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Published on 11/15/11 at 15:11fender is very well known for their great sounding guitars extremely versatile instruments. They're also known for their excellent clean sounding guitar amplifiers. Some amplifiers really hit the nail right on the head and some others really fall short of their potential. This is one of those amplifiers in my opinion that really fall short of its overall potential. It has a decent clean sound but the gain structure and tone is very lacking overall. This is not an amplifier that I would like to get and pretty much wouldn't do anything other than using as a clean amplifier. This is ahead version of this combo that is been quite popular but this amplifier is just not there.
UTILIZATION
Features
100W
7 - 12AX7 and 2 - 12AT7 preamp tubes
4 - 6L6 power tubes
Vintage and Burn channels
Switchable voices on Vintage channel for cleans derived from vintage Twin Reverb and Showman amps, and the fat, punchy tone of 60s Bassman amps
Burn channel post-gain EQ and two-stage cascading preamp controls
Tube-driven Fender long-spring reverb by Accutronics
Professional FX loop with level control; may also be used as a footswitchable boost
Fender Automatic Bias sets output tubes to factory settings without a meter or tools
Damping control for Normal, Loose, or Tight speaker response
Custom transformers by Schumacher
Cover and 4-button footswitch included
SOUNDS
I'm not fan of the tone is amplifier because he just doesn't have the right necessary utensils to get me going in a recording studio or gigging session. It just doesn't sound right if that makes any sense. It just feels like it's lacking something in the overall tone and feel of the amplifier. It could've been the matching speakers which came with the amplifier in a cabinet but it just didn't have that write tone that you're looking for and you need to connect with your amplifier and guitar. I would not purchase this amplifier because it just doesn't sound right.
OVERALL OPINION
These amplifiers come in new right at about $1800 which is a little expensive for my blood. That's a lot of money for most people and for when you get its not worth it. I would suggest going with something much better and much more versatile than this amplifier. The clean tone is nice but for the money you could go a lot of places with a decent clean amp for way under this price.
UTILIZATION
Features
100W
7 - 12AX7 and 2 - 12AT7 preamp tubes
4 - 6L6 power tubes
Vintage and Burn channels
Switchable voices on Vintage channel for cleans derived from vintage Twin Reverb and Showman amps, and the fat, punchy tone of 60s Bassman amps
Burn channel post-gain EQ and two-stage cascading preamp controls
Tube-driven Fender long-spring reverb by Accutronics
Professional FX loop with level control; may also be used as a footswitchable boost
Fender Automatic Bias sets output tubes to factory settings without a meter or tools
Damping control for Normal, Loose, or Tight speaker response
Custom transformers by Schumacher
Cover and 4-button footswitch included
SOUNDS
I'm not fan of the tone is amplifier because he just doesn't have the right necessary utensils to get me going in a recording studio or gigging session. It just doesn't sound right if that makes any sense. It just feels like it's lacking something in the overall tone and feel of the amplifier. It could've been the matching speakers which came with the amplifier in a cabinet but it just didn't have that write tone that you're looking for and you need to connect with your amplifier and guitar. I would not purchase this amplifier because it just doesn't sound right.
OVERALL OPINION
These amplifiers come in new right at about $1800 which is a little expensive for my blood. That's a lot of money for most people and for when you get its not worth it. I would suggest going with something much better and much more versatile than this amplifier. The clean tone is nice but for the money you could go a lot of places with a decent clean amp for way under this price.