Line 6 Flextone

Lots of features, but not that many (as compared to the II, III, Vetta offerings out now). Gives all of the essentials needed. See the other 6.3 million reviews for some details on the features.

One thing though, you gotta get the Floorboard (the original one) with this amp. It really should have been sold together.

I like this amp. I bought it when it was first released in mid 90's, but I've been too busy to write a review until now. I was goofing around at the local music shop, plugged into this, flipped over to Rectified, and that was it. Laid the credit card down on the counter. So, with you reading this...if you come across one of these original Bad Larry's, BUY IT. Period. I personally think this carnation is the best out of all "updates". Why? Because it doesn't inundate you with too many options, ones that might make you mad at the amp from all of your tweaking, or ones that might give you an ass-like sound if you don't know what you are doing. There are no cabinet options, which I love. My 'main' rig is a Marshall JCM900 (read:all tube) half stack. This head has one channel, no verb, just one really badass channel. With that said, I like this amp with my ears. I couldn't even tell you what all of the amp models are. I just roll that dial until I land on a sound I dig, and jam. Trust me, the sounds I land on are awesome, and that's really all that matters.

Replace the stock speaker. This original version loaded an Eminence speaker, which is ok, but really tends to fart out at loud volumes. I replaced it with a Texas Heat, which totally fixed that issue, and gave me a much fuller, bassier sound. At volume, I can now get the 'thump' without the 'fart'.

This is definitely loud enough for rehearsals and gigs. It's loud. Unless I'm playing a biker pig roast or something, I'm always miked. For those out there that haven't gigged, or plan on it, soundmen like to put one mike in front of one speaker. So stereo rigs or even half stacks are actually not all that useful, unless you are on a huge stage like an arena, or your stereo rig consists of 2 separate cabs and you trick the soundman by putting the other cab on the other side of the stage. And if you are actually reading these reviews, you are doing neither, so you're good with this 1x12. It just needs to be loud enough for you to hear yourself on stage, and this is. Steven Wilson uses a 1x12 combo on tour, and I guarantee you that Porcupine Tree is playing bigger venues than you are.

I've been gigging for many, many years, and I've never had a backup with me. If I think my gear may crap out on stage, why would I ever bring it with me to a gig, let alone keep it? I've had no issues at all with this amp (can't say that for my Marshall).

No dealings.

I'm good. I mean, I'm a REALLY good guitarist. I don't know you, why should I care about modesty :-) I play semi-professionally, have gigged for the last 20 years or so, anything from that pig roast, to a giant club stage. I definitely come from the "it's all in the fingers" school. You don't need a ton of gear, or the loudest amp to sound good. If I was a horrible driver, getting the best car is not going to make me a better driver. I still need to learn how to drive. Follow me? Find a good amp that's reliable, work with it, and practice. This original Flextone is a GREAT amp, very underrated and somewhat discredited by the so called "tube snobs". It's got a ton of good tones on tap, so good effects built in, some nice volume, quiet, and it's light on your back. If you come across one, you can probably pick it up pretty cheap. Drop in a new speaker, and you will not be disappointed.

The flextone is a 60 watt digital modelling 1 X 12 combo with 16 amp models and various built in effects

I've only just picked this up used from Ebay but must say that I am on the whole mightily impressed.

The distortion channels (particularly rectified - based on a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier) are excellent and really took me by suprise how rich and harmonically crisp this is.

The clean models are pretty good, you need to turn the drive down to 0 and really play around to get a good clean sound but once you are there, they are good.

I play with a Jap Jackson DK2 with Seymour designs and the sound quality is good.

The map is flexible enough to be an allrounder from clean jazz through to some very heavy shredding.

Only just got it so I couldn't say. So far in the last 2 days, it has worked!

Again the same as above so couldn't say.

I've been playing on and off for around 13 years and am mainly into rock blues and even some metal. Haven't played for quite a long and recently decided to get back into. I picked this up with the Line 6 Floorboard (with built in wah and volume) for a pretty good price and I bought it as I previously had a Line 6 Spider which I thought was a nice sounding combo.

If you are contemplating a Line 6 spider, go for the Flextone. The sound quality even on the original Flextone like this is far superior IMHO to the Spider

I only wish you could use multiple effects at the same time, they have a few combos, but...

Excellent, except can be bass-y, even with bass set at 0 and treble at 10.
Maybe you could fix this by changing the speaker or running it to a different cabinet, but I don't think it's necessary. Maybe just get a pedal and crank the highs or cut the lows on that.

