Fender Champion 50XL - Unboxing and First Impressions
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Ryan unboxes a Fender Champion 50XL and puts it through its paces. Will this 50 watt amp with a 12 inch speaker be the new hot guitar amp on the block, or is it just another practice amp?
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I’ve had this Amp for a while now. I have found I can play in Gigs easy with this. It handles everything very nicely and it sounds great. If you turned down your bass you would not get a farty sound. This is a great all-rounder for the money you pay for it. It’s not just for beginners it can be used for more advanced people too. It has everything you need, and it sounds great.
A common problem with low watt amps like this is clipping on the clean channel once you get past half volume. Even the JC40 suffers from this, and thats without high output pickups. Does this amp suffer from the same problem? Everything about this amp is perfect, I just hope you can play at high volume on a clean tone without clipping!
Elliot Knight hey mate. So there is the slightest amount of clipping but if you turn your treble up you will get a better sound than if you turn you bass up and then sound. So if you’re putting more volume turn treble up slightly and it’ll improve. But overall, the amp is amazing. You have everything you need on it. It has amazing distortion. It’s just a great all rounder, and it’s very loud even though the amp is not that big. Clean tone is this amps specialty
just bought one home, yeah this videos very hasty: of course with bass 3/4 the Twin 65 model will fart..., and the amp is straight outa box so the speaker will sound warmer in time...! I trust you Ammoguns@@ammogunslaughs5124 way more than video, and Im soo glad it has a headphones jack, Ive got a Fender Stage 100 home and I can play it like volume 1 even though its solid state, and now I again realize that I can even down the vol with my ZOOM G2 master vol! THATS the nice thingy with solid states: they sound good at low volumes!!!! oh and I do love my ZOOM G2: once again it has proved its value by simply having the master volume! I have like 10 overdrives possible before it, and just have reverbs and the Fender Twin 65 mod on with it, but now I realize it can also act as a power attenuator..., AND I also use Phones that have vol control!!!
Cheers!!! Kimmo
I bought this because, I, as a hobbyist guitarist , just needed something for my living room that was simple and sounded good. I compared it with the katana and this amp has a better clean tone and also has a much simpler set up. I’m simple I don’t want 6000 effects and tone combos That I can control with my computer and phone. I just want clean and dirty with some effects and then the ability to plug in pedals if I want better sounds. This is a perfect simple bedroom amp. The katana is just too complicated with too many features. Just my opinion but you really can’t go too wrong with this amp
Hi bro at what volume you play in the house?
You have the bass cranked pretty high, that’s probably why it gets farty at higher volumes. You should probably lower it as the volume goes up.
Artamus Sumatra I’ll try it with the bass at different settings in the next video to see what happens.
60 Cycle Hum If that doesn’t work, it’s just a bad design. Still better that the Mustang GTs tho....😉
Less bass and less gain. No fart.
With the bass knob turned that high you’re going to overload the speaker with low frequencies at higher volumes
What a useless review of this amp😰. He did not go through all the settings and the effects systematically.
Many have said this amp has a really spacy, warm, room filling sound due to its 12” Celestine midnight 60 🔈. This guy seems to be bluffing and his command of English is pretty low grade, “farty”🤔?
Great clean tones. Andertons guitars have compared this to the Katana 50 and rated it better.👍
Not a good guitar player. TURN THAT BASS DOWN...or else. It is giggable people have said. This guy is not credible😢😩
This guy would drink tons and tons of soda, and later complain that hes too "farty"
this guy? *points at himself*
best advice i can give is go watch a video on how to dial in tone using the EQ section. this amp is relatively solid for a 50w and a sound budget buy.
I don’t think you know how to use the amp
Bass setting too high especially at higher volumes.
For the buck you can’t beat it.
What a useless review of this amp😰. He did not go through all the settings and the effects systematically.
Many have said this amp has a really spacy, warm, room filling sound due to its 12” Celestine midnight 60 🔈. This guy seems to be bluffing and his command of English is pretty low grade, “farty”🤔?
Great clean tones. Andertons guitars have compared this to the Katana 50 and rated it better.👍
Not a good guitar player. TURN THAT BASS DOWN...or else. It is giggable people have said. This guy is not credible😢😩
Nice review. This is an excellent amp especially at the price range. Simple and has excellent sound. Several other reviews had no problem with "fartiness", their bass eq was set lower of course. All of this is subjective. I normally mic my amps for larger venues, so not a problem when you can do this. Also maybe next time you could play some cleaner pieces on the effects. That's a place where this amp shines. Thanks!
