Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Today I went to Guitar Center and tried out the Line 6 Spider III Combo Amp.
I think it was advertised as 150 watts. It had two 12" speakers. I plugged
in and started playing it in the clean mode with the volume low. Suddenly
it switched - all by itself - to the metal mode and the volume sounded like
it was full blast with ear splitting feedback. It scared the crap out of
me! I quickly tried to turn the selector knob back to the clean mode. The
knob turned but it stayed in the metal mode. The volume knob was also
unresponsive. So I shut the amp off and turned it back on. It came on in
the metal mode. I was able to put it back in the clean mode and turn the
volume back down to an acceptable level. I started playing and it did it
again. Very disappointing. Needless to say that made me lose my interest
in the amp. Can anyone recommend some reliable combo amps for me to try
out? I'm thinking of spending no more than $600. Next weekend I'm going
back when I have more time to try some more amps out?

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Hud wrote:
> Today I went to Guitar Center and tried out the Line 6 Spider III Combo
> Amp. I think it was advertised as 150 watts. It had two 12" speakers.
> I plugged in and started playing it in the clean mode with the volume
> low. Suddenly it switched - all by itself - to the metal mode and the
> volume sounded like it was full blast with ear splitting feedback. It
> scared the crap out of me! I quickly tried to turn the selector knob
> back to the clean mode. The knob turned but it stayed in the metal
> mode. The volume knob was also unresponsive. So I shut the amp off and
> turned it back on. It came on in the metal mode. I was able to put it
> back in the clean mode and turn the volume back down to an acceptable
> level. I started playing and it did it again. Very disappointing.
> Needless to say that made me lose my interest in the amp. Can anyone
> recommend some reliable combo amps for me to try out? I'm thinking of
> spending no more than $600. Next weekend I'm going back when I have
> more time to try some more amps out?

Did you try Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the amp? :D

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:52:13 GMT, DS <ds1076@gmail . com > wrote:

>Hud wrote:
>> Today I went to Guitar Center and tried out the Line 6 Spider III Combo
>> Amp. I think it was advertised as 150 watts. It had two 12" speakers.
>> I plugged in and started playing it in the clean mode with the volume
>> low. Suddenly it switched - all by itself - to the metal mode and the
>> volume sounded like it was full blast with ear splitting feedback. It
>> scared the crap out of me! I quickly tried to turn the selector knob
>> back to the clean mode. The knob turned but it stayed in the metal
>> mode. The volume knob was also unresponsive. So I shut the amp off and
>> turned it back on. It came on in the metal mode. I was able to put it
>> back in the clean mode and turn the volume back down to an acceptable
>> level. I started playing and it did it again. Very disappointing.
>> Needless to say that made me lose my interest in the amp. Can anyone
>> recommend some reliable combo amps for me to try out? I'm thinking of
>> spending no more than $600. Next weekend I'm going back when I have
>> more time to try some more amps out?
>
>Did you try Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the amp? :D

Nest time press the reset button and do a full re-boot.
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Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

"Hud" <hud_ohio@yahoo . com > wrote in message
news:480d30fd$0$20197$4c368faf@roadrunner . com ...
> Today I went to Guitar Center and tried out the Line 6 Spider III
> Combo Amp. I think it was advertised as 150 watts. It had two
> 12" speakers. I plugged in and started playing it in the clean mode
> with the volume low. Suddenly it switched - all by itself - to the
> metal mode and the volume sounded like it was full blast with ear
> splitting feedback. It scared the crap out of me! I quickly tried
> to turn the selector knob back to the clean mode. The knob turned
> but it stayed in the metal mode. The volume knob was also unresponsive.
> So I shut the amp off and turned it back on. It came
> on in the metal mode. I was able to put it back in the clean mode
> and turn the volume back down to an acceptable level. I started
> playing and it did it again. Very disappointing. Needless to say
> that made me lose my interest in the amp.

You have to remember that products sitting out on the floor at
Guitar Center have most likely been played with by allot of
people, expecially kids who could care less if they break it.

I have never heard any bad things about the quality of Line 6
amps, like what you experienced, so I would have to guess the
one you tried was broken by someone. Before you give up on
it, or anything else at Guitar Center, ask to try out another one.

Of course there is always the possibility that one has a factory
defect of some kind, in which case you can still ask to try out
another one.

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

jmv wrote:
expecially kids who could care less if they break it.
>

You mean COULDN'T care less.

