Line 6 Spider III 120-Watt Guitar Combo Amplifier

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Product Features

• 12 Custom Amp Models from Clean to Insane, 7 Smart Control FX (up to 3 simultaneous) including Tape Echo, Sweep Echo, Standard Delay (all with Tap Tempo) Chorus/Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, and Reverb
• 250 artist-created presets, 150 song-based presets
• Built-in front panel tuner
• 2 - 10 Custom Celestion Speakers
• 120 Watts Stereo (60W x 2)

Product Details

• Item Weight: 53.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 47.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B000JKR7YI
• Item model number: 99-010-2805
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,714 in Musical Instruments (See Bestsellers in Musical Instruments)

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Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Spider™ III delivers detailed amp models based on some of the greatest guitar sounds ever created. To keep these sounds authentic, we kidnapped some of our favorite artists to dial in each amp model. Now you can rule the stage with the Insane model with its truly massive gain or explore your sensitive side in the studio with the Clean model. It’s all up to you.

Features:

• 12 Custom Amp Models from Clean to Insane
• 7 Smart Control FX (up to 3 simultaneous) including Tape Echo, Sweep Echo, Standard Delay (all with Tap Tempo) Chorus/Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, and Reverb
• 250 artist-created presets
• 150 song-based presets
• Plus 36 user programmable presets
• Built-in front panel tuner
• 2 - 10-inch Custom Celestion® Speakers
• 120 Watts Stereo (60W x 2)

Amp Models:

Clean
Red LED - Select this Amp Model and adjust the tone controls to get crisp, amazing clean tones, great warm jazz tones, and all the high-end shimmer you’ll need with a generous amount of bottom end.

Glassy
Green LED - We developed this Amp Model to emulate those late 60’s and early 70’s clean tones. It started off as an Amp Model based on* a 1973 Hiwatt® Custom 100. We extended the tone control range and tightened up the low end.

Twang
Red LED - This Amp Model draws on* our analysis of mid 60’s Fender® amps, including the blackface ’65 Twin Reverb® and blackface ’64 Deluxe Reverb®. We wanted an Amp Model that has that classic glassy high end tone, with some snap and bite.

Twin Twang
Green LED - This Amp Model is based on* a number of vintage tweed amps. We evaluated a ’53 Fender® tweed Deluxe Reverb®, ’58 Fender® tweed Bassman® and a ’60 Gibson® Explorer® to create a swingin’ Rockabilly tone.

Blues
Red LED – Based on* a mix of a ’65 Marshall® JTM-45, a ’58 Fender® Bassman®, a ’63 Fender® Vibroverb and a Supro®, this Amp Model slides between gritty swamp-infected cleans to syrupy smooth, walloping drive tones.

Class A
Green LED - This Amp Model is based on* a fawn Vox® AC-30 amplifier with an updated and expanded tone control circuit. We wanted to capture that early British pop rock tone that the Beatles and the Stones are so well known for.

Crunch
Red LED - This sound was crafted during our studies* of the '68 Marshall® Plexi 50 Watt. This type of Marshall® amp was used by a number of early metal bands. Crunch provides a wider range of tone control settings than the original Marshall® amp had.

On Fire
Green LED - This Amp Model is based on* a ‘68 Marshall® Plexi 100 watt with a few added extras; The combination of a Variac and the jumped input channels creates that infamous brown sound.

Metal
Red LED - This Amp Model is based on* the Mesa/Boogie® Dual Rectifier®. Use this Amp Model to get a tight and punchy, high gain Metal sound.

Spinal Puppet
Green LED - This sound was created to be an aggressive high gain Amp Model with a unique Mid control that will sweep though an entire spectrum of tone on one knob. The Mid knob for this Amp Model changes the character of the distortion. When set to minimum, the distortion exhibits Fuzz pedal characteristics. When the Mid is set to noon, it mimics the creamy modern high gain amp tones. And when the Mid knob is turned up to max, it’s very much reminiscent of that Class A sound.

