Initially a little bit, but all the presets seem to have insane amounts of reverb. Dial it back to subtle and it sparkles some more. The glassy preset is for sure glassy!Hollowpoint wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 12:26 pm I've been thinking of ordering a Spark but just talked to a friend who said his was dark and boxy sounding and doesn't compare to his Vox Adio Air.
Has anyone else had that problem? Or I wonder if there could be some dud units out there.
Most people seem to love them but I also saw this issue raised on the PG forums https://forum.positivegrid.com/topic/39 ... -US&page=1
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I've seen another issue people were complaining about, bad grounding, getting little shocks through the strings!
I've noticed nothing like either issue so far but only really briefly used it...
I've noticed nothing like either issue so far but only really briefly used it...
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My app crashes when I try to share my preset to the cloud, need to check if my DNS proxy is blocking it first but might be an issue otherwise...
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Interesting, it didn't crash when I wasn't connected to the amp...
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I just had a play with one this afternoon. I thought his was really dark sounding too, it seemed almost impossible to dial out the bass/low mids.
I thought this review were pretty close to what I was hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUA9MDomWXY
Most of the other reviews seem to have been recorded via USB. Still really tempted to pick one up.
I thought this review were pretty close to what I was hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUA9MDomWXY
Most of the other reviews seem to have been recorded via USB. Still really tempted to pick one up.
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It is a practice tool though, so does it really matter that much ? Its not like it has to cut through a band or anything. Perhaps its EQ'd like that so your guitar sounds reasonable jamming along to Spotify/Apple Music.
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Just spent the day playing, through headphones as the wife was in a mood. I was having to turn the tone knob down playing bridge jazzmaster, it certainly doesn’t have impossible to dial out bass with headphones anyway.
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Nah you're right it doesn't. I ordered one this morning!sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:08 pm It is a practice tool though, so does it really matter that much ? Its not like it has to cut through a band or anything. Perhaps its EQ'd like that so your guitar sounds reasonable jamming along to Spotify/Apple Music.
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Had an ad in an article I was reading saying Last Chance Discount: https://www.positivegrid.com/spark?utm_ ... gJIMfD_BwE
I'm not buying, but maybe if you are, this will help?
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Sounds like the 1am infomercials, limited time only.hamo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:33 am Had an ad in an article I was reading saying Last Chance Discount: https://www.positivegrid.com/spark?utm_ ... gJIMfD_BwE
I'm not buying, but maybe if you are, this will help?
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But wait, that's not all! Order today and you'll get a free set of presets that nobody in the M&R department thought was any good
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Not the kind of thing I would use, but must admit I like the aesthetics of them. Looks great
Does it feel/look decent quality or is it all pretty plasticy?
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Its got that premium look and feel about it, its way heavier than I expected too! Nice knobs tooMini Forklift wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:57 amNot the kind of thing I would use, but must admit I like the aesthetics of them. Looks great
Does it feel/look decent quality or is it all pretty plasticy?
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yeah the look and feel are pretty nice apart from the little music volume that seems to be much maligned. But given how much a decent bluetooth speaker to stream music through costs, it's pretty amazing what you get for your money here.