Paul, you're amazing! and YES, we definitely NEED a Spring Reverb in the Spark 40! Even though all Reverb pedals in there sound amazing (Hall Natural being my favorite), the Spring Reverb is still the most common type and should be the first one on the list.
Thanks for the nice example, good stuff as always. Most of my experimentation with the Spark so far has been with clean-ish tones, with a predilection for glassy Strat. One of the things I enjoy about tonal configurations like yours is it's great as is, but it also makes a great base to tweak ever so slightly for a lead part or whatever, much like you did in your blues tones and backing tracks video. I often save two versions side-by-side in the app presets so I can switch almost as easily as a foot switch -- just one tap and let er rip.
You know I noticed that pretty quick. Had a thr10c I sold for this. I have a strat and it does soemthings nice. I find it's hard to get a sound that is hard of scratchy, it doesn't handle bass very well. The pedals especially the compressors and the tubescreamer add a muddiness everytime to the sound. Not like real pedals
Nice to see someone dialing in and upping the quality of their presets! Great job! Did you apply any EQ or effects to the tone inside your DAW? ~Thanks!
Thanks! I would love a similar video on Marshall-style cleans. I still find the Spark a bit boomy with my Les Paul even with the bass at zero. maybe I should put an EQ in the front
@@TheStudioRats Hopefully they'll address it in a firmware update, a lot of reviews mention this issue. Or maybe version 2 will have a bit of a redesign.
some guys are filling the bass port behind the grill with foam. I've got one on the way, I'm going to play with that for sure. I've got Bias Amp and FX so it'll be interesting to compare the differences.
This is a great video! I'm not that knowledgeable with pedals and settings and sometimes the Spark can be overwhelming trying to build a tone from scratch. Can you do one setting country twang tones like Brad Paisley?
Your videos are great. Can I ask with the Spark have you got it mic'd up at all. I heard lots of reports that the Spark sounds rather thin. Cheers. John
they would do everyone a bigger service if they showed how to assign and save each tone that is built. without that the next time you turn the amp on it has reverted back to the factory tone.
This or the Boss Katana 50? Both have great reviews and i'm unsure which one to buy as they are both similar in wattage and in price. I'm gonna use an amp for home use and to do some recording. I want to achieve sounds that revolve around lo-fi, neo-soul, jazz, rock n roll and metal or djent. Which amp do you recommend that I should go for?
Decent video , but , you are using a guitar with twin humbuckers to get classic fender tones ,if you used a basic Strat with single coils ,we both know that the whole dynamic of the spark and its presets change , everyone seems to use guitars with humbuckers to demo all modelling amps , which only shows how to get a decent vintage fender tone from a Gibson style guitar! , I have a great tone from my spark with my single coil Strats, but to get a similar result to you , the whole setting/ amp/ effects is different , why not post a video doing the same as this , but with a standard Strat with single coils .
From what I have noticed and do not like THIS NEVER SOUNDS LIKE A PLAIN AMP. By that I mean I can never get rid of reverb, echo, or Trem. It never sounds plain clean.
I have been struggling to get 'vintage fender sound', and failing. To me, 'vinatage fender sound' is just a plain, scooped sound like this: ua-cam.com/video/UCxSmzW5GqY/v-deo.html I found everything but the "Vox" to be too dark. And the Vox is not really clean and scooped enough, even though it sounds great. I got myself and MXR Eq, and hopefully that will help. The Spark is simply the best practice amp out there -- in my opinion.
Beautiful Paul , thank you so much ❤
My pleasure!
These vids are great! Please do more of them, and share the tones created to the cloud, so we can try them out too.
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Paul, you're amazing! and YES, we definitely NEED a Spring Reverb in the Spark 40! Even though all Reverb pedals in there sound amazing (Hall Natural being my favorite), the Spring Reverb is still the most common type and should be the first one on the list.
Cheers David!
Your tone videos the best out there. Thanks!
Beautiful! Love this tone.
Thanks that helps a bunch, just got my spark so much to play with
awesome
Thank you Paul, Cleans are soooo important.
Really enjoying your SR vids. Thank you too much!
Cheers Clifton much appreciated
Great series of vids, I look forward to replicating these. Cheers and thanks
Just love what you are doing !
Me too
Anxious for the NEXT Spark video :)
Thanks for the nice example, good stuff as always. Most of my experimentation with the Spark so far has been with clean-ish tones, with a predilection for glassy Strat. One of the things I enjoy about tonal configurations like yours is it's great as is, but it also makes a great base to tweak ever so slightly for a lead part or whatever, much like you did in your blues tones and backing tracks video. I often save two versions side-by-side in the app presets so I can switch almost as easily as a foot switch -- just one tap and let er rip.
