I liked popping out the "kickstand" in the back of the iRig Nano amp when positioning it on my desktop to allow the 3-inch speaker and the mighty 3-watt Class AB power amp to fire away at me. It runs on three AA batteries (included); check the cool video at www.irignanoamp.com/video.

In addition to the 1/4-inch guitar jack, there is also a 1/4-inch jack to connect an external speaker; I connected the 12-inch speaker in my Fender Blues Junior to little Nano and it sounded great and works just fine for recording sessions. The Volume control acts like a master volume on a regular guitar amp and the Gain knob will set the amount of overdrive from super clean to very distorted. Lastly, there is a Normal/Bright switch to set the overall tone with Bright my favorite for this particular speaker cabinet.

Switching the Amp/Device switch to device, the Nano becomes an interface for use with your iOS device. Connect your device using its 1/8-inch TRRS jack and included cable and run IK Multimedia software such as: AmpliTube, AmpliTube LE or AmpliTube FREE all for both iPhone/iPad devices and load in and play through any number of effects and stomp pedals.

You could put down song ideas using AmpliTube's 4-track looper and work on any set of stereo headphones plugged in. Along with your guitar, the iRig Nano Amp and your phone loaded with IK's software is a complete studio you could hold in your hand!