Is this Cheap Fender Amp as Good as the Bandit 112?! The Fender Deluxe Plus 112

The Fender Deluxe Plus 112 amplifier is easily one of the best solid state amps I have ever played. I would put it on par with the Peavey Bandit 112 in terms of tone, volume, and versatility.
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[@intheblues]

This is a really cool amp! I've been using it live the last week or so in San Francisco. I've also included a quick live jam at the end of the video too so you can hear it in the mix. Lemme know what you think. Cheers :-)

[@utubehound69]

Did you see that woman look in the door she thought Clapton was playing & then she saw oh it's just Shane & walked away….haha it's sounded really good live who could tell what amp it was? It the Player imo. Great Licks.

[@georgeallison6228]

Sounds great man..just plunged on an 80s red knob Champ 12 w Cannibus Rex speaker and mods for a song..can't beat a decent cheap Fender man..nor a Peavey for that matter

[@manuelborrajo7119]

Tennis forehand

[@mattburdock1734]

intheblues Cheap amp, super cheap guitar but... Still same old sweet tones. Must be the fingers man :-)

[@andreapasillas8478]

Hey Shane, welcome to my city!! Where are you playing? I'd love to see you live!

[@HugoDeFainia]

After watching this video for a couple years... I was scrolling on the GC site and saw one of these for $80. Pulled the trigger. When I plugged in the pots were super scratchy, pulled the chassis out of the cabinet hit the pots with Detox It D5, and plugged it back in, and WOW! One of the best Fender clean tones I have ever heard. Had to replace a broken jack which was very easy. I replaced the stock speaker with an Eminence Canibus Rex and it made nice improvements. I have been playing this amp every day for about a month now. It just keeps getting better. The drive channel has potential but the amp is best with pedals into the clean channel. This is now my favorite amp and I have several nice low-watt tube amps. For Fender clean with reverb, it is better than any other solid-state amp I have ever played through. I have the Boss Katana MkII 100w which is great but the Deluxe 112 is much better for Fender clean. In a band setting, I don't think anyone would tell the difference between the Deluxe 112 plus with a Texas Heat or CR speaker and a real Fender DRRI for country clean. I know that is blasphemy but there I said it. I would love to see Shane do a blind comparison video between the Deluxe 112 with a CR speaker against a DRRI. I really think it would be close on the recording. In-person the DRRI would easily win due to the details you get from tubes of course. But in a country or blues band setting...? I tried several speakers in this amp before landing on the CR. The G12H75 Cream back and the Eminence Alessandro ga-sc64 were both a bit too bright and revealing for the solid-state output. The Texas Heat was fantastic and rolled out any brittle feel but the CR speaker was magical with rays of heavenly light shining down on the amp with glorious notes pouring forth. The trick with getting a great tone from the drive channel is adding a 100k ohm master volume pot which allowed the drive to be pushed without exceeding the local noise ordinances. This amp is very loud but sounds perfectly wonderful at bedroom practice levels. Schematics are available online for free download if you look. Just series the pot with the resistor in the circuit coming out of the power amp input going to the power amp section. Easy. After discovering this miracle amp, I found a Fender Stage 112 SE for $90 locally. Same issues as the Deluxe 112 Plus, cleaned the pots and replaced several broken jacks, added the master volume and it is just as good (maybe better) as the Deluxe 112, just a LOT LOUDER!!! I installed a Texas Heat 4 ohm so I could get the full 160-watt amp output rating to the 150-watt speaker. I hope Eminence has a safety factor applied to their speakers because I am convinced the Stage 112SE amp can do a full 160 watts into 4 ohms. I have never heard anything that loud. I had foam earplugs in and OSHA-rated ear muffs on top of that and it felt like my teeth would rattle loose if I kept playing. Knocked all the pictures off the walls in the house and was raining flakes down from the ceiling. After about 30 minutes of playing power cords at full volume, the Stage amp heat sink was barely warm but the 150-watt speaker magnet was smoking hot. But it was fun! Thanks Shane for discovering and sharing another fantastic find. I have owned many amps and other gear based on your recommendations such as the Peavey Bandit Red Stripes and Mustangs based on your reviews over the many years of watching. You provide a great service to the community! Thank you!

