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Perhaps useful for gain lovers, but no use to clean players
I bought this for use as a small smartphone-controlled amp modeler / eq / reverb box. I play clean jazz exclusively, and I like to bring the smallest possible amp to gigs. I like the Mackie SRM150 a lot but it has no built-in reverb and sounds very hi-fi by itself.
Features on the Spark Go are all I need. In fact, I didn’t even need the built-in speaker but I figured it would be a nice bonus.
Modeling sounds and effects are all OK. The big issue, that made it unusable for my purpose, is the low output level from the headphone / line out jack. I didn’t get any decent signal level out of the preamp, no matter what guitar I used or what amp/ headphone / powered speaker I connected it to. Note that I only care about clean tones. Distorted tones seem to have a much higher signal level. Also, again for clean tones, the output volume from the speaker is a joke. It sounds like the tinny pocket radio I used to have as a kid in the 1970’s, both in terms of volume and sound quality. So, for clean tone seekers, it is a toy - at best. I returned it and got a Mooer Prime P2 instead (unfortunately not yet available from Thomann on a reasonable term) and this is just perfect for my needs. It has the added benefit of a 1/4 inch output jack over the vulnerable 1/8 inch mini jack from the Spark.
Some years ago, I bought the Bias Head amp, also by Positive Grid, and ended up selling it again for similar reasons. Clean tones came at a hiss level that made it useless. I guess Positive Grid are aiming for the rock or metal player, at least not the clean player. Too bad for me, will not buy PG stuff again.
Features on the Spark Go are all I need. In fact, I didn’t even need the built-in speaker but I figured it would be a nice bonus.
Modeling sounds and effects are all OK. The big issue, that made it unusable for my purpose, is the low output level from the headphone / line out jack. I didn’t get any decent signal level out of the preamp, no matter what guitar I used or what amp/ headphone / powered speaker I connected it to. Note that I only care about clean tones. Distorted tones seem to have a much higher signal level. Also, again for clean tones, the output volume from the speaker is a joke. It sounds like the tinny pocket radio I used to have as a kid in the 1970’s, both in terms of volume and sound quality. So, for clean tone seekers, it is a toy - at best. I returned it and got a Mooer Prime P2 instead (unfortunately not yet available from Thomann on a reasonable term) and this is just perfect for my needs. It has the added benefit of a 1/4 inch output jack over the vulnerable 1/8 inch mini jack from the Spark.
Some years ago, I bought the Bias Head amp, also by Positive Grid, and ended up selling it again for similar reasons. Clean tones came at a hiss level that made it useless. I guess Positive Grid are aiming for the rock or metal player, at least not the clean player. Too bad for me, will not buy PG stuff again.
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