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Reviewed in Spain on May 30, 2021
Su tamaño increíblemente pequeño para su aceptable capacidad de reproducir bajos
Damian Panitz
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2019
I've been playing electric bass since 1983. Playing acoustic bass guitar just stinks! Even the most expensive acoustic basses cannot project and fit within an acoustic guitar jam. Amps smaller than head and 2X12 cab just seemed be my only choice. Little portable amps just stink...until...this little Black Star Fly 3 Bass Pak. I read and watched the positive reviews on YouTube and figured what the heck, whats the worse thing that could happen? Return the thing? So I pulled the trigger. I took it to Prospect Park and met with a few guitarists to jam. It sounded great! Not as great as my Eden 800 WT coming out of a 15" Celestian but it had good bottom and was clear. The distortion channel sounded nice and gritty with some decent bottom. I was pleased! What made it even cooler was I was able to hook my Korg VolcaBeat drum machine to it and that sounded really good too! I am happy! The batteries lasted longer than the 3 hours of jamming which is really awesome.My only contentions would be, for all that plastic I feel it could be a less expensive. And I wish there was a second line input so I could use it with the VolcaBeats and a Koassilator. If you are an electric bass player and want to jam with acoustic guitars or even electric guitars with mini amps this little pair is perfect.
remi
Reviewed in France on March 15, 2019
Exactement ce que je recherchais. Un petit ampli pour repeter dans mon salon sans avoir a sortir mon "gros ampli".Le son est trés correct vu la taille de l'ampli , certes , on atteint vite la limite de puissance et on arrivera pas a sonoriser le stade de France avec , mais c'est juste ce qu'il faut pour s'entrainer. J'ai pris le pack , et je ne regrette pas. La deuxieme enceinte est bien equipé d'un ampli de puissance ( le pre-ampli est sur l'ampli principal) , on a donc bien 2 amplis de 3 watts chacun. Le cable de liaison est equipé d'une prise RJ12 et il y a 6 fils , j'ai achete une rallonge RJ12 de 5 M , ce qui permet de mettre une "rallonge" entre les 2 unités. Connecté avec un boitier Bluetooth pour brancher une source externe et un emetteur/recepteur sans fil pour la guitare , et ca marche nickel. Petit bemol, ne vous attendez pas a avoir des basses profondes , ca reste un tout "petit ampli".
edc
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2019
Bought this for a mini practice amp for bass, and it turns out i use it just as much as extra laptop-station speakers.As Laptop speakers:With the physical limits of the speaker driver, you're never gonna get super-low tones, but these do surprisingly well on the low end with the "sub" knob cranked to the right; much better (for around this size) than a Jawbone Jambox or Oontz Angle 3 (bluetooth speakers and a little smaller). There is absolutely no volume or tone control for the 1/8th inch audio jack line in, so you need to control all volume from your laptop or phone. For me, this means dialing my laptop volume down to 10% vs where i'd leave it at 100% with the onboard speakers. The speakers are obviously not bluetooth.As a bass amp - the sound is great in general, but the speaker cones tend to rattle a bit on the low E string and at higher volumes. The compression and EQ knobs don't do much at all; but between the gain and volume you can get a nice variance in tone between a digital crunch (chiptune big muff?); and a pretty solid booming root. The gain control only works with the overdrive button turned on. The "sub" knob has some effect, but i can't imagine why anyone would set it anywhere but maximum sub.Wish it had:-volume control for the 1/8th inch line in.-4-slider EQ control instead of EQ knob, or one that works.-Replace compression knob with fuzz
Nicolas Gallant
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2018
Français:Bon service offert par Yachew LTD UK. La seule chose à faire attention est de s'assurer que Yachew LTD fournisse une compatibilité d'alimentation électrique pour l'amérique du Nord (USA/Canada - 110v - fil à 3 pins).English:Good service offered by Yachew LTD UK. The only thing to be careful is to make sure that Yachew LTD provides power supply compatibility for North America (USA / Canada - 110v - 3 pin lead).
simon atkins
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2017
Fantastic little amp. I bought the unit with the extension speaker for the extra volume and have not been disappointed.+'s = surprisingly loud, great tone versatility, excellent battery life using good quality rechargeable batteries and very user friendly for home practice.-'s = the tone and volume controls do not work with the mp3 function, so balancing volumes can be fiddly. Sound quality even using good quality headphones is only fair.However, the negatives are only small niggles and for the price is a fantastic piece of kit. I have a £400 pjb cub which at home practice volumes is no better and will be getting sold.
