Yamaha DG60FX-112

See below for detailed features. There are more features than I really need, but one that I find incredible on a modeling amp: Manual operation for all amp models and effects is rapid and simple, meaning you don't need presets or the included footswitch, or even a manual, to set your sound on the fly. I had it working to my taste ten minutes out of the box. The Fender Super Champ XD has this feature, but the Yamaha's numerous effects and tone controls, power and presence are a long cut above, and it has more ins and outs on the back, plus an "output" pot that allows you to change level without changing tone. It's a DG stomp with a user-friendly interface, tailor-made power amp and a Celestion 70/80 speaker, and it all works as a system. In the two months I've had this amp, I haven't even bothered to do the presets. I agree with the reviewer below who says that Yamaha must have turned their best people loose on this. I can gig this amp with a guitar and a cable, no other gear, yet have a store full of great amp and effect sounds. Amazing.

I've used this amp with very good guitars -- Reverend Slingshot Custom (P90s) and Manta Ray HB (a 335 type), and a Washburn SS80 modded with a Dimarzio Bluesbucker in the neck. I play mainly solo, open tunings, with a slide, and I play dance music -- Motown, rockabilly, Delta, classic rock. The bass response on the amp is phenomenal (I use my thumb for bass lines), the top end sings, all the notes ring out in chords. I'm not a brutal distortion guy, I use the Drive and Crunch settings mainly, to put some hot grease under the slide, and all the settings I've tried are distinct and useable; on Hendrix's "Ezy Ryder", the Drive 2 gave me the sound I wanted but could not get from all my other amps and pedals, punchy bass and cutting lead. The Clean settings mimic Fenders, and have good warmth for rhythm or jazz. I have noticed a bit of the treble harshness a reviewer mentioned below (thanks for the warning!), but it EQ'd out with no problem using onboard controls. The onboard chorus isn't great, but it's useable; the rotary is lovely, tremolo is pretty good. I don't use much else. The reverbs and delay are excellent to my ears. The main characteristic of this amp's sound is richness. It captures all the harmonics coming off the guitar. Really, I'm knocked out, and so is everyone who's heard me play on it.

I did gig it without a backup, but the power amp in jack means I can (and will) carry my Crate Powerblock and a modeler as a backup. I've only had it two months but it seems fine.

Never called them and it's off warranty. I have seen Japanese manufacturing at work and no one's better. I've owned Yamaha gear and it was always great value. The manual is on line, read it before I bought. The basis of customer support is a well-made, well-designed product, and this is it.

I've been playing 45 years on bass and electric guitar, mainly slide, some people think I'm pretty good. I play at home every day and out regularly, but the day gig is my platform. My stance is to be an amateur who can play all night or add something on a stage with pros. I've owned no name, Ampeg (B12 and V4), Fender (Bandmaster, currently a Bassman 100 export head), Peavey (Bandit 75, excellent tranny amp, and a modded Royal 8 tube amp), Roland Microcube, Vox DA5 (better), Crate Powerblock -- different sizes for different applications, from parties to halls, all with lines out (stock or modded) to connect to systems. I am NOT a tube snob; tube amps are heavy and fragile, and tubes are costly. I travel and sit in a lot, and I do it with a Zoom G2.1u or B2 modeler (see my reviews). Modelers allow me to switch "amps" for specific styles, and to set up light and fast with few cables. I nearly bought a Super Champ XD this year, wonderful small amp, but went for a blowout Royal 8 instead. It's fine with my mods (10" speaker) and Zoom pedals, but when I saw that I could have the Yamaha by trading a guitar I wasn't playing, I went for it on the basis of the reviews below and my past experience of Yamaha gear. Best deal of my life, and I'm a deal hound. This device is light relative to its power, hugely versatile and intuitive in basic operation. My only worry is that they're very hard to find now, out of production. I'd buy another one in a shot. It's a ten at the old US blowout price of $300, and off the charts for what I paid (about $150 after trade and shipping). If you like modeling amps, this is the best by a long margin, and I've tried them ALL.

Lots of pretty good basic effects built right in that are easy to use.

One thing about this amp that always bugged me was how you have to turn a knob to its original setting to put in a new setting. Just one of the trivial things that becomes tedious
Comes (new) with a foot pedal that is very handy (footy??)

I've been using this amp as my primary practice amp for about 4 years. Love the versatility in the tone production. Can get it to make a huge variety of sounds and really have fun tweaking the knobs and getting some freaky stuff going on without dealing with a bunch of pedals. It also is great for dialing up basic sounds with basic effects and it's pretty easy to save settings you like, although there was a bit of a learning curve. I agree with some of the other reviews on here that the sound is a bit on the screechy,trebly side... will investigate running it with a different speaker to warm it up a little like some suggested. Overall though I have always been very impressed with this little amp for it's tone - very gutsy and present; and it's inspirational and fun to play. I play mainly Metal, blues, rock; aggressive styles but have been very successful at getting some stuff I thought would be challenging (Sigur Ros - I play bowed instruments too). Cleans are sparkly, dirties are dirty and whats so nice about this amp is that if you play around with the knobs enough you get just about everything else in between and not lose the tone quality.