[@TimmyJoePCTech]

This was the first real amp I ever got. I went from a flubby Samick 80s 50 watt solid state mess to this and it changed my whole perception of things. Not tube, but closer than you'd think!

[@DrFuzz1031]

I own the Princeton 112 plus, very similar to this Amp. It is freaking loud for a lil 112! I gigged with it for long time before I could afford a tube amp. These little fenders are great little gems!

[@xxnonstopdancingxx]

You did well getting that amp at that price point but even better getting one that takes left handed guitars.

[@DanSZiegler]

LOL!

[@mykitwigger]

😂😂😂😝

[@martijnvandenakker803]

xxnonstopdancingxx Ha-ha-ha...

[@Nickgaming-sy5og]

I got one for free because my uncle gave it to me because he said he got like a hughes and ketner so he gave me this one as it was his old one before this amp i was using a cheap 20watt practice amp for 80 bucks

[@ironandzinc]

I think they had to modify it to accept left handed guitars... but then again everything south of the equator is backwards so maybe the reverse engineering is specific for that market.. (seems logical) 😉

[@daveduffy2823]

Fender solid states, volume on one fine, two is blasting!

[@bostonhayworth1264]

I just got one today because of your review. I cant believe the presence it has. Crystal clear Fendery sound and LOUD!!! Love IT! I also own a Bandit... because of you. Thanks for the heads up.

[@NickintheStates]

I've owned that amp when I first got into guitar. I loved it. And yes, it's loud! I sold it to get my first "real" amp... which didn't sound as good most of the time. Great locks man and love that little runt of an epi. I just picked one of those up to compare with the crap box M2 from Gibson. It kills its big brother!

[@russianbot2397]

Sup Nick. Big fan here! This IS a real amp for me. Way too much amp for most players. Not a toy by any means.

[@bigblueplanet1968]

Best comment I have read in a minute tho this is some time ago

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

Great stuff! Proof that ultra expensive gear isn't always what is needed for good sounds - the guitarist makes the music. No shortcut for 1000s of hours practicing and performing. Awesome to see the live segment at the end!

[@reborn-xu1zj]

Its about the Indian NOT the arrow.

[@scottoleson1997]

@@reborn-xu1zj or the marksman, not so much the bullet

[@KenKuninmusic]

This amp is so good it's almost silly. I found one in Brisbane 5 minutes away from me and payed $250 for it. The clean tone and ability to take pedals is amazing. I now am running it along side my Vox AC 15 (sometimes in stereo as well) The flexibility of these two amps side by side is unreal. Thanks for the heads up @intheblues.

[@Jenniferab32]

I just picked up one of these for $225 🥴 on reverb it’s getting shipped to me hopefully I’ll love it. 😃

[@bradford4570]

I love mine, I picked it up at a garage sale in 07 along with a 93 Squier Strat, a DOD pedal and a couple Boss pedals all for about 250 bucks, i used to play in a punk band and I played quite a few house shows and small bars with it, took everything I put it through and its still going strong

[@motokev2727]

Perfect EXAMPLE you don't need pricy amps/guitars

[@JamaisMEC]

i'm giving you like a thousand thumbs up for that "Ultiimate Truth." I've got two great SS amps--Peavey Bandit 112 Red Stripe and Tech 21 Trademark 60--and have kept them far longer than any of my tubed--Fender Concert (1985 designed by Rivera (terrible overdrive channel), a Peavey 212 Valve King, and a Bugera 22W (it really IS a nice amp and bargain with great tone)--amps.

[@John-vk4gs]

Bought this amp in 1998 and it’s still with me ! Best small amp !!! Gigged with it no problems !!!!

