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Pilot’s Guide
The Channel memory LEDs indicate when the string
you are playing is in tune. Channel B and C should
both light GREEN when the sting is in tune. If channel
A’s LED is lit then the sting is flat. If channel D’s LED
is lit then the string is sharp.
Distortion Boost
Press and hold the Tap button as you turn the Drive
knob up past twelve o’clock. As you do this, Spider
II’s Channel A LED comes on. This gives the kind of
extra ‘dirt’ that you’d expect from a Distortion pedal
with the distortion control set low and the output
control set high. It boosts your guitar signal before it
reaches the Amp Model, so that you hit the model
harder and get a more distorted sound. Enabling this
is the same as kicking on Stomp on the FBV
Shortboard.
Noise Gate
Press and hold Tap as you turn the Reverb knob up
past twelve o’clock, and you turn on a built-in Noise
Gate, which helps to cut down on hiss and noise.
When you do this, the Channel D LED comes on to
indicate that the Gate is on.
Special Hidden Functions
When you select an Amp Model, Spider II
automatically sets its tone controls and effects to match
that Amp Model. You can disable the auto-FX selection
(but not tone control auto-selection) by powering up
Spider II with the Channel D button held. The auto-
selection is re-enabled next time you power up.
Want to know where your Spider II's controls are set
in the programmed channels? Hold – and keep holding
– the Tap button. Now, before you do anything else,
turn the Amp Models knob. This activates Spider II's
"Compare" mode. Now turn any knob other than Amp
Model and Master Volume, and the channel lights
will tell you whether you need to turn that knob up
(Channel A lights) or down (Channel D lights) to
match the stored setting. The Channel B & C lights
will be lit at the same time once the knob position
matches the stored setting exactly.
You can reset your Spider II’s programmable channels
to their factory-programmed states by holding down
the Channel A button as you turn on the power.
Warning: This will erase ALL custom sounds you
might have created. Ask yourself, “Do I really want to
do this?” If your answer is yes, then go for it!
Smart Control FX:
Great amp tone is only part of a great guitar sound.
Effect processing – whether it’s stomp boxes or rack
gear – is also a big part of the story. Your Spider II
packs the power of several of these tone shapers in its
Smart Control FX section.
The delay knob gives you a trio of delay effect choices:
a standard delay, tape echo, and a sweep echo. The
modulation effect knob lets you choose between
chorus/flange, phaser, and tremolo, and for each of
these effects you can choose anything from a subtle
hint of processing to total tone-mangling overkill.
While turning the knob, Spider II adjusts all the
individual aspects of the effect automatically to give
you the range of sounds you're looking for, without
having to mess with multiple knobs and switches to
get your tone. So you can spend your time making
music instead.
Tap Button “Extra” Functions
The Tap Tempo button, in addition to setting the
speed of your delay effects, also lets you access a few
extra Spider II features: a Tuner, Distortion Boost and
a built-in Noise Gate (the tuner and the boost are also
accessible via the optional FBV Shortboard). When
you hold down the Tap Tempo button, you can use
some of Spider II’s knobs to access these extra features.
Tuner Mode
Press and hold the TAP button or TAP footswitch for
3 seconds or more and and you get instant digital tuner.
The volume is muted during tuning so you won’t here
anything coming out of the amp. Press any button to
exit Tuner Mode. If there is no FBV Shortboard
connected, the LEDs on the front panel of the Spider
II will work as the tuner display.
The Amp Model LEDs correspond to the following
strings on the guitar:
Clean = Low E string
Twang = A string
Blues = D string
Crunch = G string
Metal = B string
Insane = High E string
Amp Models
Spin this knob to select one of twelve Amp
Models. All the other Spider II controls will
automatically be set to sound great with that
Amp Model, so you can just play!
Plug In Here
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2
3
4
Tone Controls
Drive is like the volume or gain knob on other amps; controls how much “dirt” you get in your sound.
Bass, Mid, and Treble controls are customized for each Amp Model to give you optimal tonal control.
Channel Volume
This control helps you balance the
volumes of different amp-and-effect
setups that you store in your Spider II’s
channels. See 10 for the low-down on
channels.
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Channel Memories
Four programmable channels come pre-loaded with great factory presets. Press one of
these buttons to hear them. To store your own “snapshot” of all knob positions (except
Master Volume), press and hold one of these four buttons for two seconds. The LED
changes to green and then back to red when the save is complete. To copy from one
channel to another, press the button for the channel you want to copy from; now press
and hold the button of the new channel location until the LED changes to green and
back to red. For more memories get an FBV Shortboard.
6
Reverb
Dial up more or
less virtual room.
9
Foot Control & Headphone/Line Out
Plug in an FBV2 foot switch to scroll through the 4 channels or connect a Line 6 FBV Shortboard controller
for channel switching, effects on/off control, wah/volume pedals, access to 32 more channel memories, a
chromatic tuner, and tap tempo for delays. Or use an FBV4 for channel switching and tap only. Listen in
stereo with headphones, or use this as a direct out for recording! (If you need a stereo out, use a 1/4” TRS
stereo-to-dual mono Y-adaptor cable).
Master Volume
You can choose the overall
volume of the amplifier,
without affecting your tone.
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TAP: Tap on the TAP button a few times to set the delay time. Also Tap button extra functions.
