The Best Guitar Amp For Practicing Quietly - Fender Mustang Micro
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
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I never thought about using this while demoing at Guitar Center. That's an awesome idea, especially if you plan on doing a lot of practice in a quiet area.
I got my Fender Mustang Micro right at a year ago and it is my absolute favorite late night practice amp. I never even knew there were bumpers on the back to protect the guitar finish when I purchased mine. If anyone is concerned about that, Dylan shows views of the back and you can see them plainly. While I live in the country and the nearest neighbor is almost a mile away, sound does travel better at night and a lot better late at night. The nearest neighbors are very early risers, like 0500 risers, definitely not appreciative of late night practice sessions with a real amp. I also memorized the colors of my preferred amps, effects, sound. As it turns out, my favorite amps are the Fender Twin (Reverb) and Fender Deluxe (Reverb). Perhaps that gives insight into why the first time I heard of your channel with the Aaron Short Music / DylanTalksTone joint PRS Silver Sky SE broadcast, I immediately subscribed to your channel. Since I don't record so I never gave that a thought. It's great that you pointed out that the Mustang Micro can also be an interface. Obviously, I'm very happy with my purchase of the Fender Mustang Micro. Another very informative video, Dylan. Please keep these coming!!!
You are right about this one, Dylan. I've had one for about 8 months and take it everywhere, plus don't disturb family to make music and practice. The price of this little dude is amazing, too.
Something unexpected about this amp, is that it now provides a Bluetooth receiver for your nice wired headphones that you can't plug into your phones anymore. The 1/4" jack doesn't have to be plugged into an instrument to work, so just stick it in your pocket ✌️
Good idea never thought about that , makes wireless headphones
@@probassguitarsound not only that but it's rather great fidelity and powerful. stands pretty well on its own as a music playback device when compared to a fiio btr5 and can drive big impedance headphones for sure, since with even the 50 ohms open back ones I cannot increase its volume past halfway because it gets too loud. You just have to be careful not to touch the tip and side of the guitar input jack when the volume's up as you'll get something very unpleasant and while at it make sure to set it on the clean amp option when using as music player.
I ARORE my mustang micro. Even without headphones, a lot of times I plug it into the aux on my Bluetooth speaker, and it's fantastic. Literally, guitar, amp, and speaker, can all go in one gig bag. I can't say enough about it, I love it so much.
I have three mini headphone amps, and the Mustang Micro is twice as expensive, and four times as good. The features and the sound are just better!
Totally agree with you. I've got a couple of the Vox plugs which have variable effect settings, but only one amp type. This thing blows them out of the water. Less is more, they say, and this is no exception. The effects, although limited in configuration, are right on spot.
The amp selection together with the usb recording is a killer feature. It's so easy to record an idea with one's cellphone, it's amazing. I like to take bike rides with my guitar, or should I say a six string on my back 😉. But I'd curse myself for forgetting that one idea once I got back home. Not anymore, not anymore.
what app do you use to record ideas on your phone?
@@coppulor6500 just the voice recorder. Just like if it were a voice memo. Keeps it simple to use. Then I just download it to reaper or audacity on the laptop.
@@Saurondor cool. Thanks!
I owned a Rockman back in the '80s, which was, I believe, the first portable headphone amp. It was an exceptional invention and a groundbreaking product introduction for its time, with two built-in gain stages, excellent basic reverb and a lush chorus effect. The Fender Mustang is easily the best of the new generation of headphone amps and I'm really loving how it interacts with my Strat, Tele, and Les Paul. The only downside -- if you could call it that -- is that it doesn't have a wireless headphone option which puts a bit of a damper on an otherwise amazing cable-free experience. Kudos to Fender for this amazing and highly affordable accessory that every guitarist should own
Agreed, that was my first thought. No fuss with any wires.
I had a Rockman too. it was great!
Good overview. You can also plug it into pedals as well. Anderton's did a lot of tests with this (even had a looper and piano).
I am wondering if you can use this as a stream guitar input during Twitch/RUclips/Instagram streams using the USB-C.
