blackhearteng Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I got a great deal on an original Spider Valve 212 (MKI) and I also found an FBV short board MKII. Online they said that they are compatible but I don't see any documentation helping me understand how to use them together. This is my first Line 6 purchase and I'd like to dig in. Can someone help? Do they need to be configured together? What does function 1 and function 2 do? When I change banks, the name keeps flashing. So when I hit A,B,C,D, it goes back to what those were programmed in on the amp, not the corresponding bank I thought I was going to. Help? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 http://line6.com/support/manuals/fbvsmkii Found a user manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhearteng Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 Thanks - yeah, I found that too. But it doesn't really address the original Spider Valve. It does say that they are compatible, but that is it. I guess I will work with the understanding the Function buttons should be the default Comp and Amp on/off. Just got them both so very much still learning. I made the mistake of resetting the amp to factory - now all the cool presets that made me want to buy the amp are gone.... So now, I am looking for tables of how others have their tones since I can't upload tones straight into the MKI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhearteng Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Is there any special set up with the fbv short board mkii that I need to do to use it with the mki 212? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Line6Advocate Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I have the first generation SpiderValve and just picked up a used FBV Shortboard MKII. I used it for the first time today. It flashes when you change the bank up or down because it wants you to select one of the A-D presets for that bank. That way if you are moving up or down more than one bank, it doesn't change to a preset for each bank as you go up/down to the next one. I didn't even realize there was a MKI & MKII Shortboard until I looked at my MKI 2x12 manual and noticed the Shortboard diagram only shows a FX Loop switch (which it says turns the noise gate on/off), while the Shortboard II has the Function 1 & 2 switches. Since the Function 1 light switches on/off when you step on it, I'm assuming that's turning the noise gate on and off. I had the volume really low so there wasn't much noise to eliminate, and I didn't know what Function 1 or 2 was supposed to do at the time. Stepping on Function 2 didn't make the light go on/off so I was wondering what it was supposed to do. Now that I know there's 2 versions I'm assuming Function 2 doesn't control anything on the spiderValve MKI. Oh well, no biggie. I'll have to crank the volume up with a distorted preset and confirm it sounds like it is switching the noise gate on and off. Hope that all makes sense and helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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