Never have had any problems with this amp. It pretty much hangs out in my den until I decide I need a little fix of rippin out some Bloodbath riffs before breakfast. Can see having issues with it on the road though especially without a case.

Never had to deal with it

For the price this is a beast of a modeling amp. I think Yamaha really put their quality people to work on this one and came out with a quality product

Yamahas modeling amp. Kind of an amplified DG Stomp. 8 pre-amps. 2 clean, 2 crunch, 2 lead, 2 drive. They are not marked ala "California Blues" "British Crunch" Elngish Top Boost", etc....but it's pretty easy to figure out what they are modeled after. Also features a plethor of effects, comp, chorus, flange, phase, rotory, reverbs, delays, etc......various speaker cabs and a butt load of over the top, unuseable pre-sets designed to thrill the kiddies at Guitar Center. Feature wise, it's a stunner.

I have yet to delve in to the tweaking aspects of this amp...but belive you me, they are mighty. Using a variety of strat, tele, 335, style guitars, the inherent tone is very tube like and highly usable. This is a very good sounding amp with a great feel.

Nice build quality and you rarely hear problems about Yamaha amps. Many of those old G series are still kicking arse around the world.

Discontinued, so good luck!

I'm not much on modeling amps truth be told, but this one is perhaps the best I've tried. While I'm much happier getting one or two basci great tones out of an amp and doing frurther tone tweaking via foot pedals, the Yamaha is a nice compromise. I like the way it responds to touch and how well it cleans up when backing off the guitars volume.

Features include just about everything you could want as a guitarist.
THe most versatile small combo i've encountered and a doddle to use!
half a dozen amp-sims and some cabinet simulation very useful for DI

Downside is that to use the speaker emulator affects the main speaker not just the DI signal. Line out level is affected by the main volume knob also.
In built tuner appears a bit dicky on my top E-string.
Supplied footswitch is a great addition but those of you who use many patches would benifit from a dedicated midi foot board.

With a handfull of preset, which initially appear limiting, the sonic Sound pallette is very wide. Jazz, country, metal, pop, you name it!
Quality wise this is the biz.

Volume-wise, ok for small gigs but if you've got a heavy handed drummer to compete with you're gonna be running this amp on the limit of its output capability, As i do. However, rolling off the 'bass' can provide a little more headroom.
That said get it mic'ed up or use the speaker-simulator output for a bit more volume and you're sorted. (see previous box)
Don't stand too far away (on a big stage) if you need to hear your amp clearly. Small bars/clubs: loud enough

Noticed that if the unit receives a bad sysex message it "Locks up" the midi-in port. You have to power down/up the unit to clear this.
CAn anyone tell me a better way to clear this?

apart from that, fine

website is good- manual downloads, not found a "user patch exchange" and not seen a DG60fx website or webring, (yet)

not had to contact yamamha with this one, though contacting the technical guys at yamaha UK was no problem on another item i have

Awesome. For the versatility can not be beat.
Remember this is only a 60 watt, 1x12" amp

You may need to spend some time to get your favourite sounds programmed, but should be ok once you get familiar with the knobs.

Presets just show off everything including those "wow what a great/whacky sound, but will i ever need that one"
We need a patch exchange website...

This is an update to my earlier review. I have since added the DS60-112 powered speaker to my DG60FX-112. I had todo some searching for one but it was well worth it. In stereo mode it will make a 60 plus 60 watt stereo amp. Or, it can be run mono for 120 watts combined. It has a Celestion in it as well in addition to some rudimentary sound shaping controls on the back panel. This amp is so versatile, I can't imagine parting with it (them)!

I like this amp more and more all the time. I do miss my old Trace Velocette--but it was more of a one trick pony. But that one trick was like buttah! I haven't found that sound it there yet, but I'll bet I can get pretty close.

Yamaha builds great stuff. I have had other Yamaha products and found them to be robust and reliable

Sorry--haven't needed them for anything.

Been playing a long time, have had a lot of amps, tube and solid state so I do know both sides--both have merits.

Made 2002. I bought mine in Jan 2003. It versatile enough for most situations, whether live, practise, or recording. The features/channels/etc have already been covered ad nauseum. I use mine live, usually miked up through the PA for reinforcement. It's certainly loud enough, especially for a solid state amp.

I'm using it with a Maton Mastersound 2000 electic guitar (wine red sunburst, original Maton PAF - style pickups - absolute dream of a guitar) and an Ibanez Ragtime Special, fitted with a Fishman pickup and using an LR Baggs external preamp. These combination suit anything I want to do, which is basically everything except shredding.
The Yamaha has a beautiful sound - with one exception. With some house lights on, I get some moderate hum on one particular setting. Other than that, it's faultless. Clean - great, distortion - very good.

