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(More customer reviews)Line 6 has released a wide variety of products over the years and of trying various items, this amp has so far become one of their most first-rate music accessories in my book (you can find my book at your local library...haha) with a extensive assortment of features and attractive sound output eminence, it certainly deserves a purchase from any guitar enthusiast who is in need of quality presentation.
The features are beautifully user responsive, with simplicity for any skill set guitarist which, comprised of various sound effect alternatives, as well as common and greater preset amp tones, is designed with the well-known guitar legends in mind. As listed in the product details and manufacturer's description, the presets are clean, crunch, metal and insane and can be altered and saved to your own unique profile settings.
*Clean is actually perfectly set, in my opinion, for the classic smooth sound. The only tweak I made to it was an increase in the bass tone which is just a personal preference in tone.
*Crunch - The slightly distorted, heavy bass setting is a decent alternative to clean and is a useful tool for more of a "Zeppelin" sound. I had to make a few tweaks to all tones settings to get my preferred sound, but overall it's great as is.
*Metal is self explanatory and is quite useful for new-age, 4 chord rock (grunge/alternative) and of course, metal. My favorite use for it is palm muted power chords and lead guitar/solos. My only tweak to this setting was to increase treble (oddly enough) to actually give it more of a "crunchiness" for string mutes and pinch harmonics.
*Insane to me is the same as the metal setting, just with a lot more distortion and I rarely use it, so I unfortunately cannot say much about it.
The other effects are for the more glam guitarist but included a few that I found useful, including Phaser, Chorus and Tape Echo.
*Phaser adds an interesting "sci-fi" sound effect added to notes and is really only very audible when used with a clean effect.
*Chorus production gives you that watery after ring (think "Come as you are" by Nirvana) that can be used lightly or tremendously, depending on your preference, with a simple adjustment of the knob and additionally, is best with clean notes, but is more audible with distortion than the phaser cousin.
*Tape Echo modification has been used on the first song I ever recorded and I was amazed with the adaptability and precision of this effect, leaving variation open to any amp effect of individual partiality. Furthermore, to alter the delay of the echo is exceptionally straightforward and amazingly accurate; with a simple push of the button and repeating the tapping the button again for ½, ¼, eighth, sixteenth note, etc. softened duplicate resonation.
The amp's only blemish I would consider is the MP3 jack used for recording the music in which Line 6 would've been better off utilizing a USB jack. The connection to the amp for this jack seems touchy, but perhaps that is just a flaw with my amp individually. This alone was definitely not enough to give it any less than a five-star rating.
To conclude, this amp is, as stated previously, a must for anyone who enjoys intuitive accessories for their guitar and is fine compliment to any band or musical endeavor.
Cheers to all,
Raoul Duke
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Line 6 Spider III 30-Watt Guitar Combo AmplifierSpider III 30 delivers 4 remarkable amp channel models with Clean, Crunch, Metal, and Insane all dialed in by an amazing team of artists.Six Smart Control FX (two simultaneous) including, Phaser, Chorus/Flanger, Tremolo, Sweep Echo, Tape Echo, and Reverb are all dialed in and ready to go.Features also include a CD/MP3 input jack and a headphone/recording output.Spider III 30 also includes a footswitch jack that's compatible with the FBV2, FBV Express, and FBV Shortboard foot controllers.
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