Thanks for this review buddy. I didn't think there could be 26 minutes of review in a small amp like this, but you nailed it. Great playing too, especially the different styles to show the very varied settings. Top job (and i know it was years ago, but hey, I just decided I wanted one now!) :)
Your reviews are quality. Dunno if these companies are paying you but they should be!!! I'm also blown away by your playing - honestly an absolute pleasure to listen to. Keep up the good work man!
I've got this amp with the extension speaker and I love it ! It. Also takes drive pedals incredibly well on both channels ! The drive channel is too bright on any ISF setting so I'd like a presence knob in addition. However adjusting the tone on the Strats neck and bridge pickup makes it easy for me to find the sweet spot. Also I'd like a little more gain on the drive channel but at this price I guess you can't have everything :) All in all this amp is a massive bang for the buck!
Agree. I appreciate Dave's common touch unpretentious approach to everything he presents. If lengthy, they are comprehensive. Consistently detailed and pragmatically hands on so as to be refreshingly anything but lowest common denominator popularity or limited attention span targeted. Two thumbs up mate.
I had the same feeling with mine. Still putting it through it's paces, but it is perfect for my cheap thin walled apartment. Especially those late night "something pops in your head and you have to play" moments. I actually ran my lil' pocket pod through it yesterday and the results were not to shabby.
Hahah, I just bought one with the extension cab from the local pawn for CAD 50. The neighbors threatened to call the cops as I was playing while bbq'ing cuz they have a day care & they're more important than me. Batteries for gawds sake! I love the tone. Blackstar rules.
I could listen to you play all day !! I just got the fly with the extension speaker and the wall plug. This thing is great ! I love your clean tone setting, thanks for that one !!
I live in a duplex and I play at night while my kids are asleep as well. I am going to use this to record the sound for some videos. Put it right next to the camera mic and voila!
I really like that you did this with your camera mike, simply because the other vids I've seen have the microphone right up to the speaker. Your demo gives me a good idea of what the actual volume is like . . . great review! Thanks!
First, Dave, you are an amazing guitarist. Second, this is an incredible practice amp. Third, this was a great review. Now I have my chopbox. All I need now is the chops.
This thing gives me confidence in small amps as a person that doesn't stay at home for most of the year. I'm surprised at this small beast, beastly tones
@@garyives1218 Agreed, they should include a power cable - seems very mean not to! I have lots of battery operated things that also came with a power cable included. No excuse, it's just a money grab!
I just bought one of these with the extension cabinet. $70 if you can tolerate the cream color. Guitar Center. I also ordered a Honeytone N-10 just to have around because it's just so portable.
I just ordered the Union Jack edition of this amp after trying the Fly vs the Vox Mini 3. I wanted a simple, no brainer practice amp without having to program and save a ton of settings. I didn't like the sound of the Mini for a Vox product and loved the Fly. I sat on the floor of the guitar shop for a half hour playing it and smiled the entire time. It was a blast to play through and sounded far better than my other practice amps.
I've seen several reviews on this amp,but I believe your playability really shows it's capabilities. You dig in and don't let up,very appreciative. Good video.
I have a tele with an alnico 3 bridge. I got this Fly 3 today after watching your review. Wow. The clean tone with delay is amazing on this thing. All I wanted to do was make my electric at an acoustic level. I also messed around with the OD setting. Not a fan of hot, blistering distortion like you either; but, I found with the gain low, tone dark, volume high, and guitar knobs rolled off a bit, it sounds awesome, a lot like Interstellar Overdrive, Syd Barrett style. Maybe it's just my tele. It's still a little hot, but there's so much of that vintage hollow crunch that I might end up liking it more than the clean setting.
Yeah the amp demo was good, really covered all the features and the feel BUT your fluidity on guitar, now THAT is impressive. RocknRoll just seems to flow from your fingers. Loved it.
Dave's demos are excellent. No wasted talk. I think he's got the Tex Mex pickups going here. He gets the essential recording sound going here--full sound and low volume.
