AntonisPat

Hello all Is there any way to keep the lcd screen showing the position of the knobs instead of the preset name when operating the amp? When playing live, and especially when using the venue's cab you have to tweak the EQs of each preset for the venue..and time for soundcheck is not always ideal... As a result sometimes you just have to fine-tune EQs on the fly in the first songs, but this is very difficult since you dont know the actual position of each EQ for the current preset. For example, if you want to add a liitle bass, the actual bass knob may be at 12 o'clock but the preset position may be at 9, so in order to add a little bass you have to roll the bass knob down (provided you remember that it was initially set at 9)...confusing eh? If you could see the preset knob position in the lcd screen you'd take this as your basis and know what to do.. Manual mode is a good work-around if you only play with one preset OR if you only use one amp simulation. I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem.. Alternativelly, is there any way of bringing the position of the virtual knobs on screen without changing any of the EQs or volume? Thanx in advance.. PS. I know this has been mentioned in other topics, but no solution has been given and I find it to be a major issue, so I decided to open a dedicated topic on this.

Hey OmeRoon, thanx, but thats a 300-400$ extra cost which I'd rather not spend.. I also have the Line 6 UX2 sound card and mostly play through this at home, but I was wondering if I could do something to use the amp too.. The actual question here is which would sound better : high channel volume and low master or low channel and moderate master? Does the channel volume affect the tube section (I'm guessing preamp??) or is it just a master volume matter? What I'm trying to do is take the most out of the tubes at low volumes..

Hello all again Since you are so kind, I have another question :) : I want to play at low volumes at home, but I still want to push the valves as much as possible to get that nice tone they give. To do that, is it better to play at a moderate channel volume and very low master or low channel and moderate master?? To make the question a bit more general, does the channel volume comes from the modeling and the master from the preamp/amp section or does the channel volume affect the preamp as well ? I'm guessing that the power amp part is 100% master volume, right? Thanx again!

Ok so from what I understand its modeling --> preamp --> poweramp. Thanx guys!

Hello napynap, thank you for your answer! Actually it is a curiosity question, last week I had a gigg with my band in a small festival and the guitarist from another band came along and we started another discussion on amps and guitars. He was quite interersted in my 112 MKII and asked a few questions on pretty much what I'm asking, but all I knew to answer back is what's mentioned in the manual..I felt a bit bad not knowing so here I am! "The first controls on the back are Power Amp In and Preamp Out. Preamp Out grabs the signal after the Line 6 modeling pre but before the Bogner-designed tube pre." (from : Line 6 Spider Valve MKII 1x12 Combo Amp Review) Does that mean that Preamp out gets the modeling but NOT the preamp tubes??? So if I connect something as effects send-return there it will be Modeling->effect loop->preamp tubes->power amp tubes? Again sorry fi I ask something stupid but Im quite new in trying to understand how amps and effects work, all I know is from a few articles I've read!

Hi all This might sound as a noob question (but then again I am one :) ).. I'm trying to understand how the SV series (MKII 112 in my case) is set up.. Is it : - Bogner preamp tubes --> line6 effects /sims --> bogner power amp tubes? - Line 6 effects/sims ---> preamp ---> power amp or something else ? Also is there a way to overlap the modeling part and just use the MKII as a tube preamp/amp? I'm guessing that if I just use the "power amp in" , it bypasses the preamp/modeling sections (is this true?) but is there a way to also use the preamp section too?? ...btw, this is pure curiosity, I'm very happy with the amp sounds! Thanx in advance! :)