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I did look up the Foo Fighters tone from Fender Play and they used a Rectifier (American 90's) and it sounded pretty good to me. I've also struggled with the Marshall models. I made a Hendrix tone using the 70's Marshall and have the gain at 2.5.
I've also found lowering the guitar volume on high gain amps helps alot.
All in all the benefits of this amp for practice, outweighs its shortcomings for me and as mentioned, it cost me half what my KTR Klone pedal did, but is far more useful.
I use pedals with single channel amps instead of amp distortion so that's the approach I take with my THR, it never leaves the 'crunch' mode. The GT40 lets you put pedal sims in chain right? How are the dirt pedal models into a clean-ish amp?
My minijack cable arrived from Amazon (£6!), works really well into the THR so not overly fussed about the bluetooth side of things now
I'm going to do some more fiddling. I'm making some good progress with the "La Grange" preset from Fender Play - with a few tweaks.
Just like guitars like the Squier CVs, it's good for the money, it's good for what it is and what you can expect from that sort of thing, but it's still entirely feasible and understandable to be underwhelmed by it and that isn't automatically because you're failing to unearth it's hidden brilliance.
Outof interest, have you found anything similar that does inspire you?
...and the Squier analogy had also occurred to me. Very good at what it does, especially for the money, but somehow missing some magic.
It has made me revisit some of the cleaner amp models on the Amplifire though. Amazing that a <£200 practise amp can highlight some of the shortcomings of much more expensive gear.
you really ought to try out a Vox VT20x or the VT40X. Once you turn off the global noise gate it’s a great practice amp.
I'm really happy with it for what I'm using it for and as far as practice amps go, THR, Kantana Air and Bias Spark, I thought it was the best. It's obviously never going to compare to a high end modeler which are typically more fuss and less user friendly, or a tube amp.
For home noodling, I still haven't been able to replace my mustang v2 III 100w 1x12. Great at low volumes and when really low volumes are required then I use headphones. I will be getting a GTX100 at some point but not overly rushed.
I can't get on with the bookshelf options either like the THR.
The Vox VT100x is only £224 at gak at the moment and with the built in power attenuator would be the best budget option by a country mile.
Bigger than a GT40 but once you get to anything bigger than the THR/Katana Air etc then may as well get something notably bigger / better.
Again though that's my personal preference. I can fully understand why the smaller practice amps and bookshelf options are used by so many and without complaint.
New firmware upgrade available for GTX, GT and Rumble amps (5th May). 'Mustang GT Version 3.0.43 (May 5th, 2020) Rumble Stage-Studio Version 3.0.23 (May 5th, 2020) Mustang GTX 3.0.73 (May 5th, 2020)
* Added menu item to forget all paired Bluetooth devices
* “Pedal” parameter is now displayed first when using wah and whammy effects
* No Icon will appear on amp when connected to TONE
* Fixed issue with iOS13 devices not connecting to TONE while also connected to Bluetooth audio.'
See: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/the-official-fender-mustang-gtx-amp-thread-2020.2113060/page-67#post-30483401
First impression, Fender tones are fab, some of the preset driven tones are less impressive. A quick play with different models, and I’ve quickly found some great overdriven tones. Why do they always put crap tones in the first four slots?
So it looks like I'll sell my THRii30 but I always struggle to let go of gear in fear that I might want it again one day. There's probably a medical term for that! Anyone know what a mint THRii30 would be worth these days?