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  • Excellent Playing Experience: The bass headphone amp is designed for silently practising. You could enjoy the incredible playing experience without worrying about disturbing others or being disturbed. The Ampeg SVT-based sound, FX Function keys (WAH), and three controls (Volume, Tone and Drive) help you better get the sound you want, which is suitable for diverse music styles.
  • Rechargeable and Long-Lasting Battery: Built-in rechargeable lithium battery with large capacity enables the bass guitar headphone amp to work continuously for five hours when fully charged (USB charge cable included). The unique power indicator divides the battery level into three levels that clearly shows the remaining battery power.
  • Portability and Convenience: The portable bass amp is so mini and lightweight that it could carry-on and be used in various environments including your home, apartment, or on the journey. Plug and Play then Rock Yourself!
  • Multiple Usage: The bass guitar headphone amplifier equips the 1/4" (3.5mm) headphones splitter and is widely compatible with connecting headphones, speakers, media players and smartphones. Thus, you could listen while recording to improve the creation efficiency or listen to music with your friend or family to enjoy a relaxing time.
  • Advanced Design: The bass guitar headphone amplifier with high-quality and durable construction is your faithful practice partner.

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Brilliant Sound

The mini amp provides a great sound experience through the Ampeg SVT and FX Function (built-in reverb effect). The volume, tone and drive controls help you dial the sound you want.

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Faithful Practice Partner and Good Travel Mate

The headphone amp is greatly suitable for daily practice and travel because of its long battery life, mini size, and unique headphones splitter. You could play the guitar with the practice amp anytime anywhere and no more worrying about being disturbed or disturbing others.

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Battery Powered,Corded Electric,Usb Rechargeable
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4 watts
5 watts
50 watts
5 watts
connector type
USB
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Guitar
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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
3,177 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the value, ease of use, performance, and practice of the musical instrument amplifier. For example, they mention it's cheap, works great, and is versatile for practice sessions. That said, opinions are mixed on sound quality and quality.

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284 customers mention211 positive73 negative

Customers like the performance of the musical instrument amplifier. They mention that it works great for emulating both of their rigs, and is an overall amazing product. It works great with their bass, and does the job for solo practice. The auto-wah works well on an electric guitar, and the drive works like an overdrive. The rechargeable battery is still working as good as the day they got it, and it has a volume control that works well.

"Works beautifully, the distortion was exactly what I was hoping for and not lacking. Was very happy with the sound of harmonic pinches...." Read more

"...Volume control works well which I gave 5 stars to. The fact that its a rechargeable unit is a plus...." Read more

"Lets start by saying that it does what it need to and does it good...." Read more

"...I tried to push the signal to the aux input of a stereo and it didn't seem to work right...." Read more

162 customers mention144 positive18 negative

Customers like the value of the musical instrument amplifier. They say it's good for the money, cheaper than other headphone amps, and convenient. Some mention that the product is worth it.

"...This unit is worth the money, take care of your shit and it wont fall apart...." Read more

"...I gave it a 5 star rating for the value for money simply because I didn't want to spend $40+ on the Vox version...." Read more

"...Overall, has decent sound, very cheap, very portable, have it with ne for 2 years now and still rocking with it!" Read more

"...It’s worth it if you have a need for it. It’s super cheap too...." Read more

111 customers mention105 positive6 negative

Customers are satisfied with the battery life of the musical instrument amplifier. They mention that it stays charged forever, and is rechargeable. Some appreciate the fact that the unit is not battery-operated.

"...The internal battery last for a good amount of time, easily handled 2, 6 hour plus practice sessions on a single charge and didn't run out...." Read more

"...The fact that its a rechargeable unit is a plus. It beats having to buy AAA batteries every month or two. Which I will address later...." Read more

"...The only good thing I can say about this is the batteries last at least a whole day...." Read more

"I just got this today (at the time I'm writing this) and it came with a bit of charge so I could test it right out of the very easy to open packaging..." Read more

91 customers mention91 positive0 negative

Customers find the musical instrument amplifier great for practice, handy, and versatile. They also say it's good for some mobile practice, and perfect for practicing in the house. Customers also appreciate the quality sound design and useability. They say it makes practicing a lot easier when playing an instrument, and is practical and amazing for beginners or hobbyists.

