Harley Benton JAMster Bass

First off, the packaging. I ordered a cable with it too, which for some reason doubled the size of the packaging. Pointless waste of space, but I digress.

However, the amp is really great. Took some time to get a good tone, but when I did, then man was it nice. It features a gain, volume and tone knob and also overdrive, which is really adequate to my standards. It's not too raspy or loud or too mild. The volume is great, you can play plenty loud if you want to, but the quality slightly suffers a bit on the low end. It also features bluetooth! I connected and played a song and it sounded alright. The treble of the audio felt a bit weaker than the original, but it's a bass amp so I digress. Amazing for the price! It comes with a short power cable and also can fit 2 AA batteries! The amp is also light and I imagine it would be easy to carry. Great for practise at home or maybe even playing out in a small place. Definitely worth a try, did not dissappoint!

I wanted a portable (battery powered) bass practice amp with aux inputs and overdrive. Loud enough to hear at close range but not enough for neighbors to complain or housemates to throw things at me. This checks all those boxes.

It does feel a little cheaply made, but after all, it's a cheap amp, right? My five star rating considers value for price paid.

Thomann customer service was great. UPS charged a whopping 115% tariff to the US. An appeals court recently upheld a ruling that these tariffs are illegal. So bow it'll go to the Supreme Court for final ruling. Unfortunately we have a "kiss the ring" conservative majority in the court, so it's anybody's guess whether they'll follow the law or kiss the ring. Stay tuned.