| Author |
Topic: Spark amp |
Stephen Williams
From:
from Wales now in Berkeley,Ca, USA
|
Posted 6 Mar 2022 5:06 pm |
|
| Anybody tried Positive Grid's Spark amp. 40 watts, sounds loud and has a 3d room filling reverb. |
|
|
 |
Charlie Hansen
From:
Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
|
Posted 6 Mar 2022 7:50 pm
|
|
Got one. Use it mostly fo guitar and lap steel but it works pretty good for PSG. Look up Ron Hogan’s posts for an idea of how it sounds.
Actually I play my ubass through it. I haven’t tried my precision through it yet.
_________________
I don't know much but what I know I know very well.
Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
on the web at cioe975.ca.
Last edited by Charlie Hansen on 7 Mar 2022 7:51 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
|
Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
|
Posted 7 Mar 2022 3:11 pm
|
|
I have one as well. I found if you set it up facing any flat surface around 5-8' away - a wall, file cabinet, furniture - it sounds like a BIG, warm tube amp;
Works great with my Fenders or Emmons. I don't use the reverb - in 55 years of amplified-instrument plying I've found that anything but studio reverb - which doesn't come in and can't be copied in a small package - sounds washed out, thin and tinny. The exceptions - the Fender tube reverb, which is also a preamp stage - and surf music, where reverb is required.
Instead I use one or two analog delays.
But overall, the Spark is an amazingly full and loud amplifier/effects unit, especially considering the pair of 3" speakers. Great with both 6-string and pedal or lap steel. And an absolute bargain!
_________________
No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
|
|
|
Don Downes
From:
New Hampshire, USA
|
Posted 7 Mar 2022 3:44 pm
|
|
I bought one yesterday and am just waiting on delivery.
Any feedback on the interface? I have an Android tablet and an iPhone. Wondering what that's like.
I'm also interested in the USB/DAW interface (that presumably) comes with it.
Any thoughts?
_________________
Tele, Strat, Gretsch 12-string, 335, Yamaha Bass, Blues Deluxe Reissue, JC-120, Hammond BV, Yamaha MO8, DW Collector Series drums, Cubase, and more stuff |
|
|
|
Don Downes
From:
New Hampshire, USA
|
Posted 10 Mar 2022 8:06 pm
|
|
Buy this right NOW. Absolutely savage! And I haven't even got to the amp modeling.
The built in backing tracks are the bomb.
Just get it!. This thing rocks!
_________________
Tele, Strat, Gretsch 12-string, 335, Yamaha Bass, Blues Deluxe Reissue, JC-120, Hammond BV, Yamaha MO8, DW Collector Series drums, Cubase, and more stuff |
|
|
|
Don Downes
From:
New Hampshire, USA
|
Posted 20 Mar 2022 3:35 pm
|
|
I sent mine back after a week. It was a pain in the a**.
1.) No way to turn off Bluetooth.
2.) No way to reset Bluetooth.
3.) Setting using the Spark software were "sticky". The last setting was what you got when you fired it up again.
4.) No way to bypass that without using the Spark software.
5.) See number 1.
Rather have a Champ. I want to practice. I don't need to sound like Hendrix or Slash.
_________________
Tele, Strat, Gretsch 12-string, 335, Yamaha Bass, Blues Deluxe Reissue, JC-120, Hammond BV, Yamaha MO8, DW Collector Series drums, Cubase, and more stuff |
|
|
|
