FenderChampion II 50 Guitar Amp, 50 Watts, with 2-Year Warranty, Features 12 Built-In Effects Models

This thing ROCKS! I strongly recommend purchasing the additional / optional foot switch, but otherwise this thing is 100% ready to rock right out of the box.FIrst, it's a great looking amp with contemporary black-on-black styling.Second, all channels sound great - clean, muddy, dirty, crunchy - whatever you're after, this amp can do it.Operation goes something like this: Basically you have two channels and one mini effects rack. Call Channel 1 "Clean" - no modulation, no overdrive, just some voltage and a speaker. Call Channel 2 "Modded" - this is where the fun starts. Channel 2 has a gain control, independent volume from channel 1, and several presets to help you lock in your tone. Basically it's an amp emulator with a combination of amp "voicings" and effects from fuzz to distortion. You can get that neat, warm Vox tone, a really crunchy sort of Marshall sound, and more. It's not the most sophisticated sound mixer in the world, but if you're playing at home as a hobbyist, it's plenty.Then you've got the "Effects" selector. Here's a two-channel EQ (bass & treble) plus a host of effects like you'd get from various stomp boxes: Reverb, Tremolo, Chorus, Delay, and also a "timer" control for the Wah, Tremolo, and Delay effects. It takes a little getting used to, but once you get the knack it's simple. The level of effect can be adjusted from light to very, very heavy.For my part: I don't mess around with the effects too much - I have stomp boxes for that. I do like to put Channel 2 on full distortion because it gives me a toothier crunch than my Big Muff can. The reverb is excellent, so I take advantage of that, but personally I only use the tremolo, delay, chorus (etc) when I want to sort of experiment with the sound. in other words, it helps me make up my mind if I want to buy another stomp box or not (ie "wow, this sounds really cool with tremolo on...maybe I should buy a trem peddle...).It's got an auxiliar input if you have a drum machine, emulator, or if you just want to jam a long to tracks on another device that you want to hear through the amp. It also has a headphone jack (my neighbors are grateful for that one).I have yet to turn this thing up to 11. Frankly it shakes my teeth at about 5. Given the wattage and speaker, this is probably a fine amp for smaller gigs as well as home practice.Now just between you, me, and the wall: I am a pretty low-tech sort of dude. The newer amps with all sorts of digital emulation, downoadable presets, direct-to-USB porting for computer play...it's neat, but it's not necessary, and I frankly don't want to spend the time learning something I'm never gonna use. I just want to plug in and rock out - this is the right amp for that.VERDICT: BUY. It's an excellent home practice amp, solid effects sampler, and perfectly capable small-gig amp.ALSO: Get the foot switch!

It’s a bit on the small side, but this is a solid practice amp with great sound quality. It offers a variety of distortion levels and built-in effects, and turning the effects knob all the way brings them all together for a powerful, layered tone — very cool!If you’re new to guitar and don’t want to invest in pedals right away, this amp is a great choice. It’s simple to use, versatile, and perfect for practicing at home.

Holy smokes, this thing is amazing! I needed a small amp for practice and this thing just fills up the room. I am also amazed at all of the effects it has. I really couldn't be happier with my purchase.

I own a fender tube amp from the 60’s and with all the extras on this, I prefer it. Can’t beat the price. The tube amp is over $1,000

Sounds great and in Fender form works awesome

I bought this for my son. He has been learning how to play for about 6 months now and I decided to buy him his own guitar and amplifier so that he didn’t have to use mine any longer. He didn’t really have a specific genre of music that he wanted to play so I didn’t want to get him something that would only be good for metal or just blues/rock. I also didn’t want to get him something so small that if he keeps at it he would just need another amp once starts playing louder or with other people.This amp has a good amount of options for voicing and effects. The gain side of the amp can do anything from classic blues/rock to high gain metal.I will say that although there are a lot of options, I tend to stick to just 2 or 3 of the gain voicings. They are all decent, but I just prefer certain ones over the others. The effects are usable for the most part, especially for someone like my son who is really just learning. Although it would have been nice to have the option of just reverb by itself. Instead of the reverb only working alongside another effect.The amp gets plenty loud, I can hear it down the street with the volume on just 5-6. We usually keep it around 3 for bedroom level playing, anything lower then that and it kind of sounds a little hollow. If you are looking for a strictly bedroom amp, I don’t think this would be best because even at 3 it is a little loud. The controls are high quality though and it sounds nice with all the guitars we have.In conclusion, I think it’s a decent amp for a beginner or someone who wants to practice with a band without a huge amp to carry around. If the gain choices end up not working with the sound you are trying to achieve you can always use a gain/distortion pedal on the clean side and it will sound great. Hope this helps.

Great amp it outstanding everything you need to make some good music

A great amp, this has been around for very long time. This is the newest version, Champion II,I wish it was a silver face instead.