Ampete Spyder 444 amp switcher

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Killer product. If I had multiple amps/cabs, I'd get one.
 
Dude that is my vid. Sorry if it sounds complicated, but it's actually very easy to use. I had the unit for about 2 weeks and I have to say, the buffers sound great, switching is noiseless, all is great. Obviously this is for guys at home with multiple amp collections or for pros like Lynch, Bonamassa, etc to use live. Even Music shops who wanna give customers options to compare amps on the fly. It's pretty awesome actually. Designed and built here in Cologne, Germany.
 
hunter":3uz4226x said:
Dude that is my vid. Sorry if it sounds complicated, but it's actually very easy to use. I had the unit for about 2 weeks and I have to say, the buffers sound great, switching is noiseless, all is great. Obviously this is for guys at home with multiple amp collections or for pros like Lynch, Bonamassa, etc to use live. Even Music shops who wanna give customers options to compare amps on the fly. It's pretty awesome actually. Designed and built here in Cologne, Germany.
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In the video, you explain that an internal wiring mod would be needed for use in the USA.
Is that done upon ordering the unit, or will they be marketed here in the USA with the mods already done?


This unit would address a lot of switching issues, and seems fairly simple in its layout of functions. I would love to try one, and will have to be on the lookout for one here in the US, if one pops up.

Unfortunately, I would have to save up for a little while to afford the 2K price tag on a new one, but convenience is not always cheap! :D
 
OUTLAW1969":2l4thc8m said:
hunter":2l4thc8m said:
Dude that is my vid. Sorry if it sounds complicated, but it's actually very easy to use. I had the unit for about 2 weeks and I have to say, the buffers sound great, switching is noiseless, all is great. Obviously this is for guys at home with multiple amp collections or for pros like Lynch, Bonamassa, etc to use live. Even Music shops who wanna give customers options to compare amps on the fly. It's pretty awesome actually. Designed and built here in Cologne, Germany.
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In the video, you explain that an internal wiring mod would be needed for use in the USA.
Is that done upon ordering the unit, or will they be marketed here in the USA with the mods already done?


This unit would address a lot of switching issues, and seems fairly simple in its layout of functions. I would love to try one, and will have to be on the lookout for one here in the US, if one pops up.

Unfortunately, I would have to save up for a little while to afford the 2K price tag on a new one, but convenience is not always cheap! :D
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I was just going to ask about pricing. Damn, that puts it firmly out of reach, but what a killer looking unit. Do want badly.
 
OUTLAW1969":2hw92tht said:
hunter":2hw92tht said:
Dude that is my vid. Sorry if it sounds complicated, but it's actually very easy to use. I had the unit for about 2 weeks and I have to say, the buffers sound great, switching is noiseless, all is great. Obviously this is for guys at home with multiple amp collections or for pros like Lynch, Bonamassa, etc to use live. Even Music shops who wanna give customers options to compare amps on the fly. It's pretty awesome actually. Designed and built here in Cologne, Germany.
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In the video, you explain that an internal wiring mod would be needed for use in the USA.
Is that done upon ordering the unit, or will they be marketed here in the USA with the mods already done?


This unit would address a lot of switching issues, and seems fairly simple in its layout of functions. I would love to try one, and will have to be on the lookout for one here in the US, if one pops up.

Unfortunately, I would have to save up for a little while to afford the 2K price tag on a new one, but convenience is not always cheap! :D
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Yeah the US importer (Friedman) will offer it in your local voltage.
 
hunter":21kbzgxg said:
Dude that is my vid. Sorry if it sounds complicated, but it's actually very easy to use. I had the unit for about 2 weeks and I have to say, the buffers sound great, switching is noiseless, all is great. Obviously this is for guys at home with multiple amp collections or for pros like Lynch, Bonamassa, etc to use live. Even Music shops who wanna give customers options to compare amps on the fly. It's pretty awesome actually. Designed and built here in Cologne, Germany.
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Thanks for the messages - no it's not complicated at all. If anything it makes my life much simpler.

I was just interested to understand how many people would bother carrying 3 heads & 2 cabs to a gig. That's my weird way of justifying my future purchase I guess!

I can't wait to get one - I've been trying to figure out the multiple EFX loops thing for a while now so this unit is brilliant.
 
Only issue I can see is impedances. How does this thing get around the fact that if you have multiple cabs hooked up, but one is 8 ohms and the other is 16 and your amp doesn't match since you can't physically unplug the speaker cable from the amp's 16 ohm tap and move it to the amp's 8 ohm tap?
 
this is my question as well.

if it is set up for 16 ohms and you add another cab in parallell then that creates a 8 ohm load.

if your amp is set up for 16 ohms then it sees less resistance and the transformer overdrives.

not like if your amp was set up for 8 ohms and it sees a 16 ohm load. then it would still be safe to run, but the sound is slightly different

most people say that it usually sounds a little less loud, with some loss in bass and highs.

hmmmm...

