I have a Spider II HD and i love it... It sounds awesome, the on board FX are a little tricky to get ahold of at first, but once you fart around with them for a while it's easy. I play metal, but i know a few people that play lighter rock and they use it too... So for country it should work out awesome... Check out samash.com they have 15 months not payment or interest...
Also a question for everyone else... Has anyone set a line6 or any other digital recording gear up for a direct recording? how does it sound? and do you run straight to the computer or to the board then computer...thanks again