Fender G-DEC 30 Guitar Digital Entertainment Center Guitar Combo Amplifier (30 Watts, 1x10 in.)

Easy recall of guitar tones. Special effects. 70 patterns. Internal synthesizer with MIDI interface.

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25 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 7 out of 10

5 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 7 out of 10

"Really Good Practice Amp for the Serious Guitar Player"

Feature:
the footswitch is great - very compact, runs in three modes, and once you get used to that idea, each of the modes does important things. mode 1 is just a three way patch switch between the first 3 of 40 banks, so that gives you three tones to pick from if you were ever going to use it for live performance. mode 2 is the up and down the patch list mode, and mode 3 lets you control sampling and playback with the potential to overdub on the fly.

Quality:
typical solid Fender product

Value:
The value of this amp is that you can practice like crazy with a drum beat that you dial in, which can be different on all 50 of your patches. So once you get the perfect drum beat, then you add up to about 28 seconds of backing track that loops, using the footswitch, and then just jam along with it. I used to have a drum machine with midi cable to a "jam man" sampler unit, and the G-DEC does the exact same thing all in one component.

Desirability:
This is a real practical amp for serious guitar players that want to know how they sound soloing with a band. for songwriters, lots of opportunities to creat layers of sound with a huge palette of tone and effect combinations.

Sound:
Standard fender tones plus a decent attempt at creating distorted and overdriven sounds

Ease of Use:
It takes a lot of patience to dial in great tones - both the amp list of properties and the effects list have settings that need to be looked at. the LCD is pretty small - don't think you'll ever be able to do live performance and modify your patches on the fly - everything is driven off the LCD menus - if you had a computer that had the virtual dials it might be managable - but this amp is not one that you can dial in settngs quickly with. and when you change settings such as the effect, lots of defaults have to be looked at all over again. once a setting is dialed in properly it's there for recall instantly and there are 50 preset patches to put in custom tones.

Support:
no

Overall:
I'll keep it as my primary rehearsal amp for a long time, but won't ever use it for live performance because the controls are not really accessible quickly, especially on a dark stage!

Submitted: 5/11/2008

Style of Music: rock, blues, pop

* * * * * * * * * * 9 out of 10

"The Swiss Army Knife Guitar Amp"

Feature:
This is the Swiss Army Knife of guitar amps. Along with the features listed above there are also 50 factory preset backing track each with drumtrack, bassline and even some accompaniment. There are also 50 user programmable memory slots for your own compositions. This amp has a MIDI I/O for true robust composition using a sequencer and a computer.

Quality:
What can I say, it's a Fender. When I think Fender I think "Icon", "Legend" and "Quintessential". The quaility, the fit and finish of this this amp lives up to all I think Fender to be. It has the classic look of a Fender product and deversity of its features makes it a pleasure to play through.

Value:
Factor in the cost of an amp, drum machine, rythm machine, the different amp models and digital effect purchsed sepparately versus the $370.00 street price of this item. If you do the math you'll recognize the value

Desirability:
Oh it's sexy alright. What all it does is pretty amazing!

Sound:
With it's 17 amplifier models and 29 digital effects you can sculpt your sound to be warm like a vintage Tweed or have the high end crunch of British electronics. You have all of the popular effects like distortion, delay, chorus, phase shift, flanger, etc, each with customizable variables.

Ease of Use:
I would have given it a 10 except that the instructions are sparse and the user interface is not very intuitive. There is a bit of a learning curve you'll have to overcome. Once you do get it though it's pretty easy.

Support:
I haven't had need for any repairs or upgrades but Fender has a lot of material online to help you along. Almost anything you need in terms of product support is available through their web site. This product also comes with a five year limited warrantee.

Overall:
This is a great practice amp. You could drive a small hall with it but it is just a 30 watt amp. I use it for practice, rehersals, compsition and jusyt plain shredding with all of it's effects

Submitted: 2/17/2008

Style of Music: Blue, Rock, Classic Rock, Jazz Fusion

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Description
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An upgraded version of Fender's top-selling, award-winning Guitar Digital Entertainment Center (G-DEC), the revolutionary amplification system that makes your own practice sessions sound like a full band!

The upgraded features make the G-DEC 30 a fine rehearsal or recording tool for the more discriminating guitarist; these include all-new backing tracks and presets in addition to the ones included with the original G-DEC, a "Composition Mode" that lets individual measures be combined into entire songs, a phrase sampler with overdub capability, and rear-panel speaker and line outputs. Optional four-button footswitch controls program selection and stop/start functions. Fun and sophisticated!

Features:
Easy recall of guitar tones from Heavy Metal to Jazz to Punk to Country

Special effects like Reverb and Echo plus fun, creative sound effects!

70 patterns including drum beats, bass lines, and other instruments providing musical backing

Individual measures can be extracted from onboard patterns for use in Composition Mode

Internal synthesizer with MIDI interface allows playing with MIDI song files via computer. -Every general MIDI instrument from Piano to Percussion is inside.

MIDI song files can be loaded from computer and stored onboard.

Easy-to-use automatic guitar tuner

CD or MP3 devices can be hooked up with the G-DEC for "play along" capability

Internal 28 second Phrase Sampler can sample the incoming guitar signal to create loops, or song snippets from CD/MP3 may be captured for careful study.

Phrase Sampler can do "sound on sound" overdubs

Future software upgrades can be loaded via MIDI

Optional footswitch allows start-stop of backing tracks and phrase samples, program selection, or tuner select

Left and Right line outputs have speaker-emulated response for stage or recording use; may be selected for All or Synth & Aux Only

External Speaker Output is selectable for All or Guitar & Phrase Only

Technical Info

Model Name: G-DEC 30

Model Number: 235-0500-000 120V

Series: G-DEC

Type: Solid State

Output: 30 watts into 8 ohms

Ohms: 8 ohms

Speakers: 1 x 10 in. Fender Special Design Speaker

Channels: One Channel, with Extra "Teacher Input" on Rear Panel

Controls:
Analog Controls: Volume, Guitar Tone, Backing Volume

Digital Controls: Data Wheel, Drum Menu Button, Start/Stop Button, Tuner Button, Phrase Play Button, Phrase Record Button, Phrase Overdub Button, Aux Menu Button, Utility Menu Button, FX Menu Button, Amp Menu Button, Save Button, Exit Button

Covering: Black Textured Vinyl with Silver Grille Cloth

Weight: 21 lbs. (9.5 kg)

Dimensions:
Height: 15.75 in. (40 cm)
Width: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Depth: 8.25 in. (21 cm)

Footswitch: Uses Optional 4-Button Footswitch for Mode Select, Start/Stop of Backing Tracks and Phrase Samples, Program Select, Tuner Slect (Not Included)

Introduced: 7/2006

Notice: Product Prices, Features And Specifications Are Subject To Change Without Notice
Amped-up version of the original G-DEC with 30 watts, 10" speaker, and 70 new backing tracks and presets! Phrase sampler with overdubbing. New Composition Mode lets you build songs from measure-long patterns. Line out. Fun!

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