Line 6 Spider 112 Combo

I think this particular amp was constructed in '01. I don't really like "catergories" of music...But, I guess, I play Rock and Metal mostly. The Spider is pretty flexible, with it's six amp models and six "Smart Knob" effects. It could use a jack for external speaker cabinets. The 50 solid state watts are OK...But, there not near as loud as 50 tube watts. As far as features go, it's nice.

When I bought this amp, I had an Epiphone Wildkat semi-hollow body. I didn't like this guitar with the Spider. The effects were sort of dead, and the distortion was bland and out of control. Now I have an ESP MH-300, with EMG-HZ passive pups and a 24 fret set neck...This is a much better combination. Now, I am able to utilize the amps effects, and get some chunky distortion that has a little more character. Even still, I feel that it leaves a bit to be desired. I think the missing link, is tubes. The only amp model that I love, is the "Blues" setting. It is the most versatile with my set up. With the Drive at about 12 o'clock, you can get a haunting blues sound (this is also a good setting to mix in some effects, like "Tape Echo"). With the Drive at full throttle, you can chug some burning power chord progressions. "Recto" is pretty good too, with some time spent playing around with it. The rest of the amp setting, really haven't impressed me that much...I did one major modification to it. I put a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker in it. This was a great move. The main areas that it seems to help in are bass response, tone and volume. This amp seems 50% louder with the Vintage 30...

This amp has never failed me...It seems very stable, inside and out...It is a couple of years old, and I gig with it all the time. I even mic it up at gigs, without a backup...

Never dealt with them...

Overall...I would say, if Line 6 could provide this versatility and convience, with real tube overdrive...It couldn't be beat. But, the amp, as it stands, has good flexability, descent tone, and great reliability...Ideal for a young or beginning guitar player. Not so ideal for an ole' tone dog...

I would just like to say;, for #199, brand spanking new I can honestly say, there is not a better amp on the fucking market!!! I've read some of the reviews and am honestly; surprised by them. Features??? Well, you tell me
, what has multiple channels (4), which you can store in its in built memory, with effects, such as delay, chorus, reverb etc (all built-in) and yes for #199. Its simply awesome, for the price. The only reason, i'm greedy and want a compression in built as well.

I'm using a 97 Gibson Les Paul,which gives it such a thick sound. Its great for my style of music. I love Tool and it sounds great, when I'm attempting to mimic their sound. Its fucking beautiful clean. Really warm, which doesn't distort, when the volume gets higher. Worth buying it for this alone. The Recto and Insane, however are where its at. If you love Metallica, Tool, Pumpkins etc this is the amp for you. However if i'm being honest, trying to get a British Guitar sound, like Led Zepplin is pretty hard. Bottom line, buy this mother fucking amp for the insane and recto channels, they fucking ROCK!!!!

Too be honest, I can't really comment, as I've notr had it for too long. But with anything, if you look after it, its pretty reliable, if you treat it like shit, it'll tell you too shove it and not play.

Again, couldn't say as I've not had a problem. But if I have any issue with it, I'll contact my dealer and get them to sort it out, they're pretty good bucnh of lads.

Like I said, bottom line get this bought!!! I've had a marshall, which I miss as this doesn't give me, that sort of tone, however this has more depth than any Canyon, I can think of. I haven't been gigging with it, so I'm interested in, how it deals with that. But at the moment, my next amp will be another one of these.

This amp has a lot of really cool features that you'd probably have to pay upwards of $60 to get in some pedal or another. i.e. good delay, chorus, reverb, etc. I use it mostly at home because I don't play out much, although I do use it as a bass amp... I play bass in a group and I'm too poor to buy a bass amp so I use this. Since it's not a tube amp it hasn't had any real problems with the bass, and it makes my it sound very smooth and warm. This is a very nice new bass, but last year I played with a different (horrible, crappy) bass, and it made that one sound good too.