wm
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2016
This just arrived today, so these are my first impressions.This is the smallest and lightest bass amp imaginable. It comes with three pieces: a main speaker (which also contains the amp and controls), an extension speaker, and a power supply.The main speaker weighs an astounding 1 pound, 10 ounces (1.55 pounds) and fits on your hand. You can use it by itself, but to do that you either need to put 6 AA batteries in it, or plug it in to the power supply, which weighs 8 ounces (less than half a pound).Or you can add the extension speaker. It weighs slightly less than the main speaker, and doubles the power of the amp from 3 watts to 6 watts. A nice feature is that the cord that connects it to the main speaker winds up on the back of the speaker itself. There are no controls on the extension speaker and it uses the amp in the main speaker.The big question is, how does it sound? I can't say it sounds fantastic, but it sounds way way better than it deserves to for its size and weight. It is also louder than you will imagine, but the sound gets more distorted as you turn it up more. Obviously, using both speakers gives better and louder sound than just using the main speaker.I play the UBass and mostly play at ukulele jam sessions. The main speaker alone will be fine for playing with small jams, and with both speakers I can imagine playing for jam sessions with ten to thirty players, but I have yet to try that. The sweet spot for this amp is that it is so small and light that I can take it traveling, and join in on a jam session when I come upon one.I have two other semi-portable bass amps: a Roland Micro Cube RX, which has four, four-inch speakers and weighs about 18 pounds. It is loud enough to play with up to 50 or more people, and I've played it in large rooms with no problems. It costs a bit more than twice as much as the Blackstar.I also have a Phil Jones Bass (PJB) Double Four, which weighs only 8 pounds, but puts out an amazing 70 watts. It does not take batteries, but lots of people (including me) have rigged it up to lithium laptop batteries, which will power it for a few hours. It is the best sounding of the three amps (it actually sounds really good), and the loudest, but costs twice as much as the Roland (especially if you add on the battery).You know the old saying about cameras, that the best camera is the one you actually have with you. Well, that applies to this bass amp. I can imagine taking it with me more often when going to places where there might be opportunities to play music with other people. It will be great for practicing, even with up to a dozen people. But I would never think of performing with it (usually, when performing, there is a mixing board with speakers to plug into, anyway). So this fits a good niche.The speakers are made of plastic, and fairly lightweight plastic at that to keep the weight down, but I think they will be relatively durable. The box it comes in will be handy for storing and transporting it.I would definitely buy this package over just buying the main amp alone. For only $40 more, you get the extension speaker plus the power supply, which is a good deal. They charge $20 for just the power supply. Oh, and the power supply does operate on anything from 100 to 240 volts, so you can use it anywhere in the world. It does have a 3-prong (grounded) plug (as does the PJB, but the Roland only needs a two-prong outlet).Bottom line -- it is surprisingly good, but not great, and it is cheap, and very portable. What's not to love?UPDATE: Played at a jam session tonight with 15 ukulele players in a big room (ballroom sized) and it was plenty loud and actually sounded very good. I raised the rating to 5 stars. People made comments about how much sound was coming out of those small boxes and they couldn't believe how lightweight they are. One person who was there just ordered a set for themselves. I think it helped that there was a wood floor (rather than carpeting) and I put the two speakers directly on the floor for good bass coupling. The group was playing in a circle away from the room walls, or else I would have put them on the floor right next to a wall, which would made them even louder. Even so, I didn't have to turn them up all the way (just over half way worked fine). Highly recommended.ONE LAST THING: I figured out why it sounded so much better when playing in the jam session than when I first tried it out at home. At the jam session, I had batteries in it. Tonight I pulled it out at home and it sounded more distorted again. I finally deduced that it was the plastic cover for the batteries. When there are no batteries, the battery cover rattles and makes it sound worse. You can either put batteries in it (even if you are using it with the power supply), or just remove the battery cover and it sounds much better. Or I might cut out a piece of foam to put in the battery compartment to keep the cover from rattling when there are no batteries.
Sheryl L. Katz
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2016
I have or have had just about every portable, battery operated Bass guitar amp and guitar amp. Most of my bass playing is the UBass with ukulele jam groups (like the other reviewer). Usually I use a Phil Jones Double 4 with a laptop battery.However, sometimes I go to smaller jams or smaller rooms and even the Phil Jones is more than I need to carry. The Blackstar Fly 3 will definitely do the job in a largish room with 15 or so players. It actually sounds terrific. Not as loud, but a bit more punch that the Double Four. Sometimes there are ukulele players who are very sensitive who like the bass very much in the background but still present. These little Fly3 boxes do the trick.The key is to use both the amp and cabinet. I really would not recommend the single combo. The single combo to me seems pretty much like every other baby combo amp, (Orange, Vox) that runs on AA batteries. The sound breaks up pretty quickly. Add on the second cab and you get both more volume and more depth, a fuller bass sound.
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