Originally posted by Mr_Trek:I've missed this topic.
I'm thinking I'm gonna sell my Line 6 Spider IV 15 W which I pretty much hate and get a Vox Pathfinder 15R instead. They seem to have quite a good reputation on forums, mainly for great cleans, and sound pretty darn great in some clips I've seen. Feist uses them live too and sounds good, she surely has other options. Yet to try one though, gonna do that next week. And I already know you can do a mod on them where you cut out two LEDs in the circuitry which gives them a much rawer distortion than the fuzzy one those LEDs give. They're analog which speaks to me. I hate the effects on my Spider anyway, they suck. And it has an, although not very strong, real spring reverb built in
And it's Vox... Vox=cool
Get something bigger and with more punch than 15W. Swapping one 15W for another 15W, whether it has better cleans or not, is not much improvement.
I hate my Spider in general nowadays. Budget is an issue too. If Feist can play with these, so can I am sure. Can always mic it if I want it louder, or use it's line out to a bigger speaker. I've read about a few people gigging with it.
I don't need a highly customizable amp. I know what kind of sound I'm looking for in an amp now. A sound I then intend to grow with pedals and kind of develop with it. I'd say digital modelling is good when you don't know what sound you want though.