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Re: Please look at this video clip and tell me what's wrong?

support@line6.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:27:55 GMT

Oh yes, the dreaded reset. My Spidervalve 1 started doing this...first time in the 2nd set of a club gig...awesome! Had to use my Crate Powerblock to finish. Anyway,,,

As my SV 1 has proven completely unreliable, it has been relagated to a practice amp and stays at the band practice space. It has acted up there quite a lot. I set a little fan on the cabinet, blowing air into the back of the head and have had not ONE single reset, even leaving the thing on for hours. Do I trust it to use live? Hell no, but I think it is a quick fix.

One helpful soul on here told me it was caused by bad power at the club. I've seen this reply several times. That is unfortunately not the issue, the issue is purely Line 6's. Sorry. Amp gets hot. Amp will not work. WEAK.

I have a Mark II Spider Valve that has served me very well for many, many bar gigs and survives hours at a time with no issues whatsoever. I really like the tones I get from my Mark I amp better, I don't know why I cannot recreate them on the Mark II, but I guess I'd rather have an amp that I can trust than one I cannot. However, the fan seems to do the trick, but why the hell should I have to use a fan to keep this amp running?

Interesting about that heat sink...

Re: Line 6 Bogner / amp has a problem

support@line6.com — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:52:36 GMT

Nah, I don't think its a tube issue. The amp doesn't shut off, blow a fuse or do those normal tube failure things...it "resets" and during that reset time, you have no sound! The amp doesn't turn off.

I have a SV HD100 MK1 that did exhibit this when I used it for a bar gig. Late in our second set it would cut out, and seemed to reset. It did this repeatedly until I turned it off and went to my Crate Powerblock as a backup. I let it cool off during a break and it worked for most of the 3rd set before it started the shananigans again.

When I posted about this, I was told it was probably the venue's power, but by using it several more times in similar situations, but different venues I am quite sure it simply overheats and resets. I also have a MKII head that hasn't done this, so I have no idea if this is only happening to a certain number of amps, or what. In any event, I have another show coming up which is small enough to warrant using the Line 6 rig so I am going to get a fan and see if that helps. But I'll be ready with something else when/if the Spider Valve takes a dump.

Re: RE: Spider IV HD150

support@line6.com — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:41:05 GMT

What? Are you serious? Nooooooooo!

So the new Spider IV HD 150 that arrived today I cannot simply use with my Marshall 1936 2x12 with 75 watt celestions at 8 ohms mono like I do with my Spider Valve HD100 (so, I got the IV HD 150 as a backup to the Spider Valve which intermittantly doesn't work)?

Why would one have to use an amp head in stereo? Isn't that for preamps and separate power amps?!?

To quote the manual that came with the amp:

"Provides an 8 ohm load at each jack, wired in parallel, to give a 4 ohm if used simultaneously."

It says "IF" used simultaneously and nothing about damage to a transformer if only one tap is used.

Please clarify so I can return this thing during the 45 day policy if necessary.

I am bummed as I think this amp sounds pretty cool.

OR, can I run both outputs into each input of my 1936, which is a stereo OR mono cab. This would be 2, 16 ohm loads I think...is this safe...it should be since the amp will see more resistance and not less, right?!?! My big Mesa 4x12 cabs have 4 input jacks (they are not at my home so I can't look at them)...but again, if I have to take any of those big guys, it defeats the purpose of the Spider IV as a means to creating a smaller, more compact all-in-one type rig for certain venues.

This is very confusing and I watched the videos about matching cabs to amps on this site.

Hopefully I misunderstood this since its late here, and my ranting and raving is for naught!

Message was edited by: rayneman

Re: My SV100 HD Died Mid-Gig / Help?

support@line6.com — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:14:59 GMT

Hmm, I never thought of that. The rig I was using didn't even have the cheapo Furman I have in my bigger rig. I was just using a power strip into a wall outlet. This would definitely explain the intermittant issue...and "resetting" is exactly what it seemed to be doing.

Thanks for the tip, I bet I can't recreate the issue at home, and though I've played at this particular place before, I've never used the Spidervalve amp there.

That would be great if this were the cause, as that would indicate the amp is working as it should.

I will investiage further.

Thanks!!

Tim

My SV100 HD Died Mid-Gig / Help?

support@line6.com — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:21:09 GMT

Hi,

My Spidervalve 100 Head (version 1) failed at a bar gig Saturday. The amp worked as usual for the first set, but had fatal problems mid-way through the 2nd. The sound would cut out / come back. First I thought it was my wireless battery so I changed that, then I thought it was the wireless system, so I quickly changed to a cable, then I thought it was my guitar, so I switched guitars, but it was the amp. The sound would cut out for several seconds then come back. The amp stayed lit, but when the sound would cut out, the small yellow "rings" that surround the 4 channel buttons on the amp's front panel would fade out, then fade back in (of course only one was lit at the time depending on which channel I was using). When the channel button lights faded back in, the sound abruptly started again. The amp never shut down and the sound cutting/channel light thing was the only odd thing I noticed. I unplugged my shortboard but that didn't help (I was desperate at this point). Thankfully I had my trusty Crate Powerblock.

So, turned the amp off and before we started the third set, I plugged it in again. It seemed to work until nearly the end of the show where it cut out at the end of a song. Prior to this, it seemed "noisy" and was humming for than usual. The power tubes seemed to be lit and I didn't notice any of them glowing red. It doesn't seem like a power tube issue as I've witnessed that plenty with my other amps.

If it matters, I was using a Suhr Guitar => X2 wireless => Morley Wah => Amp => Marshall 1936 2x12 (mono @ 8 ohms and 150 watts). I had the shortboard connected as well.

Any ideas? I haven't yet looked at the amp, but I wonder if something jiggled loose in the trunk of my car...but its odd that the issue was intermittant if that were the case.

Thanks for any help.