Good solid construction and a little heavy.

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Few keys things I picked up from other reviews and my own use:

Match the guitar to the amp sound you're going for.
In other words, if you're going for Tele twang with this thing, find the settings, but also use a tele. If you want a heavy sound, set it heavy, but use a guitar with humbuckers.

Also, don't try to get a real nice clean fendr sound then go and crank up the distotion setting...you're defeating the purpose of trying to nail a classic sound. I think this amp can match most of those classic sounds if you work with it as mentioned above.

Otherwise, if you're going to try to make up some new sounds, this will definitely get you there.

Dont know the year
Amazing versatility - I play Rock-Blues-Funk- Middle eastern
One Channel as you all know - I have the FB4 but never use it - I guess I have enough effects - PLUS when you save a patch on the FB4 the volume varies so heavily that I would have to spend a lot of time to make sure each channel is even in vol.
I use effects straight in - I am really not sure of the various outs it has in the back - I tried to go out into other amps/PA but I think it just didnt cut it
FEATURES: matter of taste - BUT What is up with the world and the CHORUS - Flanger, trem, rotary bla bla bla and no freakin PHASER??? come on - I find the Flanger to need too much tweaking and the other effects I dont use much; the Compressor needs tweaking or the noise is unbearable - I dont use all the amp sounds either I USE:
Black Face, rectified, Clean amps (turn uop the vol.) for Mando and Jazzy), Tweeds
AS with many amps with alot of choices people feel the need to use everything - I don't I choose what i like and have effects - I use the delay a lot and the effects knob
USE: bought it used at a n amazing price to keep in rehearsal for times I dont want to set up all effects or for gigs where I need a variety of sounds - also want clean to be clean!! (for mando and gtr) I like the Pod so this seemed like best of both worlds - It kicks but is solid State

AS WITH all products even Fender ones- NOBODY I mean NOBODY makes products tailored to Strats (Oh yeah I guess it's not too common a gtr) I have lace sensors but I need to turn treble down and Bass up - Cant anybody MAKE a product with a switch tailored for single or double (I know some do but Strats always sound thin and trebly and a Les Paul practically explodes)
SO I wish a strat sounded fuller without having to tweak everything - BUT MAN if you want 100% clean - it is a great amp - the Fenders and Rectified are just great - I want and love tube amps but this can really sound warm with the right effects.
Recto, Compressor - can get noisy - SS breakup at high volumes
I PLAY Rock, Funk, fusion,Mid Eastern, Mando, Jazzy -
Amp is 50 pounds heavy - gets loud enough for club gigs when miked -
LOOK - for a pinch it can really be diverse - Optimal use I use it with my effects (use a sansamp, TS or wah) it sounds great - just like a Fender Tube - Clean is really clean
Great for reheasring without effects board - or for classic Rock gig -

So far I have had it about a year and love the features and diversity - no problems - I often use it without backup small and larger gigs - Keep it on Blackface and good effects - you have a near Fender Tube experience

never dealt

30 yrs - Rock to fusion to Mando to Pop Blues etc... - Strat Plus, Godin Mando, I use - Dig. Synth Wah (love it), Vol., Cry Baby, sansamp, TS, danelectro delay Sometimes a phaser because Line 6 has never heard of that effect!!!
If I could find one at low cost I would buy another one for backup or home use - I like the Pod and thought a Pod in an amp version would be a great convenience - Liked it so much I use it on gigs (until I replace my Mesa with a Fender Tube amp) some really great sounds
WISHLIST - Phaser, T Wah (hey way more imp then TREM!!!) - The Fender sims are useable but they dont sound like Fender amps - Footswitch should adjust for gain changes - Warmer adjust for Strats!!

Mine is the original Flextone, around 1993 or so. I actually bought the circuit boards from a surplus place, and built my own Flextone. The boards included the second power amp board, so I could make any of the original incarnations, either a mono or stereo version. I built mine into a head, with generous heat sinks for the LM3886 power amp chips.

This amp has 4 preset channels and plenty of tweaking possibilities. I am building a footswitch but I'm not sure if I'll just do the simple 4 channel type, or the more complicated floorboard type.

The amp models vary a lot, and with the RIGHT speakers, this thing is incredible. I have built, designed, repaired and modded guitar and bass amps for 30 years, and I'm very impressed with this amp...even though it lacks the features of the newer Flextones.

