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Did you like any of the tones? Guess any of the guitars right?
Timestamps:
0:00
0:10 - Intro
1:27 - The Guitars
3:36 - blind Tone Challenge
3:48 - Clean
5:11 - Overdrive
6:43 - Results
7:19 - Summary - My Personal Thoughts on the amp
Great video. The thing that really hinders those amps is that fender uses awful speakers. Lack of reverb is a problem too. I have a frontman 25r that I cut down into a head and I run it through a converted line 6 combo amp. The amp part was busted, but the speaker was solid, so I soldered up a mono input and there we are. Point is: the speakers that comes in those suck. Maybe it's to get people to buy better ones.
Anyway, great video. If you want good tone out of that, swap out that speaker!
@@simontemplar3359 BUT can the 10 g be a head without modding though, cause it has a chord plug stuck to it so is the cab stuck as well?
found this.... www.sinasoid.com/Combo-Amp-Speaker-Cable-p/rt-gtm-50010-ghr-pot.htm
would this help hook it up to an ext cab?
www.amazon.com/CESS-002-Binding-Barrier-Connectors-Speaker/dp/B07R9N1NL6/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=spade+connector+female+to+1%2F4&qid=1591718050&sr=8-2
Maybe if you put it under a microscope it's not great, but when you're like 15 playing with your friends squier strat it's as good as a Marshall stack lol
That’s exactly me yup
Yeah def.
Everybody’s Gotta start somewhere.
You literally just described my exact situation to a T. From the guitar to the amp to the age lmao. I'll take this as my sign to stop spending 3 hours looking for the exact best budget amp and just buy this one!
i’m 14 and started on a black squier strat i found in the back of my school’s music room closet and this amp and you’re about right i was blown away
I'm a amateur player and this is my first and only amp so far, and maybe it's my lack of experience talking (I can't tell the blind guitar tones at all) but I like it. Sure, the drive is too muffly for a pro sound but I don't think it's terrible. It sounded OK on my first ever gig, on march 12. (I used the drive because I don't own any pedals yet, but I'm getting a Boss GT-1 soon). Anyway, great video. Cheers from Brazil.
There is actually nothing wrong with the sound of this amplifier.
Dude, this amp is perfect for most things. I tried this and the VOX pathfinder and the Orange. The orange sucked, and this was a little nicer than the VOX. I ended up getting this and love it. I use a big muff and it sounds great. I also have a AC15 VOX for my home amp. That's a great amp but not very portable. Just use it until you absolutely can get the most out of it then upgrade. Otherwise you'll be lost in settings that you don't need and just complicate things.
its cheap crap. A better starter amp is the blackstar id core 20
@@Noah_2008 you probably spend thousands on gibsons
Skrrtdotcom Bruh i don’t have that kinda money I have a vintage v100 is basically a gibson but mass produced for much cheaper and my dream guitar is a gibson sg so I’m thinking of getting an epiphone
I bought this amp as something to learn with paired with an Ibanez RG. I stay in a motel when im working, (which is most of the time) and it does me well in that respect. It's small enough not to take up to much space and i think it sounds ok when practicing chords.
I got one of these used with my first guitar, the 15-watt version, and tossed in a Celestion speaker which made a world of difference. Putting a drive pedal in front of it helps a lot too. But still, I haven't touched it since I got my Katana.
The cure: 12" speaker. All small amps using a 12" speaker will be transformed into a good or stellar amp. Generally the guitar doesn't matter. It will produce it's sound and the amp will color it and amplify. Even the simplest tube and/or SS/digital amp will make the " guitar" sound very good. This is one more reason that people buy another guitar, and another, and another thinking it's the guitar. NO! It's the cheap amp's speaker! I have a couple of expensive small amps that sound terrible with their 10" and 8" speakers. However, running them through a 12" cab turns them into a concert worthy thing. Forget the guitars, buy a 12" speaker for the full reproduction of tone as the human ears perceives it. Thanks for the interesting subject!
Even just swapping to a better 8" or 10" speaker makes a huge difference though. Just check out the Yamaha THR series if you have any doubts. Heck, even Darrell Braun tested this theory (czcams.com/video/o856fDGIYZY/video.html) and just using a BETTER speaker in the same form factor makes a world of difference. These cheap amps use horrific speakers with baby magnets.
