Do $50 Micro Amps Suck? | Marshall vs Fender vs Danelectro Shootout

I bought a bunch of Micro Amps from Fender, Marshall and Danelectro to see if they are just toys or can actually be used as real amps.
There are no surprises I think but the test was still interesting!
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[@peterfahey9088]

On the Honeytone, the reason the power light was flickering is because the battery was running out of juice. The battery that comes already inside is pretty crap. If you put in a fresh Duracell or other decent brand 9V, the tones are much cleaner and louder. You may want to give them all another shot with some fresh batteries!

[@danceswithdirt7197]

To be fair - on the label of the battery itself it did say it was a vintage power source. ;)

[@rabokarabekian409]

Takes me back to the golden 60s rock sounds of listening through a clock radio.

[@Emceekaz57]

The Boss Katana Mini is only a little larger and more expensive than those reviewed here, but it actually sounds really good!

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[@thiscorrosion900]

Had no power, I sent it back to the store.

[@bigbasil1908]

It's quite a bit larger lol. I have one and it sounds really nice for the size. Good enough for me not to need to use my old park g10r combo amp

[@magneto9210]

I originally found out about these because I saw a post where someone used the red Marshall one as a prop in a miniature diorama, and so far that's the most practical use I have found for them lol

[@ErikSWE]

There's no such thing as bad tone but to this day the Blackstar FLY 3 is the only "Mini" amp I've heard that sounds decent, much bigger than the speaker should allow.

[@ReformedJon75]

Cracking wee amps 👍

[@hughbarton5743]

I agree entirely! I'm running a Bass Fly with the extension cabinet, and it does the job really well. It's actually got enough horsepower for small club gigs. PS: I'm usually playing 6 string stuff....haven't tried it as a bass amp in a club environment.... Let us all know if you have, please? ( I suspect that, unless I was accompanying some newfolk lady on her Martin, I would probably want a little more juice.....) No such thing as bad tone! Right?

[@thiscorrosion900]

Same here, only one I've bought that I really like.

[@diri.solidariti]

I’m here cause I just picked up the Honeytone for 10$ from a pawn shop. Havent got to try it with my guitar but running my analog synth gives some great possibilities so much headroom really and just so nifty. Ive been gunning for the Pig Nose amp which a good dirt tone to own but i sure was ecstatic finding this Danelectro and despite the advise not to buy this, Im actually feeling pretty pumped and inspired not just to have something decent so cheap, but to see what the tricks this thing’s got on record and in the room.

[@somedude3601]

Pig nose amps also sound great.

[@whatdrummershear6433]

I'm not sure I agree that "there's no such thing as bad tone" having owned the honey tone and having listened to the other two in the video. I own a boss katana mini and I love it. I also did the mod you shared, adding an output and have it running through a cheap Harley Benton cab that has a celestion Vintage 30 in it, and it sounds incredible for home use. Whilst it's a little bigger than the micro.amps features here, I would massively recommend the Katana Mini and the Harley Benton cab to all. Great video, as always.

[@tommy2064]

Good review, very informative. I like how you showed us the inside of the amps

[@RustyBuckers]

There’s no such thing as bad tone but I'd be interested in taking that fender, pulling out the guts (not the speakers) and putting it in a pedal enclosure and trying it out as a fuzz :)

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[@heggy_69]

Someone once tried the marshall into the amp, that's alright but I've heard it with a dying battery and it is phenomenal. Rehouse the marshall and add a starve knob and you're there man I'm saying

[@peegeface1]

I've got a Marshall MS2, which I've had for years. I, altered the wiring to put an extension speaker socket in it, which disconnects the internal speaker and put it through a cab with a 12" speaker in and it sounds really good, especially on the clean channel.

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[@user-oo3vz2gt6v]

That. The *amp* is yummie. The *speakers* and "cabinet" are shite. Ruining specifically the OD sound. If you want it for clean to slightly breaking up blues tones then its nice out of the box. Anything else you either have to use it as a pre-amp for OD or build a wooden cabinet for cleanish tones (didn't try that yet, but yeah, the plasticy sound comes from the plastic cabinet).

[@jonneet2126]

What impedance is he 12" speaker you plug your mini Marshall into?

[@peegeface1]

@@jonneet2126 I think I used an 8 ohm speaker as that is what the original one is..

