Moms: buy this for your kids

This is a really good started amp, it's not terribly loud, you can even take in with you on camping or cabin trips since it's battery powered. It comes with a built in Delay/Reverb with a timer. Has a Gain, EQ and Vol knob. Simply practical. Has headphone jack and a jack for input so you use it as a speaker system. I Has bloody Bluetooth, what more can you ask for?. It's so good, even works as a interface or you can plug your amps on for headphones or low vol. Guitar sounds fine and you can use pedals on it too. Would recommend practicing on this 24/7. This is fantastic. Only complaint I have is the battery's and it does not turn off by itself so if your lad Is drunk at a party say goodbye to a good 6 batteries AA. Turn it off and it can last a long time.

Fantastic

When someone says practice amp, this is what I suggest now. It just sounds good with good battery life and a solid build quality for not a lot of money. For me, it works with both humbucker and filter-tron pickups and it works everywhere at volume levels that lets the kids sleep and me practice. Sunroom, front porch, across the street giving lessons on another front step, living room, kitchen table.

Some might quibble with the ISF control over a Treble/Mid/Bass EQ, but I've found dialing to one side for humbuckers and the other side for filter-trons is all the control I actually need in a practice amp and leaves me not fiddling with the controls, but just playing. The delay is excellent for giving a nice reverb-ish feel at lower settings, all the way to a few repeats when desired.

My only ask for this would be to include the power supply with it instead of as an extra cost, but then I love having the freedom to just pick it up and move where it is quieter in a house with three kids.

I like when things just work and this does.

A Mini Amp that sounds like an Amp

Blackstar hit one out of the park with is amp. While in G.C. during the holidays the staff were unboxing the Fly. Being a Blackstar Fan and needing a travel amp I bought it. The tone and heft sold me on the purchase

Owning many headphone and micro amps the Blackstar Fly is the best I ever used or owned. Other amps sound like listening to music through a handheld transistor radio. Thin/Tinny/Flat. The Fly sounds like a real amp for its size. True guitar tone comes through even at low volumes. The tone is meaty and the distortion is good as any top solid state amp. The ISF can be used as a tone control however it only controls the mids in that capacity.

Having a delay instead of reverb (which is uncommon in a Micro Amp) is a great idea and suits the way I play anyway.

Whether you are a beginner, traveler, parent, backyard performer the Fly is not only a great value but great amp. Especially if your kid gives up on the guitar you are not out of a lot of money and the kid has a good music speaker so not a complete loss. Why?
1. Headphone Jack, which is better than ID TVP series amps 2. Satisfying sound at low volumes which make parents, Neighbours, Hotel Guest happy. Win-Win for everyone. 3. Loud enough for camping/deck playing 4. Lightweight and compact for on the FLY playing. 5. You could use it for busking I guess. 6. Use it to play music from Mp3/phone/Computer. It sounds as good as my bluetooth speakers i.e. Bose; so I can jam along with recordings.

What sucks the store did have a DC power supply and had to order one. I had fried the Fly using a Radio Shack power supply (matching Voltage and Amp). So you have to use Blackstar's power supply. Though the battery life is not bad about 15 hrs.

One of the best mini amps

Portable, battery powered and it has surprisingly good clean and OD tones for such a small speaker. You can run it to an external speaker as well but results will vary- probably nothing bigger than 6.5-8"

Get one.

I was searching for something that I can use Backstage, in the car, in my bedroom, pretty much anywhere, and still have a great tone. I played one at a local Guitar Center and immediately ordered it, it's flawless for good rock/metal tone, and anything in between. Sound is really really full for the size and plugging into the aux jack on these things and playing along to things works seamlessly.

THE ONE

i had use a lot of mini amps, but i must say that this is THE mini amp. It's so versatile, and the sound is so perfect. (obviously, we are talking about a mini amp). You can use it clean, with a little bit of gain or just push the OD button to make it sound like a little bastard. I love the chance to use it connected with my phone or any device using the AUX input. And the most experience i had, i played live with it. YES, i used the Headphones output to go straight to the mixer with my Cort SFX-E (Electro acoustic guitar) and it was awesome!!! even i was using batteries, by the way, don't care about buying the AC adapter, cause the batteries work for soooooo much time. I'm so happy about this mini amp!!! Totally recomend it!

Cool Amp

This little amp packs quite a punch that I did not expect. It has great gain distortion and a very nice built in reverb. There is a knob that blends either American or British amp sound, I really don't understand what that is about and can't tell much difference from one end of the spectrum to the other. Great bedroom practice amp, and I suppose you could take this out in a park somewhere and annoy people with it too. I am very glad I bought this amp, it is great!

Great portable amp with big sound

This amp is great. It is very light and portable (it can be powered with AA batteries), and it has a much bigger sound than expected. It has great fx features such ISO which can affect then as well as a delay fx setup as well. Highly recommended.

Excellent practice amp

Handy practice amp with long battery life. Great tones. Love the limited edition colours. I got a blue version. The passive extension cab works well too. Highly recommended to give this a try.

Great little amp

Small in size but packs quite a punch. Powerful enough for amateur gigs, specially if used in a combo with Fly 103. Sturdy construction. Excellent as a speaker for music from phone.