"...It’s not bad for a beginner amp or something like that. Perfect for on the toilet playing...." Read more

"Awesome for practicing on your guitar and super compact and portable...." Read more

"...around with it it's well worth the money very cool and nice to use to practice it's a must have for me thank you" Read more

"...It is perfect for what I needed and I love that I can connect to my phone via BlueTooth so I can stream backing tracks or tunes to it...." Read more

50 customers mention50 positive0 negative

Customers find the musical instrument amplifier very portable and compact. They say it's great for people living in small homes or apartments, and easy to travel with. They also say it fits in any guitar body and fits the bill perfectly.

"...If you need something for 20 bucks that has good distortion, is small and works with headphones for practice, I assure you this is the unit to buy." Read more

"...Overall, has decent sound, very cheap, very portable, have it with ne for 2 years now and still rocking with it!" Read more

"Awesome for practicing on your guitar and super compact and portable...." Read more

"...6 months of electric guitar. I like how small it is, I bought some beats to go with it and it works great...." Read more

43 customers mention39 positive4 negative

Customers find the musical instrument amplifier easy to use. They mention that the controls are easy to set up and use, and the product is convenient for practice. Some say that the knobs are straightforward.

"...Great battery life, plug and play easy to use. If you hear the hum or squeal, just think of everything your housemates and neighbors aren't hearing...." Read more

"...It's easy to use and charge." Read more

"...That little things really puts out some good sound and is easy to use and make practicing a breeze anywhere...." Read more

"..."skins", so I chose this for my Bassist kid because it was the easiest to read. Thanks!" Read more

439 customers mention248 positive191 negative

Customers are mixed about the sound quality of the musical instrument amplifier. Some mention that the sound is great, it puts out decent volume, and the tone on this thing is a monster. However, others say that it's not great sound by any means, the drive is more fuzzy than they're used to, and that the sounds and patches are pretty basic and quite limited.

"...price, I got what I paid for, a small practice unit with a considerable amount of volume with hardly any tonal spectrum as opposed to the Vox...." Read more

"...The only Con for me is the Chorus effect, it's all or nothing and in this case the chorus feels maxed out and is just far too obvious...." Read more

"...In this case, the sound is so fricking sweet, I immediately bought another one...." Read more

"...Overall, has decent sound, very cheap, very portable, have it with ne for 2 years now and still rocking with it!" Read more

172 customers mention83 positive89 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the musical instrument amplifier. Some mention it's pretty solid, has excellent reliability, and is a great little headphone amp when you want to rehearse without disturbing the sound. However, others say it seems to be poorly manufactured, lacks that sustain you need for actual metals, and broke after a few uses. The material looks cheap and feels cheap, and the fx is not the greatest.

"...However, durability is an issue with the Vox unit...." Read more

"...I play with my guitar hovering over nothing to avoid this. The aux in is great, I hook up my tablet with Caustic 3 so I can play with drum tones and..." Read more

"...The unit got squeezed on the bed, and the headphone jack broke (!) the unit's internal headphone input and it vanished somewhere inside...." Read more

"...The AUX in feature is really nice too. I use it to plug in my phone to play along with music, or plug in my metronome...." Read more

