Fender Vibro Champ XD

great collection of different amp Voices, 5 class A watts. It does not lack any features that I would be likely to use. The Line Out jack and easy access Speaker Out jack are very useful.

Key Features - variety of cool, useful tube tones
- Low Volume HEAVEN
- Smiling as you carry it LIGHTWEIGHT

I play a great project Telecaster that sounds wonderful thru the VCXD. I love the Blackface 4-6 settings, as well as the Tweed and Bassman voices 1-3. The key for me is to make the proper adjustment in the gain control for the different voicings. I can max it out for Blackface but it needs to be dialed down to 5 or less for Tweed and Bassman and the even higher gain voices 7-14, unless you're looking for way huge distortion. For the Jazz and Acoustic voices it should be turned close to or all the way off.
I could not ask for a better sound at low volume - great for playing at home.

I have upgraded the 8" stock speaker to a Jensen 10" Mod 10/50. It sounds great with better bottom and fit fine in the stock cabinet, although it required an enlarged hole in the baffle board. The 5 Class A watts can also power much bigger cabs using the easy-access speaker jack or into the PA via the line out or miced. Very versatile!

I got is used and have had no problems at all for a year now.

I play a wide variety of styles R&R/ Classic Rock, Blues, Country, etc and have been at it for 45 (gulp!) years. In addition to me project Tele, I also have a nicely modded Fender Blues Jr, Fender Fretless Jazz Bass, Bassman Compact 50, 74 Martin D35 and 75 Ovation Balladeer and Classical guitars.

Features are well documented.

I bought and played this with a cool vibe fender squire 5 months before realizing that I would never be happy with the sounds this amp produces. The compression applied in the presets left me wanting to hear my true tone and not this processed soup. The hall reverb makes your git sound like a piano synth (not in a good way). The best setting on this amp is the acoustic setting which makes a single coil git sounds quite nice as a strummer.
To sum up: Built in compression kills a great idea.

My guess is that this thing should last for years.

Never dealt with them.

The natural tone of your guitar does not have much of a chance to shine through this unit.

Features are already listed by many: this little amp is a marvel for tone quality at a very low price.

The amp is ideal for bedroom/practise use giving full tones at low volumes, which is very rare. Also the amp does not compress your guitar tone out of existence and allows every guitar you own/will own to keep its individuality of tone. So different from so many modelling amps which end up making every guitar you own sound the same and artificially compressed, distant and over-effected. This amp is alive and breathes, and the sound is sparkling and in your face as it should be. Voice settings 1-8 are exceptionally good and if recorded no-one would know that a modeling amp had been used. The amp speaker is well matched esp for an 8``. If you need to gig it at venues up to 200 people, take the XD`s line out and slave it to say a Marshall AVT 50 (effects return) which will give it the big bottom end needed to gig with. Tone is superb now as the output stage of the XD is not in circuit and this duo runs very clean of mains hum. (XD has a low cost mains transformer which gives 50hz mains hum).

Fender is always good for reliability at any price level.

Fender are one of the best manufacturers for after sales support.

If you want a sublime tone (clean, SRV breakup, lead aka Moore/Clapton)
try this Fender XD and if you do try the slave idea, your mates will just wonder how did you get all that tone for so little money!!!
The design guys at Fender deserve a medal for this little gem and the little amp will stand alone as brilliant, please see demo on Utube.
However, the amp was built down to a low price which is great for all guitar players, but the Marshall AVT 50 idea will add an enclosed 12" speaker and power amp which will give you the gigging balls without much cost.

I really didn't think I'd end up with this amp. I didn't want a modeling amp. After trying every amp I could get my hands on for the last 40 years, looking for a recording amp, and owning three other pretty good amps at this time, I really didn't expect much from this when a shop guy suggested it.
What can I say do this amp justice - it can sound like most anything, but I use it primarily for the really good Fender Clean Sounds, which get appropriately creamy to slightly crunchy when the gain is turned up, just like a real Fender should. How they sound this authentic and really, really pleasing while using modeling something that has me puzzled, since I've never heard other modeling systems even come close to this. I never use any of my other amps anymore. Oh, the effects are pretty good - I use the reverb all the time, and it sounds pretty authentic like a good spring, and sometimes use a little chorus to taste... does all this fine.

I use this amp for a variety of musical styles, from Blues to Jazz to Funk to Country, and with a number of different guitars (though mostly a 335) and it always sounds great. If I need to use it somewhere where it isn't loud enough (and it is louder than you'd think) I use the output to plug into the house PA system, and it sounds great. This amp always makes me smile. Oh, I usually don't play it through the built-in speaker, but use an extension cabinet... doesn't mean that I don't like the one built in, but it is too small for a lot of venues. Works fine around the house. I don't generally do distortion, OK, maybe some Hendrix or Santana and this amp can do that fine, but I get the feeling that some of the grungier models aren't that good, maybe its only because I wouldn't like them no matter what. The amp isn't noisy - it is sort of like the ideal dream tube amp that just happens to still use some tubes, and doesn't cost much. Oh, I've swapped some tubes in and out, and found that it didn't really make a huge difference one way or the other. While I'm an old tube tweaker from way back when that was all you could find, I oddly don't really miss having to swap them to get it to sound great (which is definitely true with a number of Fenders, especially the little Champion 600).

I've had this amp for 7 months now, and use it most every day. I've even abused it by playing bass through it with the little internal speaker. I haven't had a problem of any kind. While I guess I'd feel comfortable not having a backup, it is an old habit that I'll probably never break.

Having dealt with Fender in the not very distant past (not for this amp) I'd give them very high marks.

I bought this new this year (2009) after looking for a recording amp. I first tried out the newer Princeton Recording Amp, which I was really wanting to like, but honestly didn't get excited about - and at the price they go for, it just didn't work for me. I also tried the Peavey Windsor Recording Amp, which was much worse - it seems to be a Marshall clone with soak, and doesn't even come close to the beauty of the clean Fender sounds. After once buying a Line 6 amp, then returning it, I really didn't want anything to do with modeling. This amp is literally everything I need in an amp, and I'm always truly amazed how good it sounds when I start playing through it. This amp is undoubtedly the best deal going in the modern guitar world. They could stop making all the other amps now and I wouldn't mind.

This amp is quite (and i mean very) versatile. It can go from unbelievable clean, to smooth and warm jazz, to rocking distortion, with a twist of one knob. You can also adjust preset voice levels with volume and gain (and yes, it is a tube amp, so if you want to crank it, go ahead). The treble and bass controls seem quite responsive. The effects are also very good as well, and you can adjust the depth of the effects (my personal favorite is the reverb on 4). The only thing that brought it down to a 9 was that the effects are not infinitely adjustable, but hey, Fender wanted to keep the price below $300. Also, the speaker will take some breaking in, and some of you may want to change it. It also has a speaker out, which is cool. BTW 5 class A tube watts can be loud.

The sound for the most part is good. I play with a cheap squire with a GCB-95 Crybaby. The clean channels can greatly be varied, and you can crank 'em for that unbelievable tube saturation (i am NEVER going back to solid state). I mostly use the 'tweed' tones and sometimes blackface, and the British stack and hot rod. It is very well suited for my style (i listen to classic rock, but i can't stand not playing some TEXAS BLUES). I also try to get a kind of Hendrix and/or Clapton tone. Here is a detailed description of the voices, best if you try it yourself:
(tweed)
1-clean tweed 'champ' tone
2-slightly over-driven Bassman tone
3-heavily over-driven tweed sound
(blackface)
4-super clean, twin-reverb tone
5-slightly over driven clean tone
6- like a twin-reverb with a TS-9
(British-awesome)
7-Vox AC30 overdrive
8-Early Marshall 'plexi' stack
9-JCM series on distortion
(Hot rod-nice for Texas blues)
10-slightly over driven Hot Rod Deluxe/Blues junior
11-SRV's Dumble amps (close, anyway)
12-Lots of overdrive on a Hot Rod Fender amp
(Metal)
13-Dark, scooped distortion
14-high-gain metal sound
(Other)
15-Jazz King type amp, warm
16-Acoustasonic type quality

That about sums it up for sound. I am thinking of getting an area '67 for my neck pickup, so it'll sound better.

I haven't had the amp for two weeks, but if i take good care of it, and not crank the tubes often, it should last me a while before I'll replace a tube (there are only two). So far i haven't put it to the road test.

I haven't had to deal with Fender ever, but i do have a 5-year warranty on it.

