• Trouble free practice

  
  As reviewed by Tom Taylor on 3/25/2009

  I bought the amp for practice, because it was too much work to drag out the big amp, all the pedals, etc... just to play a little bit. Now I just grab the guitar case, and it's all in there. Quick and easy to use, and the effects sound great. I love this thing. I get the urge to play, and 5 minuetes later, I'm playing.

  9 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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• Could be better

  
  As reviewed by Romeo Ali on 11/12/2009

  I'm not impressed with this unit. The only useful effects are the Delay and Reverb. Everything else is either useless, or in the case of the Chorus, goes from too little to too much. The distortion is muddy. It starts out good then I don't know what happens. So most of the time is spent fine tuning to get a decent sound. There is a built in Noise Gate and Compressor which can't be turned off. So the sustain of the guitar is killed especially on string bends. I guess if you want portability you can't get everything.

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• out of the box with problems, just okay otherwise.

  
  As reviewed by Tom Nolette on 9/13/2012

  So from the get go, my iGTR has had problems, but too much time has elapsed to try to return it. It cuts out to silence if I strum too hard like it hits some limit. you have to power cycle it to get it back on. Sometimes instead of cutting out it blasts full volume static. Again this is straight out of the box. I might try lithium batteries to see if it a lack of current with regular alkaline batteries. Okay, so put aside that aspect of it. Let's talk about how it works when it is working. The dirty sound is just okay, there is little to do tone-wise. I do find tweaking the tone knobs on the guitar itself, you can get and okay sound (tried on Les Paul and Strat). So it has other effects, but basically you will only end up using reverb or delay. The reverb is not really reverb, it is more delay at a fast pace the emulates reverb. Also you have to chose between reverb, chorus, or delay. In my opinion the reverb should be on its own. But I can see why from a hardware/cost cutting perspective they have one delay-engine so it must accommodate chorus and reverb too, else be duplicated. If mine actually worked right, I think it is just okay. For the money it is probably worth it. Though the sound is not something I would want to put through a real amp. It is no Boss/Line6 calibre for sure. However,I do find it a novelty to be able to walk from room to room and keep playing. It comes with a belt clip, which is fine, though the clip itself is weak plastic and flimsy. I instead clip it on my guitar strap which has loop that snugs up against the clip to keep it more securely fastened. If mine worked right I would recommend it for a beginner. Otherwise not so great. It is really inexpensive, so I guess you do get what you pay for.

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