[@pseudo_sapiens2461]

Had one of these since 1994. It survived a car crash (we rolled) and it still holds its own

[@tracyc7813]

I got one of those amps as payment for a repair I did some time ago for another guitarist. It was dead when I got it and I repaired it. It is a crazy loud amp. The specs say it is a 93 Watt amp at 4-Ohm load but I think it's actually more than that. If you use a volume pedal in the effects loop you can explore more of what you can get out of it. That's how I use it when I take that one to a gig. You can tame it down a tad by replacing the stock 4-Ohm speaker with an 8-Ohm speaker. I put an Eminence Swamp Thang in mine. The amp sounds way better with the Swamp Thang speaker than it does with the OEM Fender Special Design speaker it came with.

[@miguelsaturnoo]

please can you tell us more about it? i have this deluxe 112 amp and i love it, but want to change its speaker just because its has been there lot time, and red eminence are really good one, so it will sound better though. but couldnt understand what you said about tame it down, can you gives us some more details about that please? would really appreciate it :)

[@miguelsaturnoo]

a 8ohms speaker can be putted there just like that? i mean the amplifier works in 4 ohms without any change can work in 8? thanks you are making me make a really smart decision thought :)

[@DanSZiegler]

Great tip on the volume pedal. Thanks!

[@liotcik]

Thank you for the video. I bought the 112 based on this video. And I can confirm, the amp sounds very musical. Great eq sensivity, plenty of highs or lows, whatever you want. My previous amp did not had enough highs (Laney CUB-12). I nearly dumped my humbucker Tokai Les paul. With this amp I found pleasing to play it again.

[@blacktoothfox677]

My gigging amp! Modded the drive section, but really only use the clean channel as a pedal platform. beautiful reverb, always this amp will cut through the mix on-stage ---0- but this is what Fender amps are good at. Compliments my scooped sound, I would get lost in the band sound if I used any of the typical heavy amps, seriously. I get sneers as a heavy player using Fender.... but then I get compliments after they get exposed to it for a bit. Great video dude - you walked ppl through that real well.

[@Theweeze100]

Bought one of these things thanks to you. I love it, I hope your viewers grab one before they’re all gone.

[@trushack]

I used to play through a Fender Stage 112SE, which is a close cousin of that model. Super-loud (I think it was 160 watts), bulletproof, relatively inexpensive, and easy to dial in thanks to the contour control. A burst pipe in my basement took it out, but I got many years of faithful service out of it.

[@rabendranath]

The 112 series are great solid state amps from Fender, they're like a well-kept secret of sorts. The princeton 112 even has real spring reverb, you should check it out Shane. Great video!

[@getenlightened]

The Deluxe 112s also have a real spring reverb.

[@francescobarile4174]

@@getenlightened From what I understand, the Deluxe 112 plus sounds exactly like the Princeton 112 plus. Is that so? Thanks

[@getenlightened]

@@francescobarile4174 Might depend on which Deluxe you are talking about and which princeton, but I'd rather have the Deluxe over the Princeton, as it has more inputs and more controls. I wouldn't be surprised if they are based on the same circuitry, but I don't know that for sure. The princeton cab is a bit smaller. Otherwise, they look essentially the same and are from the same era.

[@KhaosEmeraldx]

Just managed to snag one of these for £40 and I love it! It suits me down to the ground and sounds great with my strat. Very happy with it.

[@AuntAlnico4]

I would say that this FENDER deluxe 112 is way better than the Peavey bandit, and way louder with way better tone, ESPECIALLY for a solid state amp !

[@Tuluchard]

I agree Shane, I have had this amp for years. Bought it new, wasn't cheap then either. These can now be had for a steal. Until this vid that is! Great back up for my FDRR. I use a super champ as well, all very different but great amps. Great work again, hope you're enjoying California. We just moved from SoCal to Belgium

[@RickyReillyMusic]

If you don’t mind me asking, do you remember what the deluxe 112 plus cost to buy new? I just picked one up, sounds great! Bit of a project though I had to order a new reverb tank.