Anyone remember the Korg Pandora's Box from the 90's ? It was great it had two quarter jacks input and output... But also 3.5mm jack, charging port and 2 AA battery... That was beyond cool and it sounded great... You could plug in anywhere and play... Or run it to the four track and lay down a riff you want to work on later... I took it on the tour bus, playin while my girlfriend was in bed or went to the park for relaxing... That was great just play botherin nobody
I still have the original one from 1995. Cost an arm & leg back then. $240.00 🤦♂️
I got one a few weeks ago and love it. I connected a few days ago to a Harman Kardon speaker and took my American pro ii telecaster outside to play under the snow. It was epic 😉
Great video on the Mustang Micro sir. Kinda love mine. Sounds great through decent headphones. I play for an hour or two everyday while watching TV or movies with the family. It doesn't disturb anybody and I get more family/playing time.🤘🎸
I found a little powered mixer that allows me to use backing tracks or tutorials and play through my Mustang Micro and mix both to use with my headphones. It's a Solupeak M21 with each input having a volume to mix to my headset. It was less than $30 on ebay with a 12 volt power transformer. I use earphone out from my PC and Mustang Micro. Really impressed!
Already got 1 when the launched, they are absolutely fantastic little amps for headphones, I was surprised though they didn't push a package with the Fender IEMs but Shure's or Westones work just fine, there are also some incredibly cheaper brands that are really really good just try to make sure they are neutral in sound profile otherwise it ends up a bit weird when you are dialing something in later.
OkokokokOK Dylan, I bought one. With your link. Ya got me. You did it. You really did it this time.
Nice piece of kit and useful in lots of ways. Has its limitations but does exactly what it’s supposed to do at a fair price. My wife loves it..🤣👍🇦🇺
The best review of this on RUclips, by a mile.
I headphone out to a Epiphone Valve Jr. and play it in my living room. This is like having a pre amp for the EVJ, plus the volume wheel on the Mustang allows me to keep the volume down for the sake of my neighbors.
Play mine all the time, even after acquiring an HX Stomp XL. I can walk all over the house and with ANC headphones the tone and volume is perfect. Blutooth connection is sick and I'll never go back on a practice amp solution.
Cheers from Texas!
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Thanks!
Cool Klon idea!
The Micro seems pretty cool.
Sounds really good!
Peace
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Taking it to a guitar store was yuss!!
I have one and I took a 1/8 plug to a 1/4 plug into a DI Box direct to the console... Works as a great back up amp... it also takes pedals really well, but the best use is just to jam with Spotify or RUclips tracks...
Another tip, works great if you plan to buy a guitar used in the middle of a parking lot, this is the best way to make sure is working.
@@gugusliveif I’m buying s guitar used in a parking lot. Which i have done several times. I don’t care if it “works” in fact i want it to be “broken” i get great deals on stuff thats just unsoldered jacks and knobs. People are too dumb or cheap to do the repair so they sell it as “broken” and I win
@@Ottophil okey... c :
I used a 10 ft 3.5 Mm audio cable to plug into the Line in of My Black Star Superfly and with my extra stereo speaker it sounded even better man I’m really impressed, the Reverb takes this little amp over the top! It sounds like a tube amp! It seems fragile and if it breaks I think it would break my heart! I like the fact the there are only a few mod settings I don’t want a 1000 different choices just give me the the 3 that work the best for the love of god finally!
I've built that exact Amazon klon clone (Prolandtone/TTone) and I've used it on my board ever since I built it 3 years ago. The extra gain mod on a footswitch is absolutely fantastic for a stacked overdrive tone and it's only a resistor change. I tried every mod including separate gain and level but they were all a downgrade cause the klon is designed so well. But the extra gain mod on a footswitch is killer. I added a gain pot and level control that only acts on the boost side(extra gain mod) and it's perfect. But even stock it's just fantastic klon tones. I traced the whole circuit against the ElectroSmash schematic and the only issue is that the polarity protection wasnt connected cause the traces had a design error but a jumper will fix that so definitely verify the traces, hopefully they fixed it but even without the jumper the pedal works fine. But the polarity protection wont work without a jumper, so either fox the trace or be careful not to use center positive power.. Other than that it's very accurate. Great kit! Good call Dylan!
The only thing it needs is a built in overdrive button. I play with backing tracks and can’t always use the same setting… or flick through four amps to get to the lead tone, then back.
Yes I know it works with pedals, I use it as the output on my helix 90% of the time. But out in the garden = no overdrive.
It is great though… I love it. Ps mine hummed initially, but the latest firmware on it solved that. Well worth the price
I took a photo of the card with my phone, enlarged it on my computer and printed it out on 8.5x11 paper. For those like me who are getting a little visually challenged and find that card too small.
I got one early on and I really like it. I use it for guitar, but mainly for bass. It works well for bass, mostly the first three or four presets plus the last (DI).
