Fender Stage 112SE

dual channels but without a master volume you can't turn the amp up! really disatisfing!

can't really find out because you have to crank it so loud you can't really appreciate the sound.

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this is the worst amp i have ever owned due to the volume issue not being able to turn in past 1 on the knob.

Contour feature in drive channel is nifty, the mid boost option in the clean channel is unique and changes the tone of the clean channel from bassey/accousitic to warmer.Reverb/channel select easily controled by footswitch (included). 100 huge watts, and 160 w/ a cabnet. The pure number of watts amazes me for something in it's price range. Only thing lacking is a mid knob in the gain channel, but I can live without it. Did I mention the pre-amp?

I use a Ibanez AX7221GP w/ two humbuckers. CLEAN AS HELL! Ths is what Fender is about, the clean channel! I get so pissed off at the tube lovers who give this amp a bad name. They are beyond stupid to buy a soilid state amp, and then complain that it's distorsion doesent match tubes. The clean channel makes this amp. Call me carazy, but I like the gain channel as well. I play emo/softcore with some metal elements, so as you can imagine i need the best of both the clean and dirty world. I'm able to dial up a hybrid of Incubus/Finger Eleven distorsion tones, wich is just what I'm looking for. If you are into blues, there is plenty of settings here for you as well. As far as ultra mega super crunchy distorsion... I just dont see this amp doing it (and I dont' need it).I'm afraid to crank this amp (it is SOOO loud but the clean stays clean. Distorsion slowly gets harsher as it goes up. When I'm practicing at home, the dial doesent even go over 1 and my room shakes. I couldent imagin having to turn past 5 on one of my gigis. My one complaint on the sound is there is a low humming when you are not playing anything, but then again, this baby pushes out alot of power, and as long as you are playing it is not noticable.

hmm... can't say, havent owned it long enough, seems though as hell.

havent talked w/ 'em

I almost baught a marshall (thank God I didn't). The clean channel brings out your guitar, and tones are easy to dial up. Loudest thing I've found in the price catagory, and it sounds great as well. I like it, but I know it wont fit alot of peoples needs, so try it for yourself. I don't need a backup (dont have the $) and this seems sturdy enough to take to my gigs/practices. If you like blues, emo, altermative, country, punk, or not-so-heavy metal, it is worth a look.

Dual inputs, clean and distortion channels (with handy footswitch for easy changes), line out jack, 160W of shear madness, mid shift button.

I play a Fenix tele and Yamaha APX 4A, for mainly bluesy laid back sounds. With the electric the gain and contour controls give a nice balance with a fair degree of sound option while the clean channel is very clear indeed. With the APX the mid shift helps give a more mellow sound helping to reduce the 'tinny' top end. I have only used this amp in small venues and for practicing and as everyone has mentioned it is extremely loud (I don't think it has been above 0.8 in the house!

Never had any problems. A very sturdy piece of kit.

No repairs required.

I've been playing for 10 years on and off and this is my only amp. If it went missing I would probably buy something a bit smaller and lighter (it wieghs a ton!) although if I could pick one up second hand again, I would. This is a very nice amp, no mistaking.

I have no clue when this amp was made, I would say around 97 or 98. It is a solid state combo with two channels and independent eq for each. It is 100 watts with out a speaker cabinet and 160 with a cab. I have it running through a doyle 4 by 12 cab which is amazing. The mid shift button is cool. It has more than enough features

When I first got it I was using a mexican strat with stock pickups and the clean channel was awsome. It would be a good amp for blues or a good practice amp for any style if you get some fx pedals. I play mostly mainstream rock, punk, and some sorta heavy stuff but none of that pure screaming stuff. The distortion channel is kinda noisy if you have the amp up loud because I had to put the gain to ten to get it as close to the sound I wanted. When I play with my strat the clean channel stays clean all the way up but with my Schecter C1 it gets distorted once it is up high enough to go over drums. Because of this I decided to get a cab and it cured the problem. With the cab I can get a very warm clean tone and it sounds really good for mostly anything I would play clean. I thought it had decent distortion untill I got a digitech rp100 and used that for a while. When I tried the distortion again it sounded a lot worse. It is not so smoothe and not that heavy, but it is useable. This is a good amp with a cab and some pedals, or as a practice amp. The clean gets a 10 but the distortion only a 6 for rock or heavy music. overall I give it a nine because not too many inexpensive amps have amazing distortion.

