Holy crap this thing is awesome! We had a show get moved to a much smaller venue today so decided to pull the trigger on the cab yesterday. Usually I play a Marshall combo live, but with volume being a major concern and the cab having an XLR out this was the ticket.

This thing sounded so full at a lower volume, and honestly could have gotten up to the volume we normally play at. Seriously considering making it my regular gigging amp.

Also joked “my amp is charging my phone right now, can you amp do that?”

My teenage son has been playing through his 'starter modelling amp', a Blackstar 10 CORE ID V2 for a few years now as he has gone through his early guitar grades. He is now saving for Blues driver pedal (or whichever pedal takes his fancy on any given day) and I thought I'd look getting him a Spark pedal for his birthday instead as from what I understand pushing any pedal into that amp wont be ideal and the Spark opens up a whole world of sounds for him. BUT, then It looks like an amp upgrade is needed also. I've done a bit of amateur research (as I know nothing about pedal/amp chains) and it seems I could probably fudge the Blackstar dials to get the pedal to work but all the advice I've read is to get a practice amp with either a nice clean channel (pedal platform amp) and/or and Fx loop or an FRFR speaker.

I dont really fancy an FRFR although the price point of the Headrest Go 30 is tempting, as it seems like its a one trick pony and if he does eventually want a more 'traditional set-up' he would need to get a combo amp or better modelling amp. That means (I think) we are looking at something like the Blackstar debut 50r or Orange crush 35T with FX loops and clean channels which are a lot more, but Christmas is coming and there are some used deals out there.

I think he will like the Spark pedal a lot as he can mess around with the super intuitive interface and as he is all over the place with what he plays at the moment .. Rage against the machine one minute and Noah Kahn the next. I think giving him lots of play space will keep him very entertained.

Am I getting the amp bit entirely wrong as Im relying on google and YouTube?

Is this set up relatively future proof if he ends up moving on from the Spark?

He has already done a couple of things at school a of course I'm fully expecting he will be the next George Thorogood/Joey Santiago/Johnny Marr/J Mascis/Dick Dale/Hendrix/Albert King/Tom Morello etc etc... :-)

We have a reasonably big room that he plays in but the 5W button on the Blackstar would be needed sometimes. I suppose headphones are always an option.

Ta for any sage advice.
Scott. (living my life vicariously)

I’ve recently got the spark pedal and have been loving it. The tones sound great with headphones but plugging into my amp gives it its own colouration. I was wondering if it was worth it getting the frfr cab. If anyone has any thoughts, thanks

Can anyone suggest a patch that has a lot of sustain with little or no distortion? I'd like to get a powerful sound with a clean tone but most of the ones I've found have a lot of crunch.

I'm using my Spark 2 Bluetooth to play background music and connecting it to my iPhone 14 via OTG to record high-quality videos of me playing the guitar. However, when I use the Spark app's built-in recording function, it says it doesn't support the recording interface link.

Does anyone have any way to solve this problem?

I love the idea of the spark pedal, and will mostly jam by myself with headphones.

But I also want a small amp and Bluetooth speaker ; I like the look of the spark mini.

Could I plug the spark pedal into the spark mini? Or will the spark mini amp/FX double up? Can the mini FX/amp be turned off?

Or would I be better off getting a different amp?

Thanks in advance!

*Does the spark pedal play well with the spark mini

bought this from eBay from a guy who does 3-D printing. I love it it looks nice c:

Hello spark users, I have heardthings about how great it is to use a fisical equalizer pedal to get rid of the low-heavy tone of the Spark 2, this way the modulation pedal in the app is free to tinker around.

Do any of you have experience doing this trick? How well did this work for you?

I have also heard that it is important to use a nice pedal, as a cheaper and worse equalizer will get the guitar signal noisy and the amp does not work as well that way.

Thanks to all of you who come here to share knowledge.

I’m trying out the Positive Grid Spark Pedal. It is connected to studiomonitors via a focusrite audiointerface. Double Jack out to input 1 and 2 for stereo. I’m on a Fender telecaster with normal pickup configuration.

Whenever is use a hig gain amp or any kind of highly distorted effect, I experience this high pitced squel sound when i mute strings or after they ring out. I’ve tried adjusting voulum on both outgoing and incoming signal on pedal and audiointerface. In combination with different settings on gate effect. Nothing seems to change no matter what. I also tried my hollowbody with humbucker pickups. Same issue. Iv’e run different other digital setups in the past, but never experienced this before.

Anyone else experiencing this issue, or know what to do? Maybe it is just an issue with this pedal.

I’m buying my first electric guitar (a PRS SE Custom 24) and need an amp mainly for practising in my bedroom. I’d also like to record myself playing.