Yes - dependable. Yes - I gig without a backup, but I look after it, like anything I use.

Never had to deal with them.

I've been playing for 30 years. I would certainly buy another, were this stolen. In response to "befuddled" (below), if you don't have the necessary neurons to master a fairly simple piece of technology, like a VCR, clock radio, a toaster, or an amp like this, then stay away from electronics and don't write reviews (which really reflect on your own ability, not the amplifier). I use the Yamaha live at least every month, and have had no problems. I compared this amp to Behringers, Marshalls, Crates, Fenders & Voxes. The Yamaha was the best package for 'bang for buck', and I even got the wah pedal included in the price.
If you buy an amplifier for features, then you have to be prepared to master the technology which offers these features. The DG112-FX is not hard to use - just experiment for longer than two days. Program a few of the pre-sets into the footpedal, and off you go. Easy.

brand new--blow out from the musician's friend--you can read the features online--it has features out the wazoo----but----to use it in a live situation---the switching between sounds could be a total nightmare--even with the footswitch---which is way too hard to use, effectively in a live setting---if you just leave it set on one sound all night--then it would be an ok amp---it has good echo---pretty good reverb---lots of distortions----the flange and tremelo is weak---if i used it live--i would just set it up on the clean channel and use a overdrive pedal----but then whats the point of all the other features---you could just use a basic solid state amp and be in the same place--its does have a good 12 inch celection speaker--its very loud but i didnt hear anything close to "tube tone" coming out--its a pretty harsh amp--i think

this has a million sounds---and i couldn't find one that i really liked---it does sound pretty good when you use the direct out for recording or headphones-----but for live sound, this amp is way too complicated to be any use---unless you play with a bunch of other guys who don't know how to use their gear either---i mean..truthfully---i could get a few standard sounds ok...but they didnt sound very good--the amp is very loud(on certain settings)---loud enough to get you hollered at and then some---i tried this amp for 2 days and sent it back---otherwise i would have put it in a closet--i'm too old for this shit..

i imagine its very dependable

i opted for another solid state amp with simple to use controls for echo, flange and chorus--no build in distortions-----this yamaha might be great for a bedroom wnaker or a guy with time to kill in a studio--but for live sound--its too goofy---you can accidentally dial in some very loud terrible sounds with the footswitch , if you dont know what youre doing----thats the key---you have to really really know what you're doing to use this amp----or else--why buy one with all these modeling things and features---just get a straight amp and a pedal--

I like the footswitch when used as a 3 channel amp switcher, with delay tap tempo and quick tuner access. When used as a 3 channel amp I am very happy with it. No minor bugs like I have had with my behringer and rocktron digital gear.Headphone jack sounds outstanding when speaker sim is on thru cheap pair of walkman style cans. For practice jamming and recording really like this amp. I have had a lot of modeling stuff and this really sounds good. Celestion speaker was nice to have included, not top of line speaker but still sound ok with celestion sound feel and vibe.

I use a dearmond humbucker equiped guitar with after market dimarzio pick ups. (virtual pafs)Excellent preamp sounds with some great feel. No tight metals sounds but it does everything from great cleans to fluid satch like leads excellent. Effects are very nice except the flanger and phasor not my cup of tea. I also prefer delay over reverb, Reverb is not bad sounding but I like the delays so much I never use reverb.

No problems or glitches yet.

never needed it.

I like it for a all in one unit and the great price, I am not complaining one bit. Very happy with quality of sound and not having any hassles with amp operation. A good guitar player can do a lot with this amp. Minor quirk I think for high volume playing all the time I would use something else. But modeling can get great sounds at low and resonable volumes. But if you play on 11 all the time you would want something else. Yamaha has some very sophisicated preamp distortions with some great effects and OK tuner. You will have to read manual it could be a little easier to use. Oh and high gains sounds are little noisey but no problem when you are actually playing.Great sound and feel make up for that. High gain tube amps are not quiet either.If you wana play some classic rock, Jazz, country or blues for 300$ it is money well spent.You got every thing here to make some great music. Cord, guitar and amp very simple set up.

I can't think of anything this thing doesn't have that I would want. I had a DG Stomp so when I saw that these were being blown out, I had to have one. No regrets whatsoever.

This suits my music style to a "T" since I like so many styles anyway. Since I had the DG Stomp already, I pretty much knew what to expect. It does clean very nicely, does the crunch really well and the built in effects have good parameters and sound as good as my stomp boxes. The 12 inch Celestion is a nice touch too. As good as a tube amp? Not quite but very close. I don't find any of that digital distortion decay on so many modelers these days. Sounds really natural. I have owned a number of tube amps and I know there is something magical about a great amp. This one comes so close, I don't miss the glowing bottles and it is so versatile.

Yamaha gear is typically overbuilt and robust. I have never had a Yamaha product give me any problems. None.

Never had to deal with them.