It’s good that the stuttering noise issue was resolved with the first firmware update, yet some noise still exists. Not a deal breaker by any means though.
Now I just wish and hope that Fender will eventually release a Rumble Micro (i.e. bass version)! 😁
I have the Mustang GTX100 and I'm tempted to get one despite it being a bit redundant. It would be nice to take when I'm traveling.
It should also be mentioned that the Mustang Micro is using the same modeling algorithms as the big Fender Mustang amps do.
i was wondering about that thx. because i still find the mustang amps sound great for direct recording (clean sounds) and very low latency, no one talks about that.
It’s very cool I agree nother neat feature is Bluetooth RUclips guitar lessons into ears and play simultaneously
Just bought this one so I could compare it to the Vox and Blackstar amplugs. It holds it own with them in terms of quality.
I literally just got mine today and I'm laying in bed playing it. It's so awesome!!
Love this thing! The Bluetooth-in for playing along to tunes is perfect. If they do another iteration in a couple of years it'd be great to have a tap tempo button for delays/tremolo etc. And maybe a univibe clean and/or with fuzz for an effect would be great!
I bought one of these about a year ago and it's legit. The only gripe I have is that some of the colors look the same (is that dark blue, or purple???) but that's the ONLY thing that even slightly bugs me about it. It sounds awesome and it's really convenient.
we'll have to ask a woman about that, as a man I'm not sure if it's the leds fault or mine :)
SINCE i found ur Channel a week ago that all i watch keep it up.
Good review Dylan. It does sound good and I’m interested but wondering how long the battery will last. Or how long is the warranty? Also if it did eventually stop holding a charge, could you still use it plugged in? Definitely going to check this out or the new Katana go.
Thanks for the video.
I just got one of these about a week ago. So good. My favourite amp in it is the 57 Twin.
i would love to see you shoot these out with the NUX headphone amp. My biggest gripe is the EQs are fixed, you cannot adjust them to taste. The NUX, you can. Both have other options the same.
An excellent review... Pretty much covered it all. It's a pretty cool device for sheer portability. Easy to find a small padded case that fits decent. It just makes alot of sense for practice when you're away, pack an inexpensive guitar, keep the device in the gig bag with some Dollar Tree shoe string earbuds +(a backup pair) zip it up and you can practice anywhere with your phone or tablet streaming backing tracks. And it sounds killer once you dial in your favorites. Any style of music, acoustic or electric and it sounds great! And no one is going to complain the amp is too loud. Great setup for condo or apartment to play anytime is the day or night. If your at home also check out the Presonus HD9 headphones that sounds great with it.
I aux cable mine out to a Bose speaker along with some backing tracks on my phone and it sounds amazing.
Hi, I bought one last year when it came out. It can come in handy if you want to practice something away from your home base. However, the sound and tone is quite inferior compared to a standard amp. And, contrary to your suggestion to use it in a guitar store to check out a possible purchase, I would not recommend it for this purpose as it would not adequately convey the quality of the tone of the pickups. Thanks
Here's my experience with headphones for that thingie,. Stay away from heavy coils. A single wire is lightweight and right!
So I have done a couple of low volume gigs with with this plugged into the pa via 1/8 to 1/4 stereo cable. Worked great!
You can buy nice quality ones on Amazon ...like 20' or so. Most reviews state they have no noise problems on the long quality made cords.I think they are even available in nylon sheathing
@@gittarpikk I bought one 20 ft one off ebay works great. I play clean 98% of the time fender deluxe reverb Red light and add red light effects reverb and for surf tunes ala Dick Dale ,Ventures etc. modify reverb to red all the way up. I also play Rockabilly and the slap echo the second purple effect is awesome! I have a Gretsch Brian Setzer model for Rockabilly and Beatles tunes and a Dipinto Galaxie Los Straitjackets model for surf and 50-60's R&R. I find with using the EQ for the amp and matching it with the guitar I'm playing I can get just about any sound I like to get. Also for a great breakup to I like the Yellow Deluxe reverb with green Box sound. Besides plugging into a PA pluging into a powered monitor works well.
Favorite amp and is in stereo. Makes all my guitars sound good.