I got it for my birthday, and it is a step up from my Cube 15X. For anyone wanting an upgrade, go this way or the amp's bigger brother, the Super Champ XD. It combines some of the versatility of a Line 6, with the tube tone of, say, a blues junior or a champion 600. For all you tube lovers who are uncertain, you will be pleasantly surprised by this deceptively small amplifier. The only thing i wish it had was... well for 300 bucks, you get exactly what you pay for, and then some. Any instrument, ESPECIALLY a Fender, will sound good through this gem. If it were stolen, and i had money, i wouldn't think twice about getting this or the Super Champ again.

If you are reading this, you should know what this is.

I own six electrics at the moment (used to own too many), Gibson-Fender-Gretsch, and they all sound like a little piece of heaven through this thing. You can get the cleanest sounds, the heaviest sounds (no sh*t), and the strangest sounds through this little thing.

I mostly use channel four, which is the clean blackface, and it sounds like any of those expensive Fender amps. Same with the tweed channels.

Bare in mind, I use this as a head, so I have the output through a cabinet with four 12 inch speakers. This improves the cleans, and makes it easier to play louder without breaking up.

If this thing broke down, I'd buy another.

I love Fender products, but thanks to their recent price changes, they're worthless to me. Gibson is the same way. All these overpriced products... This Virbrochamp proves you don't need massive dough to sound great, and as a guy whp has played a lot of gear, I can tell you the cheaper products are the way to go in this day and age. Fight the power.

If anyone doesn't care for this, send me an e-mail. My address is displayed!

It's the best new amp out today, in my opinion, and the cost helps verify that statement.

Addendum to my last review - after spending bit more time with the various voicings, getting that clean 'bucker tone is easy using the Blackface voicings (4, 5 and 6); and the Tweed voicings clean up nicely with an EQ pedal.

The Jazz voicing (# 15) sounds good but lacks the top end of the Blackface voicings. The Acoustic voicing (#16) is still my favourite (it's just different!) but I'm glad I've been able to find clean voicings for both single coil and humbucker pickups.

Nice versatile amp!

5 watt tube combo with built-in preamp voicings and effects. Fender took a tried and true concept (the Vibro Champ used to be a 5 watt combo once upon a time)and modernized it. I'm usually a bit skeptical when manufacturers try to reinvent the wheel (so to speak), but I must say this little amp sounds good.

Single channel, no headphone jack and the voicings and effects aren't foot-switchable (a shame), but it does have a line out. The voicings and built-in effects sound quite decent indeed.

I own a MIM Stratocaster refit with Dimarzio Virtual Vintage pickups, a Squier Affinity Telecaster refit with Samarium Cobalt pickups (sweet sounding guit!) and a home made DC Les Paul that has a Dimarzio Humbucker from Hell in the neck position and a GFS Liverpool vintage Retrotron in the bridge position.

I wouldn't be making any earth-shattering statements if I said it's easier to get a clean tone from the Strat and Tele and easier to get overdrive from the Les Paul.

With a bit of patience though, it's feasible to obtain a clean humbucker sound on the Blackface and Tweed voicings (back off that gain control), forget about it on the high gain voicings, those are meant for loud, overdriven rock (or blues)! Try as I may I wan't able to get that Voxy tone from voice #7 ...

My pet favorite voicing is # 16 the acoustic setting. Add a bit of reverb from the effects section and you have a very pleasant sound indeed. Agreed it won't sound 100% like an acoustic, but I think it's pretty neat to get an acoustic-like sound out of a solid-bodied guitar and a tube amp!

For bedroom practice or "garage band" playing it's more than reliable enough.

Never had the pleasure.

I like the portability and the sound. Just look it up on Youtube, you'll see what I mean. It's more versatile than the Champion 600 it's replacing (I find it has better cleans, the 8" sounds better that the 600's 6" speaker, and the built-in effects sound pretty damned good), though not as versatile as say, its Line 6 counterpart.

It could benefit from foot-switchable effects, but that would increase the price...so if you ask me it's fine as it is. I purchased a MXR Micro amp for a clean boost, to push the amp a bit when a song calls for it, but that's about it. The less pedals between the guitar and amp the better the signal.

I do have a bunch of pedals in my "bat-cave of gear", overdrive, distortion, wah, compressor, delay, etc...but right now I find that simple is better. ;)

Go to Fender's webpage and check it out.

I use a Yamaha AES920 with it and it sounds great to me. I like to play everything from hard and heavy to melodic and harmonic, preferebly in the same song, and this amp can manage that fine.