I have been playing a long time now--a couple of decades plus. I have a bunch of gits and stomps but I am liking this for the simplicity of its size and function. The DG Stomp sold me on this. Now I have a powered cabinet for it on its way. Definitely worth more than what I paid.

Treated myself to this birthday present as the price plummeted. Lots of features as described below: eight amp models and oodles of effects. 90 presets and 90 user patches. Compared to my Fender Deluxe Reverb RI, it's got all the features in the world. BTW, the website where I bought it said it came with an Eminence speaker, but it came with Celestion Seventy 80.

It's like this. In a week of experimentation I haven't found a single sound I like as much as my DRRI, but I've found dozens of sounds I like very much. I play a G&L ASAT Classic and a late 70s Fender Strat. I've also used it with my son's G&L Legacy. Lots and lots of fun in the family room, but if I was going to go play with other people, I'd probably take the Fender. This may just be because I know it's abilities and quirks thoroughly, and I'm just getting to know the Yamaha.

Hard to know. One week old and I expect no problems.

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I think it's a gas, and I would buy another. In fact, my son has a DG Stomp and I might get him one of these as well. I don't know squat about gigging, but I've been playing for 20 years and this makes me experiment and leave my comfort zone. Fun, fun Fun!

A bit more flexible than the other DG amps - I can live without motorised knobs. The amp offers a selection of different models that can cope with my indie rock pop sound. Like other have said - this is an amp that is great for a garage sound. It's sound very lo-fi compared to other modeling amps. It won't do nu-metal but will do the strokes. Good usable effects and a passable wah. Tuner kinda works if you're patient but it could do with a bypass, a really messed up distotion setting and the pedal that comes with it (same interface as the stomp boxes) could have been easier to use. I use a behringer pedal now instead. It's also easy to carry compared to the other heavy weight DG amps.

This amp responds to your guitar. Unlike other modeling amps where you could plug in any guitar and it'll sound the same. It alters with tone and volume settings in the way a real amp would. Great clean sounds, great dirty sounds - just don't expect it to get too dirty. Messing about with the amp simulation gets various results. And volume wise it happily plays over the top of the drums when it's about half way up.

Been bashed about and hasnt complained.

Yamaha have been helpful with other things I've bought for them but I think they've forgotten about this gem now.

Best bit of musical gear I own. With a better pedal, bypass, slightly more informative tuner and some gutsy distortion effects it would be awesome (you hear Yamaha!). I use it live and in the studio on a regular basis and would try and find another if someone half inched it.

THIS IS A CORRECTION TO MY REVIEW. When describing the tone, I got Drive 1 & 2 and Lead 1 & 2 mixed up. (i.e. My comments on Drive 1 pertain to Drive 2; my comments on Lead 1 pertain to Lead 2, and vice versa.)

(I realized this when I was programming a couple new presets.)

Bought new in February '02. It's basically a DG Stomp with an integrated power amp and speaker. There are 8 amp models (gain, master volume, and 4 bands of EQ for each) and a fairly comprehensive effects section with compression, modulation, delay, and reverb sections. A footswitch (w/built-in tuner, tap switch for the delay time and an expression pedal jack) is included. Up to 90 patches can be stored and fairly easily accessed. REALLY HANDY: each effect has its own switch that lights up when it's activated PLUS independent knobs - none of this one knob does all nonsense. I wish it had an effects loop, though. The 60 watts and 12" Celestion are plenty for home, church, and fairly small clubs. (The DG80 is markedly louder, but it's much heavier and more expensive.) This is the best combination of features in a portable amp - not perfect, so no 10.

I play a variety of styles for my own amusement and regularly play for worship at church. This amp is a great fit for my needs. I'll give a little blurb on each of the models and how I use them:

Clean 1: Kind of a tweed Fender vibe - actually reminds me of a brownface Pro that I used to know. Not much overdrive available, but it's nice and warm. I use it with the excellent tape delay simulation for old country/rockabilly stuff. Fun!

Clean 2: Some kind of Blackface/Vox hybrid thing - that's a GOOD thing. Plenty of lows and highs, but if you crank the mids and the gain it has more of a Vox than Fender flavor. It gets crunchy yet remains very touch sensitive. I spend a lot of time in this realm. It's very versatile: country, R&B, roots rock are all at home here.

Crunch 1: It's in the Bassman/JTM-45 vein. It really sings and snarls nicley as you increase the gain. Sounds completely different with a strat than with a semi-hollow, humbucker equipped guitar. I'm using it more and more for blues and ZZ Top type sounds.

Crunch 2: I might need to spend more time with this one. I can coax some really ugly chords and very midrangey sustained single note lines from it. Is this for Cake tones? Is this a really obscure Supro or Silvertone? I'm not in love with this one.

Drive 1: A nice mimicry of the Marshalls of my youth (JMP series). It's very responsive to the volume control on your guitar. From Rush (kick in the effects!) to Billy Squier - there are a lot of guilty peasures to be had from this model. If I'm home alone, this is where I'll be.

