GEAR REVIEW
LINE 6 POWERCAB 212 PLUS ACTIVE SPEAKER SYSTEM
FOR MODELING DEVICES | Doug Doppler
KEY FEATURES
• 500-watt Stereo Power Amp
• 128 Presets
• 12 Speaker Models
• Tons of I/O
More than just a brand, the team at Line 6
have become friends not only to me, but to the
House of Worship in general. No other brand
has spent more time and energy investing in
the worship guitar community. The first Sunday
I played at church I used a Flextone II combo,
showing with Brandon Frenzel, who was As far as Powercab 212 Plus goes, this 500-
responsible for the development of Powercab. watt 2x12” powered speaker system is kind of
In my ‘other life’ I have the amazing privilege A few weeks later a Powercab 112 and a pair of a dream for me. Any time I’m working with a
of being one of the teachers at Dreamcatcher 112 Plus units showed up at my door and I’ve vocalist, I prefer to play in stereo, so the guitar
Events guitar camps for the likes of Joe Satriani, been loving them ever since. can wrap itself around the vocals rather than
which preceded the HD500.
Steve Vai, and John Petrucci. Line 6 was one of
compete in the mix. In turn, being able to have
the official sponsors for the 2018 Vai Academy, MORE OF A GREAT THING a true stereo path in a 2x12” form factor allows
which is where this chapter of the story begins. Fast forward to my trip home after Joe Satriani’s me to pull out all my favorite stereo musings…
The rig I took to that camp included my trusty 2019 guitar camp, Brandon treated me to a Helix, a Seymour Duncan power amp, and a debut of the Powercab 212 Plus, and once SPEAKER MODELING
pair of Mesa-Boogie 4x12 cabinets – not your again I was bitten by the Powercab bug. In full The biggest difference between the Powercab
typical rig, but that’s kind of the point. At the disclosure, I was part of the beta team behind family and any of the other FR/FR offering is
time there were a couple of other FR/FR (full the pre-market fine tuning and also contributed that Powercab is its ability to run in Flat mode
range, flat response) powered speaker options a few changes to the owner’s manual. As noted and load IRs (impulse responses) or Line 6’s
on the market, but I had not yet had a chance above, since I’ve been working at Worship proprietary speaker models. As the name
to check them out. When my buddy Andrew Musician, no company has shown more love implies, speaker models only model a specific
Bonica took me to the Line 6 suite and showed to what we’re doing on the worship guitar front speaker, unlike IRs which models the sound
me the prototypes for the Powercab 112 and than Line 6, which is one of the reasons we are of a speaker, cabinet, a mic, and potentially
112 Plus I was immediately smitten. On my way always eager to support their worship-friendly a sophisticated signal chain of studio gear
back to Norther California I stopped by the Line offerings. including a mic, preamp, and EQ. The goal was
to give you the amp in the room experience
6 headquarters in Calabassas, CA for a private
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October 2019
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