"sounds farty"...Ummmm...look were your bass level is set.
I was thinking the same thing. I have the Champion 40. Like it better than this amp
Hi, Between Fender Champion 50xl and the Boss Nextone 40, wich one you recomend me for home recording and gigs (with mic on) thanks!! greatings from Chile!
Thank you so much. I will be buying me one and your guitar playing is good.
I got one and it is a good amp. I am a country guy so it works for me.
The best video man thank you :) i better go get one
Well that's a shame. I used to have a Fender Champion 100 2x12, and once I changed the stock speakers out it was actually an incredible amp. Makes me wonder why they bothered making this new model, and not just reducing the price of the others, or giving them better speakers.
What speakers did you put in?
@@versnellingspookie Just Celestion seventy80s.
Reminds me a lot of the Line 6 Spyder IV 30 watt I had way back in the day.
Nice to have someone who you can count on for an honest review. Because most channels collect a review fee there are rarely negative reviews these days. My feeling after testing this amp is that it's ok but nothing great.
I charge demo fees all the time, but in the end the audience is my client/boss/customer/employer? and the brands are paying to have access to them. I owe my honest perspective to everyone that watches if I'm paid or not.
@@60CycleHumcast You may be the only one brother. I enjoy all of the popular guitar reviewers but I take their opinions with a grain of salt. When was the last time you saw a negative Daryll Braun or Guitar Max review.. You have fun, keep it entertaining , and at least give us your honest opinion. Thanks and keep them coming.
Not to sound like a hater brother? But you can't turn the bass wide open and not get mud; I've got the champion 40 from fender and I gig with it in the large avenues as well as small , I have no farty issues long as the bass isn't all the way up? You can't even compare the katana to this amp series.lol it's nowhere near the same . Sorry that's my professional opinion. Love your videos .thank you
would it kill them to put a 3 band EQ control ?
I have the 40 version, good amp. I wish it had a reverb knob.
Sounds not bad! I've been eyeing a Champion 40 for something I can abuse at home, but will give this one a play too if they have them over here (NZ). Thanks for the video Ryan :)
i have a champion 40, sounds great! as a home amp. to be honest, never used more than 10% of volume. super fun to play with the voice chanel. if you are aiming to play only in your room, you can trying to go to the champion 20 also.
sory for my shitty english :)
This is a decent starter amp, but for about the same price the katana is giggable and even border line professional quality..
What a useless review of this amp😰. He did not go through all the settings and the effects systematically.
Many have said this amp has a really spacy, warm, room filling sound due to its 12” Celestine midnight 60 🔈. This guy seems to be bluffing and his command of English is pretty low grade, “farty”🤔?
Great clean tones. Andertons guitars have compared this to the Katana 50 and rated it better.👍
Not a good guitar player. TURN THAT BASS DOWN...or else. It is giggable people have said. This guy is not credible😢😩
Do you have the manual, it was absolutely invaluable to me when I got mine?
Perhaps he would learn what the bass dial did if he read it.
Well, let's not play metal on a Fender and be happy with the awesome clean channel.
Nice unboxing video you did there. I just bought the Champion 40 for bedroom use. Under my desk in the bedroom is already a Vox AC15 C1 valve amp. I tried to dial in the exact tone on the Champion. British sound and all that. It really nailed the sound of the Champion except for the spring reverb. I A/B'd for half an hour and the reverb on the Champion is nice on it's own but it can't sound like the AC15. Mine doesn't fart at all ( thank God) I hate farting in the bedroom👍
I'd expect a lot of amps to react that way when cranking it with the bass that high, especially anything with vintage voicing (low end sag is part of the sound). That said, I've not played one of these, so for all I know it might sound horrible and ice picky when cranked with the bass reduced.
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I know! everything from beetronics looks sooooo good.
It would probably sound killer with an Eminence Swamp Thang or Texas Heat.
Ive heard it sounds weak and thin at high volumes, what do you reckon ryan? Could you do a Champion vs Katana video?
Also, how do the tweed settings sound at high volumes? On my Champion 20 thats all i really use. I just need a champion amp that can overpower a drumkit, so will this suffice?
