Frontman 15R Review

Dual Selectable Channels.
Features: Reverb, 3-Band EQ, Headphone Jack, Auxilliary Input for CD, Tape or Drum Machine, Closed Back.
Controls: Volume Normal Channel, Gain, Drive Select Switch, Volume Drive Channel, Treble, Mid, Bass, Reverb.

Features:	7.7
Sound:	7.9
Reliability:	8.3
Impression:	8.1
Overall rating:	8
Users rating:	5.8
Comments:	26

overall: 5.5

Featured review by: Fuzzy1823, on april 30, 2004

Purchased from: Musciansfriend

Features: This amp has two chanels (not footswitchable). It also has spring reverb (sucks major ass). The reverb never gets used on my amp because it gets a lot of feed back. Headphones-yes, effects loop-no. I use this amp in my room ONLY. This amp is solid state, and solid crap. // 4

Sound: I have a Fender strat with a Seymour Duncan SH-8 in the bridge. I play from blues(SRV) to punk(AFI) to rock(Ac/Dc). I don't like the sound quality at all. The clean distorts at loud settings and the distortion...well fuzz's. It lacks "ohmmp" in all catigories. The distortion lacks brutality all together. The amp lacks tone to say the least. // 4

Reliability & Durability: I've droped it, kicked it, and rolled it down the stairs...and it still works. This is the only highlight of the amp. It is a fairly dependible amp however I would never gig with it, only because its to small and sound terrible. This amp has never broken down and I doubt it ever will. // 8

Impression: This amp is a poor buy. I own a (Marshall) JCM TSL100 and when you compare the two, the little 15 sounds like a beat up cardboard box (but com'on what do you expect from a little practice amp?) If this amp was stolen or lost I surely as hell wouldn't buy a new one, I would buy a floyd for my guitar. I wish this amp had...QUALITY.

Everyone else who has posted a review for this amp must be deaf or something because this amp blows. // 6

Reviewed by: unregistered, on december 06, 2004

Price paid: $ 90

Features: Purchased 2004 for a practice amp. The amp has 3 tone controls, a clean channel and a distorton channel with seperate gain and volume controls, and a reverb control. There is an earphone jack, a line input, but no pedal or external speaker connectors. // 8

Sound: I use the amp with a "Les Paul" style guitar with two series humbucking pickups and two tone and two volume controls. The guitar has a high output and sounded better through the amp after lowering both of the pickups. This removed distortion on the clean channel with the guitar and amp at max volume. The amp has good volume, It can get very loud on the distortin channel. I could hear some 60 cycle hum on all channels, especially with headsets. This was corrected by adding a larger rf shield over the circuit board. It comes with a small shield just over the input jack and this is not adequate. There is still hum on the reverb channel at high gain and some white noise hissing on all channels, but noticeable only with headsets. The distortion channel distorted as soon as the gain was turned to 2 with my guitar. I reduced the gain of the distortion op-amp by adding a 56k Ohm resistor between the gain pot wiper and the distortion op-amp's inverting input.

Now I can turn it to 5 before it starts distorting heavily. The max distortion is still there but I get a lot more non distorted volume on the channel. The reverb is fairly weak, even though it has a good reverb unit in the bottom of the amp. I lowered the resistance of the summing connection from the reverb op-amp by 50 % and it now gives good reverb volume and the reverb can be heard without turning it's volume all the way to 10. The 3 mods improved the amp and only use two 10 cent resistors and some tape, cardboard and tinfoil. // 8

Reliability & Durability: The amp looks like it is well made. The pre-amp circuits inside the amp are very similar to Fender's higher power solid state models. // 8

Impression: The amp is adequate as a practice amp and gives a good range of sound. I like the looks of the amp and like Fender products. I play primarily rock and roll. // 8

overall: 7.8

Reviewed by: ooblah, on march 10, 2006

Price paid: $ 180

Purchased from: Local Music store

Features: Going from the 10w amp my starter pack came with to this was a huge changed, almost euphoric at first. However, this amp is strongly made for warming up Backstage before a gig but not to actually play a gig. It has your basic controls, clean, overdrive, treble, middle, bass, and then reverb. Although this is a wonderful amp for the price and purpose I have found after years of experimenting with it that it has a very limited tone. If you want to get all typed of unique sounds to actually come out of it you need an effects pedal. However the reverb on this amp is extremely good quality and the overdrive is also nice and clean. // 8

