GTHR5UK Yamaha THR5 Electric Guitar Amp,beige

I had a couple of false starts. Originally I had a Katana 50, sound was great and oodles of it but it is heavy and bulky and as I am moving to a fresh house I wanted to be able to hide it away more easily. I tried a couple of other options a NUX which had loads of features but not great sound quality, then the Vox Adio air GT which had great polished sound, sort of, but there was a quite a bit of digital noise which I couldn't get rid of, sounded like resonance. The Yamaha had been one that I had liked the look of but I was swayed by the apps and the Bluetooth that went with the the other two. Finally I went with my first thoughts and from day one I realised that the crystal clear sounds of the Yamaha was much more of what I wanted to hear. Not as powerful and the Katana or the Vox so don't quite get the gutsy bass sound but total lack of any extraneous fizz or buzz is a delight. It has a smaller repertoire of effects but as I'm using it with a Boss BR800 I can dial in anything that I can't get on the Yamaha. The clear sound works well with my my electric and my acoustic and it is plenty loud enough to get uncomfortable in a room so it spends most of the time at about 50% volume. Its neat, compact and not many of the reviews I read spent any time on the Cubase LE AI Elements 11 that come with it. Its a faff to download but its a really competent recording solution. As yet I haven't put it head to head with the Boss BR800 but some day I might try. So in summary its a great little practice amp, good value and the best solution to home guitar practice I have found.

Le rapport taille - rendu sonore de ce petit ampli est excellent. J'avais peur de recevoir un câble d'alimentation UK et de devoir trouver un adaptateur mais pas de souci sur la prise, qui est dans sa version française. Pour un usage en appart' ou en soirée avec une petite électrique ou électroacoustique (ex. : strat US ou stratacoustic Fender), avec un son chaud et quelques effets de base il est parfait, d'autant que son look est tout sympa (deux led orange ne servent à rien ... d'autre qu'à faire joli !). L'accordeur intégré n'est pas ultra précis mais on a vu pire. Et le temps d'autonomie sur piles est tout à fait correct. Bref je referais sans hésiter cet achat.

La versatilità di questo mini amplificatore è fenomenale, soprattutto dotandolo di pile stilo ricaricabili. Qualità audio notevole, ovviamente a volumi da camera da letto. Inoltre ha un noise-gate integrato (si sente distintamente “entrare” quando si accende l’amplificatore) e quindi risulta silenziosissimo e senza fruscii! Ottimi soprattutto i canali clean (Fender-style) e crunch (Marshall-style), discreto il distorto. Riverbero, tremolo e chorus risultano molto soft e gradevoli mentre il delay è basilare. Aux-in e uscita cuffie molto comodi, ad esempio si può usare la seconda per entrare in uno stereo e avere volumi ben diversi. L’accordatore integrato sembra abbastanza accurato. Non è sicuramente economico (vedi Katana Mini), però ricordo che è anche inclusa la licenza CuBase che ha un costo non indifferente. Esteticamente molto curato, tutto in metallo, potenziometri lineari e silenziosi, solido e stabilissimo. Non consideratelo assolutamente come “primo/unico amplificatore”, ma come perfetto complemento dall’ottimo rapporto qualità-prezzo: la comodità e la resa a bassi volumi lo rendono ideale per fare pratica a qualunque ora in qualunque stanza e, perché no, anche per sperimentare qualcosa. Spesso le idee migliori vengono negli orari peggiori..

After playing guitar at home for a while rather than rehearsing with the band (thanks Covid!) i decided it was time to buy something smaller instead of rigging the amp & pedals up everytime i wanted a blast on the guitar. nailing a decent guitar tone out of even a relatively low powerered 15 watt valve amp in a terraced house is definately a no go!! Anyway, after reading a lot of reviews of different desktop amps, i settled on the THR 5. i knew i wouldn't need the extra amp mods of the bigger brother THR10, and since both amps are rated 10watts, the cheaper THR5 seemed a no brainer. When the amp arrived (next working day...thanks Prime!) i was surprised that it had a power pack with it. i expected to have to settle on using batteries for a while and buying a power supply seperately. hats off to Yamaha. not many other manufacturers would do this. Plugged the amp in, switched it on, admired the glow from the LEDs acting as warn valves, and plugged my Tele in. Settled on the clean amp first, based on a small tweed amp, and within a few seconds i'd dialled in a great tone. added a bit of reverb and noodled away for a good half an hour. Messed around with the effects - bit of delay & reverb gave me the slapback rockabilly sound i use with the band. The Tremelo is fantastic. goes from a warm Ry Cooder style throb to a Link Wray on/off machine gun! Reverb sounds very three dimensional too. hit a note and it seems to bounce between both speakers. A quick run through the other amp mods just shows how versatile this amp is. the Crunch model sounds like an AC 15/30, Lead is pretty much into a Marshall territory, classic bluesy rock tone. Brit Hi-gain and Modern are more Marshall JCM and Mesa sounding models. The amp is very versatile, i play Blues / Rock'n'Roll / Rockabilly and Country so for me, the cleaner amp models work best for what i play. saying that, a quick change to Brit Hi Gain, add some Phaser or Flanger, bit of delay and i was happily playing along to some Van Halen. quick tweak and then i'm into Billy Corgan land before switching back to the crunch model and i'm back in blues territory. The amp is quiet enough to play while the TV is on, but 10 watts is seriously enough to make a noise. i'm planning on taking it to a house band rehearsal soon, just so i can play the electric and get the tones i want instead of bringing the acoustic. The amp also has an aux in so you can plug in any mp3 player- It sounds great, far better than a lot of docking station / bluetooth speakers). Plus it comes with downloadable cubase software for editing / recording - i've not even touched on this yet! One thing i must add, i've been playing guitar for over 30 years, owned and played through a lot of amps. a lot of valve amps that sound great when cranked. i admit to being a bit of a valve snob. this little THR has proved me wrong. it gives THAT tone at bedroom levels. i think i've played guitar a lot more lately since getting this amp. it really is that good, inspires me to pick up and play which at the end of the day is what you want isn't it? Buy one, you won't regret it!!

Compré este producto para practicar en casa y quizás usarlo para grabar maquetas via usb (lo toma como una placa de sonido con driver ASIO), sin muchas más pretensiones que eso, tengo equipos valvulares grandes o pedaleras digitales a las que hay que amplificar con algo para practicar y tener algo pequeño y portátil me agilizaba los tiempos a la hora de enchufar y tocar. Luego de unos días de tenerlo me sorprende el sonido que tiene, verdaderamente disfrutas tocando y, cerrando los ojos, en algunos seteos te olvidas que estas tocando con un equipo de estas características, para mi lo mejor logrado son los sonidos tipo plexi (lead) y el clean un escalón atrás el Hi brit, que también es muy bueno, los demás cumplen más que decentemente, Los efectos, sobre todo el chorus y el trem están muy bien logrados , al igual que los Delay y Reverb, la única critica que tengo es que los ajustes no son muy sutiles, y pasas de casi nada a mucho efecto con un toque de perilla, para un ajuste más fino hay que usar el editor de la PC. En resumen sonido de calidad con todo lo que se necesita para practicar en un formato pequeño y además estéticamente agradable, pienso que si contaría con conexión bluetooth no tendría competencia.en su segmento.