Spider V 20 MkII - Accessing Presets

[DanBaxter]

Hello all,

I'm a new guitar player and I've never had an amp before so apologies if this seems a silly question.

I have just taken delivery of a Spider V 20 along with a Yamaha Pacifica.

I've seen the list of preset tones, amps & effects that come built into the Mk II amps.

 

My question is, on a 20, how do I access these as the instructions don't actually tell me how. I know how to turn the dial to get Clean, Chime, Crunch, etc., but on the list on this forum, I should be able to access presets linked to specifics artists and songs. The list says these are saved in different banks - for instance, Everlong is Bank 11, C - but how do I actually programme my amp to get this sound?

 

Any advice welcomed.

Thanks.

DB

[cruisinon2]

On 8/27/2024 at 10:28 AM, DanBaxter said:

Hello all,

I'm a new guitar player and I've never had an amp before so apologies if this seems a silly question.

I have just taken delivery of a Spider V 20 along with a Yamaha Pacifica.

I've seen the list of preset tones, amps & effects that come built into the Mk II amps.

 

My question is, on a 20, how do I access these as the instructions don't actually tell me how. I know how to turn the dial to get Clean, Chime, Crunch, etc., but on the list on this forum, I should be able to access presets linked to specifics artists and songs. The list says these are saved in different banks - for instance, Everlong is Bank 11, C - but how do I actually programme my amp to get this sound?

 

Any advice welcomed.

Thanks.

DB

 

I could be wrong, but I believe the list of factory presets to which you are referring applies to other amps in the Spider family above the V20. From what I've seen in the manuals the V20 is a pretty bare-bones, entry level practice amp that lacks many of the features that the rest of the Spider amps have, especially with regard to preset storage capacity. You can edit and save the 16 options on the preset knob, but that seems to be all there is. I don't think you have separate banks each with multiple song/artist specific presets, as the rest of the Spider amps do. There is a computer based editing app that will allow you to make changes to the 16 available presets...and you may also be able to load other external presets into those 16 slots via the app, though I'm not entirely sure about that. Perhaps someone else will chime in...