Need advices for jazz amp

[anouchirvan]

I play in big bands and need to move frequently with my guitar and amp so I need a light jazz amp.

All decent jazz amps are rather heavy (maybe you know some light one ?) that's why I consider buying the Spider V30 as I've been a fan of line6 modeling and effects and because it weights only 7.5 Kg

 

3 questions:

 

1/ Can I get a decent jazz tone out of the spider V30 ? any presets ?

2/ I didn't find any available V30. No stocks! delays are minimum 10 weeks ! any particular reason ?

3/ I'm considering buying the V30 with a FBV3 foot switch but I wonder what would be the difference if I go another way, that is, getting a multi effects foot switch (e.g. POD Go or any other) with another amp.

- does that make any sense to have the spider V30 plus POD Go foot switch for example (given that most modeling and effects are present in both the spider and the POD) ?

- If I go the multi effects foot switch way (e.g. Pod Go or Helix), then what amp should I get (light and 20/30 watts) ?

 

thanks

 

[pianoguyy]

Without knowing your exact situation.... 

I had wanted to go (electric guitar) ampless for years the same as I do acoustic guitar, vocals, and keyboards, but I could never get the right tone. To the point that I even quit looking for 20 years, just simply giving up on the possibility. 

 

But, as fate would have it, in 2014 (after having heard whispers of 'modelers', and having only used it on toy-ish computer related gear) I needed to make a change to my rig. 

That is when I found that the technology has finally caught up to my 1983 desires. 

And now that I run a modeler and am ampless... I am never going back to amps ever again.

 

 

And that brings me to you (and anyone else).... 

If you were to go with a modeler, it really opens up amplification possibilities. 

Such as in-ear monitoring. Or, a small system for small gigs and a large system for large gigs. All while never changing tone - which is something no one can say about guitar amplifiers.   

You don't need a guitar amp because the tone is in the modeler, you just need a generic system to hear yourself. $20 computer speakers. $200 mini-pa systems. $2000 personal monitoring systems. Go ampless, and let the sound man shoot your tone back to you via stage monitors. It really is an endless array of choices to fit your needs, all because you no longer need to consider tone as a primary function.