The world's best desktop guitar amp just got its first-ever discount in the Positive Grid Black Friday sale

It’s only just come out, but Positive Grid has seen fit to give their super smart amp a $20 discount in their Black Friday sale. It’s not huge money off, but for an amp that packs in an incredible amount of features and sits on the cutting edge of tech, we think it’s one of the best Black Friday guitar deals we’ve seen so far.

Having been hands-on with the amp itself, we think it’s a brilliant choice no matter what style of music you play. Equally comfortable with metal and hard rock as it is with jazz and blues, the huge selection of tones and abundance of practice tools make it a must-have for home practice.

Positive Grid Spark 2: was US$299 now US$279 at Positive Grid

Packing in a huge array of amps and effects, Positive Grid’s Spark 2 has one of the most complete sound sets of any practice amp on the market today. A built-in looper, smart practice tools, an AI tone generator, and a huge improvement in the quality of the speakers make it an all-encompassing amp for home practice. A $20 discount isn’t huge, but for an amp that’s so new, we think it’s the cherry on top of a very tasty cake.

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The sheer amount of tones available in the Spark 2 is really incredible, and they sound fantastic too. It’s brilliant at recreating that rich tube amp tone and giving you the feel of an amp on the edge of feeding back at a low volume. It sounds absolutely massive thanks to an increase in power to 50 Watts, and an upgrade to the FRFR speakers helps it deliver for both guitar and bass.

The stereo spread is really noticeable when you utilize delays and reverbs in your tones. The speakers have been angled slightly outwards versus the original Spark 40, which means you get some real multi-dimensional sounds when using stereo effects. You get a huge selection of overdrive and distortion pedals to add extra saturation, and there are plenty of modulation effects to let you build pretty much any sound you can imagine.

With the new looper function, PG has somehow managed to make it usable even if you don’t have a footswitch. Using just your smartphone, you can create endless complex loops, or just play a chord progression so you can try out some lead work over it. It is better with a footswitch - and the Spark Control X is available with a $20 discount in the sale - but it’s quite the achievement that it’s so usable without one. I really enjoyed the AI tone generator too, the results are mixed, but with the right input, you can create some really unique tones or ape the sounds of famous guitar players.