I've owned it for a few months now and so far it has worked perfect.

I've never needed to contact them.

I've played guitar for about 11 years now and haven't owned a lot of amps. All I can say is that when I bought it I tried out a whole lot of other amps and this one stood out and seemed perfect for me and my purpose, and I have no regrets.

Amp is made in 2008. I play just blues or bluesy jazz. There are a lot of features, don't need more. I can get the sound I want. Real tube amp, real tube sound, very nice overdriven. 5 tube watts enough for me at home. It have a speakerout for a cab and a line out for recording.

I use an Fender american standard 2008 tele. Music style is blues, jazz. The amp is a little noise but no problem. I use it at home, it can make al kinds of sounds, clean and distorted at high volumes, very nice at high volumes. Just 5 tube watts so easely to disturb, nice creamy sound. I use it whit a self made cab whit two alnico jensens, P10R and P12R. 10" for blues and 12" for jazz.

I owned the amp now for half a year, no breakdown.

I did not used the support, I have had no problem whit the amp.

I play for one year electric guitar now and I like the sound and the versalities. I even have a valve junior head and it sound good but differend. These amps are just what I need. Practising in the house. If it was stolen I would buy it again.

It has some neat sounds through the sound modelling. I basically wanted a 5W amp because my other amp is too loud to play at the sweet spot.

It's got the different models or whatever, and some decent effects.

It sounds nice, but it needs some bottom end. I've been playing through my HRD with a Marshall 4x10 cab and it sounds wonderful. It sounds a little shrill, but it is a small amp. Being upset with a small amp for not sounding like a big amp is like getting mad at your cat for not being a dog.

It has a line out, so I would like to hear with one of my cabs.

Just bought it today. Don't know. The guitar guy was cool.

Again, no opinion.

Warranty is Fender's standard 5-year thing with limitations.

Like I said before, I have a big tube amp, but it is too loud for practical use. I have been looking for a small tube amp for a long time. It doesn't have much bottom end, but that's to be expected.

Nice little amp. Fun.

very,very,very versatile,I use it as a practice amp. and this little baby has all the tone I was looking for and as a bonus a lot off effects too. Don't use a lot off the effects though but it is a nice feature for learning the different type off effects use by many pro players.

Great sounds are comming out the little amp and it has a very low hum thats normal for a tube amp it sounds and responses like a real 100 % tube amp and i love the sounds coming out off it. My favorite sound is nr. 2 a little (spring)revurb (2.2) and treble and bas set at 6. Gain on 6 and volume what ever is desired. The volume on my '82 strat is at 8 on de rear 2 pu's.
For this sound alone I would buy this amp for the mere 250 Euro's!!
But there are many many sweetspots still to discover.

have it for a couple off month's and it works great as to be expected for a Fender product.

not needed

this is real value for the money and it looks great too!!!!

Read the previous reviews for the features. Fender could have used the other triode of that 12AX7 for another pre-amp gain stage or better yet for real tube Tremolo. A mid EQ control would also have been nice...

I started playing guitar in 1963 and sometime over the years came to realize that sound is a very subjective thing. One man's meat being another man's poison type of thing. My early guitar influences were the Ventures, the Shadows and mid-60's Buddy Guy and B.B. King blues. Then in the 80's it was Mark Knopfler and Vince Gill with their guitar wizardry that impressed me no end. I've always loved the sound of a Strat or Les Paul played clean. When I got into a R&R band in the mid-60's, I bought a Burns Nu-Sonic guitar and a Harmony model 403 tube amp. Later, traded that in for a '63 Fender Bandmaster with twin 12 cab. Over the years, played through a lot of amps including Peavey Bandit, Studio Chorus and Roland Jazz Chorus SS amps. After I quit playing professionally in 1995, got back into small tube amps for their sound and ended up building one with the help of my tube techie friend John, my "Lil Wonder" with push-pull 50L6 beam power tubes and real tube tremolo. I use compressor, delay and overdrive pedals in front of it. But most times I can't be bothered with all that so I've been looking for a small practice amp with a great clean sound but one that incorporates effects so no need for the pedals/batteries/wall warts/extra cords. I've bought and played through Crate, Peavey, Line 6, Yamaha, and other practice amps including the Fender G-Dec and the Roland Cube 20X. Some of these amps sounded pretty good but always something lacking tone-wise. And then recently I tried out this little Fender gem and the quest is over! Previous reviewers have complained about the "overly compressed" sound but that sound on the "Vintage Tweed Champ" and on the "Blackface" settings is exactly the sound I've been looking for all these years. Okay, no mid EQ on this amp but by backing the treble control off to about 4 and turning the bass control up to 10, my Strat with its vintage alnico pups sounds just fine with all the quack and sparkle and glassiness Strats are noted for on the "strat" (back and middle pickups combined) pickup setting. On the neck pickup with the guitar's tone control rolled back to about 3 or 4, I get that full thick clean bluesy sound that is to die for. I'm using the hall reverb or the reverb + delay settings on the amp and I'm in heaven. Don't need anything else. But then there's all those other amp sims and effects to explore too! Well, I'll get around to those one of these days but for now, I'm getting the sounds I've always heard in my head but never got from any other practice amp. All this man could ask for.

