Line 6 Spider III User Manual

Distortion Boost
Press and hold the Tap button as you turn the Drive
knob up past twelve o’clock. As you do this, Spider
III’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.
Saving
Once you’ve dialed up your own killer sound you’re
probably going to want to save it so you can get to it
another time. To prepare for saving, it’s a good idea
to browse through the various factory-stored user preset
sounds to decide which user preset you can live without.
Make a note of its Bank number and Channel letter
so you can save your new tone there instead.
To save from a User Preset (Banks 1 thru 9) press and
hold the lit channel memory button for 1 second. The
LED will start to blink. You may wish to keep the same
name or you can use the Navigator to name your patch.
Press left and right to select the cursor position and
up and down to select a letter, number or character.
When you have the name you want press left until
the cursor is under the bank number and then press
up or down to select the bank you would like to save
within. To complete a Save operation, press the ABCD
button you wish to save to.
When you select an Artist or Song Based Preset, the
ABCD channel LEDs will turn off to indicate that you
have recalled a factory preset. If you’d like to copy this
preset to a user location (banks 1-9), press and hold
any of the ABCD buttons for 1 second. One of the
LEDs will blink, and then follow the same instructions
as saving from a User Preset.

Line 6 Spider III Specifications

General

Channels	4
Weight	Varies by model
Dimensions	Varies by model
Power Output	15W, 30W, 75W, 120W (depending on model)
Effects	Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Tremolo
Amp Models	12
Inputs	1 x Instrument, 1 x CD/MP3
Outputs	1 x Headphone/Direct Out
Speaker Size	8", 10", 12" (depending on model)
Speaker	Custom