Andertons Guitars have rated this amp very positively compared to the Katana 50. It is loud and giggable, 12” Celestion midnight 60 speaker with open backed cabinet👍
I just bought one and it has a little static in it with the guitar plugged in and also when nothing is plugged in. It gets louder with the volume knob. Is this normal?
It could be dirty power in your location. Does it do that with any other amps? - steve
yes, my other amp which is just a 10watt amp does it as well. I'm just learning of this dirty power, and I'm seeing solutions like a power conditioner and isolation transformer. Do you have a solution that you would recommend? also thanks so much for taking the time to assist me with this problem @@60CycleHumcast
This has the weight to make it useful from the seventh floor or higher. It will impress a Mercedes, a Lexus or higher end BMW. Top marks, Fender.
50 watts isn't a practice amp. It's worth hurling.
If you turn the bass down it doesn't do that lol ,you got three quarters way up ??
Adjust the base.....jeez......
Maybe you should have read the manual because you’re not giving correct info to people on how the voice settings work.
maybe you should read the title of the video, this is an unboxing and first impressions video.
i had the former fender incarnation of the champion 100 with 2x12. I have the current champion 100. Very disappointing. The original could at least get loud. The newer one has great effects, but sometimes you want a fender to sound like a fender and it has to get you above the drums. the mustang 100watt was also too quiet. i guess it's made for playing alone
They didn't do anything about the cheap sounding 'overdrive,' but made it more quiet?!
Cool vid, dude .thanks for the volume topic heads up.........MTW .LA CA USA jam night guitarist
It looks like a fender roc pro 10000 from the 90s a "tube solid state hybrid" which is overstating it because the tube preamp set up wad minimal as far as reasons you prefer tube to solid state amps in the first place
It'll shut down when it gets hot like my champ 40!
It would have it because you had the setting bass too loudly
I agree with others that turning the bass down would probably help on the "farty" tone, but also agree the Katana 50 is a much better amp. I love mine and just can't get behind the 50XL. I must say that you did much better job of demoing the amp than The Tone King. His sounded dead and was a terrible sounding amp. Good job!
LOL, the metal setting is just Dimebag with flubby lows. Ok, maybe you could've decreased the bass, but no mid control? That's a hard pass.
it could have been a lot worse, but it wasn't great either.
What is the fender head on top of the Princeton reverb? That thing looks sick
Luke Doerzbach it’s a reverb unit
Oh thanks that’s really cool
I use this amp.
i bought one practically new on ebay, great buy for AU$215..gave it to my bro for his man cave to complement his surf green squire strat. Fantastic package and the tone and versatility is solid
@@LLSicilia bought it cuz it was cheap, had a lot of built of effects (except fuzz god dang it why did they forget fuzz in the amp) so yeah. Basically it’s not a good amp but it’ll do.
yeah, it's cheap and a good basic practice amp. I think ppl need to be realistic with their expectations. The celestion is a bonus.
@@LLSicilia yeah the celestion speaker rocks. An amp. I used to have a tone master Princeton amp. But I was stuck with the clean sound. Couldn’t afford pedals. So I sold the Princeton and the champion 50xl
Sounds not that great overall and that's with it close miked too. Not for me, but thank you for the warning...I mean demo lol
The bass and gain was cranked way too high 🙄
dude are you wearing ear protecting during these really high volume amp tests?
plus, pumping the bass and cutting the treble on a guitar amp usually isnt a recipe for great tone.
its how i tend to run my princeton, fenders tend to be very bright with a mid scoop and bringing up the bass is a way to introduce more mids. It's a common thing to do.
@@60CycleHumcast don't really think that applies to solid state fenders too too much
That guy looks nothing like Ryan Burke. No Hawaiian shirt, and he's not nearly Pink enough. #Counterfeit
It was farty because you boosted the bass. Everything sounds like ass because it's too bassy.
no middle control?
ben galvin nope
Too bad you weren't on an amp adventure this year
i'm cramming an amp adventure into this week apparently.
Deal with it!!! 😂😂😂❤️✌️
5:07 ... "Ottawa, which is a bunch of fun" .... have you ever been to Canada's capital? LOL .... anyway, nice amp but I just went for the Fender Champion 40 (for various reasons including the round knobs ... so my cat can't lay on top of the amp and bat the knobs around! Oh also because it leans more to the cleans than metalish side)
Farty-ness might need to be reevaluated after some speaker break in time.
