Sound Level

[Guest Dave]

Hi

 

I am in the process of buying either a Spyder V 30w or 60w amp. I am not sure if the 30w will be enough for my jamming sessions, but possibly the 60w will be too loud to play indoors without headphones. Does anybody know what the 60w version sounds like played at fairly low levels ?

Any info will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Dave

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I have the Spider V 60 and I can play it at 20-30% Master volume and it is loud enough to fill in my basement without being loud enough to upset my wife upstairs. If you want really low volume, you can set the Master volume at 10-20% and it should be OK... or you can get an FBV 3/Shortboard/Express, then set the Master volume at the Max level that you would want to play at and use the volume pedal  on the FBV3/Shortboard/Express to set it as loud as you want on each patch. If you go down this route, I would suggest to make sure the volume effect is enabled on all patches that you plan to use (you can edit each tone, enable the volume pedal if it is not and then re-save the tone), or those tones that have the volume effect disabled will come in at full blast. This is what I did, BTW, and when I turn on the amp, I always have my volume pedal set to heel position, then just rock it until it is the volume I want and play away. It helps that I also level-matched the tones so that they are similar in volume; this will be even more important if you download tones from the cloud, as they most likely be all over the place as far as volume is concerned.

 

Spider V 30, as you already guessed, will not get you very far in a jam/gig situation (unless the rest of the band are really quiet, or you play mostly acoustic jams/gigs in small bars, etc) and the 60 might still struggle to keep up with a loud band, so I would suggest that while you check out the 60 at the store, also check the 120, just in case.