Blackstar Fly 3 Black Portable Battery Powered Mini Electric Guitar Amp MP3 Line In & Headphone Line Out

When I opened the box and saw the size of it I thought, na that's not going to be any good. But boy was I wrong! Absolutely brilliant and throws out some sound. Don't get me wrong, I'm only a beginner, and players with more experience may disagree, but I personally think it's brilliant for practicing at home instead of warming up my fender amp. Would definitely recommend. I suggest paying the extra for the electric connector too.

An amp this small has no right to sound this good. I have used it with single coil pickups, filtertrons and humbuckers and all sound great. The clean sound has clarity and depth, especially when enhanced with the in built delays effect. The OD effect is OK but using the gain to get more of a crunch sound is really good. The emulated out works well so recording with it into an audio interface is great. I have also used it with some OD pedals and it works really well. As it is battery powered there is no mains hum which if just what I wanted it for. So overall absolutely brilliant as a practice amp or for recording using a computer and DAW,

Nice smooth tone for such a small amp, and a loooot of sound out of it. Very versatile room practise amp. Plastic, but neat build and well finished. You expect small, but when I opened the box it was still a surprise how compact it is. Batteries are included, which was nice. The gain, volume, tone, EQ and Delay buttons play tight and smooth.The clean tones are very nice and stay clean at pretty high volume. The clean channel sounds better than the overdrive. Set the clean tone channel to mid/high gain and it renders a nice bluesy crunchy sound. The delay is a smart addition, takes the dryness out of the sound: set it at high frequency, and you get a practise substitute for reverb.The Fly 3 also makes a fine desk speaker for your mp3/computer. The mp3 playback volume is not affected by the volume switch, though. I just wish there was a volume switch for the mp3 input.Very good amp for my purpose (travel), I can play quite a while without getting bored by the sound. This is not a toy, although it will fit in a toiletry bag, together with the Black Star 311739 Fly 3 Power Supply (which I also bought: It's fine but quite overpriced).So very happy about this amp so far - I will re-post if issues come up.

Initially I thought returning it. After giving it another go yesterday in my "lesson" session. I'll keep it.Pretty good quality sound, clear and with a very good adequately "loud" sound.I can use it as a mobile amp. Will probably buy a power cable to use it.I really recommend this little amp. Worth to have.

I have been playing Guitar for all of 10 days, so this is not going to be a super in-depth review about all the advanced features of this amp.What it is though, is the thoughts of someone who lives in an apartment block and wanted something small to be able to practice his new guitar with...and for that it is brilliant!I looked at a few different options when considering this (Marshall MS2, Orange Micro Crush etc.) but this thing kept on coming out the favourite in all the comparisons so I took the plunge and ordered one.So, first things first. The amp is tiny! So much so that I was a little concerned that it wouldn't be able to perform particularly well in anything other than the smallest of rooms.This was very quickly negated when I plugged it into the guitar for the first time. The sound was big, it was clean and it was all coming from this tiny little box sat on my bookshelf.Being entirely new to the guitar scene I haven't had a chance to test out the extra features as much as I would like to be able to, but it comes with a clean and overdrive channel, tape delay, headphone out and a 3.5mm in.The latter two of these have been incredibly useful for me as I am able to use my headphones when my neighbours are in and being able to play the "learn to play" backing tracks through the amp as well makes practicing very convenient!It comes with 6 AA batteries and has the option of including a separate charger (sold separately). The batteries supposedly last a good long while and will be replaced with rechargeables once they eventually die.I recently took this with me on a weekend away where one of my friends, who has played guitar for over 30 years, was left utterly speechless by how impressive this device was.I originally thought that a micro-amp would be a short-lived purchase and that I would be upgrading to something larger fairly quickly. However, after listening to this thing in action, I don't think this will be getting replaced for a LONG while. And even when I do want to up the performance, I only need to purchase the cab extension for it to double the wattage.If you are just starting out with electric guitar or if you live in a place that doesn't lend itself well to ridiculous amounts of noise, then this little amp is a must-buy.

Lovely addition to my acoustic setup. That may sound odd, but in certain small venues my acoustic guitar needs a small kick to cut through. This amp does it with ease without sacrificing quality. Maybe ‘Bluetooth’ rather than mp3 input would be a little more helpful, as these days some mobile phones seem to have stopped using headphone output.

Bought for hubby for his birthday and he is starting a college course so needed something small to carry around. He loves it and is impressed with quality of it’s sound

I gave this for a gift to my guitar player and he loved it. He said it put out the same sound his big amp did, just not to the volume. He takes it with him to jams so is easy to carry and portable. It appears a good quality and durable. Clean design and appear of good sturdy quality. Good value for money and well received fun gift to give.