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Fender Frontman II 25R Guitar Combo Amplifier (25 Watts, 1x10 in.)

Fender's Frontman Amp® series just got a facelift, yet all the tone, reliability, and value of the line remain consistent. Their Blackface cosmetic treatment (skirted knobs, silver grille cloth) makes these amps look as good as they sound! Each amp includes a headphone jack and an auxiliary input allowing the user to play along with a CD, tape player, or drum machine. This 25-watt, open-back amp has a 10 in. Fender Special Design speaker, 2 selectable channels (Normal and Drive), built-in reverb, 3-band EQ, and an external speaker jack. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
I'm not really into many features so this has MOSTLY what I needed.

Quality:
It's made well, solid as a rock.

Desirability:
Looks pretty nice compared to others. Amplifiers don't exactly look good in my opinion but this aint bad.

Sound:
The sound is pretty good, clean or distortion. However, it has some trouble with higher frequencies. Also buzzing is common. Sometimes it is soft, other times it is loud and very annoying.

Ease of Use:
It was easy to find the sound I wanted cause there weren't a million switches and they were very simple.

Overall:
This is pretty average, not really good but not bad either. I recommend this for beginners. I bought this as a beginner and lasted a few years but then went on to search for a new amp.

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Overall:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Quality:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10
Value:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10

Feature:
Features are only as good as the rest of this amps out put.

Quality:
I just got it, and found damage to the grill, grill had broke loose and both top mounting screws were bent, the cause was bad constrution and lack of good packaging from the factory. Not sure why FENDER whould sign off on this product.

Value:
Most likly not buy a FENDER amp again. Low price,low quality.

Sound:
Sounds OK but cant turn gain up pass 2,lots of humm, and whippy speaker can be over driven with to much volume.

Ease of Use:
It is a straight forward amp.

Support:
Have not used it yet.

Overall:
Not sure how long i will keep and or use it at time.If i were to buy again, mostlikly would buy diffrent brand.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
i loved it, though the imput to the amp isnt that good, i tried to plug it into my kareoke machine(for microphones) and a huge wall of sound came out, even at 2 volume

Quality:
its the best practice amp you can get, i highly reccommend it

Desirability:
it doesnt look that great for a 25 watt amp, but it is

Sound:
I love it, even though ive only been playin for 2 years with not much experience, i love this amp. the clean tones are awesome, though myabe a little more distortion for metal lovers? but over the best 25 watt amp ive ever played

Ease of Use:
oh man, its easy alright, just turn the knobs!

Support:
never had any service, this mp is the bomb

Overall:
ive been playin with it for a year, and the only reason i would want another was for more tone options, but im still gonna use it becasue its the best practice amp ever

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Mine is a older version that I bought used.It has the black metal grille on the speaker,and not the blackface treatment.Still looks great though.

Quality:
Whoever had this before me,really took care of it.I couldn't find anything wrong with this amp at all.Very well made and solidly put together.

Value:
It was definately worth what I paid for it.I would pay more if I had to.

Desirability:
It just looks like a well made product that'll last many years.

Sound:
This without a doubt,the best sounding 25 watt solid state amp out there today.After all,it's a Fender,what did you expect? This monsteris LOUD people! You can definately play small club gigs with it.

Ease of Use:
This amp is wicked easy to get used to.You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out.It didn't take long to get the tone that I'm used to.

Support:
Feer s always great to deal with.No hassles at all.

Overall:
I bought this to bring to band practice so I wouldn't have to lug around my FM212R,which can get quite heavy.After hearing how loud it is,I,m going to use this for our smaller gigs also.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Mine came with a dual button footswitch, i dont know if that is still included. The best thing about this amp is they didnt overload it with DSP and ruin the quality. I bought a crate half stack because the price was right...dont get me wrong but the effects were corny and not really adjustable.

Value:
If you are a beginner this is great, as is the 15r, dont get cheap and get the 15g because the extra 20 bucks you get reverb which is a key factor for good sound.

Sound:
This amp sounds great, i use to have one and am getting another one because they're good amps. its not perfect for metal, however when they designed it, I dont think thats what they were going for. Good, solid amp.

Ease of Use:
Anyone can use this amp..plug and play honestly.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10

Feature:
This doesn't include any accesories, other than a cable obviously. The most useful feature of this amp is the distortion, least useful would be clean, i wish this amp had more effects but if that's what your looking for i suggest going for a line 6 spider II or III.

Quality:
This product was made farely well, it looks good. This product is unreliable, i've had it for about a year and it's completely breaking down, i can barely have it loud at all before it starts giving me the craziest feedback you'll ever hear.

Value:
this amp is aight

Desirability:
it's a nice looking amp.

