Don’t expect the experience of playing through a high end tube amp though. Honestly, with some tweaking, you should be able to find several amp tones that you like. By changing cabinets you can get even more tones. I need to mention that the Cab models can have a huge effect on tone. Oddly, the high gain tones seemed quite authentic, which is usually not the case with a small speaker practice amp. There are simply tons of metal tones here. Marshall, Soldano, Mesa, Bogner, and Randall. Nearly every flavor of high gain is represented. If you like 60s or 70s music, its all there. From mild crunch to cranked stack to chimey Vox. Everything you would expect tone-wise is here. You get a trio of Vox amps and one orange and one Hiwatt. Marshall models far outnumber the rest with decades of different models. The British category covers the classics, Marshall, Vox, Orange, and Hiwatt. There are a few other models including Gibson, Boogie, Matchless, and Budda. And they all sound pretty authentic tone wise. All based on different, specific models from 1958 through 1972.

The American category is mainly Fender amps.

But the Line 6 Sparkle had mild breakup at high Drive settings and a nice raw sound. They run the gamut from very clean to muffled. The Clean category include a tube preamp, a Roland Jazz Chorus, a retro practice style amp and some Line 6 originals. There are also some acoustic amp models for when you want a little more volume from your acoustic guitar. The Amp ModelsĪmps are divided into four categories: Clean, American, British, High Gain. Instead I will give you an overview and point out some of the highlights and weaknesses. I originally planned to review every amp and effect but that would have made this review ridiculously long. I did play through every effect and amp model on its default setting and took notes. So if you are familiar with the AMPLIFI tones, you already know what to expect. Essentially the Spider V is the Line 6 AMPLIFI models and software in a different container which doesn’t require an app to control it.

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