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Obviously its sound is the driver, but things like hum, hiss, ticking and/or overheating would not be properly apparent until trying in the quiet of home. Am also hooking up a J Rocket Archer Klon to get a feel for some artificial break up.
As already established, it is way too expensive for what it is, but I am intrigued.
Not something that would bother me on a larger gigging set up, but for home playing, I am aspiring to as quiet as possible (I don’t think I will learn this in the shop).
Sounds like you are impressed with the sounds !
A cursory hum when on, and a bit of hiss if the reverb is above 6 or 7. The reverb sounded very responsive (I only had it set at around 4), though I thought the vibrato was a little more tame.
What really excited me was how I got a nice bite from the amp at quite low volume (again, only around 4). And then when I hooked up the Rockett Archer I achieved a nice natural sounding break up.
Also noticed just how much the volume climbed above 5 - wow, that would not be possible at home.
Finally (and this is new ground to me) it sounded responsive to my playing (ie if I attacked with more energy, it really sang out. My Vox AV doesn’t do that.
I was very impressed.
Also bear in mind that some 'boutique' builders will build the same amp and charge even more than Fender!
Like everything you pays your money and takes your choice. If you are happy with your particle board Cub then that's all that matters.
I'm sure the 57 Champ is a nice little amp but it's just a 5w amp with a single volume control and 3 valves!! As I said at the start, the pricing at c£1100-1200' for what originally was supposed to be a basic inexpensive home practice amp is in my view crazy and Fender is taking the Michael. But that's just my view.
But as you rightly say, you pays your money and takes your choice. And value is perceived so for those that think these are worth that kind of money, enjoy. Of course if you can pick one up used at a good price, then it becomes a bit more viable. But at even £5-600 in my opinion it's still a lot of money. Vox did something similar with its AC4 Handwired which was a lot cheaper and at least gave you some EQ controls. But it was still just a home practice amp.
But there is one thing about the 57 Custom Champ...it makes the Princeton Reverb 65 or 68 look like great value in comparison.
If I was going to spend that amount of money on a home/small club Fender amp I'd buy the 65 Princeton - whilst still hugely overpriced in my view, at least it has a 10" speaker, is 12 Watts, and has an EQ circuit, reverb and vibrato that makes it hugely more versatile.
Believe me - I am counting !!