Insane
Red LED - This model is our "dialed in for shredding" version based on* the Mesa/Boogie® Dual Rectifier® red channel. It combines the intensity and impact of Metal Red, but delivers more midrange and teeth for that bone-crushing, brain piercing insane grind.

80s Solo
Green LED - Our goal with Insane was to provide you with as much input gain distortion as possible short of complete meltdown. You get an obscene helping of distortion, while still retaining tonal definition and character.

Effects:
A great amp isn’t the only part of a great guitar sound. With Smart Control FX, an exclusive Line 6 feature that automatically dials in different effect parameters, you spend more time playing and less time tweaking. Simply find the effect that you want, turn the knob to your desired intensity, and you’re done. You can even use multiple effects at the same if you wanna get really crazy.

Effects Models (Up to 3 effects simultaneous) : Phaser, Chorus/Flanger, Tremolo, Sweep Echo, Tape Echo, and Reverb.

Ins & Outs:
When you’re playing with your band on stage just drag the Spider™ III on stage and crank it up. When it comes time to record, use the headphone/direct out and plug it straight into the mixing board for world-class POD® 2.0 direct tone used in pro studios and stages everywhere! You can also use the same out with headphones for practicing in your bedroom. Want to play along with your favorite songs? Plug into the CD/MP3 input and you’re good to go.

* All product names used in this webpage are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.

Product Description
Spider� III 120 offers perfectly dialed-in sounds with 200 incredible artist presets created by over two dozen of today's hottest bands and guitarists, plus another 200 presets based on the greatest rock guitar songs of all time! No tone is off limits thanks to 12 custom amp models that go everywhere from spanky clean to insane grind. With Line 6's revolutionary Smart Control FX (7 different effect types, 3 simultaneous) including, Phaser, Chorus/Flanger, Tremolo, Sweep Echo, Tape Echo, and Reverb, you'll always have the right tone. Plus, with the award-winning POD� cab modeling Headphone/Direct out, you can take your sound from the practice room to the studio. Features also include a footswitch jack that's compatible with the FBV2�, FBV Express�, and FBV Shortboard� foot controllers, a CD/MP3 input jack, and a built-in tuner.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Line 6 spider III 2x10 120, August 13, 2008

By	EL - See all my reviews

Well......................... I think the amp modeling technology is cool. It comes with 400 preset amp models sounds.

The CLEAN presets: There is really only ONE clean sound that is usable.(The rest of the preset cleans are all covered with goofy effects). But, after minimal tweaking, that one clean sound turned out very nice - it had a nice, rich, bright tone I think. This tone ended up being my favorite thing about this amp.

The DISTORTED presets: There are a many, many to choose from. However, after turning knobs and grumbling for a couple of months, I could never find a dirty tone that I was happy with. Even with tweaking the stored presets ... nothing really sounded that great - at least at performance volumes. Sitting in my living room (at lower volumes), some of the dirty presets sounded pretty good I thought. But, during gigs, trying to keep up with the band mix, the distorted presets sounded harsh and the sound seemed to kind of "break up" and go away. This amp is PLENTY loud. It just didn't seem to have the power to create a good, loud, rich, distorted tone.

This amp also does NOT have a Line Out jack. Strange.

I also bought the FBV express with it and didn't like it. I ended up buying the Shortboard which was MUCH better but $200 more.

In summary: I'd say this is a great amp for learning, playing inside your house, or playing out at lower volumes with the one good clean channel. But, if you're looking for a gig amp, plink down the extra cash and buy a nice tube amp instead. There is no comparison.

5.0 out of 5 stars Putting other modeling amps in town to shame, July 19, 2009

By	Kyle A. Meehan "Kyle A Meehan" (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Alright, so i have heard MANY amps and many pedals, i have head the worst, the best, the unreal. So to speak. Let me tell you that this is not a rivera kr7 in any way, with tubey smooth clean tones and thunderous gain. Of course not :D.

