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With this kind of money I bought katana 100 2x12 and I am more than happy. And with the 1 watt setting I play easily at home with lots of bass and presence without annoying anyone. And if I wish I rattle the place 😊

Had it. Sold it. Stuck with the Katana mini for convenience. I think Yamaha should make Dedicated electric guitar THR, no one cares about acoustic and bass if you are buying an electric guitar amp. They need to upgrade the tones and the interface. I absolutely dislike the 3.5 mm speakers and the metal chassis might have something to do with the tone suck.

"Elmo love to shred. Elmo so good at shred" - me This guy rips on the geeeetar.

how about the BOSS DUAL CUBE LX, is it worth to Buy?

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Cool guitar. Never seen one with the fretboard dug out like that before.

I have the 10ii. I really like it. But these days I usually use my NUX Mighty Plug Pro.

Not really a buskers amp if it doesn't have any Mic input, also 2 channels is needed for the Mic and Guitar to keep them seperate otherwise you get feedback problems as I have found in the past

I played through one of those Yamaha practice amps and walked away without thinking twice. Just not my thing. When I think of a practice amp I think of an amp with a speaker that's at least 8". I have the Katana mini but that's more for just taking outside to noodle and not upset my neighbors. A good practice amp should move some air. You have to hear and feel it, especially when you're starting out. You've got to hear and feel the mistakes or you don't learn. Always a genuine pleasure watching you play Elmo.

My friend has one white and maybe smaller wattage. Is old but man this tiny thing is and sounds amazing.

THANKS FOR THE SHEAR HONESTY .. I AM IN FULL AGREEMENT .. I THOUGHT THIS AMP WOULD FAIR BETTER THAN THE OTHERS LIKE IT , THAT ARE SMALLER .. I WILL STAY WITH MY 50 YEAR OLD ACOUSTIC 134 ...

Elmo, for busking, how do you think it'd compare with a Cube Street? And another downside of the THR you forgot to mention is very limited and cumbersome compatibility with a foot switch. No chance of a traditional one, and MIDI is complicated.

The only Sterling I've owned was a Sub Silhouette and I was very happy with it...until I tried changing the pickups. One of the five positions worked perfectly well but in two of the positions the volume was so low you could barely hear it and in the other two positions there was no sound whatsoever. I have friends who are professionals who own Music Man guitars and they swear by them but I've never bought another Sterling after that.

For me the THR30ii after Spark40 was as fantastically better as Spark40 was after the Katana50mk2. But Is Pulze better than THR?

Great vid Elmo - thanks! I got the THR10ii wireless version a few years ago and it cost me £299 with another £60 for the wireless transmitter. It was great then but I think the competition has moved on a lot and the Yamaha is starting to show its age. The app is clunky and the firmware updates have not improved anything so maybe there’s a new version in the pipeline? Anyway, it’s still an OK bedroom amp but there are better options out there now.

Hello! Still, this or Pulze for higain and overall?

Katana mk2 50

Just wondering which would you pick over this or the Hotone Pulze? Looking for something for practice and jamming with a friend/coworker/student. Which is more dynamic and “t00blike”? Quality of models etc. And just in case, let’s say you wanted to possibly busk for 10-20 people at a coffee shop, which would you take?

I preordered the Katana Air when it was announced because I understood what it was, even though it was about 100 USD more than the other "lunchbox" amps; when it finally dies, I might check this out - wireless built in is just so nice, I'm almost a little mad when I have to actually plug stuff in with a cable. That KA is so dented and crusty lol it's been hucked into so many places an amp really doesn't deserve to be thrown but it keeps coming back for more. The Yamaha ones I've tried (other people bring them to jams) always sound great, though. All things equal, a good wireless system with low latency and decent fidelity will always make the choice for me, the way I am spoiled now.

$500 haha no thanks don't care how good it sounds I'll stick with my $40 roland micro cube and the mooer hornet black if I need bluetooth

Boss katana are less with more feats just Bettter all a round why would you buy this

Sounds like one of the speakers is blown. I have the exact same model and it does not make this sound. I have been all the way down the parctice amp, Nux, Fender lt25 and many others, Roland Cube (not the Micro). I now have the Fender, Spark, A Kartana Air EX and THR30 like the one you have there. If you like playing with apps, the Spark a lot of fun. I don't play with a ton of distortion, and I prefer a little reverb and only use Deley occationally, so my tone is quite different from yours. But the Katana and the THR sound way better IMO. Both are fantastic but, I tend to use the THR more. Now I witt try the Hotone you tried the other day to see how that compares :) But for the more budget, conscious beginner I think you can't go wrong with a used Fender Mustang which you can pick up for wery little money.

It is a good home amp if you live in an apartment or do not want your whole house to hear you practise.

Run it on the brown classic channel with the master at 10. This give a tubish response from it.

Fantastic equipment for those drowning in money….

Well its about bloody time!!!!! I've been telling you that for ages u crazy turk

if the amp is new, the speakers likely haven't settled into the port tuning yet. <---- on the speaker fart. EDIT: oh, it's a B-stock.

500 USD

652€... WAY TOO EXPENSIVE.

Sounds good (but Elmo can make anything sound good), but spennndy. I have the Spark, which is woofy without EQ, but sounds good after that and with the foot switching, is usable live.