Metal God in Underwear
5 Stars
Metal God in Underwear
This review is coming from a METAL guitar player. Rock, country, pop, blues players will likely NOT love this. So here goes...OK - blown away by the distortion honestly. Been playing thrash, speed, death, black metal for 20+ years as a hobby and stress release. I'm a tone and distortion s*ut and can spend hours tweaking stuff on my racks to get it right. Cheaper pedals, headphone amps, and mini amps NEVER have enough distortion and oomph for me. I rarely get enough distortion and "kick" unless I putz with a 20 band EQ all day and use whatever the heaviest distortion is available. I don't do "crunchy". I do "melt my face off!". "Everything at 11 !" - is usually still not enough.But this little gem has MORE distortion than I need. I've NEVER said or written this sentence in my life before. Ever.Right out of the box I plugged it into one of my Ibanez RX series guitars, plugged in an AKG set of cans, dialed everything up and BOOM - Dimebag Darrell (RIP), Chuck Schuldiner, or Slayer sounds - like, OMG!I had to dial the distortion DOWN about 20% to clean up the tone a tad.Again, never thought I'd dial down distortion on anything lol.The little Tone dial does wonders, too. All the way up it's a crazy treble-heavy death saw from hell that's just fricking awesome! Small incremental moves of the dial change the tone quite dramatically so be careful with those sausage fingers!I'd say the tone range is somewhere like a Solano amp, all levels up, mic'd up cab on side axis. Maybe also some Marshall with dual V-Type Celestial cones, depending on your tone and drive settings. Of course your ears, guitars, and headphones all will make a difference too. YMMV.There's a dial for volume (SUPER loud, depending on headphones), Tone, Drive (that's Distortion), and...that's it! All you need, honestly. These dials will get you from filthy clean-ish to DEATH METAL skull drills.There's a simple On/Off switch (thank GOD this unit doesn't do the one-button-does-it-all BS like some others)There's a "FX" switch on the side and it just adds a delay effect with some extra reverb. It's alright for practice but certainly not the main attraction here.Haven't tried the line input so I can't comment on that.As for build quality - it's not great. It's thin plastic and I'm worried something's going to fly off at any moment, especially the on/off switch or the dials. In fact, I broke one unit when I accidentally sat down with it plugged into my guitar. The unit got squeezed on the bed, and the headphone jack broke (!) the unit's internal headphone input and it vanished somewhere inside.Usually when something is built as badly as that, I throw it out or return it. In this case, the sound is so fricking sweet, I immediately bought another one. And a different one (Mini Turbo, pictured) to try that one out too.I haven't heard of Donner before but somehow they manage to make incredible digital sounds in those tiny boxes. I'm gonna buy 'em all. If they do the other sounds as well as they do METAL, and for a little over twenty bucks, it's worth it. Will leave a separate review for the more expensive Mini Turbo.Besides the rather flimsy hardware quality, my only other gripe is that it charges with a MINI-USB. Not micro. MINI. That's the one where you probably don't have a cable lying around for anymore because it's an old standard. Luckily, Donner provides a (super short) Mini-USB cable to charge the unit. I really wish they'd gone with at least a micro-USB (which they did on the Mini Turbo) or better yet USB-C.Personally, I would be happy to spend twice the amount IF they increased the housing /hardware quality, and added USB-C or at least micro USB charging option. The sound is THAT good (again, if you're really into hard metal).To be fair, I realize they can't make the housing TOO heavy because then it'll unplug itself from the guitar. (All the weight is on the plug and you REALLY don't want to sit down with this one, see above)Not recommended for Country, soft rock, pop rock. This really is a METAL headphone amp.Hope this helps my fellow Metal brothers and sisters!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2018
Color: Heavy MetalVerified Purchase