Thanks for this review. I was eyeing off the Marshall MS-4 for bedroom use, but this has convinced my to get the Blackstar instead. The delay is a real selling point.
i recently moved to Europe to study and I had to leave my Peavey Bandit and Peavey Classic 30 behind...I brought my guitar pedals with me. Do you think this would be a good option for playing in my room through my pedals?
Great review, thank you. In fact this amp tries to emulate a marshall plexi. It is on the bright side but as you know there is no way to brighten a sound from the guitar, you can only darken it, so I think Blackstar has it right on there! Page would love it ;-)
I just added you to my list of best of go-to guitar teachers on the WWW, along with Michael Casswell (may you rest in peace, my brother), Guido Bungenstock,TimPierce, Jeff McErlaine, and the "Shut Up and Play" man; in no particular order....all are master guitarists, as you are as well! Cheers mate!!!!
Good little portable, might get one for me motorhome. Dave a question, sitting you obviously play a lot closer but when you stand you play very low slung. I was told when playing standing should be the same position as when sitting, ive tried it low slung but not as low as you as my straps wont go that low, i guess you can because you hold the neck quite high, so what IS the correct position when standing?
Hey Dave, great video! Just a quick question, do you think this'll be loud enough for busking? I have the set that includes an extra 3 watt extension cabinet for a total output of 6 watts.
Normally find it difficult to get through to the end of most demos....but no problem here.......Cool way of showing your guitar wizardry through an amp demo...which kept me with it......Top Geezer...And Extremely Entertaining Playing.... To Say The Least...Great Job.
I notice with my les paul i like to run my amp alot brighter then i normally would then i back the volume back halfway and it warms up alot. I never use to do this with my guitars but now i see how usable it is and how much i like using this technique. I notice you said the ISF was way to bright all the way on 0 but it might not be to bad with the volume rolled down about halfway.
Great review, my Fly 3 pack in green just arrived today, thanks for showing us what it can do. I like your playing style so I'm gonna Subscribe to your channel.
@@thedavesimpson and what if you compare fender 10g and micro crush and marshal ms2 ? Sorry might be irritating, i just got a squirr bullet after looking at your video , now looking for an amp.
Interesting amp, you seem to be running it on batteries?, you mentioned something about mains power, does it have a specific cable to run off mains? (why did'nt you run it off mains?
I subscribed a while back because I love your videos and your approach to making them and now I've just watched this and seen that Hornby beside your Computer! I love Hornby!!!
Hey Dave! I recently got a VOX VXI. I am a newbie, but I want to play some RHCP songs. Which settings would you use to achieve their tone? Thanks in advance!
Hi there You could try Gain 10 Treble 12 oclock bass 12 oclock power level on full and try the ac30 model or the brit 1959. Might need a bit of tweeking but it should get you on the go so to say. :)
Can't wait for mine to arrive now :) . Needed a decent practice amp for £50, to use on a cigar box guitar I've purchased. This has reaffirmed my amp choice, thanks
I've just bought one yesterday. Awesome little amp. Btw, if you connect through a card sound it's cool to rec, and very good sound as if you use headphones.
Hi Dave, again a good video, thanks. I own a Fly III as multipurpose for the spare room, it is good for the guitar, the iPod and my wife also uses it for her bass and it sounds quite good. A good buy definitely.
Hey mate! Love your videos and your playing. I Bought this amp last week and it sounds amazing. I bought it since i want to try busking but im not sure if it is loud enough for busking. Have you had any experience in busking? Is this amp going to have enough volume for playing in the streets? Thank you so much, Cheers.
Thanks for this review buddy. I didn't think there could be 26 minutes of review in a small amp like this, but you nailed it. Great playing too, especially the different styles to show the very varied settings. Top job (and i know it was years ago, but hey, I just decided I wanted one now!) :)
Your reviews are quality. Dunno if these companies are paying you but they should be!!! I'm also blown away by your playing - honestly an absolute pleasure to listen to. Keep up the good work man!