[@MattWreck]

May I suggest you try a Fender Princeton 112+. It truly is one of the best solid state amps I have ever played. An often overlooked amp that deserves a lot more love than it got.

[@DzoniMakaroni]

This comment is old but, did the absence of mid knobs bother you on the 112 Plus?

[@MattWreck]

@@DzoniMakaroni Not at all.

[@DzoniMakaroni]

@@MattWreck Did the distortion sound nice? I've played one Princeton 112 and it had amazing distortion but it wasn't a plus

[@baerster]

I agree that the Princeton 112+ is great, as are many other Fender solid state amps from the 90s and early 2000s. While the Deluxe 112 plus might be rare, there are other Fender solid state amps that are just as great.

[@jordanfender3085]

I was trying out a guitar at GC and plugged into one of these and couldn’t believe how clean and Fendery it was… great lows and sparkling highs, it had so much headroom and was ridiculously loud when need be. I went back the next day to buy it and it was sadly gone. I own a Blues jr, princeton chorus, vox pathfinder 15r, monoprice 15w tube, and many other amps and have tried hundreds and this amp was such a sleeper and held its own and sounded better than a lot of amps I’ve played

[@StlBaseballCards]

Some of the best tone a $250 rig can produce. Surprising.

[@edfuller9111]

Shane it's too bad you didn't have a contest to guess what amp this was going to be during your live KZbin cast. I would have guessed it was this amp. My wife gave me an earlier version of this amp (not the plus version, mine is 65 watts) for my birthday back in the 80's. That amp is awesome. And I still use it. I have a Hot Rod Deluxe too but at a gig you would have a hard time telling the difference . I think it was the best solid state amp Fender ever made.

[@wendymcphail741]

I love my Fender Deluxe plus 112. The other half bought me it as a Uni graduation present. Best amp I own.

[@guysmalley]

I just bought that amp used mint for 120 . It packs a punch, the clean channel perfect for what I do,

[@eelalien]

I already own a Fender Princeton 65 and Princeton 65 DSP (both solid state, 1990s) and they are two of THE BEST (also LOUDEST) amps I've ever owned! I just ordered a Deluxe 112 Plus for $73 - including shipping! Looking forward to the comparison, though I REALLY did not need another amp! I also own a couple of vintage Fender tube amps and love these, but I would not take those out on extended gigs/travel...

[@saintjabroni]

Which would you rather have - Deluxe 112 or Princeton 65?

[@getenlightened]

I have the non-plus Deluxe 112 and it's very loud. Non-Plus is 65 watts into 8 ohms. Plus is 94 watts into 4 ohms. Only difference I could find. Made in the USA, early 90s goodness. Also have a useful effects loop and great sounding headphones out. I'm glad I've held onto mine. It's a SS classic amp.

[@smollande]

I'm trying to set up a stereo rig and need 2 identical amps. I have and old non plus and am going to get a used plus in a few hours. I think they should be similar just that maybe the plus could be louder at full blast. That's why it's a 'plus'? Not that I need that kind of volume. These 112s are just fantastic amps and I like them as much as my deluxe reverb.

[@jallen8605]

Awesome! My old band teacher from school wasn’t using his so he handed it down to me, just picking it up tomorrow. Thanks for the info!

[@waynewhiteside]

Nice amp. I love those bolt-on Epiphones. I'd like to get the P90 one.

[@unclefungus7395]

i just picked one up for 100 bucks and it’s amazing, the clean tones are totally satisfying and it takes pedals very well.

[@davetaperek2206]

Love the live clip @ the end...nice to hear guitars/amps used in a mix

[@johnberriman6236]

i've Just picked up the same guitar & amp combination, ALL down to you. Absolutely Awsome & Cheap. Many thanks .JB

[@spottheturtle9568]

Just picked one of these up as a secondary practice amp. I love it. Sounds great and loud AF. This is the second single twelve Fender amp I've owned and I've loved them both.

