Review of the Harley Benton MA-5 Miniamp amplifier. Where to buy it?

• Power: 5 W
• 3″ Speaker
• Clean and Distortion mode
• Volume and Tone controls
• Jack input
• 6.3 mm output for headphones or line out
• With clip for attaching to a belt or guitar strap
• Power supply via 9 V battery (not included – article nr 417473) or 9 V DC power supply (not included – article nr 409939)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 125 x 70 x 130 mm
• Weight: 0.4 kg

After giant racks with pre- and power amplifiers and expensive studio effects have been state of the art in the 80s, more traditional systems (head + 4X12 or a combo and a handful of stomp boxes) are more common at the moment again. A small amplifier keeps reappearing again and again: The Fender Deluxe Reverb. Compared to the larger Twin Reverb the Deluxe has a lot less power and has a harmonic overdrive even at moderate volume levels. Of course, great clean tones are possible, but the versatile “sweet distortion” is what so many guitarists appreciate and love with the Deluxe. Therefore the amp is the number 1 for many blues musicians, as well as for modern super guitarrists, such as Michael Landau. The fender-typical spring reverb and a tube vibrato effect allow even more “vintage”- sound variants.

• 2 Channels
• Power 22 W
• Equipped with: 1x 12″ Jensen C12K speaker, 8 Ohm
• Controls for: Volume, treble, bass, reverb, speed, intensity
• 4 Inputs – 2 per channel
• Speaker out
• Spring reverb
• Tube Vibrato
• 4 Preamp tubes: 12AX7
• 2 Preamp tubes: 12AT7
• 2 Power tubes: 6V6
• Dimensions (D x W x H): 24.1 x 62.2 x 44.5 cm
• Weight: 20 kg
• Protective cover included

• Power: 5 W
• 3″ Speaker
• Clean and Distortion mode
• Volume and Tone controls
• Jack input
• 6.3 mm output for headphones or line out
• With clip for attaching to a belt or guitar strap
• Power supply via 9 V battery (not included – article nr 417473) or 9 V DC power supply (not included – article nr 409939)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 125 x 70 x 130 mm
• Weight: 0.4 kg

• Vintage Series 68 Silverface
• Tubes: 4x 12AX7, 2x 12AT7 and 4x 6L6
• 2x 12″ Celestion G12V-70 speaker
• Power: 85 W
• 2 Channels: Custom and vintage
• 2 Inputs
• Controls: Custom CH volume, treble, middle, bass and bright switch, vintage CH volume, treble, middle, bass, reverb, speed, intensity and bright switch
• Effects: Reverb and vibrato
• Tilt-back legs for inclined positioning
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 50.46 x 66.4 x 21.9 cm
• Weight: 29 kg
• Double foot switch and cover included

• Power: 5 W
• 3″ Speaker
• Clean and Distortion mode
• Volume and Tone controls
• Jack input
• 6.3 mm output for headphones or line out
• With clip for attaching to a belt or guitar strap
• Power supply via 9 V battery (not included – article nr 417473) or 9 V DC power supply (not included – article nr 409939)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 125 x 70 x 130 mm
• Weight: 0.4 kg

• Channels: 6
• Power: 120 watts
• Equipment: 8″ & 5.25″ speakers & 1″ silk dome tweeter
• Fully equipped programmable digital mixer with effects and colour display
• Highly intuitive user interface with extensive dedicated parameter control
• Powerful 32-bit DSP engine with compressor, gate, mid sweepable EQ, high-pass filter, notch filter, phase inversion to each of the 4 Class A microphone preamps, Bluetooth streaming
• Global controls: Aux In, Monitor, Low, Mid, High
• Control channels 1-4: Gain
• Control channels 5-6: Level, Aux Send
• Global switches: Main, Aux, System, Chorus, Reverb, Mono, Bluetooth
• Switch channel 1-4: Mute, Pad
• Switch channel 3-4: Mic-Line / Instrument, + 48V, Output Source, Battery
• Connections channel 1/2: Mic In (XLR), Line In (6.3 mm jack), Instrument In (6.3 mm jack)
• Connections channel 3/4: Mic In (XLR), Line In (6.3 mm jack)
• Connections channel 5/6: Left / Right Stereo In (2x 6.3 mm stereo jack)
• AUX input (3.5 mm stereo jack)
• Right channel output (6.3 mm jack)
• Main Out (2 x XLR)
• MiDi In / Out
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 389 x 249 x 333 mm
• Weight: 13.6 kg
• Includes power cord and power adapter