I've never used a new speaker or amp that farted like this.
@@60CycleHumcast turn the bass down.
@@60CycleHumcast turn the bass down.
For a 50 watt it sounds pretty weak... some day fender might get distortion right lol. Seems like a really good clean/dirty bedroom practice amp
@dsfadsfgafgf it does but its listed as a celestion(midnight 60). So I'm blaming the amp
@dsfadsfgafgf I also never heard of the midnight 60 so idk
@dsfadsfgafgf lol I'd never gig with it but I'd, maybe, jam out in a bedroom with it only on clean and a sort of crunch
I like your "farty" definition.
It sounds like a cheap solid state amp.
...and not in the good way.
Is the speaker broken in yet? You know they get better when they are
i just pulled it out of the box, ive never had a new speaker fart like this new or broken in, its the amp not the speaker.
@dsfadsfgafgf Ok then. That is not right. I have an old Fender amp and was going to buy a new one. I decided I would change the speaker first because it's less money and I don't have to replace the amp. It's excellent now. Spending $35 is better than a few hundred
Man, the Super Champ XD was so awesome, why does Fender feel they need to mess with things that are already perfect? Why do you have the bass set so high?
ruclips.net/video/CGeWr6dHvFk/видео.html
Maybe the mikes are to close...
Oh man... are you one of those guys who grabs everything new from Guitar Center, makes a video and then returns it? Don’t you know what a pain in the ass that is for GC? Costs them a lot of $$$ too.
Oldguyjammin the vast majority of the stuff I buy I keep, and I don’t buy anything I don’t hope to keep. In the history of the channel I think I’ve returned 3 things. I bought the champ hoping it would be a good option for live playing but it tends to get fatty at loud volumes. I ordered it online and returned it In store so as far as I’m aware no store clerk lost a commission on it.
60 Cycle Hum - coolio, your arrangement with your local store is a dream come true! Happy Trails
yeah, im excited to get started on it, the pre namm build up is kind of crazy so it probably wont be until after that.
So, you set the bass way up, then turn the volume way up, and then complain, it sounds farty….LOL
Devin5ap the katana can handle it 🤷♂️
I just ordered the Boss Katana 50. Can't wait...
@@60CycleHumcast I've been playing guitar for almost 40 years and I have never seen the need to run an amp with the bass on 10.
Amps for TORCH???
The Fender Champion 50XL gets Five out Five farts! In all seriousness, there are some good things about it the amp. But, in my opinion there are many better options out there. It sounds to me like this amp on its best day is just average.
What are some better options?
In my opinion the clean channel sounds better than the katana which would be considered “king” by most
thisisnotdom super champ x2 man, it’s like this setup sorts but great and takes pedals amazing! and it’s tube
At the same price as a Katana 50 its under featured even if it sounds as good. The Katana is about to get a software upgrade and it has a multi year track record. It also has 4 channels and the import feature with years of presets. I'm not anti Fender but they seem to be missing the boat on Amps the last few years. Perhaps it is time for a people upgrade at Fender. Who ever is calling the shots is missing the target. Asians can and will make what you ask them too. Ask for a substandard product they will make it and PUT YOUR NAME RIGHT ON IT. Boss seems to make a better choice on what the Asians make.
Nice little guy, but you got Fender amps that are more useful and pedals. Good amp for a beginner, but I'd return it I were you.
It’s like they tried to redo the super champ but flopped
Cool video though man, keep em up!
Hey, how about you break in the speaker next time, guy?
whats your preferred speaker breaking in method? I've heard that boiling it is the way to go, plugging in a vintage martin and letting it feedback for 2 weeks under specific humidity conditions is another popular option.
I’ve watched every review of this amp from this guy, and it’s like he’s trying to make this amp sound as terrible as he possibly can.
Well, it didn't take much, did it? There's no way I'd choose this over a Mark 2 Katana. The Gen 3 totally kills it!
i don't like it at all but i like the mustang gt40 so idk
im thinking like m 80
Back off on the bass, it will relieve your gas
dont buy that thanks ryan man its tough to buy a decent guitar amp thesedays Fender Champion 100 : no service!!!
I have this amp and it’s alright. I wouldn’t buy it again if it broke. I got this two weeks before the new boss nextone. 😪😒🥞
I have the same farting issue after fast food burritos
Apparently Fender hasn't heard of the Katana.
Sounds bad,sorry fender