That's why I bought an 8 year old second-hand Fender Mustang II over a new Mustang (even though I paid almost as much as the new price). The new Mustangs all have smaller speakers. I might put a better 12" speaker in it if / when I learn to play better - we shall see.
Any speakers you recommend?
@@YahLovesYou86 www.jensentone.com/mod-series/mod-6-15
they run for like $30-35 in amazon
is there an adapter i can use to plug to a cab ? is this what I need?
www.amazon.com/CESS-002-Binding-Barrier-Connectors-Speaker/dp/B07R9N1NL6/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=spade+connector+female+to+1%2F4&qid=1591718050&sr=8-2
My very first amp back in the day was a Frontman 25R with the slightly bigger speaker with input jacks for my tape player. It was great for a beginner and had the reverb effect for fun. I used it for years, even with that 10” speaker. It’s hard to overstate the importance of speaker size for tone.
I played one of these at a guitar store a few years ago, out of curiosity. I was really surprised by it - with the clean channel cranked all the way up the tone fattened up very nicely with a natural compression and overdrive that actually had a decent 70's Silverface character to it despite the small speaker. Quite touch responsive too, I could easily clean it up with my volume knob. But it has to be treated like an old-school Fender amp, not a modern digital emulation.
I completely agree with you. The amp just makes the wrong noises. I can't explain it any better than that. For now it's my only amp and I'm looking into getting a better one.
Which one did you buy?
I bought this about 7 months ago for my first guitar when i didnt know what i was doing. Absolute Dogwater. Never cheap out on an amp.
That amp is for beginners. Anyone with 5 years of guitar playing experience that uses one of these, most likely does so because of it's portability, not it's tone.
Even after 30+ years of playing, I would consider getting one used (at a very low price), just to have an amp to play through on a vacation, but definitely not to record, at least not without a distortion and a chorus pedal.
What amp do you prefer to go with squier affinity start hss model? I can spend 250$ at max on an amp
@@rajkalyani5724 Try a Fender Frontman 25R. A used one is well within your budget, you can get tones that cover many musical styles, it is loud enough for a band rehersal, & it should continue to serve well as a practice amp when you have move on to better equipment.
@@dam7ri I'm more of Ed sheeran type of musician. I want to use electric guitar just to make songs like thinking out loud or dive.. I don't need distortion. And yes, I will think about your recommendation but can you tell me which is better between fender mustang I v2 and fender champion 20 for my style of music? I'm from India, here choices for instruments and accessories is limited.
I'm not familiar with Ed Sheeran's music; the lightest music I listen is Judas Priest. I would suggest you research demos for those two amps on CZcams to see which one suits your needs best. I would still recommend the Frontman 25R, but looking on the used market, I saw that 65R's and 100's are also in your budget; so, if you go that route, availability would probably be the determining factor.
Absolutely right.
All amps even cheap ones have sweetspots. A real musician / craftsman doesn't blame his tools. He just gets the best out of what he has.
Thank you very much.
I got the Strat right, so that's something I guess. I got the Deluxe mixed up with the Starcaster (both being humbucker guitars), and I mistook your Player Tele for your partscaster tele. I thought the Player Tele sounded great. I think they all sounded fine in this video, probably in no small part to the fact that you're no noob when it comes to playing the guitar.
I have one of these. I ought it when I was traveling for work and just wanted a cheap amp. It's not terrible but it is definitely not what I expected from a fender amp. Dirty sounds like just a blown speaker(and no, mine isn't blown). Clean sounds just have no tone to them. It's like playing an acoustic into a microphone. The sound isn't really natural, it sounds like it's a VHS recording. With enough playing around it gets the job done but there are amps for less money that sound good no matter what you set them to. The Laney stereo mini is a great option for just a little bit more.
it's my least favorite amp 😵
> that sound good no matter what you set them to
yeah that's called hyper-processed food. it's always tasty. everyone wants to plug in and instantly sound like a legend. soon they'll produce guitars that sound amazing without any skills. ai will do everything for you.
I'm a 53 year old beginner plus, having played for a little more than a year. I bought a Fender Champion 20 as an upgrade to my starter amp which was much worse than the Frontman 10 in this video. You can get one used for the same price as the Frontman 10, and I recommend it. Even more so after having seen this video. I've upgraded since then, but I still use it when getting together with a couple friends to play. I'd be embarrassed to be toting that Frontman anywhere. Good video, Landon. Thanks!