SOUND
Clean channel
I have played a tube amp before and this is just more harsh then any proper tube amp you'll ever play. At the same time is rings like one.
The green LED is just more bassy while the Red LED is just more basic, boring old plain input signal type thing with some controls.

Twang Channel
Haven't played around with this channel that much, but the
red LED is little glassy while being able to be overdriven by cranking the gain knob, the green LED is more glassy while having a clean tube sound and also can be overdriven aswell.

blues channel
I'm not into blues and also i don't know much about blues amps but heres brief description, the green LED is basically an overdriven tube sound with some bassy sound the red LED just seems less glassy to me.

crunch channel
Yes, i have heard a Marshall solid state, yes they are lame. (played by a punk band at that, thats prob why, also they where just kids, cant blame them) and the real deal got some classic crunch(thats for sure), the red LED sounds alot like the real deal! to me at least, its got full body and really tubey "dirt" sound. The green LED again sounds more trebly and its got more overdrive "dirt."

Metal Channel
Alright, im a metal guy. As well, this is the most looked at channel of all by most. The red LED has to be dialed in to your liking before your gonna get any good out of it. I haven't really used it all that much but i think its pretty harsh sounding, depends on your guitar(mine is ibanez rg2ex1). I cant say much about it cause i haven't used it live. The green LED has a mid knob that simulates different tones, theres some quite interesting combinations. Besides that it sound the same as the red LED.

Insane channel
I have never heard a mesa boogie rectifier head in person before so no, i cant say much about one but to me it the red LED sounds almost like the real deal but with a little line 6 spin of their sound on it. Now the green LED is the one i fell in love with, its got so much distortion i cannot describe my feelings about it, and you can almost peavey 6505+ tones with it with proper tweaking, again its got a little line 6 spin* on it.

PORTABILITY
Haven't gigged with it yet but its got a really nice sturdy handle, and i have hauled it around a little such as to my practice place along ways away. Its pretty damned sturdy if your not like gonna throw it down the stairs or anything stupid like that, but who knows i think it would prob still survive and work, just that there might be some aesthetic issues.

LOUDNESS
My favorite part, so bascially if go into a garage and crank it up to 12(NEVER DO THIS PLEASE) your gonna be shaking the foundation of the couldesac. Turn it up to 6 its plenty loud and could do large gigs, but of course and good small amp can sound great through a good pa system.

AESTHETICS
Ok so you've got your basic controls, bass mid treble and drive(gain), and your channel volume, then you've got 2 smartFX effects knobs, spin the knob to your desired effect and intensity. Then your reverb knob and master volume.
Next you've got your channel buttons press A B C or D to gain access to custom presets you have made, then also you have the LCD screen and 4-way button, use this and the LCD screen to go through and organize presets.

SPEAKERS/SOUND
These have a direct impact on sound, the speakers in the cab are pretty well made and sound pretty good, but they lack quality. If where to replace these this amp would probably sound a lot nicer. Depends on your needs, i just don't like the speakers in the cab.

Thats it, I love the sound it produces, on a scale of good or not it sounds average which means its not a rip-off, does what its supposed to, and is not a tube amp. Thats that.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Combo Amp-, May 2, 2009

By	Hilow "LeShive" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I just want to say this is a great amp. $400 is not cheap, but for the money you get lots.
Sound? pretty darn good. Not a tone monster like $2000 twin reverb, but close. Thanks to stereo imaging afforded by 2 speakers the clean channels fairly well shimmer(try wiring them out of phase, cool). Where this amp really smokes is the massive amounts of gain. Some pre-programmed effects deliver massive gain. Not enough, your drive on max already? If you want even 2x that amount pres the "tap" button, back off on your drive setting past 12 o'clock. While still holding the tap button crank the dial back to max. Dogs in the neighborhood will respond.
I compared this amp to a Marsh-MG100DFX. I bought the MG but returned it. This one was $40 more. I would say for the money this amp is the one you want. If you want a twin reverb keep saving.