I am primarily a blues player and I have to express my substantial disappointment in that I can't find ANY decent grungy distorted tone on this thing. It really makes me mad, and I'm going to have to get a new amp before too long. I'm thinking mesa/boogie. If you know how to set it so that I can get such a tone, don't hesitate to let me know...

The clean tone is gorgeous though... very clean and smooth, and pretty damn warm for an oversized computer. It doesn't distort at high volumes, it's extremely nice. Although sometimes I WANT it to distort at high volumes...

A mediocre rating here... I've had a couple of problems with it. I bought it 4 years ago or so when I joined the jazz combo in high school, and I had some problems where it wouldn't turn on when I plugged it into certain outlets, but other amps would work. I don't know what that was about. And then it developed a problem where it would turn on but wouldn't make sound. Then it just wouldn't turn on. It really had a mind of its own, and a pretty cruel, wry sense of humor too I might add. One time, and I shit you not, I kicked the thing and it started working again. But eventually I got fed up so I took it to Falcetti music and had it fixed. I don't recall exactly what was wrong with it - it was quite some time ago. Since then it hasn't had any performance problems, but the nut around the input jack snapped off, along with part of the socket. I don't care though, because I probably won't bother to sell it. Also it's pretty sturdy, I should mention this... it's constantly being banged into walls and corners and furniture and whatnot because it's pretty heavy and awkward to carry, and none of the dings and bangs have affected it whatsoever. As I type this I'm sitting on it... a rather large friend of mine broke my desk chair and I've been using the amp as a chair for months. It's a very sturdy amp.

I think it was a 1 year warranty or something, I don't know, it was expired by the time I had problems with it.

I've been playing for 5 years. I own a Peavey Ltd EXP with a Roland GK-2A which I run through a GR-1 synthesizer, a Steinberger GU, and a Washburn BT. I also play a Cort 5 string bass. Since this thang don't do distortion I am forced to rely on pedals, which I hate. My pedals are a Boss Blues Driver, which is ok, and a ProCo Rat, which is a harmonic overdrive pedal that I don't like so much. If it were stolen I would happily collect the insurance money and get me a mesa/boogie or a fender amp.

This amp has loads of features such as all the inbuilt effects but they are no substitute for the real stomp box equivalent. The channel storing is a good idea. All in all there are loads of features but the quality is not there

My main guitar is a les paul and now this amp no way suits the type of music i wanna play. If you are into that nu-metal shit than you may like the insane setting cus its mainly just noise. The clean sound sounds ok on really low volumes but once you crank the amp up all the quality goes to shit. The bass level on all the amp models just sounds way too basey especially at high volume levels.

I have never droped or tested the amp in that way so i cant really comment on it but it has always worked for me

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overall this amp is ok if you are only playin low levels at home, it is also good for the introduction of various types of effects.... but only as an introduction. There are loads more amps out there for less cost such as second hand ones which will be lots better. If it was stolen i'd count my blessings and use the money from the insurance to hire a high class prostitute. Overall, not the best around. long live tube amps

Youve read all the reveiws so you know what this thing can do.

guitar - fender cyclone atomic in the bridge tex mex in the neck
pedals - biss md-2 mega distortion
i use only the clean channel with chorus cranked and delay cranked my god the sound is unbelievable kick the pedal and the distortion is crystal clear you can hear every note played i love this amp i will never get anything but a line6 again

I have beat the living hell out of this amp trying to stay louder than my drummer and it just wont stop working it fell 3 feet from the bar stool it was on got scratched up but kept cranking out the sound you cant beat that not for $350

dont know

this thing is just ungodly the only thing i wish it had were a line out for more speakers cause you crank it too loud and you get that nasty anoyying sound you get from all speakers if it were stolen id beat the hell out of the person and then get the 212

This AMP has more features than any other amp i have seen. it's has 6 amp selections, from clean to heavey insane distortion. the effects that are included rules out the need for effects prosesor. delay, flange, trem, chorus, this puppy has it all. and they are all usefull to get your own personal sound.