It's almost impossible to imagine any guitar amp not including a spring verb in its feature set,particularly an amp with such a robust feature set.
agreed
You know I noticed that pretty quick. Had a thr10c I sold for this. I have a strat and it does soemthings nice. I find it's hard to get a sound that is hard of scratchy, it doesn't handle bass very well. The pedals especially the compressors and the tubescreamer add a muddiness everytime to the sound. Not like real pedals
Nice to see someone dialing in and upping the quality of their presets! Great job! Did you apply any EQ or effects to the tone inside your DAW? ~Thanks!
Thank you. These are helpful. Would love to see you do a jazz tone with a hollow body.
Thanks! I would love a similar video on Marshall-style cleans. I still find the Spark a bit boomy with my Les Paul even with the bass at zero. maybe I should put an EQ in the front
Yeah the spark is boomy, they really should have put an eq pedal in the chain.
@@TheStudioRats Hopefully they'll address it in a firmware update, a lot of reviews mention this issue. Or maybe version 2 will have a bit of a redesign.
some guys are filling the bass port behind the grill with foam. I've got one on the way, I'm going to play with that for sure. I've got Bias Amp and FX so it'll be interesting to compare the differences.
Oh yeah. Like a stick of butter. Thanks and keep them coming
Thank you, this is very useful!
Does the spark amp have any pre-sets for country musicians like James Burton or Roy Nicklels who played lead for Merle Haggard
This is a great video! I'm not that knowledgeable with pedals and settings and sometimes the Spark can be overwhelming trying to build a tone from scratch. Can you do one setting country twang tones like Brad Paisley?
save your high gain and clean to the cloud your amazing!
What are you hearing this Spark through? It doesn't seem like its the Sparks speakers which aren't nearly as clean sounding as this
I think the SLO is perfect for George Lynch Lynch Mob tones like Wicked Sensation
Your videos are great. Can I ask with the Spark have you got it mic'd up at all. I heard lots of reports that the Spark sounds rather thin. Cheers. John
Hi John, cheers. I use the headphone out to record. Just make sure you keep the level down.
@@TheStudioRats Many thnaks appreciate your help.
@@TheStudioRats are you referring to the output as “the level”?
they would do everyone a bigger service if they showed how to assign and save each tone that is built. without that the next time you turn the amp on it has reverted back to the factory tone.
please save and upload the tone, so i can use it :)
also - what's the OUTPUT value on the AMP that you are using ?
This or the Boss Katana 50?
Both have great reviews and i'm unsure which one to buy as they are both similar in wattage and in price. I'm gonna use an amp for home use and to do some recording. I want to achieve sounds that revolve around lo-fi, neo-soul, jazz, rock n roll and metal or djent. Which amp do you recommend that I should go for?
Definitely the Katana.
I looked in the Spark cloud to see if you were uploading anything..doesn't appear you are unless I am missing it?
Incredible tone! Thanks for the lesson. Have you done any Surf tones or Chikn Pikn Country?
Not yet! ill look into it.
Decent video , but , you are using a guitar with twin humbuckers to get classic fender tones ,if you used a basic Strat with single coils ,we both know that the whole dynamic of the spark and its presets change , everyone seems to use guitars with humbuckers to demo all modelling amps , which only shows how to get a decent vintage fender tone from a Gibson style guitar! , I have a great tone from my spark with my single coil Strats, but to get a similar result to you , the whole setting/ amp/ effects is different , why not post a video doing the same as this , but with a standard Strat with single coils .
So you’re saying classic fender amp tones can only be achieved with single coils? I think a lot of guitarist will disagree.
From what I have noticed and do not like THIS NEVER SOUNDS LIKE A PLAIN AMP. By that I mean I can never get rid of reverb, echo, or Trem. It never sounds plain clean.
Yes, on all the Spark video’s, I have gotten something good out of your effort. TKX.
how about make those patchs for us on the cloud
hello with output use with spark ? usb or phone.. out ? if phone direct on apollo ? best Steven
Did you save this to the tone cloud?
I have been struggling to get 'vintage fender sound', and failing. To me, 'vinatage fender sound' is just a plain, scooped sound like this:
ua-cam.com/video/UCxSmzW5GqY/v-deo.html
I found everything but the "Vox" to be too dark. And the Vox is not really clean and scooped enough, even though it sounds great.
I got myself and MXR Eq, and hopefully that will help. The Spark is simply the best practice amp out there -- in my opinion.
the spark is great but its not a real valve amp with a decent size speaker.