![]() It sits nicely in the middle of the range and is likely to give a good indication of what we can expect from Fender’s foray into the digital realm.ĭue to the absence of valves and transformers the Mustang III is a very compact (52 cm x 45 cm x 27 cm) and lightweight (16 kg) unit for a 100W amp. The version well be looking at this issue is the 100W combo ( Mustang III, version 2) which comes loaded with a single 12 Celestion and an rrp of just a snitch under $700. No, not the stylish six-string Fender axe so beloved of callow, shoe-fixated youths, but a five-model stable of digital amps consisting of 20 and 40 watt basic models (1 and 2), 100 and 150 watt combos (3 and 4), the latter being a 2 x 12 stereo version, and the 150 watt stereo head and 4 x 12 cabinet (5). As they got better they began to gain a solid foothold in the lucrative average Joe market through brands like Line 6, Peavey and Vox, to the point where a large and seemingly unassailable corporate entity like Fender had to sit up and take notice, and eventually embrace the technology or risk being left behind.Įnter the Fender Mustang (cue pounding hooves and snorting). While valve amplifiers still remain the holy grail for most professional musicians, digital modelling amps have been with us for well over a decade now and very smart designers have been steadily ironing out the sonic bugs that made it easy for valve-snobs to be so dismissive of them. But time, as the Rolling Stones astutely pointed out, waits for no-one, and, to quote another legend and survivor of the ’60s, the times they are a-changing. Fender are pretty good at what they do best and have been for a long time now – building industry-standard valve amps and classic electric guitars by the thousand. ![]()
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