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Solid-State Combo Guitar Amp from Fender belonging to the Champion series

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  • 7hours7hours

    Fender Champion 110Published on 03/30/04 at 15:35
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    --dropoff Window

    USE

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    SONORITS

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    NOTICE GLOBAL

    Amp everything good for which it is intended.
  • ddnddn

    Value for money? Beat!

    Fender Champion 110Published on 09/02/14 at 07:22
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    Well described by the opinion below (except that it is a dual channel, but that's a detail).

    By removing, we can see that the reverb is a small unit really springs, super poor: the entourage is really made of cardboard, and is based on a double-sided foam tape to peel over time. But that's the only fault finishing everything else is perfect, the machine is very robust, mine has lived a lot and it works very well.

    25W power on paper, in practice sends really strong, especially since the volume knob is not linear and logarithmic so from 3 you pretty much max. Apartment at 0.5 / 1 is quite sufficient and very tolerable for the neighbors.

    It is compact, light enough, the power / weight…
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    Well described by the opinion below (except that it is a dual channel, but that's a detail).

    By removing, we can see that the reverb is a small unit really springs, super poor: the entourage is really made of cardboard, and is based on a double-sided foam tape to peel over time. But that's the only fault finishing everything else is perfect, the machine is very robust, mine has lived a lot and it works very well.

    25W power on paper, in practice sends really strong, especially since the volume knob is not linear and logarithmic so from 3 you pretty much max. Apartment at 0.5 / 1 is quite sufficient and very tolerable for the neighbors.

    It is compact, light enough, the power / weight ratio is excellent.

    UTILIZATION

    Like any amp that violates need to book. A small flat for the equalizer that works only on the overdrive channel. To solve this problem and that the volume knob noted above it is quite simple: just play all the time on the saturated with a low gain for it remains clear channel.

    SOUNDS

    Clean sounds perfect for an amp of this size and this price, simply. His guitar perfectly respected, HP 10 "restoring fairly serious. HP is the weak point of this amp is a Fender base which will advantageously replaced by a Jensen or Celestion.

    Distorted sounds? No but you kidding? It's a fender transistor remember? It is not for lead and especially not for distos slobbering like stoner / doom! After course it can always troubleshoot acid fuzz ...

    I play it with my usual Fender offset (Jaguar, Cyclone, Marauder).

    OVERALL OPINION

    I've had a few weeks. I bought a Fender transistor because I was tired of the buzz / hums on my Champion 600 related to the lack of electrical installation filtered home. I amps of all sizes and of all kinds for ages. I love this one: it's beautiful, it sounds good, it is portable and quite well done. I even think I'll buy a second one because I play in stereo.

    The almost mandatory upgrades are a logarithmic volume knob and an HP worthy of the name not too expensive. And for less than 120 € you get an amp that sounds, growing, and has a very successful appearance blackface.
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  • mikyboymikyboy

    small transistor by excellence!!

    Fender Champion 110Published on 03/28/14 at 04:44
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    25 watts RMS
    integrated reverb, bass, middle, trebble, reverb button and volume gain over 8 ohms extension jack and headphone jack.
    baffle 10 'x1
    transistor
    single channel

    UTILIZATION

    simple operation, no big surprise.
    The whole setting is very effective.

    SOUNDS

    A very versatile sound. It serves me well for compound records (rock, variety ...)
    I use it with my Ibanez RX40 and my fender strat.

    OVERALL OPINION

    This amp is an ideal model for home or small room.
    I have since 1996 and I've never had a problem.
    Amp compact and not heavy.
    Pretty clear, a bit aggressive, a good momentum throughout.
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    25 watts RMS
    integrated reverb, bass, middle, trebble, reverb button and volume gain over 8 ohms extension jack and headphone jack.
    baffle 10 'x1
    transistor
    single channel

    UTILIZATION

    simple operation, no big surprise.
    The whole setting is very effective.

    SOUNDS

    A very versatile sound. It serves me well for compound records (rock, variety ...)
    I use it with my Ibanez RX40 and my fender strat.

