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Published on 12/13/06 at 15:00Over 20 years as a musician. I play Hammond organ, Rhodes, Keyboards, assorted percussion, Violin and Sitar (fitted with humbucker pickups). Favourite bands include King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Dead Can Dance, Dunlavy, Deep Purple, Led Zepplin and Primus. Other than that I like classical and ethnic influences.
Cost $149- Venue music, December 2006, Sydney Australia.
Small, classic fender styling, simple and sounds great for its size. Has the standard clean and distorted channels. The RCA connectors on the front are much more useful than the 1.25" phono Jacks found on most other units. Very easy for hooking up your CD player, PC and MP3 players.
Nothing, its great for what it does. Some other reviewers seem to be confusing this little practise amp with a 100W Mashall Stack. They seem a bit negative but forget that this is only a practise 15W amp. If you need an amp for band practise than this is not your unit. I use a 400W a side mosfet PA for those occasions. This unit is great for warmup or practise at home, not playing to a 20,000 person audience. And comparisons with all valve units is a bit unfair considering they are 10 times this price. Yes it is solid state technology but it is fab for what it does. AAAA++++
Very solid build, finish is classic Fender, front panel controls are much better than top or rear / top controls. The front grill is the grey silver shiny material standard on classic syle Fenders. No cutting out or signal issues. Mine was built in Indonesia. Quality control seems to be much better than the comparable Mashall's which are built in India. I have dealt with Indian manufactured goods for many years and would be very cautious of quality control there. They will send you great samples, you visit the factory and everything seems good until your $50,000 container arrives with something completely different than expected. yes I'm raving a bit but I got to make up my 200 words - what a pain !!!!!
Great little practrise amp. I think you will be happy as long as you are not expecting the sounic quality of a 100W all valve outfit. Small compact, simple to use without all the bells and whistles of its bigger brothers. If you have any effect units you won't need them on you amp anyway. This unit is not really big enough for band practise so don't be dissapointed when you are drowned out by power drums or driving bass lines. An excellent choice as a first amp. And it certainly makes my Sitar sound pretty good. Well done Fender, I think it deserves a 10 out of 10
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Cost $149- Venue music, December 2006, Sydney Australia.
Small, classic fender styling, simple and sounds great for its size. Has the standard clean and distorted channels. The RCA connectors on the front are much more useful than the 1.25" phono Jacks found on most other units. Very easy for hooking up your CD player, PC and MP3 players.
Nothing, its great for what it does. Some other reviewers seem to be confusing this little practise amp with a 100W Mashall Stack. They seem a bit negative but forget that this is only a practise 15W amp. If you need an amp for band practise than this is not your unit. I use a 400W a side mosfet PA for those occasions. This unit is great for warmup or practise at home, not playing to a 20,000 person audience. And comparisons with all valve units is a bit unfair considering they are 10 times this price. Yes it is solid state technology but it is fab for what it does. AAAA++++
Very solid build, finish is classic Fender, front panel controls are much better than top or rear / top controls. The front grill is the grey silver shiny material standard on classic syle Fenders. No cutting out or signal issues. Mine was built in Indonesia. Quality control seems to be much better than the comparable Mashall's which are built in India. I have dealt with Indian manufactured goods for many years and would be very cautious of quality control there. They will send you great samples, you visit the factory and everything seems good until your $50,000 container arrives with something completely different than expected. yes I'm raving a bit but I got to make up my 200 words - what a pain !!!!!
Great little practrise amp. I think you will be happy as long as you are not expecting the sounic quality of a 100W all valve outfit. Small compact, simple to use without all the bells and whistles of its bigger brothers. If you have any effect units you won't need them on you amp anyway. This unit is not really big enough for band practise so don't be dissapointed when you are drowned out by power drums or driving bass lines. An excellent choice as a first amp. And it certainly makes my Sitar sound pretty good. Well done Fender, I think it deserves a 10 out of 10
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com