Haven't owned it long enough to rate but it feels really solidly built.

From reading other reviews I gather Fender ain't the greatest in this respect.

A great little "all tube" practice amp with all kinds of digital amp sims and effects at a price that won't break the bank and a size and weight that won't break your back. nd don't let the 5 watt rating fool you. This little amd can get plenty loud enough for practice or jamming with friends. At low volumes you can dial in all the dynamics you could want without pissing off the neighbors. If you're looking for a practice amp that combines the best of what a basic class A tube amp and a solid state digital modeling amp have to offer, look no further. This is IT!!!

Excellent Amp for Rock/Blues - very versatile and the various "voices" make it a great value. Line out is great for recording and/or thru another amp. It's mono, so headset needs compatibility. Wanted tube sound and the digital (read solid state) effects were a bonus. Tube Preamp, Tube output amp

ESP Traditional Strat w/ noiseless seymour duncans vintage rails
G & L ASAT Classic Tele
Godin LG w/ seymour duncan P90's. Very versatile, you can find great settings for your instruments (as mentioned prior). Tube's put out a bit of noise, but hey, we play well above that in volume - you won't notice a bit unless looking to complain about something that don't matter. The tube chime comes thru well at moderate volumes. The F/X (effects) will suffice at lower output for most purposes. I bought this as a practice/late night amp. It fits the bill.

New to me ... no real opinion here.

Nope, again no need.

So far, this one rocks. Needed to upgrade from a VOX solid state Practice Amp (DA-5) which is great for it's purpose. It's easy to haul around, and even though a tube amp, still fits the lower volume / practice needs. Sweet - for most of us with certain parameters (volume / tone) this one really fits the bill. Highly recommended. For purists who want to spend a grand, go elsewhere - but you're missing out.

The features are / would be nice, if the amp sounded good. Great, useful effects. Could use a midrange knob. Nice that it has a line out. The modeling feature gives just a bunch of bad fake amp tones.

I bought this and tested it for about a day. I played it with a MIM strat and A/Bed it against a valve junior with no effects.

Basically the tone is lifeless, thin, sterile and harsh. The blackface models are useless. This amp is good if you are a mindless SRV drone and want to sound like SRV played through a transistor radio.

Almost EVERY amp model is garbage. I agree with the previous reviewer, the compression is ATROCIOUS. It is impossible to get any kind of natural tone with this, as all dynamics are absolutely and completely squashed by this horrible compression present on every model.

So to sum up this amp basically embodies a BRITTLE OVERCOMPRESSED SOUND.

I will say it has two good things going for it - the jazz channel is pretty decent, and the effects are pretty good. You can easily get a nice jazz tone with a touch of reverb. All the rest is garbage. I'll give it a 4 for the jazz tone and because it must be better than something out there, I don't know maybe a gorilla or a walmart first act.

BUY A NEWER VALVE JUNIOR VERS 3 AND SOME KIND OF EFFECTS! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

When I tried to turn it up at all the cabinet started buzzing. I'm the second owner and the amp has only been out of the store for less than two months. So I'd say not reliable.

This amp needs to be killed.

2008 china, pretty cute if you ask me
16 voicings, the 2band eq is moderate (doesn't alter the flavour of the model you have on), fx level is a bless.
Big constant buzz when on, clearly a downfall for the purpose of this bedroom amp.

First, it is very enjoyable to play this, really. Lots of fun in there!
But: too much compression on nearly all presets, my fm25dsp (same models) was better in this regard.
The sound quality is not that better in the vibro either, at least at low volume.

