![]() ![]() Or you can record your own band and have them make you a rhythm track to practice to. There are various “music minus one” tracks available – both through the app and via other sources – so that you can show off your learned solos with a full backup band. If you have a song you’re working on, it’s easy to play it back through the amp and play along, adjusting the “Music” volume alongside your instrument. There are also extensive lessons and practice sessions included for free. It’s simple to play around with your own settings, but having a place to start feels good. ![]() On the app, you can download shared settings, both from the company and from other users, that emulate various sounds of bands in different styles. Then, once you download the app, you turn on the amp and launch the app on your phone, and they see each other. Like anything battery operated, you have to charge it. At one point, one of my friends, indicating the pickup selector switch on his guitar, smiled and said “So, this doesn’t really matter anymore, does it?” No, Adam, software is eating the world. Lead and solo add in more effects, and custom is totally wild-card, you-do-you programming. Rhythm, of course, strips out almost all of the effects. These inputs can be customized almost limitlessly via the free accompanying app (iOS and Android). On the top rear, there is a single 1/4″ instrument input, a volume knob (“Guitar”) for that input, a volume knob for “Music” (the AUX input on the rear panel), and a 4-position selector for the main input: Rhythm, Lead, Solo, and Custom. ![]() The bottom is raised by four rubber feet on the corners, which is the only solid area of the bottom not part of the huge downward-facing speaker vent, which is protected by a metal honeycomb-shaped grille and covered with a thin, dust cloth-like material. The leather handle attaches to the sides via black guitar-strap buttons. With some packages, there is a crimson and black extra grille offered. The front (removable) grill is a tweed-ish texture and pattern in black and white. The outside of the sides and top are finished in a black (pearl is also available) leatherette fabric with copper-toned metal accents at the seams. ![]() The outside of the Positive Grid Spark mini battery powered amplifier doesn’t give any hints at what sound is going to come out of it. ![]()
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