Kithouse B6 Guitar Headphone Amp Mini

Very cool little unit at this price point, take it for what it is. It's not a top notch mind blower, but $40 doesn't get you that anywhere. It IS a very cool unit at a fair price, despite a few goofs from the manufacturer with labeling of the 5 settings. So here's what you get.: Clean setting - clean with no effects...sounds too dark for my taste, but not bad at all. Chorus- Mislabeled, this is actual a REVERB setting...VERY NICE Gilmour overdrive tone with reverb, my fave setting Flanger- Not a Flanger at all, this is the Chorus setting, think Purple Rain from Prince intro chorus. Great too. Metal- NICE Plexi heavy sound, very good too. Wah- 70's adult film cheesy wah, but fun to mess around with. BLUETOOTH... doesn't sound amazing but the fact that you can jam along to the music on your phone with a thing that cost less than $50 is great. The last component would be your headphones. If you have crappy ones, guess what it'll sound like. All in all, the other micro amps are modeled after ONE amp tone, this one gives you 5 different settings. You can chalk up the mislabeling of effects to language barrier, you'll know what i mean when you read the box and instructions. The coolest thing about this little amp is that it makes it easy for you to jam ANYWHERE. I bought it to use at work on my lunch breaks and ended up buying a second one so i can jam at home in my patio or anywhere at all. Makes it more likely you'll pick up your guitar and start playing anywhere.

I travel now and then, and I often take with me a little travel guitar (a Washburn Rover, which has a great neck) which I have souped up with a Kent Armstrong jazz pickup and Fishman piezo and an onboard preamp. I play jazz and use band trax on my iPad or iPhone to back me up when I practice. This gadget offered the possibility of mixing my guitar with my band using Bluetooth and have it come out of the same speaker, amp, etc. Well, that worked, but it was a process. This is weird: the gadget has a 1/4” male Jack to insert into the guitar, as expected. I had understood that it has a cord with a 3.5 mm. (1/8”) male jack on each end. The cord insert into the gadget takes a 3.5 mm male jack. The gadget also comes with a 3.5mm. female to 1/4” male adaptor. Why? The cord already has one 1/4” male, for going into an amp, and I need a 3.5mm. male to plug into the gadget. Actually, the cord should have a 3.5 mm male on EACH END, and then include the 3.5 mm female to 1/4” adapter. Please fix this! So I bought a set of inexpensive, $40 Sennheiser headphones that came with a 3.5 mm attached cord, and I was able to plug that into the gadget directly and it worked fine. However, the maximum volume was not very loud. Adequate, but certainly no threat to hearing. I have an old Altec Lansing Orbit speaker that has a 3.5mm male cord coming out of it, and that works great with my iPad, but the cord is very short. So I bought a four foot cable with two 3.5 mm male jacks and bought a 3.5 mm female/female adapter so the two male jacks could work together. That worked fine, and I liked the tone, but again it wasn’t very loud, even turned up all the way. Then I spotted a pair of earplugs from an iPod I bought recently. I don’t use them. Never even tried. But they had a 3.5 mm male plug, so I plugged them into this gadget. Hey! They sounded great! Much more volume, and quite a good clean jazz sound! Yeah! So when I travel next week I’ll simply take the guitar, this little gadget, and the tiny earplugs, the last two of which take up only a couple inches in the guitar’s little gig bag. Bluetooth: I followed the simple directions. B6 showed up in my iPad under the possible Bluetooth pairings, I clicked on it, and it opened. Simple! Worked fine! I adjust my band against my guitar by using the volume on the iTunes app. Effects: I only use a clean channel, and the closest thing to that on this gadget is the Reverb function. With the headphones, that sounded like very mild reverb, and with the speaker and the earplugs, it just sounds clean. As for distortion, Flange, Wah, etc, I never use them, but I tried them. If you like to practice silently but with distortion, you’ll do okay with this. I’m not sure you’ll use the other effects. Bear in mind that there is no control panel app (so far as I know) to change the rates of these things, and you can only use one at a time! To change, you have to press a button to cycle through the options, and the button is connected to your guitar’s 1/4” outlet. Hard to see. Impossible while playing. So I’d say, count on either clean with a little reverb or a distortion tone. Those are the most important anyway, if you have to pick two. If you use an acoustic electric guitar and want it to go into an amp with Bluetooth to access your band trax, this will do that, quite nicely, using the reverb setting. Easy. So, this IS a useful little device, so long as you know what it does and does not do and it still meets your needs. I’m pleased, as it does what I need while taking up very little room. This and the earplugs should work fine with any travel guitar that takes a 1/4” Male jack.

So, as a somewhat beginner to electric guitar and a novice acoustic player I was looking for a solution to an amp. I wanted to hear the effects and be able to play along with music. Also, wanted to save my marriage. I started looking up different amps and a device similar to this popped up. So I started doing some homework. Devices like this can run $20 to $300. Being the frugal guy I am I chose this one mostly due to price. I received it in about a week and have had it for a few weeks now. Two words: Game Changer. I'm one of those non-gifted people who love music. I dont have a built in tuner or metronome like my wife and kids. I work really hard and strive to develop a skill. I have good days and bad days. With this device no one can really hear me whaling away or messing up. Plus, it's fun to discover things like nailing Freedom Song by Bob Marley using the effects. Also, tonight, just a few minutes ago I discovered it works equally as well with my acoustic guitar. I plugged in and was pleasantly surprised how good it sounded. In addition. I would like to answer a few questions I had and may pop up: Q. Can I play MP3 or other music and hear my guitar? A. Yes! For someone like me that is timing challenged this has been a God send. Q. How long does the battery last? A. At least a week or more after playing an hour a day practicing. Haven't charged it yet. Q: Does it work with Bluetooth headphones? A. Yes! Q. Would you buy it again? A. In a heart beat! Q: Hows the marriage? A. Strong! Happy wife happy life. Hope this helps!

This cool little product is a guitar amp that you can carry in your pocket. It is reachable so you don't have to worry about swapping batteries. It has five sound options but I really only use clean, reverb, or heavy metal. It has a headphone jack so you can use it in a dorm room or other shared spaces without bothering anyone. I highly recommend giving the little amp a try. I think you'll love it!