Positive Grid Spark Guitar Amp Combo Amplifier for Electric, Bass and Acoustic Guitar, 40 Watt, Mobile App (Black)

An absolute Godsend for the bedroom/home office guitarist. Years ago, as a 21 year old, I toyed with the idea of buying a 50w Marshall JCM2000 DSL50 head and a 4x2 cabinet, intent as I was on becoming the next bonafide Irish rockstar. That, and as they were back then, an American Standard Fender Telecaster in white with a maple fretboard. As life went on, reality took over. Now I am a very happily married 43 year old with a family. However, finances, neighbours, time, work, and a back that isn’t getting any younger simply means that owning said Marshall halfstack is as realistic as having a Bugatti as a daily driver. Is the Spark 40 as good as a valve amp? No, clearly not. But it won’t need re-valved and re-biased either. Are the effects going to compete with my own pedalboard that has been fine tuned over three decades? No, but the app works really well and lets you experiment with different types of the same effects. Does it provide good, consistent, and decent sound at home levels with a convenient way to add some well replicated digital approximations of pedals like the Tubescreamer and EHX Big Muff? 100%. ***And - let this sink in - all for less than the price of a boutique effect pedal!*** Ever wonder what’s the difference between an analog delay and a digital delay? Or a Klon and Tubescreamer? This gives you an idea, along with the ability to swap between MesaBoogie, Matchless, Vox, and Plexi amp types. An incredible achievement and one that 12 year old me could only have dreamed about when I was wondering why my little solid state Honer Panther amp didn’t sound anything like what I was hearing on Appetite for Destruction. And the fact that you can use it for acoustic and bass guitars is a big plus. I would imagine that, in the right live scenario, the majority of folks in an audience wouldn’t be able to differentiate between this and a valve combo if they were mic’d up correctly.

The key and most important word is PRACTICE. I’m bored of reading reviews saying it won’t do this and it won’t do that! Some think they are reviewing a Marshall 100 watt head on top of two 4x12 cabs. It’s a practice amp with software that’s free! Thousands upon thousands of tones, a cloud to share and download other people’s tones. With the head phones on it’s unbelievable! I’ve even purchased one for a good friend of mine who’s less fortunate than me. Great value, great sound and easily carried to jam sessions. Remember it’s a freaking practice amp!!!!

This is the ideal practice amp for anyone who is reasonably tech savvy and familiar with guitar effects pedals. Even if you don’t have much experience though, it really won’t take much effort to get you going and there are plenty of YouTube reviews that show you how to use it and set it up. I found it simple to set up and was playing around with the downloaded patches in less than 10 minutes. One of the first things you’ll want to do is update the firmware by hooking it up to a computer, this was also pretty easy following the instructions from the positive grid website. Once I updated it there were more features and the Jimi Hendrix add on which is fun to play with if you’re a big fan. SOUND: Overall the sound quality is highly impressive and the possibilities are pretty much endless with this amp. The shimmery clean tones with chorus and reverb are honestly some of the best I’ve heard but I mainly bought this for metal. My usual rig is more blues oriented and I really just wanted something to jam Pantera riffs on and go wild! The metal amp models have more than enough gain and the amount of bass this thing can produce means you can rest assured it won’t sound thin or tinny. Overall I recommend this to anyone who wants a fun practice amp to play about with. I’ve got loads of music equipment now but if I had this when I was first starting out It probably would have saved me a small fortune on amps and pedals! If you’re a parent thinking of buying this for your kid then I would say go for it if you can afford it and the kid is committed to playing guitar. If you go for a cheaper no frills amp you may end up having to buy an upgrade in a few years anyway. This amp will be more than enough for most kids until they’re old enough to get a job and buy their own gear!

Great access to amps and effects via Bluetooth from your phone or tablet, it sounds good and looks classy. Playing along to your favourite songs or backing tracks via YouTube works very well, only criticism are the YouTube tracks sound very bassy. Some of the downloads created by users sound a bit iffy, some need a tweak. The official ones are great. There is no buzz or hiss, at least with mine. I think they have changed the power brick now to a grounded one. For a desktop amp it's hard to beat, don't expect it to cut through at band practice, it is loud though. Oh, and it's not cheap !

This really needs a fairly substantive review. But to be brief. Its a 40w desktop guitar amp that sounds pretty good even without the tonecloud options. The UK Amazon one comes with a three prong plug. It does not really deliver as a bass amp although it has settings fo this. All in all the amp itself is a good guitar practice amp. It is not to loud for the house and handles low volumes well. It is not a gigging amp. Although its bluetooth function means it can be used a speaker for playing back music it does not sound that good. The App - I have had no trouble with it functioning on an iphone or an ipad. The larger screen on the ipad is easier to use though. It is a tad awkward to change settings in a small screen.The supplied tones are quite good and customisable. Accessing the user made tone cloud tones is easy although a lot are very similar - it's ammusing how differently people think a particular guitarist sounds. Overall you can get some good tones out of it. The jamming feature is ok but is a bit surplus to my requirements so have not really explored this It can be used as an inerface for recording. Logic Pro had no trouble picking it up.

