Line 6 FBV Express MkII 4-button Foot Controller, black

UPDATE: I've hooked it to my MacBook via USB and used it as a controller in GarageBand. I used line 6 software to map to volume control and sustain for my software instruments. I literally use this pedal every day still, just not guitar (neck injury so I'm off guitar for a while) but with piano in GarageBand. So glad I picked this up, if you're looking at this pedal just get it and thank me later. I sincerely love this pedal. Original review: Really great to be able to switch channels in a bank and manipulate the wah and volume. It came with the lan cable needed and the pedal itself is power over Ethernet. No lag noticeable at all. Really great controller out of the box. I may use it down the road for midi but for now it's perfect for jamming. It's exactly what I needed for my setup. I highly recommend this little pedal. Very light as well, not like most heavy effects controllers. Good solid construction.

The Line 6 FBV Express MkII Foot Controller works great with my Line 6 Spider amp. I never fully utilized all of the features of the amplifier until I got the foot controller. Having to reach down and change settings on the amp by hand is awkward and interrupts the music. The foot controlled access to four pre-sets, the tuner, and volume is fantastic. I really like the wah pedal as well. The only difficulty I had was updating the firmware (Flash Memory). The calibration procedure suggested in the manual wasn't available until the firmware was updated. When I plugged the foot controller into my computer (Windows 7 64-bit OS) to update the firmware, Windows 7 wouldn't install the necessary USB driver automatically and there was no way to manually install a driver. I'm not sure if this is a Windows 7 compatibility problem or if there's something unusual about my particular computer. I got around the USB driver problem by using XP mode (available in Windows 7 Professional). In XP mode the USB driver installed automatically and the Line 6 Monkey update utility worked as advertized. Once the newer firmware was installed the calibration procedure went smoothly. Honestly, the FBV MKII foot controller seemed to work well right out of the box without calibration and I'm not sure if updating the firmware and calibrating it was absolutely necessary. Since getting the FBV Express MkII I can't imagine playing without it.

I ran with the factory firmware version 1.0 on my line 6 spider 4-120 for two years oblivious to the fact that I had to have at least the 99.00 4 switch wah pedal to change the colors I paint with, or sound fx. I used to have a Peavey Transfex 212 with a 10 switch pedal. This was worth its weight in gold playing live. Going from clean to crunch, psychedelic to acoustic, crazy to mild, gives you the ability to change fx at the speed of sound. Covering some songs requires it, writing your own music makes it essential. With the FBV pedal you also get a built in link to the spider 4's tuner in a better way than the amps own display. Its also the only way to connect the amp online to update it. A major design flaw line 6, but a damn good way to ensure you sell a boatload of pedals. With that said, you get 4 chan switches but no way to browse banks, so your stuck in 1 of 4 channels of bank "A" for example. You must go to the back of the stage, select a new bank "B" an then back to the pedal and select the fx you wanted to begin with. Tedious for live playing. I pick bank A, then program the four sounds I need for a few songs, then change banks between songs. Works ok. The other thing you cant miss about this pedal is the very average volume and wah pedal. The volume side is sooooooo sensitive, it goes from naught to blaring in one tiny tap. To get from vol to wah you must press an electronic "pressure" pad at the top of the pedal that requires several attempts in most cases to activate. Once you get past the popping and clicking of the repeated stomps and get to the wah side, it is a very non natural electronic sound. When comparing to a baby wah or cry baby, you get none of the tube like sound that you expect or desire. I did find that using a wah sounding effect while using the pedal helps a ton. On the plus side, and there are a few. this thing is a Sherman tank. Solid build quality can handle just about anything the stage can throw at it, including the stage. I read a story of the entire forward light truss falling on the guitar setup area, destroying mic stands all the bonus pedals, a les paul, a monitor speaker, and floor lights and lasers. The line six fbv pedal had one scratch and a torn rubber wah cover. Rock solid. Made with what every rock pedal should be, heavy metal. The sound switching, although limited to one bank at a time is clean and seamless. The lighting on the pedal, all l.e.d.'s, are very bright even in the brightest daylight and stage lighting. The tuners lights fade from dim to bright as your tuning reaches desired frequency. Very easy to read. The main bonus of the fbv pedal is the cat 5/6 cable connection to the net, with it you can not only update the firmware of the spider amps, you can download the home made effects of other users via the line 6 website. This is for me the goldmine. We have all been amazed by the quality of how close line 6's artist inspired tones sound. These take that a full light year closer to reality, sounding almost perfect in some cases and dead on in others. Inspiration will take you for a ride with some of these tones that I dare say you would not have found otherwise. My advice is as follows; if you can only afford the 100 bones on a pedal buy it. It's worth it for the ability to switch channels, the make shift wah, and the icing on the cake is the download ability for updates and user made tones. Now if you have 200 bones and a loving spouse, mother or landlord pickup the Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII Foot Controller here http://www.amazon.com/Line-FBV-Shortboard-MkII-Controller/dp/B002GYWBKK/ref=pd_cp_MI_2 and take total floor control of your Line 6 amp and POD foot switches for preset bank select, effect select, tuner, tap tempo, and a full-sized volume/wah pedal with plenty of grip, Over sized and bright LCD displays chromatic presets and tuner with a USB jack and an RJ-45 jack as well. thats the thick and thin of it... hope it helps. Like an old guitarist told me, better play everyday or throw it away, it starts over at the 12th fret, and learn your scales.