I bought the 10ii about 4 years ago and it sounded great (cleans and high gain). Then after a couple of firmware updates, it just never sounded quite the same. Especially the clean tones. The app was never really updated and felt buggy; almost as if Yamaha stopped supporting this product any further. I ended up selling it last year and have been very happy with the blackstar ID core instead.

Thanks!

Nice amp but Boss has alternatives for same or so price. Boss Dual Cube lx does €179 now (without bt module).

In US, Sweetwater had them at $499 right now, during a sale, formerly $550. Bundle is $610 on sale right now and $660 before. LOOKS like all the US retailers recently reduced prices to similar (THX 3 soon?)

I’ll stick with my Marshall Code 50. Although it gets a lot of bad reviews, with a little tweaking and patience it rocks. I have say Elmo, you can make any amp or guitar sound awesome by your playing.

What I don't understand is why they make it look like a kitchen appliance. But then, they probably want it to also look like a Bluetooth speaker. Meh. Yamaha.

I purchased a THR 30II (black) and I am so Impressed with the Sound Quality = Fender Princeton-like "Cleans" and also the Zeppelin & Van Halen sounds. You really need to use-the-app to Unleash the Full Potential. It's the Perfect low-volume Amp for a NYC apartment.

I have had the old 10 watt version for close to 8 years now, and it is pretty much always on as my computer speaker/practice amp and it is still kicking. It also probably tripled the amount of time i spend practicing just by the ease of use. The 30 watt version has many more amp versions and the wireless, but if you are going to use it only as a bedroom practice amp I think it is an overkill, even the 5 watt version is enough for that. You could probably use the 30 watt as a very portable rehearsal amp, so that is a big plus. I highly recommend any version of these.

I own the THR10X from the previous generation; it simulates some high gain amps. Bought it 10 years ago and still use it to this day. Lets me play high gain at neighbour-friendly volume. The onboard tuner is rather inaccurate and the amp comes with no blue tooth, but other than that, no complaints. I would say it sounds way better than this new version... at half the price. If you really just want it for practice, try a THR10, not a THR30. And if you're lucky and the store has some old new stock of the gen1 model, try that instead of the THRII. Just my two cents, though.

Solid vid. I had the non wireless version and got rid of it. I prefer my Spark 40

Got a NUX MG 30 for 175 Euro’s and a Katana50Mk2 voor 150 Euro’s. For less than the price of this Yamaha, I’m sure I’m having more options and better sound as well.

I had a lot of several amps, but the Yamaha THR30II (the non-wireless) is one of my favourites; regret I sold it. Now I have a Fender Champion 100 amp, which is great!

Nope. The crapyness hirts my ears.

Yeah hard to compete with the spark mini…. BT, wireless , intuitive app, and loud enough to busk . Battery life also for me at least last is over 6 hours play time . More than enough. Th30 looks like if Darth Vader had a signature amp which is awesome but priced a bit much .

I have the THR30II, provided you take the time to pair it with the app (I hate using apps for this kind of stuff but anyway...) and dial some presets you can get quite good tones from this amp. Just a common issue with the android app: you probably need to enable the gps before turning on bluetooth and pair it, otherwise it would not connect (Yamaha: please fix the app, this is a bug, not a feature!!!) after a few minutes/hours fiddling with cab sims, gain<->master<->compression interactions, I could get some interesting and decent clean/blues/rock/crunch tones and save them in the 5 presets banks. Yes, you definitely need some time/research to dial some settiings in that amp because the default presets that you can hear out of the box are (in my opinon)...not the best you can get (the default cab sim has way too much spongy bass sound) and that's a pity. Using the volume pot on my guitar, the amp sim is quite accurate, it does clean up even using a decent amount of overdrive/gain. As I had a Line6 G10II wireless transmitter, I could keep it and use it directly with this amp. Would this compete with your vintage 4x12 cab+JCM800 or your 4000$ Friedman of course not, and if you are into djent/death metal, I suspect it would not fit your requirements. If you are into blues,classic rock, fusion jazz, etc... and need to practice, busk, play at low volume in a bar or at home, it does the job.

Thanks Elmo - Seems like lots of stuff pick up mechanical resonances. Maybe, this amp did too. Good playing.

Hi, could you make Cort Source guitar review if it's possible?

I have the wine red Epi LP Special II and the Epi AFD Special II. Both were not ready to play out of the box. All strings were really loose and not fresh. I added strings, set up the neck & intonation. Adjusted the action and they play awsum. Great pups. Definitely worth the money.

Finally you did a review of that fantastic amp ! 😉 Thanks for that 🙏 I own that one since it came out and I did not find a better one so far. But I have to disagree with you and can see you're definitely not a fan of Yamaha's products ... it does not make the top 10 ??? Really ??? 😉 Yes you are right it is expensive, too expensive but I own the Sparks Mini and Go, I own the Boss Dual cube, I tried the Nux Mighty Space (and was so disapointed by the quality of the sounds, same with the Spark 40 .. awful, muddy ...) and own the Nux mighty air and I am looking for the Hotone Pulze you've reviewed as it sounds to having great soundings ... The main drawback I see on all these amps is that none have an effect loop and that's a shame ... 😉 other than that, yes for me, that Yamaha is the best of all "practice" amps I have tested so far ...

Thanks Elmo! I used to have one of these guys, and a Spark 40 too. IMHO, the only issue with these amps is the speaker, not their technologies. Just sounds small - I'd recommend a Boss Katana 50 Gen 3, nicer speaker, can go really quiet, and less $ than the Yamaha.