Blackstar amPlug 2 FLY Mini Portable Electric Guitar Headphone Amplifier Plugin Simulator with Built in Effects

Versatile practice amp option, I pair it with a Gordon Smith GS1 and it sounds like a monster with full overdrive, but can be paired back to give a warm, natural guitar sound if you’re not into your rock guitar sound. Very good option. Other reviews say it’s a little light and flimsy and breaks easily. With this in mind I just treated it with a little respect and was careful how I plugged it in. No issues with it when you’re treating it like this. It is light and I can see if you’re plugging it in like you’re playing live and changing guitars mid set, it will break. Just don’t do that… simple! Great product, competitively priced.

Having used the brilliant Vox AC30 one I was looking for something a bit more versatile that would give me decent middle of the road cleans, overdrive and distortion. This ticks those boxes.. If you have never used one before I can highly recommend it, the sound through a pair of iPhone earpods is incredible and very loud!! The three main channnels of clean, overdrive and distortion sound great, react well to rolling back the volume on your guitar and do have a genuine Blackstar sound. The additional FX do the job although the chorus is a bit naff, as it was on the VoxAC30 version, but the reverbs and delays cover enough ground to allow you to play with some great tones. The ability to connect to your phone/MP3 player and play along with Spotify or the thousands of backing tracks that can be found on YouTube is great. Even though it sounds super loud in your headphones, no one else can hear you.. It is a great practice aid and has made my small 5w valve amp redundant - it actually sound better! Buy with confidence, you will not be disappointed.

A fantastic piece of kit for any guitar player. Works exactly as advertised.

Terrible build quality. I’m so annoyed and frustrated as my insurance cover hasn’t arrived via email yet, and this amp is already broken. The plastic casing around the jack just snapped in half then the jack fell out and got stuck in the guitar input on my telecaster. I literally just adjusted the guitar to rest on my lap more and heard a crunch. That’s that then. Not impressed. However, though it’s annoying to say now, but the selection and variety of tones you get for the low price are very good and more than adequate for serious shredding practise - I was having so much fun!!!!! but the overall build quality and flimsiness of amp is pretty f*¥@&£ng shocking. Not a happy bunny… I hope I can get a full refund or sent a new one as soon as possible.

Sounds good with over-ear B&W headphones . Yes it's a bit flimsy but I paid under 30 quid in a sale , so didn't expect too much . There's hiss at higher volumes , so set volume just below the hissing and use the volume on your guitar it's plenty loud enough . I'm happier than my friend who has the fender micro at twice the price

I love Blackstar stuff anyway but this is a bargain and a greeat way to practise that electric sound without rattling the windows in your house!

It’s ok, sounds ok, build quality is questionable, it’s just something you’ll use a couple of times then use your actual amp, put this in the draw and forget about it.