    OVERALL OPINION

    This amp is an ideal model for home or small room.
    I have since 1996 and I've never had a problem.
    Amp compact and not heavy.
    Pretty clear, a bit aggressive, a good momentum throughout.
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  • pipostarpipostar

    surprisingly clear sound for its size

    Fender Champion 110Published on 02/17/14 at 17:22
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    transistor amp 25W
    volume settings, high-mid-low, reverb, gain + volume for the drive channel
    1 guitar input jack
    + Jack connector for footswitch, headset, and extra hp

    UTILIZATION

    straightforward use
    never had any electronic problems

    SOUNDS

    good sound rather slamming and shiny with an electric guitar (single coil preferably)

    OVERALL OPINION

    I have one for 15 years and it always amazes power.
    Volume 2-3 and neighbors complain ... can afford to repeat with a drummer.
    its pretty clear fender for cheap, it seems to me to be a better investment than fake amp modeling.
    After some distortion or overdrive-type upstream effects sound really bad.
    but …
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    transistor amp 25W
    volume settings, high-mid-low, reverb, gain + volume for the drive channel
    1 guitar input jack
    + Jack connector for footswitch, headset, and extra hp

    UTILIZATION

    straightforward use
    never had any electronic problems

    SOUNDS

    good sound rather slamming and shiny with an electric guitar (single coil preferably)

    OVERALL OPINION

    I have one for 15 years and it always amazes power.
    Volume 2-3 and neighbors complain ... can afford to repeat with a drummer.
    its pretty clear fender for cheap, it seems to me to be a better investment than fake amp modeling.
    After some distortion or overdrive-type upstream effects sound really bad.
    but the saturation of the dedicated channel of the amp has its charm.
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  • ebon68ebon68

    Clearly it sounds but not distortion

    Fender Champion 110Published on 02/06/14 at 07:18
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    Fender of his slamming, only transistors, 25W I think, to come away reverb, distortion not very good at all.

    UTILIZATION

    easy to use even without instructions, manual 3 leaves with some examples of position buttons.
    Very powerful, I have never exceeded a quarter of the volume button.

    SOUNDS

    I play rock and hard rock, this amp does not have suited me for my style of music.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I've had it for over 10 years, it is very solid, even indestructible, I kept it so long as it is a Fender and a Fender does not sell. I sold it because need money and now I regret it a little, it becomes collection.
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    Fender of his slamming, only transistors, 25W I think, to come away reverb, distortion not very good at all.

    UTILIZATION

    easy to use even without instructions, manual 3 leaves with some examples of position buttons.
    Very powerful, I have never exceeded a quarter of the volume button.

    SOUNDS

    I play rock and hard rock, this amp does not have suited me for my style of music.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I've had it for over 10 years, it is very solid, even indestructible, I kept it so long as it is a Fender and a Fender does not sell. I sold it because need money and now I regret it a little, it becomes collection.
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  • klontrklontr

    it depends what it is doing.

    Fender Champion 110Published on 02/02/14 at 00:21
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    Any small amp transistor 25w made in Mexico.
    In any case for a 25w, it sends severely block! Report the weight / size / power is excellent. Even though I've never essaayé in this context, it must be quite deadly to small rehearsing at moderate volume.

    Clear channel / overdrive channel. Low, medium, high on the general. A headphone jack, a speaker output, a jack for FS.

    HA YES, I forgot! Is also a reverb! HAHAHA! Finally, this is what is marked on the button (see below).

    UTILIZATION

    One big downside of this amp is at its volume knobs: to zero, nothing, three are already too high in Vacation ... This is a problem throughout the series of small fender that time and it is trè…
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    Any small amp transistor 25w made in Mexico.
    In any case for a 25w, it sends severely block! Report the weight / size / power is excellent. Even though I've never essaayé in this context, it must be quite deadly to small rehearsing at moderate volume.

    Clear channel / overdrive channel. Low, medium, high on the general. A headphone jack, a speaker output, a jack for FS.

    HA YES, I forgot! Is also a reverb! HAHAHA! Finally, this is what is marked on the button (see below).

    UTILIZATION

    One big downside of this amp is at its volume knobs: to zero, nothing, three are already too high in Vacation ... This is a problem throughout the series of small fender that time and it is trèèèèèèèès sucks!

    It easily has a good clear sound, saturated sound, it's a different story ... especially as equalization is common to both channels and if it switches must a priori review its settings.

    The reverb is quite ideuse. Place 2 of the potentiometer, the springs seem squirt of HP and a strange réverbatif feedback is obtained. Unless the amp I had in my hands did not have a problem.

    SOUNDS

    The clean sound is fine, crystalline, balanced and everything. HP 10 allows a deep enough sound for a small footprint.

