Blackstar Fly 3 - The $60 Tiny Amp That Sounds AWESOME!

Today I demo the Blackstar Fly 3, a TINY 3W combo that runs off batteries or a separately sold PSU. It sounds great and is awesome for those situations where you need to travel light.

Time-codes:
0:00 - Edge of breakup
0:24 - How Small Is It?
0:33 - ISF Control
1:14 - Pedals in the Front
1:36 - Specs
2:11 - High Gain Mic’d speaker VS Emulated Line Out/Headphone Out
2:38 - Modern Gain
3:09 - How Portable Is It?
3:41 - Out In The Wild
4:16 - Clean Sounds
5:10 - Dirty Sounds
6:17 - Signal Chain

Signal Chain (see links below):
Harley Benton Telecaster / Gibson Les Paul / Harley Benton Jag
Blackstar Fly 3
For Pedals Section Only: EHX POG, Digitech Bad Monkey, EHX Memory Boy, TC Flashback Mini
Shure SM57 Microphone

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Gibson Les Pauls (Thomann USA):

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Harley Benton Tele (USA):

Harley Benton Tele (UK+EU):

Seymour Duncan pickup in Tele (USA):

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Harley Benton Jazz Master/Jaguar White (USA):

Harley Benton Jazz Master/Jaguar Sunburst (USA):

Harley Benton Jazz Master/Jaguar (UK+EU)

Shure SM57 (Amazon US)

Shure SM57 (Amazon UK):

Shure SM57 (Thomann USA):

Shure SM57 (Thomann UK+EU):

EHX Micro POG (Amazon US):

EHX Micro POG (Amazon UK):

EHX Micro POG (Thomann):

Electro Harmonix Memory Boy (Amazon US):

Electro Harmonix Memory Boy (Amazon UK):

Electro Harmonix Memory Boy (Thomann):

TC Electronic Flashback Mini (Amazon US):

TC Electronic Flashback Mini (Amazon UK):

TC Electronic Flashback Mini (Thomann):

[TobysGuitarGearDemos]

Time-codes:
0:00 - Edge of breakup
0:24 - How Small Is It?
0:33 - ISF Control
1:14 - Pedals in the Front
1:36 - Specs
2:11 - High Gain Mic’d speaker VS Emulated Line Out/Headphone Out
2:38 - Modern Gain
3:09 - How Portable Is It?
3:41 - Out In The Wild
4:16 - Clean Sounds
5:10 - Dirty Sounds
6:17 - Signal Chain

[thomasicekeys]

Perfectly done video. Clearly structured, concise, no nonsense, no over-the-top editing. All about the amp and not the YouTuber. All questions answered. Thank you!

[Jonqen]

the sound with the pedals where absolutly magical

[michaelthornburg]

Owned one of these for about 4 yrs. Great for home use. Playing along with favorite songs on the stereo it falls into the mix very well. Just great tone that is hard to beat for $70.00. Just buy one you won't be disappointed. Even Walmart Stores carries it now.

[wnrad]

Best demo of the Blackstar fly 3. Thnks man!

[BISCUITANDBASS]

I have this together with the extension cabinet, it's fantastic for taking to my Student Lessons and weighs nothing.
It's not a Marshall stack for sure, but it gets the job done in getting the message across...Excellent little piece of kit 👍

[tonychestnut]

I have this amp and you've shown me so many more sounds I can get from it. Thank you!

[bellachi]

Love this little amp. Perfect for practice and portability. Plays well with pedals. Batteries last forever. The only thing it’s missing is reverb.

[FlorianGuitar]

You're doing great reviews!
You say everything neccessary without using a single word.

[perthguitar]

Great demo man. You really did cover all the bases here. Sounds awesome with the line out or microphone. I don't need this amp but now I'm thinking about it!

[patrickrobinson]

I bought the green combo pack with the 103 ext cab and ac adapter included for 89$ like 3 years ago. Just bought a Beringer TO 800 tube overdrive pedal on Amazon for $20(had to see if it would push both cabinets harder and give me new possibilities.) The answer is a already a huge yes. I'm playing a custom built strat my dad put together with 2 nice P-90's. It's a vintage ivory white body w/ white pickups. The guitar is wired to where the 90s are nearly silent with no noticeable hum or slap back. You don't hear your mistakes, but regardless I only played for 10 minutes and can tell it's gonna be fun. I just wanted to find another person using pedals with it. It's honestly the best home amp( or any amp in general for ease of use and portability and tone) I've ever had. The I also use it for the speakers for our tv. HP Jack out from tv into line in on the fly 3(6 watts). They truly shine. with clarity, tone and volume. Best buy on the market for a home anp.

[coachcleats]

I also have this amp and ext cab. This is one of the best demos I've heard. I don't have a issue getting a good sound out of this and don't understand why so many people have trouble.

[medmusic]

I play guitar with this amp, i listen to music with it, i connect it to my projector to watch movies it sounds huge
And of course it can shout 100db
Man it is awesome

[Ralph-fu]

Love your presentation, and what you have on the controls panel Thank You !

[southsidejohnny]

Greetings Toby, from Glasgow in 2022. You have an excellent review format, thank you so much for posting.

[russellful]

awesome video I got this amp when it came out wasn't keen on it couldn't get the sound i wanted watching your video has inspired me to give it another go try some settings you used see how it goes thanks merry Christmas stay safe

[tankdarla]

that jazzmaster is dope even though its sunburst

[markoz]

Marvellous demo. You covered all the areas. Didn't like the emulated line out.

[arvinsim]

Thanks for the review. Getting this ove the Boss Katana Mini now

[normfpv]

Great review, no talking, to the point. Thanks. Liked and subbed.