[@brucemillar]

Thanks mate. Interesting video and one that probably saved me a few quid as I was considering purchasing the Danelectrico mini amp. But! No longer, thanks to your performing a great service to the guitar playing community. Cheers, Brother!

[@asamcdaniel5167]

Love my honey tone. I mean it is what it is. 20 bucks. Batt light flickering means the battery is about dead.

[@hoofbags]

I think it might be the size of the box, which resonates. If you plug the speaker out into a bigger cab, it might sound a lot better. "There's no such thing as bad tone!" I love "bees in a jamjar!" Nice upload! 🎸👀🙂

[@jamlemon]

I got a Blackstar Fly a few years ago just for messing around at home, looks and sounds great.

[@gwugluud]

Finding that close-micing my Orange mini amp comes across on tracks like it's a "real" amp has got me fascinated with mini amps now.

[@sxty8goats]

I'd love to hear one of those connected to a better speaker. I'd bet that you could build a cheep MDF cab with a 6" speaker and really step up the quality of those little buggers.

[@chrisbeetroot]

Fun video!(there’s no such thing as bad tone!) I have a Pignose which I can recommend for a fun alternative.

[@saarangnarayan123]

There's no such thing as bad tone, but small speakers make for unlistenable guitar tones. Having said that, these small amps make for EXCELLENT dirt pedals. At least the Marshall one does. There are a few videos on KZbin showing you how to do that. It's a pretty interesting RAT-esque distortion! Btw, the MS-4>MS-2.

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[@absufan]

There’s no such thing as bad tone but I think the headphone output should have been tested. I have the NUX Mighty Lite, which sounds ok. When I run the headphone output into my Denon AV Receiver, coming out of my floor standing tower speakers, it sounds pretty good. I'd love to hear that Marshall output through a receiver. instead of using it's built in speaker. I'd also love to hear it with the cabinet output mod, driving a seperate speaker cabinet.

[@darwinsaye]

I had a good chuckle when you said no close miking because no one ever puts their ears right up to one of those. I've made the same observation about youtube full-size amp demos that never use any room mics to demo the sound of the amps. With close mics and a little production, even a Champ can sound like a stack, so it makes gear demos pointless for anything other than showing how an amp can sound when recorded,... or if you put your ear right up to the speaker, lol

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[@PatTheDude999]

What a fun Video. I own two out of the three ( Marshall & Fender ) I think they are fun to "play" with for a short period of time. The noise will at least after a while hurt your ears. But I must say I do like to have some kind of fun with my little "Icons".

[@thiscorrosion900]

The Vox Pathfinder, though a bit more $, of course, is really miles above any of these by far for a beginner's practice amp. I was using one of those about 17 years ago for just messing about at home, I could get a great clean chimey tone out of it, and even a great fuzz OD tone! No pedals. And it sounds great. I would stick with something like that for sure.

[@sleevelessace]

yeah bro i have that amp its a very good amp for the price! plus its vox the beauty clean chime is awesome, a marshall mg10-15 is also good like the vox just a little more pricey cause the marshall name but worth it! .. as far as these go. this dude is using these amps is all wrong lol hes dimeing the volume to 10 and dimeine his guitar volume to 10 and saying this sounds bad lol, well ofcourse thats gonna sound bad its a 1 watt 3 inch speaker haha you gotta dial it in using the amp volumes and your guitars and find the sweet spot. a 3 inch speaker can only go so loud while sounding good. these are meant to be a in a hotel room or camping and u need a little amp to practice n mess with, they dont sound terrible when u dont dime them to 10 lol but i would reccomend the EVH 5150 micro stack :), cause anything ed signed off on is quality ;)

[@thiscorrosion900]

@@sleevelessace yeah diming out these minis is just not gonna give you a good tone. I've heard the EVH isn't bad. I'm glad I've graduated to stuff like my Vox VX50 amp, and a Roland Micro Cube, also have a Blackstar 10 watter and I can't complain about any of them, they're all great! But the VX50 is a real 50 watt tube amp and it has TONS of power, more than I'd ever need.

[@NWTMasterWolf]

Marshall also makes a mini Full stack. The MS4. I have one and I love it for what it is. If you're expecting "good sound" forget it. But if you want something that will "amplify" your guitar to a volume you can hear or you just think they're cool. I love mine. I bought it expecting it to sound like crap but be a fun novelty. And it is. I do think the MS4 sounds a touch better than the MS1. You can also use headphones with the MS4.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

A lot of independent pedal builders use those little Marshalls to test their pedals. A lot safer than testing something through a 200W amp.

[@NWTMasterWolf]

@@TylerJohnstonGuitar I use mine when working on guitars for testing. I can see that.

[@morrismorrisson6161]

I practice with a fender deluxe mini, very similar to this. Usually with plexi pedal, and sounds surprisingly good

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[@TheRealChetManley]

I have a tiny NuX that has bluetooth and built in metronome. It actually sounds decent through the speaker and better with good headphones. It’s called the Mighty Lite BT for anyone interested in a good small amp.

[@RobertFisher1969]

My favorite in this vein is a Vox amPlug with the little amPlug cabinet. I bought a bunch of the amPlugs back in the day, but my favorite was the Lead. Also, there’s no such thing as bad tone but…

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[@oldcrackadated]

Can’t wait for my Marshall double stack & the Fender , wish I had ordered the Honeytone

[@csumme7]

'There's no such thing as bad tone, but'...I like the Fender. I have the Fender mini tweed 57 and very much enjoy playing around on it. I have other real and practice amps but the little Tweed mini is just fun. You can also learn a lot from it as it has a very basic amplifier circuit. You can really shape the tone coming from it. You use that in your other amps to shape the tone into what you like. A better understanding of how it works in other words. I used it in my guitar class to demonstrate that.

[@robertlathan4639]

Love you brother and who doesn't dream of twin Marshall's behind them when they are playing!! Ryan already has the 2 Princetons!!

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[@GaveMeGrace1]

Thank you-i’d recommend anything you can rescue from a thrift store over those. Rescued a Suzuki 20 and an Acoustic 20, before finally getting in a Vox.

[@ralphhathaway-coley5460]

There’s no such thing as bad tone, but those little speakers are very limiting, I have a mini Fender twin, and I was rather impressed with the tone, all things taken into account. It is fine as a little headphone amp and looks cool on the shelf when not in use next to the mini Marshall.

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[@michaelmachado2049]

Positive Grid Spark Mini. It has become a fav of mine to sit on the couch and practice with. Tone is amazing for such a small amp.

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[@alewis18]

Any chance the batteries are old and affecting the tone? The flickering light seemed odd. I know they won't ever sound good but I could have sworn my honeytone from a long time ago sounded slightly better.

[@timhopkins3810]

There’s no such thing as bad tone but you realise that you need to make a Tonex/QC/Kemper capture of these 😂 I remember the cheap orange crush amps being ok… definitely better than this!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Maybe I already did... ;-)

[@peek4b00h]

Capture all the things. 😛

[@TroyNaumu808]

The saving grace of the Orange Crush Mini is that it can be connected to a 8ohm speaker cabinet and when it is it sounds a lot better as it has access to a bigger and potentially better speaker.

[@christofdonat2702]

@@TroyNaumu808 I agree, that the Orange Mini Crush is better than all three of these together. Still not really good, but much better. Also it has an external cab plug, with witch you actually can get decent sounds from it.

[@user-oo3vz2gt6v]

"There’s no such thing as bad tone" Yes, yes there is. And we have recorded evidence for it in this video right here allready. Don't even have to look far to find bad tone, easy to achieve. The more it hurts your ears, the bader the tone is. Easy as that.

[@wesleyzimmerman94]

In one of the early videos that Philip McKnight did, he had modded one of the EVH versions of these to run out to a cab and it sounded great through the 2x12 he had.

