Positive Grid Spark Pearl Review: Amp high-tech guitar that is easy in the eye

At this point, basically there are two types of guitars: amp of old school tubes and modern digital amps that do their damage to recreate tube amp. The positive spark grid is clearly the last. In fact, it might be one of the most shy digitals that you can get. It not only tries to reset 30 different classic amplifiers, but also includes 40 different effects; Bluetooth connectivity for pairing with a companion application; Library tones designed for you to explore; Galore Backing Tracks; Voice control; smart backing track features powered algorithmic; And the ability to analyze popular songs to tell you chords.

That is arguably high-tech practices out there now. And at $ 299 it’s quite cheap. But it’s still more expensive than some other amps that serve the same niche. So the question is, does the spark pretty fishing players from Stalwarts like boss and fender, or does it finally feel like Tech for Tech Sake?

Let’s start with one thing that makes a positive grid out of the park: design. The usual spark has become a pretty good amp. But the special edition pearl model is very interesting. Like the Thr Yamaha series, you can easily leave this in your living room and won’t feel it’s not in place. White vinyl, unique grill cloth and vibrating buttons give everything a classy vintage vibration that straddles the line between the guitar amp and stereo house. It even avoided the usual AMP format from a single 12 or 10-inch speaker that supports a pair of four inches.

The application is unfortunately not sufficiently polished as hardware. Now, to be fair, some of them go down to personal tastes. I’m just not big on a very large lid design. But some rough edges are questionable interface designs. The signal chain is very dependent on unusual double beats in cellular applications. And no indication in a double knocking UI is how you change the AMPL and effect.

Even other parts of the application, while functional, do not have polish. The music tab at the bottom is home to track track smart traffic and youtube videos. These videos cover everything from bland genre support tracks, up to the popular version of the songs, to ordinary old music videos that have been analyzed with a positive smart grid chord system. Of course, these things are all related, but still a lot to be crammed into one place. Especially when there is a completely dedicated tab to record your video playing, features that are taste affixed. I also have to say that the smart clock feature is rather inconsistent. While it’s quite feasible to detect the chord what I play and stay on the key, rhythm always feels like they are basically picked from the hat and I have to adjust what I play to match.

The tonecloud section where users can upload the amp combination and the effect they design, equally messy. Of course, with more than 10,000 options uploaded, it will be difficult not to. However, while you can sort based on popularity and explore the vast genre category, there is no ranking system or description of whatever is named.

Many people will be reluctant to use the application regardless. For some people, that’s not what they want in the guitar amp. Instead they prefer to hold fast to physical control and focus more on the default sound. But let me get one thing from the way: If you are not interested in the application, track track and many amp models and effects, you better just look elsewhere.