The AGL-40 Watt Amp, by Lyxpro: A Review

note: I am a guitar novice.

I wouldn’t quite call myself a beginner since I’m at more intermediate stages of guitar playing now, as you can see by my playing ability throughout the video

So, as I would’ve loved to churn out some great riffs, I’m still not there yet, but I’m getting closer.

excuse me for the repetitive playing and fiddling, I’m just like that.

Equipment used
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Power Sources:

Truetone 9V 1-Spot Plug
Upbright 24V AC/DC adapter

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Pedals Used:

Kmise, Compressor
M-Wave, Mini Universe, Multi-Reverb
Kmise, Fuzz, Super/Hyperfuzz Clone
Sonicake, Rude Mouse, Rat Distortion Clone
Rowin, Noise Gate
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Copied from my Amazon Review of the amp:

“When I first started playing guitar, I got a really measly Epiphone Electar 10R, alongside my Epiphone Les Paul Special I as part of a 150 combo with a guitar care and a majority of that cost came from the Electar 10R (other than the obvious Les Paul)

The amp, when searching around on the internet for it, is a 10 watt amp, super powerful for a mini amp but very thin. It’s an open back with a small speaker so the tones aren’t as good as you’d expect it to be, and as much as a solid mini amp it may be, it definitely wasn’t worth the $80-$50 dollars you’d see it go around on the internet for. Maybe $40 at worst.

After playing with the amp for a while, I started to plug it into an old Active Speaker System made by Sony, the SRS-D4. It also cost around the $50 range, and together, the two were about $100 bucks.

It got me some good tones for a while but it wasn’t viable, to the point where I’d have a mess of tangled wire alongside my daisy chain for Mt pedals & what not, so I started looking for a cheap, 1-stop shop solution, and here, I come across this great, 40-Watt Amp!

For only $100 dollars and $60 with the New Account Discount, this amp is an ABSOLUTE STEAL! Most 40 Watts by name-brands would cost around $300-150! Can you begin to see why this is such a great deal?

It’s much louder, much thicker, and way more worth $100 dollars than my SRS-D4 + Electar 10R combo setup that I have, and it has way more versatility!

The EQ System is great, albeit the bass gets stuck in the box so you can barely hear it, and the only time you really do is when you crank the mids and the treble down so that only the bass is listenable. You can also get more prominent bass by switching the tones on your pedals directly, but who wants to do that?

I made a review up on my YouTube channel, playing around with it for about an hour or so, and it’s genuinely great.

The build quality doesn’t need to be so pristine for such a cheap amp, and yet it’s still so great and durable. It feels pretty sleak and clean, despite how others might want to comment on it as “a Marshall knock-off,” which, honestly?

The only comparison between a Marshall and this thing is its excessive gainy treble and the fact that the interface is gold in color; Otherwise, this little beast has a whole different thing going on for it!

So if you’re a beginner, looking to get a good, cheap amp? I’d 100% recommend this chunky beast.

The only reason why this isn’t a personal 5 stars for me is because of the very whacky Equalizing in which I touched upon, and it also doesn’t work with some pedals.

I’ve gotten this looper pedal from Temu, the one with the LED Screen and the USB-C plug that you can use for it, and when it’s connected in the pedal chain, you just can’t hear it at all within the amp.

Unless this is a pedal specific issue- I’m unsure of how to get the amp to sound well with the Looper, so just keep an eye out if some pedals don’t work.

Other than that? On any of the other plugs, I have no complaints!

The Aux & Headphone jacks work super well, and I’m yet to test the microphone inputs, but I’m sure it’s also fine in that area.

There’s this great built-in delay, which I wish was more versatile and had more time & repeats, but it’s really good as is.

The built-in boost and overdrive is also really great for rock & softer overdriven tones, and honestly, I’ve been using that more than my own fuzz and distortion pedals.

The passive and active jacks insist that the guitar is plugged in at lower and higher internal power(s), respectively, but I haven’t personally noticed any difference.

Overall, it’s a super solid amp for a super solid state.

8/10″

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Originally posted by UCXXR3b9rn1ebM1k-A6tVlaw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvVdpR25YcQ