Positive Grid Spark MINI Portable Smart Guitar Amplifier and Bluetooth Speaker with App for Playing Guitar at Home or on the Travel, 10W (Black)

So far, so good…works as per specifications.

This little amp is nothing short of astounding! When I first got it I wasn't particularly impressed with the preset sounds and then I started fiddling about on the app. There are lots of different amps and effects to choose from and you can get a whole range of tones. It won't take you long to find 'YOUR' sounds. Save them to the presets and away you go! I don't know how Positive Grid do it, but you get this immense sound coming out of this tiny box. If you like Dave Gilmour and have the 'Delicate Sounds of Thunder' live album, you can actually get something very close to that immense sound he creates. The app is just brilliant! You have all these backing tracks from fusion, to soul, to rock, that you can jam along with and the sound of your guitar will be synced with the track perfectly. I've tried doing the same thing with my Katana and it wasn't as good. They just don't sound as synced. I hardly ever play my big amps any more as the mini pretty much does anything I need. If you're toying about with the idea of getting one of these ask yourself, 'What volume do I play at most of the time?' I play at home and don't need big volumes, in fact I rarely put my other amps above 2. Also because it's battery powered you can take it anywhere, which I can't do with my little Blackstar Fly. The Mini is really well made and sits nicely in any space. There are a lot of other useful features on the app like showing you the chords you're playing in real time and I think it makes you more aware of how you play. I've been playing for nearly 40 years and I don't think I've ever enjoyed playing an amp as much as this. One thing I would note however, is that if you're playing a single coil guitar and you have the noise gate on, it will choke out the higher notes particularly on the high E string. You won't get this as bad with humbuckers. Just turn the noise gate off and this will help. For the money you pay, you get A LOT and I really mean that. There are quite a few reviewers on YouTube who actually prefer the Mini over the bigger Spark 40. Treat yourself to one, I don't think you'll regret it!

I pre-ordered the Spark Mini and it arrived 11 days before I expected. Setup was easy, I upgraded the firmware to the latest version and it was ready to go. Despite of having fewer knobs that its big brother, the app makes it very easy to configure a rig like the big one I have. I got the tones I like quickly and assigned to the presets knob. It sounds very good, much better than another portable (but bigger) amp I have, plus the Mini works as a bluetooth speaker. Battery last a lot, in fact I have charged once a week with one hour of playing daily. It looks very good and finish is high quality. It's pricey but it packs a lot of technology. In other countries, those who pre-ordered it got the red grid as well, not our case in Australia, hence the missing star in value for money.

Sehr guter Übungsverstärker - auch praktisch für Wohnzimmersessions. Guter Klang sowie große Soundbibliothek. Auch ohne Inlinekäufe genügend flexibel. Kann man bedenkenlos empfehlen.! Rufus nach Tragetaschen zu fragen brachte kein Ergebnis. Habe aber eine günstige Lösung hier gefunden. Amazon Basics Schultertasche für SLR-Kamera, Groß, Schwarz/Orange

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