Spider IV---Great Amp

Long term tube user who wanted to check out some of the newer technology available to us. I wanted inspiring tones at "basement-friendly" volumes, without all the fuss. The Line 6 Spider IV 75 delivered just what I wanted--without bankrupting me. I'm very pleased with this amp, (sounds terrific) and with my Sweetwater purchase. I'll be back.

Superior Modeling

There are many amp manufacturers. All of them strive to create quality amps. It is common to see an amp manufacturer make a quality tube amp, but when you try the affordable modeling versions they never live up. Line 6 has mastered the art of amp modeling. When it comes to buying an amp, tubes are superior, but the Spider 4 Line 6 amps are the only amps on the market today that produce sound quality as they do without a tube in sight. Thank you sweetwater and line 6

Downloads

The Spider IV 75 delivers a great tone at a fantastic price. Dialing in presets, creating your own or just using the FX from stomp is simple. Buy the FBV mk2 short board for Internet connectivity and take full advantage of the updates and available downloads. In summary it's great.

Fun

This amp is tons of fun! I call it my "Barrel Of Monkeys".

Fantastic!

I absolutely love this amp. It's small for the sound and volume you get out of it. I love the tones you have access to, if you get bored of the tones you're working with, you just look through the presets and find one you like. Overall great amp for the money.

Great AMP!!!

This amp is simply amazing. The features on this amp let you pick or create sound you've got driving you nuts in your head. The Spider's features also make practice interesting so I keep on practicing...because there is always another knob to tweak and another sound to discover.
Something I didn't expect was Line 6 support to be so great. I can go up on line read the forums, talk to other owners and we can trade sounds we have created.

all the effects youll ever need at a good price

I am very pleased with my spider iv amp.It has everything,a built in tuner,a looping effect,downloadable effects and backing tracs.The built in effects are great sounding effects and easy to dial in the sound that you want.The price is very affordable.It is a very sturdy well built rugged amp.The 75 watts has more than enough volume to please any musician at such an easy on your pocket price.

thoughts on spider iv

one of the best amps i have purchased in the last 10 years. great tones,preset settings & able to create your own. line 6 spider iv 75 is a winner in my book.

The "User-friendly" modeling amp

With so many effects and amp-models, I was surprised at how well Line 6 made the user interface to this amp. It has remarkable power and I feel the sound is beautiful. I'd recommend it to anyone wanting a modeling amplifier.

Line 6 Spider IV 75

Kicks Ass, I love, LOVE!!! Line 6 products. I have a Spider III 75 watt with an old MKII which I use Live without any problems for 2 years now. Recently picked up the Spider iV form another guitarist who bought one too many amps. I love it!!! The looper is great!!! the intelligent harmonies are great. The overall sounds of this amp are great. The artist presets are really, really good, some I don't care for. The Cliffs of Dover sound is spot-on. Try it with a Strat!!!. But overall a very, very usable amp. Just needs a little tweaking on some sounds. But if you need thirty plus sounds a night as I do, this is the amp, no question!!! I use it with Parker Flys and it sounds great!! I wish you guys had an acoustic amp sound in this unit. Then the amp would receive a perfect score from me. Maybe I can tweak it with the download!! Anyone have any suggestions, I'm willing to listen.

Flexibility

Great tones, easy to use and loud!! Really comes alive when you have the shortboard (not the Express..the FBV!) 2 gripes: 1.) the volume taper is almost non-existant...it's off, or it's LOUD! Seems like this could be fixed with a software update. 2.) You really gotta have the FBV floorboard to work this thing on a stage situation. Otherwise you're standing my your amp half the time.

Great Amp!

This is a great Amp. I keep wanting to call it a great little amp because I was just looking for a good little practice amp. I love all kinds of music (guitar) styles, everything from Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn, to AC/DC, Metellica, Pink Floyd and lots of stuff in between. I would love to have all the different kinds of amps these guys used, but just can't afford it. I had to sell my Marshall a couple of years ago, and needed to get back into playing,practicing, and needed a decent amp. I was convinced I needed a 100watt, 2 x 12 amp. I do love the sound of those things, but they are so loud for practicing. So I started looking in the 15 to 35watt practice amps. Then I found this and started reading about it.This is an awesome amp! The technology that has gone into this amp is amazing. I have always loved the sound of tube amps, still do, but I deify anyone to close their eyes when playing this amp, and tell the difference. You would be hard pressed! This amp gets really great clean tones, and can be driven to break up a little bit just like a tube! The Heavier/Metal sounds...Awesome! All the settings are easily user tweakable. I has a ton of preset songs/sounds and effects that are fun to play with and will inspire creativity. The manual is a little on the thin side for everything it has in it, but you can go online, and get more info. Also I feel like one down side is you have to get one of the foot pedals to be able to "update" or download new settings for this amp. I do plan on getting one of those soon anyway, so it's not that big of a deal. If you want a kick ass practice amp that covers about any style you want to play, this is it!! The 75 watts and the 12" Celestion give this amp a ton of "Ka-Chunck!"......I'm gonna go jam with it now.

Convincing and Entertaining!

As a hardline vintage amp user who only saw tube as a solution, it was a surprise to hear what this amp can sound.
almost everything I need to have on my finger tips really, If it had a user friendly interface and just a bit more straight forward updating for fx and firmwares, it would be a tenner to me.
I also bought the pedal MKII line6 a long which helped a lot.

Good all-purpose amp

Plenty loud! If you're playing big places, you are already mic-ing your amp, but for small clubs, this will suffice.
Almost infinite number of sounds with the Line 6 amp emulation and built-in effects. If you can't get the 'tube sound' you prefer from this amp, you are just not trying.
Make sure you get one of the FBV foot pedals so that the software and preset sounds can be updated.
Gave it a 4 instead of 5 because the software to update is very glitchy (see Line 6 support forums).

Quite Good Guitar Amp

This amp is quite good. I am a tube amp guy, but I have always had at least one solid state amp around. I do need one for quick jams, playing gigs where I really dont want a prized amp in harms way, or just for a spare than can cover a lot of territory. This amp has a lot of presets, most good. If you know what you want to hear and know how to dial in an amp you can get a lot out of this amp. I like tones this side of high gain and have a very usable list of user presets loaded. I do have the shortboard II and recomend it to get the most out of this (or any) line6 amp. You'll always have it when you upgrade amps. I did install a nicely broken in Celestion GT100 and it was a definte improvement.
The master volume is more like a switch than a knob. It comes up quick and tops out about one Oclock.
The distortion effects are limited but you can dial in pretty good amp distortions. The other effects are quite usable. The looping is a very cool thing to have. Theres a lot of tweaking available, you just have to know what you want and to get there. It takes a while to get your head wrapped around it.
There's a lot of high gain tones and presets loaded and they are O.K. at bedroom practice levels but I dont think you would be able to gig with them. On the other hand you can get some amazingly good cleaner tones and at giging volumes.
I'm glad I decided to get this amp. It replaced a Fender Cyber Deluxe that I enjoyed but had seen better days and served me well for years.
I hope to get the same with this.
For $300 it's a very good deal.
Also thanks to Sweetwater and Tim Harrington for all the great service.