding’ as it where. It’s based on the twin Rectifier through the RED channel. It’s got a extraordinarily high gain tone with lots of midrange and is very intense.
The Line 6 Spider III main guitar controls are Drive, Bass, Middle, Treble, and Channel Volume. Drive determines the amount of distortion is present. The Channel Volume is great in that it enables you to match the volume levels of each preset. You can also make the preset ( s ) louder or softer than the others and then save them. This way when you change tones there are any enormous volume changes. Click Here to Continue reading the rest of this review…
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Cool Review by By Wayne Beckham (Fontana, CA USA)
I actually won this amp in a music contest and, given the very low price, I frankly didn’t expect much. Was I ever wrong!
This is a great little amp. Compared to my 70′s vintage Fender Sidekick Reverb, it’s light as a feather still manages to give a great, clean sound. And the volume isn’t anything I’d use for stage work, but it’s still loud enough to drive my wife to distraction and I’m usually relegated to keeping it a respectable level. Which, by the way, still sounds great. And the special FX are fun that my aforementioned Fender couldn’t have dreamed of.
The four presets and six FX are fun to play with and you can easily get your self wrapped up just playing scales and fiddling with knobs. The four factory presets are interesting and you can use them to program your own favorite settings (the manual says) but I really haven’t played with that particular feature. And the presets, at least for me, aren’t all that different. I can’t tell that much difference between “Crunch” and “Metal” but maybe it’s just my cheesy playing.
Another reviewer has mentioned the “song based” presets, but the 15w doesn’t offer this option. As near as I can tell you have to be into the Line 6 Spider III 120 Guitar Combo Amplifier range before the cabinet is even big enough to hold the necessary panels and buttons and stuff.
Still, that’s not what this product is designed for. It’s a fun amp for practice or play, but not pro.
