Yamaha THR5 10-Watt Desktop Guitar Combo Amp

This amp feels like the cutting edge in 2023. I've played dozens of guitars thru many amplifiers (every major amp modeler, loads of average solid state and computerized amps from the past 3 decades, a few ridiculous tube icons) and I would say that this amp is as good as it's specs can give you. This is the best amp for $200. This is the best amp with 10 watts behind it. There are no unjustified compromises. This Yamaha has expanded fully into its niche and left hardly any room for improvement.The sounds are amazing. This is the most musical amp I've ever owned. You can just crank all the knobs in any direction and something decent will come out. The little dual speakers are perfect. This thing sounds huge. The bass is deep enough that it never feels like its actual size. The amp models are perfect. I don't really use the gain models, but they sound fantastic. The three flavors are entirely distinct and make up a comprehensive collection of lead tones. I'm especially happy with the "Modern" model. It is much more dynamic than your typical pot-and-pans racket EXTREME full-gain amp setting. The clean model has ergonomic headroom, the crunch model is flexible, and they're all vibrantly touch-sensitive.This is not the kind of amp where you think about other amps while you're playing it. It's everything you need for a living room. The sounds you're thinking about are in there, and the doors to get them out are all unlocked. The effects are not knockoff crap. They are real. The reverb isn't a "well, at least you've got one" muddy echo. It's a whole, beautiful, drippy reverb suite that I'd find good enough for a pedal board.Can't say enough good. It feels, looks, and sounds great. It is really the best of everything. I rarely have such unqualified praise for gear. This thing is ergonomic and functional enough to pull me away from Neural for practice and light jamming. It is forward-thinking. The interface is intuitive, and the controls are well-tuned and thought out. It has set a new standard for me; my old mini amps are basically useless now haha.Here are my dumb little Cons:1. I wish it had a 3-band EQ. I don't need it. This tone knob is good. I just want it.2. The tuner has less polish than the rest of it. I use it often, but accessing it is clunky. Turn the amp on, wait for it to wake up enough for the tuner, press and hold the Tap: Delay. Don't press it too soon. Don't release it too quickly. Oops, you missed somehow. Try again. And you've got that big ugly LCD screen just for this. The rest of the amp feels and looks so great that this little headache sticks out a lot. Maybe I'm dreaming, but I'd have paid extra for a cute little LED array and a dedicated control.3. Need a computer to access everything. This amp has a built-in compressor and presets! You gotta plug it in for that, tho. At that point, I'd rather use modeling software and get literally everything all at once. I wish I had a compressor knob sometimes. I really want all the controls from the bigger models, but this wattage is perfect and it'd feel dumb doubling my wattage just for presets.These cons aren't a big deal, but they all definitely make the amp feel less like the "small model" and more like the "budget model" when the rest of the amp says the opposite. I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend quite this much on a practice amp. I'm glad I did. It isn't a "practice" amp. It just does that really well too. What a cool little instrument.

Awesome sound for such a little amp. Tones are incredible for such an affordable package. I own a kemper profiler but even that takes a lot of rigging. I think this little guy is a perfect gift for a beginner or advanced guitarist as it's small, super portable and sounds like a champ. I didn't expect it to be this loud too. Wish I had amps like this when I first started learning. No need for pedals or modelers to get going. I'm definitely looking into the big brothers now. [Thr10/ Thr30]

Live in a 1 bed in NYC. More than enough volume for my apartment - I play it at around half capacity (master/gain/volume) and it sometimes makes me nervous about noise complaints.Love the built in tuner and metronome, as well as the built-in effects. Pretty much all you need is this lil thing and a guitar and you're good to go. Made getting started really easy.

I love this little guy! I live in an apartment so playing through my touring rigs isn't always easy because they are loud and usually in storage or on the trailer. This little guy goes wherever my luggage goes. Perfect for warming up in the green room, jamming at home or in the hotel, writing, or just noodling around. Definitely a killer value for the price.

This is a good practice amp and I'm happy with it. At the time of this review this is the base model in the THR line so it doesn't have all the features of the more expensive units, but it's good for practice and low volume jamming. You can get decent clean and high gain tones and it has built in modulation, delay and reverb effects. My only complaints are minor. When using the amp knob to adjust the reverb and delay I find the lowest settings to be way more effect in the mix than I would normally use. For a practice amp that's not a deal breaker, and you have better control of the effect mix using the THR app on your computer. And you can't save presets. So considering this is the base model and it only takes a bit to dial in a good tone for practice that is also not a deal breaker.

This is an awesome amp. A bit on the high side, but in this case, you get what you pay for. First I tried the Blackstar FLY3PAKGREEN. Not a bad set up if all you want to do is hear yourself. I will offer my review on that product, but I would not go to it again unless ... that was all there was. On the other hand, it was just ~$100.So, instead of two speaker cabinets, you get them house in one at twice the price. However, for twice the price I get 5x better quality and fun. I do travel for my job and take this with me on my trips. There are plenty of options for sound and I even run this to my acoustic amp if I really want some sound. However, with this by itself, there is plenty of sound. I have dropped this one *OUCH* but it has kept pumping out sound. I have to be careful when plugging in my acoustic guitar because I can get lots of feedback especially on the distortion settings, but not so with my electric. Since this is for travel, I don't take my acoustic. I use my Traveler Guitar for this purpose.For as small as this is, it sounds really nice. Much better than I expected. The construction is a metal cabinet with a solid metal handle. It has a tuner onboard which is really nice. I used to use the power cord (no pun intended) to run this, but am using batteries. Alkaline batteries are cheap & I like not having the chord around so that I can snag it and drop it ... again.