This works really well as a standalone MIDI controller; you don't need to own the amp to use it that way. You do have to install some software though, which leaves icons on your desktop (OSX Mavericks) that I haven't found a way to get rid of. I'm not crazy about that part. But aside from that, it's a really handy foot controller. Smaller than the Behringer FCB1010, which makes it more practical for travel and takes up less space on stage if you have a tight setup. Also a lot less pedals than the Behringer, but since I need to be able to find pedals easily without looking down for long, fewer pedals may be more practical anyway. In researching MIDI foot controllers I didn't even know this existed until someone I know got one. So I suspect this item may be overlooked by a lot of people who assume you need to use it with the amp.

I've owned Line 6 products for quite a while and have always shied away from purchasing the expression pedal/pedal board because of the proprietary cabling/hook-up. I borrowed a friend's Line 6 Spider Valve to test it out and he had the Express pedal board with the amp. I fell in love with the Spider Valve, but more so with the pedal. I tried it out with my other Line 6 products (amps and PODxt) and was sold! This item works like magic and the tone of the built-in wah is very similar to my Morley Bad Horsie 2 wah wah pedal. The thing is built well and works every time. It's very nice to be able to set the tap tempo on the board as well as view the tuner from the floor. This is a great product that I would highly recommend for anyone with a Line 6 product to control.

This is an essential accessory for the excellent Line 6 Spider IV combo amps, For more details, see my review of the Line 6 Spider IV 75 watt combo. The FBV Express Mk II is the least expensive pedal to give one full control over all basic and essential amp features. This pedal should have been ( or be) included with the amp but it wasn't. Anyway, if you are considering buying the amp (which is great), you really will want to have this pedal, even though it costs 33% of the price of the amp itself. With the FBV Express Mk II you can store the 4 amp channels, each of which has its own settings for model and all effects, as well as control the 14 second looping ability of the Spider IV. The pedal also adds a volume/way pedal (the wah pedal is OK but not as full-throated as a Cry Baby or other stand-alone wah wahs). Without the pedal, you will not be able to access looping and channel switching in real time while playing (which is the whole point of this thing) unless you have more than the standard compliment of 2 arms, equipped with one hand each. The pedal also interfaces with a computer to allow deep editing and storing of all of the effects of the Line 6 Spider IV combos through a USB port. This feature alone makes it a must-have for taking full advantage of the amp. J.M. Tepper

I got this little guy for my spider IV 15 for all the awesome features and it works flawlessly. Channel switching is a breeze, with almost no delay. The tuner works great as well, I tuned it on there then with my korg tuner and it matches up. The wah volume pedal is very useful too, vol is good for fade ins or fade outs. The amount of force needed to switch to wah is quite a bit, and seems like its a little too much force that's needed, but it works. And once you're switched over to the wah, don't expect to match up with Voodo Chile or Bulls On Parade. Its good, but doesn't really cut it if you want a great wah sound. Overall though it's a good buy for your line 6 amp.

Broke with no reason. Line 6 had no support for this product and the only solution was to spend another $149 to buy a new one.

I have been longing a pedalboard for my, now old, Flextone III XL for around 17 years now, for my distinct collection of guitars with either humbuckers or single coil pickups. It can’t be any easier than this... The Pedalboard arrived in just 2 days from order, was supplied with the cable and just so easy to set up. You have 4 pedals to play with, which I set up within minutes for a clean and dirty setting for both Humbuckers and Single Coils. Step on the used pedal for a few seconds and you get the tuner, which is very accurate.....and you have the expression pedal for the volume control OR Wah Wah...fantabulous! Just wished I got one earlier! It’s robust....it’s lightweight....it looks cool....and it works! What more can you ask for? :-) Geoff

I use this exclusively for midi foot control and it works excellent. As a midi controller for Logic Pro, Neural DSP or AmpliTube this works great in all apps. Once you assign the switches in each app that you use , this pedal is amazing.I have even managed to get iPhone music effect chains in apps to work with this .Such as Garage Band etc. Turning effects on or off. Pro: Control your effects with ease in your apps. Once you set it, it works excellent with your amp effect sims. I use this with Logic Pro, Reaper, Garage Band on iPhone or iPad without issues. Small enough if you need to store it away yet large enough to use. It is sturdy also. I’m not at all afraid to use it and break it. Cons: I have only one con ,the tuner will not operate if you aren’t connected to (for my case) line 6 pod. This is really great I 100% recommend it for home recording sessions

中古品ですが、想定より綺麗できちんと機能しました。良い買い物でした。

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Es compacto y el pedal de expresión suma super bien