Line 6 Amplifiers: I play an Agile Interceptor 7 (before they made them with EMG) and a custom 1976 Aria Les Paul (lawsuit era) with the original pickup and Duncan super distortion. My Aria is screaming from this. Agile isn’t as cool, but it still sounds good. I play more metal-influenced and electronic/ambient/industrial music. This amp is suited for metal. As I said before, I was very surprised at how this amp sounded in the store. I bought the same one on eBay for $220 (much better than $300).
The clarity shines and that seems to be a common opinion with many amps Line 6. It’s also really quiet on high-gain channels. The noise suppressor cuts out most unwanted noise. The distortion is pretty easy to set up and I found decent distortion on the “Rectified” setting, I haven’t played the mesa but I know it’s usually a metal amp (and of course the other side, JCM). But playing along with a few songs from bands that use mesa (King’s x (dogman era), Chevelle, Korn, Dream Theater), he copes with the task perfectly. I haven’t actually turned this amp up, but at about 75% it’s loud, I’ve never performed with it so I can’t say if it has headroom. But for a bedroom and direct recording, I think it sounds good.
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Overall impression
So it’s a pretty decent amp. I’m not going to say this is the best amp ever, and I don’t believe anything deserves a 10 because most likely a tone-hungry guitarist, even if satisfied, is only temporary and will likely seek out a different sound over the years. At least this amp is a jack in a set of fun sounds that you can plug in and see what you like. I’ll probably stop here for now, although I plan to continue looking for others.
For the price and sound you really can’t beat it (I’m sure the new Flextone beats this one), but if you see one in a shop in an old dusty garage, give it a try, and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Don’t be a tube snob, I bet you can’t run a 100-watt jcm, mesa, or (insert tube amp) in your bedroom. Try this one.
Quality and Longevity Line 6 Amplifiers
I can’t tell you if it’s reliable because I haven’t been in a situation where I needed to rely on it.It feels like it’s built like a tank and can take some abuse.I don’t think it would be wise to use it without a backup, but I’d venture to say it’s probably more reliable than a tube unit, given that the solid-state unit doesn’t blow out the tubes.
Characteristics Line 6 Amplifiers
I’m not sure what year it came out, but I’d guess around 1999. This amp was a real surprise, I went into a pawn shop, put one down (costing $300), and thought”oh that’s Line 6, that’s probably going to suck.” sat down and turned it on.I was quite surprised, he was on top of it.I think he has 17 or 18-amp models. This starts from tweedsFender and ends with emulationsMarshall, mesa andSoldan.The effects weren’t too bad either.
Echo was pretty easy to set up for me, and chorus and flanger were pretty easy to set up as well.I still haven’t used them all, but at least I have the option. This is a solid-state amp (I’m not getting into the “Tube vs. Solid State” war because frankly, I don’t care).60 watts, more than loud enough for the average bedroom guitarist. It would be nice if it came with a foot switch because the fb4 or even the old floorboard is hard to find