    The popping sound is rather ugly. Having struggled for a long time, I found a good sound that goes wrong with not a strat, including crunch. But for that, you will face the VOLUME KNOB! You have to play to the millimeter to obtain the desired volume.

    I put a light 8 and 5 for the overdrive channel. I put 7, as for me, you have to buy this amp for the clean channel only.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I borrowed this little amp OCCAZ my job and for the price (between 60 and 80 euro), I would say that this amp is VERY GOOD! For those who leave the pedals permanently installed. Or you need to know to settle for clear sound. I almost keep. But I play apart at a rather limited volume and galleys volume really saoulées me. For those who play a little louder, I say not.

    I think that fiddling electronics at the volume level, there really to gain. This is a known problem, and there are several forums that talk. But I had neither the skills nor the inclination to stick myself.
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  • smart1smart1

    a good extra amp

    Fender Champion 110Published on 01/30/14 at 12:06
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    25w amp transistor
    + external speaker jack footswitch + headphone + input instrument (of course)
    3 band eq + reverb 1
    2 channels: 1 light + 1 drive (gain + volume)

    UTILIZATION

    no need for manual, super simple config

    SOUNDS

    agrees quite well with a strat clean sound or Crunch
    requires a little more research with my les paul and humbucker, it is not worth trying to have large distortion metal version but you can have a drive which is effect.

    when you push the volume you really feel the side transistor, it lacks warmth and nuance, in fact it is a good amp for home without disturbing the neighbors.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I must have been 12/13 years somethin…
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    25w amp transistor
    + external speaker jack footswitch + headphone + input instrument (of course)
    3 band eq + reverb 1
    2 channels: 1 light + 1 drive (gain + volume)

    UTILIZATION

    no need for manual, super simple config

    SOUNDS

    agrees quite well with a strat clean sound or Crunch
    requires a little more research with my les paul and humbucker, it is not worth trying to have large distortion metal version but you can have a drive which is effect.

    when you push the volume you really feel the side transistor, it lacks warmth and nuance, in fact it is a good amp for home without disturbing the neighbors.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I must have been 12/13 years something like that. I would do this choice because the amp is reliable, portable, cheap and versatile enough but having said that there are now so many choices in this format you can find a tube combo 5w lamps and frankly it's still another planet
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  • Anonymous

    fender sound in all its glory

    Fender Champion 110Published on 01/25/14 at 01:06
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    My first amp transistor, and always brave!
    I never had any problems with happiness.
    An exceptional clean. To play everything. Support great effects pedals.
    Purchased at the time for a 15 w but sends really much more I think about 25w.
    I never could climb to beyond 3 at home but little concert between it's up buddy.
    It takes one input, one volume, treble, middle, bass, a bt. distortion with two knob (not the terrible thing I've never liked) an external cabinet output, footswitch and headphone output (top for night play). magnfique reverb and still serves me reference in my head when I talk a good fender reverb.

    UTILIZATION

    Very easy to use never read the manual, and you …
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    My first amp transistor, and always brave!
    I never had any problems with happiness.
    An exceptional clean. To play everything. Support great effects pedals.
    Purchased at the time for a 15 w but sends really much more I think about 25w.
    I never could climb to beyond 3 at home but little concert between it's up buddy.
    It takes one input, one volume, treble, middle, bass, a bt. distortion with two knob (not the terrible thing I've never liked) an external cabinet output, footswitch and headphone output (top for night play). magnfique reverb and still serves me reference in my head when I talk a good fender reverb.

    UTILIZATION

    Very easy to use never read the manual, and you get the sound you want in 30 seconds.

    SOUNDS

    A very beautiful sound, suitable for all styles of music that are my world and more particularly the sounds of the 70s, 80s, very good for JJ Cale, santana, dire strait, deep purple, ledzep, etc., blues, rock, funcky, and jazz has benson and gleefully attack the hardrock with good pedal.
    There is just the bt. distortion which is very blah and I did not use almost never except to make noise when I did not have to pedal with me.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I have since 1995 and it hums a bit now, I think soon make him a little revision, but it still has that wonderful sound good bluesy has JJCale I love it almost looks like a tube amp.
    I often carry it is indestructible feet apart beginning àà crack dint of sunrise and rest.
    this is an excellent quality price ratio, this is my most faithful friend displacement.
    I would do the purchase without hesitation because I have always with me and I intend to keep it is not loose a friend like this ...
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  • DarkMachinDarkMachin

    Fender Champion 110Published on 01/24/14 at 02:31
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    Transistor amp - 25 watts
    2 channels - (clean / saturated)
    Reverb EQ + 3
    Weight: 11.4 kg
    dimensions: 39.4 cm x 43.2 cm x 21.6 cm

    UTILIZATION

    very easy to use, on the edge of plug and play.