Awesome,I've been trying to make a prototype,like,so when I demo pickups,and or guitar, straight amplifier, nothing else,you understand what I'm getting at, pedals and amps with effects,smooths,or diferrenciat the sound,
I'm glad you like it too man I've been using mine for about 4 or 5 months even at the shows haha,, plug into my wireless and I'm free
Great review! Can the bluetooth connection be used to stream wirelessly to a bluetooth speaker? Just thinking about bringing my JBL Charge or Flip and this little guy for a super compact little party rig.
Great amp. I use mine everyday. Unfortunately not made with lefties in mind. Its backwards to me. I get a great look on the On/Off switch but cant see the amp selector. Lol
Very impressive, thanks for the demo. I’m not sure if the sound in your headphones is what I’m hearing, but dam
Hi there. Thanks for the video. What headphones are you using with this micro amp?
Got one and it's great. It also works with my Acoustic electrical sounds tremendous. Only thing is I need to find a way to mix my backing tracks with the Tascam CD player.
Great video. Do you know if the fender mustang micro works with ableton?
I’m not a fender guy, but this little amp is crazy good
Dylan I know you are an electronics wizard , is it possible to use a line out from my Tascam CD -VT2 to a device to combine my Mustang Micro out put with to my head phone so I can play without disturbing anyone in the house . I like to play late when I can't sleep? Not sure of mismatched impedance and using a Y adapter.
Can you recommend a really good set of headphones? Great video thank you.
Great review. Can you plug it into a regular guitar amp so you can hear it in the room?
these go for about $100, but definitely wouldn't trade my WAZA Air headset for these. got mine used, practically new for half price.
How does this sound compared to the Positive Grid Mini with headphones?
I have a Telecastercwith a cup jack (whatever it's called) would this work with the counder sunk input jacks?
I got one of these when they first launched it. I got it as a practice amp but they can do far more than I imagined. I’m not sure how to do everything that it does hopefully you touch on a few of those things
Thanks Dylan, great review
Can I connect with wireless headphones or that only work with wire headphones ? I’m buying a new headphone so I just wanna make sure
@dylantalkstone I got one as a Christmas gift. Did you notice a lot of noise with high gain and single coils? Maybe I was too close to my PC since the cable is so short.
We only have one couch and my wife is always watching TV on it so even with a headphone amp my jangling away on a guitar would be annoying - so I end up in the room with my music computer anyway.
I use a NUX Mighty Plug Pro, and each time it larsen a lot.
Did this one have this kind of problem ?
I got one and yes it is quite good. The effects are nice too the only one problem is the fact that we can't control the amount of delay only the speed.
depends on the effect, check the card. for some you can stick the delay somewhere in the back of the mix or more in front (via the MOD buttons). it's good enough for practice, jamming and quick ideas.
Would you recommend the mustang micro or Spark Mini for a couch headphone session?
Do you know if you could use this with other multiple fender mustangs and connect them into a mixer bluetooth??
love mine! great idea to take it with you shopping
What kind of acoustic was that? It sounded amazing
Yes you can work around to go direct.
Nux mighty plug pro may be your new fav. !
That sounds better than the $25 headphone amp I got. It does gain, volume, and tone.
Ty
I like the nux migty amplug waaaay better, and I had both
would love to hear why. can't decide between the two.
@@coppulor6500 mustang micro has a very unpleasant sound, especially on gain channels. Nux is not a Kemper either but there are much more tweaking options so you can dial good sound. Also, the nux supports sharing patches via QR code and is cheaper.
@@wojciech2456 thank you!
I love my Mustang Micro!
I love the RUclips thumbnail "Hey Gurl... Look wat I got" 😂
Pretty good sounds compared to what direct into a mixer with flat eq,?
Hmm.. I might have to pick one up! I have the Vox "classic rock" one and it leaves a lot to be desired. 😅
Great video! Do you know if you can update its firmware using an iPad?
I can't get my Mustang micro to connect to Bluetooth headphone , in fact the only thing it will pair with is my phone , how do I pair it so I can listen with my Bluetooth headphone ?
Dylan you said you will do a review on RIFF, are you still planning on it?
Great demo!
Can you Bluetooth it to a Bluetooth speaker and play without headphones?
Please do a comparison with the Nux Mighty Plug Pro. Thanks
Hi dylan could compare the sound with the new nux mighty plug pro?
Great video. Just got my mustang micro and tried connecting it to my iPad Pro via usbC-usbC. Turned monitoring on but I’m only getting the sound of my micro through my headphones and GarageBand is coming through the iPad speakers. Anyone else had this issue?