Thank you very much. :) The companies are not paying me no. All off my own back and out of my own money. :)
I guess I'm quite off topic but do anybody know of a good website to stream newly released tv shows online?
@Erik Blaine Flixportal xD
@Houston Malakai Thanks, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) Appreciate it!
@Erik Blaine Glad I could help =)
the review for this amp should be "it sounds good and its 60$. buy it"
I've got this amp with the extension speaker and I love it ! It. Also takes drive pedals incredibly well on both channels ! The drive channel is too bright on any ISF setting so I'd like a presence knob in addition. However adjusting the tone on the Strats neck and bridge pickup makes it easy for me to find the sweet spot. Also I'd like a little more gain on the drive channel but at this price I guess you can't have everything :) All in all this amp is a massive bang for the buck!
The bluetooth model is darker. I wouldnt say it even yas a bright usa side.
Hi dave, this is the best review of this amp by far. I've just popped out to buy one!
Thank you very much. :)
Agree. I appreciate Dave's common touch unpretentious approach to everything he presents. If lengthy, they are comprehensive. Consistently detailed and pragmatically hands on so as to be refreshingly anything but lowest common denominator popularity or limited attention span targeted. Two thumbs up mate.
I had the same feeling with mine. Still putting it through it's paces, but it is perfect for my cheap thin walled apartment. Especially those late night "something pops in your head and you have to play" moments. I actually ran my lil' pocket pod through it yesterday and the results were not to shabby.
Hahah, I just bought one with the extension cab from the local pawn for CAD 50. The neighbors threatened to call the cops as I was playing while bbq'ing cuz they have a day care & they're more important than me. Batteries for gawds sake! I love the tone. Blackstar rules.
I went and bought myself one after watching this. :)
Did you like it!
I could listen to you play all day !! I just got the fly with the extension speaker and the wall plug. This thing is great ! I love your clean tone setting, thanks for that one !!
Thank you very very much indeed. :)
I just ordered one of these because I live in an apartment, they sound amazing for the price/size.
how loud it is men?
Loud enough for your mom's bedroom.
I live in a duplex and I play at night while my kids are asleep as well. I am going to use this to record the sound for some videos. Put it right next to the camera mic and voila!
+mofomartian Oh snap! 😂
"...or wherever you might be where there might be people (funny face)"...this face you made cracked me up, man!
"I Don't Know Anything" is one of my favorite songs to play! Awesome!
I really like that you did this with your camera mike, simply because the other vids I've seen have the microphone right up to the speaker. Your demo gives me a good idea of what the actual volume is like . . . great review! Thanks!
:) Thank you very much. :)
First, Dave, you are an amazing guitarist. Second, this is an incredible practice amp. Third, this was a great review. Now I have my chopbox. All I need now is the chops.
This thing gives me confidence in small amps as a person that doesn't stay at home for most of the year. I'm surprised at this small beast, beastly tones
I was going to comment that I have one and love it, but it doesn't come with a power cord, which they want around $25 for!
@@garyives1218 Agreed, they should include a power cable - seems very mean not to! I have lots of battery operated things that also came with a power cable included. No excuse, it's just a money grab!
Got one plus the additional add on speaker for stereo also increases it to 6 watts, however you've probably got one yourself by now. Good review too!
Thank you for watching. :)
Blacstar fly is awesome!! I have it and extra cabinet too.
I just bought one of these with the extension cabinet. $70 if you can tolerate the cream color. Guitar Center. I also ordered a Honeytone N-10 just to have around because it's just so portable.
I just ordered the Union Jack edition of this amp after trying the Fly vs the Vox Mini 3. I wanted a simple, no brainer practice amp without having to program and save a ton of settings. I didn't like the sound of the Mini for a Vox product and loved the Fly. I sat on the floor of the guitar shop for a half hour playing it and smiled the entire time. It was a blast to play through and sounded far better than my other practice amps.
I use the emulated out and put in through my mixer and huuuge pc speakers, sounds really great haha :)
SRV in a small package ... think so (;-))
You defo seem to have fun with with your gift ... as do i listening to you putting it through its paces!
