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Just in time for the holiday buying goods season, Fender unveiled it is new line of Mustang guitar amplifiers this past week. We got a sneak peak at the new Fender Mustang II amp yesterday here at the Austin Bazaar office. The Texas sales rep for Fender came into our office and gave us a making something publicly available of the Mustang amp in conjunction with the Fender Fuse software platform. The Fender Mustang guitar amp is a low-cost modeling amplifier that simulates a range of classic guitar tones and effects. Priced as low as $100, the Fender Mustang is a guitar amp that any individual may afford. The 20-watt Fender Mustang I is sold for $100, while the 40-watt Fender Mustang II goes for $200. Not only was the Mustang II amp that we saw louder than I’d expected given it is size, it is modeling capability was spot-on accurate. The Fender Mustang comes preloaded with 24 person amp presets arranged in three banks of eight: ’57 Deluxe, ’59 Bassman, ’65 Twin Reverb, British 60s, British 80s, American 90s, Metal 2000, and Super-Sonic. It was clear that Fender put a lot of exploration and development into the modeling capablenesses of the Mustang. Our resident guitar wiz here at the office gave the amp a try and without much venture was competent to simulate the searing metal crunch of Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell as well as the unmistakable tone of Jimi Hendrix with a quick twist of a knob. It was a lot of fun to go from metal shredding to a clean, classic Fender sound just like that, without any pedals or anything like that. In addition to the amp-modeling capabilities, there’s a bunch of modulation and delay/reverb effects, a dozen of each, to be exact. There’s also a chromatic tuner as an added bonus. In addition to the control panel features, the Fender Mustang amps sync with the Fender Fuse software platform. This opens up the door to a whole new world of presets and editing. We didn’t have much of a chance to toy with this, but it’s clear that there’s potential for hours of experimentation and manipulation. Fender is unquestionably onto something new and stimulating with their Fuse software. It’ll be interesting to see how it formulates in the coming years as more and more users get connected to the platform and commence sharing with others. For better and for worse, it seems like this is the way amp technology is headed nowadays. All in all, the Fender Mustang amp that we saw was awfully impressive for a modeling amp, in queer for it is size and price point. Not only is it a lot of fun to play with, in particular for Fuse users, but it’s a practical amp for those who want a lot of features for not a lot of money. It’s also practical from the standpoint that it doesn’t take up a lot of space. At 8.7 x 18.25 x 17.25 inches and 24 pounds (and that’s for the Mustang II, the more prominent of the two), it’s a comparatively little amp and doesn’t call for much in the way of pedals or effects. You just plug in your guitar and play. Hooking up your laptop to use Fuse is optional, of course. As with the Fender G-DEC series, the Mustang amps aren’t for everyone. For an individual like me who came of age playing a Super Reverb, there’s no getting around the fact that the Mustang is a solid state amp without tubes. For a lot of purists, the proposition will in all probability get started and end on the matter of tubes. Fortunately, there are a great deal of tube amps on the market for those who dislike solid state technology. At the same time, good luck finding a high-quality tube amp in this price range! From a personal standpoint, I was in truth excessively affected emotionally by the amp-modeling capablenesses of the Mustang. It may not be a tube amp and it may not rival a Hot Rod Deluxe or Super-Sonic Combo, but the Mustang sure sounds like the real deal. For only one or two hundred bucks, you’re getting outstanding value for your dollar with the Fender Mustang guitar amp series. It’s an effortlessly lowcost entry point for any person curious regarding the Fuse software platform but doesn’t want to pony up for a G-DEC of comparable wattage. |
