I just bought the Spider III HD75 yesterday. As soon as I got home I played for about 1 hour straight. I love the monster tone I get from this rig. It was a small investment for a killer tone. I own a VGA5(ROLAND) & love it too but for the money, this beats it. I already had a 212 cabinet & am now "gig ready" automatically with this head. Is it the best amp....I don't know....for the money....maybe? Spider III is a great amp for the beginner(economically) & for the experienced musician(sound). I strongly recommend this product!

Reviewed by Aaron on 10/16/2006 who plays Rock/Heavy Metal.

Awesome little amp!

I got the last one of these heads at Guitar Center because I loved the sound. When I brought it home though I was dismayed because when you switch between channels, you lose reverb or echo or whatever 'stack' effects you put on top of the amp. The instructions don't tell you much but I figured out that once you dial in the tone you want, you hold down the amp channel (A,B,C, or D) and once the lights blink, the channel now has retained reverb or chorus whenever you switch back to it. It's very easy to switch back to the 'factory' settings as well. This is a loud great little amp and compliments both add on foot pedals well. My recommendation is that you buy one of the add on pedals because you will be LOST without it!

Reviewed by TimothyHellfire on 4/20/2007 who plays Jazz, Blues, Metalcore, and others.

LINE 6 SPIDER 3

I coupled this amazing amp head with a marshall cabinet and it just owns. It has unbelievable tone clean players would love this, death metal freaks would love this and its great everywere in between

Reviewed by on 3/6/2007 who plays Metal, Rock, Alternative,.

Camoflaged Marshall?

I play with a band and the lead player swears by his Marshall JCM 800's (who in their right mind wouldn't?!), and this head can keep up with his! He's borrowed it to record with once, now he's going to buy one!

Reviewed by Werewolf67 on 4/5/2007 who plays Metal.

Little bit of money goes a long way in this head

I have this head now. Ive played it several times in the store and just had to have it. The sound quality is great and effects are good to. Also you can set your own tones on each channel at the volume you want them at and what effects they have on to which is a nice feature. The distortion is very nice sounding to. Great and beefy bottom end with lots of bass behind it. the high end is good to, and the amp has built in noise gate which is great and works well. Theres also a distortion boost if you need a little more tone in the sound which is a great feature. Its very loud to be 75 watts to, sounds like 375 watts really. i have mine turned up to only 1/4 of the way up and its lounder than my drummer. Ive played 5 different guitars threw this amp including a walmart les paul with alnico 5 pickups and a E.S.P. explorer with active e.m.g 60/81 in it. Also a Gibson James Hetfield explorer and a warlock,and another i cant remember what it was. ALL OF THEM sounded great and yes even the walmart guitar sounded great. My only complaint about this amp is the absence of a control pedal, but its also compatible with the shortboard F.B.V. which is very cool. All in all, a very nice amp for a very nice price. Ive played amps that cost 4 times as much and didnt sound like the hd 75. If you buy this amp you wont regret it. The cab that you can get is nice to, but i use a hughes and kettner cab which is nice to. In closing, great amp even if it cost 350 to 400 dollars, but it cost 250 which is suprising and the sound is awesome. Buy one and you cant go wrong.

Reviewed by Jakers80 on 1/11/2007 who plays Metal, Hard Rock, Southern Rock.