[@mightyluv]

Great review and playing, brother! Thanks for posting.

[@barscotch]

I used to have a Fender Princeton 112. It was a 1990's 2-channel, 65-watt version of this. I wish i still had it. Plug a strat into the overdrive channel and dial in the tiniest bit of drive...dude...

[@AndyThomas_mrblitz]

shane, always a treat to hear you playing through the gear... jam on!...

[@Philtration]

Nice! Always great to find a surprise out there.

[@DanSZiegler]

Just snagged one! Been keeping an eye out ever since seeing this video. SO excited!

[@JHENDRIXROCS]

Nice demo Shane! You DA MAN!!!

[@lorcanrowley133]

I'm about to pick one of these up tomorrow for 150 AUD. Excited to see how it performs. If anything, if it's crap, it's very cheap. I haven't lost much.

[@RGMDG]

Have a USA made versions I bought in the late 90's. Still in great shape. decent sounding and you could definitely gig with it. Reverb is decent too.

[@m_r2215]

Does the headphone jack sound good

[@hulkslayer626]

You should try the Princeton Chorus. Best Chorus sound I've ever heard, 2x10 stereo with stereo effects loop. 2 channels, but the drive channel is ehhh. The clean channel is perfection! I got mine for $99 used at Guitar Center.

[@fernandoayala3824]

It's an amazing amp with the clean channel all on 10!! Break up nicely! Nice man bought this little amp thanks to you!!

[@dorzsboss]

I hear the best fender tones from this amp. Awesome. It is worth releasing a reissue of this great amp. Fender nailed it pretty good.

[@CarlitoM77]

After going back and and forth between tubes and modeling amps and returning countless amps, I saw this video. I found one of these babies used for 50 bucks! Had 2 clean up the pots a bit and change out the reverb tank but man oh man...the smile on my face when I was done! The best 50 bucks I ever spent. Fender hasn't let me down yet.

[@intheblues]

What a deal! I hope I find one of these one day too! 😄

[@CarlitoM77]

intheblues yeah man I got lucky.

[@davidmarkus7714]

I have a deluxe 112 (standaard, so not the plus) but it has noise in the input channel. Now one of the inputs is a bit broken, could that be it or could it be the pods? Or just a bad cable?

[@JamesJohnson-hb1me]

Thank you! I enjoyed the live show!

[@redshark92]

Just saw one of these show up at a thrift store and was checking into it. Sounds great, but I think that was consistent with a lot of the Fender Solid States of that period - I have a Princeton Chorus from the same era and I get lots of great tones out of that, too.

[@kbates2271]

Just bought one for 50 bucks. Sounds excellent with my sg standard. Great video and demo Shane!

[@vinnieirvine1365]

Thanks for your reviews. This is a great review of the fender amp in particular. As a result of your reviews you have put amps on my shopping list that I now have. The Fender Deluxe 112 is awesome 😎 as is the Roland Blues Cube Hot.

[@vinnieirvine1365]

I got one of these after watching the video. its my number one gigging amp. I put my lap steel in channel 1 and my fender lone star deluxe in channel 2. Gain at 3 and I use the volume on the guitar to control the drive. No need for overdrive or distortion pedals with this amp

[@oldgittarist]

Just picked one of these up at a reasonable price as backup for my Blues Junior 3. I'm in danger of preferring it to my Blues Junior lol!

[@guitarocd9984]

Great video shows you can play out with a hundred fifty bucks goes against everything that we've been told I love it

[@darrensjames]

Sounding awesome as usual there Shane. It goes to show that a great guitar player can get great sounds from almost any set-up. Cheers.

[@DMSProduktions]

A good amp Shane. Ran into Paul last Fri @ the GT. Took my dad out for an 80th birthday drink or 2!