Works beautifully, the distortion was exactly what I was hoping for and not lacking. Was very happy with the sound of harmonic pinches. The unit seems solid, I'd imagine if you we're jamming, not paying attention, and then put too much weight down on the unit it could bend the jack. I play with my guitar hovering over nothing to avoid this. The aux in is great, I hook up my tablet with Caustic 3 so I can play with drum tones and make beats to play along with and practice. The internal battery last for a good amount of time, easily handled 2, 6 hour plus practice sessions on a single charge and didn't run out. I read the reviews and wasn't sure what to expect but I needed something cheap I could use with headphones. For 20 bucks I rolled the dice and I'm personally very happy. The only Con for me is the Chorus effect, it's all or nothing and in this case the chorus feels maxed out and is just far too obvious. I wish the effect was on a variable dial like the distortion, i'd like some chorus ambience but not so much that the Chorus is overpowering your chord tones. However, I didn't buy this for the chorus effect and honestly probably wouldn't use it very often even if it was variable. I fully appreciate the distortion, for me I feel it's right on the money when it's maxed out. This unit is worth the money, take care of your shit and it wont fall apart. Even if the jack broke on the unit it would be far too easy to wire a patch cable direct to the unit so you could set it aside. I've already thought about just doing this or getting an extension cable so I don't have to risk bricking anything. If you need something for 20 bucks that has good distortion, is small and works with headphones for practice, I assure you this is the unit to buy.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019
Color: BasementVerified Purchase
So I'm going to write a review on this Donner practice amp for bass. I gave it a 5 star rating for the value for money simply because I didn't want to spend $40+ on the Vox version. Volume control works well which I gave 5 stars to. The fact that its a rechargeable unit is a plus. It beats having to buy AAA batteries every month or two. Which I will address later. The volume on this is impressive as well as the drive. I haven't tried over the ear headphones as i always use in ear headphones. However, compared to the Vox version, the tone is not at all impress with me. With the Vox version you can actually hear a big difference between what I call warm and fuzzy to trebly. The Donner tone control doesn't really give that warm fuzzy tone as there are still quite a bit of highs still present. It seems as if it goes from mid/treble to high/treble. Lows aren't really there. as far as the Donner unit is concerne. all my tone needs to be adjusted fromthe bass which I'm sure many will agree that that is all you need. But compared to the Vox, I get a more punchier, Jacoish type of sound from my strings.(If that makes sense) The Donner unit gets 4 stars because for the price, I got what I paid for, a small practice unit with a considerable amount of volume with hardly any tonal spectrum as opposed to the Vox. I do like it so far. let's see how longs the battery lasts me on a single charge throughout the week that I use it. The Donner feels solid unlike the Vox. The 1/8' jack feels sturdier on the Donner as opposed to the Vox, which I have already had to buy two so far because of the constant use when I take it on the road and practice. The Vox's 1/8' jack soldering starts to come lose within a year. I'm not bashing Vox. I really do like they tonal qualities as well as having a drum maching built in. However, durability is an issue with the Vox unit. I know I've barely started playing the Donner so I will come back and write an update on how its been fareing along the way. I hope this helps.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2022
Color: Heavy MetalVerified Purchase
This review is coming from a METAL guitar player. Rock, country, pop, blues players will likely NOT love this. So here goes...
OK - blown away by the distortion honestly. Been playing thrash, speed, death, black metal for 20+ years as a hobby and stress release. I'm a tone and distortion s*ut and can spend hours tweaking stuff on my racks to get it right. Cheaper pedals, headphone amps, and mini amps NEVER have enough distortion and oomph for me. I rarely get enough distortion and "kick" unless I putz with a 20 band EQ all day and use whatever the heaviest distortion is available. I don't do "crunchy". I do "melt my face off!". "Everything at 11 !" - is usually still not enough.