Sound: At first I used my squire through it and it fed back and sounded horrible. I thought that it was all the amp and that it was a big waste of money, but when I got my Ibanez, all the feedback went away and it sounded awesome. The biggest complaint I ever found with this was that you only get so many tones and theres not the biggest variety. However it is extremely quiet when the guitar is cranked but your not playing, and can get really really loud for how little it is! The distortion I would say at the most metalish settings can sound really hard, but it just doesnt have the balls to pull anything as far as live shows. It workes for me though most of the time because its just convieniant to practice with. // 8

Reliability & Durability: Although this is a semi sturdy amp, it is a bit delicate because of its size. I have also had a problem with the input connection insert getting lose and not getting a signal from the guitar. In other words, this thing is not meant to be stepped on and thrashed at gigs. However it has never malfunctioned in any way for me and so far has held together pretty good. But since this isnt as durable as some of the other amps I have seen, I'm not going to glorify the rating. // 6

Impression: The thing is a decent amp, especially for guitarists who are going on their second or third year of playing like I was. Although it doesnt make you sound perfect like some amps, it gives you the honest sound comming through your guitar and helps you to practice and improve that tone. I really wish it would have more features on it such as two distortions (gain, lead) and maybe a couple nice effects to work with. The reason most people by this amp is that its unique price, its just some of the best you can get for what it is. For how much it costed, and its main purpose, I would say Fender did a good job with designing it. It has fit my style decently over the years and I am sure it will make any guitarist transitioning from beginner to intermediate a very happy person! // 9

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: AMERICAN PRICK, on september 30, 2005

Purchased from: UK

Features: Good for rock and anything else that requires distortion. It has two channels, clean and drive, also includes one reverb dial. Has a headphone jack. It has all the features I expected it to, great for a practice amp. I only use the amp for practicing; it's pretty loud, 15 watts but sounds like it's more. // 9

Sound: The amp isn't noisy, you get the hiss, as would any amp you ever use on high power. The clean channel sounds good, I've never had any problems playing it loud, it keeps steady and doesn't give out if you're playing anything too high or too loud. The distortion is loud as could be. // 9

Reliability & Durability: The amp is durable, has great casing and it can take hits. Amp hasn't ever broken down, great amp that will last anyone a fair while, you don't even need to turn it up to full power to get good volume. // 10

Impression: I love playing classic rock music like AC/DC and zeppelin but all in all this amp is great value for money it may not be a gig amp but it is a good practice amp and it one of the best 15 watt amps around. // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 11, 2007

Price paid: $ 114

Purchased from: Billy Hyde Music Parramatta

Features: The Amplifier, since it's designed as a practice amp has all pots switches and input/output jacks on the same face as the speaker itself which allows for easy setting up/adjusting if you're practicing in your room. For gigging purposes however, depending on how your amplifier is set up (as a standalone speaker as opposed to miked up with in a PA system) this can prove to be a hassle. The amplifier offers your usual treble middle and bass adjusting pots. But the amp and speaker itself are so small and put out such a naturally high sound that turning down the bass all the way while leaving the treble and middle at the same level, has a very small effect. It has two standard channels, "drive" and "normal" with no footswitch and a small click in button to Switch in between. Both channels have a separate Volume knob and the "drive" channel has a Gain knob, although at high Gain the volume knob becomes extra sensitive as the Gain adds on a lot of volume as it is. It has standard mono input jack and an "aux in" RCA jack (i.e. the jacks you would find on a DVD player, for instance) to plug in a CD player or drum machine to play along with (although the speaker well and truly was not designed for hi-fi). It has a "headphone" output jack that automatically switches off the main speaker when a lead is plugged in not allowing you to say, record into a computer and listen to the amp at the same time. The 15R is equipped with an actual spring reverb and an easily usable knob to adjust it. // 8