Drive 2: This captures some of the singing midrange of a Boogie MkII. The low gain settings work nicely for smooth leads and even some rythmn work.

Lead 1: JCM 900 territory. Ten years ago I would have used it a lot. Now it remains mostly dormant. It's very good, but it doesn't inspire me.

Lead 2: If this amp had just Lead 2, it'd still be a great amp. Tons of gain, but it remains articulate and is full of very pleasing harmonics. Admittedly, I usually prefer the tones produced by overdriven power amp tubes - but this nails the best pre-amp tube saturation you'll find. If you want to shred, look no further.

OK - there's my overview. The effects are generally good. The delay, reverb, and phaser are excellent. (The modulation effects have a couple "hidden" parameters like feedback and mix that make them very useful to me - I can add "just enough" chorus or flange so that it's very subtle.) The models respond very differently to different guitars and most of them react well to volume knob changes and picking attack. (I play a Les Paul Special w/P100s, a strat w/EMGs, and an Epiphone Dot Deluxe.) It feels like a tube amp live - if that's something you like. (I sure do.)

If it sounded exactly like Deguello era ZZ Top or Brian May's wall'o'Voxes, then I'd give it a 10.

So far it's perfect. Yamaha has a generally very good reputation.

I've not dealt with them.

I've been playing for 24 years - bass and guitar. I've got plenty of gear, but for now this is my only amp. If it was lost, I'd get another. It's hard to find a light weight, cost-effective, great sounding amp like this one. I tried Line6, Johnson, Rocktron and Peavey modelling amps before I found a DG80 to audition. It was so impressive - and heavy - that I ordered a DG60FX-112. I wish it had a little more power, but the light weight is important to me. I have previously owned Fenders, Peaveys, Carvins, and a Vox (loved the tone; hated the reliabilty).

Lots of features:MIDI, Volume, WAH, lots of Effects, Pedal Board, speaker simulation,... I miss a speaker-out and a noisegate.

I use a PRS and a Yamaha RGX TT.Good for Blues, Jazz, Country, Alternative, Rock, 80'Metal. Bad for Death Metal. It's barely noisy,just the lead channels. Delay, Reverb, Rotary are very good. Chorus,Flanger and Phaser are o.k..
Channelsounds:
I love the lead2, drive2, crunch1&2, clean1&2.

Cant complain yet, but its digital and you know computers...

no experience

For the money its unbeatable!!!
Digital-Combos are a compromise and Yamaha created the best deal!
IMO only compareable to VOX Valvetronix AD60 and Hughes & Kettner but it's much more priceier than both.
Forget cheap Line6 Stuff.

Read below or check out their website. This is a feature-ladened amp.

I play a Mex Strat with humbuckers--SD '59 in the neck and an Anderson HN2+ in the bridge. I wanted something versatile that was loud enough to gig with and needed one pedal to operate. This amp COULD have fit the bill. I am not going to give a rating on this amp because I do think many people will be satisfied. Here is the one reason why I was not satisfied and returned the amp: response. I play a lot of muted notes, which this amp does not amplify to the extent it does unmuted notes. Not only are the muted notes significantly lower in volume, they do not sustain. Is sounds as though I have dropped out of the music, which then causes confusion because I am not hearing myself. I was able to fix this tendency somewhat with the use of a compressor, which squashed notes too much, or with an EQ. But this defeated the grab and go quality I was searching for. This amp needs a hot input signal, IMO. As far as modeling amps go, besides the problem I mentioned above, I think Yamaha has got the feel of real amps. Regular, unmuted notes sound authentic and the amp cleans up with volume changes like few amps I have tried. Give it a try but it wasn't for me.

Seemed solid.

They email me when I ask them something. I suppose that is all one can expect from a big company nowadays.

Lightweight, good modeling, responds to guitar volume control well but does not reproduce muted notes. The latter two seem inconsistent but I know what I am hearing so, go figure.

Got everything you need on an amp. Very versatile. Got tons of features - read the other reviews. Loaded with a 12"Celestion 'Seventy 80' driver. Comes with its own multi function footswitch which is built like a tank. Thanks Yamaha for not making us pay for this footswitch as an optional extra.
Hey guys NO TUBES to change ever again. This thing is well built. Looks lovely too.

I use quite a few guitars with my main axe being a Yamaha AEX 520 also use an Epiphone BB KIng Lucille, a Yamaha Pacifica 812. My style is all round - rock pop blues and jazz.

This amp so far seems to be suitable for everything. I have not had it long and I will update everybody after I used it live. So all my ratings are based on jamming sessions only.

