Fender MUSTANG MINI, Black

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List Price: $149.99
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• This 7 watt digital amplifier can be powered by an AC power supply (included) or six CC batteries
• Loaded with features including 24 onboard presets built from eight digital amp models and a dozen digital effects. Built-in chromatic tuner too!
• Available effects include: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Vibratone, Vintage Tremolo, Octave Down, Small Room Reverb, Fender '65 Spring Reverb, Stereo Tape Delay, Tape Delay + Room Reverb, Chorus + Hall Reverb, Vibratone + Room Reverb.
• Stereo headphone output for silent practice or line out, USB connection for FUSE application and digital recording output.

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I bought this amp out of curiosity. I saw this amp's bigger brother, The Mustang I, and saw that it was

a very popular amp in Amazon.com. I also have an affinity for small mini amps and thought that this

amp would offer a bit of versatility. I was way off. It offers a MASSIVE amount of versatility! Alone

the amp itself has huge potential.

It has 7 Fender amp models and 5 models of other well known amps.You can tweak

presets easily and change what effect is applied with two simple knobs and then save

a especially good preset with a simple button. Since the effects are represented with

letters and numbers it may take a while to memorize, but its the only complaint I have.

Download the Fender FUSE software and the amp becomes even more flexible, allowing you

to access the amp models and customize each preset with multiple effects rather than just

being limited to one per preset without the software. The amp itself has only a treble

tone knob but the software allows you to adjust each amps treble,mid and bass knobs.

The amp itself is a handsome piece of equipment. It has a cool carbon-tweed outer shell and a silver

speaker cover. Its also loud despite its 7 watts and while that may not sound like it gives a lot of

headroom, the Twin setting remains suprisingly clean even at full volume.( just don't turn the gain up

too high.) This amp has surpassed my expectations and I highly recommend it. I am now happily saving up

for either the Fender Mustang IV or the Fender Mustang V head and its matching cabinet.

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Super small, super portable, super powerful, and super flexible. I couldn't believe how many different sounds (and how much sound) I was able to get out of this amplifier. The perfect practice amp.

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I own lots of battery powered amps because I played charity concerts at beach in Thailand (no power, eh?). In my collection I have Roland microcube, cube RX, cube street; Vox Mini 3 and DA-7, Yamaha VA10 and THR10. And many 9 volt super minis for fun. The only one better is the the THR 10 as far as sound quality goes, but it costs 3 times as much.

There was a complaint about no Ableton lite, but since I already had the Mustang 1 it didn't matter to me. The mini 7 has plenty of volume, plenty of range of the 24 programmable choices (Yamaha has 5). Yamaha is better for acoustic electrics. Not tons of bottom end, but more intuitive, more on the go adjustable and save, more for performance some place rather than the "stay at home" feel the Yamaha has. And you can add a foot switch to change between 2 programs if you wish.

I am not into metal and all that. Hendrix is as far as I go. It does have some very fine Fender amp simulations which you can tweak 7 ways to Sunday, and the Twin Reverb is tasty.

Guitars I have run thru it include Guild Starfires, Fender Teles, Reverend 6 guns, Ibanez jazz box, Parker, Ovation VXT. Acoustics: Breedlove, Larrivie, Tacoma, Crafter etc. Pretty broad spectrum, and all sound good, or better than other choices in small amps. The Roland RX is quite nice, but heavy and again almost 3x the price.

It will not sound as good as a regular size Fender twin. Duh. But for what it is, it is brilliant. And the price is ridiculously low for what you get. Mustang 1 is better, but try hauling that to the beach!

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this is amazing my gtr playing friends and even my son's gtr teacher have bought one or expressed interest in getting one for themselves. I even took to band jam in buddy's basement and could hear it fine over full drum kit that was giving me a headache. All the different sounds it can make for little $ is cool. Of course it's not a tube amp tone but damn awesome for convenience during practice and lessons.

I've been playing 36 years and have owned over 20 amps everything from vintage Fenders, Marshalls and Voxs to the latest Line 6s, Mesa Boogies, and Rolands and this little beauty has me totally impressed!

The eight amp combos Fender has chosen offer a wide variety of tones from classic twang to modern metal. The picking dynamics also blew me away and show an incredible improvement over earlier modeling amps. In fact, I feel the responsiveness is starting to approaching that of all-tube designs. As you might expect, the classic Fender models sound best with single coil pickups or tapped humbuckers. The Twin Reverb and Bassman models are especially nice with the guitar's volume rolled back and provide true-to-form Hendrix (Little Wing) and Gilmore (Shine On You Crazy Diamond) tones. Singing Texas blues ala SRV are also easily attained with the gain bumped up a bit. Play with your guitar's volume and tone controls and you'll marvel at how many artist's tones can be dialed in. The English crunch tones ala Marshall and Vox are also great for both rhythm and lead settings, but I preferred these using humbuckers with the mids and lows rolled off to increase definition. The only amp models I feel suffer a bit are the two metal models, mostly due to the 6.5" speaker. Plugged into a 4-10" or 2-12" cabinet, these models might really shine as well. Speaking of the small speaker, don't be fooled. While 7 watts isn't enough to stand up to drums, this little thing cranks up plenty loud for a jam session with the boys. Regarding effects, they are very easy to use and can be quickly dialed in from barely perceptible to fully saturated... and the reverb simulations are nothing but incredible. And, if there weren't enough, the included USB and downloadable software allows deep editing of tones and effects, plus, you can download tracks to jam along with.

I know... it almost seems I was paid to write this review, but now it's time for the downside. First, I purchased a new unit, but was shipped a used unit twice! SO ANNOYING!!! The graphite amp covering was already delaminating right out of the box, the handle just flops around and gets in the way, and the AC adaptor cord holder is made from stamped sheet metal that is so sharp it will slice through the cord in no time. In fact, both the handle and cord retainer need to be removed or re-engineered.

SUMMARY: FOR $100, THIS LITTLE BEAUTY IS UNBEATABLE INCREDIBLY VERSATILE, SOUNDS PHENOMINAL, AND IS PLENTY LOUD.