I Bought The Worst-Rated Guitar Amps

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[@Bernthguitar]

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[@rockoutmichigan]

Added you to my Spotify list, really liked the top two songs! Lovely arrangements and dream-like tones.

[@GuitarHeroGuy550]

aight bet

[@kevmccarthy8311]

The material of the old amp you said was plastic is probably Bakelite … which is very 30s-50s

[@georgiossirgoudis9207]

Of course,nice song 🤘💥 and cool amp sounds,you show in this video😃

[@Dimanson91]

this mini amps its compatible with bass guitar or not?

[@gaberox1]

Just shows a great player can make anything sound good for the most part. For clean tones anyway cheap distortion appears to be a lost cause.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Clean channel + cheap pedals is the way to go. Much better than the amp distortion.

[@ichbrauchmehrkaffee5785]

@@TylerJohnstonGuitar Or, you know, just try hooking it up to a much larger speaker. That transformed my 15 W solitstate practice amp into something stage-ready

[@doknox]

​@@ichbrauchmehrkaffee5785you just gotta make sure the ohms of the speaker match the output of the amp. But really what's the point?

[@uxartmusicvideo-andphotogr2043]

Small amps don't do any good justice for guitar effect pedals.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Black metal: *am I a joke to you*

[@BlaineMelv]

If bernth reads this you have been my biggest reason for me playing better on guitar. A couple of months ago I didnt know much on guitar at all my mother just asked me “if you want to play” and I said “sure” but my first guitar was from my grandfather who isn’t here sadly. So I practiced every single day nonstop looking up videos and found you one day and got inspired by your sweep picking and videos of experiments, you conducted on your guitars like the airflow video and waterworks but watched you non stop , practiced non stop. Nowadays I have a 8 string and was told by one of my grandparents who played jazz guitar and drums for 40 years, while I was sweep picking and tapping he told me “you keep this up you will be the new Eddie Van Halen and that really made me happy. Your my favorite guitar KZbinr

[@dirtbikematt3128]

I had to pause this video so that I could go listen to Fuego. I've been on a Flamenco/Latin kick for the last year, and this one is definitely up my alley. Very awesome - keep 'em coming.

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks for listening 🤘

[@dirtbikematt3128]

My nephew is moving on Wednesday from Chicago to Berlin. Please keep us posted on new tour dates.

[@shiftyhoot]

at first i want orange mini, but the local guitar store recomended that joyo amp (ma-10e) after try it i very impressed for a cheap amp (around 50$) in my country (indonesia) meanwhile the orange mini cost around $80, joyo is so underated brand, their pedal perfomance also kicking above their price,you should also try their pedals more over the vintage series.

[@faraday410]

Bruh, in Russia that joyo costs ~3000 rub (~30 usd)

[@andrejstojanovski5000]

when I first saw the blackstar I almost cried because it's the same one I have, but I'm glad you liked it because it's pretty good imo!!

[@AndJusticeForEl]

I actually liked the blackstar one. Loved the new hairstyle too.

[@Vercingetorix061983]

I got a Blackstar like that in your testing, and I really love it. I'm not a pro and I can't stand loud volumes so it's really great for me.

[@dreibel]

Definitely the Joyo, with a strong second to the Blackstar. I tried out all the Fender battery-powered amps, and almost all of them sucked. The best one is actually the little Deluxe. I learned a couple of tricks to get it sounding relatively good. For distortion, turn the tone control completely to the right, it reduces the fartiness. Second, place the amp on its face on the floor or on the bed, sounds much better. For me the best practise amp hands down is the BOSS Katana Mini. Good clean, and the Brown setting can be dialed in to a great metal crunch sound.

[@crow_feather]

Haha! When I read that review someone posted about their amp catching fire, I kept holding my breath each time a new amp was tried, scared that one of them was going to burst into flames! Haha! Glad to see that didn't happen! 💖

[@Peyote1312]

So in other words. Clickbait.

[@crow_feather]

@@Peyote1312 No. All I'm saying is just simply that one of the speakers thankfully didn't catch on fire when he was filming. He posted that review to show what's happened to other people, and how bad the speakers can be. Nowhere, anywhere, did he say that's what happened to him. He puts out awesome music, and works his ass off to deliver amazing content! Don't be so negative towards him! He's a great guy, and deserves so much better than that!