I dont play in a band as yet but I hope to join one in the near future for playing small pubs and clubs so I hope this amp will do the job. This amplifier has a huge range of sounds you can dial in from the 8 models you are given. On the Drive 2 it has a sound really close and similar to a JCM 800 so I am using it a lot. I notice it seems to compress naturally too just like my trusty old JCM 800 used to. Lets get one thing straight here - its a modelling amp of 60 Watts and has nowhere near the power of a 50 Watt tube head but...it only weighs 17kg, I dont need to drag around that 4 x 12" beast with me anymore and no need for leads, pedals, little power supplies (yes they always blow fuses dont they right before a gig).

The sounds are REAL close to any tube amp I have heard and the DRIVE 2 and LEAD 2 models will blow you away for sure. You can get quite a respectable volume out of this amp. Gigging - I dunno yet but should be fine for most small gigs. If you are really playing to very large crowds then you may want to look at the big brothers the DG 80 or DG 100. The thing which swung this for me out of these 3 models was the price tag. I am only going to use this for small gigs initially but if it proves to do the job then I will look at getting rid of my Amp head and the 4x12. I can probably set up for a gig in minutes now and i need only one power outlet. Also if your PA is big enough you can go straight on to your mixer cos this thing seriously sounds good. I mean it. It is awseome. I also tried the DG60 112 (no effects) which uses an Eminence driver but the DG60FX has a Celestion like I say and for me anyway sounds a bit brighter than the Eminence. But that is personal taste. So I went for this one but believe me it was a hard choice. I was gonna go for the new DS 60 powered speaker and use it with my DG stomp but Music Plaza had this amp on promotion and it was a good deal , not much dearer than a DS60 and means I will have a cleaner stage set up. NO DC POWER SUPPLIES reqd and most importantly NO trailing 220 Volt leads stretching across the stage. Plug and Play. The sounds can be summed up as being truly amazing. The only thing which can be annoying is the Power amp hiss but it aint that bad. Anyway most amps have some amount of hiss. Once the band starts you wont even notice it. It could do with a little less distortion on the clean models but you can control it with the gain and use the lo input. Ill give this a 9 for sound because of the hiss and the distortion. For some though the distortion may be nice because it really does sound natural. It actually sounds as though this distortion was intentional and built in by Yamaha to simulate a clean amp as it gets cranked up. Dont be put off by this again it is a personal thing.

Only had it for a short while so cant comment on reliability. Yamaha dont make junk so I have confidence in them. I also own several Yamaha guitars and NEVER once been let down by their standards. Check out even the lower end models of Yamaha guitars and they just ooze quality and you'll see what I mean. I will not make any score here as it would not be fair.

Never dealt with Yamaha technical support. Never needed them. Everything made by Yamaha has never failed me once. I bought mine from a Yamaha owned music shop so I have every confidence I will receive a good level of service from them. The warranty is for one year.

I been playing guitar for 30 years on and off and I own as mentioned a Line 6 300w Head and a Marshall 4x12 angled cab. This was also a nice real set up but I feel for what I will do in my next band it will be too big for me. I cant really fault this amp at all. If it was stolen I would replace it. I did compare this amp with a number of other amps including the Line 6 Spider, the Peavey Studio 112, the DG60112. Well.. the spider was not to my taste, the peavey just seemed to have no volume at all on a clean sound, the DG60 112 was nice but since they had this amp on promotion for only slighly more than the DG60 112, it was too good a bargain to miss. Really do check out the DG60112 if you are limited on price. It is a great amp. There are a lot of amps in this category on the market now. I am a relic from the eighties and loved to play Van Halen, Vai and Yngwie styles and when I was a young dude, lugging the 4x12 cab around was no big deal but I am getting older now and cant be bothered with all that effort anymore. Anyway nowadays we got these great little amps which can give us that BIG sound also we got better PA's now....

Don't know when it was made, clean and distorted tones are nice and beefy. It will definately be enough for any show if you slave it through the DS60 112 powered cabinent( and also look great). It has all the effects that i think you would ever need for most styles of music, the effects also have a lot more versatility than alot of multty effects pedals.

I use it with a Yamaha RGX 420S and an Epiphone Special model. The yamaha guitar soudsd great through this amp, especially when playing metal, not very noisy,you could acheive any tone for any style. The distortion is definatly chunky enough. The clean tones are quiet and nice.But it really needs the extension cabinent for playing a big show.

Definatly use it at a gig without a backup. Get the DS60 112 and set them on left and right, plug in to stereo, and power any show in any place. Alone you cant play a huge place or outside very nicely.

Yamaha are great with it, the first one i bought was cutting out and giving me a hard time so i called yamaha and they replaced it, no questions asked.

Been playing for 8 years, don't have that much experience with amps but its a lot better than all of the multi effects processors i've used, simpler and has much more versatility. the only problem is the foot switch should have a display or something to tell the banks so you don't have to count the flashes when changing patches.

Got this little baby August 2001. It's got the lot!! You don't need any more to play small venue gigs. I've chucked out all my stomps and only take two leads (one for back up). Importantly it takes me about three minutes to set up for gig. All the patches are set for the run list.