I like the distorted tones of the vibro, crispy and with some air in them. The crunchy fender tones are way good too.
The clean tones, on the other hand, are not great. Because of the amount of compression you don't get natural sounds, I am very deceived.
Since it has one channel I intended to use it at times like a clean amp w/fx, and use my distortion box like always. Well, the results are poor, not worth the trouble.
Therefore I'm returning this amp.

The fx are good, and you can mix them as you like. No adjustments possible, but no bad things either. I like it the way it is.

In my experience chinese amps are properly made, better than korean-vietnam God knows whereelse .
Won't bet on it though.

Big big laugh here, F...er as I name them!
Worthless, anyone telling you they're good are liars.

Deception on the clean sounds department. I think Fender overdid the compression effect (of class a tube...) on this one. It clearly sounds artificial and anti tubelike.
Since my FM25DSP doesn't compress like this, I think the SuperChampXD won't too.
Surely a better choice, I'll order one and we'll see.

This said, if you don't need cristal clear clean sounds, go for it. The little amp is much fun to play, and hits the marks.
Good idea, this project!

Amp was made in 07, and just picked it up from Durham Music....I can't stop playing it! It has all the features and effects I need for my style.
At 5 Watts, it perfect for my home space, and i can run my 12" Celestion cab too.

I play a 50's Classic Strat, and that goes hand-in-hand with this amp...very clean, bright highs & yet some very dirty gain also. Although now Fender uses EH tubes now for the Chinese amps, I switched to a Sovtek KT66 and a GT12AX7M, superior sound quality! So many different settings, you can go for hours. A truly good amp for the $$$

Its a Fender, I've never in 27 years had an issue with a Fender Amp or Guitar....
I've only had the amp for a few days so you may see this change..or not.

ever had to deal with Fender.

In the 25+ years I have been playing, and all the amps I have bought, sold, traded & destroyed, this is really a great amp. As mentioned before, you can run a cab through it, or simply on its own. I'm going to likely change the speaker, as i does sound too "high" for me. I like the vintage speakers...
I'd definatly replace it if it was "misplaced".

Read the previous posts

It has all you need, 16 different voicings and some effects delay reverb and chorus. I never use any more than that. preamp volume and master, tone what else do you need.

I sat down in a shop and played one of these amps, was there for ages, they threw me out in the end!! something about having to close...
Every different setting gave me a sound that reminded me of a different song or artist. Well that was that, i was away. The ones that come to mind are "Neil Young" "Any Blues you can think of" "SRV, Hendrix, Gary Moore, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc etc
It's not noisy and I love it.

Can't comment, only had it 24 hours

No Comment, never had to deal with them.

I have to agree with the previous posts. This is a fantastic little amp. The fender vibrochamp was my first ever amp as a youngster, bought from a shop in Bristol for ??90 in 1978, that was loads of wedge then. Played it to the edge of it's life till I got a 50w marshall combo. Had lots of amps since but this thing is brilliant. I haven't managed to get a bad sound from it. Im mostly using telecaster with texas specials and a strat deluxe with lace hot gold pickups. but it sounds great with gibsons and my epiphone casino. I play blues,rock and all sorts. Don't gig anymore so the ability to get a range of sounds at a sensible volume is great. haven't tried the line out facility yet but will fire up the 8 track later on.
Buy one.... you need one of these amps!!!!
And no I don't work for Fender, although if you guys need an ad man give me a call....

This amp rocks! I went to Guitar Center just looking around, saw that it was a 5 watt tube 6v6 class A with a single preamp tube 8" speaker and $249.00 I plugged in a mexican start and I was in disbelief I couldn't walk away from it. It's the amp I've been waiting years for. It has the 50's and 60's fender sounds that have eluded a lot of newer Fender amps. Two other guys who were jamming in the store stopped to come over and check it out. Each very impressed. We all agreed it had "the fender sound". I've had a lot of fender amps over the years, the blackface princeton reverb had always been my favorite, they're hard to find and often over grand. This amp has that sound and more. The gain knob lets you get that verge of overdriven sound at different volume levels. Loud enough to jam with. The added feature If you try it, you'll probably buy it.

There's a gain and volume bass and treble. There is a rotary voice selector with sixteen amp styles The sound quality for the tweed(1)and blackface(2) voices is dead on. That's all I was looking for there are also Brittish and other style amp settings, also has a rotary selector for the effects and a level knob for the reverbs and delays, all sound pretty good.