Sound: I use an Epiphone Dot (copy of the Gibson ES 335) with two standard Epiphone humbuckers. I find that the clean channel very much suits the versatility of my guitar, having a nice bursting tone on the bridge pick up and a very smooth jazzy tone on the neck pickup and all in all it is a very nice clean amplifier with lots of balls, given the right guitar. That said, the Drive channel, as with most solid state/tranisistor amplifiers, is very tinny and eliminates whatever versatility your guitar ever possessed, having the same tinny quality on either pickup and turning down the tone knobs on my guitar having only a very small effect. While this sound isn't bad for trying to recreates sounds like Justin Hawkins uses in his solos in the Darkness, it's not versatile and basically eliminates your hopes of playing smooth blues/jazz with Drive. This problem can be very easily solved if you're willing to spend some extra cash on an overdrive/distortion pedal. I use a Boss SD-1 and that solved my problems completely. The reverb is an authentic spring reverb and sounds amazing, however some design flaw within the amp itself adds noise and an annoying hum when the reverb is turned up. The cool thing is though, when the volume is turned up the hum isn't turned up and so the loudness of your guitar basically overpowers the hum anyway. // 9

Reliability & Durability: It is very solid and has survived numerous bumps as I've been carting it around to my mate's houses. The only thing that would concern me is the placing of the pots on the face of the amplifier juts out just a little bit from the protective outer layer of the amp making them slightly prone to being damaged. There are various parts that I can hear jingling around though which make me cringe every time it's not placed down gently. I don't gig as of yet, but the amp is a very reliable and loud sonofabitch if you're just looking for practicing or having all day jam sessions. // 8

Impression: I play old school rock, blues and jazz (that is to say Clapton, see Cream & Derek and The Dominoes), Zeppelin, B.B. King, Oasis, and even Radiohead and the Darkness). There is no doubting the power of the clean channel of the amplifier with the quality of tone that it has and the power of its volume. The drive channel was a disappointment but the quality of the amp otherwise made me have no qualms about spending an extra 80 bucks on an SD-1 to compliment the amplifier. Good stuff if you're a beginner, looking for something you can fit in your bedroom or want to cart around to jamming sessions. // 8

overall: 6.8

Reviewed by: iya415.2365, on october 28, 2005

Price paid: $ 133.5717

Purchased from: Gear4music

Features: // 6

Sound: This has a pretty good range of sounds. On the bridge H/B it's bright, very Fender like vitage sound and on the neck, you get a very natural sounding rythm tone. The reverb is also very good, being a genuine Fender spring reverb, one of the things Fender is best at and it sounds alot like the ones from the '50s. The distortion is a bit harsh on high gain levels but all you need to do is turn it down to 8 or 9 and it's fine, I was surprised that such a vintage style amp has such high gain and the tone is also very modern. I never messed with the eq so I don't know what other type of distortion tones you canget. overall, not bad. I'm giving this a 7 because it's far to cheap for an 8. // 7

Reliability & Durability: It is very good at reliability and I would use this without a backup in say, a pub (it's only 15w). I'm sure it can take quite a hit but it just seems a bit delecate. // 7

Impression: I play grunge, post-grunge, punk (ok, Green Day), emo and metal. I think this is a very good practice amp for anyone of any ability and It's a lot better than than any cheaper amp. So, first timers, buy one! // 7

Reviewed by: unregistered, on february 17, 2004

Price paid: $ 90

Purchased from: Richardson Music

Features: Versatile amp, good for rock and punk and anything else that requires distortion. It has two channels, clean and drive, also includes one reverb dial. Has a headphone jack, but I don't have any headphones to use it with. It has all the features I expected it to, great for a practice amp. I don't use the reverb effect very much, probably because I can't hear it, but I think I just need to turn the volume up a bit more, an extra effect never hurt anyone though. I only use the amp for practicing, it's pretty loud, 15 watts but sounds like it's more. If I had a gig to play at, I'd probably go with something louder, but for practice or maybe a tiny show indoors for your friends it'd be great. // 10