I would depend on it in almost any situation. The only thing that kind of bugs me is how the reverb jingles when I set the amp down, but I don't think it hurts anything. The amp has never broken down on me but I have only had it for 3 months. I did buy it used though and it doesn't look like it has been serviced. It still looks new.

I have never dealt with fender, their stuff doesn't break on me. I am very careful with my equiptment because I am picky about how things look.

I have been playing guitar for 4 years and I use this amp with a schecter c1 with stock pickups, a doyle cabinet and an rp100. I think it sounds awsome together. I wish it had a heavy distortion channel and thats about it. for what I paid I can't complain about anything. Used amps are the best if they are in good condition because they don't cost very much.

I have no idea when this amp was made. My Dad bought it used from a music store who said it was brought in by some guy's widow. What's creepier is I found one of the dead guy's picks by the reverb pan. Clean and Crunch w/reverb is about all you'll get outta this.

I use a Epiphone Explorer with EMG-81 bridge and 58 neck, a NJ series BC Rich Warlock, and a guitar I put together from spare parts. I also use a Ibanez SM-7 Smash Box for crunch and CF-7 Chorus/Flanger for clean. The sound it puts out on the crunch channel is pathetic, because of lack of options, and the clean only sounds good with a neck pickup and slight chorusing. Since I play alot of heavy music (Metallica, Iced Earth, Slayer), it just does'nt do the job.

Despite how much I don't like it, it is a real work horse.

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If anything, I would say this is a good amp to start out on; it's not bogged down with exessive controlls, and gives out an OK clean tone. I'm just using it until I can get a Mesa Boogie Tri-Axis.

This combo has two channels. one for clean sound and one for gain. the distortion on this amp sucks. the clean tones are very good if you have an alright guitar. If you turn the amp up with distortion on the speaker cannot handle it. the amp distorts like crazy. If you were to hook it up to a good 4x12 cab it would kick ass.

I am using a Jackson PS-2 with a Dimarzio super distortion humbucker in the bridge and a Metal Zone distortion pedal. This amp sucks for all musical styles except classical crap. This amp is very loud but it cannot handle any bass at all.
the clean channel is never distorted but if you use any bass on the gain channel or with a distortion pedal it will sound like crap.

I have had this amp for four years now and it has broke down three times costing me $187. this amp is not reliable at all. Since it is a solid state amp it costs more to fix

I have been playing guitar for 7 years now. The only thing this amp is good for is practicing. It has real good sound if you use a distortion pedal and keep it at low volumes. when i bought this amp I dont know what the hell i was thinking. I think it sounds crappy at high volumes because it is a tube emulation amp. this combo would be better if it were used for a head on top of some marshall 4x12.

2 footswichable channels, blah, blah.

Ive used this amp with a Yammaha SF700, Telecaster and a Jaguar and they all sounded great. The clean channel is amazingly CLEAN and the gain (although not a patch on a fender bassman or a marshall superlead at full volume) does the trick. Ive fooled a few die hard tube amp fans when using this with my Boss Dual Overdrive.The power amp and speaker sounds great when used with a Line-6 POD too. What more could you want from a tranny amp.

The reliability of theis amp is great, Ive used it at many gigs without back up.(its a transistor amp what the hell can go wrong). the only glitch is that after 3 years of loud giging I think the speaker might be dying a bit (after 3 years of loudness what do you expect) forty quid will sort that out in a jiffy. never failed.

Never have to deal with them.