How does it compare to the Boss Waza Air set? I love my Waza Airs, I think they sound pretty great.
i also have the Waza Air set. They aren't even in the same league. Our Airs can't be an interface, but they are much better in audio quality. my biggest gripe about the Fender headphone amp is the EQs are fixed, you cannot adjust Bass, Mids, and treble.
I mean… it’s 1/4 the price so…. Why compare it
@@DylanTalksTone The Fender has different functionality, so I was wondering if it'd be worth picking one up. Pretty simple, really.
I got both. The waza air sound much much better than the mustang into headphones, and you can't edit the sounds on the Fender. Tbh i find the Mustang Micro gives its best when you plug it into a full range speaker like a monitor, especially on the clean tones, the headphone sound lacks any ambient spatiality like any other amp headphones sound with the exception of the Waza Air, which are awesome.
Best was the original Rockman Mark 2b. I've had this Mustang for a year and cannot get on with it at all. Very difficult to adjust finely and I just don't like the sound. Takes all sorts, right? Pete.
Great vid, as always !
I'm not seeing the link to the Klon clone kit.
What about running a bass through it?
which headphones are good for home practice electric guitar
I purchased a pair of beyerdynamic DT 240 Pro headphones to use with my Fender Mustang Micro. They sound really good, are very comfortable and at $69 you can't beat them.
I am real interested in your Klon clone build.. I have heard others and they sound real close.
Kelly from fb. I think I'm gonna pick one of these up.
Is there a way to plug the amp into a female and lengthen the cord ?
Have you tried the vox amplug
Fender should make it easy to go into a P.A. so you can keep it in your gig bag for open mics/jams.
Except that not what it’s for
@@DylanTalksTone if it could do both I’d buy it. I have three Mustang 1 amps that have headphone jacks and interfaces. You can get them for fifty bucks and they’re gigable.
It can be done with an adapter cable (1/8" male to 1/4" female).
@@chrism9017 thanks Chris I’m going to try to make a nice quality cable like that. I’m a huge fan of the the Mustang tone and feel.
I got one, the clean sounds are nice. I'd say my waza air headphones sound much much better though. I like the Mustang micro out of a little full range speaker, then it sounds rather nice, plugging in headphones it lacks any spatiality and it's really "dry" like most amps phones out. Not ideal.
Yeah the WAZA is cool.
It is also neat to quickly record ideas with!
It has a lot of latency, I would rather recommend the Positive Riff or a Countryman for that specifically as they have a bit more of an ecosystem behind them and allow you to record non-destructive recorded tracks, because your engineer will kill you otherwise.
A lot of latency? … the riff is better? Yeah…. No. #tryingtoreturntheriff
@@DylanTalksTone Hahahah Prove it, With clinical proper data, I have already done the testing Mr. #teenagertwitterkeyboardwarrior , The RIff is much better as a PC interface than the mustang micro a Scarlett is Better, a CountryMan is even Better for what that allows you to do. Guess what there is even better.
I am going to say this time you are out of your area of expertise did you even test it with Apple and an enthusiast or workstation PC.
Video coming on the riff. I haven’t been super impressed so far. Still working on it. In the end I’m sure I won’t keep it. A small focus rite is far better and honestly simpler to use. I DO like how the riff works with an iPad, which is the intended audience I think. It’s not for power users for sure. Makes sense at the price point. As far as using it with a proper Mac, it’s fine… but a focusrite makes more sense. As far as me being a “teenage twitter keyboard writer”, you should pay better attention before you try to coin an insult. VERY far from being any of those things… and I have a much thicker skin than you might assume.
@@DylanTalksTone You deserved the insult for acting like a child, you were in the wrong and know it acting like a teen twitter warrior in response. uheh I have thick skin , go jump off a cliff that is exactly what you deserved in response, and the post is right there.
So you agree with me then? I did the testing Mac and PC.
The Riff is fine it does what it is supposed to and works well with the Grid software which is what it is meant to do, on sale its 99$, but like a Countryman it allows you to record non destructive music while sending the signal to an amp so you can hear it as you envision and record that from a XLR mic source to give the engineer how you want it to sound, you cannot do that with the Fender Micro Mustang, It really is a great headphone amp yeah you can use it as a PC interface bit that is not what it is meant for just an extra utility.
is this better than the nux micro 2?
I tried it and didn't like it as much as the NuX MP2 which I bought. My preference, but the Fender is a nice unit.
on the fence myself. why didn't you like it as much? thanks!