--- product_id: 206946807 title: "Rushead Max USB Chargable Portable Pocket Guitar Bass Headphone Amp Carry-On Bedroom Plug-In Multi-Effects" brand: "valeton" price: "VT17428" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Valeton" url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/206946807-rushead-max-usb-chargable-portable-pocket-guitar-bass-headphone-amp store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # 3 amp models: Clean, Overdrive, Distortion 5-hour USB rechargeable battery Multi-effects: Chorus, Tremolo, Flanger, Reverb, Delay Rushead Max USB Chargable Portable Pocket Guitar Bass Headphone Amp Carry-On Bedroom Plug-In Multi-Effects **Brand:** valeton **Price:** VT17428 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🎧 Elevate your practice game with pro tones in your pocket! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Rushead Max USB Chargable Portable Pocket Guitar Bass Headphone Amp Carry-On Bedroom Plug-In Multi-Effects by valeton - **How much does it cost?** VT17428 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/206946807-rushead-max-usb-chargable-portable-pocket-guitar-bass-headphone-amp) ## Best For - valeton enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted valeton brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Seamless Integration:** Aux input for backing tracks and headphone output for private, immersive sessions. - β€’ **Jam Anytime, Anywhere:** USB rechargeable battery delivers 5+ hours of uninterrupted practice or performance. - β€’ **World-Class Amp Tones:** Authentic Clean, Overdrive, and Distortion models inspired by legendary amps. - β€’ **Pocket-Sized Powerhouse:** Compact metal build fits in your palm, perfect for on-the-go creativity. - β€’ **Dynamic Multi-Effects Suite:** Switchable modulation and ambient effects let you craft your signature sound. ## Overview The Valeton RH-100 Rushead Max is a portable, USB-chargeable headphone amplifier designed for guitarists seeking professional amp tones and versatile effects on the go. Featuring three amp models (Clean, Overdrive, Distortion) with cab simulation, switchable modulation (Chorus, Tremolo, Flanger) and ambient effects (Reverb, Delay), it offers up to 5 hours of battery life. Its compact metal enclosure and AUX input make it ideal for private practice, jamming with backing tracks, or bedroom recording, delivering high-quality sound with minimal noise. ## Description Product Description 1. LEVEL: Controlling the overall volume level 2. TONE: Controlling the brightness 3. AMBIENT: Controlling the ambient module effect amount 4. MOD: Controlling the mod module effect amount 5. GAIN: Turning up for more gain 6. AUX IN: 1/8” stereo audio input for you to jam with your favorite backing track 7. Phones: 1/8” stereo output jack to connect your headphones or other devices 8. Power: Turning it on and off 9. USB: Charge it with the USB cable 1 -DL: Produces a warm, natural analog delay effect -REV: Simulates the acoustics of a performance hall with natural decay -D+R: Combines delay and reverb in one 2 -CH: Produces a pure, bright chorus effect -TR: Produces a classic optical tremolo sound -FL: Produces a classic flanger tone 3 -CL: Based on vintage US style combo amps -OD: Based on legendary UK style amps -DIST: Based on modern higain amps Excellent Effect Amps love effects, and Rushead Max also hooks you up with multi-mode, switchable modulation, delay and reverb effect modules to give your performance that choice "A-list" tone. Practive Tool And Tour Partner A special designed lithium battery is for powering the amp and bringing you over five hours of continuous use charged by USB. An AUX IN jack bestows upon you the right to jam on your favorite tracks. Everything You Need Rushead Max is a straight-forward, easy to use headphone amplifier for guitar. Inside you'll find all the heat of the world's most famous amplifiers, each with a full range of gain adjustment.You get everything you need for clean natural tone, toasty overdrive, and even heavy metal! Review: Incredible value for money - First impression: this thing is SMALL! Comparing it to my older Joyo English Channel headphone amp it's actually slightly larger, but these amps are still absolutely pocket-sized and the Valeton has many more features. It's powered by a rechargeable battery and the box includes a short USB cable in case you haven't got one. I've had several devices with a Micro USB socket before, so you too may well already possess a longer one. Switching it on I was immediately pleased to see it was supplied fully charged. Next I was also pleased to find the knobs have markers to show their settings and have the translucent, slightly squishy rings around them which are a distinctive feature of Sonicake & Valeton