Sound: I use a *****y Ibanez guitar with an SSH setup, the distortion sounds great on a full humbucker. Works perfect when you need to play punk with high treble, and even works excellent when you need louder bass and more of a crunch for heavier rock. The amp isn't noisy, you get the hiss, as would any amp you ever use on high power. The clean channel sounds nice, even if it's loud, I've never had any problems playing it loud, it keeps steady and doesn't give out if you're playing anything too high or too loud. The distortion is loud as could be, great for any blow-your-pants-off music. // 10

Reliability & Durability: The amp is REALLY durable, has great casing and it can take hits. Not sure if I'd use it at a gig, only because I might want something a little louder, but hey it's all preference! Amp hasn't EVER broken down on me, once I thought I burned it out, but I just didn't have the volume up, great amp that will last anyone a long time, you don't even need to turn it up to full power to get good volume, so it shouldn't blow out anytime soon. // 10

Impression: How many times do I have to say I play general rock music, I don't know, but it sounds great. I love playing "older" music like AC/DC or Guns 'N' Roses, and it has a great sound, when used with punk music it couldn't be better. I've been playing for about a year and a half, I don't own any better guitars due to lack of cash. If this amp were stolen or lost or ANYTHING, I'd definetly buy it again, it's got all the tone I'm looking for. I love the distortion, couldn't ask for more with the clean, my favorite feature, like any other, would be the drive button. Only thing I don't like is the wattage, I'd go for the 25R next time, the extra volume could be good enough for a gig. I used a B.C. Rich Body Art cheap guitar on this same amp and still got a great sound, if not a better one, anything could sound better than my crummy Ibanez. I tried another amp, too, it was a 15 watt Ibanez GTX-10 something or other, and the Frontman just blows it out off the stage. I'd take the Frontman over any other 15 watt anyday. If you're gonna get this amp, I say go for it, it's great, and if you don't think you'll use the Reverb, then get the 15G. It's the same great amp, 10 bux cheaper, no reverb dial. I personally like the reverb though, just in case I ever want a little extra sound in there. // 10

overall: 8.3

Reviewed by: classicrocker16, on july 10, 2006

Price paid: $ 99.99

Purchased from: Local Store

Features: This amp is pretty simple, nothing you can really do with it. It has 2 channels clean and distorted. It's a solid state considering it was $100 and has only 15 watts. Amp has enough power for your bedroom or just fooling around but not good for a gig. // 8

Sound: I use a Jackson DXMG w/ EMG-HZ Pickups in it, which has a good sound over it but when you u have the distortion on and you turn up the Drive volume up, it starts to squeal like a mofo. Distortions ok considering its a 15watt. The only way you get a great distortion sound is if you have the distortion on the on amp on and have another distortion pedal with it. I used a DigiTech RP50 with I got an awesome sound. It was a Pantera/Dimebag sound. // 8

Reliability & Durability: This amp is dependable, I've had it almost 2 years and havent had a problem. Using this amp in a gig is a little too far for this but if it has a PA system where they have extra mics to put right in front of it, go for it. Just don't turn it up to loud to blow out the speaker. // 9

Impression: This amp is good for beginners but not people Who are in a band (like so). Overall Great first amp nothing technical about it. Just plug in and play. // 8

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: JaKeIM, on august 14, 2006

Price paid: $ 99.99

Purchased from: Samash

Features: This amp features reverb and has basic two channels, clean and distortion. It does include a headphone jack and a very simple amp. It would be nice if it had better distortion. The output is 38 watts, so it's good for practicing at home. The amp is pretty versatile because you can get that metally bouncy clean sound with reverb up, and that smooth Frusciante in Under The Bridge. // 7

Sound: I use this amp with a standard stratocaster, and I play mostly classic rock and hard rock, occasionally heavy metal. The clean channel sounds very smooth when the guitar's in neck pickup. The distortion of this amp is not thick enough to generate sounds of let's say pantera or something. This amp is not made for doing gig and such, so don't expect too much. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I cannot comment on the durability of this amp because I only owned this amp for about three months. However, as of right now, it sounds the same as when I first bought it new. As I mentioned before, this amp is not recommanded for doing gigs. // 9

