Line 6 Spider V 240HC MKII, Black

They pack so many features into this little thing, it really has some great usable sounds - delay, reverb chorus and various levels of distortion. I think the sound is a lot better using headphones than through the speaker, but this is a practice amp, not something you're going to be gigging with. You can also line out to record with it if you have the right patch cords.

BACKGROUND (REVIEW BELOW): As people are often more interested in the views of people who share similar interest & taste,, I'll start by saying that I've been playing for 30 years, I own a variety of guitars and amps. What I play most often is my American Fender Deluxe Strat through a Fender 4X10 Blues De'Ville tube amp, usually coupled with an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer.. As many will know, with that setup, you can get as close as you need to,, to the tone of Jimi, Stevie, and many others. So why buy a new amp?The problem (again, as many will know) with the amp mentioned above is "weight" and "volume." It is simply too heavy and too loud for daily jamming in the extra bedroom, or in the den, when I want to play along (fills and solos) with my stereo.. I bought the Fender amp because I was a tone junkie. I love overdriven 6L6's. But it's simply too much amp for my needs.. Normal house living doesn't allow for overdriving 6L6's. Yet I can't part with it. Once every six months, I'll dust it off and get my fix.. Then it's back to jamming through my practice amp under 90dB.REVIEW STARTS HERE: I chose the Spider V 30 based on several YouTube reviews. I wanted small, versatile, and inexpensive. I got ALL THREE with this amp, and am very happy with my purchase. At first, knowing the older Spider V 30's came w/ 12" speaker (because I bought one for my son 10 years ago (and he still loves it BTW)), I was hesitant. The new version has an 8" speaker and tweeter horn arrangement. But I think I understand why LINE 6 chose to go with smaller speakers on the new model. The new V 30 is compact, PERIOD. They are getting 95% of the sound with half (?) the weight.. I confess to not know the actual values, but side by side with my son's,, his amp is much heavier, but sounds very similar. It was worth it (smaller speaker for weight savings).. It's amazingly compact.The older version has a dedicated knob for every tonal quality and effect level, which is why it had to be bigger The new version has half the knobs, shrinking the panel size requirement by nearly half. The new version has a button to toggle between tone and effects, which are LED backlit. It's awesome. Every feature is one button press away, intuitive, and easy to see, even in low light conditions..This, being a modelling amp, means that some very smart signal processing engineers over at LINE 6 matched the waveforms of the sounds of various popular amps and songs. So if you like the sound of the guitar on AC/DC Back in Black, you can go to that preset and be in the ballpark for amp and effect sounds. It will not be perfect, but surprisingly good. And once that preset is selected, you can EASILY adjust the tone or effect levels to tweak it. And you can EASILY save your adjustment. I say easily because I figured it out without even once touching the manual !! A big plus if you ask me.The only area that I think can be improved upon (and here, I may be wrong because I refuse to read the manual) is that the presets are not random access. If you know that a preset you liked was around number 60 (there's 128 presets to play with), and if you are currently on preset 4, you have to scroll through 56 presets to get to no. 60. I wish I could make jumps of 10. But again, there may be a way to save the ones you like to easy access location.. Or rearrange them per'se. I'm just too lazy to research it.ErrolNOLA

Seller was extremely fast. Ordered lins 6 240 watt head and was looking at it in less than 24 hours. Product was delivered in perfect condition. In general the product is amazing. The four speakers onboard are very loud. Very pleased all around

I was talked into this model vs an Orange amp of comparable price and features.I think i made the right choice. Especially for a practice amp. I'll use this by itself and with a4 x12 cabinet. Good Bass and level mix of tones in addition to the ridiculous amount of mods!!Good midrange amp! Both functions and price.

Seems like a good little amp but way too complicated for me use. Too many presets.. I just needed a basic amp with reverb. If you know how to take advantage of all the preset modes. I think you'll love it.

The media could not be loaded. First off you don't need a guitar to customize or hear the preset tones because of the demo mode you can turn this on and hear what each tone sounds like which is nice because I don't have to sit there and play something random to hear the preset second of all it has a drum machine so no need for a pedal with a drum machine this amp has so many features I played around with it for 2 hours without plugging in a guitar to the thing 3rd thing I noticed this right away it's very light weight and looks sleek it produces good quality sound this amp is an all in one you can do anything with this amp this thing is a beast and offers the best bang for your buck I bought the 60watt version for testing purposes but rest assured I will get the 240watt because this 60 watt amp puts my line 6 spider 3 to shame and it's got 2 12 inch speakers I've been using that for gigs for a few years and got a decent deal on it only thing I wish was that this amp came with a foot pedal like my spider 3 came with I would recommend this amp to anyone looking it's affordable and arrived at my door quickly you can also download a remote app and adjust your amp settings from your phone and I do believe you can see other people's tones and use those as well this amp isn't difficult to use I figured alot of the bells and whistles out without reading the manual within minutes the preset tones are awesome there's over 100 of them and multiple fx features and you can access everything with the touch of a button you can adjust amp settings with the knows and press a button that switches you over to a sound fx menu and adjust those with the knobs this is probably the most versatile amp I've ever owned it also has a metronome with multiple metronome sounds to fit all your needs the drum machine presets are pretty sweet to only complaint I have about that is you can't adjust the speed just the volume but none the less still pretty dope I hope that those of you that buy this amp enjoy it as much as I am

Sounds super good