Harley Benton HB-20MFX

Another great value for money product

My only complaint is it went down in price 10 days after I bought one lol.... But nothing detrimental about the actual product, just the mean streak in me wanting even more of a bargain, as a beginner it's a great amp, has some effects but can be used clean to start with, nice to have a play with when I've had my initial practice, seems to have a good tone and is more than loud enough for my needs, has all the features I need so very happy with it.

Everything you need in one box for experimentation

Every beginner or amateur guitarist is looking for a simple option for connecting a guitar, while being as functional as possible and not costing a lot of money. MFX 20 fully satisfies these qualities. This combo is an excellent option for both the bedroom and the country house, or a small impromptu stage. I have been using it for over a year now, and it has performed excellently in all scenarios. Briefly about the really unobvious strengths of this amplifier: 1. Design. It's very solidly built and all the buttons and switches work really well even after a long time and even after my little daughter fiddled with them a lot. 2. Sufficient power for most scenarios. At home I play at a quarter power, but I had enough power to play in an open space in a country house with other musicians, the whole neighborhood could definitely hear us. 3. Parallel path of effects. Usually effects are applied to the guitar channel sequentially, and at the output we get the sound in the effects. This combo features two parallel channels that are mixed at the output into one signal: a guitar channel and an effects channel. This allows you to fine-tune the volume of the effects mixing with the guitar sound in a more subtle way than simply adjusting the effect volume level 4. Good reserve of low frequencies. The closed design of the combo amplifier, together with a sufficient diameter of the speaker (usually for this money we get a smaller speaker, devoid of low frequencies) gives a good low end that allows you to realize your desires. I even play through it at home using my bass guitar, and with the right setup it fits perfectly into the backing track mix. 5. Digital things. USB and bluetooth technologies make life a lot easier. It’s very easy to turn on a backing track, metronome, or YouTube video from your phone, playing along with it, it’s just as easy to connect a combo amplifier as an audio card, and without plug-ins, directly record demo audio with the desired sound into your computer or smartphone. Oh, there is also a good tuner for tuning before recording. 6. Flexible sound. The combo implements all the necessary patterns of guitar sound: clean (which, by the way, can be overloaded after 2/3 of the gain position), thick blues British crunch like the AC30, piercing lead sound of Fender amps, and two types of distortion sound, one low and velvety for good riffs, another biting with a good emphasis on mids and highs. Having played guitar processors occasionally, which have a lot more tonal options, I realized that this combo amp has enough audio channels for any scenario. Now about the disadvantages, unfortunately, they also exist: 1. It is impossible to edit presets. If you saved the sound, you can’t adjust it anymore, you can only re-record it to another one. Therefore, these are more likely presets for specific tasks than setting up universal sound options. 2. The setting knobs operate in stepwise manner. In principle, this is not a disadvantage, but it does not seem to work like the analog combo knobs. 3. The sound from the aux output does not simulate a guitar speaker. The sound is sharper than when playing through a speaker. on the other hand, by turning the high and mid frequencies you can achieve an acceptable result, and I play with headphones quite often. Of course, this is primarily an inexpensive combo for the home, for hobbyists. But if you don’t play professionally, don’t work as a musician, but play at home for fun a few days a week to relax and have fun, then this solution can be considered very interesting for the price. It will give you everything you need in one box for experimentation, introduce you to different guitar sounds and effects, and allow you to quickly (sometimes this is very important) record high-quality demos before inspiration wears off or your free time runs out.

for a beginner amp it was a good one, but over time the need to get a new amp because of the sound quality will become big

Not working properly

I bought this amp and had to buy an adapter. When I plugged in the amp, it started playing radio station noises and was muffling. I’m pretty sure I got a defect. Thankfully I got a refund for the amp.

Great for starters

Its a really good amplifier for starters. Sadly, you cant mix the effects

Very good for the price.

It was my first amplifier, made some good noise after a little bit of adjustment.

I was a bit unhappy with high gain sound quality, and overall the amplifier is a bit loud If you want to get the best sound out at home.

I was pleasantly surprised that you can modify the effects, a cool feature.

And also the Bluetooth connection, the sound quality was OK, not good, not that bad.

Overall I had a lot of fun with it and I'd say if you are choosing your first amplifier, it is the best pick for the money. Dirt cheap, good quality.

Good combo-box for a beginner

I like the feature that memories up to 4 profiles of settings as it gives you a feeling of playing with a pedal board, although it is limited.

It's a worse line 6 spider

The clean tones and overdrive are passable but if you want to chug on this thing then forget it, the bass is non existent and the distortion itself is fizzy sounder and thinner than my patience for Gibson shills, i don't know what job you'd want to do with this thing but it'll probably do it. Just not well. Go buy a Peavey VYPR or Boss Katanna its worth it more in the long run.

Pretty good

First of all this is a deal.If you dont want hifi quality but u want effects it s a great deal even if effects arent that good(u can use some cheap pedals btw)

Ok tone

You can have a crispy tone with this amp. It has a pro that it has some effects , delay chorus reverb and so. So it’s good for beginning .