Fender Super Champ XD Vintage Modified Guitar Combo Amplifier (15 Watts, 1x10 In.)

15-Watt tube power amp with high-quality digital DSP effects.

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Fender Super Champ XD Vintage Modified Guitar Combo Amplifier (15 Watts, 1x10 In.) reviews

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* * * * * * * * * * 9 out of 10 zZounds has verified that this customer bought this product from us.

"Fender gets it right-imagine that !"

Feature:
Nice throw in feature. My only suggestion would be an independant reverb.

Quality:
At this price point- NO ISSUES !

Value:
I'll be picking up another one soon.

Sound:
Killer Strat tone. Pre-amp selections offer a wide variety of the real deal.

Ease of Use:
It took all of about 2 minutes to tweak the sound I was after.

Overall:
For recording, jamming and small venue gigs, I have found THE amp.

Submitted: 1/4/2008

Style of Music: Ray Charles said "There's only two kinds of music-good and bad"

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* * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

"The Little Amp That Could"

Feature:
At $300, with a tube amp you're not expecting any fancy features. Surprisingly, the Super Champ XD has a decent list of features. Though limited in scope, the effects sound quite good. The amp also has a line out jack.

Quality:
Very cleanly assembled. Buy hey; it's cheap amp, so I'm not comparing the fit and finish to something costing 8 or 10 times as much. I think that such an amp is too inexpensively constructed to be expected to survive the rigors of the road. It's a practice/home recording amp.

Value:
Pretty tough to beat at the price.

Desirability:
Anything this cool for this price is definitely worth checking out.

Sound:
I was skeptical as to whether a $300 tube amp could be any good. I've owned lots of great tube amps, '69 plexi Super Lead, '62 Fender Bassman, '73 Super Reverb, JCM800 2203, Suhr Badger and many others. My other fave cheapie Fender is an early '90s tweed Pro Junior, which was also around $300 when I bought it. I went to the local music store to try out the Super Champ XD, plugged in a Telecaster, and I was floored at what a great sounding amp it was - especially at that price point. I immediately bought that amp and ordered a second for my brother. It's an ideal practice amp if you're into more of an old-school Fender sound. The preamp digitally models Fender tweed and blackface tone very convincingly. I guess Fender should know better than anyone how their amps are supposed to sound. As far as the other Voicings (channel 2) go, well, they're good but not excellent. Buy it for the Fender sounds. The effects are relatively few, but they all sound good. I really like the "slap" (short) delay and the tremolo effects. Another reviewer said that the amp's clean channel reminds him of a blackface Princeton. Couldn't agree more; I owned a '64 Princeton. This amp definitely gets you in the general ballpark of the Princeton clean tone. The stock speaker sounds quite good; but I'd probably upgrade before recording with this amp. It would be fine as is for gigs. And it sounds really impressive through a decent extension speaker cabinet. I was amazed at how much more punch and detail I got with the amp plugged in to a closed cabinet with a Celestion Vintage 30 12" speaker.

Ease of Use:
Getting a good tone with this amp is a no-brainer due to the simplicty of the amp's design concept. It's best to avoid extreme settings, though. The manual itself reminds users that particular settings work best with particular types of guitars, and that volume levels are vastly different from one voicing to the next in some cases. The manual is easy to read, but you could figure this amp out in a few minutes even without it.

Overall:
It was the fact that Fender had issued another $300 tube amp (I have a PJ) that inclined me to check this one out. At this price and with this much flexibility I'll probably hold onto it for a good while.

Submitted: 12/15/2007

Style of Music: Very broad, from rock to classical to ethnic

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The Super Champ of the early 1980s was an up-to-the-minute take on the venerable Fender Champ amp. It contained a powerful 10-Inch speaker, large for a Champ; its new overdrive capabilities were further enhanced by the inclusion of genuine Fender Reverb. Bottom line, it had incredible gain and volume in a compact package -- a real surprise for guitarists who were accustomed to hauling much larger amps to the studio or rehearsal hall.

The Super-Champ XD amplifier takes the vintage formula into a new era by combining a real tube amp with up-to-date "extras" like versatile amp voicing and quality DSP effects. The inclusion of solid-state overdrive and distortion eliminates many of the preamp tube problems that plague tube lovers, while providing tones for rock, blues, country, jazz, metal, and more. And the Line Output and Speaker Output capabilities mean that recording and practice sessions are rockin’ with the Fender Super-Champ XD.

The Vintage Modified part comes in with a 15-Watt Tube guitar amplifier with two 6V6 power tubes, one 12AX7 preamp tube, a 10inch Special Design speaker, 16-position “Voicing” knob with a myriad of clean and distorted preamp voices, Channel switching, 16 DSP effects, and genuine Fender Blackface cosmetics.

Features

15 Watt tube power amp

Two 6V6 tubes

One 12AX7 preamp tube

10 inch Special Design speaker

Voicing knob with 16 different amp types for any style of music

Two channels (Normal and Amp Voice) with channel-switching format (optional footswitch available, pn 0071359000)

16 effects with effects level control

External speaker capability

Line output

Technical Info

Series: Vintage Modified

Type: Tube amp with DSP

Output: 15 Watts into 8 Ohms

Ohms: 8 Ohms

Speakers: One 10 inch, 8 Ohm Special Design driver (pn 007-3858-000)

Channels: Two (switchable)

Controls: Volume 1; Channel Select; Gain; Volume 2; Voice; Treble; Bass; FX Level; FX Select

Covering: Black textured vinyl covering

Weight: 24 lbs (10.9 kg)

Dimensions: Height: 15 in. (38 cm) Width: 17.5 in. (45 cm) Depth: 9 in. (22.9 cm)

Power Handling Tubes: Two 6V6 tubes and One 12AX7 preamp tube

Weight: 29 lbs (13.1 kg) including packaging
The Super Champ XD blends classic Fender tube-tone with modern preamp effects for a versatile total package! Two 6V6 power tubes push 15 watts through a 10" speaker for vintage tube warmth. The 12AX7 preamp tube works in conjunction with a 16-position voicing knob for a full range of clean and distorted tones. Add 16 DSP effects and you have everything you need to bring a great guitar sound to the studio or the stage!
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