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line 6 company wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 origin 1 2 launch and success 1 3 change in ownership 2 notable products toggle notable products subsection 2 1 pod 2 2 dl4 2 3 variax 2 4 helix 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents line 6 company 12 languages deutsch español فارسی suomi français italiano 日本語 nederlands polski português русский اردو edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia american audio equipment manufacturer line 6 type subsidiary industry amplification musical instruments founded 1996 30 years ago 1996 founder susan wolf marcus ryle and michel doidic headquarters calabasas california united states area served united states europe japan products guitar effects guitar amplifiers software electric guitars wireless systems parent yamaha corporation website line6 com line 6 is a musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer best known as a pioneer in guitar amplifier and effect modeling 1 2 the company s products include guitar effects modeling guitar amplifiers software electric guitars and wireless systems line 6 has an active user community and provides software that allows users to easily download and share patches or device settings for many of the company s products founded in 1996 and headquartered in calabasas california the company has been a subsidiary of yamaha corporation since 2014 history edit origin edit susan wolf together with marcus ryle and michel doidic two former oberheim designers co founded fast forward designs where they helped develop several notable pro audio products such as the alesis adat quadraverbs and quadrasynth and digidesign samplecell as digital signal processing dsp became more powerful and affordable during the 1980s they began developing dsp based products which would emulate the tones of classic guitar amplifiers cabinets and effects according to ryle the name line 6 came about because the phone system at fast forward designs only had 5 lines because the new guitar related products were developed in secrecy the receptionist used line 6 as a code word of sorts and paging them for a call on line 6 meant to stop any guitar or amp related sounds so that they would not be overheard by other fast forward clients or callers 3 launch and success edit pod x3 bean line 6 launched in 1996 with their first digital modeling amplifier the axsys 212 a combo amp using two 12 speakers 3 this was followed in 1997 by the flextone modeling combo amp 4 and in 1998 by the modeling software amp farm which became popular among music producers and professional guitarists using pro tools 5 fearing that digital modeling was beyond the reach of ordinary guitarists line 6 sought to design an affordable simple standalone guitar amp and effects modeler with a unique look 5 this led to the company s breakthrough product the 1998 pod a famously red kidney bean shaped desktop processor that emulated 15 classic amplifier models with multiple speaker cabinet options and onboard effects premier guitar described the original pod as instigating a long overdue liberation from cheap practice amps and expensive vintage amps line 6 subsequently expanded the pod into a family of products with later additions increasing the line s amp choices and processing power 5 a spider iii amp the following year line 6 launched the spider series of modeling amps with the spider 112 and spider 210 6 7 as well as their stompbox modeler series of modeling effects pedals with the dl4 delay modeler and mm4 modulation modeler 8 bob mould performing with a line 6 variax acoustic guitar in 2002 line 6 introduced the variax line of electric acoustic and bass guitars 9 in early 2008 line 6 acquired x2 digital wireless who had introduced digital wireless systems for guitar further developing this technology line 6 developed and introduced a family of digital wireless microphone systems in 2010 10 in light of increased market competition from companies like fractal audio kemper and neural dsp line 6 launched its flagship modeling effects unit the helix in 2015 the helix has since expanded into a successful family of products 1 change in ownership edit in december 2013 it was confirmed that line 6 was to be bought by yamaha corporation to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary with the internal management remaining the same in 2017 line 6 became part of yamaha s first ever guitar division which became yamaha guitar group inc the following year 11 notable products edit pod edit main article line 6 pod the pod released in 1998 was line 6 s breakthrough product a red kidney bean shaped desktop processor that emulated 15 classic amplifier models and offered onboard effects following its success the company increased the number of simulated amps in subsequent iterations of the desktop pod like the pod 2 0 and pod xt format changes came in 2003 and 2004 with the rackmount pod xt pro and floor modeler pod xt live respectively 5 dl4 edit main article line 6 dl4 following the success of the pod line 6 introduced the dl4 digital delay pedal in 1999 as part of a series of groundbreaking digital effects pedals 12 it models 16 vintage delay effects including the echoplex space echo and the electro harmonix deluxe memory man and featured a looping function 13 premier guitar credited the dl4 for expanding on the capabilities of a typical delay pedal and creating its own niche that influenced indie and experimental music users include joe perry dave grohl joe satriani and thom yorke line 6 released a mkii version in 2024 14 variax edit main article variax line 6 s variax series produced between 2002 and 2023 used internal electronics to process the sound from individual strings to emulate the sound of specific guitars and other instruments such as a banjo and sitar the variax was available primarily in electric guitar models but acoustic and electric bass guitar models were available in the past helix edit line 6 launched the floorboard modeler helix in 2015 as its next generation flagship