Very good
"I never write reviews on Amazon. But I felt I had to for this so other guitar players know-this thing rips. Def get it if you’re considering. I am blown away by the tone that comes out of this extremely small amp. It gets pretty loud too. Of course it’s not as good as my tube amps but for the price and function of small quiet practice amp- it is well worth it. Love the Bluetooth and rechargeable battery"
Battery is very impressive
"I charged the battery full before using and I have been playing it eleven days consistently and haven’t had to charge yet. Better than expected. Overall sound is amazing would and may by another one."
The only portable amp you need
"Omg, this exceptional device is the absolute mutts danglies for the traveller! High quality BT speaker, guitar Amp and… it stands in as a freakin’ TV soundbar because there’s no latency issues. I love this device.
I regularly travel by motorbike from the W.Midlands to S.Wales, where I have two holiday colleges. I have a 36l top box and a 30l rucksack. I take my Ministar ‘LesStar’ travel Guitar across my back. The storage is taken up with a mobile office setup, bike toolset, and my travel wardrobe. Minimizing weight and maximising comfort and functionality is almost an art form.
Until buying this, I used a very cheap, and naff, 9v battery Marshall travel amp. Seriously. I expected better from Marshall engineers. It turns out that so did some of them. So, they left and formed a company called ‘Blackstar’!
The size of the amp is incredible. I can put it into the head of my rucksack - the only space I have left.
To play guitar (only for personal fun), I used a headset and the Blackstar Amplug which was fine until I felt I wanted a bt speaker for music and an amp for the guitar. That is when I found the Blackstar Fly Charge with usb-c. I got this one to minimise charging and power issues.
I was immediately blown away by the rich tone when connected to my phone and listening to pod casts and Spotify. So, bt speaker needs met. Now for the amp.
Wow. The guitar sound is wonderful and full. All controls and effects really have a great effect on the sound if only it had a reverb too…oh, it does! Yes, there is reverb if you know how to find this secret feature. Turn the delay time switch to 0 and the delay level to full. Ta-dah, you are welcome. Ok, it’s not massive, and you can’t have delay and reverb together but you just got a fantastic usb-c rechargeable amp / bt speaker for only £120 so I feel that I have got a fantastic solution to everything I needed.
The change is huge too. I’ve had it on all day listening to the economist and jamming every 2-3 hrs for 30mins or so. Then full on jam sessions throughout the evening. I also use Ultimate Tab to jam to and this setup is just brilliant. Which highlights the BT connection quality. I have always used a bt transceiver with the amplug and there is a delay from source and playback (latency). This latency issue does not seem to be detectable in the Blackstar amp suggesting a very high quality bt unit inside.
I’ve had to update my review as I thought I’d test the connection to my non-smart tv - after plugging in my BT transceiver into the 3.5mm socket. Whilst the tv is big, it’s also old and was cheap even when new. Omg. I was expecting a massive sync issue between speech and sound but no, perfect sync. No latency issues what so ever. Great for watching streamed blockbusters
All in all - a fantastic, lovely amp that fits into my lifestyle perfectly.
Hope this helps anyone else"