Oh hey! I hear the Champion amps are pretty decent! Take care
I played a champion 20 at guitar center today, I need to upgrade from an ibanez 10w from the 1990s. It sounded great clean but any overdrive sounded scratchy. Left with fender Mustang lt25. The sound on that is incredible.
Hopefully the bad sounding speaker was just due to display model use.
My guesses before the reveal: V - shawbucker telecaster (love it); W - partscaster; X - star caster; Y - strat; z - player telecaster
Edit after the reveal:
OK I was close. I swapped the partscaster and the strat. I think the shawbucker telecaster sounded best from this amp (both settings). I agree the clean is better the shawbuckers sound great. The OD sounded poor overall. Good video. As an alternative practice amp, I've got the Fender 20 and it's very good on the clean, and perhaps slightly better than yours with the blackface/british simulations. It's also $50 more than your amp. There are some good reviews for it on youtube.
Thanks! Your video along with others helped me avoid a mistake. In the same price range the Marshall MG10G, Orange Crush 12, Vox Pathfinder 10 are all good options.
Glad I could help!
Clean, I liked the "W" guitar. Overdrive, I liked the "V" and "Y" guitars. I didn´t even try to guess what guitar was on each of the samples LOL.
I agree. Get the Blackstar Fly 3. I've been playing for years and it's the only practice amp I use these days. I live in a small apartment and so can't crank the volume and it still sounds great. I've even been known to use it on stage (obviously mic'd up) in an emergency situation and it performed amazingly well.
Good video. I thought the amp was not helped by them. I only guessed the Affinity and Partscaster correctly. I was lost on the other 3. I probably should have put earplugs in. Having owned it briefly, I would definitely not recommend this amp. I sold it quickly.
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Ive had it for most of my beginner days but then you get bored of just od and clean and the overdrive mixes w the clean tone as well and its so bad..looking foward to getting a new amp
I thought the amp had some good tones except for X, which was the Starcaster and Z which was the player tele. However, you ear may be more fine tuned than mine. Love your channel!
Cool, thanks!
Small box = harsh boxy sound. I would take the back plate off and make it open-backed to create wider sound dispersion.
That truly is a starter amp. I could hear some differences between the guitars, it not enough to distinguish between them... could be my limited knowledge of tones, or the fact that I listened in stereo but without my headphones.
suprised me the real sound differences between guitars. Maybe the amp don´t sounds good with any guitar, but the real thing is that differences are very appreciable. My favourite over all is "Z" guitar... just in time because I'm in this moment very confused about what Fender Player I want to buy
I have one and I can get good sound using guitars with hot pickups. My other guitars have a thin tone through the amp and harsh distortion
That partscaster looks great. The roasted neck and the body color go together like Rama lama lama, ka dinga da dinga dong.
What are the settings for the clean ?
My guess 🤷🏻♂️
V: Fender Tele (W/Shawbuckers)
W: Squier Strat
X: Fender Starcaster
Y: Tele Partscaster
Z: Fender Tele Player
Edit post-results:
I swear I made my guess during the comparisons, when you revealed the guitars I was like wooow. But again, the differences can be heard only in the clean examples, when you turn the drive on, they all sound very similar.
Great video, awesome channel. Greetings from Costa Rica! ☀️
good job! thanks
I recently got my first guitar which came bundles with this amp, one thing which I'm finding and I don't know if it's me because I'm new or is it the amp is of low quality or maybe because my guitar is also a cheap one, but I'm mainly not liking the tones when bending strings, it sounds sick almost. Is it me or is it the amp is just bad? Would getting a better amp fix that?
I’m guessing guitar W was the Affinity Strat? I used to have one, and the pickups were hot, and bright like that. I also had the Squier version of this amp, called the “Sidekick”. I got some great tones by lowering the guitar’s volume, and cranking up the amp to compensate, really nice clean to crunch dynamics. Also, putting the amp on a wooden table, or shelf really helps the tone get more bottom end.
Ha, I was right! 😁👍
Gottem all, that partscaster made me chuckle from how obvious it was
What is the song called that he played when he was in clean?