The power amp chips are probably the weak point of the amp, but they provide enough volume for any of my needs. 100 watts is more than enough for me.

I will likely add speaker compensated line outs as using the headphone jack isn't the best arrangement.

This amp absolutely needs the RIGHT speakers and the original Eminence speakers used don't do the amp justice. In the last few days I've tried several different speakers and have found that this amp sounds great with Celestion Greenbacks, or Peavey Sheffield 1200 speakers (which are knockoffs of some well broken in Greenbacks in an 80's 4X12 that EVH owned.) A PV Triple XXX cabinet sounded excellent. The XXX speakers are Vintage 30 knockoffs with better high end. Unfortunately, Celestion Vintage 30's were too muted to get good, Fender-type highs, although a combination of V30's and speakers with chimier high end work well.

With the right speakers this amp comes alive and sounds and FEELS great.

I have many guitars such as modded Les Pauls, Tele, and many others. My guitars all have humbuckers as I can't stand single coil hum, but some of the humbuckers are single coil sized and sound quite like single coils. Most of my guitars also have piezo bridges that can be run with the magnetic pickups or run into separate "acoustic" type amplifiers.

They all sound great with the Flextone, and all the subtle differences in the pickups come through loud and clear. The amp models clean up well when the volume on the guitar is turned down. The response of the amp is very close to a good tube amp.

I have many great tube amps, from blackface Fenders (Bassman,Deluxe Reverb, etc), to Marshalls, Hiwatts, Gibsons, Silvertones, and many others. This amp stacks up well against the "real" amps.

But to get the best tones, some time has to be spent tweaking the settings. For instance, the "Black Panel" is modeled after a blackface Deluxe Reverb. I was able to adjust the Flextone to sound 95% of the "real" thing. But the Flextone allows settings the "real thing" can't do. Setting up the Black Panel model using high gain settings gets excellent distortion and breakup that the "real thing" can't get unless you play at very high volumes.

There are enough different flavors of distortion that anyone should be able to tweak out distortion tones that could fit any need. You need to spend some time with this amp to find the best sounds. Too many people just whip through the models and think that the sound that first comes out is all the amp is capable of.

The one model that doesn't hit the mark is the "Rectified" model. I have a Mesa Dual Rectifier, and the Mesa is capable of some in-your-face, super hyped Marshall type tones that the Flextone doesn't capture. But the tones the Flextone is capable of come close enough.

I'm a tech and if this amp breaks, I'll fix it. That's what I do. I really stressed the design out while I was trying different power transformers and had the boards in and out of the cabinet I built dozens of times, and the amp just kept working great. I don't expect to have any problems.

Line 6 is a funny company sometimes. I have been unable to get schematics for any of their products as I can't meet their repair tech standards. In order to become an authorized tech one needs to have had training in working with surface mount devices (SMD's) AND have formal training in working with no-lead solder. I have no problems working with SMD equipment or with using no-lead solders, but because I have no formal training, I was rejected.

But that's not a problem. I'll fix the amp if it needs it. Since I bought the boards from a surplus supplier, there is no warranty. Because Line 6 won't release schematics for their equipment, I'll give them a low rating here. In Wisconsin there are only two authorized service centers and they are hours from my home.

I've been playing since 1967. I own dozens of amps, guitars, basses, speakers, effects, etc. This amp has been a hoot. I'm a do-it-yourselfer and finding the circuit boards for the Flextone was a lucky fluke. I now own a "home made" Line 6 Flextone. I built it into a head that looks like the Vox Super Beatle I used in high school. No one who sees my amp will recognize it's a Line 6.

I've got a lot of "modeling" gear. My favorite is an Ibanez VA-3 Virtual amp. It's an amazing piece that just inspires me every time I play it. The Flextone is next, and last is my Zoom modelers. I only bought the Flextone because the parts were cheap. I had the boards sitting on the shelf for a couple years and just got around to putting the amp together recently. I was stumped about how to make the switches. The function switches sit on the board with the LED's and the controls stick out quite a ways above the board. I had trouble figuring out how to activate the switches, but tried using clear marbles that stick out of the panel a little. They work great. They feel and look great and they glow from the LED's. I took a photocopy of the printing using a page out of the owner's manual and made decals of the amp models, knob names and effects. I painted the panel gold, put on the decals, a few coats of clear, and when in the cabinet I built and with the knobs on, it looks unique and I just love it.