[@101Volts]

Dunno what could possibly catch on fire these days. Back in the real early days when Dick Dale was pushing his amps hard, sure, it happened. But Fender gave him redesigned amps pretty shortly after that, so unless you have footage from his first few concerts at some time in the late 1950s or something like that, you're probably not going to see it.

[@DaedalusRaistlin]

I used to practice outside with my Honeytone amp, the same one you reviewed. I swear it was louder than my much bigger Vox Rhythm 5. Was on a farm, so it didn't annoy anyone. Got some positive responses from people driving by in their cars though. Thing was loud. That Joyo amp sounded really cool, I've enjoyed their other products, cheap but surprisingly good.

[@K4RN4GE911]

I used to have an Orange Mini amp and yeah, I wasn't that impressed, either. After seeing Jules Conroy and Tyler Larson both being sponsored by Positive Grid, I gave the Spark Mini a shot and it's been my go to ever since, especially since my Fender halfstack is starting to show its age. I will say, I was impressed by that Joyo. Wasn't expecting it to sound as big as it did.

[@alexnicolas7]

I own a blackstar debut 15, yeah distorted tone isnt great, no small amp has been great on that for me, but I use it as a pedal platform and for me is super good, I really enjoy the clean tones and the more simple "Isf" kinda tone knob. Love the video!

[@genesis8809]

Hi Bernth, Cool video, great side by side comparisons... I am interested in your thought on the Positive Grid Spark and the Spark mini amps. You should do a review on those if you get the opportunity. Thx, Genesis

[@godchild69]

Hilariously, youtube decided to drop an ad right in the middle of the "sponsor" section. Way to go youtube...

[@silvergreylion]

Cool, now there just needs to be a website linking to YT vids and interrupting ads with other ads = true adception. I'm astounded that advertisers seem to think, that that is a good idea.

[@AleArzMusic]

Hi have the Blackstar Fly 3. Not the best sounding ever, but super useful and very fun to play (and it doesn't catch on fire!)

[@TheSavagederek]

I have the Orange . It's a handy practice tool , it's main benefit is that you can hook it up to a bigger cab , where it sounds pretty good . I used to own the Marshall with the double cab so like a mini full stack and it sounds much better than the half stack . My daughter has the red Marshall half stack . Ok none of them are great , but they are useful in their own right , for travel or just practice on the fly or in a limited space .

[@sjaakvandervrande9414]

I love Joyo the most. It has for a small Amp this size a beautiful overdriven sound,something like my own Joyo Jackman.

[@imagitu6409]

the Chinese have really stepped up their quality game. It used to be you couldn't get any decent music gear from there. Now they are making decent guitars and electronics. You just gotta look around a little and see what other people have experienced before you buy.

[@brianburke808]

Thanks for the video! I remember when the blackstar fly first came out (the first good nano combo amp, though I didn't know it at the time). The other guitarist in the band I was in tried it as a joke...we both had wtf, this sounds pretty good faces on...I grabbed a mini crush and we A/B'd it in guitar center....we both walked out with a Fly.

[@gabrielledebourg2487]

That HB would be a great workbench amp! For the size and the prize it’s perfect for if you’re rewiring pickups or building a pedal board and you need to check that things work. Heck with the size, you could even bring it to gigs just to use for troubleshooting.

[@SimulacronX]

Perfect thanks. I lost it at 5:20 ("if you have an underground black metal band")😄

[@finnadunk]

the Joyo surprised me the most, I think I might actually buy one. Ive heard a lot of those in person before and was expecting as much here. I will say for the Orange, I heard one of those being demoed (I worked at Guitar Center) and for what it is, it sounded killer across the store. I love Orange stuff.

[@csumme7]

I like the Fender. I have one (for about ten years now) and I would use it to teach with in my guitar class. It is a very simple amp circuit and the tone can be shaped very easily with the amp and guitar controls. Great review by the way. The Blackstar at the beginning and Joyo I think would be the best for a practice amp for someone starting out. They sound great.