products and which I really like the feel of. More practical than the Joyo's "buried" controls which have no markers. The knobs are well laid out, with first the basic Level and Tone, then the three effects, each with their corresponding mode switch under them. Now for the sound test! Clean channel: Gain vs. Level doesn't make a lot of difference - I assume this is because there's no distortion circuit on this channel. However at high levels of the Level control, or with the Gain turned up full and medium Level, you can get some crunch which is quite reasonable for a tiny transistor amp. This is impressive because the crunch of an overdriven Clean channel is often missed out of the list with small amps. The Tone control is very well calibrated for Clean, from not too muffled to not too crisp! Only a tiny amount of hum and fizz, almost inaudible. Overdrive channel: A pretty usable roar, again the Tone control gives some usable adjustment. The Gain knob functions more as a sag control than changing the amount of distortion. Hiss and fizz appear when you're not playing but are no worse than the average "real" amp. Distortion channel: Heavy modern fuzz with sustain and a distinct octave overtone. Good for practicing sustain lead but rather spitty suggesting the amp is hitting a hard limit - it may be set up slightly too distorted. As with the Overdrive channel, Gain and Level produce a very similar effect, just emphasising a slightly different range of mid frequencies. Definite hum in the background, like a real high-gain amp (in fact I'd say not as bad) but only audible when not playing. Delay: clean but with a substantial hi-cut, which is sensible since there's no Depth or Feedback controls - the knob controls Time, which goes all the way down to 0 so you can dial up your favourite slapback delay, and up to about 2/3 second. Well chosen values again! Reverb: hard to be sure but sounds like the knob controls the length of the tail (again starting from zero), which seems to start quiet and build to a peak, then at the longest setting there's a smoothed repeat. Someone's really put some thought into these single-knob effects! I'd characterise it as Small Hall. Delay+Reverb: the Delay repeats sound modulated by the Reverb, suggesting that the Reverb is applied first. Quite a cool special effect at the maximum setting where it makes the repeats sound like an organ rather than your guitar. Chorus: starts from zero, seems to begin by blending the chorused signal into the clean, and then increases the sweep speed - just from slow to medium, no silly wobbles at maximum. Tremolo: similarly to Chorus it seems to start by blending in, then increases speed (and depth too, it sounds like). Another usable range! Flanger: blends in, then definitely increases depth as well as speed - this one's lower range is nicely Electric Mistress-y, the higher range is a bit wild. Combining effects reveals some quite Gothic possibilities! All in all, a great improvement on the headphone guitar amps of only a couple of years ago - much more versatile, more pleasant sounding, lower noise and incredible value for money. And the USB charging means it's more practical for a long train journey than my old one's AAA batteries. Review: Well worth it to bring your electro-acoustic guitar practice to life - Don't often write reviews but had to for this little device. First of all, I managed to get two as Christmas presents so had to send the one my wife bought me back to desertcart. Process was easy and we got the refund within 24 hours of posting it. Second. Wow! What a fantastic little bit of electronics. I have a fairly nice Faith electro-acoustic, but don't often get to use its full range on an amp, as it's too loud. With a decent pair of over-hear headphones this works well, really well. The sound quailty is better than actually plugging the headphones into my amp - less distortion, and it's much more convenient. Sounds bizarre, but I actually love it with just one headphone cup over one ear, so that I can get the nice blend of the warm acoustic sound with the amplified as well. For less than the price of a vinyl LP, this is well worth getting for the avid guitarist who doesn't want to blast everybody's ears to play something different to acoustic. ## Features - AMP Module with Clean, Overdrive and Distortion Amp Models based on World-Class Amplifiers with Cab Sim for Headphones or Line-Out into Full Range Freq Response System - Switchable MOD Module with Chorus, Tremolo and Flanger Effects for different Tone Demands - Switchable AMBIENT Module with Reverb and Delay Effects for adding Ambience to the Tone - Aux Input for Jamming along with any Audio Player - Onboard USB Charger let you Play anytime, anywhere for Up to 5 Hours ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B07W3K92ZM | | Amplifier Type | Solid State | | Best Sellers Rank | 19 in Headphone Amplifiers | | Box Contents | RH-100, USB Cable | | Brand Name | VALETON | | Colour | black / black | | Compatible Devices | Guitar | | Connector Type | 3.5mm Jack, USB | | Country of Origin | China | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (4,562) | | Enclosure Material | Metal | | Item Dimensions D x W x H | 12D x 9.4W x 3.9H centimetres | | Item Type Name | Headphone Amplifier with built-in effects | | Item Weight | 65 Grams | | Manufacturer | VALETON | | Manufacturer Part Number | VALETON RH-100 | | Model Name | Rushead Max | | Model Number | RH-100 | | Number of Bands | 1 | | Output Channel Quantity | 2 | | Output Wattage | 100 Watts | | Power Source | Battery Powered | | Product Warranty | 2 year manufactor | | Speaker Size | 4 Centimetres | | UPC | 888506830211 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** VALETON - **Colour:** black / black - **Compatible devices:** Guitar - **Material:** Metal - **Output wattage:** 100 Watts ## Images ![Rushead Max USB Chargable Portable Pocket Guitar Bass Headphone Amp Carry-On Bedroom Plug-In Multi-Effects - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51t1Jh0i6PL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: I play guitar and bass. Will this do for both? I don’t really want to buy separate units as I’m a casual player.** A: I used it on my bass and it does work but the sound quality is worse than guitar - and when I plugged my guitar back in it also sounded different, a lot fuzzier and a bit muffled, but not unusable and I think it still sounds fine now, but I'd be careful with playing a lot of bass on it **Q: Do i need to buy a special charger for this amp?** A: A mini usb phone charger will do ... Not the newer c-type cable . **Q: I want to use my laptop speakers as output for the audio instead of headphones... how do I do this?** A: Just plug them into the headphone jack on the amp **Q: Has anyone tried this with a bass? If so, is it any good?** A: I use it on my base for practice works ok for my needs ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible value for money *by S***S on 14 June 2020* First impression: this thing is SMALL! Comparing it to my older Joyo English Channel headphone amp it's actually slightly larger, but these amps are still absolutely pocket-sized and the Valeton has many more features. It's powered by a rechargeable battery and the box includes a short USB cable in case you haven't got one. I've had several devices with a Micro USB socket before, so you too may well already possess a longer one. Switching it on I was immediately pleased to see it was supplied fully charged. Next I was also pleased to find the knobs have markers to show their settings and have the translucent, slightly squishy rings around them which are a distinctive feature of Sonicake & Valeton products and which I really like the feel of. More practical than the Joyo's "buried" controls which have no markers. The knobs are well laid out, with first the basic Level and Tone, then the three effects, each with their corresponding mode switch under them. Now for the sound test! Clean channel: Gain vs. Level doesn't make a lot of difference - I assume this is because there's no distortion circuit on this channel. However at high levels of the Level control, or with the Gain turned up full and medium Level, you can get some crunch which is quite reasonable for a tiny transistor amp. This is impressive because the crunch of an overdriven Clean channel is often missed out of the list with small amps. The Tone control is very well calibrated for Clean, from not too muffled to not too crisp! Only a tiny amount of hum and fizz, almost inaudible. Overdrive channel: A pretty usable roar, again the Tone control gives some usable adjustment. The Gain knob functions more as a sag control than changing the amount of distortion. Hiss and fizz appear when you're not playing but are no worse than the average "real" amp. Distortion channel: Heavy modern fuzz with sustain and a distinct octave overtone. Good for practicing sustain lead but rather spitty suggesting the amp is hitting a hard limit - it may be set up slightly too distorted. As with the Overdrive channel, Gain and Level produce a very similar effect, just emphasising a slightly different range of mid frequencies. Definite hum in the background, like a real high-gain amp (in fact I'd say not as bad) but only audible when not playing. Delay: clean but with a substantial hi-cut, which is sensible since there's no Depth or Feedback controls - the knob controls Time, which goes all the way down to 0 so you can dial up your favourite slapback delay, and up to about 