    A 3-band eq more classic and effective, with a little reverb onboard the coolest

    SOUNDS

    I play mostly metal, I bought my neighbor has a ridiculous price until we have the means to move to a higher level.

    a very good clear sound, soft and warm.

    Distortion is fat and slobbery and sorely lacking potato for my own personal use, but this is not why he's done ^ ^ for blues, punk or rock leger against it by doing very well .

    he cashed my wonderfully active pickups and my…
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    Transistor amp - 25 watts
    2 channels - (clean / saturated)
    Reverb EQ + 3
    Weight: 11.4 kg
    dimensions: 39.4 cm x 43.2 cm x 21.6 cm

    UTILIZATION

    very easy to use, on the edge of plug and play.

    A 3-band eq more classic and effective, with a little reverb onboard the coolest

    SOUNDS

    I play mostly metal, I bought my neighbor has a ridiculous price until we have the means to move to a higher level.

    a very good clear sound, soft and warm.

    Distortion is fat and slobbery and sorely lacking potato for my own personal use, but this is not why he's done ^ ^ for blues, punk or rock leger against it by doing very well .

    he cashed my wonderfully active pickups and my big distortion pedals (Fullbore and silver dragon)

    OVERALL OPINION

    I have since moved on Peavy 6505 + 112, so he joined my closet. However, he assured many concerts and I have never dropped for almost 5 years.

    my only complaint is the lack of effects loop, but in this range amp should not be astonished ... a very good value for money for a first very versatile amp.

    I keep it to jam with my friends, and a bit of nostalgia I confess ^ ^
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  • Linn SondekLinn Sondek

    First amp

    Fender Champion 110Published on 09/08/13 at 06:09
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    This is the first amp that I acquired when I handed addition to the guitar after 10 years off. At the time (1995) I bought this little combo with a Squier Strat that I also kept not more than a month before moving to U.S..
    Amp transistor. HP 10 ", if I remember right. Two channels with shared EQ.

    UTILIZATION

    Simple to use Archi. I am reminded of EQ settings quite effective and pervasive medium and reverb.

    SOUNDS

    The clean channel was pretty good, the drive channel a horror! But hey, the price at which the Champion was proposed, we could not expect much ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    I did not keep very long time and went to a ROC Pro 1000 was something else.
    Theref…
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    This is the first amp that I acquired when I handed addition to the guitar after 10 years off. At the time (1995) I bought this little combo with a Squier Strat that I also kept not more than a month before moving to U.S..
    Amp transistor. HP 10 ", if I remember right. Two channels with shared EQ.

    UTILIZATION

    Simple to use Archi. I am reminded of EQ settings quite effective and pervasive medium and reverb.

    SOUNDS

    The clean channel was pretty good, the drive channel a horror! But hey, the price at which the Champion was proposed, we could not expect much ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    I did not keep very long time and went to a ROC Pro 1000 was something else.
    Therefore difficult to recommend this amp found in Cygnus to softly rates. but I guess the bottom line of amps (Fender and others) transistors are at the same level-bad-quality ...
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  • cocodroletcocodrolet

    Fender Champion 110Published on 08/23/13 at 23:54
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    Transisto, simple circuitry.
    One channel utilisatble, clear. The other fuzz right now and it's ugly.
    30w
    Connection base with a headphone jack.

    UTILIZATION

    Yes very simple.
    This is a basic amp.
    The sound ... The knobs being so little qctifs and basic sound too serious charge.
    Me, it has not been a good experience.

    SOUNDS

    So, really, a muffled sound.
    It is very very far from the light of a lamp.
    It is mushy.
    I play with a gibson special in P90. Indeed, it takes air amp ... ;)
    Good jazz, it's good.
    The rest ... The clean has no harmonics, so ... Bad.