[@rafekeys]

Thanks for showing us this comparison. The Blackstar made it for me!

[@RuiDoPT]

Loved it! For cheap practice distortion, there's also the so called Amplugs that are basically amps without a speaker, that output to headphones... You should also give some of those a try... They're usually under 50$ I believe and that would make a nice video too!

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

I actually use the crush mini quite often. The biggest strength it has is the 8 ohm output jack. That’s where the REAL magic is as plugging into an external speaker cabinet makes it sound amazing. My main setup is the amp connected to a karaoke speaker right now lol

[@ydin9]

For a while I was ampless so I used a multi fx box with a wire running through from it's headphones jack into a bluetooth speakers line in and it was a better option than lot of these.

[@dw7704]

The mini Marshall & Fender, and even the Orange, are really more novelty items. When I first saw them they were more reasonably priced, but then they shot up in price where the novelty is not worth it to me, but I know some who are good with them for the novelty

[@TheWolvesCurse]

the orange has an 8ohm output, you can connect a 1x12 or even larger cab to it, which will make it sound quite good in my opinion. i use it with an engl 1x12 pro cab for home practice.

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

It’s my main rig atm lol. I plugged it into a karaoke machine and it just fucks

[@ricksanchezito8972]

Connect that Orange mini to a 1x12 or 2x12 and watch it really come alive, especially if you boost it with a Boss SD1.

[@caerphoto]

I suspect most of them will sound infinitely better with a proper cab - it's almost always the tiny speakers that are holding these amps back.

[@AdamsGuitarsAndCases]

I'm not sure if you've checked out the little tiny, spark go amp? It's smaller than my hand lol. But for what it is, wow!! It's loud, It's clear, it can be set up in absolutely amazing ways! It's an amp, a pedal, blue tooth speaker, I'm still discovering. And I'm not very tech savvy. If I can do it, anyone can! Lol. Thanks for your videos. Entertaining, educational, and you're a great guitarist!!

[@bdegree88]

I have a Spark Go as well and the app/interface to create your tones is awesome! I'm a pretty big tone snob and i'm dialing some tight balanced distortion with ease.

[@ppmoscadebar]

I love this, and I love your hair man!!!!

[@kilianb8674]

Really like the editing/ comment notes

[@wisteela]

The Blackstar looks and sounds great. The Flamma is very impressive. I used to have one of those Orange amps. It was the earlier version, and I don't know if they've changed it, but the headphone output was way too loud. I also used to have one of the Marshalls. I thought it was pretty good for what it is. I'm very surprised by the last one.

[@Hizaraki_]

blackstar amp sounds good

[@Hobbs-1]

Yes! That was my favourite.

[@scottadams5858]

I have a blackstar and its great, very versatile

[@scamp7887]

Clean tone did at least

[@matdube3577]

Blackstar was kind of nice! Keep up the good work Bernth!! 😊 new hair style for your black metal project 😜

[@joshuaporterfield6774]

Best use for a tiny amp like this I ever heard was splitting your signal chain to go into your regular amp and one of these then using the tiny amp for more easily controlled feedback.

[@kdt85]

Wow! you got really good at guitar really fast! I hope you still play your harp in future videos though ❤

[@bassmasta9117]

I have the Joyo bass amp and it actually sounds really good for being so small. And you can plug aux into it!

[@miguelrc3234]

Nice Video and interesting ! Thank / BTW I bought recently a Marshall 40 DSL ... still getting it

[@jahnreznov]

I used the Honeytone one for quite a while for on the go! It's a lot louder than what youd expected! I also used to have a Zoom 505II pedal that i ran with it. I 100% recommended it!

[@wesmitchem825]

You should try the boss katana mini it's not the loudest amp but great sounding for both clean to metal and decent delay though I wish they had more delay in the mix

[@jupiterjames-reynolds2260]

The orange crush mini sounds like a proper amp if you use the speaker out and connect it to good quality cab. I put mine through a 12" speaker and it sounds great.

[@mybestfriendisamonkey173]

I bought the Boss Katana mini and i am so happy with it. With all the functions it has and being small. It sounds amazing for its price and size.

