Can I do this

I have a Fender Mustang 3 (100w) and an old line 6 spider 3 (15w) that I use in a spare bedroom at home. I've got used to playing with earphones on and when I play without them, I miss that fuller stereo sound.

Can I put a mic on a boom in front of the Mustang and plug the jack of the mic cable into the guitar input of the spider? I only play at low volume and so the Spider should be able to match the Mustang. I can then position the amps left and right of me to get a fuller, more stereophonic sound.

Thanks for any answers / advice

Andy

Why not just get a splitter cable or an ABY box?

I have a Fender Mustang 3 (100w) and an old line 6 spider 3 (15w) that I use in a spare bedroom at home. I've got used to playing with earphones on and when I play without them, I miss that fuller stereo sound.

Can I put a mic on a boom in front of the Mustang and plug the jack of the mic cable into the guitar input of the spider? I only play at low volume and so the Spider should be able to match the Mustang. I can then position the amps left and right of me to get a fuller, more stereophonic sound.

Thanks for any answers / advice

Andy

Sure if that what you'd like to do. It would be no different than running it mic'd into a PA. Does the Line 6 have a line out? If so that would be easier than mic'ing it.

Oops, reread it. Other way around. You want to mic the Mustang and the answer is still yes but a line out from the Mustang to the Line 6 would be easier.

Why not just get a splitter cable or an ABY box?

Because the amps have different capabilities. What I mean by this is that on the Mustang I could select the Bassman amp, or a 57 Deluxe etc, but have no such capability on the Spider - so splitting the signal and directing to 2 different amps will give an odd sound I would think. By mic-ing the Mustang and playing that sound through the spider, both amps are then playing the same simulation (although I know there won't be perfect symmetry, as the speaker sizes/components, etc are different).

Because the amps have different capabilities. What I mean by this is that on the Mustang I could select the Bassman amp, or a 57 Deluxe etc, but have no such capability on the Spider - so splitting the signal and directing to 2 different amps will give an odd sound I would think. By mic-ing the Mustang and playing that sound through the spider, both amps are then playing the same simulation (although I know there won't be perfect symmetry, as the speaker sizes/components, etc are different).

Well sometimes the whole reason for splitting the signal is so that you do have two separate voicings and it shouldn't sound odd unless that's not what you want.

The easiest way to go about what you wish to do is to run a line out from the Mustang III into the Line 6. If the line out is pre-modeling and EQ then mic'ing would also get you there since you'd taking directly from the speakers output.