I'm using two guitars A Tokai TST 56 strat which I've vanadlised with a Seymour Duncan set (bridge to neck) qtr pounder stack - coolrails - duck bucker and A Cort MGM1. The sounds I can get out of this amp are terrific and I can terrorise metal heads with monolithic stacks to hide behind. The simplistic way that the models are arranged means that your never really lost in the digital void. The all out mayhem settings take your guitar sound and ram it straight down the audiences throat (metaphorically speaking)! The clean sounds can be arranged to break up like classic amps so if your playing gutsy blues, rock 'n roll, straight rock etc this amp is for you! I've taken to using the amp with all the volume and gain settings up really high (full on in some instances) and using the propriety pedal which fits into the (free) floor board to modify the output volume via the pre amp gain. Works fine! Clean sounds abound too I nearly get an acoustic sound out of the clean 1 setting it so pure. I think Yamaha have used the OSR2? which they spent millions developing and it shows!

I've only had the amp for 7 months but it's reliability long term should be no problem. The cab construction is fine although I'd have liked the speaker to be enclosed or a slip over cover for rain protection of the speaker when transporting. The circuit boards are the best I've seen since the WEM heyday and they've designed them to minimise noise cross buzz etc.

They're great (as Tony says) Their virtual sites mean you can get stuff direct or order data downloads etc. Dealer locator actually works.
Never had to get the amp fixed but would assume that it'd be no problem.

I've been playing since 1974 and although I've used loads of amps I have always tried as many as possible before purchasing and stick with my purchase for a long time. My previous best amps are a wem Dominator 45 (115) loaded with mullards slim tube valves and an old Marshall 50 (loaded with two Leslie 6550s) This amp has taken over. I've got rid of my other kit and saved on hospital bills for dislocated shoulders from dragging Stonehenge around the country! I'm waiting delivery of a DS60-112 which will finally get me where I want to be as the amp is only mono this will not only give me stereo but also will give me the speaker distance so flanging, phasing etc will really count (take note Fender! cause sticking two stereo speakers in the same box is a stupid idea)! As regards Line 6 I tried the full range out and I think they suck! the sound was Ok but nothing to write home about and the presentation (do they call it interface?) was crap. The Hughes and Kettner ZenTera looked the business but I think it was made for the blind cause I couldn't find where I was with it and when I finally got a nice sound I didn't know how to save the damn thing! The Fender Cybertwin looked great and sounded like a classic fender valve amp with loads of stomp boxes all turned up too high!(Yuk) Oh, and both the Fender and the H&K were twice as much money and twice as much weight.

I've had this amp for 3 months now. It is incredibly versatile. It has two inputs, so you can play with a friend at the same time. Lots of great effects. 90 fixed preset sounds and 90 user specified sounds. I'm still working with the preset sounds -- there are so many it is easy to find a sound you like. For those that don't agree, you can taylor your own sound. Great power. This is a fantastic amp for any price level, but for the price paid(which included shipping), it is unbeatable.

Samick/silvertone strat copy with 3 cheap single pickups and a Yamaha SSC 500 with 2 single rail pickups one have a center tap and one deMarzio humbucker switchable to single coil.
All kinds of styles have found nothing this amp can't handle well. Tremendous variety of sounds. Distortion is a brutal as desired, Clean sounds are superb. Overall can't imagine better. a bit noisy on heavily distorted sounds. very quiet on clean sounds

No problems to date and don't expect any.

Very good about getting information to me. No repairs have been needed and I don't expect any. I'm not sure about the warranty, I think it is 1 or 2 years.

Playing 3 years. Would definitely buy again--there is nothing out there compareable for the price. I compared it to Line 6 and Fender Blues Junior. This is more reliable than the Blues Junior and like the line 6 sounds good at both low and high volumes. The Line 6 did not compare in terms of features and sound.

8 different amp models in combination with 16 different speaker cab options. effects include chorus, flanger, phase, rotory speaker sim, tremelo, compresor, two types of delays, digital or tape replica, and three different reverbs, spring, hall or plate. All are adjustable. Everything is MIDI capable and the amp comes with a four button footswitch.

This amp sounds great in this wattage, size and price range. It could use alittle more punch for playing with a "loud" band but you can just slave it for that. I play a wide variety of musical styles and tones and have NO problems getting exactly what I want from this amp. I used to carry around a fender hot rod deluxe amp,and a 1970 Marshall SLP 100 with a four twelve cab, and a footboard full of individual effects, including a Fulltone II. Now all I grab is the Yamaha. I am using two guitars, a Floyd Rose Classic strat, and a Paul Reed Smith McCarty and they both sound fantastic through this amp. The thing that blows me away the most, is when you turn on the speaker simulator and record direct! I get better tones than when I recorded at Ocean Records in Burbank, Ca. through a row of vintage amps! It does clean to classic to over the edge overdrive and all in a very tubey vibe and feel that I've never gotten from other solid state amps. It is very responsive to your playing when you roll down the volume or tone knobs. It just flat out doesn't sound like a solid state amp! Another nice thing is that you can tell what guitar you are using. A strat sounds like a strat, a PRS sounds like a PRS, even Tele's shine through with that famous tone.
The effects are easy to use and have some good tones as well. Not nearly as complicated as say a Digitech or Roland effects processor, but I like that. More like using stomp boxes, just set them, hit store, and play!

