The amp is not generally available in stores currently. Customers ordering today can expect less wait time. Most original spark amp orders were pre-orders via the Positive Grid website. I will give an honest reply, at least in my opinion.This is a community-maintained guide to getting started with the Positive Grid Spark Amp, including frequently asked questions. I didnt pay 300, i got it at the last chance offer which I believe was like 225. If i was told i would have to pay 300 dollars to have a practice space in my house for the winter where a amp would always be ready and the family would not wine about it, i would pay it. Home practice, low volume, many settings. Over all, for what i got it for it works. When you adjust it on the amp, it seems to help, but it gets confusing to someone like me when i select a amp and its not the correct volume and it distorts. So some amps jump in volume, other as are quiet, some are bass heavy. When you switch amps in the app, the knobs on the amp dont move. Can i say fart here? So i adjusted the bass on the amp itself and it clears up. That being said, this is practice and not a gig, so it will do.Ī few times when switching to different amp sounds, i heard the low end fart out. I prefer the schertlers I play through for clean uncollected sound. Some like the fishman and fender acoustic amps as it gives this shimmer, but to me it’s a colored sound. I did plug in a acoustic, and it sounds like most acoustic amps, colored. Too many of the presets have a lot of delay, but thats easily adjustable as you touch the pedal on the screen and you can adjust it just like a real floor pedal, just didn’t have large fingers as you try and turn a knob thats about a quarter inch wide on the screen with big human finger tips. I couldn’t tell you if the AC30 sound is exactly like a AC30, but it sounds ok. As i am not the cork/amplifier sniffer that some here are, to me they are neat. Perhaps it will improve in future updates. Looked up a 10 minute long, live version of the Dead playing Deal in the late 80’s, it showed up and had the chords. Chords were iffy, but you could follow it. I did a search for Louis Armstrong doing cabaret, and it showed up. But if you are new to music it can lead you the wrong way. If you know they are wrong you can ignore. Its like the app guessed at the chords, and no one reviewed it before they released it. As it plays you can see the chords, but it frequently shows chords that are not in the actual song. ![]() They have a large library of songs that are from you tube like clips. Although a fun feature, and could be a decent practice tool, i dont use it much. The app does follow, but sometimes throws in chords that i did not play. ![]() The trio pedal does a better job of tracking what you put into it, and even that pedal doesnt always come up with what’s in your head. The jam along feature leaves a bit to be desired. With the bose i had to make adjustments, and it seemed to bring out a lot of bass that the amp doesnt put out. I preferred the sound of the amp itself during that session as it was very direct like an amp is. That being said, it had enough volume to keep up with a small band, which during this rehearsal was me, a second guitarist into a amp, my wife on tenor into the Bose and a drummer on a real kit. Plus some amp settings change in volume when selected, and i had to adjust the gain on the bose each time. ![]() I wouldn’t gig with it as its another amp, another cable, and my iPad to control it. Saturday i connected the headphone out into my bose tower. I haven’t used the headphones yet, but it may come in soon as not everyone cares to hear scales over and over. Plus the many many many amp set ups you get with the app. This thing can make decent practice tones at low levels. This way during the fall and winter i can plug and play when i have time, instead of uncovering a larger amplifier that’s in a basement, and dealing with others complicating. My goal was a small, easy to hide from site practice amp.
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