Come on now, everyone makes mistakes. I think he may have been refering to the combo next biggest up from the 30w, The 1x12! http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Line-6-Spider-II-112-Combo?sku=482244 Which is $300 but has more amp models and more effects than it's little brothers. Anyway you slice it we all agree on the Spider II, so any model he gets is gonna be great. It's all up to him now so let's go ahead and leave it at that.