But this little gem has MORE distortion than I need. I've NEVER said or written this sentence in my life before. Ever.

Right out of the box I plugged it into one of my Ibanez RX series guitars, plugged in an AKG set of cans, dialed everything up and BOOM - Dimebag Darrell (RIP), Chuck Schuldiner, or Slayer sounds - like, OMG!

I had to dial the distortion DOWN about 20% to clean up the tone a tad.
Again, never thought I'd dial down distortion on anything lol.

The little Tone dial does wonders, too. All the way up it's a crazy treble-heavy death saw from hell that's just fricking awesome! Small incremental moves of the dial change the tone quite dramatically so be careful with those sausage fingers!

I'd say the tone range is somewhere like a Solano amp, all levels up, mic'd up cab on side axis. Maybe also some Marshall with dual V-Type Celestial cones, depending on your tone and drive settings. Of course your ears, guitars, and headphones all will make a difference too. YMMV.

There's a dial for volume (SUPER loud, depending on headphones), Tone, Drive (that's Distortion), and...that's it! All you need, honestly. These dials will get you from filthy clean-ish to DEATH METAL skull drills.

There's a simple On/Off switch (thank GOD this unit doesn't do the one-button-does-it-all BS like some others)

There's a "FX" switch on the side and it just adds a delay effect with some extra reverb. It's alright for practice but certainly not the main attraction here.

Haven't tried the line input so I can't comment on that.

As for build quality - it's not great. It's thin plastic and I'm worried something's going to fly off at any moment, especially the on/off switch or the dials. In fact, I broke one unit when I accidentally sat down with it plugged into my guitar. The unit got squeezed on the bed, and the headphone jack broke (!) the unit's internal headphone input and it vanished somewhere inside.

Usually when something is built as badly as that, I throw it out or return it. In this case, the sound is so fricking sweet, I immediately bought another one. And a different one (Mini Turbo, pictured) to try that one out too.

I haven't heard of Donner before but somehow they manage to make incredible digital sounds in those tiny boxes. I'm gonna buy 'em all. If they do the other sounds as well as they do METAL, and for a little over twenty bucks, it's worth it. Will leave a separate review for the more expensive Mini Turbo.

Besides the rather flimsy hardware quality, my only other gripe is that it charges with a MINI-USB. Not micro. MINI. That's the one where you probably don't have a cable lying around for anymore because it's an old standard. Luckily, Donner provides a (super short) Mini-USB cable to charge the unit. I really wish they'd gone with at least a micro-USB (which they did on the Mini Turbo) or better yet USB-C.

Personally, I would be happy to spend twice the amount IF they increased the housing /hardware quality, and added USB-C or at least micro USB charging option. The sound is THAT good (again, if you're really into hard metal).

To be fair, I realize they can't make the housing TOO heavy because then it'll unplug itself from the guitar. (All the weight is on the plug and you REALLY don't want to sit down with this one, see above)

Not recommended for Country, soft rock, pop rock. This really is a METAL headphone amp.

Hope this helps my fellow Metal brothers and sisters!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Metal God in Underwear
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2022
This review is coming from a METAL guitar player. Rock, country, pop, blues players will likely NOT love this. So here goes...
OK - blown away by the distortion honestly. Been playing thrash, speed, death, black metal for 20+ years as a hobby and stress release. I'm a tone and distortion s*ut and can spend hours tweaking stuff on my racks to get it right. Cheaper pedals, headphone amps, and mini amps NEVER have enough distortion and oomph for me. I rarely get enough distortion and "kick" unless I putz with a 20 band EQ all day and use whatever the heaviest distortion is available. I don't do "crunchy". I do "melt my face off!". "Everything at 11 !" - is usually still not enough.

But this little gem has MORE distortion than I need. I've NEVER said or written this sentence in my life before. Ever.

Right out of the box I plugged it into one of my Ibanez RX series guitars, plugged in an AKG set of cans, dialed everything up and BOOM - Dimebag Darrell (RIP), Chuck Schuldiner, or Slayer sounds - like, OMG!

I had to dial the distortion DOWN about 20% to clean up the tone a tad.
Again, never thought I'd dial down distortion on anything lol.

The little Tone dial does wonders, too. All the way up it's a crazy treble-heavy death saw from hell that's just fricking awesome! Small incremental moves of the dial change the tone quite dramatically so be careful with those sausage fingers!

I'd say the tone range is somewhere like a Solano amp, all levels up, mic'd up cab on side axis. Maybe also some Marshall with dual V-Type Celestial cones, depending on your tone and drive settings. Of course your ears, guitars, and headphones all will make a difference too. YMMV.

