It's to turn this into a FULL TIME Fan-supported Channel: We need your help with funding! https://www.paypal.me/adventureswithjim http://www.adventureswithjim.com hit the chat! Thanks to Cojo for sending me this! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOesqZl0ycSfDrRJukMPKw NOTE: Little Bear does NOT do distortion, the distortion in the vid comes from built-in setting on the Fender power amp. These come new from China, mostly pre-assembled, have to bolt on the top and bottom cover and wire in the AC plug (only need a screw driver for that) BUT the AC plug supplied is a piece of shit. I ended up soldering on a different AC cord and plug. The weird thing about the amp is it's advertised as a "head phone" amp, but it has no headphone jack! It has stereo RCA jacks in and out. I tried putting speakers on it, won't drive them at all, managed to get cables to together for headphones...just not very loud. It is quite clean however, with a nice full tone, no buzz or hum. After more cable issues, I got it jacked into the big Fender FM212 as preamp. It does add a little bit of nice color to the tone, doesn't distort or fuzz. If you're a new player looking for that big tone, skip this, it won't get you there. If you're an experienced player looking for a subtle tone improvement, this is a good little pre-amp, adds a little bit of color and depth without major changes to your tone. Please note...the FM212 is a solid state amp, not sure this would do anything for you if you're already running tube amps. The design is attractive, and once you get the cable issues worked out, it does look cool the having the exposed tubes light up on top of the amp (LEDs under the tubes to enhance the normal tube light) One strange warning...the tubes themselves can transmit sound acoustically. If you bump the little bear, tap on a tube you can hear it in the power amp. If you wanted to use in a live setting you would have to have sound protection around it or it could go into in feedback...through the sound vibrating the tubes themselves. In the end I'd give it a 5 out 10...it's limited and takes some mods to get it to work (cables, sound proof for loud environment), disappointing considering the price point, on the plus side it looks cool and adds subtle flavor to your tone without adding noise. You'd probably be better off looking for a 12AX6 amp or something, who knows if the J-1 tubes in this will even be available in the future..as long as there are guitar players there will always be 12ax and 6L6 available SOMEWHERE, right? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJhSpiBipU8

It's to turn this into a FULL TIME Fan-supported Channel: We need your help with funding! https://www.paypal.me/adventureswithjim http://www.adventureswithjim.com Sorry the audio is fucked...it's a whole weird frame rate thing...But yes, the live show is coming back! Got a new "studio" nearly finished...what do you think topics should be? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqDxvZATsiI