Fender Deluxe 112 Plus

Two channels. Clean channel:vol, treb, mid, bass
Drive:gain, contour, treb, bass, vol
Reverb

Very versatile, lots of sound possible. No need to spend hours finding the right zound (I'm talking about the clean channel now.The drive channel, well, read what I wrote below)

I play a strat copy, single coil.
Play blues (SRV), rock (form early Dire Straits to Pink Floyd)
sometimes metal. Fits almost everything except metal.
The clean channel is great. Nice sparkling Fender sound to very warm, very nice depth. Great tone control. It sounds really great with the neck pickup. Real loud.
Dont know if is distorts at high volumes. I dont dare go beyond volume level 4 (Id like to keep the neighbours happy.)
This amp tends to be noisy around electronics, esp. tv's. Who cares, just shut you're tv down.
No complaints here, but then again, the clean channel is why I bought this amp)

The drive channel is another story. It sounds a muddy in the low, and harsh in the high registers. You'll have to dial a lot of knobs, before you get something that a smooth, warm lead tone here.
If you want to play metal, stay far away from this amp.

Reasonable sound for blues, but not without an effect pedal (TUBESCREAMER perhaps?)

BTW, the reverb is a little too bright sometimes.

Te clean gets a 10, the drive a 6. So the overall sound gets an 8.

I would use this one without a backup. Feels really reliable. I'm very careful with my stuff, and so was the previous owner, so I can't really tell.

Never dealt with

I've played for ten years now. I play a cheap strat copy, but am looking for a real Fender. Going to buy myself a tubescreamer TS 10.
I own a VOX V830 Distortion, wich I want to get rif of asap.
If the amp was stolen, and I could get another used one for a fair price, I woulnd't hesitate and buy it.
Then again, if I would find a tube amp for reasonable prices, I'd buy that one.

All of the specific features of this amp are listed in other reviews. This amp in and of itself is nothing special...it has ~95 watts, which is more than enough power for many situations. Anyone that says this amp isn't loud enough to be heard over a drummer needs to tell their drummer to tone it down! There isn't anything special about the distortion on it, in fact it's pretty pathetic. But then again, many amps can't create good distortion on their own...a pedal is necessary. I use it to practice with my band and I mic it at gigs we play. It performs as both a good monitor and good source of sound to feed to the PA.

I use an old Gretsch guitar with two humbuckers, but I have used a jackson with two humbuckers, a les paul studio--two humbuckers--, a strat, and even my washburn acoustic. I play everything from Dave Matthews to Sepultura depending on what kind the mood of the day is, and this amp when set properly can do it all with flying colors. There is a definite hum on the amp when its own distortion is used, but it sucks anyway, so why bother? It buzzes when there is electrical equipment around it like a TV, stereo or computer, but that's the fault of the pickups on the guitar, not the amp. As far as versatility goes, this thing is awesome. On the clean channel, it can make intensely full blues sound, crisp highs, and thick, full lows. People that rip on this thing for being a crappy acoustic amp are obviously about as bright as a box of hair--IT ISN'T AN ACOUSTIC AMP!!! But with the volume, treble, and mid turned down a tad, and the reverb cranked, it does a damn good job. For electric, I play through a boss metal zone pedal, which creates the best chainsaw distortion I've found anywhere, and this amp can scream, grunt, drive any rock/metal song out there. The pickups in my Gretsh are about twenty years old and this amp can pick up the slightest artificial or blare out the lowest crunching power cord. When the amp is cranked, the cone does distort the sound on both clean and distortion, but everyone out there knows that when you crank any cone beyond its limits it distorts. It has a line out that can be hooked up to more speakers, which solves the problem. So as long as you play around with the knobs enough depending on your own situation, it can do just about anything you need it to. Just don't expect to get the sound of a stack with four 12 inch speakers to come out of this combo.

I've had this amp for about 5 years, and I've taken it to parties, gigs, on three major moves, all over town to jam with friends...you get the idea. Never had any problems. It does pop when turned off, but that problem is solved by turning the volume down and pulling the guitar cord out of the amp and then turning it off.

Never had to deal with them.

I've been playing for a little over ten years and am yet to play through a combo of comparable size and power that sounds better. And every single player who has heard it agrees. If it were stolen, I would buy another one in a heart beat. I love the versatility--it can go from a slipknot riff on a guitar that is tuned to B to an acoustic dave matthews song flawlessly. The cone should be a better speaker, but no combo is perfect. I highly recommend this amp, but I also recommend you go to the store and listen for yourself. Let the amp talk for itself.

mid-90's model.90 watts, dirty and clean channels with contour, gain, bass, mid, treble, etc.