Fantastic product. Unfortunately barely used

Zajebisty

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I own this Blackstar Amplug2, plus three of the Vox models. Since most of the features are the same as Vox's, I've simply cut-and-pasted my review of the three Vox's below. As mentioned briefly in the review below, the Blackstar is most similar to the Vox "Classic Rock". If you're looking for differences with the Vox CR, it's mainly a matter of the gain/distortion, as playing clean is largely the same. Even though I joke in the review below about the 70's and 90's decades as being the same, it's probably the subtle differences in those decades' sounds that separate the Blackstar and the Vox CR. The Vox CR emulates the 70's hard rock sound, while this Blackstar takes the 70's hard rock sound and adds that 90's emphasis on the heavier low-end. Not Nu Metal 90's (this is not really a metal amp, like the Vox Metal), but more like Soundgarden 90's. Some of the reviews are a bit misleading -- placing a value judgement on the type of distortion? Buying an amp that is specific to hard rock, and then complaining that it doesn't sound like an amp built specifically for blues? Distortion preference is just that -- a preference, and not qualitative. Also, the effects may be digital, but the actual amp channels and gain features are analog circuits, according to Vox's own website (and the Blackstar/Vox are the same product). Regarding the Amplug2's in general, this is my review of the Vox models I own, much of which applies to the Blackstar: I bought the "Clean", "AC30", and "Classic Rock" versions (I also own the Blackstar version of the amplug2, which isn't as well known, but just as good). All versions are really good for their size and price point. The effects are the same for each model and surprisingly decent (chorus, delay, reverb). Note that you can only do one of the three effects at a time, although you can combine one of the effects with gain/distortion. The AC30 has one additional effect -- tremolo -- which is actually enabled by switching channels (not the effects button), so you can simultaneously do tremolo and one of the other three effects and gain/distortion. Each of the three effects has three strength levels -- some online videos/blogs mistaking state that the effects are simply on/off (they clearly didn't read the instructions) when in fact they each have three strength levels. The AC30's tremolo has two levels (or three, if you count "off" as a level), which again is controlled by switching channels. In terms of individual models, the "Clean" model does what it says, so not a whole lot to say. The green channel is pure clean, the orange channel is a bluesier/jazzier twin amp sound, and the red channel can give you some dirty blues tones with the gain maxed-out. The "Classic Rock" model competently does three channels of various 70's-style overdrive (or I suppose 90's-style too, since grunge was similar to the 70's -- so you get two decades for the price of one!). The AC30 is a version of the original 60's British invasion sound, although I've never owned a full AC30 to say how accurate it is -- but I definitely like the sound with the gain maxed-out. You can also get some surprisingly beautiful tones out of the AC30 using the orange tremolo channel with no gain, and with the chorus effect setting on low. I bought the AC30 for the overdrive sound, but did not expect getting such other beautiful tones out of something for $40! One thing I will stress is that headphone type matters a lot. Use the wrong headphones (in-ear or on-ear), and these things are simply toys. Use the correct headphones (over-the-ear, and preferably "closed"), and they are surprisingly good little practice amps. For guitar practicing, I use 80-Ohm Beyerdynamic DT770 PROs, which I highly recommend. As a side note, I'd also recommend a one-time investment in a AAA-battery charger, to save in the long run. Another tip regarding hum, which I've seen others mention -- I also have a low hum on the Clean & Classic Rock models when using the higher-gain red channel (but not the other channels), although this is always with the guitar volume pot at 100% w/treble bleed. The AC30's red channel is not higher gain, so it does not have this issue. In any case, I found that simply rolling down the guitar volume pot a little (like 10% or whatever is required to squelch your treble bleed) eliminates the hum. In any case, it's really only a factor when playing clean, and treble bleed is usually only desired with distortion anyway. If you have separate pickup volume pots like me -- rather than rolling down the master volume, I simply roll down the neck pickup volume 10% or so (since I mostly use that pickup when playing clean), and keep the bridge pickup volume at 100% w/treble bleed, which I mostly use with high gain anyway. Plus, you can't hear the hum when playing anyway, so not that big of a deal. At the end of the day, it's a practice amp, not a performance amp -- but a darn good practice amp for the money!

Anni fa' ho già acquistato due altri mini ampli di un'altra marca. Il tipo Clean l'ho tenuto perché mi piaceva il suono pulito che emetteva, mentre l'altro l'ho reso perché il distorto era troppo finto. Ora ho rischiato comprando questo della Blackstare per poter suonare in cuffia un distirto anche spinto e allo stesso tempo abbastanza realistico. Acquisto azzeccato. Il suono mi piace veramente molto. Si spazia dal crunch al metal passando da diverse sfumature internedie. È potente. Bisogna dosarlo con cura. Il volume è molto forte. Naturalmente dipende anche dalle cuffie. Ho 50 anni e magari fosse esistito quando ero ragazzo. Avrei potuto esercitarmi senza rompere i timpani ai miei famigliari. Il delay mi piace tanto e il reverbero è accettabile. Il tremolo non lo uso. Ogniuno di questi tre ha tre intensità. Ci suono anche sopra a brani collegando il cellulare al mini ampli. Rende bene. Direi che è promosso a pieni voti e lo ricomprerei a occhi chiusi.

Klasse zum üben, jederzeit und überall. Sehr gute Klangqualität, Batterie hält auch lange. Würde ich jederzeit wieder nehmen.