[@Valgeborgh]

There's no such a thing as bad tone. I'm a complete beginner at guitar and playes the Boss Katana mini, it's awesome. But are now in the thinking of getting an Katana 50 mkII or so.. Maybe the new Catalyst 60 from Line 6.. So i get a fuller sound and so on.. To much to choose of it is haha 😅 By the way your content is awesome and so genuine, love it! 😎🙌

[@Sean_Plays_Guitar]

I have the Blackstar Fly3 amp (the Jared James Nichols version) and it's actually super useable. I can even plug it in to my amp through the AUX ports on each. The Fly3 has that speaker extender feature but it's basically and aux out and i can make the tones from it SUPER loud. There is no such thing as "bad tone" but.... I would suggest spending the extra 29 dollars and buying a Fly3 instead. :)

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[@marcdaslama]

you should try a Orange Crush Mini. They are great for the size.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

The only mini amp that’s currently on my radar is the Danelectro Bacon n Eggs. It’s a mini amp/distortion pedal that fits on your board. If I hate the amp, at least I might be able to use the distortion. Or vice versa.

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[@shanewest7354]

Please make a video where you use these as a preamp!

[@JDM_Waste_Solutions]

I’ve never played a mini amp before but you saved me from wasting my money and I appreciate that

[@mikkosutube]

perhaps they could be used with a mini cabinet that has like an 8 inch speaker or something..might not sound so tinny..just put in an extra jack that seperates the micros speaker from the amp section and rerouts the sound to the larger speaker..like in a tiny cab that you might want to sit on and play on the street corner for practice and a few handouts for beer..

[@icebob8555]

I suspect the honey tone has a power usage issue because you can put a brand new battery in it and it’ll be flashing like that after one song especially when it’s over driving and it’s always over driving the amp that fits in my case amp only

[@plagueratthew9958]

There’s no such thing as bad tone but I have had the mini tone master for my entire life and if it’s not the only amp you have the fuzz tone you get out of it is honestly so much fun. I use it for a Queens of the Stone Age sound and again it’s genuinely so much fun in that aspect. I’d say definitely worth the $50

[@rjramone4051]

They do make a cool view piece on your shelf or fireplace.

[@HamidShibataBennett]

There’s no such thing as bad tone, but the Blackstar Fly 3 is a brilliant little amplifier with surprisingly long battery life.

[@hifijohn]

Got the marshall one from goodwill for a few bucks- sounds great.

[@bobravenscraft5376]

I just got one cheap. Cool right

[@thiscorrosion900]

I wish they still sold those Pignose amps at various guitar shops, they seem hard to find nowadays, but I'm told they are fantastic little amps. Not toys, but a great portable amp.

[@sdownin72]

Amazon

[@thiscorrosion900]

@@sdownin72 Yep, that or eBay I guess. I have enough small amps now to host a few shows so I doubt I'll buy one, but I meant to look into getting a Pignose a long time ago. At one point I had a Kustom Tube12 practice amp, it wasn't that great, honestly. It was ok. I traded it for a bunch of gear two years ago including a Roland Micro Cube which I also really love.

[@sdownin72]

I have a Pignose, and I’m not terribly impressed with it. I don’t know if it’s just the speaker, or if it’s the circuit that I don’t like. It doesn’t strike me as that much better sounding than these three.

[@thiscorrosion900]

@@sdownin72 Hrmm, maybe another overrated snalll amp. I’m not gonna bother then. I’ve got a bunch of solid small amps including a Vox and the 10 watt Blackstar, both of which are fantastic.

[@codelicious6590]

I am wondering if any of these have ant redeeming qualities through the headphones or line out depending upon which one.

[@andrewchow6357]

Was wondering what it would sound like through something like a two notes cab m? I would imagine some of those mini amps have a headphone or line out, could be used to connect it to the cab m and hear it through a virtual power amp and cab sim.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

That’s a crazy silly idea. I love it

[@andrewchow6357]

@@TheGuitarGeek reckon the ‘bigger’ virtual speaker and a virtual power amp would maybe somewhat make it sound okay……maybe? Could also try it with the new korg power tube reactor pedal (using nutube) to simulate a power amp, could be interesting into something like a tc electronic impulse for the speaker IR

[@matthewridgeway9250]

These things could be awesome using a microphone and PA on stage. If one has a setting they like for fuzz, could be a cool mood expression, small yet angry!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Yeah i agree. There’s a fun recorded sound to be had somewhere

[@Screwhead]

I had the Marshall one ages ago... I feel that if they were anything BUT plastic, there might be a chance at them sounding good.. The plastic just makes it sound like, well, what it is; a speaker in a cheap hollow plastic box where everything is vibrating.. An interesting project would be to transplant them into, say, a wooden enclosure. But even then, I have doubts..