2/3 second. Well chosen values again! Reverb: hard to be sure but sounds like the knob controls the length of the tail (again starting from zero), which seems to start quiet and build to a peak, then at the longest setting there's a smoothed repeat. Someone's really put some thought into these single-knob effects! I'd characterise it as Small Hall. Delay+Reverb: the Delay repeats sound modulated by the Reverb, suggesting that the Reverb is applied first. Quite a cool special effect at the maximum setting where it makes the repeats sound like an organ rather than your guitar. Chorus: starts from zero, seems to begin by blending the chorused signal into the clean, and then increases the sweep speed - just from slow to medium, no silly wobbles at maximum. Tremolo: similarly to Chorus it seems to start by blending in, then increases speed (and depth too, it sounds like). Another usable range! Flanger: blends in, then definitely increases depth as well as speed - this one's lower range is nicely Electric Mistress-y, the higher range is a bit wild. Combining effects reveals some quite Gothic possibilities! All in all, a great improvement on the headphone guitar amps of only a couple of years ago - much more versatile, more pleasant sounding, lower noise and incredible value for money. And the USB charging means it's more practical for a long train journey than my old one's AAA batteries. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well worth it to bring your electro-acoustic guitar practice to life *by O***R on 1 January 2026* Don't often write reviews but had to for this little device. First of all, I managed to get two as Christmas presents so had to send the one my wife bought me back to Amazon. Process was easy and we got the refund within 24 hours of posting it. Second. Wow! What a fantastic little bit of electronics. I have a fairly nice Faith electro-acoustic, but don't often get to use its full range on an amp, as it's too loud. With a decent pair of over-hear headphones this works well, really well. The sound quailty is better than actually plugging the headphones into my amp - less distortion, and it's much more convenient. Sounds bizarre, but I actually love it with just one headphone cup over one ear, so that I can get the nice blend of the warm acoustic sound with the amplified as well. For less than the price of a vinyl LP, this is well worth getting for the avid guitarist who doesn't want to blast everybody's ears to play something different to acoustic. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great gadget if you're right-handed *by P***N on 24 March 2022* I'd been looking for a headphone amp for some time and was pleased when I found the RH-100 Rushead Max. Even better, it has some effects built in. Build quality is good - it's a robust item and will bounce rather than shatter if dropped. The switches and dials are tiny, but okay to manipulate. After all, it's not like I'll be gigging with the thing, so I won't need to switch settings in a hurry. The amp sounds are varied and convincing, from clean through crunchy and all the way to chainsaw. Something for everyone. The effects are pleasing and have just enough variability in them to do what I need. You could ask for more, but it's a matchbox, not a full pedalboard, so set your expectations accordingly. Charging is handy, via a micro-usb port and the headphone port is well-placed. So far so good. It let me down on one count - when you play left-handed, as I do, everything points the wrong way. A minor irritation. But if you play a strat, or a similar guitar with a recessed jack... It just won't fit. The bottom tone dial gets in the way and you need a cable or adaptor to give it enough clearance to work. Overall, it's a great gadget and brilliant at the price. If you're left-handed, I'd still recommend it, but be prepared to mess about a bit to find a way to make it work for you. ## Frequently Bought Together - Valeton Rushead Max USB Chargable Portable Pocket Guitar Bass Headphone Amp Carry-On Bedroom Plug-In Multi-Effects - OneOdio Wired Over Ear Headphones Hi-Res Studio Monitor & Mixing DJ Stereo Headsets with 50mm Drivers and 1/4 to 3.5mm Jack for AMP Computer Recording Podcast Keyboard Guitar Laptop - Black - Togconn 1/4 inch Extension Cable 10 Feet, 6.35mm 1/4" TRS Male to Female Stereo Adapter Jack，Quarter inch Headphone Guitar Extension Cable, Hi-Fi Sound, Gold Plated Connectors, Oxygen-Free Copper OFC --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/206946807-rushead-max-usb-chargable-portable-pocket-guitar-bass-headphone-amp](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/206946807-rushead-max-usb-chargable-portable-pocket-guitar-bass-headphone-amp) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-06*