In my opinion the AM Pro Tele Shawbucker sounded the best, second best was the partscaster tele! Great Video, I habe the same amp with the same affinity strat! ;) but I also have a Zoom G7.1UT, which makes the amp and guitar sound much better! ;) Greetings!
Hey lando great moves keep it up. Was wondering if you had any opinions on the Squier Thinline classic vibe 70 Tele 2019 model HH and the Squier contemporary tele HH, I've ordered both with view of returning one
oh hey! those are two I'd like to try in the future. I'm on hold from buying and selling everything right now while most businesses are shutdown. take care!
I cut my Frontman 10g. Down and made it into a head plugged into my 12” cab. It sounds great. I don’t agree that the front end on this amp sounds bad. Change the speaker or plug it into a good cab and Voila.
I’ve seen a number of demonstrations of this amplifier and I’ve thought the distortion sounded good in every case. Not a distortion I’d use on everything, but then in my opinion that applies to the distortion of every amplifier. My liking for the distortion of this amplifier stems from the styles of music that I listen to that use exactly this sort of distorted sound. In general though I never use an amplifier to produce distortion.
What kind of aux does it have? I lost mine
I have the Squier 10G which is the same thing and I agree, The clean setting is OK for beginner. The overdrive not so good. I bought cheap until I can verify I am going to stick with guitar playing before upgrading. I'm still in the sore finger stage.
The clean sounds so good the guitar V.
Got the Affinity Strat and the Starcaster right. Strat was too ice picky and Starcaster was too muddy for my tastes. Player Tele was best, followed by the Tele Pro, and then the Custom Shop.
I have this amp and play an ibanez (not sure wich model) and it sounds preety bad tbh. either that or i suck at playing (real possibility)
It depends a lot how you and what sound you are looking for, i'm a metalcore/hard rock man so this was a really crappy amp for me that just almost make me quit on guitar playing, try using modeling amps o modelings apps like bias fx or AmpliTube with an irig (i think Is near 50 bucks on Amazon) so you can be shure what u r looking for
I have it too and it doesnt make tones like a lot of songs and people i hear. It sounds very shitty and buzzy in the high octaves and then for the lower strings it buzzes as well and it makes it louder for some reason. Idk if its my guitar or not but im pretty sure its the amp.
If that gain knob was a reverb knob, maybe squeeze in a mid control, then this would be good
so, truth is, for the overdrive, you have to keep the overdrive at five or under to get a nice distortion like sound, or completely crank it up to ten in order to get a nice metal sound. for the first one you ahould also turn up the treble whereas for tghe second bass is key. i find that this amp is good because it is more versatile than it seems at firstz, and especially for a beginner, it teaches you how to get the tone from your guitar and not from your amp. it also forces you to know how to use the eq well. im also always impressed by how loud it is, i have gotten neighbor complaints with the volume on 3. i wish i was able to turn it up to ten.
I hate neighbor complaints
@@Submersed24 You crank up the gain not the volume.
Didn't get any right! (Ashamed). Sorta ok soundin on all of em, liked the affinity on cleans, the blue tele on drive! Listened twice on nice phones btw! P.S- New 2 ur channel (thanks 2 In the blues!) like ur style and humor and agree w ur summary!
My first guitar came in the Squier Affinity HSS pack, had the Frontman 15G... it sounded a little better than the 10watt, BUT mine had an intermittent buzz, like the amp had 60cycle hum... or something, i dunno... but the best, most "immediately improved my sound" upgrade i ever got was a Fender Mustang II V2 amp... love that thing! Incidentally, it sounds better than my new Mustang GTX100 🤔
I have a buzz with my frontman 15g
I got this one in a beginner kit and I have no idea how to make it sound like in the video
Fender Mustang lt25 is really nice for the money. I had a katana and sold it after playing my friends mustang gt100. I love my mustang gt100, its awesome.
Can pedals be plugged into this amp? How long has Fender been selling this amp?
I got everything correct except I swapped the player tele and the strat.
Hi. With a multifx pedalboard works better. But still it's a practice amp. I've got a Telecaster 72 custom and a zoom g3xn and sometimes I use it to practice at home
I have this amp as one of my smaller practice amp.. For the price, I think it's fine. With speaker upgrade fine for church gig or very small live gig (single act). It a practice amp, and as long as it's ok to your ears its's fine if it helps you practice. It's a tool for your musicians toolbox. The overdrive is not very good. If you really want overdrive , there are tons of pedals available. But for small gig and practice, it's fine. Try one out for yourself.