Impression: The overall impression of this amp is that it is more of a starting amp. For only 100 bucks, you get what you pay for and more. However, if you can save 40 or 50 more dollars, you can get a Marshall MG15CDR, and it is better. Right now, I have enough money, but I am not in a hurry to buy a new amp. I think this amp is very good for it's price. // 9

overall: 5

Reviewed by: Zapfire, on july 03, 2007

Purchased from: Guitarcenter

Features: My amp was made in 2007 and I got it with pack that included a guitar, amp, and several other accessories. If I had to say only one thing about it, don't get it. You have 2 options with this amp, clean, and a really annoying buzz distortion. Although it can go very loud and blow you out of the room on only about level 3 volume, the buzzing on the overdrive will Drive you crazy. // 5

Sound: I use this amp with my Squier Strat. At first I thought it was my guitar making the buzz on overdrive, but on my Dad's amp it sounded great. It is very loud, which would be good if it wasn't such a bad amp. The clean channel is great, it sounds good on any clean song. The overdrive, well, I just can seem to get it right. I have tried tons of settings for it but you just can't get a decent sound out of it, but it is a very cheap amp. // 5

Reliability & Durability: I would never, ever use this amp for any kid of show that involved any distortion. Every once in awhile it will just cut off on me while I'm playing and then come back on (the amp is on, just no sound). I have taken in it, and they said nothing was wrong with it, it's just a bad amp. // 5

Impression: I play both classic and modern rock such as AC/DC or the Red Hot Chili Peppers and I use a different amp at my dad's place for both. I have been playing for 5 months and it's the only amp I own. The amp came in a pack which was on sale, very cheap, so I can't really say I should have asked beforehand. To tell the truth, I would pay someone to steal it from me. // 5

overall: 5

Reviewed by: Poglia, on may 21, 2008

Price paid: $ 112.14

Purchased from: eBay

Features: This amp is a simple one. It has a clean and a distorted channel and a few controls: volume, high, mid, basses, gain and reverb. Clean channel is ok, distorted one is pure crap. I never use it, I bought a DigiTech Metal Master (it rocks! ). I never use the crap reverb too, only the clean channel (wich isn't very good but even not so bad). This is a practice amp, I use it in my room, but's VERY loud for a 15W, I NEVER turn the amp volume above 2 and the guitar volume above 5! You can even play in small pubs or bars with this (crap sound, but good volume). // 5

Sound: I have tried 3 guitars with this amp: a Jackson RR3, an Ibanez GIO and a Squier Strat. They all sounds not so bad on clean channel, but, trust me, never use the built-in distortion. Buy another pedal, I suggest DigiTech Metal Master. I play mostly Metal, so I use the pedal 70% of the times and 30% the clean channel. Never tried this amp at very high volumes, so I don't know what happens with clean channel. I know only that there are LOTS of buzz and feedbacks, even at low volumes. // 4

Reliability & Durability: "Would you use it on a gig without a backup?" well, no, but not because it's easy to broke, simply because it has a crap sound! Good for practice, but definitely not for playing Live or recording. However it's a tank, never broken and I own it since a year and a half. Except for the sound, I have never had any problem. // 6

Impression: I play Metal, and, no, this is not a good match. Worst distortion ever, so, don't buy it if you like distortion (or just buy a good pedal). If it will get stolen or lost, I will not buy another one: there are many better practice amp, choose carefully. However if you are a blues/jazz beginner and don't want to spend a lot of money you can buy it and use the clean channel. // 5

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: Love_METAL, on october 22, 2005

Features: This amp came with my Fender Squier Strat and was great to start off with. It has two channel's with a switch on the front to change between them. Could do with a foot switch. I used this amp in my bedroom (saying used I've got a new amp now, a Marshall MG30DFX, but I still have this amp). It has plenty of power to get started on, great sound. // 8

Sound: This suits any style of music imaginable, very varied in sounds and very easy to use. The amp was pretty darn good at high volumes, handled it very well. The distortion wasn't amazing but it got the job done. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I obviously wouldn't gig with such a small amp but if it was the same amp with more power then yes I probably would gig this amp all the time. // 9

Impression: I play thrash but played some nice easy calm songs to start with and it suits every thing well. This was my starter amp and I started off with just these in the gear side of things, it was great. I'd be really annoyed if I lost or had it stolen but as I have a different amp now I wouldn'y rebuy it or anything, but I'd be devastated none the less. I wish it had more power behind it! // 9