The one thing I hate is that when switching to other presets, there is no indication of where the knob settings are. Behringer and Peavey use LED's around the knobs that light up to show where the settings are. Fender's Cyber Twin uses motorized knobs that move to the settings. Line 6 has had plenty of time to add some sort of indication of knob settings.

Other than that, I love the amp. People who bash Line 6 are clueless, lazy or both. Spend enough time with the amp to learn how it works, and do the tweaking necessary to create the great tones that the amp is capable of producing. We've all got our prejudices. For instance, I'm not a fan of Marshalls. They've always been too expensive and not very versatile, IMO. Not worth the money. Mesa is overpriced. Fender has been behind in amp development for years. Their current "Pro Tube" series is the line that they should have had in the 80's. They should be further along with tube amps that have good, versatile distortion. Their current "Pro Tube" amps are what Boogie was doing years ago. Why did it take Fender so long?

People bash Peavey, yet PV has been putting out great equipment for years. Every tube amp owner needs to carry a backup, and the PV Bandit is probably the best "back up" amp ever made.

Guitars and amps are for entertainment. This stuff is supposed to be fun. Swearing and calling names is so "jr. high school". Grow up and learn how to have fun. Line 6 products are versatile and a lot of fun. Drop your prejudice nonsense and learn how to enjoy life and create music that is fun, fulfilling and entertaining.

Thanks Line 6! I remember the day that a rep showed up at our music store with the first model. They went from store to store and patiently sat with store employees and tried to demonstrate the whole "amp modeling" concept. Too many music store employees just figured it was another solid state amp that tried to sound like tubes. Now, nearly EVERY amp company has come out with some sort of "modeling" amp.

To all those who say that a digital reproduction of a tube amp just doesn't sound right, let me put this in front of you. When you listen to a Stevie Ray Vaughn CD you aren't listening to a tube amp. You are listening to a digital reproduction of his tube amps. It is possible to digitally create "tube tones" and we all listen to digital reproductions of tube amps every time we listen to a CD or the radio.

These amps are great...period. My girlfriend reads reviews on Harmony Central and can't figure out why so many people buy equipment they hate. If it's so bad, why the hell did you buy it in the first place? She's got a point.

Not sure of the year, this is the original Flextone Tubetone 1X12 modeling amp and I believe it was an early manufacture. Serial # 005XXX. Probably the most versatile amp I have ever played. It's capable of anything from clean jazz to hard rock. Has effects loop and headphone jack, lacks direct out and speaker jack (the two things I really wish it had). 60W which seems near tube output, plenty of headroom.

Get the FB4 footswitch, makes life so much easier

Ok..here's where I have some things to say. I read a lot of the other reviews on the XL, Plus etc. and can agree with some of the negatives about the sound of the combos..because the speaker that comes in these early amps SUCKS! Take it out..sell it on ebay for 5 bucks or throw it in the trash..install a Celestion G12H-80 and you have an ENTIRELY new and GREAT sounding amp. If you do this and still can't get a great sound from this amp there is something wrong with you or your guitar. It has to be tweaked but the result is incredible. I play mostly a modified Godin LG with Lindy Fralin P90s, TonePro bridge, Sperzel locking tuners, and bone nut. Perfect match for this amp. Also use a 77 Les Paul Custom which honestly doesn't compare to the Godin and a stock 59 Gibson Melody Maker that rocks.

I play mostly 60s and 70s hard rock with an added edge and this amp suits me perfectly. Very easy to control feedback..ever hear Evil by Cactus?..nails it.

Fully capable of an extremely close Dumble (I know..thats heresy but it's true), also outstanding Vintage Fender, Boogie, Marshall, Vox, 5150 and lots more. One thing..the reverb isn't the best but I mainly use the delay which is very good. I recently saw the latest incarnation of Vanilla Fudge and the lead player was using this same amp configuration...he, and the amp, were outstanding.

I believe, as a lot of others, that this early edition of the amp was by far the best, even with the S*** speaker. Pick one up for for a couple of hundred, replace the speaker and it's probably the best deal you'll ever make. Just take the time to experiment with it.

Although I've known others to have some problems I've never had a single one. Battery replacement is all thats been done.

Never had to contact them

I've been playing since the mid 60s and have owned lots of vintage tube amps from Fender, Marshall etc. This amp CAN give you 95% those tones without the tube hassle, although I would still like to keep a tube amp or 2 around just because I like them. I'd definitely have to buy another if something happened to it.