The power cord is better than feeding batteries or having to charge for a kid. The clean is wonderful on this amp. I use mostly vintage Peavey Amps and all that I have played with can't believe my tones. I get great British Marshall with an old Ibanez Smashbox, Brown EVH with a Boss Metal Zone 2, and OD with Boss Super OD 1. This Frontman 10 G really accepts these pedals well and with them and delay............Blows the Katana away. Closed Cab is really tight. This amp alone makes you learn not for note with out cover ups on what you are playing. OD is good enough to learn songs on, in fact is ideal. As the young person grows and is made to play material right they can add on pedals and get very good sounds. I love this amp for recording and practicing with head phones on. Closed cab and acceptance of pedals saves me trying to record on a monster like say my 1979 modded Mace Deuce Peavey. Which was designed for Lynard Skynard, used by Neal Shoen of Journey for his 1st 4 albums and played by Dire Straights. It is the base model power section for EVH 5150. My point is amps are what you make them and in the real world the best tones come from a main amp tone colored by pedals nothing beats this and the Fender FM G 10 designers get that.
I disagree
I agree that your method works for the guitarist never expiring to a stage amp and pedal board. Keep rockin your living room.
Finally got to see this one. I agree going to something else, but it does perform better using blues. So maybe that might be why
I think the clean sounded alright
Nah man, only if the guitar is unplugged and that's a maybe...
If that's what floats your boat
@@Ben59910 I didn’t say good I said listenable. XD
Yes it sure did
Best I can tell from the Frontman 10G schematic, the bass control doesn't have a neutral position, it's always cutting. I suspect that's why it's so difficult to get a full sound from it, that and the inbuilt cuts in the distortion circuit are a bit odd too.
I think the sole purpose of these little amps is to see if my son will try to learn the guitar for 2 weeks, then put it aside like all the other crap I've bought him over the years, so I guess it serves a purpose. By the way, he's been practicing for 2 years now and is getting pretty good, and I'm really proud of him for sticking with it!
Is he still going? 2 years is quite a bit
@@smokinlogs80085 still going. Getting better all the time. I'm really proud of him! ... Just got his 3rd guitar ( Gibson '61 SG!)
That room treatment sounds okay. Looks pretty cool.
Good video Landon. Guitar w sounds good in clean and guitar y on overdrive. Not familiar with the names. Being a beginner and 70....not an expert...but willing to learn. Right now working with Travis picking...so you know. As you say, try the market before deciding...
I bought one the other day, new, for 60.00. I'm just starting out...it's just to hear what I'm playing on the electric guitar. After I get much much better...I'll spend more more...but for now...this is fine.
good plan! nothing wrong with that. my first amp was a Peavey Blazer 15
Appreciate the video and I am not knowledgeable enough about guitar amps to review them. However , as a 59 year old returning novice guitar player if this is as bad as they come I am totally impressed. Lol For less than the price of a nice dinner out you can buy your kid or grand kid a working amp that they can practice on. It not so bad that it stops working after a week. Lol We live in a wonderful time in terms of access to guitars and information provided over the internet. Free or very affordable instruction is easily available . Parents on a tight budget can afford entry level equipment that is at least playable. Anyone can look up the videos, chords or tabs to their favorite songs. Previous generations did not have it so good.
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I bought that amp at a pawn shop I just don’t know if there’s anything wrong with it has a lot static and distorted I would try to get a cleaner sound but I can’t not sure I got it’s for like 54$ dollars
Thank you for this Landon, very honest review. I'll probably go for a katana mini or a marshall mg10/15 and speaking of which maybe you can do a marshall mg10/15 review someday? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.
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Clean sounds decent, but the overdrive in my opinion was very bad.
agreed
I agree with you. I bought one without researching it and wouldn't again. Clean it's pretty nice at low volumes and with a multieffects pedal in front for overdrive, etc. it's ok for practice at least. But the onboard drive is really, really bad.