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Butters, on april 30, 2004

Price paid: $ 91.5

Purchased from: ESE music Maidstone

Features: This amps packed full of features, considering the price it covers alot of things, it's got a two channel selector, drive and normal volume, It's got a standard three band equalizer. The reverb sounds amazing and really makes a difference, it's got a headphone jack and aux in ports for hooking it up to varying sound systems. Despite being 15 watt it's phenomenally loud, it's twice the power I need for just practising in my room. // 10

Sound: I'm playing a strat copy with single coil pickups through it and it sounds really impressive, I mostly play bluesy rock (aerosmith,G'n'R etc) and it suits it really well, it's also great for more seventies style rock (rainbow, thin lizzy) it's clean tone is really warm, rounded and nice, the distortion is easily variable from quite low for bluesy licks to really heavy distortion for more metal songs. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I've had the amp for about a year and a half now and it's never once broken down,it's not lost any of it's quality and I've taken very little care of it, I haven't even cleaned it and it still sounds as good as the day I bought it, I'd definitely feel safe using this to perform. // 10

Impression: I really love this amp, it suits my playing styles really well and covers all the tonal basses, it wasn't expensive at all and still does everything I want from an amp. The distortion is brilliantly adjustable and the reverb works amazingly well, It's capable of being really loud without losing the sound quality, if this was stolen I'd definitely buy another.

I do get a bit of buzzing from it from time to time but that's because I've got a pretty cheap single coiled guitar at the moment.

I'd recommend this as a beginners first amp or a really experience players practise amp, it's really small and easy to take to mates houses etc for practising and it does pretty much all you could want from a big amp but on a smaller scale. // 10

overall: 8

Reviewed by: zx7r, on january 30, 2006

Features: The amp is a solid 15 watt amp from Fender it's a tough little amp but it still can hurt your ears if you want it to. I think the amp was made in 2003 because on the back it says it passed the safety test in 2003. At least it's a safe amp and it ain't gonna blow up on me. The Frontman is a versatile amp that can withstand a kicking because of its solid back. I'm not too bothered about its effects and that because I've got an FX Pedal so I pretty much leave my amp settings alone. I use the amp at home and it could definitely do with a bit more power. // 7

Sound: It's just an ordinary amp, nothing special I use my FX pedal all the time so as I said earlier I leave my amp settings alone. It's quite loud if you switch the gain on but you have to sacrifice a lot of tone. The tone controls on the amp are hard to use because they either give you no tone or a whole bunch more than what you need. The distortion is well, distorted, a lot. The clean channel gets distorted if you put the volume past 7 so thats annoying. But overall it sounds pretty good, Fender have made it well. // 8

Reliability & Durability: Very reliable amp no breakdowns thus far I've only had it 15 months though. I'd use it at a small gig with no backup but its not powerful enough to handle anything bigger I'd use it a big gig if it was louder. Tough amp. // 9

Impression: Overall I'm happy with my amp. I'm thinking about upgrading to a big Marshall amp but first I need to get the money and all that. I'd like to buy a top of the range Fender amp but they're just too expensive. If it were stolen I'd hunt down the thief and take him down. If I couldn't find him I'd probavly buy a cheap Fender amp possibly another Frontman. I wish the amp was louder, louder is good! // 8

Reviewed by: unregistered, on april 12, 2004

Purchased from: Tom Lee Music

Features: The Fender Frontman is a pretty big amp with everything you need if you're a beginner like distortion and, a control over treble, and bass. It has a reverb nob which I like to use to substitute my lack of a foot pedal. It has a headphone jack which is extremely useful for me because I live in a flat. Mainly I use this amp at home, but occasionally I take it over to my friend's and jam there. It's a really loud amp, sometimes a bit too loud. // 10

Sound: I use an Ibanez SR470 DX with 5 pickups and it sounds really cool with all the distortion and the tone settings. Perfect for the hard rock, and the old school songs I play. The clean setting on this amp is really sleek and makes a nice sound but I don't use it as much. the amp is actually quite clear but only hums on its higher volume settings like all amps do. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I don't have another amp to rely on but this amp is extraordinarily durable. On my way to my friends, I dropped this amp down a hill. Not even a single scratch. I've only been using this amp for about a month and I don't expect it to break down any time soon. I'm pretty sure it'll last me for another 2 years at the least. // 8

