r/PositiveGridSpark

Picked up a Live on Marketplace for $200. Beautiful condition. Was only able to check the speaker with Bluetooth. Got it home and no sound whatsoever on input 1. Did a factory reset. Checked my cables. Used different ones. Made sure the presets were all volumes up. Made sure the mixer is volumed up. Reached out to PG support and they said it’s out of warranty bc of it being second hand. All the other inputs work great. I have the Go, Mini, and the 2 and all are exceptional! I hate to return this. I’m lucky cause the seller is agreeable. Are there any ideas? Loose speaker wire? Firmware update?

There is no sound, no crackling, no static when I have a cable plugged in. Any thoughts appreciated!

I've had a Spark Go for about 6 months and I've always been confused about what each pedal or amplifier pairs with, so with IA's help I made this PDF. I hope it helps someone as much as it helped me.

spark tone dictionary

spark real amp and pedals

Hi all,

Been using my spark Mini for a few months now. While I love the sound and convenience for practice, something still bugs me about the sound. When I pick a note and let the note decay, there's always a sudden drop in the end making it sound "unnatural". For example, the volume would go from 100% to maybe 30% and then just drop to 0. I know this is not my technique or my guitar or cable because when I use my tube amp, this doesn't happen.

Just wondering if this is normal with digital amp or a spark Mini thing or I have a defective unit or there's some settings I can change somewhere.

I hope my example makes sense to you

Note: I already turned off the noise gate pedal and while it helps a bit in picking dynamics, it doesn't help the noise decay issue think

Best way to get good tones? Spark Ai or how are yall doing it? Im a noob still just wondering on any input got the katana gen 3 aslo but it doesnt have all the things the spark 2 does, thanks

Hi All,

I have a Spark Live and it has been fantastic for us.

I admit that I have not really tapped into the potential of the amp. We usually play everything on the default settings. When I start reading technical jargon because I am unfamiliar with the language I blank out.

On to the reason for my post. I bought a new microphone for us to play around with. It is a Shure 520dx I want that kind of lofi telephone/megaphone sound. I was goofing around with it yesterday and it was awesome I found the telephone and megaphone settings and was stoked.

I went back into the app today to show my kids and for the life of me I cannot find the settings again.

I tried searching it up but didn’t have any luck.

Anyone got the skinny on how to locate these settings again?

I am banging my head on the wall.

I have the mic plugged in, the amp turned on, the app open to input two and now what?

Appreciate any help you can provide.

Anybody else have the spark Neo? I mean when it works and connects to Bluetooth it's like magic. Unfortunately that's 5% of the time which makes it borderline useless to have all those options if it never connects.

Hey all, currently struggling a bit with collecting info about these controllers and which one to go for. What would be the best hassle free one (easiest to connnect on a daily basis) to use for simple home usage.

Thank you in advance.

If you're in the United States I would suggest you buy from Sweetwater. Positive grid products are awesome, but they're kind of expensive. My Neo wireless headphones decided to crap out on me last week and Sweetwater is sending me a new pair. After calling today, they will be here on Thursday. That's a 4-day turnaround not counting the weekend so pretty impressive customer service from them.

Does anyone have real world recommendations for how to manage volume and Boost for solos on the spark 2? Before you answer, yes you can put a boost or volume pedal inline between the guitar and the amp, but that only controls input volume, effectively the same thing as the volume knob on the guitar itself.

You can use a TRS volume pedal like the Nektar with the Control X, which does work kind of. That requires either setting the volume with a top limit in your hardware presets or just going for the max volume and it lacks the control of something like an Ernie Ball Jr volume pedal. So not useless but not a great solution when playing live.

The app boost pedal is effectively just an OD so it doesn’t really do the job I need, at least in my experience.

FWIW, I use the Spark 2, with the Cab and the XLR out to the PA board at live gigs and it sounds amazing. The only real issue is I play lead and I really need a stomp box method the jack the volume for solos.

TLDR: How do you boost volume for solos on the Spark 2?