![]() Like any good practice amp, there’s a headphone jack (3.5mm) along with a row of backlit buttons for accessing the tuner or presets. There’s a ‘music volume’ knob for controlling the output of connected audio, which you’ll need to ensure balances with your guitar sound when playing along to a track. These are all adjustable manually, too, meaning you don’t always need the app to play around and create great sounds. It’s an attractive little beast.Ĭontrols are on top and include style channels (Acoustic, Hi-Gain, Metal, Bass and so on) along with the EQ and effects you’d expect from a standard guitar amp: Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Master, Modulation, Delay, Reverb and Output. The black and brown speaker grille cloth has a decidedly retro feel, taking up the majority of the front of the speaker, while the rest of the amp is coated in black vinyl with gold piping. It’s 7.4 x 13.7 x 7in (HWD) and weighs just 11.4lbs. For context, it’s a little bigger than your average toaster. When the amp showed up, I was surprised by how demure it is. ![]() Style channels include acoustic, hi-gain, metal.The Auto Chords feature can transpose the chords from any song just by listening, and Smart Jam will accompany your random riffing with a bass and drum track (not a drum n’ bass track, mind).Īt £268.99, is the Spark Amp a bargain? Let’s find out. Thanks to that app, Spark can be quickly programmed with over 10,000 tones, enabling guitarists to replicate a vast array of classic amps and accessory pedals, hence replicating the guitar sounds from their favourite artists. It packs big sound for a practice amp, it’s small enough to sit on a desk, and it sports a classic look that just oozes cool. Spark is a smart guitar amp that pairs with a mobile app via Bluetooth. Then, a friend told me that the buzz-generating Spark practice amplifier had boosted his motivation to play tenfold, so I wondered whether it could do the same for me. There’s no continuity, no progress, and no callouses on my fingers! I’m the same guitarist I was 10 and 20 years ago. ![]() When there’s a track I want to learn, I’ll pick up the guitar, learn it, put the guitar down and forget it. Over the years, my desire to play guitar has ebbed and flowed.
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