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Oooo! NOW you've done it!
Dave.
For mobile stuff I’m still on team MicroCube. They’re pretty rugged and last ages on batteries if necessary, bit chunkier than some newer stuff but that’s never been an issue for me.
That said, the Katana 50 still looks damn good on paper and in videos - I’m not sure why they lost flavour of the week status?
They’ll also use a lot less juice than a 100w head into a load box.
The Blackstars sound awful to me - horrible weird harsh and muddy guitar sound, and dreadful overdone ‘wide’ stereo effects that sound like you’re inside a giant pair of headphones wired out of phase. I haven’t tried putting music through one, but I’d be surprised if they sound good...
I quite like the Yamaha THR10, but only for clean sounds - anything beyond very light crunch sounded bad.
I like *proper* full-range sounds - through a decent PA or studio monitors. But I don’t think this sort of small amp is even close.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Computers, modellers and the like don't do it for me. They sound too processed and nothing like a guitar through an amp in the room. I've realised that this is the sound I want to hear. I don't need to play through headphones at home, which isn't everyones situation, so the Sheldon is it.
For people who play Valve amps live, they will probably want their practice amp to sound more like whatever they use live and so will be dissapointed with most practice amps.
For other people (including me) who most likely won't play live, and just wants a good tone at an acceptable volume, these practice amps sound great, because they work well in isolation and also work well enough in small groups for a casual jam.
The only reason I don’t think the Blackstars are the worst-sounding amps I’ve ever heard is because I’ve been unfortunate enough to play the Orange Micro Terror... the Blackstars at least don’t have the hideous grating overtone it has.
I’m actually holding back quite a lot from expressing just how much I hate these amps .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I thought the Yammy 10 was okay for guitar but horrible for music.
just shows we all have our tastes and tweaks we prefer. Choice is good
Actually I gave it to my singer... I sometimes play through it at her flat.
It's not great, although it sounds not too bad clean and it does have a built-in tuner. Or is it really a tuner with a speaker? I can never decide .
It's difficult to say if it actually sounds worse than a Blackstar Fly/Core or not - in some ways it does, but I'd still rather use it since in other ways it doesn't - it has nothing of that awful muddy, weirdly artificial sound even though it does sound like a wasp in a tobacco tin. I think it sounds better than the Marshall plastic micro-amp too.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein