Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Blackstar: Fly 3

Finally, a worthy desktop/ pocket amp that doesn't wimp out on tone- Blackstar's Fly 3.

This is a simple amp that packs a punch. Many other amps of this ilk manifest questionable tone so it begs the question- quality or novelty? Well done to Blackstar for putting in some thoughts into this one. The Fly 3 has decent cleans, it's typical small-driver serving stuff but it doesn't sound like it's on a budget. In OD mode, the Fly proves its worth, at higher volumes, the driver doesn't rattle & fuzz out the tone. This is important to me as it allows for some projection should I choose to do an impromptu lunch time performance at the office. It also means the Fly 3 has enough projection potential to rival a small practice combo so it's a great teaching tool. My only discord for it is the fact that it requires 6 AA batteries to get going but it'll accept an adapter which is sold separately. Great price to boot.

Blackstar: Fly 3
Availability: Davis GMC
Price: $60 $75

3 comments:

Ijau D. Koceng said...

hah! look at the price... can compete with orange micro crush?

subversion.sg said...

Orange micro crush sounds fuzzy- the reason I didn't buy...

Unknown said...

This is in my shopping list!