Spark Amp

Dave Meis · Post by **Dave Meis** » 22 Oct 2020 3:03 pm

I downloaded one of the 'clean' settings from the cloud and tweaked it with the EQ, then stored it. It's about all I ever use. I love the Bluetooth thing for playing along and as a remote speaker for listening to any thing from music to ball games. Great unit.

Jeffery Mercer · Post by **Jeffery Mercer** » 30 Oct 2020 7:29 am

Best Bet: â€œPURCHASE USEDâ€

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 30 Oct 2020 7:53 am

Just got mine yesterday and love it. Perfect for a lap steel.

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 29 Dec 2020 7:27 pm

Go on the cloud and search steel guitar. It will take you to my setting. But youâ€™ll still have to tweak. The head phone Jack out sounds different compared to using the speakers. But my setting will get you close. Then tweak away.

This sample is with the speakers vs. the last sample I did direct. Short C6 sequence.

click here

Bruce Bjork · Post by **Bruce Bjork** » 30 Dec 2020 10:39 am

Got mine two days ago, 18 day turnaround. I'll be using it for band rehearsal, 11 pounds vs my 43 pound Peavey Nashville 112, here's a quick tone test on my Justice Pro Lite, not my best work but wanted you all to hear the tone I got just using the knobs, no tone studio tweaking. I've only been playing for a bit more than three years.
https://youtu.be/-aCfFKJ2tcw

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 31 Dec 2020 5:35 pm

Good tones Bruce. Was it direct recorded or is that it's own speakers?

Bruce Bjork · Post by **Bruce Bjork** » 1 Jan 2021 7:14 am

Spark speakers, recorded on my iPad with an old Zoom recorder as a microphone.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 1 Jan 2021 8:30 am

Thanks Bruce. That's a good tone for 4 inch speakers. Those little amps are surprisingly decent.

Ken Mizell · Post by **Ken Mizell** » 3 Jan 2021 2:45 pm

Iâ€™m really liking my Spark 40. It can be very loud if you want it to be. Those two 4â€ speakers can be extremely loud at 3-4 feet. It will fill up a bedroom sized practice room.

If you need a case for your Spark, here is a suggestion - Husky brand zip up tool bag from Home Depot, the large one. They are currently selling them as a set, 1 - Large & 2 - Small for $29.95. It works.

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 26 Jan 2021 12:38 pm

Another sample using c6

CLICK ME

Ron

Jeffery Mercer · Post by **Jeffery Mercer** » 7 Feb 2021 6:00 pm

Amazon sells the SPARK AMP, I HAD MINE IN 3 days...

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 14 Aug 2021 1:13 pm

I played with another feature of the Spark amp. It lets you choose a rhythm player. Once you enter the speed, it counts you off and then listens for your progression as you play (easier with guitar vs. steel but works). After a couple bar it stops and computes a rhythm section of bass and drums. It does this through your cell phone app blue toothed through the amp.

This allows you to practice with the amp. I put in a basic Tulsa Time progression as it is a good warmup. I should have turned the steel down some so the bass track would stand out.
Quick example: AUDIO HERE

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 16 Nov 2021 6:58 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-deDLJb7PTY

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 15 Apr 2022 5:30 am

Here's a reply I made to a fellow SPARK owner to help him tweak it.

Do you have it set on "acoustic" not "Clean"? You would think clean was the way to go but not true for me.

Also, did you go to the cloud to try out my settings? Search "Hogan" and it should pull up about 5 tones/amps.

Every time you turn the SPARK off, it will return back to where the knobs were originally from my original saved settings. You have to move the particular knob to a different location to change the setting to your liking.

Of course, turn either bass or and highs up and down. Remember that the speakers sound different vs. just using the headphone jack. The HP jack sound has more highs, so adjust accordingly.