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Smart Control FX
Spin one of these knobs to get great FX, fast and easy:
Knob A picks chorus/flange, phaser or tremolo, with
a range of settings – from subtle to overpowering – for
each effect. The LED shows the active effect.
Knob B picks delay, tape echo or sweep echo, with a
range of mix settings from low to high. The LED shows
the active effect and flashes the delay time. Tap the
TAP button to change the delay time.
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Welcome The Spider II...
Thank you for inviting Spider II home with you. This
amp mines the tonal heritage of the past forty years of
guitar amplifier design and matches it up with the kind
of digital signal processing magic that will still be ahead
of its time ten years from now.
Amp Model Details
Clean
Red LED - Select this Amp Model and adjust the tone
controls to get crisp, amazing clean tones, great warm
jazz tones, and all the high-end shimmer you’ll need
with a generous amount of bottom end to boot. Then
dial up a little chorus and delay to get the ultimate
clean sound!
Green LED - We developed this Amp Model to emulate
those late 60’s and early 70’s clean tones. It started off
as an Amp Model based on a 1973 Hiwatt custom 100.
We extended the tone control range and tightened up
the low end. Hit an open A chord and let that big
sweet tone ring!
Twang
Red LED - This Amp Model draws on our analysis of
mid 60’s Fender amps, including the blackface ’65 Twin
Reverb, blackface ’64 Deluxe Reverb and ‘63 brownface
Vibroverb. We wanted an Amp Model that has that
classic glassy high end tone, with some snap and bite
for some serious chick’n pick’n. Things don’t get too
crunchy until reaching the top range of the Drive
knob.
Green LED - This Amp Model is based on a number
of vintage tweed amps. We evaluated a ’53 Fender
tweed Deluxe, ’58 Fender tweed Bassman and a ’60
Gibson Explorer to create a swingin’ Rockabilly tone.
Add some reverb and a slap echo and Be-bop-alu-la!
Blues
Red LED - What would happen if we based a model
on three helpings of ’65 Marshall JTM-45, one scoop
of ’58 Fender Bassman, a schmeer of ’63 Fender
Vibroverb and a dash of Supro for good measure? The
biggest, fattest down home Blues amp ever heard. This
Amp Model slides between gritty swamp-infected
cleans to syrupy smooth, walloping drive tones. It’s
time to get down and dirty!
Green LED - Ready, steady....GO! This Amp Model
is based on a fawn Vox AC-30 amplifier with an
updated and expanded tone control circuit. We wanted
to capture that early British pop rock tone that the
Beatles and the Stones are so well known for.
Crunch
Red LED - This sound was crafted during our studies
of the '68 Marshall Plexi 50 Watt. This type of Marshall
amp was used by a number of early metal bands. Check
out albums like British Steel, Number of the Beast and
Black Out. Crunch provides a wider range of tone
control settings than the original Marshall amp had.
This Amp Model will allow you to bump up the mids
even at the highest Drive settings.
Green LED - Plexi On Fire! This Amp Model is based
on a ‘68 Marshall Plexi 100 watt with a few added
extras; The combination of a Variac and the jumpered
input channels creates that infamous brown sound
that will feel like flames are shooting out the input
jack! “Come on Dave… Give me a break!”
Metal
Red LED - This Amp Model is based on the Mesa
Dual Rectifier. For Spider II, we made careful
enhancements to this classic tone. The resulting Amp
Model has a definite modern flavor. This monster
truck of tone delivers a tight bottom end that’s big,
powerful, tight and fast. Use this Amp Model to get
a tight and punchy, high gain Metal sound.
Green LED - This sound was created to be an aggressive
high gain Amp Model with a unique Mid control that
will sweep though an entire spectrum of tone on one
knob. The Mid knob for this Amp Model changes the
character of the distortion. When set to minimum,
the distortion exhibits Fuzz pedal characteristics. When
the Mid is set to noon, it mimics the creamy modern
high gain amp tones. And when the Mid knob is
turned up to max, it’s very much reminiscent of that
Class A sound. Of course, then there are all the places
in-between...
Insane
Red LED - Now, here’s something we know you’ll
really like. We combined a sub octave distortion with
our Insane Amp Model to create a bone-crushing,
brain-piercing, heavily distorted tone! Because there
is a sub octave we suggest playing single note lines or
simple power chords.
Green LED - Our goal with Insane was to provide you
with as much input gain distortion as possible short of
complete meltdown. You get an obscene helping of
distortion, while still retaining tonal definition and
character. As a result, you get way more bottom end
and cabinet character than other small amps. Crank
up the Drive control and prepare to dominate!
CHAN A DCB
DRIVE BASS MID TREBLE CHAN VOL
SMART CONTROL FX
PEDAL
DELAY
OFF
TREMOLO
PHASER
CHORUS
FLANGE
OFF
GUITAR
PHONES /
DIRECT OUT
AMP MODELS
BLUES
CLEAN
TWANG
CRUNCH
METAL
INSANE
REVERB MASTER POWER
SWEEP ECHO
TAPE ECHO
TAP
- HOLD FOR TUNER
All product names referred to in this manual are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the
products of those manufacturers whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.
CHAN A DCB
AMP MODELS
D STRING
LOW E STRING
A STRING
G STRING
B STRING
HIGH E STRING
FLAT
IN TUNE WHEN BOTH
LIGHT GREEN
SHARP
A B
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