Thank you very much and thanks for watching. :)
I've seen several reviews on this amp,but I believe your playability really shows it's capabilities. You dig in and don't let up,very appreciative. Good video.
and all those review put a mic up in amps face, and don't capture the tinny AF tone.
I have a tele with an alnico 3 bridge. I got this Fly 3 today after watching your review. Wow. The clean tone with delay is amazing on this thing. All I wanted to do was make my electric at an acoustic level. I also messed around with the OD setting. Not a fan of hot, blistering distortion like you either; but, I found with the gain low, tone dark, volume high, and guitar knobs rolled off a bit, it sounds awesome, a lot like Interstellar Overdrive, Syd Barrett style. Maybe it's just my tele. It's still a little hot, but there's so much of that vintage hollow crunch that I might end up liking it more than the clean setting.
Yeah the amp demo was good, really covered all the features and the feel BUT your fluidity on guitar, now THAT is impressive. RocknRoll just seems to flow from your fingers. Loved it.
Yh hes great lol
Awsome review on this amp, I ordered mine this morning. Rock on dude.
Thank you very much. :
great little amp...really dug the sound!
Thank you very much indeedy. :)
Awesome playing great Sounding little amp awesome Demo might have to buy one 😊❤🎸👍
BEST REVIEW !..YOU ARE AN AWESOME PLAYER TOO !..............GREAT ! NEW SUBSCRIBER !
3 inch speaker Dave not 6, otherwise it would be sticking out the top of the cabinet, that wouldn't be good.
You are the best motivation to practise
Dave's demos are excellent. No wasted talk. I think he's got the Tex Mex pickups going here. He gets the essential recording sound going here--full sound and low volume.
Looks like an avri 62 re issue maybe. If it is it probably has the 57/62 pickups
haha, you cracked me up when you did that Purple Stain dive around the 8th minute :D
:)
Thanks for this review. I was eyeing off the Marshall MS-4 for bedroom use, but this has convinced my to get the Blackstar instead. The delay is a real selling point.
Thank you for watching. :)
Thanks so much just ordered this for £49 comes tonight, all the reviews are great for it but this was in real detail thank you 🙏
Thank you very much. :)
Hey thanks. I hadnt got that first tone out of it yet.
Hey…. You really know how to use that thing.
Oh, man…. Im subscribing to too many channels.
Thanks for this video, Dave. I just recently started watching your channel and i love your reviews!
:) Thank you very much. :)
Damn!! I could listen to you play all day! Incredible talent!!
i recently moved to Europe to study and I had to leave my Peavey Bandit and Peavey Classic 30 behind...I brought my guitar pedals with me. Do you think this would be a good option for playing in my room through my pedals?
I do indeed. :)
Have you tried Laney Lionheart ST Mini Amp? Which one better?
Fun video which I enjoyed very much. You have a talent to achieve a plethora of tones from such a simple rig. Cheers bud.
Thank you very much and thanks very much for watching. :)
Dave Simpson: Does the Fly 3 take pedals well? Does Mp3 backing track MP3 music in the Aux In sound believably fine or effy?....
Its a little picky with pedal but it works. I haven't tried the MP3 yet but i have heard many good things about it. : )
thanks for doing a real world review without the mic up in its face, which makes it sound chunkier than it really is.
"Mr Flibble's very cross! You shouldn't have run away from him..."
You've sold it to me Dave. I'm getting one!
:) You wont regret it. :)
Would consider adding an affiliate link to this?
Really thorough etc review thanks, nice playing bro. Sure got the Hendrix-like fingers for it, congrats
I bought this amp on your recommendation, and I love it! Thanks for the solid review. Btw, what are you playing at 11:48?
Thank you for watching and I am just messing about there. :)
Love the channel, your playing and honest personality are refreshing :)
Great review, thank you. In fact this amp tries to emulate a marshall plexi. It is on the bright side but as you know there is no way to brighten a sound from the guitar, you can only darken it, so I think Blackstar has it right on there! Page would love it ;-)
I love his eyes!
can u get a decent-ish john frusciante clean tone outta this?? If so what kinda settings should u put it on?? thanks
You can indeed. I run mine with the gain on full and the Isf all the way up. :)
I've watched a bunch of your vids and yes I totally dig the amp demos but I really dig your playing style more than anything. Great sound.
Thank you very much indeed. :)
That "clean but not clean" sound is unexpectedly rich. Very good review.
Thank you very much. : )
Great feel with the Hendrix stuff. Groovin
Dave do you prefer this one over the Boss katana mini? Thanks for your advice
I just added you to my list of best of go-to guitar teachers on the WWW, along with Michael Casswell (may you rest in peace, my brother), Guido Bungenstock,TimPierce, Jeff McErlaine, and the "Shut Up and Play" man; in no particular order....all are master guitarists, as you are as well! Cheers mate!!!!
Thank you very much indeed. :)
Good little portable, might get one for me motorhome. Dave a question, sitting you obviously play a lot closer but when you stand you play very low slung. I was told when playing standing should be the same position as when sitting, ive tried it low slung but not as low as you as my straps wont go that low, i guess you can because you hold the neck quite high, so what IS the correct position when standing?
dude whatever feels best to you. there are no rules :)
Like Mr Speed Metal 81 says there are no rules just have it as low or as high as you feel comfortable with. :)
I just bought one of these (bit behind the times I know). Great review Dave.
Thank you for watching. : )
Hey Dave, great video! Just a quick question, do you think this'll be loud enough for busking? I have the set that includes an extra 3 watt extension cabinet for a total output of 6 watts.
I'm not 100% sure it would be loud enough. I would say you'd be better off with a roland busking amp. Thank you for watching. :)
12:00 Funk 49 baby. Yeah! Thanks for playing riffs.
Thank you for watching. : )
Great review! I gotta say you would sound good through anything dude!
Thank you very much indeed. : )
Would this be a good amp for street busking with an electric? If I got the 6 watt combo would it be loud enough?
I wouldn't say so. Its loud but not loud enough for busking. :)
warguy403 it's loud enough for a living room but as soon as you get outside the sound dissapears quickly (just like any small speaker outside)
warguy403 just my opinion.Ive busked with a Roland mobile cube and a zoom g1on pedal and it’s plenty loud outside.That might be a good option.
Great vid and I love the hoodie, Mr Flibble!!! My fav episode of Red Dwarf!!!!
Thank you very much indeed. :)
Does the battery life drains if i leave them in while using the adaptor?
Dave you make it sound amazing. Good review
Thank you very much indeed. :)
cool man, the little blackstar rocks, nice jams man. blues on
Thank you very much. :)
Normally find it difficult to get through to the end of most demos....but no problem here.......Cool way of showing your guitar wizardry through an amp demo...which kept me with it......Top Geezer...And Extremely Entertaining Playing.... To Say The Least...Great Job.
Thank you very much indeed. : )
Always fun to see your reviews. they are fun but also very good.
Great job mate love your review love your enthusiasm
Thank you very much. :)
Awesome little amp and playing Dave! I’m really starting to like all the Blackstar amps and considered the St. James. Great tone in these amps!
What is capturing the audio please Dave?
Just camera mic. I don' have anything else unfortunately. :(
I notice with my les paul i like to run my amp alot brighter then i normally would then i back the volume back halfway and it warms up alot. I never use to do this with my guitars but now i see how usable it is and how much i like using this technique.
I notice you said the ISF was way to bright all the way on 0 but it might not be to bad with the volume rolled down about halfway.
Good review of an awesome little amp. It really shines with the extension cab too. Stereo delay!
ps.Philby sounded great
Thank you very much. :)
Great review, my Fly 3 pack in green just arrived today, thanks for showing us what it can do. I like your playing style so I'm gonna Subscribe to your channel.
