Line 6 Spider Valve MkII 212 40-watt 2x12 Guitar Combo Amp

Product Review

Product Features

• Brawny, boutique-style tube tone and the most advanced amp modeling with complete flexibility and deep editing; 40 watts; two 12-inch Celestion® Vintage 30 speakers; 12AX7 preamp tubes; matched 6L6 power tubes; 4 channels; 128 user-programmable presets
• 16 world-class amp models based on vintage and modern heads and combos; 20 Smart FX including Smart Harmony, Pitch Glide, Auto-Wah, Quick Loop, Delays, Mods, Reverbs, more; up to 4 FX at once; tweak up to 6 parameters; route FX pre or post
• MIDI in/out, 128 user presets and two distinct output modes: Performance Mode sends signal, which provides the interaction of the tube and modeling, via the XLR out to the front-of-house engineer; Studio Mode bypasses tubes to send modeling only.
• Built-in chromatic tuner; manual mode; 1/4-inch guitar in; XLR out; RJ-45 FBV foot controller in; MIDI in/out; 1/4-inch pre amp in; 1/4-inch power amp output; XLR output; 1/4-inch speaker outputs; tuned three-quarter closed-back cab for exceptional feel
• Optional Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII foot controller provides out-of-the-box Volume/Wah, pitch control, preset control, Quick Loop control, Tap Tempo, chromatic Tuner display, simple channel switching and more
• Brawny, boutique-style tube tone and the most advanced amp modeling with complete flexibility and deep editing; 40 watts;
• 16 world-class amp models based on vintage and modern heads and combos; 20 Smart FX including Smart Harmony, Pitch Glide
• MIDI in/out, 128 user presets and two distinct output modes: Performance Mode sends signal
• Built-in chromatic tuner; manual mode; 1/4-inch guitar in; XLR out; RJ-45 FBV foot controller in; MIDI in/out;
• Optional Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII foot controller provides out-of-the-box Volume/Wah, pitch control, preset control more
• Brawny, boutique-style tube tone and the most advanced amp modeling with complete flexibility and deep editing;
• Optional Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII foot controller provides out-of-the-box Volume/Wah, pitch control, preset control

Accessories

• Monster S100-I-6 Standard 100 1/4-Inch Instrument Cable (6 Feet)
• Monster Performer 500 Instrument Cable 21 ft. - straight 1/4 plugs P500-I-21
• Monster M ROCK-12 1/4-Inch Rock Instrument Cable (12 Feet)

Customer Reviews

 (3 customer reviews)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Tremendous, June 17, 2011

Seth T Duncan (WICHITA, KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Line 6 Spider Valve MkII 212 40-watt 2x12 Guitar Combo Amp (Electronics)

I bought this amp lightly used from a dude on a popular auction site. I had used the previous model MK1 1x12" Spider Valve and I had been immensely happy with that amp. This new amp is a significant leap forward in tone, volume, editing capabilities and ease-of-use (provided you buy one of the pedals, I prefer the FBV ShortBoard).

When I plugged her in and set the model to Class A, turned the drive up to 85% and strummed that first chord, the amp gently took the electrical signal from my pickups, caressed it gently, shaping the tones into wisps of tonal joy and pleasure, as it passed the signal through the tubes and to the Celestion vintage 30 speakers, where the signal was transmuted into an airborne assault of gentle yet powerful aural bliss. Even when one has the testicular fortitude to attempt to draw every ounce of overdrive and distortion out of this amp, it never sounds bad. When the Insane model is selected and the drive pushed to 100%, the end result is a heavy...Read more

Scott, January 9, 2012

Scott - See all my reviews

This review is from: Line 6 Spider Valve MkII 212 40-watt 2x12 Guitar Combo Amp (Electronics)

Unless you're touring with a band and on stage every single night, this is the one and only amp you will need for the rest of your life. I got into line 6 products when i picked up a used POD on ebay. I figured if the tones sound this good without tubes in the picture, what will it sound like with the tubes? the answer is simple. They all sound amazing. On top of just plain sounding great, there is so much versatility with the effects and amp models. If for some wild reason you can't find a tone you like out of the 16 presets it comes loaded with, you can flip it to manual and adjust your settings however you like. Either way, hearing it wont be a problem with two of the best speakers on the market inside the cab. 90% of the killer amps made for the past couple decades have had the celestions in them including marshall cabs and the mesa cabs and of course this sweet little amp. The clean tones are pristine as for the distorted tones, my buddy had a Mesa half stack and after he heard...Read more

Best amp I've ever owned, February 7, 2011

Joe M. Loforti "Joseph M LoForti" (Fresno, CA) - See all my reviews
  

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This review is from: Line 6 Spider Valve MkII 212 40-watt 2x12 Guitar Combo Amp (Electronics)

The amp is freakin awesome. Fabulous tone and modeling effects. the only thing I didn't like was that the advertizement videos showed the amp with the effects board which made me think the effects pedal board thingy wa included with the amp which it is not. I just want to warn people about that but the amp itself is top notch quality.