Impression: Overall, this is a great amp for beginners and you can't wish for anything better if you're a beginner. It really does have everything, and a little more (the reverb nob). It was a great bargain. I only wish it wasn't as heavy, and it could've done with some extra features like flanging.... but maybe I'm just a crazy dreamer. // 8

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Guitarkid_123, on april 29, 2004

Purchased from: Peachtree Music Store

Features: Model Name: Frontman 15R
Model Number: 023-1501-000
Series: Frontman Series II
Type: Solid State
Output: 15 watts into 8 ohms
Ohms: 8 ohms
Speakers: 1-8" Fender Special Design Speaker, p/n 0025421000
Channels: Dual Selectable Channels (Normal and Drive)
Features: Reverb, 3-Band EQ, Headphone Jack, Auxilliary Input for CD, Tape or Drum Machine, Closed Back, Blackface Styling with Silver Grille Cloth
Controls: Volume Normal Channel, Gain, Drive Select Switch, Volume Drive Channel, Treble, Mid, Bass, Reverb
Covering: Black Textured Vinyl with Silver Grille Cloth
Weight: 15 lbs.
Dimensions: Height: 12.5"
Width: 13.25"
Depth: 7.25"
Power Handling: N/A
Tube Complement: N/A
Shipping Weight: 16 lbs
Cover: None
Accessories: None
Introduced: 3/2002 // 10

Sound: I play a lot of PuNk, Punk Pop (Only Good Charlotte), Rock and a little Metal and if you crank up all the knobs to 6 it's BAD AZZ!! The gain is so smooth, and you can make it crunchy, clean, smooth and sorta sound like flange (for that turn it to normal volume and turn the reverb and trebel up to 10) this amp is the best. // 10

Reliability & Durability: It's got a 5yr. warranty, I whould on a gig with out a backup cuz Fender make the best products, I do depend on it cuz I've had it for a month and nothings bad has never happened. // 10

Impression: I've been playing for a year now and I know about 11 songs, all because of this amp! This amp rock, no doubt about it. It's sorta like a little Marshall cuz of the gain and stuff. // 10

Comments

[[FrozEn]]

lol guitarkid_123, how many amps have you even played to compare this fender piece of junk to. I suggest you go try out other 15 watts, and even 10 watts, up to 250 watts, just so you know what your talking about.

[TheHeartbreaker]

I own this same amp, and it ****ing sucks.

I swear to God, it ****ing sucks. I get mad at it A LOT, and I often find myself wanting to heave it out the window.

[FenderStrato]

I own it, i havnt had any problems but it dosnt work very good in my plugs

[OneLastSaluteFW]

i have the 15G without the reverb and if i can assume they're practically the same with mine just having no spring reverb, then i agree the amp isn't great but i run some pedals through it so i cant say much about the sound

but it keeps makin a buzz whether the cord is plugged in or not and i take very good care of it because it never leaves my room

not very well-made

[Mr.Glue]

I don't know about this amp but from the people who say it (sucks major ass) a probably wouldn't want one or want to buy one.

[pen15]

lol guitarkid copied the features from an online store.

[GATLIN]

i have this amp and it is pretty awsome. i play a G&L s500 Strat.

[leid sepplin]

dude, guitarkid. saying "only good charlotte" does not make us respect you more, in fact it saddens me. and it sounds like a mini marshall??? *slap* my 15 watt MG sounds better then then this. good day to you sir.

[TreeofLife]

ooblah is right, it is made for guitarists going from beginner to advanced.. like a practice amp. Thats what i use it for

[Metallica1989]

this amp sux hard. i had one and i swear it was pretty hard to sell it because most of the guys who were interested in it, came over my house to try it first and they said the tone sucked. Had to sell it for 40 bucks and i had to brainwash the guy.

