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Post subject: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:00 pm
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Just received my Mustang 111. It there an "idiot's guide" for settings? I'd like a warm, round (jazz) tone but don't know how to start. Any suggestions? Maybe there's already one built in?
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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:16 pm
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Hi,

well, I'm not really a jazz guy but you can try starting off by dialing a fender basic presets (try out 90 and 93 for starters)

taking that as a basis you can try the following:
-adjust the tone stack to your liking
-adjust the gain knob (i'm guessing you like low values for jazz)
-adjust the volume knob (not master volume) so your new preset sounds at the level you like without having to change the master volume every time you switch presets
-add some reverb using the knob
-now press the save button once on your amp
-turn the dial until you get to the position zero
-push save again

from now on every time you turn on the amp you will get this preset (as position zero is automatically loaded on startup)

some other things you might try at that point:
-press and hold the stomp button, maybe you would like to add some compression or chorus
-when you are ready for deep editing try the following:
--click the amp button twice, this will get you to the advanced amp emulation settings
--pushing the main dial will move you across the different settings
--try experimenting different values for Sag Bias and Cabinet emulations
--save again your new preset to position zero if you want always to start with that one

see? not that difficult and you created you own tone adjusted to your guitar and your way of playing!

rock-on! (or jazz-on I guess 8) )


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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:13 pm
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IMO, the best presets for jazz tone are the 59 deluxe and the 65 Twin Reverb. You'll need to dial back the gain, lose some treble, boost the bass. It won't get you to Polytone land, but you can get to some jazzy neighborhoods in the vicinity.


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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:38 pm
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You know that tone knob on your guitar? Crank that sucker DOWN. Try 1-3ish with a Bassman amp or something.


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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:44 pm
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licksville wrote:
IMO, the best presets for jazz tone are the 59 deluxe and the 65 Twin Reverb. You'll need to dial back the gain, lose some treble, boost the bass. It won't get you to Polytone land, but you can get to some jazzy neighborhoods in the vicinity.


What he said.

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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:49 am
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Many thanks to all who have made suggestions. I'll try them all.


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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:19 am
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I used a jazz preset I downloaded from Fender FUSE for this demo, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/user/b7567

The preset was called 'Jazz Box', you can search it in Fender FUSE and download it straight to your computer, then apply it to the amplifier.

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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:18 am
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Any chance something will blow up if I try this downloading thing from FUSE? I've not yet tried any FUSE stuff.


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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:28 am
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you really can't shoot yourself in the foot too bad, if you mess up your settings and want it back to how it was out of the box, you can just do a factory reset.

To restore the Mustang amplifier to factory settings:

1. Turn the amplifier OFF.
2. Press and hold the EXIT button while turning the amplifier ON. Continue holding the EXIT button until it is no longer illuminated.

The FACTORY RESTORE function will erase all user modified presets.

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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:17 am
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Many thanks.


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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:27 am
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anytime! and please keep asking, the more you learn with these amps, the more you get out of them.

I do have one suggestion since it seems you haven't done much with FUSE yet .... get FUSE installed, connect the amp, and then run the Firmware update.

Fender FUSE current version HERE: FUSE Download

Fender Mustang 1-V current firmware (1.10) HERE: Mustang Firmware Download

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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:42 pm
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Got it done with NO smoke curling out of the amp. Must have done something correct. Is there an intro to using Fuse that will show me what and how? I appreciate you taking time to help and old codger. "How old is this guy," you're thinking? I first saw BB King in 1965!


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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:20 pm
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haha, I saw BB King live once, I must have been 16 years old, and probably looked a little out of place. Man, he was amazing, still ranks high on my 'favorite concerts' list. And his opening act couldn't make it so he did an extended set. Nobody was complaining!

This seems to be the Fender FUSE manual, although I've never read it:

http://www.fender.com/support/articles/ ... on-manual/

The program is pretty 'user friendly' but there are a couple of things that were a little hard to figure out. Best advice I can give is to do what you can with the manual and ask questions here on the forum when you need some 'extra help'. There are several people here that answer these questions just for fun, so they'll not go ignored for too long. :mrgreen:

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Post subject: Re: Old school struggling with new school technology.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:57 pm
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Will do. Thanks again.


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