Mooer Hornet 15i Modeling Amp White

So, I would describe myself as a beginner to intermediate acoustic player - and am trying out electric guitar. I have used a Mooer headphone effects amp previously, but wanted my first proper practice amp. There are a bewildering number of amps out there and I chose the Mooer simply because of previous experience and the spec, on paper looked ideal for me.

This is a nice looking unit in white. Only one control on the front (on/off/volume/press to change to a preset). It's a nice compact size - not tiny, but will fit on a bookshelf. It's pretty solid and heavy, maybe around 4kg.

The unit is controlled by the Mooer iamp app which you download onto your phone. It connected straight away by Bluetooth. The app gives you a huge number of different amps to choose, or if you simply want to play a particular style, you can choose from lots of different styles (e.g. Blues, Jazz) instead - I use this option as I haven't got a clue about amps at this stage. However, if you want you can completely model any guitar sound with a "workflow" which incudes od, amp, dyna, mod, delay and reverb - each of which has a load of parameters to fiddle about with. The app also has (user tools option) a tuner, metronome and drum machine - so I've been using these tools to help improve my timing and speed.

To my ears, the sound is lovely from this amp - I can get some nice full, mellow tones. It has 15w, and so far I have only had the amp on about 3 - which is loud enough for me to worry about the neighbours - so volume won't be an issue!

All in all, it's a great amp and at a very reasonable price - it's so simple to use as a beginner and has such a nice sound that time flies when you are practicing! I'm sure there are lots of features I haven't noticed or used yet, which is the nice thing about the amp, plenty to explore when you are ready to, but easy to get up and running straight away.

Note for UK shoppers - it was supplied only with a Euro plug, so you'll need to find a C5 to UK plug mains lead with an appropriate rated fuse. Delivery to UK from Thomann very quick, and very well packed.

Yes, it's a cheap amp, but I wouldn't recommend it for practicing on overdriven sound. The compression is too unnatural and feels delayed. For clean playing, it seems OK.
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1. All overdriven sounds are bad — they're just compressed mayhem
2. It doesn't feel like a real amp at all, in my humble opinion, but the dynamics feel unnatural
3. Top-mounted power input. Who decided to make this? Annoying
4. You can only control the settings via the Bluetooth app, which is also a drawback.

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1. Nice looking
2. Has built-in tuner and other things

I bought this for my kid, but it's an uninspiring and strange amp for practicing.

Ich habe nach längerer Recherche die Entscheidung getroffen, mir den Mooer als Übungsamp für zuhause zu holen. Ich bereue es nicht. In der Kombination mit dem Bluetooth Fußschalter und der App von Mooer macht es richtig Spaß, mit dem Ding zu spielen. Mich interessieren Sounds mit wenig Schnickschnack aber viel Charakter für Classic Rock und Blues. Die Ergebnisse haben mich so überzeugt, dass ich das Teil mit zur Bandprobe genommen habe. Aus dem Kopfhörerausgang in eine aktive DI Box und in den Mixer. Nach Reduzierung der Bassanteile über die App waren/sind wir sehr angetan von den Soundmöglichkeiten des Mooer. Keinerlei Nebengeräusche. Die Leadgitarre meines Kumpels kommt über einen teuren Fractal. Weder mit dem Sound, noch mit der Bedienbarkeit muss sich die Kombination Amp, Footswitch, App davor verstecken. Mittlerweile hab ich den Amp in ein kleines Gehäuse gebaut, das im Proberaum bleibt. Für zuhause hab ich mir jetzt die 30 Watt Version gekauft. Nach Jahrzehnten der Alternativlosigkeit habe ich meine Röhrenamps und Pedalboards abgestöpselt und (erstmal) in den Schrank gestellt.

Oui, ça ne sonne pas aussi chaleureux qu'un ampli à lampe, ou qu'un modélisation haut de gamme type Yamaha THR30 ou autres.

Mais pour un ampli de travail à ce tarif c'est génial.

Les presets sont mauvais, mais un fois personnalisés, on obtient des sons vraiment cohérents pour travailler, improviser, apprendre des solos. L'ampli est léger, très bien fini, peu encombrant.

L'appli est simple à utiliser et dispose de toutes les fonctionnalités, y compris un looper intégré, qui fait défaut à presque tous ses concurrents (Nux, Spark, Katana, Yamaha).

Le seul hic, c'est l'absence de potards sur l'ampli, obligeant à passer par le portable, mais une fois vos quatre presets enregistrés, vous pouvez les sélectionner directement sur le bouton unique de l'amp, ça faitle job.

Bref, pour ce prix, pour bosser à la maison sans s'emmerder avec les pédales ou de looper, sans s'encombrer et sans se ruiner c'est parfait. J'imagine qu'une fois le footswitch acheté, lui aussi sans fil, qui permet de contrôler le looper et les effets, ce doit etre génial.