Fender Acoustasonic Junior

The above rating covers it all pretty completely. The independent reverb and chorus are nice. A footswitch with independent reverb and chorus on/off would be nice though as well as line outs that do not kill the siganl (like a slave out or recording out) but for the price you can't have it all.

Sounds real nice on my Parker Classic Fly. (see above review)

Its o.k. so far, yes without a backup. Seems pretty sturdy 5 year warranty

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My other amps are a Peavy stereo chorus which I now use as a slave (with added chorus on clean channel) from a Mesa Boogie DC3. I put the Accoustisonic between them and play a Parker Fly. The DC3 has 2 Channels and with the chorus on the Fender and Peavy I do not use any outboard effects anymore and it all sounds very nice. I would buy all 3 amps again. One last thing is compact discs sound very very good through this amp, better than a lot of stereos with a very tight bottom. I did not try any others out. I could not really afford the Fishman or the justify the $800 for the Trace Elliot so in this price range I chose the Fender for the features. The sealed cabinet works great and the XLR is a nice touch. For the price it could makes a nice little PA system. In fact if your short of cash consider this amp to use a for a stereo or a second stereo (Especially compared to a boom box thing). Classical music sounds well also enough that I used it on my wife as to the versatility of the amp! And it worked. I give it a 9 only because there is no 10.

The Acoustasonic Jr. is a 40w x 40w stereo amp, with two individual pre and power amps. The second channel has an XLR (LO-Z) input as well as the standard 1/4" input. Both channels have EQ, the second channel has a phase switch, while the phase on the first channel is controlled by the master phase. The first channel adds a feedback notch filter control. The amp includes a very rich and acoustically tuned stereo chorus with a cool blinking red/green light to indicate intensity and speed. The amp has a master reverb which is also acoustically rich, and both of these FX are assignable. The second channel has a control for the reverb/FX send level. This amp includes TWO FX loops! The first is a mono FX send for the first channel only, and the second FX loop is stereo and is a mater FX loop. The level for this loop can be controlled via the second channel. The amp includes two specially "voiced" 8" speakers, and a high-frequency piezo horn tweeter. The amp comes in a cool retro brown tolex covering with a tan grillecloth. It also has neat-o kick-back legs which is a feature that most all acoustic amps lack. As you can tell, this amp is just PACKED with features! Another feature that Fender includes and is marketing heavily is the "String Dynamics" control. This is simply a knob that rolls off the extremely high-frequencies to help eliminate piezo distortion and string noise. Overall effect on the sound with this control appears to be very minimal.

Overall sound is incredible. I dare say that this amp rivals $1000-$1500 Trace Elliot amps that I tried. The only amp that I thought sounded better was the Fishman acoustic amp system. One great thing about this amp is the fact that you can use a lot of different guitars thru it and it always sounds superb. So far, the guitars I've tested thru this amp are two Godin acoustics, one Godin Acousticaster, a Godin LGX (Solid-body guitar with L.R. Baggs saddle transducer and acoustic pre-amp), Taylor 410CE, Takamine, Epiphone acoustic, and a classical guitar equiped with a soundhole pickup. All of these guitars sounded beautiful thru the Acoustasonic Jr. If any of them didn't initially suit my tastes, I could easily adjust the EQ on either the amp or the acoustic to make it sound good. Overall, I was very surprised at the bass response of this amp. I thought that it would be limited with only 8" speakers, but the bass is clean and tight even at high volume. This makes the Acoustasonic Jr. a performance-worthy amp. My only small gripe about the sound is the ever-present solid state "hiss" when you're not playing. I've found this to be a characteristic of most solid state amps. Overall sound of this amp is very tight, and the amp does not rattle even at higher volumes. This is a gripe that I've had about other Fender amps, but not this one! This amp is a closed-back amp which may have helped elimitate rattles and other unwanted noises or resonances. One surprising thing that I discovered about this amp is that it works GREAT as a clean-amp for electric guitar, especially a hollow-body. A Gibson ES-335 or ES-135 would sound incredible thru this amp! I played several strats thru this amp and the sparkling sound is incredible! Try it for yourself, and see what you think.

I've only had this amp a week so I can't be sure. Fender gives you a five-year warranty, though, so they must have confidence in it's reliability.

This is Fender's very first entry into the acoustic guitar amplification market, and they're definitely bound to make a splash. Fender has obviously done a lot of research of the other acoustic amp offerings before developing this beautiful amp. It is feature-rich and easily rivals amps costing 2-3 times it's price. Other amps I compared it to were: Trace Acoustic, Crate, Peavey, Marshall, Roland, AR, and Fishman. The Fender had tons of features and great sound. Plus, the list price is only $549 which makes it affordable for just about everyone. If you play acoustic guitar, I highly suggest this amp.
BTW: Don't e-mail me and ask me where I got the amp for $369. I'll answer ANY question EXCEPT that one! $369 is not even that great of a discount.