No Problems

haven't had to deal with them.

This amp is so satisfying at getting great tones without having to spend hours coaxing and tweaking. It records great!!! Has all the basic effects I need.
I have been playing for 31 years and do everything from blues to over the edge Vai and Satriani type stuff, so I can tell you that I've had my fill of Gear Acquisition Syndrome. I've had this amp now for almost a year and have no desire to get rid of it. It does everything it is supposed to do, and with great tube tone. I highly recomend this amp!!!

More versatile than anything else in its price range.

This is in response to noname who was willing to slam this amp and screw the ratings without owning it. This is a modeling amp. You need to be familiar with it and experiment to get the best sound. No modeling amp is simple to operate. The more capable the more complex. However, they can be very rewarding to those willing to spend the time to learn how to use them.

If you are unwilling or unable to do that, you will not be happy with any complex amp.

Good warranty. No opportunity to use it yet.

This was chosen based on price/performance. I will give another review when I have enough time with it to give a FAIR evaluation.

More features than I currently know how to use, but what a challenge!

Mexi-strat, Godin strat, Martin D-28+fishman, Brass-body resonator with DeArmond P/U, Hofner Steinberger model, Jerry Jones Baritone, Cheap mic for Blues Harp. This amp has no internal noise! I can damp the strings, and have dead quiet. I use this for recording, digital out to ProTools DIGI 001, and the sound is fabulous. I have even used the midi sequencer to alter the sounds as I am playing. Takes some setup, but I don't have to punch in half as much as I used to to get different (even dynamically changing) effects.

I have had ti for about 1 month now, and I would definitely get another if this were stolen. I also have a Fender Princeton Chorus. I did extensive testing against the POD, and the other Line6 offerings.

Wish there was a more intuitive way to choose patches, maybe with a way to name and callup patches by name. Wish there was a way to saelect the expression pedal mode (i.e., volume/wah/other) via a pedal switch.

READ THR OTHERS.

SOUNDS LIKE CRAP. I BOUGHT IT SOUND UNHEARD BECAUSE OF REVIEWS. IT SOUNDED BUZZY AND NOT LIKE 60 WATTS CRANCKED. MORE LIKE 30 WATTS.THE EFFECTS WERE LOUSY AND GENERIC SOUNDING.

DID NOT KEEP IT.

I HATED IT. THE WORST MODELING AMP OUT THERE.

All around GREAT AMP!! I now use it as my main amp slaved through a
VOX AC30. I've been playing professionally for over 30-years and have had the opportunity to use practically every amp on the market. This amp is very practical... and easy to move around. I've used it both live and in recording sessions... SMOOTH!! I currently play with "2 BAD" [WEBSITE: www.2BAD.tcmm.net], and we play mostly 60's rock...which this amp does a beautiful job. I've "fiddled" with the settings on one patch and have it sounding exactly like a Fender 65 Twin, which I use for my clean setting. IT ROCKS!!! HIGHLY RECCOMEND!!
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To date... the best amp I've plugged in to!!!! I use a Rickenbacker 330FG, Fender RoadHouse and Pro-Shop strats and a Yamaha Mike Stern signature series Tele guitars. With a little "tinkering" with the settings you can get literally any sound you want with this puppy!! I currently only use 4-presets along with a Zoom GFX707 multi-effects processor [which also rules!].

Only had the amp for about 5 months... so far, so good... NO PROBLEMS.

I haven't had any problems with the amp thus far... however, I contacted Yamaha via e-mail for a particular request, and low-and-behold they not only answered my question... they sent me a HUGE package of great stuff in the mail [which I received about 2-weeks prior to my request for info]... gotta give 'em a great rating for this endeavor... great to deal with... great folks!!

Overall... A MUST HAVE IN YOUR ARSENAL!!
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Excellent little amp. I got rid of a Mesa Rectifier amp and replaced it with this little 60 watt solid state amp. The tone is pretty good but I've heard better out of a yamaha solid state amp, it's a little gutless when on stage playing beside a drummer but it held up pretty good last night in it's debute. Easy to use functions on the amp and great effects. The effects are great but it's a little demanding to switch through 180 different patches with just four buttons, and the footswitch doesn't have a readout to tell you what patch you are on, so you have to count the number of times the light flashes on the footswitch. A definite need of a midi control pedal here... which it does have midi line in/out on the back. This amp is basically the DG stomp with a amp built around it. I think I'm going to like this amp.

I used a Epiphone Les Paul classic. I play in a cover band and play about 60 songs a night, all different types of music so the variety of sounds on this amp is great.

Just got it.