    OVERALL OPINION

    Lai I used two weeks and sold.
    Well, it Vait € 60, so nothing serious. …
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    Transisto, simple circuitry.
    One channel utilisatble, clear. The other fuzz right now and it's ugly.
    30w
    Connection base with a headphone jack.

    UTILIZATION

    Yes very simple.
    This is a basic amp.
    The sound ... The knobs being so little qctifs and basic sound too serious charge.
    Me, it has not been a good experience.

    SOUNDS

    So, really, a muffled sound.
    It is very very far from the light of a lamp.
    It is mushy.
    I play with a gibson special in P90. Indeed, it takes air amp ... ;)
    Good jazz, it's good.
    The rest ... The clean has no harmonics, so ... Bad.

    OVERALL OPINION

    Lai I used two weeks and sold.
    Well, it Vait € 60, so nothing serious.
    No, I do not buy you another time. Especially now that I have a trademark 30 which is perfect.
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  • MGR/Sean McCroryMGR/Sean McCrory

    Fender Champion 110

    Fender Champion 110Published on 11/02/04 at 15:00
    I paid £82.00 ($151.57 US) from ebay. It is in perfect condition, as a practice amp.
    The amp has 25watts of output power (not 75 as some people have stated in previous reviews.), with 2 channels, clean and gain. It has three equaliser controls, Treble, Mid and Bass.

    Sound quality is quite good, but very dependant on your set up and pick-ups.

    Im running a Ibanez S470 through it and i have absolutely no complaints.

    The main features of the amp I liked were the use of two channels and an external speaker port (8 ohms) as the amp has 75watts of input power which is enough to power a decent cabinet.

    Its is really easy to aquire the tone you desire from this amp, from smokey blues to …
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    I paid £82.00 ($151.57 US) from ebay. It is in perfect condition, as a practice amp.
    The amp has 25watts of output power (not 75 as some people have stated in previous reviews.), with 2 channels, clean and gain. It has three equaliser controls, Treble, Mid and Bass.

    Sound quality is quite good, but very dependant on your set up and pick-ups.

    Im running a Ibanez S470 through it and i have absolutely no complaints.

    The main features of the amp I liked were the use of two channels and an external speaker port (8 ohms) as the amp has 75watts of input power which is enough to power a decent cabinet.

    Its is really easy to aquire the tone you desire from this amp, from smokey blues to heavy metal with the use of the gain channel.

    The clean channel is exactly as described, CLEAN. It is quite distinctive.

    The worst thing about this amp is the feedback you can recieve from, ahem, sitting too close to the amplifier. Simple way to cancel this out, stay away a couple of feet and aim the guitar away from the amplifier. After all if you are preforming on stage you are never facing the amplifier.

    The build quality of this amplifier is excellent. All knobs are nice and tight and the frame of the amp is solid. Input jacks hold their own against ripping the lead from them. An amp that will last as long as your guitar playing does, and further.

    For practice, this amplifier is ideal. With two channels you have a good choice in the sound you want to produce.

    however as i said before, the quality of sound is dependant on your set up, but for the price you can buy a second hand one, i honestly believe you can get better.

    This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
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  • MGR/CaitMGR/Cait

    Fender Champion 110

    Fender Champion 110Published on 02/29/04 at 15:00
    I got this item for Christmas from my brother's friend, therefore I don't know how much I paid for it. I think it might have come in a package.

    Hmmmm...I guess it's 75W is nice.

    There is such much feedback. You can't play anything with out feedback, which is loud as hell.

    Its...black...and...has volume, gain (gain select), treble, mid, bass, and reverb knobs. It also has input for external speakers, foot switch, and head phones.

    I wouldn't get this amp. First of all, if you are a begginer it is kind of big the lug around, and for everyone else, the feedback is horrible.

    This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
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    I got this item for Christmas from my brother's friend, therefore I don't know how much I paid for it. I think it might have come in a package.

    Hmmmm...I guess it's 75W is nice.

    There is such much feedback. You can't play anything with out feedback, which is loud as hell.

    Its...black...and...has volume, gain (gain select), treble, mid, bass, and reverb knobs. It also has input for external speakers, foot switch, and head phones.

    I wouldn't get this amp. First of all, if you are a begginer it is kind of big the lug around, and for everyone else, the feedback is horrible.

    This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
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  • DlzDlz

    Only valid in the light

    Fender Champion 110Published on 11/20/11 at 13:36
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    Classic Combo 2 channels, a common legalization + rverbe.
    No effects loop or effect Intgr.
    A headphone jack.