Wish it had a direct out and a speaker jack and a good spring reverb.

Compared to the Cyber Twin and other modeling amps this blows them away. I tried lots of them and they all sounded fake, this one sounds authentic

Everything you'll need (Master volume, drive, channel volume, bass, mid, treble, reverb, "effects tweak", effects select, and the "amp models" selector).
Channels can be programmed very easy, in the beginning you need a little patience to find the sound your looking for, but the more you work with this amp, the easier (and faster) it gets.
Downside: no XLR-out, no cabinet-sim out, no mike-sim out. A little weak, could be louder. A little weak in the bass department. I'm thinking of replacing the stock speaker with a better one.

I play different guitars on this amp, so I have a lot of different settings. This amp suits my styles very good (Blues, Rock, Hard Rock, 60's, a few Jazz).
Sunnyside: Been thru many amps, but this little beast imitates most cult-amps good enough to play it on stage. Playing together with the band, nobody will hear a difference between this line6 and let's say a Marshall and/or a Fender, etc, etc. Only if you're all alone in your living room, or in the studio, the vintage amps will definitely sound better. But for clubgigs, which I do regularly once or twice a month, this amp is more than sufficient.
It's a quiet amp.
Variety of sounds is very good, the clean channel is very good, the distorted ones too (of course depending on the amps you choose).
Distortion has a wide range.

Never had any problems so far, I gig with it without any specific backup, althought we have an amp in reserve (small Princeton), which we take to every gig.
Footswitch is also very dependable, I use the Floorboard (with volume-pedal and integrated wah-wah). Dito no problems so far.

Never had to deal with the folks at line6.

Playing for 25 years now. Other amps I had or have: Fender Super Reverb, Blackface, 1966. Marshall 100w Plexi Tremolo head with grey tolex box, ca. 1968, sold it. Vox AC 30, 1965, Blue Jensen, sold it. Peavey Deuce, sold it. Fender Twin, mid 70ies, sold it. Boogie MkIV combo, black tolex, sold it. Boogie Sudio 22, was stolen. New Fender Princeton '65.
As I said before: this amp is not a Marshall, nor is it a Fender or a Vox, but it imitates them more than good enough to be taken up to the stage.
If it was stolen, I would buy the newer one (Flextone III+), because this amp is better suitable in the studio, and has some nice functions this old one doesn't sport. But over all: push the button, and you are ready to go, no fooling...

Any modeling amp has most of the features that you need for what you're after. It does what I need without the pain in the ass.

I play with basically a strat with a humbucker in the treble position. I've been playing mostly single channel tube amps for the last 3 or so years. A short time after a bought it(when they first came out), I didn't like the amp too much so I stopped using it.

I've been seriously into modifying amps lately and I've learned alot about what I like soundwise. I really love the sound of a tube amp cranked with a THD hotplate to tame it some. However, I was finding that my tube amps were still too loud for the places I play(to get a good sound, the hotplate really does change things at lower settings). I tried it again when my favorite tube amp shit the bed. Recently, I've changed my thinking on this amp.

Does it sound like the amps they are modeling? Not quite, but they are close enough. I'm more into playing now than agonizing about the sound to the n'th degree. The Line 6 Crunch and Marshall Plexi models do it for me. I've never really been able to get a clean sound that I like to play. For me, classic-type distortion sounds are what I gravitate towards. These models do a decent job at the volume knob thing. I do use a distortion pedal to send it over the top. It works for me.

I haven't had any problems with this amp.

I don't think they care about this model anymore. They've moved on to several changes on it.

I've been playing for about 25 years. I own a Marshall JCM800, a (self) modified Sovtek Mig-50H, a Mesa Boogie Subway Rocket, a Laney GH50L,and a hand-crafted Trainwreck clone (from an old Fender Bandmaster Reverb). I've never had the money to purchase the others that the unit models, although I've played most of them in a store at one time or another. I've learned that tube amps need to be cranked to sound "great".

The big selling point to me is the convenience. I've set up three amps at one time and although it's a lot of fun and super sound, for the places I play (I'm older now) it's hard to justify some times.

There are plenty of choices now for this type of amp so I'd probably find something else that does the same thing. I've played a Fender Cyber Twin at gigs and it sounds OK to me. Like I said earlier, it's about the playing for me now. Sure, I'll still do the tube amp setup when I can. I am still a tube amp snob to some degree but I doubt that anyone I play for understands my concerns. You can be a sucky player with a great tube amp and who cares? Really! Do it again and I'd spend alot more money on lessons than amps. Find a great teacher. Hindsight is truly 20/20.