There's a dial for volume (SUPER loud, depending on headphones), Tone, Drive (that's Distortion), and...that's it! All you need, honestly. These dials will get you from filthy clean-ish to DEATH METAL skull drills.

There's a simple On/Off switch (thank GOD this unit doesn't do the one-button-does-it-all BS like some others)

There's a "FX" switch on the side and it just adds a delay effect with some extra reverb. It's alright for practice but certainly not the main attraction here.

Haven't tried the line input so I can't comment on that.

As for build quality - it's not great. It's thin plastic and I'm worried something's going to fly off at any moment, especially the on/off switch or the dials. In fact, I broke one unit when I accidentally sat down with it plugged into my guitar. The unit got squeezed on the bed, and the headphone jack broke (!) the unit's internal headphone input and it vanished somewhere inside.

Usually when something is built as badly as that, I throw it out or return it. In this case, the sound is so fricking sweet, I immediately bought another one. And a different one (Mini Turbo, pictured) to try that one out too.

I haven't heard of Donner before but somehow they manage to make incredible digital sounds in those tiny boxes. I'm gonna buy 'em all. If they do the other sounds as well as they do METAL, and for a little over twenty bucks, it's worth it. Will leave a separate review for the more expensive Mini Turbo.

Besides the rather flimsy hardware quality, my only other gripe is that it charges with a MINI-USB. Not micro. MINI. That's the one where you probably don't have a cable lying around for anymore because it's an old standard. Luckily, Donner provides a (super short) Mini-USB cable to charge the unit. I really wish they'd gone with at least a micro-USB (which they did on the Mini Turbo) or better yet USB-C.

Personally, I would be happy to spend twice the amount IF they increased the housing /hardware quality, and added USB-C or at least micro USB charging option. The sound is THAT good (again, if you're really into hard metal).

To be fair, I realize they can't make the housing TOO heavy because then it'll unplug itself from the guitar. (All the weight is on the plug and you REALLY don't want to sit down with this one, see above)

Not recommended for Country, soft rock, pop rock. This really is a METAL headphone amp.

Hope this helps my fellow Metal brothers and sisters!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2023
Color: Heavy MetalVerified Purchase
Lets start by saying that it does what it need to and does it good. However it is not the best sound you cab expect for, but on the other hand you get what you paid for.

Overall, has decent sound, very cheap, very portable, have it with ne for 2 years now and still rocking with it!
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Jamie B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Quality sound
Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2023
Color: Mini TurboVerified Purchase
I got this to go with a hofner travel guitar, to help me quit smoking while i wait for concrete to dry. It's amazing how much fits into a small package. Now if they could only incorporate drums!!! I hooked it up from mini plug to 1/4" into my roland cube mini. I added drums through the auxiliary on the cube. Despite being a headphone (stereo) output it worked perfectly. Big sound for a tiny package. I highly recommend to anyone needing portability. I got a 12" leader to be able to view the face of the device. Fender owners won't need this! All of my guitars have jack on the bottom.
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Jamie B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Quality sound
Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2023
I got this to go with a hofner travel guitar, to help me quit smoking while i wait for concrete to dry. It's amazing how much fits into a small package. Now if they could only incorporate drums!!! I hooked it up from mini plug to 1/4" into my roland cube mini. I added drums through the auxiliary on the cube. Despite being a headphone (stereo) output it worked perfectly. Big sound for a tiny package. I highly recommend to anyone needing portability. I got a 12" leader to be able to view the face of the device. Fender owners won't need this! All of my guitars have jack on the bottom.
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Brock
5.0 out of 5 stars It's cheap but at the same time a must have
Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2019
While the build quality is pretty lacking here Donner isn't trying to sell this as a high-price premium product. Just go look through your couch cushions and you'll probably find enough to buy one of these and it'd be well worth the search!