This is my bedroom practice amp. I play everything from blues to rock to punk to very heavy metal. This amp sounds great through the clean channel for blues. A very warm tube feal to it. Very Fender-ish. The distortion channel is a waste. It is very tinty and buzzes. I prefer to use a distorion effect through the clean channel for some good heavy sounds.

Seems great, no problems.

never used it

I've been playing for fun for about 22 years now. The guitars I own and have run through this amp are very versitile. Gibson les Paul Custom, Gibson SG Standard, Gibson Gothic Explorer w/EMG 81/85, Epiphone Flamekat archtop, Fender USA Standard Stratocaster. The amp is a great for practice or studio, maybe even a garage amp but it doesn't seem to do much more than get muddy when turned up past 5 so I'm not sure it would be much good for live gigs.

This amp is pretty basic. 2 channels, EQ, gain and reverb. It has an effects loop, a headphone jack and a footswitch. This thing is loud as hell. With 90 watts behind a 12" speaker, I find my ears bleeding if I turn the volume higher than 3.

Fender Strat--->Boss DS-1--->Deluxe 112 Plus.
I play all kinds of music, but this amp is my blues machine. It has huge tone, great reverb, and does very well with overdrive effects. The dirty channel is very weak, leaving a very bassy distortion that does not accent finger technique at all. This amp does not play well with distortion effects. The only thing that I can use through it is an overdrive or a light distortion (DS-1). THIS IS NOT A METAL MACHINE. It has quite a bit of noise, but I have installed noiseless pickups in my strat which mostly eliminates that. The effects loop is weak and sounds like it is going to explode when you route mod effects through it. For my purposes, it has great tone and is an awesome amp. If I were you though, I'd go for a princeton. The tube tone is better and it accepts effects more readily.

I've never had a problem with this thing. I don't take it everywhere I go because it's so heavy, but it takes a fair amount of abuse

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I think this is a fine amp, I just think that there are much better ones out there. I regret that I didn't play more through a princeton before buying this thing.

90 watts, 12 inch speaker, 2 channels. You all know it.

It doesn't have the great tone that it's new brother the Princeton 65 has, but it's not bad. I play in a metal/punk band, and this baby has plenty of power. I daisy chained it to a new princeton 65, and believe it or not, i can get the killer metal sound that knocks stuff off the wall. It's a pretty smooth running, potent amp. Go for it.

Fender. What do you think?

Fender. what do you expect?

Pretty good little amp. If you use it with some other pretty good stuff, you can get a hell of a rig.

Not sure what year but prolly mid to late 90's. the amp is very versatile can go from surf rock to punk in one stomp of the channel selector. only thing is that it needs to have speaker outs. it has the power to push a 4x12 cab or 2x12 cab. i play shows and at practice and dont have to turn it up past 3 or 4

i play thru gibson sg's one standard and one custom. sg's are the best guitars to play thru. its great for surf-punk music. i can get a really fat distortion sound on it which would be great for metal. you have to turn the gaim to 10 and then adjust the volume on the distortion channel to get good distortion. you can get just about any sound you want with this amp if you have a good guitar. all these people that say it sucks have shitty guitars. ibanez and fender strats arent going to give you a good sound thru it. you need a 2 humbucker config or even 3. the clean sound doesnt seem to break up at 4 but havent had to push it past that yet. i dont really use the distortion channel but it seems heavy as shit

its a fender. hasnt broken yet and i dont like carrying 2 amps to gigs.

never dealt with them. apparently it has a 5 year warranty

ive been playing for about 7 years and ive owned numerous amps and effects and this one is the best one for the price. i'd rather have this than any marshall combo. if it were stolen or lost i'd be pissed off and have to get another one. all these people on here that gave it bad ratings either have a crappy guitar or do not know how to adjust the knobs on the amp. email me i will tell you how to get a killer sound out of it.

I'm not really sure what year this beast was made. If that info comes off the S.N. then it's either 65 or 62.
I use this unit at gigs with no problem, rarely cranked over 3 to maybe 4 at the larger venues. She has two channels, (clean & dirty), I've read a few reviews with people commenting that the distortion sucks. I'm running a US Tele through a Korg G3 throught to 112. This unit has a lot of bite.

We play covers, 50's 60's 70's up to and including top 40. We particularly do a lot of Tom Petty. I can achieve the perfect sound for "Makin' Some Noise" by-passing my G3 directly into the second channel with Treble at 6 Mid at 3.5 to 4, and Bass at 4. It depends a lot on what you're using for a guitar. Try shopping somewhere besides K-Mart and you'll find this amp is "ample".
The dirty channel (2) has a contour control. I honestly seldom use this feature, preferring to adjust through the G3 and the Tele.

