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Has anyone any experience of these amps for home/small gig use? This model is rated at 40W and has 12" speaker.
Looking for a lightweight amp with good tone for ^0s music with a few Shads instros!

Oops should read 60s music!

I've used a Mustang III at jams (it doesn't belong to me).

A very versatile amp, loaded with FX and with modelling and tone/volume/crunch setting pre-sets. Quite well provided with clean headroom too (there's no excuse for SS amps running out of clean volume these days, since amplification power is so cheap).

I prefer a valve amp (usually a Fender Deluxe or Kelly amp-head), but the Fender Mustang amps are perfectly acceptable.

Thanks Jim

I have an AC30 and Peavey Encore valve amps but they are getting a bit heavy these days to get in and out of the car!

A friend of mine bought that very Mustang model a few months ago, & is very pleased with it. He is very experienced with lots of amps, so knows what is a good or bad amp. He says it is relatively lightweight, which means a lot to blokes of a certain age group, & it has so many digital options for modelling amps & effects. It is also very good value for money, or cheap, if you prefer. Let's be frank about it; it is a budget amp at those prices, so there may be compromises in the quality of some of the components inside, & the build quality. I guess it's another 'Made in China' product, but from what I know of the quality of the latest Squier guitar & bass ranges, it seems that the Chinese have made excellent progress in quality control over the past 3-4 years.

Tony.

Thanks Russet - I will check if any of our local music shops have any in stock and give it a go!

I have just bought a Fender Mustang III (V2). Any suggestions for settings for Shadows tunes as per EFTP?

Let me know what you think of the amp Paul. Ive still not got around to trying out a Mustang II (V2) yet as Ive not found anyone local who had one in stock. Even Academy of Sound didnt have any last time I was in there!

Paulps wrote:I have just bought a Fender Mustang III (V2). Any suggestions for settings for Shadows tunes as per EFTP?

Although the Mustang amp will have some very good digital effects in it's arsenal, I doubt very much whether it will have the ability to reproduce many of the specific echoes properly for Shads instrumentals. I believe it has a pretty good amp simulation for the Vox AC30, but to get the tripping echoes you will have to have a seperate echo unit. You will be able to see the options as to which is the best unit at various price ranges in the various threads on this site.

Tony.