Welcome to the Fender Channel

On the Fender Channel:

  • The world's greatest amps from the world's finest guitar manufacturer
  • Exclusive video demos of the new Fender Mustang I/II amp series
  • Behind-the-scenes with the G-DEC (Guitar Digital Entertainment Center) 3 amp
  • MusicRadar’s Chris Vinnicombe puts the latest Fender amps through their paces
  • Connect your amp to your computer with Fender FUSE software

     Fender has set the standard for electric guitar amplifiers since 1946. Its latest designs combine this unrivalled heritage with cutting edge digital technology to continue that tradition into 2010 and beyond Quote mark

Mike Goldsmith, Editor-in-Chief

Fender Mustang III and V
The Fender Mustang III

Fender Mustang III and V High Speed, Amped-Up and Loud

Mustang Logo

Fender’s Mustang I and II amplifiers arrived in summer 2010 and quickly scrapped their way to the top of the practice amp pile. Then Winter NAMM 2011 saw the arrival of their bigger and more powerful siblings: the Mustang III, IV and V. Boasting more of the same toneful performance, but expanding on the platform with extra muscle for loud rehearsals and concert stages, the Mustang III, IV and V represent amazing value for money and incredible versatility for the gigging guitarist. Read more…

Fender Mustang
The Fender Mustang I combo

Fender Mustang High Speed, Amped-Up and Loud

Back in the 1940s, with the world still reeling from war and rock ‘n’ roll still a decade away, Fender pretty much invented electric guitar amplification as we know it today.

Designs like the Bassman, Deluxe and Twin Reverb that the company perfected in the ‘50s and ‘60s are still seen as the high watermark by tonehounds, with vintage examples commanding the kind of prices that only the privileged few can afford to shell out in these troubled economic times. Read more…

Fender G-DEC 3
The Fender G-DEC 3

Fender G-DEC 3 Connect, Create, Configure

It wasn’t too long ago that practice amps had only one drab sound and a speaker no better than the one inside the FM radio in your kitchen. If you were lucky enough to have an overdrive channel onboard, it was raspier than a tin full of bees.

These days, fledgling shredders have much more choice. And in the shape of G-DEC 3, Fender has a practice amp poised to blow the competition clean out of the water. Read more…

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