Ive had ths amp for quite a while now, and If I didnt love tubes so much then Id keep using it, cause it sounds great and has never failed.

You pretty much know the deal with the amp, just look at the other 30+ reviews.

I am playing it through an Ibanez GAX120(cheap, I know) with 2 humbuckers. Sounds real good with this set-up. I play an emo/hardcore/metal type mix of music and it suits me fine. Just like everyone says, it's loud, Loud, LOUD. As for the clean channel, I love the tone of it on the bridge pickup. The distortion has lots of power to it.

Well, I put the thing through hell. It is constantly being dropped, kicked, beat up, and pissed on by a dog(hey, it only happend once, but it took it like a true amp should). The best part is that with each beating, it sounds great every time.

Fender took the only problems that I had and fixed them, no questions. Gotta love that whole warrenty thing. The problem was some of the soldering came loose.

I've been playing for about 3 years now and this was the best investment I have made so far as a musician. If it were stolen, I definitely would buy it again. I can remember playing with it while another guitar player was playing out of a Crate Blue Voodoo rig... needless to say, this little amp kicked the BV's behind in a bad way.

The usual high, mid and low knobs. reverb and distortion.
I play everything from punk to softer rock and fits my situation perfectly but could have chorus.

I use a Danelectro guitar and a Yamaha thingy but both are good.
This amp is perfect if you like to play Silverchair because the distortion is pretty good and clean is not bad. Distortion has lots of feedback.
I also added a 160 watt Mesa/Boogie cabinet speaker to give it a little more volume because I like to play very loud eventhough it is extremely loud on it's own.

Had it for a while and so far so good. (knock on wood)

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I'd buy is again because it is very loud, reliable (so far) and not huge. I really wish it had chorus.

I purchased this amp in about '94 and its been to hell and back. Its a dual channel amp with a decent clean and drive channel. its got an effects loop that connects in the front rather than the back. It comes with a footswitch to select reverb and distortion. It has a mid-shift feature that ups the mid and low end. personally, i think it makes the sound too muddy and i never use it. Its extremely loud (160 watts).

As of right now, im playing it exclusively at my church gig. Its a nice amp for small to avererage venues. While at church i play it through a tele usually with the bridge pickup and it does really well. I reccomend a danelectro cool cat chorus pedal to go with it through the effects loop. Especially in a church venue, it adds sweetness to the tone. The variety of sounds is fairly narrow. its a purpose driven amp that is (in my oppinion) best for a clean sound (the distortion is average at best). The sound has good crispness and is right for what i use it for. Never once thought to myself "this makes my guitar sound like a banjo".

Reliability is what makes me love this amp. I laugh upon anyone who says fender doesnt make amps that cant take hits. its been through hell and back with me and traveled all over and it works great. I had a capacitor burn out on me about 6 months after purchase... it smoked and got really hot on the top. i took it to the warranty place and they fixed it quickly and its been smooth sailin' since. Also, though im not saying this will be the case with every 112se, i once drove off with it in the back of my truck and me being dingy occasionally left the tailgate down and out slid the stage 112se. i piced it up. all the pots had been bent from the hit and the reverb and the input jack were broken. other than that? no breakage on the outside, the amp section was still intact, that thing had nothing loose... just a few damages (to be expected) 65 bucks got it working again and i never had another problem. This amp is solid as hell. Many can say that, but i know. other amps would have been destroyed by that accident but this amp is still working great. Its no longer pretty looking, but it still works hard for me.

little dealings other than the phoenix warranty place. they were great.

ive been at it for 8 years. still a baby in my oppinion and i still plan to accomplish much more than i have. i would buy it again definately. i hate nothing about it and am pleased with it. Fender is a REAL company. i play two of their guitars as well as this amp and everything they make is rock solid. and for the price, their stuff is definately made for the working musician. I do own about 5 other amps but they are stacks and bass amps so, really no comparison. Buy it, its a nice rig.