Sound:
This is a good amp for distortion with the treble on 10 and the clean is great. The sound quality is great, this product gave me the sound i wanted distortion wise, not so much clean, my musical style is metal and it have me what i wanted, the distortion is by far better than clean, coming from a musician who plays just a little bit mof everything, this amp sounds good by itself, don't try to take it over drums though. This amp is not stageworthy, and i have not recorded with it, i am using a gibson les paul standard and it sounds great, if you want a good distortion sound put the reverb on 2 just about on 3, put the treble on 10, the middle on 10, and you can mess with the volume, usually have the master higher than the other volume.

Ease of Use:
it's easy to find your sound with this amp because there arn't many feautures, your not gonna need to even open the manual in this, it's very basic.

Support:
i didn't try contacting the company about any of the problems with this amp.

Overall:
this amp is good for nothing more than practice

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Value:
This amp sells for about $139.oo anywhere. It's a great deal, BUY ONE!!

Sound:
I love this amp! I bought 2 of them! It has the best clean sound of ANY amp I've played. The only thing I wish Fender would have done was to put a 12" speaker in this thing. Other than that I would not change a thing!!! I mic this amp at church and the sound man loves it!

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
It has drive and reverb and and a 3 band equalizer Its not cramed full of features but for its quality what more do you need.

Quality:
Fender makes pretty well built products and so far it hasn't failed on me.

Value:
Woah only $140! For an amp this well made Id easily pay $300. I only paid $80 because I bought it used. I'd still say this amp is worth every penny and then some though.

Desirability:
Very sexy. I like the cool silver Fender symbol.

Sound:
The reverb is one of the best I ever heard. For an amp its size it volume really packs a punch. I put volume on 3 and it already shakes the house. The gain sounds good too.

Ease of Use:
Its pretty simple and you can easily figure out how to get the sounds you want.

Support:
Havent had to contact Fender yet.

Overall:
This is definatly the best amp i own. Of course there are better amps out there but not everyone has thousands of dollars. I think this amp is great for practicing and even taking to gigs.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
never really tried the eqs but was overall impressed

Quality:
worth every dollar you spend

Value:
get what you pay for

Sound:
really good sound was able to clearly hear itduring my band practice and it was only on 3

Ease of Use:
overall it was easy to use

Support:
never had to use

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The reverb is awsome. i would have liked to see more digital effects.

Quality:
ive had it a year and nothings broken yet!!!!

Value:
its cheap , but sounds great

Desirability:
pretty good , i guess

Sound:
Very good, but not as good as my marshall, i guess it isnt fair to compair the two becouase of the 300 doller price diffrence!

Ease of Use:
It is so easy and straight forward, just plugit in and play, u dont even have to mess with the eq to make it sound good

Support:
ive Never had to deal with it

Overall:
a good amp with few flaws, great for beginers not so great for seasoned guitarist.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Bare bones small amp, but great for the money. Not a performance amp, but serves its purpose for practice.

Quality:
I haven't had it for long so I can't say that it lasts a long time. It appears to be well built.

Value:
Good deal for a Fender practice amp.

Desirability:
I own it and use it.

Sound:
For an inexpensive amp, it has impressive sound tone and reverb. Though at times it can be a bit "twangy" in the treble range. The drive channel can produce a very nice effect if adjusted correctly.

Support:
Haven't needed anything, but it's a Fender so I imagine the support would be good.

Overall:
Does what it needs to do. I plug my guitar in and sound comes out when I play. Like I said, not for performance, but good for around the house.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
nice reverb...like i said thats the only real feature that comes built in. so if your all technical and you like to shape with your amp and dont own stompboxes or pedals maybe you should look into a higher priced fender or a line 6. but the knobs are big, easy to control and easy to reach. i like the auxillary input thing so you can hook it up with bigger systems onstage. very sturdy and very well built. the overdrive is nice, but i reccomend getting a footswitch if you are going to use it becuase its not exactly easy to access while onstage. but otherwise great.

Quality:
ohh yes. very well built. my only concern is the fabric covering the speaker in the front is a bit loose and im afriad it will rip. but i dont own it yet. the amp is rock steady though... very tough and not like a marshall (you know, polishing it every night kind of thing). this amp is for someone who doesnt care too much about looks(even thought the fender plate in front is really cool in real life). i havent heard its loudest but the sound is good and warm. the speaker simply blasts(in a good way).

Value:
boy howdy look at that price man! its the best value for an amp out there. very affordable especially for people my age(teenagers you know) cos were too lazy to get jobs of our own. ill probably have to sell all my games and ill be giving guitar lessons for months but for this its worth it.

Desirability:
i want it sooo bad dude! i cant wait to bring it home and blast the windows out!!!

Sound:
well the thing is pretty dang loud...it doesnt come packed with features but thats cool because its easy to use...and at 2 on volume its practically blasting..would have been nice if it had a footswith but im gonna use pedals with it so no biggie. as i said its very loud, and i love that because i look for an amp with volume, not "an old time, vintage tube amp 10 watts...2000 dollars".

Support:
havent had to deal with fender yet

Overall:
yeah go try it out dude!!! its an awesome value and it doesnt take too long to save for(leaves more money for a sweet guitar) very loud and deals great with tone

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10