[@TmanUtube]

I picked up a Fender Twin mini amp while in the USA in 97. I actually was intending to buy a Pig Face, but the Twin won that shoot out & I still have it, even mic'd up on a big stage & made it sound massive. Maybe the missing glue was stopping the speaker in your fender from vibrating? My 1st serious guitar teacher would come to my house with the Marshall mini for lessons. It sounded like crap but got the message across. There's no such thing as bad tone, but.....

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[@carlfrei2419]

I have the honeytone did a small mod now it sounds awesome. I put a speaker out jack on it. Now I can use my 1×12 cab

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[@oldcrackadated]

Those would be great for on stage comedy routines, you could bring the house down,the whole band playing through these & the drummer with a little toy drum set

[@vikingnortheast]

i have a blackstar micro that does sound decent, not great but alright. when i plugged the headphone into a stereo it sounded pretty good. maybe you should look at the headphone sound or plug them into a direct.

[@bigbasil1908]

I've got an old honeytone headphone amplifier. It's similar to the honeytone you have there but is more slim and doesn't have a speaker in it. It does of course sound pretty crap.

[@jonathanjsmith56]

I was given an MS2 as a present. Has anyone figured out whether it's possible to play the MS2 through a cabinet? I tried connecting my MS2 to an Orange PPC108 but the headphone socket doesn't produce enough power to drive the speaker. I have connected it to a PA system. The clean channel was okay but the OD channel produced a lot of hum.

[@mojojeff]

There is bad tone AND I am pretty happy with the Roland Micro Cube sitting on my desk. It never falls over and sounds pretty damn good!

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[@baldyhead]

There is no such as bad tone, but have you tried them from the headphone out into a bigger cab? I'm fairly sure that is possible: a friend used his smokie amp into a 4x12 and it was a usable sound. I have on several occasions used my old Gorilla 15 watt into my 4x12 and that sounds pretty good and actually really quite loud.

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[@SergioGonzalez-gi9kr]

In my experience... I think your recording made these sound better than i have experienced in person. 😂

[@erlannderrantem6972]

I think the dano’s battery was dying. There's no such thing as bad tone, but you have to know the application. Andy’s right when talking about beginners, but if you know what you’re in for, these can be amazing little tools, I like to use these little fellas, to blend them with bigger, darker amps. I think the Orange micro amps are actually pretty good. I own a Orange CR6s the old stereo one and modded a speaker out, the new Orange has this already built in. I also own the Marshall MS-2 and removed a resistor, so i can use the headphone out for speakers instead and i made it heavier.

[@matthewJ142]

I think it's cute that the honey tone has an actual little leather handle 😅

[@jonathanjsmith56]

John Hornby Skewes owns the Vintage brand of guitars. Not sure where the Danelectro connection comes from.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Correct Andy Honey tone Amps are owned by Dan electro hence the stylisation.

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[@michaeldionne3139]

Those are probably good as decorations for the music room.

[@jameslanclos568]

What guitar is that on the wall behind you, next to your amps? It looks groovy. I had a '62ish Gibson 120T with the jelly mold pickguard that's similar to this guitar. I wish I never sold that Gibson.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

That’s a Maybach little wing!

[@ggguitar.]

The Honeytone is amazing for the broke guitar player. I've never been able to afford a nicer amp but for 30 bucks I can get some pretty good clean tones and wild distortion. I highly recommend it for anyone who, like me, can't swing anything nicer at the moment. It's loveable junk.

[@gwugluud]

If you were to close mic these with an sm57, you'd be getting proximity effect, which will fill in the sound and will be much more authentic-sounding. These mini amps aren't the type one would want to room-mic.

[@priscillarodriguez6867]

My fender twintone blew the speaker after a bit. My marshall small stack is still pushing. They do have their use like travel ans stuff like that. I would suggest the marshall. There is no such thing as bad tone, but then theres the way i play guitar.

[@bigbasil1908]

I have one of those cheap £10+/- marshall style mini amps and I don't think it sounds any worse than that marshall mini amp. It has the same controls on it but looks more like a combo amp than a head and speaker style. The only thing that gives it any sort of identity is MA 5 underneath the power led. I bought it knowing how crap it sounds, with the idea of using it to put my own amplifier circuits in it.