This thing sounds great. i got a washburn billy t with 2 hmbuckers, cheap guitar actually, i paid 300 bucks when it was released but now u can pick it up for 150 new. anyways, the insane distortion mode has godly distortion, and you still have the tone you would expect from a head unit. the clean i would say is very nice, i play a lot of heavey music and a lot of light clean toned music. the clean selection has excellent tone. you would swear i was pushin a $3,000 stack. this thing maintains the same sound quality at lwo and high volumes. however i ahve never ha dit passed 6 on the volume knob. i am in my school's jazz band and on 6 i shoock the prin's office at the other end of the school. "i got in so much trouble for that" i have herd better amps than this but no where for the price i paid for this. for the price this thing is and the tight sounds you get it is well worth it.

I would say this is a realiable amp, it feels very durable and i have played live many times in my school's jazz band with it. i never had it go out or just go crazy, it always performed to my epectations.

Never delt with em...

I've been playing a few years and i know my sounds to an extent.

here's a list of my equipment

Washburn billy T
Epi LP standard
Jackson Rhoads V
Marshall avt50H
Ampeg 15"
Peavey TransTube efx 65
and some old fender 10" amp

The spider has better sound quality than all of these amps and the guitars all have their own distinct sound on this amp. i currently run this amp through a digitech RP200 multi effecvts processor and i would use this untill i die, or become a millinaire and get the real shit, the multi thousand dollar mesa or sumtin. but for me, i been playing for a few years and i play a range of difrent music. and this amp gives me a range of what i can do. i'm not limited to a single sound. and the modelings are awesome by all stanards. like is aid before i's not the greatest amp and some of the features can be added on to but it is still a great amp and well worth the money. i would choose this amp over a cheap marshall head any day, unless someone wants to drop me 1500 bucks for a decent one?

My roommate purchased a Line 6 Spider 112 amp just over a year ago (~$550). One day, I turned on the amp, and the lights came on, but no sound came out. My roommate took it to a service dealer, who in turn sent it in to Line 6. About 4 weeks later, it came back with a receipt with this scribbled- "Main board fried - new one $350.00."

Now granted, it was just past the year of warranty, but this is no way to keep customers (and prevent them from trash-talking your product online). From what I have heard, Line 6 is gaining a reputation as not being reliable, too. I mean, how many guitar amplifiers DIE after just ONE year? If you look around, you will see plenty of amps that are 20+ years old, going just as good as the day they were made. And this amp was well taken care of and was NOT cranked when it stopped working. In my opinion, Line 6 should have replaced the board without any fuss.

Seeing as the amp is basically dead, I decided to take it apart to find out what the deal was. After getting the main board out, which measures about 16" x 2", I noticed that the board looked nowhere near as complicated as a decent computer motherboard, which you can get for, say, $90. (Much more R&D probably went into the computer motherboard, too.)

After briefly examining the board, I noticed that there was some charring around a lead on one of the circuits. After doing a search online, I found that the chip is a 30 watt amp commonly used in home stereos. Seeing that I have a small background in electronics, I decided to order some of these chips online and see if I could fix the amp. I purchased 3 of them (for when it blows next time) for $3.80 each.

It really makes you wonder what Line 6?s intentions really are. Rather than trying to keep a customer (which they need, more and more, it seems), they would rather have you shell out another small fortune for a $3.80 chip and an hour of labor to fix the dang thing. And you know that Line 6 buys in bulk and doesn?t even pay that much for the chips. If a $3.80 chip can fix an amp that Line 6 said was fried (and new one is $350), what does that say about Line 6 as a company, not to mention its products?

Erik

I have owned this amp for three years and play it almost daily. It has great features and I am able to get most sounds that I like out of it from metal to blues and clean. The only thing I would add would be a speaker jack for running 2X12 or 4X12. I tried running the headphone jak to a 4X12 and it does OK. Disconnect the speaker wires from the speaker and wire a basic speaker jack to those and it gives the sound a little more ass.