If you’re reading this then you are probably already well aware of the Spark amp’s features and capabilities. It really is a hugely flexible little amp with all the models and effects you could ever need, and in a near infinite variation. It sounds really good too. The updated addition of equaliser pedals helps shape your sound even more. I’m very pleased with the sounds I’m getting from this, and as per the title, I’m being inspired to new musical creation as a result of getting this little amp! A really useful and creative tool which I think is great value for money considering all it’s capable of doing! My only criticism would be the on/off switch is a little bit small? A sturdier switch might be better? But as you’re unlikely to be gigging with this and throwing it in tje back of a van, it’s probably perfectly fine for home use. In summary: believe the hype. It’s fab! Get one! :)

This is probably one of the best bits of kit I have bought. Easy to use and setup; even updating the firmware is simple to do and is done within a few seconds. The app is easy to use, but I don't like how Android devices require location to be on to "sync" with devices like this (it's a google thing I believe) but otherwise no complaints. You can even preview tones on your amp before you download the setup. I saw a bunch of reviewers saying they got a buzzing sound when using it unless they bought a new cable, but mine appears to be working perfectly fine. One thing to be aware of is when you use this as a bluetooth speaker (great feature) it is insanely loud and the volume dials mean nothing as these relate to the guitar channel. The volume is controlled by the volume of your connected device (phone, tablet, laptop etc) so is a huge shock if your not expecting it. Would highly recommend as a good practise amp and even for small gigs (like pubs/bars) as it can go pretty loud being 40w.

As a practice and small venue amp this unit fitted the bill. Auto Bluetooth search on switch on finds my iPhone almost instantly and the inclusion of an aux/bluetooth input level control is good. Fx controls for Reverb and Delay are included and work well. Very sophisticated memory of Fx on 4 presets which can fool you at first. Works on a 13a 3 pinned power supply outputting it’s19volts via a small barrel plug which could be easily damaged. This however allows easy changeover to a Lithium 19v battery available separately, at 50% volume this lasted well over 6hrs. Mine is attached to the rear by 4 strong button magnets and a thin steel plate. The package includes access to an App enabling thousands of backing tracks plus anything on the internet.

Premier point (puisque je sais qu'il pose souvent souci): ampli reçu en 4 jours entre la commande et la réception. Je n'en revenais pas après avoir lu que certains l'attendent toujours après 6 mois de commande auprès de Positive Grid. Donc, coup de bol ou pas, un gros plus avec la commande Amazon. Deuxième point: fourni avec un câble avec prise à la terre, donc aucun problème de buzz signalé de nombreuses fois par les premiers acquéreurs. En ce qui concerne la bête, elle est fantastique si on n'en attend pas ce qu'elle n'est pas. C'est un petit ampli d'étude pour la maison, hyper pratique pour bosser au casque ou à faible volume (même s'il est capable de bien cracher quand on lui demande), ce n'est en aucun cas un ampli utilisable pour une répète avec un batteur et encore moins un concert. (à part peut être si vous faites un set solo dans un petit bar?) Bref, c'est certainement pas lui qui va me faire lâcher mon vieux combo JCM800 pour les concerts. Les modélisations d'amplis ou d'effets sont très satisfaisantes, le son très correct pour l'utilisation (peut être un poil de basse en trop parfois, même avec le potard au mini...) et la possibilité de jammer à volonté sur des backing tracks ou ses morceaux préférés est tout simplement fantastique. C'est la raison principale de mon achat et le fait qu'il ait remplacé le Vox AD60 dont je me servais jusque là à la maison. L'appli est très simple d'utilisation et n'a jamais planté jusque là. L'essentiel pour moi tiens en un seul point: je joue beaucoup plus souvent depuis que je l'ai et cela me semble beaucoup plus constructif (moins de noodling). Et tout ce qui nous fait jouer plus souvent et mieux est bon, non? Un dernier point qui peut avoir son intérêt pour certains: il fait aussi enceinte connectée, ça va bien être pratique l'été pour passer la zique dehors! Tout ça pour 250€... Qu'est-ce que vous attendez? Edit: au vu des commentaires de mes petits camarades, je serais curieux de savoir combien de possesseurs de JCM800 se sont jetés sur le Spark pour ne pas avoir à réveiller le monstre?... ;-)

Best guitar related purchase I have made in a long time. It sounds amazing, has a lot of options and can be used to record guitar on your PC. Can be used as Bluetooth speaker, it takes real guitar pedals well.

Simple , fun and good size. very easy to use and with the app it has a lot to offering. For beginner to learn or for more advance it's a perfect tool/amp. Suitable for home or small beginner band and party/small gigs. you can do so much with it and really recommend.

The Spark arrived on time ,well packaged (Minimal Plastic) Although I haven't had time to upload the app for more functionality , their are plenty of good sounds right out of the box. Shimmering clean tones to various dirty sounds depending on use of gain. All in All tremendous value for money and looks great in any setting

Ottimo prodotto, soddisfa a pieno le aspettative. Portatile e leggero, potente, ottimo design e fattura. Suono c'è veramente l'imbarazzo della scelta si possono perdere ore a modificare / scaricare suoni. Una miriade di funzionalità! In un unico prodotto si ha tutto il desiderato per fare pratica e divertirsi suonando. Come potenza direi che si possa anche usare per piccoli concerti al chiuso o in sala prove se non si usano volumi estremi. E quasi un peccato doverlo spegnerlo :-) L'unica "mancanza" se così si può dire è una batteria per diventare davvero portatile. Ho trovato dei video in cui utenti aggiungono un power bank da 19V attaccato con calamite nel retro dell'ampli, soluzione da esplorare. Super contento dell'acquisto.