Thank you very much. :)
Which one would you choose for your first amp a cheap Orange crush mini quater the price of fly three or this expensive blackstar fly three ? Ty .🙏
Blackstar
@@thedavesimpson and what if you compare fender 10g and micro crush and marshal ms2 ? Sorry might be irritating, i just got a squirr bullet after looking at your video , now looking for an amp.
Great video Dave really helped to dial in some tones.
Thank you very much and happy it helped. :)
you're a great guitarist man!! awesome.!
Thank you very much. :)
Hi do you like this amp better than the orange amp, the video where you compared it with the fender and marshall? Blackstar or Orange? Thanks
I do prefer this to the orange but i have recently got the boss katana mini and thats better than al of them in my opinion.: )
Dave, have u ever tried putting a Fuzz in front of it? Did it sound they way it should or too fizzy ?
Unfortunately i had to sell it before i got any real chance to play around with it. :(
Hey y’all’! Would you go for this or the line6 spider IV 15W?🤔
Interesting amp, you seem to be running it on batteries?, you mentioned something about mains power, does it have a specific cable to run off mains? (why did'nt you run it off mains?
FWIW The batteries last forever! Apparently, Delay uses much less power the something like Reverb. I love mine!
Yeah. Many reviewers mention it's great battery life.
Which is the best sounding amp for practising in an apartment? Is this the way to go?
I would go this way yeps. Its a great little thing. :)
Great review, awesome playing, cheers
I subscribed a while back because I love your videos and your approach to making them and now I've just watched this and seen that Hornby beside your Computer! I love Hornby!!!
Thank you very much and i love them to. I collect them. :)
Hey Dave! I recently got a VOX VXI. I am a newbie, but I want to play some RHCP songs. Which settings would you use to achieve their tone? Thanks in advance!
Hi there
You could try
Gain 10
Treble 12 oclock
bass 12 oclock
power level on full
and try the ac30 model or the brit 1959.
Might need a bit of tweeking but it should get you on the go so to say. :)
Dave Simpson Thanks for the reply bro! Awesome video. You earned another subscriber 👍🏼😬
I think that sounds great, as far as i can tell thru this ipad. My son got the marshall mini, which is a bit toy like. This wud b a big upgrade
I was going to comment that I have one and love it, but it doesn't come with a power cord, which they want around $25 for!
DAVE ITS AMAZING , YOU GIVE HIM A CAN AND MAKE IT SOUND .
Can anyone please explain what is best direction on knobs for clean tone for strat?
Awesome, man! Great little amp))
Great Stuff Dave 🖒
Mad love to you for playing a sample from FACELIFT!
Great review Dave! Thanks.
Thank you very much. : )
Great demo Dave; the best one that I've heard. Try it with P90s. Happy New Year 👍🏿
Thank you very much. :)
Thanks Dave, just ordered one as it's saves me carrying my laney vc30 about :)
Thank you. :)
is there a difference between the blackstar Fly 3 and the Blackstar LT-Echo 15 ?
I'm not sure. Sorry.
i like 240 sound too since i own a strat and a tele classic fender riffs
great playing !!!!!!!!
Thank you. :)
Can't wait for mine to arrive now :) . Needed a decent practice amp for £50, to use on a cigar box guitar I've purchased. This has reaffirmed my amp choice, thanks
Thank you for watching and enjoy your FLY. :)
Awesome guitar AND 00 railways :-)
I've just bought one yesterday. Awesome little amp. Btw, if you connect through a card sound it's cool to rec, and very good sound as if you use headphones.
Thanks for the info and thanks for watching and also enjoy yours. :)
Hi Dave, again a good video, thanks. I own a Fly III as multipurpose for the spare room, it is good for the guitar, the iPod and my wife also uses it for her bass and it sounds quite good. A good buy definitely.
Thank you for watching. :)
Hey mate! Love your videos and your playing.
I Bought this amp last week and it sounds amazing. I bought it since i want to try busking but im not sure if it is loud enough for busking. Have you had any experience in busking? Is this amp going to have enough volume for playing in the streets?
Thank you so much,
Cheers.
This amp wont be loud enough to busk with sadly.