Sound....where do I start?? The sound is outstanding for what the amp is. Apparently there are multitudes of guys out there who have ADD when it comes to reading about this company, so let me help you guys out. The ads and Line 6 CLEARLY state that this is an amp which EMULATES the sound of the models offered. NO WHERE does it say that this is a TUBE amp. So many guys piss and moan that,"you can't get true tube sound!!" Well, no shit!! It DOES'NT have tubes!! Good call Einstein!! Line 6 makes truly versatile amps that offer alot to us guys who have common sense enough to read and understand what the amp is made for. If tube is your sound and you want to get that true sound, maybe you should..oh, I don't know...buy a TUBE amp!! Tubes are great but Line 6 never claimed that their modeling IS tube, it says EMULATES which for you slower guys means, sounds very similar, but not identical. This particular amp has great sounds and I would highly reccomend it.

Very dependable and tough. I say that because I have a three year old son who when I'm not watching or at work, likes to crawl on it and use the knobs as a "dashboard" for a car or airplane. After many, many turns and pushes from him, the amp still functions flawlessly. Never had any trouble.

Luckily, have'nt had to speak with them.

I have been playing for 12 years and have owned alot of amps and equipment. I play 80's model Kramers (not the new shit they call Kramer these days!!) and 80's model Charvels. I play mostly 80's metal, but still like to tinker with blues and a few other styles. If this amp were stolen, I would'nt have to buy another, because I recently upgraded to a Line 6 Flextone II Plus. But if I had only the Spider 112 and it were taken, YES most definitely I would buy it again. You can't go wrong with Line 6 gear, just make sure you read and understand what they are about before you buy one. Remember slower guys... if it does'nt specifically say TUBE AMP on any amp that you buy, then it's not a tube amp and therefore, DOES'NT have tubes in it!!! Join me next week when I'll explain the art of tying your shoes!!

Made in 2002. I play 70s-80s rock/metal and more modern stuff. This thing is great. 4 channels, you save your sounds. No effects loop(who would need it) and i wish it had an extension speaker out(besides the headphone jack) I use this amp in my house and with a 5 piece band in a basement. Its definatly loud enough to be heard over my buddys 120watt amp.

I use an Epiphone special(not bad for beginners), gettin a Kramer soon. I play alot of lead and this thing delivers great lead sounds. Its not noisey at all, only when i crank it and im right next to it do i get feedback. The built in noisegate gets rid of all the crackling and buzz. The clean doesnt distortion at high volumes, just gets a little bassy. If you think that this amp doesnt have enough distortion you must really suck. I use the insane channel with drive on about 5 for my rhythm and its still a ton of gain. Anyone trying for Pantera or Slipknot can easily get it.

This thing has a big shell with the speaker inside. I think its pretty durable. Id never gig without a backup but it seems like its good for it.

Limited warrenty. The guy i bought it from will repair it for free if somethin would happen(good to make friends with ur local guitar tech)

Ive been playing 2 years now. I own some boss pedals and a vox wah. If it were stolen or lost, I would look at the 100watt one, but if i didnt have the cash id definatly get this again. I love how many sounds i can get with this, nothing i can complain about besides speaker jack. I compared this to alot of amps in the price range. Randall makes a 75watter for 350 which is nice, but all the stuff i tried didnt compare in sound quality and versatilty like this did. If your considering this, go buy it.

The Spider has 6 channels, ranging from clean to heavy. It's just the right amount of power for small venues. It's a cool amp, especially if you get it after owning a crappy Squier 15 watt amp.The Spider allows you to save your 4 favorite tones. If you want to select these channels however, you have to buy a 200 footswitch, which is definately a major dissapointment.

When I first got this amp I was very happy because I could achieve insane gain. I was using the split treble/middle position, and as my ear grew stronger, I realized that it sounded horribly sterile. So I changed to the treble pickup, backed off the gain and re-EQed the whole thing. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I can play along to a song using a rectifier and my tone is EXACTLY the same. All the tones are amazing

Definately gig-worthy, but I don't know if I'd feel completely comfortable with it.

Never dealt with them. :)

Amazing amp for beginners, and for a practice amp, or even for pros if they miked it.