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Post subject: Cliffs of Dover Recorded with Mustang II - preset
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:58 am
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This week I went into a music store to buy a string set and I saw the new Fender Mustang II amplifier exposed. I was curious about how it sounds and I
gave it a try. I was impressed how easy I could get some nice tones just
twisting the presets. I found some beautiful Fender Twin clean tones and
also some nice driven tones.
It´s an impressive light weight amplifier considering it got a 12' speaker.
I think it could be used to gig in some small places with a drummer without any problem.
It also got a master vol that allows you to get the same tone at low levels
no need to remix the gain and volume! (that's a real pain.... you know it!)

Of course it´s not made to be compared with a high quality tube amplifier!

I also own an Orange amp and a 4x12 Marshall cabinet but it's not a practice
kit and can not give me the clean tones I need ( Fender Tones At a Low Level! ) with all the delays, chorus, flanger, fuzz, all of it in traveling pac!

I went home impressed and after some research I discovered that this amp was capable for home recording acting as an audio interface using Fender Fuse software, a software similar to Amplitube Fender that enables you to deep edit the amp settings and record direct using the usb port.

Well....

The next day I was back to buy the amp. I recorded this song using a factory preset made to emulate Eric Johnson´s "Cliffs Of Dover".
I hope you like!
I could say for sure that this amp deserves at least try as a pratice amplifier.

Sorry for any mistake with my english and my playing... I'm a eternal
student!
Here is the video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhtjirU8pW8

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Post subject: Re: Cliffs of Dover Recorded with Mustang II - preset
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:52 am
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Hell yeah! Excellent jamming. I just got a Mustang V for my studio work for a similar reason. I have three tube amps, Blues Deluxe, Blues Jr. and a Vibro Champ XD, but I needed something I could get a cranked up a loud sound in my mixes without blowing the walls off. I am experimenting with the Mustang now and I like what I am hearing in the headphones.

I had a couple of multi effects pedals and also using vst's but something was missing. They just did not have enough quevos and would fade out on the loud parts of the lead and would be to soft in the mix on the quiet parts. The Mustang V has the response of my tube amps and it does not blow out on the loud parts, but it allows the the low parts well by just cranking the knobs down on the guitar and it does not lose tone, way cool...

It handles all of my stomp pedals pretty well...

Still doing sound checks at this time, but I am getting ready to do some major mixes with this animal...

Blues sound check..
http://snd.sc/n0bFMR

Cranked sound check...
http://snd.sc/q5jJNi

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Post subject: Re: Cliffs of Dover Recorded with Mustang II - preset
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:20 am
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Mauro - fabulous playing and great tone! :D

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Post subject: Re: Cliffs of Dover Recorded with Mustang II - preset
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:26 am
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Great tone, Mauro - is that the "Cliffs" factory preset straight, without any changes to the settings ?


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Post subject: Re: Cliffs of Dover Recorded with Mustang II - preset
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:30 am
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depepat wrote:
Great tone, Mauro - is that the "Cliffs" factory preset straight, without any changes to the settings ?


Thank you all for watching and for the kind comments!
Yes it is the "Cliffs" factory preset. The only adjust I did was to increase a bit the delay effect volume to better fit the backtrack ambience. The preset was not modified.

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Post subject: Re: Cliffs of Dover Recorded with Mustang II - preset
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:32 am
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Rockcat wrote:
Mauro - fabulous playing and great tone! :D

thanks a lot Rockcat, you're very kind.

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Post subject: Re: Cliffs of Dover Recorded with Mustang II - preset
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:35 am
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majorbytes wrote:
Hell yeah! Excellent jamming. I just got a Mustang V for my studio work for a similar reason. I have three tube amps, Blues Deluxe, Blues Jr. and a Vibro Champ XD, but I needed something I could get a cranked up a loud sound in my mixes without blowing the walls off. I am experimenting with the Mustang now and I like what I am hearing in the headphones.

I had a couple of multi effects pedals and also using vst's but something was missing. They just did not have enough quevos and would fade out on the loud parts of the lead and would be to soft in the mix on the quiet parts. The Mustang V has the response of my tube amps and it does not blow out on the loud parts, but it allows the the low parts well by just cranking the knobs down on the guitar and it does not lose tone, way cool...

It handles all of my stomp pedals pretty well...

Still doing sound checks at this time, but I am getting ready to do some major mixes with this animal...

Blues sound check..
http://snd.sc/n0bFMR

Cranked sound check...
http://snd.sc/q5jJNi


Awesome clips Majorbytes, could you tell me the preset for the "blues" recording?
beautiful tone.

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