![]() ![]() The Spider IV amps, from the 30 watt model up, have a 12″ Celestion speaker. The Spider IV amps sound way bigger and more amp like. ![]() While the amp sims themselves sound somewhat similar between the two generations, the overall output sound is vastly different. The Spider IV amps are based on Line 6’s older sims as well, so there’s not a big difference between the overall sounds, but the Spider V amps have a lot more simulations and effects available-and they offer way more tone tweaking options. Line 6 claims they updated the modeling engine on the Spider V amps but I’m just not hearing it. Too bad they didn’t include their HD sims instead it would’ve made the Spider V amps sound much better. ![]() I did some digging and discovered that the Spider V amps use the same simulations as the POD X3, which was discontinued over 5 years ago in favor of Line 6’s better-sounding HD gear, so that explains why the amp sims sound so outdated on the Spider V. It turns out there’s a pretty good reason for that. The 8-inch speaker sounds weak and most of the included amp sims sound too digital and noisy compared to newer amp sim plugins for computers. Needless to say I wasn’t very impressed with it at all. Last month I posted a review of the Spider V 30 amp. That’s a long time to go without an update so it makes sense for Line 6 to release a newer model.Ĭommon sense would lead one to believe that a newer version would be clearly superior to its predecessor, but I’m not so certain about that. Now that Line 6 has released the Spider V series to replace the Spider IV amps, I wanted to put together a quick comparison review between them while I have both models on-hand.Īccording to the description at Amazon, the Spider IV amps have been out since 2009. Line 6 Spider amps don’t have the greatest reputation among guitarists, but that hasn’t stopped them from being some of the most popular entry-level amps on the market for many years. ![]()
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