[24/7 ROCKER]

american pricks reveiw was the best

[eddiehimself]

OneLastSaluteFW
but it keeps makin a buzz whether the cord is plugged in or not and i take very good care of it because it never leaves my room

not very well-made

you must have somtheng rong with yer guitar or summt 'cos i used to have one and it made no noise at all unless you wanted it to.

I think some of you guys are a bit harsh. it's not that bad and I own a very big amp so I do know what i'm talking about.

[BeanApoc]

I have a pretty cheap guitar- (squier- go ahead laugh), and this guitar has a good amount of buzz on the drive channel, but it is noiseless on normal, with buzz that is

[aboveandbeyond]

all you poeple are bitches, i use a fender strat with the SH8 humbucker at bridge like that fag that posted above , the sound is ****ing brilliant , and for those complaining about a clean sound , turn the gain down you dumbasses

great sound quality , not a amp for gigs, but if you want a small amp , with real fender sound... id suggest to get this amp, im using it as a 2nd amp, so i can jam with friends, overall great sound great tone but you do lose a tad of quality when its turned up to 10 (what do you expect for a 15 watt amp)

so for all you fags who wanted to gig using a 15 watt amp... **** you alllll


and if it buzzes , get a new patchcord

[travis911]

yeah i got this amp once, let me down.

[srbairjr]

first off, a 15watt amp isnt for gigging....duh.

both the 15R and 15G amps have the input jack soldered directly to the circuit board and they go bad. if your patchcord is loose, have the jack replaced.

i purchased mine for traveling (practicing in hotel rooms with headphone jack). buy one from one of these punks who bought it to gig with. pick it up cheap.

[Decembero]

Basically my amplifier just died. Stopped working....


7 years old, but still, it just STOPPED working.
Ive tried EVERYTHING to fix it, so instead im just gonna heave it out the window hahah,

[Shannock]

For all you would be noise artists, remember one thing - This is a PRACTICE amp. I totally agree with American Prick. If you want to blast more than 15 watts from your bedroom, then I suggest you get a bigger amp, and move to Death Valley where there are no neighbours!

[edtillimdead]

Horrible, Horrible, Bad, Rubbish, useless. I use mine as a nightstand. Only use i have for it. Terrible tone, rubbish distortion. Inspires me to put down my guitar rather than pick it up.

[The_lizard_king]

edtillimdead wrote:

Horrible, Horrible, Bad, Rubbish, useless. I use mine as a nightstand. Only use i have for it. Terrible tone, rubbish distortion. Inspires me to put down my guitar rather than pick it up.

I used mine as a night stand

Metallica1989 wrote:

this amp sux hard. i had one and i swear it was pretty hard to sell it because most of the guys who were interested in it, came over my house to try it first and they said the tone sucked. Had to sell it for 40 bucks and i had to brainwash the guy.

I sold mine for 60 to some unexpecting kid. The cleans were ok, the gain not so much. Not bad for a first amp.

[Grizzlyman2191]

ok first off this isnt that bad of an amp. its just a practice amp, not for gigging. i love the clean tone. i never use the distortion but when i do theres no problems with it. the only problem i ever have with it is when i turn it up past 3 on distortion i get some nasty feedback. other than that a great practice amp

[Palver]

You guys are expecting to get a professional amp for this price? You're crazy then! It is good for a practice amp and with the Reverb a bluesy sound can be attained. Not to mention the volume (for 15W it's pretty loud)). I admit though the distortion is a bit 'crunchy'. However, you cannot go wrong with a Fender.

[Palver]

And please do not compare it to a 1000$ set...

[Seether.Kurt]

*sigh* has anyone ever told some of you how hard it is to find good unbiased reviews on any model of a practice amp? It's quite discouraging actually

[Gravedigg154]

The tone is actually quite terrible, but it costs $100 so that is practically a guarantee, you get what you pay for.

[totallybonkers]

PEOPLE EXPECT WAY TOO MUCH FOR VERY LITTLE. IT'S A PRACTICE AMP. A VERY INEXPENSIVE PRACTICE AMP. IT WILL AMPLIFY YOUR GUITAR(ACTUALLY VERY LOUD) THERE IS REVERB, A HEADPHONE JACK, ETC. IT'S UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT A $100.00 AMP TO SOUND LIKE A $600.00 AMP? NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.