[@realBullrock]

Amazing input but the spark amp mini and go are worth a review so much 🤘🏻😎

[@bdegree88]

yup they are the best mini amps! I have the Spark (Go) and the tones are endless with the app/interface and I am an absolute tone snob when it comes to distortion.

[@Halfaloaf599]

Thank you for this, very cool.

[@throxiyt7681]

i ordered an electric guitar and as a begginer i bought with it the harley benton MA-5 miniamp bc my budget is low. thanks for the review i needed to see that

[@lejoskonejo7632]

i learned to play on an rg120 like that guitar. black body/maple fretboard. kinda like the old jeff loomis schecter sigs too. cool guitars

[@radbradmusicartist]

That blackstar and the joyo were the ones that I liked the most!

[@diegolatorre6793]

You made it no sponsor man, everytime you come in an ad I hear through the full ad. Congrats man!

[@ryanmowbray8385]

I'd be interested to hear your take on the gtrs ptnr using the gtrs guitar or pedal to use their built in effects, it handles the effects pretty well.

[@przemoharp]

I use a Danelectro Honeytone as a amp for playing blues harmonica. It's very good amp, small and have warm, vintage tone.

[@wolfmauler]

I love Joyo! 😊 Well, I love their line of pedal clones such as the Extreme Metal/Muff 👍🏻

[@andersjjensen]

I STILL SHRED! That said, my Harly Benton 10W open back practice amp sounds pretty good... probably because I don't use the built-in effects (didn't even try them) but run them through a Boss multi effect pedal.

[@rudranshtank7650]

Got here after hearing it on spotify My first reaction was like what did he experiment with this time Just had to check it out immediately And once again we have another amazing single by bernth🔥🔥

[@raoulduke8720]

love the new look!

[@JMark4]

You should make a video on the Blackstar all by itself. You can get some insane clean tones as you mentioned.

[@robertsylvester3542]

The Marshall reminds me of the video with Dime, running around shredding with it clipped to his waist lol!

[@mvyper]

As an AliExpress afficionado yes, I've often heard about Flamma before. They make cool pedals.

[@Poultongeist]

The harley benton amp at the end sounds way better than the marshall one in my opinion

[@WilDBeestMF]

It's a bit fizzy, but way more present. Definitely sounds better.

[@Wolvereyne]

haha der kloane marshall hod mi irgendwie an burzum erinnert lol. Oba echt geil wie du de videos mochst..respekt. greets vo nähe Sbg

[@dakotareyna2517]

I thought you were getting ready to go onto "On the Backs of Angels" at the end for a second 😂

[@nikscozygaming4912]

11:08 My DreamTheater sence emerged instantly

[@jot3461]

I have a Blackstar Fly 3 mini ampp. For this size of 3 watt and price i can honestly recommend it, especially for travel. Nice delay also and EQ

[@nym053]

I can recommend the Laney mini amps. At least for practice and line in usage. Haven't actually used mine through its speakers yet, so not sure how compares to others. But the overdrive do sound great imo. I think Laney and Blackstar might be making the best sounding mini amps. And Boss with their Katana mini of course.

[@LuisFelipepg96]

the orange crush mini has a surprising sound when plugged on a bigger speaker

[@personnel5757]

Nice Giger S dude, sweet guitar (i love ibanez S)

[@davidalbertov6568]

8:35 " I hope there is something inside " just killed me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@banakinskywalker4774]

i have the marshall ms-4 and fender tonemaster mini, they are good for on the go practice

[@bugsbunny2183]

i got a joyo bass mini amp and its solid, you just got to be careful about the tone cracking

[@Reinonordinn]

0:38 Hey man, look at me rocking now, I'm on a VIDEOOOOO

[@cjbc3po]

The first one is literally my exact same a,p and the whole band loves it

[@Birkguitars]

When the Marshall first came out I saw it demo'd at a guitar show in London and they plugged it in to the power amp stage of a much bigger head and from there into a 4x12 and it sounded awesome. But the first models had the input gain stage from the then current Marshall solid state amp. Can't remember whether it was mosfet or jfet. They changed it shortly afterwards and I always regretted not buying one of the originals. I did buy one of the ones Bernth got, but basically as a toy.

