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| | Features | 15 watts (Class "AB")One 10", 8-ohm Special Design SpeakerTwo Channels (Normal and Amp Voice)Controls: Volume 1, Channel Select Switch, Gain, Volume 2, Voice, Treble, Bass, FX Level, FX Select
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| | Description | Our Super Champ XD takes the vintage Champ into a new era with classic styling, simple controls, a good variety of clean and distorted tones and unmistakable tube feel and performance at a remarkable price. Features include a real tube amp combined with up-to-date extras including versatile amp voicing and superb DSP effects. Its solid-state overdrive and distortion eliminate many of the preamp tube problems that plague tube lovers while providing exemplary tones for rock, blues, country, jazz, metal and more. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 14.75 inches | | Product Width: | 8.75 inches | | Product Height: | 17.5 inches | | Product Weight: | 23.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 21.0 inches | | Package Width: | 18.0 inches | | Package Height: | 13.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 32.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 19 reviews |
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20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
simply the best amp (for my purposes) I've played in 35 years Jan 31, 2009
By Steven Podvoll
Fender finally did it, designed and built the best practice amp in the world. Bear in mind, the cynic in me usually tempers hyperbole about products. In any case, this amp sounds great regardless of what's driving it; I currently play a Gibson ES-175D, an Epiphone Sheraton, and a Yamaha Pacifica equipped with Kinman pickups. (I soon hope to get another Stratocaster, and install my Kinmans it it, but I digress.)
Like a tube amp should, and like *no* solid state amp can, the Super Champ XD responds dynamically to varying pick attack. In addition, all of it's emulations sound more convincing *because* it's a tube amp.
Re. the emulations, to my ears, the "Blackface" mode sounds most convincing of all, very Stevie Ray, especially in Voice Position 6. The "Tweed" emulation sounds equally convincing, but I'm not as big a fan of that, somewhat darker tonality. The "British" emulations sound like a cross between Marshall and Vox, not quite either, but a compromise between the two. The "Hot Rod" emulation sounds quite a bit like a Mesa Boogie, and I'm sure a PRS or Les Paul player can pretend to be Carlos, accordingly. I have yet to play around much with the "Metal", "Jazz", or "Acoustic" emulations.
Emulations aside, I think what makes this amp sound so good, is the speaker. Apparently, some reviewers at harmonycentral.com and musiciansfriend.com seem to disagree, but I think the speaker makes this amp sound *huge*, even at low volumes. In fact, I dare say it sounds as big and punchy as the Bandmaster I used to own, many years ago.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Best small-midsized tube amp on the market - BUY THIS. Feb 17, 2011
By JColez
"fistfull"
***UPDATE: Glad that several like my review, so if you want this amp you better find it, because Fender discontinued it (apparently). It's no longer on their product list. This little amp may be costing them money elsewhere!*** I may buy this amps big brother. Sorry for the interuption, plesae read on:
I'll spare you my guitar playing resume (30+ years), and get right to it. So, I purchased the Super Champ XD outside of Amazon, but am so impressed with it, I don't mind supporting the other excellent Super Champ XD reviews herein. After a few weeks of viewing piles of reviews on various effect/amplication items and actually field-testing many amps and interests.. I happened back on my trusty old Fender series of amps. I sat down and played the Mustang 2 first and then the SCXD. The Mustang 2 was neat, but more for a beginning home-player wanting a full solid state amp with a-bizillion gizmos. The SCXD is more of a player's amp (for the musician who wants tube-driven warmth with "modeling" or "voicing" built-ins, manueverability, and ease of use. The expression "modeling", or "voicing", simply means that this amp has built-in pre-set distortion settings and effects (16 distortions and several effects combinations - chorus, delay, tremelo, Fender spring reverb, and Vibratone - which is a phase-like effect). And, they are adjustable (gain, and intensity). As such, you have two different knobs; one which controls your distortions, and the other which controls your effects (there is an intensity knob for the effects too). The 16 distortions range from very light to crunch, so it's not completely accurate to say that some are all that "distorted", but you get the idea. To add each distortion setting, and effect setting may be tuned to your liking with gain, treble, bass and intensity knobs. So, this amp is pretty customizable for what it is. No, it's not a fully customized pedal/effects board. However, you will admire the versatility of this set-up, and all the many tones it produces. Plus 15 watts of tube power is a lot! (Guessing here - similar to a 60 watt solid state amp in power output). The pre-set distortions are all usable for varying tastes of music. For hard rock and lead, I use setting 8 (plexi-Marshall) and 3 (Fender, driven tweed) each used with full gain, and higher treble and bass settings. Go ahead, and add some delay/reverb, or plain delay for soloing.. This setting is great either way. Or, for a blusey vibe, I'll use setting 2,6, and 7, with/without some temelo.. there are so many ideas and tones you can get out of this amp. The hard-rock distortion is very good and toothy (setting 8). It's my opinion that setting 8 is an excellent general setting (w/without delay, or verb). Just adjust your tone and pick-ups with this setting, and you'd be happy, but you've got plenty of others to choose from too. I also really like to work the tubes on this thing.. Many times, I crank up the volume to a 5-7 level, and the gain all the way up!! This little thing sings, cries, and rocks.. nice and loud! All tube amps need volume to do their magic - so, it's no different on this amp.. Testing it in a store on level 2, or 3 is great, but go ahead, turn it up to level 5-7 to get this thing into groove.. If the store will let you do it go ahead and try it (use setting 8 on the voicing knob, and pick out a Les Paul to work this horse). Or, you got to, take it home for a little while.
