Spider V 30 MKII

BACKGROUND (REVIEW BELOW): As people are often more interested in the views of people who share similar interest & taste,, I'll start by saying that I've been playing for 30 years, I own a variety of guitars and amps. What I play most often is my American Fender Deluxe Strat through a Fender 4X10 Blues De'Ville tube amp, usually coupled with an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer.. As many will know, with that setup, you can get as close as you need to,, to the tone of Jimi, Stevie, and many others. So why buy a new amp? The problem (again, as many will know) with the amp mentioned above is "weight" and "volume." It is simply too heavy and too loud for daily jamming in the extra bedroom, or in the den, when I want to play along (fills and solos) with my stereo.. I bought the Fender amp because I was a tone junkie. I love overdriven 6L6's. But it's simply too much amp for my needs.. Normal house living doesn't allow for overdriving 6L6's. Yet I can't part with it. Once every six months, I'll dust it off and get my fix.. Then it's back to jamming through my practice amp under 90dB. REVIEW STARTS HERE: I chose the Spider V 30 based on several YouTube reviews. I wanted small, versatile, and inexpensive. I got ALL THREE with this amp, and am very happy with my purchase. At first, knowing the older Spider V 30's came w/ 12" speaker (because I bought one for my son 10 years ago (and he still loves it BTW)), I was hesitant. The new version has an 8" speaker and tweeter horn arrangement. But I think I understand why LINE 6 chose to go with smaller speakers on the new model. The new V 30 is compact, PERIOD. They are getting 95% of the sound with half (?) the weight.. I confess to not know the actual values, but side by side with my son's,, his amp is much heavier, but sounds very similar. It was worth it (smaller speaker for weight savings).. It's amazingly compact. The older version has a dedicated knob for every tonal quality and effect level, which is why it had to be bigger The new version has half the knobs, shrinking the panel size requirement by nearly half. The new version has a button to toggle between tone and effects, which are LED backlit. It's awesome. Every feature is one button press away, intuitive, and easy to see, even in low light conditions.. This, being a modelling amp, means that some very smart signal processing engineers over at LINE 6 matched the waveforms of the sounds of various popular amps and songs. So if you like the sound of the guitar on AC/DC Back in Black, you can go to that preset and be in the ballpark for amp and effect sounds. It will not be perfect, but surprisingly good. And once that preset is selected, you can EASILY adjust the tone or effect levels to tweak it. And you can EASILY save your adjustment. I say easily because I figured it out without even once touching the manual !! A big plus if you ask me. The only area that I think can be improved upon (and here, I may be wrong because I refuse to read the manual) is that the presets are not random access. If you know that a preset you liked was around number 60 (there's 128 presets to play with), and if you are currently on preset 4, you have to scroll through 56 presets to get to no. 60. I wish I could make jumps of 10. But again, there may be a way to save the ones you like to easy access location.. Or rearrange them per'se. I'm just too lazy to research it. Errol NOLA

This is a great amp. It's perfect, for me at least, as a room practice amp and would do fine for small, intimate performances. It's easy to use, sounds great, and has LOTS of sound doohickees to play with. I also got the FBV MKII pedal board, and it also had midi/music editing downloadable CUBASE 14 with it, free. Being a new guitar player, I am enjoying all the different amp setting and sounds.

Really good product; sounds great and is versatile. Lots of different tones and effects. The best part of this amp is its ability to connect to a computer, allowing you to use it as a DAC. If you're on a budget, you can use this for a variety of purposes. It's a good size and easy to move around, although mine stays under my desk mostly. IMPORTANT: THERE IS A POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH START UP ON THIS AMP, if your amp keeps restarting and doesn't make it past the start up prompt, just leave it plugged in the wall and let it keep restarting it is not a common issue but it can occur with age and after it stays on for a while it will finally make it past the restart issue. It is a recurring issue, so it will likely occur frequently after it happens once.

I just got back into playing guitar after a 5 year break. One of my old friends found out I quit playing and gifted me a guitar. It felt so good to actually have one on my hands again, but I still needed an amp for it. I had a Spider 4 back when I used to play, which was an awesome amp. So naturally I was interested in the new Spider 5's. I didn't have enough cash to buy the 30 Watt combo I wanted, but to my surprise and glee my Mom decided to get one for me as an early Christmas gift. Now I'll talk about the amp. It's actually surprisingly loud for a 30 Watt amp. There is also a free download from Spider that helps you find just about any time. In my opinion this series is better than the Spider ,4 in terms of tone and quality of simulated cabinets and effects. Literally any tone I've wanted to achieve, I've been able to get pretty close. It's lighter than the Spider 4 series, but it improves on tone and is just as loud. For a beginner to advanced player this practice amp gives you all you need. My one concern is the ease of use. Since I had a Spider 4 first it was pretty intuitive to me, but a new user may experience a slight learning curve. Overall this is a high quality practice amp that has a lot of bang for your buck.

I got amp for the recording and PC control features it has. The amp is amazing like other Line 6 amps but being able to use the software to adjust your set-up is really cool. The downloadable free Cubase software and downloadable Asio driver for the spider amp alow it to become a recording hub. Recording your guitar directly to your PC, adding instruments, loops ,midi etc. in the program is why I bought it. Finding the driver and getting the Cubase is your typical rig-a-ma-roll to go through but It's worth it to save a lot of money on recording software. It' free. 30 watts is nice for home and jamming but you may want to go to a 60 watt with a rock drummer.

Got this for my Boyfriends birthday and he said this amp is actually so good and worth the cost

This bad boy is bad to the bone, tone for days, very responsive.

Cant tell you what i liked or disliked. Amp screen was frozen on line6 and would not go past that point. From reading the posts on the community forum its a common problem with no clear fix. Im just returning and buying a boss amp insted.

This amp is the total package for a robust experience with your axe. The versatility of the tonal options is staggering. You can use existing sounds, modify existing sounds, or create your own allowing you to play and pull from all facets of rock and metal giving the artist the ability to hone in on the sound they desire. The app and the customization options in this amp are excellent. The connectivity is great with the aux and USB ports. Good physical size and weight and the sound is top tier. This amp rocks.

Buen ampli por su precio, para practicar es perfecto, aunque es de los "pequeños" de la familia de spiderv, llega a tener un gran volumen, muy buen ampli con efectos

Been a year. Still loving it

Absolutely delightful amp. Love it.

Me gustó la diversidad de combos que trae y la variedad de efectos digitales que se le puede combinar. Las posibilidades son infinitas. Se pueden guardar los sonidos. Lo único que le falta es un conector directo a mezcladora. He visto algunos con este conector en otra marca y modelo. En otras palabras, para tocar con alguna banda, se necesitaría micrófono. Fuera de ello, creo que es un dispositivo moderno de acuerdo a la tecnología que opera hoy en día.