[pauliejay]

How much did you purchase this item for?
Where did you purchase this item?
Is this item new or used?


Features: This is where you explain any specifics about the product like number of frets, pickups, has a tremolo, gold hardware, etc.

Construction: This is where you explain how well-built the product is. Is it shoddy? Is it built to last? Etc.

Sound: This is where you describe how the product sounds. Please tell us any specifics about your setup like the amp you use, effects you use, where you've played it, etc.

Ease of Use: This is where you explain how complicated the product is the use. Is it hard to control? Could a monkey do it? Etc.

Reliability: This is where you tell us how reliable the product is. Would it serve you well in a jam? Do you trust it? Etc.

Overall: This is where you give your overall opinion about the product you're reviewing. Consider things such as if you would buy this product again if it was stolen, if you would recommend the product, what turned you on to the product in the first place, etc.





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[B]Where did you purchase this item?[/B]
[B]Is this item new or used?[/B]


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[B]Sound:[/B]

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[Tuning Spork]

How much did you purchase this item for? It was in a *gasp* Squier pack (I'm sorry, I'm over them now), but the list is $80.
Where did you purchase this item? Matt Umanov in the Village (NYC)
Is this item new or used? I bought it new.


Features: There aren't many... It's a little practice amp, and doesn't do much. It has two channels (muddy [clean, actually] and drive). Don't even have reverb; it's a standard low-end Fender blackface thang, black tweed and all. One volume per channel, a gain control, treb/mid/bass, headphones, auxilliary input, that's basically it. 38 watts, which manage to jack up the price beyond the $50 it should be<_<

Construction: Not too good; it lasted pristinely as can be for a while, but the input jack, although it works fine, doesn't look like it could stand much. Some wiring thing has caused it to recently make a huge popping noise when it's turned off, which would kind of make sense were this a tube amp. It isn't, though. I took off the back and cleared out the sawdust Fender's low-paid workers left in, but it still does it. The wiring seems relatively clean; what really annoys me is how badly the power cable input is attached; it actually fell off (the screws just came out), so the power cable is hanging out until I can remember to put in new screws.

Sound: There's not much. When I was first playing it with my Squier, it sounded alright to my innocent, stupid ears. However, after some months of playing, a new guitar (Epi Dot, also reviewed) and sound experience, it started sounding pretty bad. The clean channel does not distort until turned up very high, but it has random spats of sounding tinny and/or buzzy. The lack of reverb doesn't help, but the amplifier basically doesn't sound good. The clean channel lacks balls and sustain, which I can achieve through better transistor amplifiers. The overdrive channel is very noisy; I can get a decent "Satisfaction" sound out of it, but overall, it doesn't please my ears. The gain and overdrive volume controls do the same thing, but neither one makes the amplifier sound better.

Ease of Use: A monkey could use the thing.

Reliability: It could take a beating, but it would probably buzz more.

Overall: If this was stolen, I'd get me some money and buy me a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Actually, I'm going to do that anyway, but still. I would not recommend this; Vox has much better amps for the price. The thing that turned me on to this was naivite and begginerdom.

Experience level: I've been playing guitar since March 2003 and have had this for the same amount of time.

Edit: Revised the review and added the experience level line.

This post has been edited by Tuning Spork: 21 December 2004 - 01:13 PM

[littlebear389]

I paid $80 for mine
its soso

[matt_mrozinski]

i gots a deluxe... fender hot rod deluxe.

[Triscuit7]

I got mine in a package......It sounds pretty nice and includes distortion.....Good amp to start on.

[ryanvanderpol]

i got the frontman a step up....
i has a reverb drive and i paid alot for it.
a little buzzy but i thought it was the ###### old house i am living in...
but now i don't know

[guitarfreak111]

So... you wouldn't recommend the FM 212R? I'm looking to buy it (haven't tried it out yet)...

[seibel88]

I have one too, I am thinking of getting a Fender G-DEC next. It was a good amp to start out on, and I think it works fine for a beginner amp. The sound does need work but I don't know what problems you have with construction, just don't move them around too much and don't pile crap on it. If you just set it in a corner and take care of it, you shouldn't have problems, I haven't.

[thejamesblackconcept]

I have one, im on my first electric (affinity strat) and its a great starter amp. its overpriced but it is nt overpricred by that much. and its a gd amp.

[oasis_mad]

I have just bought one of these along with my first electirc guitar (Epiphone Supernova(Metallic Blue not UJ )). Some interesting comments. I am going to switch to a Marshall Amp I think.

This post has been edited by oasis_mad: 16 October 2005 - 07:47 AM

[Claptonman]

I have just bought one of these along with my first electirc guitar (Epiphone Supernova(Metallic Blue not UJ )).  Some interesting comments.  I am going to switch to a Marshall Amp I think.

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DO NOT get a MG. Just dont.