This amp tons of features. 16 amp models, built in effects...chorus', delay, compressor, tremelo, flangers, rotary speaker, reverb etc. At first I thought they would sound like junk, but they are top notch. You can even tweak all the effects levels and "tempo" i.e of delay, flange etc. Very intuitive design. I use this amp in a cover band, we do lots of shania twain and that sort, but also some classic rock and all the way to maybe an ozzy tune...Its so versatile that you can play all these tunes without littering the stage with pedals and other junk. The feature it lacks is the footswitch...sold seperately, and nearly $400 canadian for the good one...gotta get it though unless youve got a third arm...

I use a fender strat, an epiphone dot and an ibanez RG through this amp. The built in noisegate helps, since the epiphone is semi hollow...still gonna get feedback, but not nearly as much. Like i said before, I can't believe the variety of sounds. The amp models are really great...most of them. Some of them I still havent found much of a use for and they are just a useless option to me so far. Some are strange too like the Flextone Layered...clean and distorted sounds layered. Lately I've noticed a slight crackle sound on the "flextone clean" amp model at low volumes...I cant notice it on louder volumes (probably cuz my heads not right next to the amp) its only very faint anyhow. The clean tones seem to hold their clean sound pretty good at high volumes, and sound very nice too. The distortion sounds are also very good...they cut through the rest of the band just perfect...I was so sick of hitting the distortion (on fender princeton chorus amp) or boss pedal and the sound just disappears

Well I bought it used, and its atleast 5 years old but I havent had any problems with it....Im constantly hauling it around and playing with it cranked and nothing bad has ever happened. I do know someone who had their input jack go...but that was a few months after it was dropped...wierd thing to go wrong, but still...

can't say, got it used, so i have no warranty etc. The website is pretty handy though and theirs lots of info there.

I've played for 6 years..Used to use a fender princeton chorus 60 watts 2x10...can't beleive how useless it is compared to this flextone...ya I'd buy another line 6 if this got stolen but I'd probably hunt around for a flextone II 2x10, its basically the same though.

This is the first generation Flextone with "only" 16 amps models (enough for my purpose! ).I bought it when the flextone II just appeared so I got a reduced price for this amp although it was new. Basic effects. For just about any musical style, you can find very usable sounds. One thing that I find extremely good for me is that you can get a "powerful" sound at the lowest of volume. You can imagine all the circumstances where this would be a good thing.I use it at home for practice and for my home studio ( I mic it). I don't gig but I can't see why this would not be a suitable amp for that. I bought the floor board which was expensive but is really nice and does make a big difference in how you can use this amp. I find the volume pedal particularly good and the wah is good enough for me. The effects section is useful if you are somebody who uses effects sparingly. This is not a Multi-effect with as much control as some people may need or want. I find the compresser very good. For the money, it is very well specified and a great value. And I love the way it looks!

I play a Les Paul and a Lag Louisiane (made in France). I play Blues, jazz (unpretentiously...) and pop and hardly ever use very distorted sounds but will occasionnaly enjoy playing with a bit of overdrive (ex, "rectified" with the drive knob at 10 o'clock). I never get to play very loud so I can't comment on how this amp behave while played at high volume. My two favorite amp models are the black face and the rectified. I must say that I am not concerned whether the amps modeled sound 100% like the originals. I know it is supposed to be the point of this amp (what they're trying to achieve) and the opinions of many reviewers seem to indicate that they did a good job at it but, for me, the point is more whether it sounds good, period. And it does.

The cable that connects the floorboard to the amp has connections that appear easily breakable to me. I wouldn't pull too hard on one of those, The floorboard itself feels solid and the amp seems very well built.

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I've played guitar since I was 12 (I'm 45 now) but mostly fingerstyle acoustic guitar all those years. I record at home as a hobby using electrics as well as bass, mandoline, tenor banjo, digital drum, chromatic harmonica,etc. using both a Br-8 and, for convenience and quick set-up, guitar tracks Pro on my computer. the relevance of this in regards to the flextone is that the ability of the flextone to sound good at very low volume makes it really useful in the context of a home studio. I prefer to mic it when I use it for recording. If the flextone was lost, I would certainly look into the present offerings of Line 6 and get an amp that is similar.