My new Line 6 Spider Valve 112 is...

[AudioPhile777]

...FRICKEN AWESOME! I brought it home from the GC today and after about 3 minutes of messing with it and about 20 minutes of going through all the presets and looking through the manual... I think I'm in love.

I'll have to record some raw takes with it and post them up for everyone/anyone interested...

Just... beautiful...




Edit: here are the links for the sake of not having to scroll... and my playing has gotten horrible, hence buying this amp so I can practice...

With Drums --- http://tinyurl.com/6mmk6u
Without Drums --- http://tinyurl.com/5prsxl
Screenshot of Session --- http://tinyurl.com/6nxz9z

Absolutely no processing... EMG81>V30>SM57>MBOX2 ... Mic was placed pointing directly where the dust cap and cone meet... This is also recorded in my new place where there is ABSOLUTELY NO room treatment... amp against a wall... and the room has a nice slapback verb to it (I think it'll be awesome for acoustic guitar)...

settings were (clock value) Metal(blue), Gain 12, Bass 1, Mid 1, Treb 3, ChanVol 12, MasterVol 8, Presence 12

Estimated time to set it all up and record everything... 12 minutes...

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Yeah I would actually love some clips of that thing. All I hear about them is how "meh" they are.

 

[Amberience]

Problem is when you try these things in the shop, you can't really crank it like you would in the rehearsal room or at a gig.

I quite like Line 6 gear, but I find that I always have to back off the presence and treble controls at higher volumes. As with any amp though I suppose.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

I really wanna hear some good clips of this thing.

 

[Meisterjäger]

I really wanna hear some good clips of this thing.

I second that, the heads are seriously cheap!

 

[Trevoire520]

not too fussed on the heads but i'm pretty curious about the cabs tbh. pretty cheap (£400) and comes with v30's, maybe worth a look?

 

[AudioPhile777]

I'll record some clips tomorrow after work...

What I'll do is (mainly for my own curiosity) is record a couple different tracks, riffs and then an rough double and quad track(s)... I'll also get one from the recording out... see how that sounds...

if you have any personal requests, tone ideas/setting that you want to hear, i'll check this thread before I start tomorrow and we'll see what happens...

The signal chain is going to be bare... SM57>MBOX2>ProTools.

I plan to do NOTHING to the tracks in terms of "cleanup"/eq...



edit: BTW, the VOX mod on this thing is spot on... I played an AC30 at GC right next to this one... the controls aren't the same, but I got the same sounds out of both... for what its worth.

 

[Meisterjäger]

not too fussed on the heads but i'm pretty curious about the cabs tbh. pretty cheap (£400) and comes with v30's, maybe worth a look?

Definitely worth a look, I heard they're practically Bogner cabs. Some guy was selling a Spider Valve halfstack on eBay and nobody bit at £500!

 

[wyllie]

I freakin swear by my Spider Valve hd-100 its a really killer amp for the price

heres alittle clip of a full mix

https://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01HL0dOOW5WRDljR0E9PQ

 

[AudioPhile777]

Here it is...

With Drums --- http://tinyurl.com/6mmk6u
Without Drums --- http://tinyurl.com/5prsxl
Screenshot of Session --- http://tinyurl.com/6nxz9z

Absolutely no processing... EMG81>V30>SM57>MBOX2 ... Mic was placed pointing directly where the dust cap and cone meet... This is also recorded in my new place where there is ABSOLUTELY NO room treatment... amp against a wall... and the room has a nice slapback verb to it (I think it'll be awesome for acoustic guitar)...

settings were (clock value) Metal(blue), Gain 12, Bass 1, Mid 1, Treb 3, ChanVol 12, MasterVol 8, Presence 12

Estimated time to set it all up and record everything... 12 minutes...

 

[Manicompression]

I freakin swear by my Spider Valve hd-100 its a really killer amp for the price

heres alittle clip of a full mix

https://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01HL0dOOW5WRDljR0E9PQ

that sounds badass dude, sweet song too. I played one and wasnt impressed but now Im thinking its time for a second look.

 

[Darkening]

That is a very nice fuckin tone brother!

 

[colonel kurtz]

it sounds pretty decent - better than i would have guessed without hearing it - but i wouldn't say it's any better than one could get with a podxt/revalver/wagner + impulses

 

[AudioPhile777]

OK... after dicking around with it for the last 3 weeks... I'm still stoked on it...

If anyone goes to try one out... crank the master and lower the channel volume... that drives the tubes much more... thing sound almost godly...

I'll post some more clips in the next couple days...

 

[Sloan]

sond kool

 

[Kazrog]

To be totally honest, and please don't take offense, but I really don't think this tone is good at all. But when I tried out the Spider Valve I couldn't get it to sound much different than this for high gain sounds, so it's not your fault, perhaps I just don't like the amp.

If you're happy with your tone, ultimately that's all that matters.

 

[crillemannen]

Yeah sorry that tone stinks, sorry

 

[More Than Ever]

To be totally honest, and please don't take offense, but I really don't think this tone is good at all.

+1

 

[AudioPhile777]

I'll admit that those first clips are shit...

After messing with the amp a bit, I think I've got something much more awesome... will have to wait until Saturday as the roommates dont like loud guitar...

...i miss living in my studio, sometimes...

 

[TheDude]

The problem with all Line6 gear is that the CPU isn't powerful enough to model distortion accurately. That's why you need to get the tubes going. It sounds just like a miked cab with Line6 sound going through it. The IR is nice, but the distortion isn't....quite there.