Yamaha Fifty 410

The features are well-covered in the other reviews here. I should add, though, that I think this amp is 250W (so it says on the back). No effects loop, but it does have headphone, record-out and footswitch inputs. Four 10s, casters. I use the reverb and tremolo constantly, but not the distortion--for reasons of personal taste and the fact that the distortion isn't very useful. But then a lot of Fenders come with unusable distortion, too.

I find the features quite adequate--similar to the Fender Twin Reverb.

I play a '75 Gibson L6-S (humbuckers) and find it matches the Yamaha quite well. The combination of reverb and tremelo is great for funky r&b chords, twangy country picking, echoey rockabilly and surf tones. The onboard distortion can get brutal--I find it useful only at lower settings, where I can approximate the Ramones and Sex Pistols.

In the solid-state amp arena, I think the Yamaha has better tone than Line 6 and maybe even the JC-120 (which I found disappointing). The Yamaha's tone is probably equal in quality to that of the Johnson Marquis, but now where near as warm and mellow as the Polytone.

Comparing the Yamaha with tube amps, I prefer the highs of the Yamaha over those of Fenders I've played (the new Fenders can sound harsh).

The Yamaha's shortcoming, though, is its base tones. Like other ss amps--except for the Polytone--the Yamaha's bass notes are not as clearly defined as I would like. It's got bass alright, but without a lot of punch. The mids and highs can be very well-defined, however, and can range from mellow funk or twang to cool metallic tone.

So far so good. I've had it a month.

N/A. It's a vintage amp (made in the early '80s), and I haven't tried calling Yamaha--no need to.

I've been playing for many years and bought this to replace a small practice amp that I use at home and for occasional gigs for family and friends.

I love the fact that I could get this vintage amp at a reasonable price--it's a very powerful amp with good spring reverb and tremelo. It's a heavy sucker, though, and I wouldn't want to lug it around town much. In terms of price-performance, I give this baby a 10. Comparing it tonewise with the broad universe amps, both tube and solid-state, I'd rate the Yamaha probably rates an 8, however.

I don't Know what year it was made but it looks old. We play Metal most of the time, With the occasional jazz, or classic rock, surf, ska or Psycadelic freakouts. It Has plenty Power too go against our angry speed metal drummer, but we still need to run it through our p.a for live play. oh Ya tremolo is fun!

We play a variety of guitars. for example Ibanez (iceman ic 400 and a rg 560)Gibson(lespaul JR. and lespaul studio) Epiphone (Sg doubleneck and epiphone strat style) Maya, and our custom made signature guitars (7 string, baritone, and plain old 6 stringers) The amp always sounds good regardless of what guitar or enviroment we inhabit.

We rode it home from the music store in the snow on the road durring rush hour in our small town. Never a glich or problem with the amp

Never needed suport

If It Blows up or gets riped off we Would Cry and go look for another
after the wake. PUNKS NOT DEAD

This amp is from early eighties. Features tremlo, distortion, reverb, low, mid, high, bright, master vol and preset volume. Two channels: high and low. AC outlet on back panel with footswitch jacks and record out. This is a loud solid state amp. 4 10" speakers 200watts I think, it sure can rattle the house.

I use a ZOOM 9150 effects processor and a Epiphone electric. I found out recently the only way to get a decent sound out of this amp is to turn your preamp way down and crank the volume and bass. Ease off the high end and drop the mid right out. Use your pre-amp/stomp box (whatever you got) to adjust your volume (a little tweak gives much volume). Distortion sucks, reverb ok, tremelo ok. I was never happy with the tone of this amp so I bought a Zoom 9150 that has a tube preamp. This has improved the tone and it sound better. Lots of room for improvment here.

Never had any problems except for scratchy pots, otherwise fine.

This amp is just OK.
I've been hobby playing for 12 years, and recently have been taking my music more seriously therefore my gear too. Now I want to upgrade to a Line 6 amp, so I will sell this amp. I have never been happy with this amp. The price was right but now I need some that is more than just loud and sounds alright. If you plan to use this amp as a practice amp it sounds crappy a low volumes, it would be okay for jamm'n though. The more you turn up the fuller it sounds. ( to a degree)