The fit and finish are usual Fender-look, and quality. Everything feels good as you adjust and play with the amp. I also like that this amp is small/midsized and will stow away without taking up too much space, but, at the same time, deliver fairly rich base response and fat tone (notable with Fender tube amps). This amp is about the size of an average microwave oven (more boxy though). The SCXD offers versatility and big sound in a compact package; it is absolutely perfect for home-space playing without all cords/gear/mess that larger amps/stacks/pedals/cords give you. Could you gig with it? Hell yeah, but depends on your set-up and other things. The speaker inside the SCXD gives good bass and lush/fat tone; but also will render the crunchy/crispy metal tone too.. This speaker sounds pretty fantastic people..; many have suggested, you've got to break-in a speaker, my stock speaker is getting more edgy after about 100 hours and sounds really good - I doubt I'll ever replace it.
I also dig the old-school power-on indicator light. It glows and looks old-school-cool.
Overall - I would replace this amp at a higher cost if it were stolen from me.. . It's like adding 20 pretty good pedals to your small tube amp without all the cords, adapters, mess etc.. Therefore, it's a great home-use amp (plug and play). Purists argue that modeling/voicing amps (also known as hybrids) are not full-tube sound which is partly true, but you'll never hear a difference. So, I disagree in context as to how tube sound works to begin with. As for the SCXD, the sound on both channels is still moving through vaccume tubes, it's just that, the overdrive is processed from transistors, instead of extra tubes which are in "full-tube amps, therefore making the OD gain in the SCXD solid-state. This is no different than pros using solid-state pedals to run throuh their "full tube" amps (clean or dirty channel).. It's all snobbery to me.. Don't be fooled, the SCXD sounds tube-wonderful for the price (and the SCXD clean channel; for you purists, is full tube anyway). Alright.. we move on.. Fender sought out to try and please everybody who is an avid home-playing musician and they'll win-over most with the SCXD (not everyone, but most). They included settings, tones, and effects which would cover just about everything in general. Plus, you get the much of the character, feel/sound of a a fully tube-driven Fender. When I finally tripped into this amp, there were folks who stopped by to ask me which one I was playing out of. The store was set up with Marshall, Egnater, Tiny Terror, Vox etc.. and, I played them all, and for the money, the SCXD is what I bought - it just sounded the best and I got tubes too! Is it stage worthy? Absolutely, but please be realistic; you'd have to mic it for large events or club playing. (so, it depends on the stage and intended use - YES, for uses in churches and less sized areas). There are other amps which have a lot more included effects, but most are solid state, and don't offer the warmth, resonance, and bass response of tube sound. OK, this amp doesn't have everything, but it has the many commonly used distortions and effects. The Fender Mustang series, Peavey Vipyr and the VOX + series offer piles more effects, but they don't sound like the SCXD. The Peavey Tube Vypyr is the only exception here, but I've not heard it live and it's $449.. So, not really price-comparable.. Still, the XD kicks effen a**. For me, less effects and a better distorition-sound was what I wanted for my money, and I got it with the SCXD. If you compare the Fender Vibro Champ to this one, beware that it's only 5 watts, and an 8 inch speaker. The SCXD has a 10 incher, another channel, and 15 watts.. It's plenty loud enough to small-gig (clean or dirty), at an average 300 person church without a mic (in my opinion).