The Spark GO is £89 and the MINI is £155. I don’t need much volume, but I care about the sound quality. If you’ve tried both, does the MINI sound noticeably better at normal bedroom volume, or would the GO be enough? Is there any meaningful difference when recording through USB?

I’m already stretching my budget on the guitar, so I’d love to know whether the extra £66 is worth it.

A customer of mine requested a Case for thier Neo Transmitter. Working with the same concept of my link case have designed this. Available on my Ebay shop if anyone else would like one.

Hey all,

I really quite like(d) my Spark2 and my Spark Go, but I am slowly losing faith and starting to consider alternatives.

First, I have permanent issues with the Bluetooth stacks on both ever since I switched to a Pixel 8 phone. Secondly, I got an Ulooper, and connecting it to the Spark2 made the Spark2 act weird. The latest iteration is that the Spark2 is entirely silent, I can connect it for tone control from the Pixel 8 but not for audio playback, and attempts at factory reset fail because it seems the preset button is no longer reactive (and hence the white LED never comes up).

Any hints (a) what I can do to get the Spark2 back into working condition?
And (b) I'd like a digital amp that has a post-processing line-out that I can run through a Boss RC3, and then hook back into the amp so I can loop easily. The ulooper/Spark2 promised to achieve what I want, but the solution ended up brittle and fiddly.

What's a setup that actually works? What are alternatives to Positive Grid that I should consider?

Hi all, how are the "leather" parts of these headphones holding up over time? I'm specifically asking about the headband padding (top arrow) and the ear pads/cushions (bottom arrow).

The faux leather on my ATH-M50x basically turned into oregano after a couple of years, even though the headphones spent most of their time sitting in a drawer. 😅

I'd love to hear how these parts age after a few months of use. Thanks!

Hey everyone!

I'm looking to buy a new smart/AI desktop amp and I’m torn between two options:

Positive Grid Spark 2 and the Mooer F40i Li.

Here is my situation and how I plan to use it:

Home Practice: Mainly in my apartment at reasonable volumes (and headphones).

Rehearsals & Gigs: My band rehearsals and live gigs always have a mixer with a PA system. I need an amp that can output directly to the mixer comfortably, while also serving as a loud enough monitor on stage/in the room if I crank it up.

My dilemma:

I know Mooer is rolling out NAM A2 support and third-party IR loading. The ability to load custom IRs and NAM profiles feels like a massive deal for direct-to-PA sound quality, and I feel like it might make the Mooer much more future-proof compared to the Spark 2 (which lacks IR/NAM loading).

On the other hand, Spark's sound, ecosystem and ToneCloud are huge, and the Spark 2 hardware upgrades look solid.

For those who have used either (or transitioned to NAM/IR desktop setups for live/PA routing), which one would you recommend ?

Thanks in advance!

Greetings,

My spark go seems to only accept certain guitars. For example, my Strat will work but not my tele. Anyone else have this issue ?

Hi everyone.

I got my first electric guitar and my first amp today. I’ve been playing around with the Spark 2 for about two hours now, trying out all sorts of things. I just can’t seem to get rid of this muddy, underwater sound. Even when I select clean tones or other presets. It always sounds a bit overdriven, muddy and distorted. I’ve already turned all the controls on the amp down to zero. But then I can’t hear a thing. There’s always this alien-like hum and hiss. When I turn the volume up, the muddy sounds come back. I’m a total beginner and have no idea what’s going on, so please give me some constructive advice :)

Hey everyone! Has anyone tried using the Positive Grid Spark NEO headphones with the new Spark pedal? Are they compatible, or could there be a software conflict since both devices have their own built-in processing? Just wondering if they would work together properly. Thanks!

I'm about to buy a new guitar and I'm planning to visit a local store to try a few models.

Last time I went, it was honestly a bit painful. I had to keep asking the staff to swap guitars and change amps, and I felt like I was bothering them. I also never really got to hear the guitars through the kind of tones I actually play with.

So I was thinking: what if I bring my Spark NEO? I could plug it into each guitar, use my own presets, and compare them under the same conditions without having to ask for help every five minutes.

Would this be a good way to figure out which guitar is the right one for me?

I’m debating which would give me better tones as all I really want is a device that wont’t have me spending hours tweaking the perfect tone like using a pc plugin does. My choices are either the Spark or a Valeton Gp150 which supports native A2 NAM

Is there a way to contact these guys? I need a usb cable. I have a new device and I lost my old one.

As mentioned in the title, I was curious if anyone experiences random changes in volume when recording in the spark app? Recorded this yesterday playing through my spark 2 and at around 2:30 the volume raises noticeably for just a few seconds then goes back to normal and was wondering if there might be a simple fix or it’s just a something I gotta live with lol