[@ViviSectia]

There's a few videos of people doing a speaker out mod on the one that Bernth got and it sounds pretty decent even with the small power amp it has.

[@burningwinx]

Completly off topic but I really like your new hair ❤

[@crow_feather]

I do, too! The half black/half white or bleached blonde is an awesome look! 🖤🤍

[@TommileeCashOConnor]

The fly 3 from blackstar is pretty sick I wish it was in this video

[@TheAndostro]

8:00 also battery they adding to it it's pretty with retro design

[@joelvandam]

love that sweater! Where did you buy it?

[@robert9978]

I swear by the Spark Go with headphones or out to another amps return, as the 2 inch speaker can't cut it. Better tones than anything else in that price range, smaller, and 8 hour rechargeable battery. Need to try feeding it to my Homeytone now...

[@sailoben]

The blackstar is my main amp right now. its good for home practice..Im still saving up for a better one

[@KomboAndy]

The Orange is way better if you use the line outlet. I build an adapter for stereo for my headphones and the sound is very interesting

[@huntzzio]

5:14 This sounds EXACTLY like the Pagan Altar - Judgment of the Dead tone.

[@alderoth01]

The first one and that Joyo were the ones I'd pick.

[@tehubermarcus]

That's all well and good, but can we all just appreciate how nice your jumper is?

[@nachtgigerbm]

When it comes to small amps i think the cube gx has great distortion sound

[@rikash311]

When you are Using the ms2, you need to put the volume down because the little speaker can not handle the vibration that hard. Use it on a low volume for gain and it sounds a lot better...

[@ronnielobosmith4870]

Can you do one on mini tube amps, guitar and bass?Maybe the joyo amps

[@marcelpilz5101]

Hes back with videos yeeee

[@bradenjohn2671]

I love your hair!

[@musemintsvloghaulreactions1460]

I'd like to know the battery life on the suction cup one. Very cool portable amp.

[@scottbutler233]

Omg! You need to try the pignose. The king of mini amps

[@armand1m]

I got the fender one a long time ago. Disaster. Got a Spark GO a couple months later. Best thing ever.

[@FaceCouch]

New hair is fire brother

[@catalystguitarguy]

I bought one of the Marshall MS4 full stack versions 20 years ago. sounds about the same, maybe a bit fuzzier. I like how it sounds running off 9v batteries that are almost dead, it starts to sag and drops high frequencies and has a bit more bass. i mean it's basically the same amp as the MS2 just with a second 2" speaker and kills the battery a little faster.

[@Deathrape-if4kl]

The Blackstar Debut sounds nice but U didn't try the distortion =( Could use with pedals 2 sound as good as most big amps =) Of course, could also go direct with all those 'EQ options' these days 2 emulate cabinets' & stuff.

[@timo2829]

I personally loved the black star as an all around great sounding amp. I also think that the honey tone would be a great blues amplifier. And for a third pick I’d go with the Harley Benton because of the cost to sound ratio, if that’s such a thing😂

[@pirminzemp2731]

Awesome Video The Favorite is the joyo Greetings Pirmin

[@chriswalton3383]

I would love to see Bernth do some type of a collaboration with Max Ostro. That would be one amazing song, if not a song a jam would be amazing as well.

[@TT.Hell.]

I have a Peavey Rage 158 as a small practice amp, it's the best bang for the buck still after 20 years. Lots of used ones around for reasonable money too.

[@su4rdi225]

I just started playing guitar with the Peavey rage 158!

[@WitchKing99]

This was such a fun video, thanks Bernth! ^^ Here are some challenges that I generated throughout the video, I hope these inspire you! + Make A Black Metal song with Orange/ Marshall/ Harley Benton Amp + Make a Song that sounds like every beginner guitarist's first original song with the most "cheap-sounding" guitar amps from this video, with very simple and even sloppy playing and obviously you need to include the drums from the Flamma Drum Machine! :D Maybe you can have a contrast section where everything is extremely well played/ well written/ flashy shredding/ great produced, etc. + The Flamma with it's variety of effects (plus the drum machine) could make a full song of it's own?

[@Climax_Lv.15]

I'm using the same amp you started on!