Negatives? none really; are there a few things I'd consider? Well... before I mention any kinda-cons, I paid $243 for this amp (on sale), and it's very hard to argue against it for that little money. ***Now you can find this amp for $199.00...I must admit, that the preset distortions try really hard, but I can't find my exact sweet spot within them (However, it's very, very close on setting 8 - I wish there were a bit more saturation within this setting). There are many settings which are very good sounding for most styles/tastes (country, rock-a-billy, blues, jazz, rock, hard-rock, metal, crunch). As for the SCXD, I would say that in it's size, weight, features, and SOUND-class, there is nothing that will really compare. No, this is NOT a Fender Super Sonic, or a Hot Rod Deville 212 - both have larger cabinets, with larger speakers and full tube-driven gain (no solid state voicing). So, with the SCXD, you won't get stage-big, and full tube sound (comparitively) but, what you will get, is big-enough-for-your-house tube sound, with piles of add-ons at a great price. This is a fantastic amp for intermediate/avid home players, studio guys, or grab and go musicians.. No clutter, no mess - lightweight etc. Some people upgrade the tubes and speakers.. Perhaps, I'll look into that, or not. So, if you have reasonable expectations, this amp will really surprise you. If you're really picky; have space; muscle; and have the coin, spend a lot more and check out the Super Sonic, Hot Rod Deville 212, Blackstar HT, Engl Screamer (which is incredible), or the Mesa Boogie 5 X 50, and a few others I could mention. These offerings have it all, big tube amp sound with excellent clean, and gain personalities. Especially the Engl Screamer, Fender Super Sonic or Blackstar HT20, or 40.. Saving my money.. Until then, this will work really really well for most anyone and is at least half the cost of the Blackstar HT 20 (which is a full tube amp, with no voicing, or effects).. You won't be displeased with this purchase - there is an army of folks on the Fender blogs who would likly support my review. Read-up for yourself. Please find an excellent You Tube demo of this amp; this guitarist is terrific and goes through the voicings (but doesn't use the effects much).[...]
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Finally - An Amp For Us Retired Rockers Mar 04, 2011
By OldWave
After bumbling around for literally years trying to find an amp that was suitable for an ageing rocker whose band years are way behind him, but still has a roomful of guitars and stereo equipment that allows me to jam with the entire world of music, I could never find an amp that filled the bill to fit in my "man cave", and still do justice to the guitars that hang from the wall...and to the world class musicians that came out of the speakers of my stereo. Sure...there are a lot of great amps around...but they were either too big, too loud, or too pricey for my purposes. I had sold off all my band years amps, great as they were, but they either took up too much floor space or trying to tame them down for use in my room killed their tone. I've tried them all...Marshall...Vox...Peavey... Fender...et al. One after the other they either went back to the store, or were sold on eBay. Then I tried the Super Champ XD...it was an eye-opener...and even if it wasn't perfect, there was a potential beast under the Tolex. I have since changed out the speaker, and upgraded the tubes...and now, it is literally the best little killer amp I've ever played...and when I plug-in, I imagine that all those world class players coming out of the stereo speakers are only holding their collective noses at my playing skill...rather than the amp I'm using. Hats off to you Fender.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
wonderful amp great warm tones and ok effects Feb 25, 2010
By Michael Riskin
I love this little amp and actually bought two--one for my office and one for home--for playing out i intend to patch them together--my enthusiasm lies in the warmth of the clean tones available and the depth of the delay effect--overdriven tones particularly setting nine are great,too. The price is amazing, and if you shop this amp hard you can get it even cheaper--the speaker takes playing hours to break in and the tone evolves with time--
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Always been a Fender man... so now I got another one... Sep 11, 2010
By SeBo
"seb6000"
Well I love da Fender products, always have always will. I recently built me a nice custom strat, and had been testing out a few of the various mini-tube amps out on the market lately, (which is where I would categorize this amp) even though it has better tubes and more watts. These are my comparison testing amps, (I own both of the 2 amps below and have also tried a number of others in the music store down the road):
Blackheart Killer Ant (12" Blackheart cabinet)
Vox AC4TV8 4-Watt 8" Compact All-Tube Practice Amp with Celestion VX10 Speaker (also speakered out to the 12" Blackheart cabinet)
I've also tested all my amps in various ways by re-tubing them with a number of my collected tubes:
Groove Tubes
JJ Tubes
Sovtek Tubes
Svetlana Tubes
Tung-Sol Tubes (gold)
and straight out of the box, this thing beat them all of in sound quality, even with what a lot of people are calling a cheap Fender speaker version. I also plugged "The Champ" into my 12" Blackheart speaker cabinet and it sounded even better using my strat (but I will do more speaker testing later). Fender amps have always leaned to sounding better with fender guitars, where as Gibson, Epiphone, type guitars really sound pretty good on the Vox and Blackheart models.
Now when this amp came out, it was way overpriced but as always that price has fallin into a reasonable range. I mean the price of all of these mini-tube amps are minimal in comparison to the nicer ones, but again this thing is loaded with better guts, so maybe that why it screams better.... ya-hoo, me likey! Better guts, better performance, plus Fender has added an extra range of effects and amp sounds. Its small in size, light in weight, loud and easy to carry with you for jam sessions.
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