Same here
I have one of these.. and a 1979 Champ... I like to keep my options open.. One difference is that I don't currently have to replace the treble pot in the Frontman🙄
when i got the pack with the bullet strat i put distortion on but there was no distortion any ways of fixing? :(
no probably not
@@landonbailey nevermind l fixed it :-D
Which would you rather one of the mini amps you love such as blackstar fly 3 or nux or this frontman?
Watch the summary at the end, I give my recommendations
The Player tele sounded really good
For 70 bucks new, this amp doesn't sound bad. For a kick around/couch sitting amp it's alright.
I got the second and third one right. Anyway, solid review, it covered all my questions about the amp. Thanks
Got the Affinity right... Used to have one lol
Hey Landon, have you ever played the Traynor DG15 or DG15R. The DG line of solid state amps was discontinued a while ago. I picked a DG15R on Kijiji a couple years ago. In my opinion it's a great little amp, good real spring reverb, master volume, and a 10 inch Celestion speaker. Interested to see what you think of them. Love your videos, Cheers!
hey there! I haven't played any Traynor amps! I know that sounds weird being from Canada. just haven't yet
Lando27Music check one out if you get the chance. I see them on Kijiji fairly often in the 60-100 dollar range. I was pleasantly surprised by the way the clean channel breaks up when you crank it.
3/5 right. I still have this Amp (came in a Starter Pack). Sitting in a corner, collecting dust, haha. Hearing it again on your video, I'm surprised at a couple of the Cleans. With a little work, might sound ok. The Gain is garbage, but I seem to recall a moment I had fun with it for a day or two, by adding Pedals to it. Like Fuzz and something else I can't remember. That was a while ago, haha. I might go and take the dust off this Amp, and have a go at the Clean. Nothing else to do during self isolation, haha. You make good videos. The guessing games are entertaining. HAGD. Cheers.
You know what I just realized? The one that came in the Starter Pack is a 15G, and not the 10G. Sorry about that. (That's how long it has been collecting dust, I forgot about that bit of info, haha). Decent Clean for noodling around. Bedroom Amp, until I properly upgrade it (Bedroom Amp) to another one, but this will do for now. I like it.
That type of amp need tweaking to be great, I had a Marshall ms1 I had to disassemble it and reseal the speaker case and speaker mounting properly to make it awesome. It,s made thrown in the box factory. Bring it to any tech he will make it great with minor changes as simple as closing the back or good settings or a better speaker. Make it an amp head and use a orange ppc108. It,s below 100$ of course it,s not a fender champ
Hey thanks!! I’ll take it off my list cuz I thought all the dirty sounds were crap.
Did you get this amp from the $219 Squier pack? I'm curious as to what guitar is in the pack, bullet, affinity, or something even lower than bullet that isn't even branded.
No I bought the amp stand alone
Got them all! Wrong. But that's par for the course. Love the neck on your Partscaster.
You got a like for the Lando blink
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I was amazed at the result, as on both clean & dirty ,I did NOT like Y at all ! Both HB guitars sounded better to me. Great video , just goes to prove that no matter how good the guitar is , you can make it sound a whole lot cheaper and nastier with one of these amps! Seriously , my local pawn shop usually has 1 or 2 and they are priced at a pittance , like £10 or £15 .
Have the frontman 15g amp which is a bit better than than the 10g. Neither one of them are perfect, but they're inexpensive practice amps. Picked mine up used for 50 bucks, hard to complain about it at that price
i got one of these used for my brother for his birthday, and it may not be a high end piece of gear, but for an 11 year old, it’s more than sufficient. it’s not incredible, but it’ll make him feel like a rockstar
4:37 which song did you play?
czcams.com/video/MH6TJU0qWoY/video.html
I'm a semi-hollow fan, so I picked out the starcaster easily and didn't care about the others so much (I'm also a Gibson guy, so...). I do have the amp. I bought it when I was trying to get back into guitar with a strat knock-off that my son left at home. I didn't see the point in buying an expensive amp for a crap guitar when I was waiting to see how much time I put into the effort. For that, I thought it did a perfectly fine job.
Haven't watched all the way yet but I've noticed owning this myself the overdrive is kind of garbage. I prefer to play either clean or with very little distortion which I think is fine for an amp designed for practicing guitar.
What overdrive sound appeals to any particular person is just a matter of preference. This one’s will definitely suit a certain type of music, but that won’t be to everyone’s taste.