    UTILIZATION

    Use could not be more simple, rglages are especially effective legalization.
    As against the growth of volume knob does not grate easily the volume of personally I add pedals as the volume knob is sensitive and trs trs rises quickly in volume.

    SOUNDS

    The CHARACTERISTICS of this amp are trs simple:


    In short: trs is good, his fender "crystalline" 9 / 10 (from the price range of the amplifier Obviously)


    In saturated: one of the worst overdrive / distortion I've heard 3 / 10
    Quite simply I never put on the clean channel of this amp or a di…
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    Classic Combo 2 channels, a common legalization + rverbe.
    No effects loop or effect Intgr.
    A headphone jack.

    UTILIZATION

    Use could not be more simple, rglages are especially effective legalization.
    As against the growth of volume knob does not grate easily the volume of personally I add pedals as the volume knob is sensitive and trs trs rises quickly in volume.

    SOUNDS

    The CHARACTERISTICS of this amp are trs simple:


    In short: trs is good, his fender "crystalline" 9 / 10 (from the price range of the amplifier Obviously)


    In saturated: one of the worst overdrive / distortion I've heard 3 / 10
    Quite simply I never put on the clean channel of this amp or a distortion pedals for overdrive that sounded worse than saturated channel of this amp. A big dception

    Average: 5.5 rounded 6 (because rverbe is nice).

    OVERALL OPINION

    It's a good amp in clean but impractical demand good pedals for overdrive and distortion.

    Given the power and size of the HP is too just for the mtal; for the rest of the amp is doing an EQ thanks especially effective even if we regret the absence of an effects loop.

    This is an amp that I still have not sold because it dpanne well and is a reasonable size, to play in either a will, on the other hand I said but I insist dj It is good to see trs good overdrive pedals and distortion if not for heavy distortion is really feeble.

    To 100 occasions. I think even when we must do better.
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  • moosehermanmooseherman

    Weak imitation of a classic amp

    Fender Champion 110Published on 07/26/11 at 09:42
    This is a recreation of a classic Fender Champ amp, but with solid-state technology replacing tubes. In fact, the manual states that it is purposely designed to recreate the classic tube clipping of a Fender tube amp. It has one 10" speaker and delivers 25 watts of power. It has one 1/4" input, as well as a footswitch jack, external speaker output, and headphone output, all three of which are also 1/4". There are two channels, normal and drive, there is a three band EQ and a reverb knob.

    UTILIZATION

    This amp is easy enough to use as it's pretty simple, however, getting a good sound out of it is tricky considering it's a solid state amp. Neither the clean nor the drive really did a…
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    This is a recreation of a classic Fender Champ amp, but with solid-state technology replacing tubes. In fact, the manual states that it is purposely designed to recreate the classic tube clipping of a Fender tube amp. It has one 10" speaker and delivers 25 watts of power. It has one 1/4" input, as well as a footswitch jack, external speaker output, and headphone output, all three of which are also 1/4". There are two channels, normal and drive, there is a three band EQ and a reverb knob.

    UTILIZATION

    This amp is easy enough to use as it's pretty simple, however, getting a good sound out of it is tricky considering it's a solid state amp. Neither the clean nor the drive really did a whole lot for me. The manual explains pretty much everything you need to know about the amp, but in all honesty, anybody who isn't using an amp for the first time will have no problems with the actual usage.

    SOUNDS

    This amp, to put it really bluntly, does not sound that great. I can imagine anybody who owned the original Fender Champ would be a little disappointed, if not genuinely upset, at the attribution of that name to the Fender. Everything that comes through has a really bland, dull tone to it that I can't stand. I play my Strat, which is really bright and somewhat thin in a tube amp, and it sounds really lifeless. A hollow bodied guitar can sound ok for jazz but that's really about it. My Les Paul is just as bad as the strat through this. The drive channel is pretty bad, in fact, I use a slight amount of drive (barely any) and end up using that as my clean channel. In that way it sort of resembles a tube amp, but even then, a bad one.

    OVERALL OPINION

    This thing is obviously a cheap starter amp, based on the price. I guess it'll work in that context, though most likely a beginner will get frustrated because the amp will sound bad. If you start with a bad amp, you probably won't want to keep playing. It'd be better for you to get something a little nicer. Even if it's another solid state, there must be something better than this.
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