Fender Mustang III v2 Amp
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:17 pm
I just bought a new Limited Edition Fender Mustang III v2 Amp:
The only thing "Limited" about it is the Bright Red tolex.
I've always been a fan of Fender tube amps. This amp is a digital modeling amp. I haven't been a fan of modeling amps, but this one comes really close to the sound and feel of a real tube amp. I had version I of this amp a few years back, but sold it because of the "digital fizz". It wasn't real noticeable playing live with a band, but it was unusable to record with. Version 2 fixed the fizz problem! Sure, it's not a tube amp, but in my opinion it does a really good job emulating one! This amp wouldn't be for everyone, first off you have to be willing to do some program setup to get good sounds out of it. Most of the factory presets are useless, especially for us Chet style pickers. It has some great amp emulations like the "Deluxe Reverb" & "Princeton Reverb". It has 17 amp emulations, but I think it does best with the Fender amp models. It's loaded with effects. Everything is programmable on the amp and through your computer. It has a usb connection to connect it to you computer and you can record direct. Built in tuner that's really handy. For the street price of $329 it's amazing what this amp will do, all in one convenient package. (It also comes in the standard black tolex) If you get one make sure it's v2.
Right now my Standel clone is still my main amp, but this Mustang sure is fun and lighter to carry! This will be my traveling amp for most things!
I'm planning on using it to record a gospel guitar CD sometime in the future. I plan on having my son play the harmonica on it too.
The only thing "Limited" about it is the Bright Red tolex.
I've always been a fan of Fender tube amps. This amp is a digital modeling amp. I haven't been a fan of modeling amps, but this one comes really close to the sound and feel of a real tube amp. I had version I of this amp a few years back, but sold it because of the "digital fizz". It wasn't real noticeable playing live with a band, but it was unusable to record with. Version 2 fixed the fizz problem! Sure, it's not a tube amp, but in my opinion it does a really good job emulating one! This amp wouldn't be for everyone, first off you have to be willing to do some program setup to get good sounds out of it. Most of the factory presets are useless, especially for us Chet style pickers. It has some great amp emulations like the "Deluxe Reverb" & "Princeton Reverb". It has 17 amp emulations, but I think it does best with the Fender amp models. It's loaded with effects. Everything is programmable on the amp and through your computer. It has a usb connection to connect it to you computer and you can record direct. Built in tuner that's really handy. For the street price of $329 it's amazing what this amp will do, all in one convenient package. (It also comes in the standard black tolex) If you get one make sure it's v2.
Right now my Standel clone is still my main amp, but this Mustang sure is fun and lighter to carry! This will be my traveling amp for most things!
I'm planning on using it to record a gospel guitar CD sometime in the future. I plan on having my son play the harmonica on it too.