It's a Fender...solid as a brick shithouse.

Haven't required any repairs but I'm pretty sure Fender stands behind their stuff.

I've been playing around 35 years.
I play a Telecaster.
12 string Danelectro
12 string CBS acoustic
Korg T3
Rickerbacker TR35B
Korg G3
I have one rule...Steal from me and I will find out what it is you love the most....and KILL it

It is a pretty simple 2 channel amp. Clean channel has treble mid and bass. Drive has treble bass and a contor control. 94.4 watts into a very cheap 12.

I have a stock IbanezRG520 and a mexican strat. I really don't like the amp that much. You can't play lound to hear your self over drums. The speaker makes a farting noise when it is loud with heavy distortion. It is not my main amp. I got a JCM2000DSL about 7 months ago and had to seand it in to get it fixed. the weekend that a took it in I found a drummer for the band I am tring to start. I tried to play with the 112plus but I couldn't hear my self over the drummer and the other guitarist. I getto rigged my 2x12 cab that I use for my marshall and worked well.I think if you have this amp you should replace the speaker cause it sucks!!! The sound is ok. For the price it is a good amp. I don't like the contour control it only sounds decent on 10 and you can't get a good blues sound cause if you move the contour off of ten it makes the sound very tinny and thin. It really has no punch. I would also suggest if you have a small practice amp and want some thing with more volume save your money and get a "TUBE"amp. You will thank your self in the long run. O yeah the clean channel also sucks a big one.

It sounds bad but I have had no trouble with it.

Ive only been playing for about 2years. I also own a DSL50 a 1936 2x12 cab a boss DD-5, digitech wammy pedal, and a cry baby

I am writing to follow up on my 2/7/00 review below.

I have been reading all of the reviews submitted in the hopes of getting better ideas on how to bring out the best this amp has to offer. I hope others who have contributed also experiment and share their experiences here with the rest of us.

For a loud little practice amp, the features are pretty good. No change from my prior opinion.

The distortion channel is just about useless. I have run every guitar in my arsenal through it. It is a hopeless cause. The sound is tinny. The harder you driver it, the "tinnier" it gets. And it is noisy! The hiss is too much. It makes the amp unusable for recording and extremely difficult - if not impossible - to mic when run through a PA.

I can get some nice sounds using the low gain input on the clean channel. With treble on 10, bass on 10 and midrange at 0, I can get very nice range simply by dialing the pots on the guitar - the old fashioned way. These also seem to be the most receptive settings for a processor to run through.

Playing with the reverb while working with these setting also adds some interesting sounds. I have run these settings through a mic into a Mackie 808 PA with no trouble at all. Considering that this is cheap little solid state amp with a very modest PA, it performed pretty well. Running an extension cabinet (I rigged up plug to allow this) helps the sound; but for the price of this amp and an extension, you may as well just put that same amount of money up front into a better amp.

I have tried some of the other settings others have recommended, but I just can not find settings on the distortion channel that deliver good tonal quality. As the volume goes up, the tinny sound with a hollowness to it engulfs everything.

Admittedly, lots of this is personal taste. On the other hand, everyone I play with (in two bands) feels the same way, i.e., decent clean channel and an awful, atrocious distortion channel.

Still going. As reliable as any amplifier I have ever owned in 22 years plus playing. Still tends to make a "pop" sound when turned off.

Never used.

It is a decent, reliable practice amp. I just can not see it being used for anything else. The sound quality just is not there. It can definitely get loud, but it is better played clean.

For the price, this amp is certainly a great value. This is a two channel amp, however, the distortion is weak, but it has that definitive clean fender sound. I play it through an '87 floyd rose series strat and it sounds really nice. Of course, this is a solid state amp, but for the price you can't get much better.

I play it through a strat with a seymour duncan sh-12 pickup and it has a great clean tone. The distortion is weak, so I suggest buying a pedal like the boss metal zone. I think that this is a great practice amp, it's light, and it is very loud. I would even use it at a small gig, it's really a good value, especially if you can find it used.

I've had this amp for two years and have had no problems.

I have a a mesa boogie studio .22+ that is a tube amp and the fender matches up very well. It has that old vintage fender sound with a small pricetag. This is a great practice amp, or for people that don't play gigs and don't need a super amp. It is packed with features and as long as you invest in a distortion pedal, this amp is really nice.