[@TimSamoff]

I would loved to have heard them into an actual cab via the headphone out. I used to have an old Fender version of one of these and it was terrible back them too. There really is such thing as bad tone. :D

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[@matthewridgeway9250]

"Wish You Were Here" intro right there!

[@neilmacmusic]

There’s no such thing as bad tone but…with a simple mod you can put these thru a big cab and wow! whole new world(perhaps uninhabited but nonetheless)

[@RockNRoller66]

Perhaps with a bit of sand across the table, the HoneyTone could give you the full rotating Leslie effect. 🎯

[@MrNoAvail]

For someone who doesnt quite have the 6k to get my home elctric fixed (old owner kept putting in boxes...i have 3 fuse boxes in the basement and only one room with grounding) battery power is the only way to go (becuase fighting electicty is hard)

[@interphase]

There’s no such thing as bad tone... but bad is in the ear of the beholder so I'm not judging if people feel otherwise :) I find myself playing the Blackstar Fly 3 for fun when I need a bit of inspiration. It's great as it is, but with the extra cab it shoves a surprising amount of air, and it sounds like a real amp at all gain settings. Even works well with bass. It's got that immediate, punchy feel you get with small speakers and solid state, so it makes you think a little differently about what you play - always a good thing :)

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[@ClintsCrypt]

I would buy them and mod them with good speakers. Then they might sound okay. Just a fun experiment to try. J&M from Tucson makes great high quality mini speakers for motorcycles. I have a set that cost $500 (two 4" speakers) that are so loud they make my ears ring when riding my motorcycle. And they are super clean sounding. Judas Priest while riding is awesome.

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[@anthonynonya]

I have a double-stack Marshall mini and it sits on a shelf next to a guitar model, they are almost the same scale. I played it once, sounded terrible. There's no such thing as bad tone, but, the Danelectro was my favorite.

[@lordmandalor]

there's no such thing as bad tone but them you get a Boss and realize you have almost every tone in one amp, well that's all I need. Side note, the Blackstar is very well made and can link two for stereo.

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[@michaeldavidryandanielpaul1990]

Micro Amps but a great review! Thank you for the video. Greetz from Amsterdam(n) 💙🙏

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[@Dab11082]

I have a Fender mini amp packed away, different than yours here. But either your Fender mini or the Honeytone, but more likely the Fender.

[@johnslaven8764]

Bought a Honeytone as a benchtop amp. I need something accessible that didn't break the bank to test guitars during repair. After they come off the bench, they are plugged into a legit amp.

[@ChrisJones-md9jz]

I've started buying these mini amps as ornaments 😊

[@padraigmahone4512]

It's a fair point that most of these don't sound good..... compared to a 'real' amp. I think, though, too many people are too quick to dismiss them entirely for that reason, when they have their place, specifically having access to amplification on the go when you wouldn't have an option for an amp. E.g. hotel rooms on holiday and the likes... I'd rather see these compared not against a regular amp, but something like the (markedly more expensive) Positive Grid Spark Go. For myself, I'd love to have something that would be in the middle of these. I appreciate the simplicity of a miniamp like the Fender Mini 57 (and it does undeniably look cool). I don't need all the functionality of the likes of the Spark Go. OTOH, the quality of the latter is outstanding. I've *almost* talked myself into buying one of those in due course, but for two flaws - one, it looks kinda naff (not so important for a pocket-size tool), two if I've understood it right it doesn't have a 3.5mm input. A big part of the attraction of this for me would be to use it as an outboard speaker for my mp3 player and/or tablet when travelling. Blutooth could of course do that, but personally I much prefer to use a 3.5 to 3.5 cable and maximise the battery life. BT drains it far too quickly on all devices.

[@Da_Publick]

There really were people who would walk through the streets with the Marshall clipped on their belts. Some of them were good, and you never knew who would ask you to play on their record, or in a band.

[@hennydarmse]

It's fun to use these in a pedalboard setup. Send the output of these amps to your "real" amp. There is no such thing as bad tone, but I would get a Sunn Model T instead! Great mini amps! (teehee....)

