Fender Champion 40 Guitar Amplifier | HONEST REVIEW | PART. 1 #fenderchamp #2023 #guitar

I bought a used one for 40 bucks. Changed the speaker to a WGS ET 65. Sounds Great. Takes pedals nicely. Work your gear whether is expensive or cheap.

I’ve been plying an 20’ Ibanez RG 550 “Genesis” (NP) with maple neck through a Peavey “Piranha” 20 watt micro head with the 1x8” 6505 Peavey Cab in my bedroom with a Digitech “BadMonkey” overdrive pedal with “GREAT” success with $150 for Peavey amp/cab combo! It does what I need in my bedroom with what I feel is the world’s “Best” metal guitar!(#Ibanez#RG#550#”MyOpinion”). I wanted Fender tones so in early 2024 I purchased a Fender Player Series Strat (black) w/maple neck and 3 single coil pick-ups for that “Fender” tone! I ordered new a Fender (Mexi) Strat & a new Fender Champ 1x12” 40w cab w/2-position footswitch (channel/effects)that does what I wanted to hear! I might change to the Jenson “MOD” 12” 8ohm driver later but it “ALL” pleases me at this time!#🎸🔥🤘🏻#Fender#❤JohnFrusa

Me: "wow that's pretty cool" Him: "Sounds horrible"

I have a Champion 20 and it really helped me in my first year and, as you said, they work better fulfilling such task. However, I really like the Tweed Bassman (Tweed Red), the 65' Princeton (Black Panel Orange) and the British 60's (British Red) emulations when I have the Gain on 3,5 - 4,2 and Volume as high as possible (since it works more like an attenuator of sorts). Turns out they have a better tone than the clean chanel, giving a smoother note atack/decay and a pretty decent edge of break up tone for home use. However, as we all saw, they hum a lot and the power amp is harsh when forced to work loud. I wouldn't take the risk and go to a gig with it, even with the new speaker (cool idea btw). Agora é esperar o vídeo do falante hehehe 👀👀

what's a better alternative for an amp in this price range :) I play mostly blues, rock and punk and have a pedalboard (I have a Vox ac15 but need a quieter amp for an apartment so trying to only spend 200 or less)

I hate when product builds up some kind of Fan Club, where you're not allowed to say anything bad about it. It's your purchase, if you say it sucks, you're entitled to your opinion. Also, thanks for showing how you mic'd up the amp, since 90% of reviewers don not do this.

The key for me is the EQ. Clean channel never out the treble above 4-5. Often times bass on 0. Certain voices need much different EQ settings.

Great review, looking forward to part 2. Maybe it'll be the "smart man's" tone master if it's a low cost good alternative.

Good guitar player and very honest.

Honestly, this amp sounds much better with a Humbucker equipped guitar. I see a whole bunch of Fender headstocks behind you.

What is your favorite distortion on this amp? Voice

I really love this amp! Also the 2 channel with ds-2 pedal is better

Nice video, I have this amp and have found the same problems you describe with the harshness of the higher frequencies. Please could you tell me where you are putting the joyo in the chain, is it before or after the other drive pedals you use?

I feel for 229 its decent, i played it at my local guitar shop and it sounds okay, the speaker i feel is why its not great. If you swap it or use headphones the actual amp electronics in it is good for its price

Thank you, very helpful video. What 300-dollar-ish amp would you recommend for intermediate bedroom guitarists? I'm looking for a nice clean to saturated sound like John Mayer.

Use the clean and put a nice OD in front. There you go.

"Garbage in, garbage out." Well, start by looking at the weight of this thing. It is suspiciously light for a box containing a 12" speaker. And of course it was designed to be light for 12-yr.-old students to tote to guitar lessons, etc. Compare this to the gut-busting Deluxe Reverb (a real, serious amp likewise with a single 12" speaker) or even the 1x12 Blues Jr. And if you really wanna get crazy with this comparison, compare it to the grunt-heavy Monoprice bare cabinet loaded with a single 12" Celestion V30 (a very popular legitimate speaker). That should be a red flag right from the get-go. Light weight and quality sound are (unfortunately) two mutually exclusive things when it comes to amps. Fender marketing really did their homework on this thing. They must employ a whole team of psychologists to probe the minds of the kids who are impressed with all the bells and whistles packed into this dog. Low price, low weight, Fender name, lots of stuff to impress the kids just starting out. But mostly, low quality and crappy sound. Got it - a winner for Fender's bottom line. Reminds me of how Martin Guitars (a truly iconic brand) has sullied their name over the last several years with all the cheap crap that they've been cranking out. Sad to have seen them jump on board the train. I can't tell you how many lousy acoustic guitars I went through as a youth before I finally ponied up the cash ("buy once - cry once") and bought a Martin D-28. It is very rare to see a product sold on Amazon get a comprehensive 5-star rating from a fairly large pool of reviews. And yet this thing does. What does that tell us? It tells me - as it has for years - to take Amazon reviews (many of which are of course fake/paid) with a grain of salt. But Thank God for the even rarer occasional review like the one above that is TRULY honest.

I swapped the speaker out with a celestial g12 unbelievable difference

Well that was depressing to hear! This was (still is) my first amp. The price was great with a lot of features but I am metal, alternative guy and after two + years I am still trying to dial in the perfect sound!

Put an Eminence Swamp Thang in it and I dare you to call it a trash amp !