One question I have did you address the rattling from your early videos when you got the amp?
what about changing the speaker. I was thinking of buying one cheap and putting a Jensen MOD speaker on it; So like $25 for the amp $30 for the speaker... Now why the JMOD specifically because I want to use it with a bass vi and guitar and line works for bass and guitar amps
hey there! I don't recall the rattling on this amp. I haven't modded anything on it 😊
@@landonbailey when you did the side by side with the vox pathfinder, you mentioned something... I know years ago but I just saw the vid right before this one
@@landonbailey oh first of all thank you for replying do you still have the pathfinder? did that LED mod lead to any amp issues?
ah k! no issues with the Pathfinder although I rarely use it
@@landonbailey thanks again
I just bought one for 5 bucks on Offer Up! Couldn't NOT do it... to compliment my fender Mustang 1 already.
Edit: Using overdrive i recommend
Gain and Treble: 9/10
Volume and Bass: 2.5 TOPS!
Sounds alright
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The Lando flash was a little delayed this time,
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I didn't like x, which just reinforces the fact that I prefer single coil pups.
I agree that your $80 is better spent towards a 3w portable mini amp like the Blackstar Fly 3.
The mini amp is something you'll always wanna have because it's portable, it's battery powered, and they're really quiet, ideal for a small bedroom.
The Vox Pathfinder 10 is a pretty good sounding budget amp, in my opinion. It has a nice warm tone. Struggles to keep up with drums though. And I can't vouch for the dirty channel because I don't use it. But sounds way better than this Fender 10g I think.
I've seen videos of people modding it (the Vox) in a couple of interesting ways too. One guy crushed the clipping diodes (easier than desoldering them), another guy replaced the 8" speaker with a 10".
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My thoughts on other amps in the range.
Yes, not an amp worth buying new, maybe for a tenner used for a young student. I think it sounded better than a Squier 10 amp - that's not saying much, same horrible drive channel.
The slightly larger Frontman 15G is much much better. In fact our melody guitarist at church uses one in our small ensemble and it is plenty loud for congregational singing (volume between 5 and 7). It works because he is playing single notes most of the time and they cut through cleanly because the amp is not having to cope with the wide frequency range of strummed chords. Ensemble is piano (sometimes), acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass (me). Anywhere from 20 to 150 people singing - usually 100 in the morning.
To give a bit more context, the ensemble sits to the side of the congregation and the instruments do go through the PA. The amp is on a stand pointed directly at the congregation and is the only instrument not going through the PA.
I have a Frontman 25R (all black with metal grille) at home with a Legend 1058. With that speaker inside it is way too loud for the home even with the volume between 0 and 1. At 5, the clean channel starts to flake out but up to that point it does have the Fender clean tone and has plenty of bottom end.
Swapping out the volume potentiometer in your Frontman 25G for one of the same resistance value, but having an "audio taper", aka. exponential taper will allow for it to be played at a much lower volume. This is an issue with all of the Frontman amps, as far as I know. They have linear potentiometers, which function in the volume position more akin to on/off switches than they do volume dials. They, and other manufacturers use them in their budget lines to make the amps seem more powerful than they are.
I have one and I think it’s okay. Good for a starter amp
5/5. It helped that they were vastly different price category or style.
Sounded ok-ish... For recording def. not, but for bedroom practice I would prefer this over a mini amp.
I get it, it's not great and I know because I bought a front man 20G . But the reason I did purchase it was to have an amp small enough around I could mess with and to use for when I am working on my guitars electronics etc. and and to test with . My big amplifiers are a pain to plug in and deal with because of my living arrangement.
try a Fly 3 or Katana Mini
This amp can make every guitar sound like Ibanez Gio
Yeah man if it's a kit buy, use it ..it serves its purpose as "Somthing to get sound" but I agree, Dont go out of your way to purchase it as an amp...Lol. Great video as always London. Please stay safe brother.
Classic amp. Epic broken speaker sounds with a nice Squier Affinity.
The guitars you're playing may be different but through that amp they all sound very similar. Those little solid state amps never sound good in my opinion. They are first amps for beginners, and for that group they are fine. Small speakers don't have the same sound projection as larger ones.
I put a 6" 4-way Sony X-Plode car stereo speaker in mine.
Sounds much better now. Has worked for over 10 years.