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[@JamesWalshBristolKids]

There's no such thing as bad tone ...Might need to use mini amps like these as a curio...I think you should have compared these 3 amps to the Vox MV50 and Fender Mustang Micro for "a fair shootout"

[@sleevelessace]

i have the marshall and it can get the job done if u wanna play , clean tones sound decent but the od is.. not the best soundong but hey if ur in a hotel room and wanna jam or a similar situation ,camping,beach,etc BUT i just bought the EVH 5150 iii micro stack and there is nothing toyish about that thing its likev40% bigger then the ms2 it doesnt look as much like a gimmick as the marshall and sound pretty good ( wouldnt expect anything less from something with eds name on it tbh :D) and its in the price range of these guys i would reccomend the evh 5150 micro stack out of all these if you dont wanna spend boss katana or orange crush mini price on a amp like this

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

I fried my Honeytone amp cus they put a speaker that WILL fry it eventually, so I gutted the original circuit and put a tube amp inside it lmao The reason why I say it WILL fry is because, according to the datasheet for the audio power amplifier IC they used in the amp (TDA7052), an 8 ohms speaker should only be used for up to an 8v supply. For 9v and over, 16 ohms should be the appropriate impedance. This is because at 9v, an 8 ohms speaker will draw too much current for the chip to handle, especially with heavy playing.

[@vanburn777]

There's no such thing as bad tone but I just got a MS2 and was already using a NUX Mighty Air and although it sounds better in multiple effects and app support I am afuzz lover too so I am enjoying the Marshall. LOL

[@BeesWaxMinder]

Wouldn’t it have been worthwhile to plug them into an AMP and use them as a pedal?

[@aprilkurtz1589]

I have the HoneyTone! It's hilarious! It distorts amazingly no matter what you do. It would make a great pre-amp, LOL! My fave amp? An old Ampeg SVT and the 8/10 cabinet. There is no such thing as bad tone. Oops. Yes there is!

[@djay6651]

I used to have the Marshall back in the mid-90s. I only used it through the headphones. The speaker was trash.

[@AverageCitizen333]

If the marshall has 1/4" in and out, its a distortion pedal. Go in the marshall from guitar, and out of the marshal to another amp.

[@discocrisco]

Request for a sequel with slightly more expensive and robust mini amps. There is no such thing as bad tone, but it was the noisiest of my favorite part in all of this.

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[@gunpeiyaboi5280]

Granted, none of these sounded great compared to a dedicated full size amp, but for the form factor of something small enough that you can clip or attach to yourself for mobility these are almost your only options. Recently I got a Spark GO which blows all of these out of the water, it almost sounds like a full size amp and is actually smaller, but also costs 3 times as much. Out of these I'd recommend the Honeytone; the sound clears up much better once you get a fresh 9volt in there and you can actually control the overdrive. Since they're so cheap, I got 4 of them to teach the kids at my middle school's guitar club as a simple solution to get everyone amped without having cables and cords laying all across the orchestra room.

[@conorfowler]

I've got an Orange Crush Mini and keep it purely because it looks cool. I think it sounds better than these three at least though. There's no such thing as bad tone butt

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[@thiscorrosion900]

I picked up the Orange Crush basic 10-15 watt or whatever Amp, it's not a mini, but it's damned good. Can get a fantastic 70s hard rock OD or fuzz kind of sound out of it, think "FREE Allright Now" that nails the tone.It's also good for a vintage clean sound, too.

[@fngsrck]

There's no such thing as bad tone, but any of those Vox Amplugs or Donner/Sonicake headphone amps would be better for beginners to practice on. One tier up from that is something like the Blackstar Fly 3, which is fine for personal practice. But personally I'd skip that tier and go straight to a Katana Mini, Pignose 7-100, or 10W Squier Frontman. Especially used deals you'll find some fun amps.

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[@BluesHarry]

Danelectro honeytone has great-ish clean when plugged into 12v power source :)

[@TheGuitarGeek]

oh really? I need to try that. Here I am using the battery supplied by Danelectro.

[@oldmanzen6682]

But Andy… they’re so damn cute! Seriously though, I’d be very curious to know if the sound is passable if you run a line from the headphones to a line-in on your computer, mixer, or into another amp.

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[@sixstringfun]

There's no such thing as bad tone.....BUT, I have a few others that I have that are awful as well. What I have and enjoy playing with are the Orange Crush Mini, the NU-X Mighty Lite and the Spark Go.