NAMM 2020 video: Get an exclusive look at the innovative Positive Grid Spark

NAMM 2020: Positive Grid recently unveiled the Spark, a smart amplifier and app combo which offers guitarists a truly interactive play-along experience.

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Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.

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