Had it a day so far no issues yet

I was looking for something small with a fender sound I was thinking of getting the Champion 600, the Vibro Champ XD is what I had hoped the 600 would sound like, it doesn't. For $50 more I got a great sounding very useablbe versatile amp. I play blues, country, rock styles. I also tried the newer Princeton Reverb Recording Amp and was not impressed with the sound. I have not tried the new 65 Princeton Reverb Reissue but that is around $900. For $249 the Vibro Champ XD is a great value.

WOW it has everything and more. What a practice Amp, i have tested many in years but his little wonder is just amazing. Fender did a real good job, i even went back to the shop and bought me Super Champ XD. Both are fine but the Vibro Champ is still better. It has many Voicings, Effects, and a real good distortion even if i do play clean most of the times i like that tone. Power is enough for my use so i am pleased with it. Tube Class A Wonder!

This is the reason i bought it, the sound is amazing. I never thought of such a good sound in this little Amp. I am curious about changing the Tubes so i guess i will try that later but for now, it is more then i can expect. I played the much more powerful Roland JC120 as the clean channel is great but i much more liked this tiny Box. I can not explain it but it has that sound i am looking for. No Noises at all!! I play Jazz, Blues and Funk. The Guitars i use are: Ibanez GB10 and a Fender Strat Custom made with EMG active Pickups. Both sound perfect with the Champ XD. Really, you must check this out!!

Looks perfect to me. Well built like most Fender Amps.

Have no idea, never needed any.

Sorry but i give this amp a full Ten for everything! I am still surprised and i had a Blues Junior before and i cost me double the price and it had no effects at all. Compared the price and other Amps in this range this one`s the Best for sure!!

This amp is a brand new kid on the block 2007 made in china. Components come from Taiwan,China, and Russia.
Maybe this kind off amp was the thing i was waiting for 5 watts tube power. Its one channel, but very versatile with 16 different digital amp settings, and effects, on them selfs or mixed, delay,reverb,chorus,vibrotone,tremelo. For me its a dream come true especialy for homerecording. The new line 6 valve series are more as twice a cost, and are a little to much and powerfull for my needs. I think Fender did a wonderfull kind a job with this kind a habbit.

For me the Fender settings rules. The brit amps are a nice digital bonus, but for me Fender rules. I think they did a real good job on the Champ and Blackface settings, the Jazzking not forgett to mention.

I have been true all kind a gear, Marshall,peavey,Fender you name it in the last 25 years, but honestly this was the thing i was waiting for. I check the Laney lionheart as well, but you now it,s price? 1240 euro,s for 5 tube watts. Fender you did a great job. Thanks for this wonderfull Christmas present.

5 Watt tube "Class A" power amp with single 6V6 and 12AX7 preamp tube. 4 Ohm 8 inch Special Design Speaker, Voicing knob with 16 different preamp voices, 16 effects with effects level control. External speaker capability, line output.
Wanted to be sure these aren't lumped into vintage vibro champs.

I have owned about a dozen or so practice amps over the past year or 2, I have a 60's champ that I dont want to beat up too much. I just came back from puttin this little wonder thru its paces with a tele. WOW I love the sound of this I used the reverb and delays and was very pleased with the sound. a must have! Suits my style; who plays rockabilly, surf, jazz.

Too new, to tell.

No experience on this matter.

I love the sound of this and the price is great as well. Would replace if needed.

1-12ax7,1-6v6,bass treble gain 14 position voice knob volume efx and efx level,line out on back,4 ohm speaker jack

I am completely thrilled with the sound of this amp!My favorite voices are #4,#1,#2,and #8 but #4 is the one I use the most(blackface clean)#1(champ clean with compression)is sweet also.#2(champ crunch) is cool too.#8 is good for solo`s.I like the effects alot also.It has a nice rev/delay setting.The amp is not noisy at all except on some high gain voices but it works great with pedals so I dont need them.At 5 watts it is great for recording.The 8"speaker can be a little weak but an added bonus is the line out.I have used the line out with a mesa mark2c power section,a mesa 45 power sec,a randall hb 50 power section and it sounds great.You can use the amp as just a tube preamp with great results.It even warms up two tech21 power engines with equaily impressive results.All the amps I have are tube and I would not hesitate to use this as my main preamp.

only had it a week

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