Line 6 Powercab CL 112
Product information "Line 6 Powercab CL 112"
Line 6 Powercab CL 112
Powercab® CL Multi-Voice active speaker – Your sound, your style
The Powercab® CL series takes your sound to the next level – perfect for amp modelers, compact amp simulations or simply as a versatile guitar speaker. The lightweight open-back cabinets are fitted with classic 12" guitar speakers and offer either a transparent full-range sound or six characterful speaker voicings for an authentic vintage tone. Operation remains simple and intuitive – ideal for stage, studio or home. No matter how loud you play: you always get a powerful, natural sound with a real playing feel.
Features at a glance:
Open cabinet design with real guitar speakers
6-way voice encoder to select six different virtual speaker voicings
"Power Amp In" mode for driving a power amp directly – speaker voicings are bypassed
3-band EQ with low, mid and high boost/cut for quick tone shaping
XLR/6.3-mm combo input + balanced XLR output with IR-loading
MIDI input for external control of numerous functions (e.g. voicing switching)
USB-B port for IR import, firmware updates and USB-MIDI functionality
USB-B port for IR import, firmware updates and USB-MIDI functionality
Whether modelling amp, pedalboard or multi-FX – the Powercab CL series gives you real cab sound, high power and maximum control
- Connections: 1 x XLR/ Jack Combo Input, XLR Male Output, USB-B, MIDI
- Loudspeaker: Line 6 Special Design
- Loudspeaker Type: Line 6 Special Design
- Loudspeakers: 1x 12"
- Power: 100 W
- Special Features: 6 selectable Speaker Voicings, free Powercab CL IR Loader Software, Power Amp Input without Speaker Simulation
- Stereo/Mono: Mono
- Technology: Open back
Line 6. Few names are more associated with modelling and innovative sound design than the Californian soundsmith. The brand took off with the famous little red "bean", the Line 6 Pocket POD, in the early 2000s. Suddenly musicians in the recording studio could access a wide range of amp and effect sounds without having to set up complex rigs and mic them. "Modelling" suddenly entered the mainstream, appeared on almost every studio console and delivered sounds to home headphones. At session the POD series remains a top seller to this day, with each generation — POD 2.0, POD XT, POD HD500 — adding new features like improved sound, many more amp models and hundreds of effects. Current models like the Line 6 POD GO even offer the ability to use multiple rigs simultaneously, letting you play complex sounds with several amps and effects at once.
For professionals, Line 6 expanded its product range in 2015 with Helix, a kind of high-end POD offering endless possibilities to dial in the perfect sound. With professional routing options, displays on the footswitches showing the current setup and what was at the time the most realistic sound in LINE 6's history, the Helix can still be found on stages and in studios around the world. The Helix LT, a reduced model with fewer features, and the HX Stomp, a very compact, more affordable variant, later broadened the Californian's range with stripped-down options for smaller budgets. HX Effects completes the Helix family as a pure effects module without amp sounds and is extremely popular at session!
But at session you'll of course also find the other major pillar of Line 6's range alongside the multi-effect pedals: amplifiers.
Line 6 modelling didn't start in pedal form, but reached musicians first as a kind of all-in-one amp, the AxSYS 212, which contained a wide variety of classic amp sounds from clean to metal. From these roots later came classics like the Line 6 VETTA II, but also an absolute beginner top seller: the Spider! Today the Line 6 Spider V MkII is a true classic among beginner amplifiers and offers great sound for home, music school, rehearsal room or first stages for modest money, regardless of musical style.
Whether modelling amps for electric guitars, multi-effect pedals or now also wireless systems for instruments for cable-free use of your guitar on stage, Line 6 remains a standard for anyone seeking outstanding sound with maximum flexibility.
