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    Fender Super Champ X2 15-Watt 1x10-Inch Guitar Combo Amp

    • Fender does make a special version of the Super Champ with a Celestion Greenback, but I made substantial improvement with the cheaper, Chinese-made Celestion Ten-30 G10R30, which is the stock-issue speaker that Fender puts in the ’68 Custom Princeton Reverb.
    • My Super Champ XD has upgraded tube biased to 39 Vdc and the
    • I had a difficult time deciding between the Super Champ X2 and the Laney Cub 12r
    • When I found a dusty, forlorn Super Champ X2 in the used amp section at Guitar Center, I scoffed at the idea of a hybrid amp.
    • Normally a delay pedal sounded good with my other SS amp, but since the super champ doesn't have an fx loop, the delay pedal sounds very unnatural
    • The result, then, is best when using voices of amps most like the Super Champ:
    • As with any modeling amp, the Super Champ is an attempt to emulate the more salient sonic qualities of certain, mainly Fender, classic amps.
    • In sum, a really good amp can’t be expected at this price point, but with slight modification, extensive tweaking and careful handling, the Super Champ X2 proves adequate.
    • It is possible to use the Super Champ’s usb port as a recording link, though without benefit of the tube power amp and the speaker, the sound straight out of the digital preamp, even with cabinet emulation, is pretty disappointing and sounds little like the sound through the speaker.
    • I could highly recommend this Super Champ X2 to anyone thinking about purchasing one.
    • The Fender Super Champ X2 is absolutely a tube amp - it has one 12AX7 and two 6V6's, and they are involved in both the preamp and power amp stages.
    • too)SO happy I chose this Super Champ for my first amp.-Quality
    • The build quality of the Super Champ X2 is largely excellent.
    • The tones that come out of the 10" speaker of the Super Champ X2 are very rich and touch-responsive, as you'd expect from a tube amp.
    • I recently bought a Fender Super-Champ X2 amp, (the combo version)
    • When I found a dusty, forlorn Super Champ X2 in the used amp section at Guitar Center, I scoffed at the idea of a hybrid amp.
    • After reading everything in print about tube amps in this price range I finally decided on the Super Champ
    • Just received my Super-Champ X2 after reviewing very carefully.
    • I purchased the combo version of the Super Champ X2 to be a portable practice amp without giving up too much of the tone of a bigger tube amp.
    • Out of the box, the Super Champ is a bundle of rattles and fizzes and the setup of the digital preamp will require tweaking with the Fender FUSE software using a usb-linked computer