Fender Frontman 10G Guitar Combo Amp – The Ideal Practice
Fender Frontman 10G Guitar Combo Amp – The Ideal Practice Amp, suitable for Electric Guitar.
| Weight: | 3.86 kg |
| Size: | 10G |
| Dimensions: | 14.61 x 26.04 x 27.94 cm; 3.86 Kilograms |
| Model: | 2311000000 |
| Manufacture: | Fender |
| Dimensions: | 14.61 x 26.04 x 27.94 cm; 3.86 Kilograms |
| Origin: | Indonesia |
| Size: | 10G |
Just using at home in my bedroom, works well for the electric guitar practice but I haven’t performed with this. It can be loud though so I think you could perform with it comfortably
It has a remarkably similar bright ‘Fender’ tone to my old Princeton, which was also solid state (not expecting vintage tube amp sounds at this price!). It’s pretty loud although I’m not sure if it could compete with a drum kit but for my purposes it’s been plenty.
The gain channel is a bit cheesy for me full on, but that’s not really my tone and if you do play with a lot of gain you probably have a pedal you prefer anyway. I found with a just a little gain I can get a nice bluesy bite with single coils. I guess this bright, twangy Fender sound probably isn’t for everyone.
It looks the business with the exact looks of bigger Fender amps. Seems really solidly built and the controls and knobs feel decent.
Drawbacks – a daft one: but it’s solid back so you can’t stash your lead, tuner etc in the back. If it had a spring reverb built it in you could really get some of those authentic fender sounds. Kettle lead rather than integrated mains cable which can get lost if you’re gigging (and you can’t stuff it in the back of the amp), although they’re not hard to replace. Headphone and aux in are handy for practice but a line out that didn’t disable the speaker would be a bonus.
We got this for our daughter as she plays Base and it’s such a great quality amp and was at a good price. The quality is amazing and size is perfect for her. Pleased we got this for he
It is everything and more than what you would expect from an amplifier at the price with its 8″ speaker and 20 watts output, it will pack a punch, and live up to its reputation. for those that desire that clean cut Nashville Sound, or the mad rockers and Rolling Stone fans, who love the screaming tones, you will be equally impressed, as it has two independent channels which are set separately with a selector switch and a gain control to produce the necessary distorsion. I first plugged in my guitar just a day after arrival and it brings my Telecaster Custom to life like I was performing in a recording studio, and the sound does not in any way divert from the higher end of expensive amps on the market. This is a little gem that you will enjoy, from playing at home, to a jam session or in a recording studio. At such a modest price it is almost unbelievable, and far outweighs and exceeds the expectations of amp at the price. I am thankful that I am still able to retain my playing skills in my retirement years. I am both happy and fortunate that I was enabled to purchase this little beauty which is just tailor made and satisfying to my needs, on an offer from the amazon daily sales . Hoping all your dreams come through, Cheers!
Great little amp can’t go wrong with it for just home practising… I usually play peavey valve Kings and 6505s when we play…. But this amp is perfect when you can’t play at high volumes.. Shame that there’s no switch pedal but for the price and been bought for home practice only its great..
Only reason not 5 stars is that it doesn’t have any reverb and I forgot to check that before buying. Stupid, I know…
Also, there is no recess to store the plug & lead at the back, but it does have a velcro cable holder & tidy.
The amp is really small and cute – you can look at the dimensions and realise it’s small but when it arrives it really is small! It has no hum or hiss at usual levels of use, although you may get hum if you have a poor guitar lead and let it dangle near the amp, as it will pick up the transformer field (as it would with any amp, not just this one).
The sound is nice and punchy and you can get some distortion sounds with the overdrive section. I’m feeding it with an electric uke and it’s fine. When I say electric uke I mean a Strat-style shape, solid body with four strings and magnetic pickups and proportionally smaller than an electric guitar. I did try it with an electro-acoustic uke (which is a standard acoustic uke with a piezo pickup inside) and it didn’t sound so good but that was probably due to the budget quality of the piezo pickup.
I’ve also tried it with an electric guitar and it sounds good as well. Well worth the money!