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

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

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 read more 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
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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

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (37 ratings)
Submitted March 11, 2009 by a customer from comcast.net

"The Only Amp You Will Ever Need"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Overall its worth every cent and i hope will last for years to come with the pedal it is the only amp i need feed it into the house system and you can rock away.
Sound
This Amp Can give you any sound your looking for the more time you spend with it the more you learn also there is now a g dec weeb site to share ideas and info about your g dec Go to my G-Dec.com all users should log on and share ideas.
Features
Like i said the more time you put into the amp the more you will find out about it evrything you get plus the support from Fender is worth it.
Ease of Use
Some geting use to but just keep tweeking away and you wont grow tired of all this amp can and will do.
Quality
Just 2 small Issues First the speaker could be a little more beefey but i have tryed a external cab and it sounds even better just wish fender would have put a more powerfull speaker in for more Bass punch on play back. And Second My CD/Aux In put is not working so i have called Fender and they are going to send a new amp out to exchange.
Value
Worth the money and when i hope they come out with a 100 watt Gdec I will Buy It for the power i hope.
Manufacturer Support
Like I said they are working to help me with my problem and i like to say thanks to Scott At Fender for his Help.

Musical Background:

Semi pro

Musical Style:

Blues/ Rock
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