FourT6and2":2jk2ttpj said:
Only issue I can see is impedances. How does this thing get around the fact that if you have multiple cabs hooked up, but one is 8 ohms and the other is 16 and your amp doesn't match since you can't physically unplug the speaker cable from the amp's 16 ohm tap and move it to the amp's 8 ohm tap?
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fuzzyguitars":2s9ogg5d said:
this is my question as well.

if it is set up for 16 ohms and you add another cab in parallell then that creates a 8 ohm load.

if your amp is set up for 16 ohms then it sees less resistance and the transformer overdrives.

not like if your amp was set up for 8 ohms and it sees a 16 ohm load. then it would still be safe to run, but the sound is slightly different

most people say that it usually sounds a little less loud, with some loss in bass and highs.

hmmmm...

FourT6and2":2s9ogg5d said:
Only issue I can see is impedances. How does this thing get around the fact that if you have multiple cabs hooked up, but one is 8 ohms and the other is 16 and your amp doesn't match since you can't physically unplug the speaker cable from the amp's 16 ohm tap and move it to the amp's 8 ohm tap?
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Yup. Pretty much. Unless maybe it has some sort of internal load-matching thing that does it somehow? Because it lets you either switch cabs (and if you switch from an 8 to a 16 how does you amp see that change?), or it lets you add additional cabs at the same time, like running two 8s or two 16s. So again, how does your amp see this change in real time?
 
Fuck, this is exactly what I need but 2K!? So how does the Master loop work when you have the amp volumes really getting up there. How is the loop in there?
 
We have these in stock right now. Fantastic product. Works flawlessly. Price is 1800.00
 
Honestly, have to give it some serious consideration. Being able to add a midi switchable loop to non loop amps is pretty cool. Dave, you don't have to go into super tech detail but I'm still curious on how that Master loop works in sense of how it gets a tapped workable signal while you may, over the course of playing, go through some pretty big volume swings on the amps. Can I also assume it doesn't care if you're using an attenuator between the amp and the switcher?
 
fuzzyguitars":2h7a5ups said:
this is my question as well.

if it is set up for 16 ohms and you add another cab in parallell then that creates a 8 ohm load.

if your amp is set up for 16 ohms then it sees less resistance and the transformer overdrives.

not like if your amp was set up for 8 ohms and it sees a 16 ohm load. then it would still be safe to run, but the sound is slightly different

most people say that it usually sounds a little less loud, with some loss in bass and highs.

hmmmm...

FourT6and2":2h7a5ups said:
Only issue I can see is impedances. How does this thing get around the fact that if you have multiple cabs hooked up, but one is 8 ohms and the other is 16 and your amp doesn't match since you can't physically unplug the speaker cable from the amp's 16 ohm tap and move it to the amp's 8 ohm tap?
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Unit deals fine with mismatches of one step. E.g. 8 Ohm and 16 Ohm is fine, 4 Ohm and 16 Ohm is not fine.
 
I need one of these, but I think I might need 2 since I own 10 amps and also so I can use 2 amps at the same time in my studio.It would be great if you could select one amp using one or 2 cabs and the other Amp the other ones. I was looking at the CAE amp selector and wrote an email to Bob, to see if he could build one for me, but I never heard from him.Maybe because my last name wasn't Lynch,Vai or Van Halen! LOL! His cost around $1,450 but you can't select cabinets, so the Ampete might be a better deal! I guess you could also switch between a cabinet and a dummyload.
 
I don't understand how some of you dudes drag multiple cabs and amps to gigs. You dudes either don't tour, or you are in bands with actual employees. I've been all over the place the period where I ran a stereo setup was dreadful and so impractical. It only worked in my favor with that group because at least half of our shows were basements, houses, etc due to the nature of that music scene.
 
Spaceboy":2i3y24yh said:
I don't understand how some of you dudes drag multiple cabs and amps to gigs. You dudes either don't tour, or you are in bands with actual employees. I've been all over the place the period where I ran a stereo setup was dreadful and so impractical. It only worked in my favor with that group because at least half of our shows were basements, houses, etc due to the nature of that music scene.
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I think most people here just have multiple cabs at home... :poke: I would never pay 2k for a switcher box. There are plenty of other options that much cheaper out there that do basically the same basic thing. Sure slight differences in functions here and there.
 
lowmantotempole":190g0ymu said:
I have multiple amps/cabs and do quite a bit of recording at home. It would be a dream to have one of these set up so I wouldn't have to keep setting up, tearing down, and rewiring all the time!
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exactly..i don't think anyone's really giggling with something like this unless you're maybe Joe Perry.
 
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