modeling effects unit utilizing a then newly developed hx engine that supported 72 amp models 37 speaker cabinets 16 microphone models and 194 effects the helix has since expanded into a successful family of products including the smaller hx stomp and hx stomp xl and the helix lt with the diminutive stomp consistently ranking as the top seller among all amp modelers and effects processors on reverb com 1 in november 2025 line 6 expanded its multi effects lineup with the release of the helix stadium series introducing an updated processing architecture and the proprietary agoura modeling methodology 15 references edit 1 2 3 handley joel 11 june 2021 6 years of the line 6 helix reverb com reverb retrieved 17 may 2023 line 6 case study analog com analog devices retrieved 1 december 2023 1 2 white paul march 2006 line 6 inside the tone modelling factory sound on sound sos publications group retrieved 1 december 2023 line 6 timeline line6 com line 6 retrieved 10 november 2019 1 2 3 4 moore adam 12 october 2008 10 years of the pod premierguitar com premier guitar retrieved 16 may 2023 white paul november 1999 line 6 spider sound on sound sos publications group retrieved 1 december 2023 kobylensky paul 20 march 2017 line 6 spider v 120 review premierguitar com premier guitar retrieved 1 december 2023 gill chris 10 may 2022 how the line 6 dl4 changed the game for digital modeling effect pedals future publishing limited retrieved 1 december 2023 white paul june 2003 line 6 variax sound on sound sos publications group retrieved 1 december 2023 stroud peter 14 august 2008 gone wireless premier guitar retrieved 1 december 2023 yamaha guitar group our story yamaha guitar group retrieved 1 december 2023 molenda mike les paul 2007 the guitar player book 40 years of interviews gear and lessons from the world s most celebrated guitar magazine hal leonard p 232 isbn 978 0 87930 782 0 retrieved 7 january 2011 fisher jeffrey p 2005 cash tracks compose produce and sell your original soundtrack music and jingles elsevier p 67 isbn 978 1 59200 741 7 celebrating the big green monster premierguitar com premier guitar retrieved 8 february 2025 helix stadium family line 6 november 2025 retrieved june 30 2026 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to line 6 official website audio interview with line 6 founder marcus ryle marcus ryle interview at namm oral history collection 2007 michel doidic interview at namm oral history collection 2011 v t e yamaha corporation products list of products musical instruments divisions artist services drums entertainment group pro audio subsidiaries current ampeg bösendorfer deagan line 6 steinberg former contemode people torakusu yamaha chris gero other topics music festival music london store music foundation popular song contest v t e guitar brands and manufacturers acoustic only 1 alvarez avalon babicz beltona blackbird breedlove cole clark conde hnos del vecchio dobro freshman furch hora joseph lukes lâg levin lichty luna maestro martin national original ovation petros rainsong ramírez recording king regal santa cruz seagull sigma stella suzuki tacoma takamine tanglewood walden weymann electric only alembic bigsby blade bohemian brawley burns campbell caparison chapman charvel c r alsip d alegria diamond duesenberg eastwood electrical esp fano fernandes flaxwood fgn g l gordon smith guyatone hamer heritage italia jackson james tyler jolana kent kiesel koll kramer lado lindert line 6 lotus matsumoku mayones micro frets moniker motor ave roman music man parker reverend robin ruokangas sadowsky samick shergold squier steinberger suhr supro teisco tym valley arts vigier westone acoustic and electric antoria aria b c rich collings cort d angelico danelectro daisy rock girl jay turser dean eko epiphone farida fender garrison giannini gibson godin greco gretsch guild hagström harmony höfner hohner ibanez kay klira larrivée maton michael kelly national reso phonic orville oscar schmidt penco prs rickenbacker schecter sigma silvertone stagg tagima taylor tokai tom anderson tonante valco vester vintage washburn westfield yamaha zemaitis other strings instruments banjos dean deering del vecchio epiphone hohner ibanez oscar schmidt recording king stagg tonante weymann basses alembic antoria blade cort daisy rock girl d angelico danelectro duesenberg eastwood farida fender gibson g l guyatone höfner hohner ibanez italia jolana michael tobias modulus graphite music man ovation parker prs reverend rickenbacker sadowsky schecter shergold sigma silvertone steinberger supro tacoma tagima tanglewood tobias tokai vigier westfield westone zon harp guitars gibson martin lutes levin mandolins beltona breedlove collings dean del vecchio epiphone giannini gibson harmony hohner hora ibanez levin martin michael kelly national national reso phonic oscar schmidt ovation regal seagull stagg tacoma tanglewood weymann tenor guitars epiphone gibson gretsch guild kay martin national reso phonic ukuleles aria beltona blackbird breedlove d angelico daisy rock girl dean freshman harmony höfner hohner hora ibanez lichty luna martin maton national ovation oscar schmidt parker petros regal seagull sigma silvertone stagg suzuki tanglewood weymann 1 include classical and steel string acoustic guitars defunct company authority control databases international viaf national united states israel artists musicbrainz retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title line_6_ company oldid 1361824424 categories audio equipment manufacturers of the united states guitar manufacturing companies of the united states guitar amplifier manufacturers manufacturing companies established in 1996 guitar effects manufacturing companies companies based in calabasas california 1996 establishments in california 2014 mergers and acquisitions yamaha corporation line 6 company hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata commons category link is on wikidata this page was last edited on 30 june 2026 at 09 03 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to 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