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Rating And Reviews: Fender Deluxe VM Amp

Tube amp preamp married with clean and aggressive solid-state tones. The Deluxe for this modern era. Includes cover and footswitch.

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"The craftsman tool for musicians!" submitted December 27, 2009

By a customer from att.net
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Musical Background: active musician
Music Style: pop, rock, blues
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Sound: fabulous fender clean, and creamy 6l6 tube distortion.In a word - totally orgasmic! Feature: great reverb, chorus, delay. Easy to use, and comes with footswitch, and cover! Ease of Use: User friendly, and idiot proof! Quality: Product is tip top. Well built and tough! Value: worth every penny! Manufacturer Support: Fantastic, called them up and got immediate support person. The Wow Factor: Fabulous black face scheme looks killer! Overall: No more amps, this 40 watt will do for a long time!
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"Fender hit a home-run with this one!" submitted September 8, 2009

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Musical Background: active part-time musicain
Music Style: Classic rock
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Sound: Clean channel nails the classic Deluxe sound. The gain channel has the most usable distortion I have encountered in a Fender. Gets that Marshall bark & roar going, perfect for classic rock. The reverb is very much like the old spring reverb, the delay and chorus are both excellent. I gave it a 9 overall because it can sound a little muddy if the reverb is turned up too much. Feature: Came with a cover and a really nice footswitch. While you can adjust and turn the effects on & off from the control panel ,having the 4 button switch (with indicator lights on it!) lets me leave my pedalboard home. The footswitch stows away in the back of the amp. Ease of Use: Really easy to dial in great sounds, you can tweak the effects like stompboxes. The manual gives a bunch of cool suggested settings for the FX. Quality: OK , overall very well built but when I got mine home the baffle board for the speakers was loose. Had to reach in and crank down the screws. Also, it should have chrome corners and sphinx glides instead of the cheap nailed-on little feet. (I put corners & glides on mine ). Having said that I have taken it on the road and have 6 gigs on it so far (a couple of rough ones) and no problems at all. I expect it should hold up very well. Value: I think it is a lot of amp for the money. Manufacturer Support: I emailed them a question 2 weeks ago and haven't heard back, so take that as you will. The Wow Factor: This amp looks great and is extremely versatile with plenty of volume for most gigs and really good tone. Plus it weighs only 40 pounds , so it is a perfect grab 'n go type of amp for gigs, jamming and rehearsals. Overall: I think this ended my search for a powerful ,portable, versatile good sounding combo amp that won't break the bank or your back!
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"Try it.....You'll buy it.....It's that good!!" submitted December 12, 2011

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Musical Background: 40+ years
Music Style: rock, blues, country, country-rock, Christian
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Sound: Unless you're a shredder, this amp easily covers anything else on the planet, musically speaking! Great tone, easy to adjust and plenty of power for almost all applications. Feature: Has great adjustability where ever needed. The amp honks if needed and can be clear as a bell if that's the tone you need. Great for all venues! Ease of Use: Plug your guitar in adjust the tone to your liking and play your heart out! Can it be easier than that? Quality: Fender, need I say more? Value: I think this particular Fender amp is one of the markets best kept secrets as far as value. You really do get alot of tone and volume, great sounds and lots of control for the price of this unit. Tubes always cost more and although this isn't a totally tube amp (Solid state effects and clean section pre-amp) you would be really hard pressed to tell. The amp sounds that good!!!! Manufacturer Support: In over 40 years of playing Fender products, I needed to contact the service department one time.....a knob got broke and they sent me one within two weeks time to my door. The Wow Factor: I already have 2 of these units.....that should say enough about what I think of them. Overall: If lost or stolen, I would without doubt buy this amp again!
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"Sound found, this amp gives me that sound that I hear when I play in my head." submitted September 1, 2010

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Music Style: rock, blues
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Sound: The clean side is absolute heaven, the gain requires some tweaking to get the sound you want, but it is there. Feature: The footswitch is rock solid. Ease of Use: Like I said, it takes some tweaking, but well worth it. Quality: The cab is great, the back panels I plan to replace with real wood. Value: High price, but it is a tube amp. But the clean side goes through a digital pre-amp, then though the power tubes. Manufacturer Support: Have not had to deal with them The Wow Factor: I wouldn't exactly call it sexy, it's a guitar amp, but it does have that beautiful classic Fender look. Overall: I will have this amp for a long time, it took a long time to find an amp that can give that sound that you hear in your head and want to hear out loud, this amp gave me that.
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