--
Stephen
Ballina, Australia

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

>
> You mean COULDN'T care less.
>
> --
> Stephen
> Ballina, Australia

You are correct in the literal sense, Stephen. But as you are no doubt
aware, language is fluid and ever changing. Grammar is dictated by usage,
not the reverse. This particular expression, in recent years, has morphed;
the spoken negative has been dropped but implied nonetheless. It is painful
to people of our vintage, but is the usage embraced by the younger
generation, at least in the States

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:58:04 -0400, "FirstAlternate"
<firstalternate@yahoo . com > wrote:

>>
>> You mean COULDN'T care less.
>>
>> --
>> Stephen
>> Ballina, Australia
>
>You are correct in the literal sense, Stephen. But as you are no doubt
>aware, language is fluid and ever changing. Grammar is dictated by usage,
>not the reverse. This particular expression, in recent years, has morphed;
>the spoken negative has been dropped but implied nonetheless. It is painful
>to people of our vintage, but is the usage embraced by the younger
>generation, at least in the States
>

My father always says "could care less". dunno where that comes from.

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

FirstAlternate wrote:
>> You mean COULDN'T care less.
>>
>> --
>> Stephen
>> Ballina, Australia
>
> You are correct in the literal sense, Stephen. But as you are no doubt
> aware, language is fluid and ever changing. Grammar is dictated by usage,
> not the reverse. This particular expression, in recent years, has morphed;
> the spoken negative has been dropped but implied nonetheless. It is painful
> to people of our vintage, but is the usage embraced by the younger
> generation, at least in the States
>
>

Doesn't make sense.

--
Stephen
Ballina, Australia

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp


"Stephen Calder" <calder9@in . com .au> wrote in message
news:480e0d38$1@news.mel.dft . com .au...
> FirstAlternate wrote:
>>> You mean COULDN'T care less.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stephen
>>> Ballina, Australia
>>
>> You are correct in the literal sense, Stephen. But as you are no doubt
>> aware, language is fluid and ever changing. Grammar is dictated by
>> usage, not the reverse. This particular expression, in recent years, has
>> morphed; the spoken negative has been dropped but implied nonetheless.
>> It is painful to people of our vintage, but is the usage embraced by the
>> younger generation, at least in the States
>
> Doesn't make sense.
>
> --
> Stephen
> Ballina, Australia

I could care less about that. LOL

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Fisher wrote:
> "Stephen Calder" <calder9@in . com .au> wrote in message
> news:480e0d38$1@news.mel.dft . com .au...
>> FirstAlternate wrote:
>>>> You mean COULDN'T care less.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Stephen
>>>> Ballina, Australia
>>> You are correct in the literal sense, Stephen. But as you are no doubt
>>> aware, language is fluid and ever changing. Grammar is dictated by
>>> usage, not the reverse. This particular expression, in recent years, has
>>> morphed; the spoken negative has been dropped but implied nonetheless.
>>> It is painful to people of our vintage, but is the usage embraced by the
>>> younger generation, at least in the States
>> Doesn't make sense.
>>
>> --
>> Stephen
>> Ballina, Australia
>
> I could care less about that. LOL
>
>

Nice to know that you care at least a little.

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Stephen Calder wrote:
> jmv wrote:
> expecially kids who could care less if they break it.
>>
>
> You mean COULDN'T care less.
>

Ah, perhaps we share a pet peeve.

How are you on "irregardless"?

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Sean wrote:
> Stephen Calder wrote:
>> jmv wrote:
>> expecially kids who could care less if they break it.
>>>
>>
>> You mean COULDN'T care less.
>>
>
> Ah, perhaps we share a pet peeve.
>
> How are you on "irregardless"?

Pretty much the same.

--
Stephen
Ballina, Australia

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Stephen Calder <calder9@in . com .au> wrote:
> Sean wrote:
>> Stephen Calder wrote:
>>> jmv wrote:
>>> expecially kids who could care less if they break it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You mean COULDN'T care less.
>>>
>>
>> Ah, perhaps we share a pet peeve.
>>
>> How are you on "irregardless"?
>
> Pretty much the same.

"Could care less" seems legitimate to me in spoken English if
accompanied by the right sense of irony and sarcasm. As in a
wryly-spoken "I love your new hairdo" (parent-to-teen).

"Irregardless", on the other hand, is just plain incorrect.

Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Sean wrote:

> How are you on "irregardless"?

I could care more.


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Re: Guitar Center Visit-Line 6 Amp

Lumpy wrote:
> Sean wrote:
>
>> How are you on "irregardless"?
>
> I could care more.

Now that makes sense.