Starting with the build quality; the plastic is very cheap and the device itself doesn't feel very weighty or full. This leads to a sense of brittleness. While that may not seem encouraging it's where they brought down the price and considering the Vox Amplugs are about 3x the price of this and don't exactly have glowing reviews it seems that these little devices are just too limited to warrant a premium price anyway.

The important part is how it sounds. While there's not much in the way of tonal variety you do get a tone knob and it does do tone shaping in the same way the tone knob on a distortion pedal would. The sounds this little guy does make are pretty good. Nothing Earth-shattering but certainly you're going to get a basic genre-fitting tone. I have the Classic Rock version so think a sort of Marshal-like tone but less refined. There is a clean tone if you roll the gain completely off and again it seems very Marshal-like. Whether that's your thing or not is up to you, there's plenty of different models to choose from.

And you should choose one because it's honestly a great practice tool. It's incredibly portable, has an aux input, is powered by a rechargeable lithium battery, and will fit in any guitar. I would have killed to have this in high school! Lunch would have been 1000x better being able to just find an empty spot and whail away pretending I'm Slash.... At least I can still use it to take my guitar outside on nice days and play to myself peacefully. But hey maybe you want to practice a bit backstage, or you're traveling and don't want to spend hours at the airport or bus station doing nothing, or you're on a business trip and want a guitar to wind down with in the hotel at night. All of this is possible with one of these guys and add in that it's so cheap anyone could pretty much buy one at any moment and you've got a no-brainer purchase here.
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Brock
5.0 out of 5 stars It's cheap but at the same time a must have
Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2019
While the build quality is pretty lacking here Donner isn't trying to sell this as a high-price premium product. Just go look through your couch cushions and you'll probably find enough to buy one of these and it'd be well worth the search!

Starting with the build quality; the plastic is very cheap and the device itself doesn't feel very weighty or full. This leads to a sense of brittleness. While that may not seem encouraging it's where they brought down the price and considering the Vox Amplugs are about 3x the price of this and don't exactly have glowing reviews it seems that these little devices are just too limited to warrant a premium price anyway.

The important part is how it sounds. While there's not much in the way of tonal variety you do get a tone knob and it does do tone shaping in the same way the tone knob on a distortion pedal would. The sounds this little guy does make are pretty good. Nothing Earth-shattering but certainly you're going to get a basic genre-fitting tone. I have the Classic Rock version so think a sort of Marshal-like tone but less refined. There is a clean tone if you roll the gain completely off and again it seems very Marshal-like. Whether that's your thing or not is up to you, there's plenty of different models to choose from.

And you should choose one because it's honestly a great practice tool. It's incredibly portable, has an aux input, is powered by a rechargeable lithium battery, and will fit in any guitar. I would have killed to have this in high school! Lunch would have been 1000x better being able to just find an empty spot and whail away pretending I'm Slash.... At least I can still use it to take my guitar outside on nice days and play to myself peacefully. But hey maybe you want to practice a bit backstage, or you're traveling and don't want to spend hours at the airport or bus station doing nothing, or you're on a business trip and want a guitar to wind down with in the hotel at night. All of this is possible with one of these guys and add in that it's so cheap anyone could pretty much buy one at any moment and you've got a no-brainer purchase here.
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Robert Belanger
4.0 out of 5 stars So far so good.
Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2024
Color: BasementVerified Purchase
Works well and does the job. Tone is good. Volume isn’t that loud, could be louder. I don’t use all the features. I just need a thing to practice with music input and headphones. Using with a 5 string bass.
NM
5.0 out of 5 stars Great value
Reviewed in Canada on February 14, 2020
Great equipment. Okay sound for what it is. not the most adjustable. What is really great is you can listen to a YouTube video while playing along on guitar and hear everything.
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent item!
Reviewed in Canada on March 17, 2024
Color: Heavy MetalVerified Purchase
Was a bit sceptical about this item however it’s amazing!!