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I just looked and the file attachment did the same thing again..converted to some sort of cryptic format. The actual file is a standard 4MB JPG. I've exported it now as a 1.2MB JPG file and attached a last time. I also put it on Google as a link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9Yr6XGUBrsWJbYW4A

Hi, thanks for the Service Center info. I played the Flex last night and it was exhibiting the same phenomenon--a harmonic ringing/feedback centered particularly around notes from the G-string. So, whatever frequency is there, that's where the effect lives. I played it some more this morning and it wasn't as noticeable--but I'm wondering if I'm getting conditioned to it. I'll reach out to one of the Dallas area Service Centers--looks like they'll be closest to me from Oklahoma City. I've got about 40 days to make a decision whether or not to return it to Guitar Center. The attachment is attached again, I'm not sure what happened in the upload. It's just a snapshot of the Flex and the Spider 2x10 here. Again, thanks for the info. I'd sure like to keep the Flex in the line-up.

Thank you for the rapid response. I earlier contacted Guitar Center here in Oklahoma and told them I was going to work with the amp one more evening to see if it was just me needing to dial it in, though I know that was a long shot when I said it. I suspected it had to be something internal. You seem to have quickly arrived at that conclusion. I suppose my options are : - to return the amp for a refund and call it a day, - or to return it and see if GC would help me get connected to a Line 6 Service Center where we could ship the head unit but I'm sure that could quickly exceed the price of the used amp ($274). I do really like it and would like to make it whole. - Also, there are other used Flextone II XL's I've found online at GC's across the country...I could roll the dice and order one of those and hope for the best. At any rate, I do appreciate your response and insight!

I just picked up a Flextone II XL 2x12 at a local Guitar Center, looks near mint. Obviously taken care of over the last dozen years or so. I'm posting this in June of 2022. I used to have the same FTXL amp in the 90s, enjoyed it, did some performances with it, but wound up selling it in 2008 to upgrade into some other equipment. I also have one of the early Spyder 2x10s which I've had since, I think, the late 90s which I used to pair with it. I even wrote to Line 6 and acquired Flextone grill cloth to match Spyder to the Flextone aesthetics. Years have passed since I sold my original Flextone II XL and I got the itch to recreate the pair that I enjoyed back in the day. They look great together and I'm rediscovering some tone settings on the XL but the experience is marred with this ringing issue on the Flextone. I literally saw the Flextone online at my local Guitar Center, stopped by just before closing last night, and and purchased it. I got it home, plugged in and when playing it on the Line 6 Clean setting manifests what I believe to be a frequency-related tone/ringing in the background of whatever you're playing just loud enough to hear and distract. It's slightly less noticeable on the other Over-Driven settings but still there. The first thing that came to mind was that I was experiencing a guitar issue. It seems to be centered on notes produced by the G string... and it doesn't matter what guitar is playing through it. I'm using great Mogami cables. Straight into the amp. I've played a Telecaster and a PRS McCarty on it and the same phenomenon occurs. Once I ruled that out, I determined it seems, indeed, to be the amp. Visually the amp looks pristine, the speaker solder joints look solid. The tone controls are responsive, all lights work. It sounds like feedback ringing like when you are overdriving the mic on a PA system, but just around the tones being created by the G string. I'm playing it at a low to moderate volume in a small but relatively sound-damped space and I'm familiar with how normal electronic feedback is created. I want to keep this amp. It's too clean and pristine and a nostalgia thing for me. I don't want to just return it to Guitar Center if it's something I can remedy. Has anyone here run across this or have thoughts to overcoming the issue I'm experiencing?