[@silverwings1843]

Fender broke the SS Barrier. Why they never built upon it is a true mystery. I found a D 112 closet king that was a showroom left over. Cleaned it up, cleaned all the pots and put in a Cannabis Rex. What transpired was a miracle. Better than any BF or SF Deluxe or Twin Reverb. Why Fender ignored the technology in this incredible amp will never be known. But this SS amp truly competes with any tube amp out there. I feel fortunate to have found one in pristine shape.

[@ant1sokolow]

I got the "non plus" deluxe 112, 65 watt only vs 94 watt for the "plus", and it's punishing loud yet. The volume pot don't help: 90% at 2. And absolutly no compression so it's totally unforgiving. But a very nice clean with some bass cut . Very good pedal platform.The drive channel can be usable after some hours tweaking to understand it. Very reliable amps also. With a "amp in a box " pedal it may be the secret weapon for a gigging musician or as a spare amp. Very impractical as a practice amp.

[@KevinToppin]

Watched your video and picked up one for a steal for $100 CDN. Love it.

[@lilhoss1]

I gigged one of these for a long time. Killer little amp. Plenty loud with lots of tone on tap.

[@kengihepworth5761]

good review. down to earth no nonsense.

[@russianbot2397]

This was my first real amp. Got it slightly used when i was 15 with my own money in 1995 from Sam Ash in Queens, New York. It was and still is way too much for apartment use. It survived my teens, twenties, and 30's. It's seen better days cosmetically, but it's fine otherwise. I used to pick up police radio frequencies with it when I still lived in the city. You have a great amp and a really nice guitar too. I had the same guitar too but with only one pickup. My buddy's parents let me live with them in Brooklyn for a few months, and his dad really liked it, so i gave it to him. Sounds good live. Was that Carmelita i heard you guys playing?

[@15thwardadrian]

That was definitely Carmelita. Great Zevon tune. Shane really played a great melodic solo as well...exactly what the song needed.

[@chadchandler7]

Wish I never sold mine :( I think this is one of the best sounding Solid state amps there is

[@TheElrondo]

Thank you for sharing. Great playing and a good example that "small" SS amps can sound great. Would be nice if you could play to my practise rig :) Just too far away from Germany. At home i play a 25 Watt Frontman, modded to a top and a acoutronics spring tank. Connected to a 12" speaker in a modded Fender combo housing as a cabinet. If you just listen and don't know from what kind of amp the sound comes, you can not imagine it's just a 130$ rig with a quality Celestion speaker (wich was the priciest part of the rig) I only juge amps by the clean sound. I only play clean or a bit crunchy using a pedal. Greets El

[@DenniWintyr]

This was the first amp I ever bought. The gain channel dimed is all sorts of Pantera-y goodness. This was one of those amps that everyone I knew assumed it was a tube amp, & then after I told them it was a tube amp they could all magically, suddenly, hear the tone difference. Such snobs. I've move a long way past it in my playing, but it was a fantastic amp to begin with. Though if you (or someone else on stage) stamped, or stepped to heavily next to the amp the reverb would go haywire... which could be used as a weird effect

[@stevehogan8829]

Thanks Shane... love the clips at the end.. really is a great sounding amp especially for that money.. Good find. So what's he cheapest post to Australia?

[@ddhuber]

You make that guitar and amp sound great.

[@ScrewballMcAdams]

I own one of these and always play clean. It really shines through that clean channel. You didn't even mention or feature the on-board reverb, which IMHO is excellent. This little sucker weighs 33 lbs, so it can be a burden to lug around, but well worth the effort. Great review. Love your licks. Very different version of Carmelita. Nice!

[@ElyRiverBlues]

It's always had a following by those "in the know"! Owned one and sold to a friend. Picked up a Champion 40 last year and put in a Jensen C12N. Huge volume gain and sounds kind of similar but with more versatility. Both under-estimated amps IMO.

[@lionelginoux]

Thanks Shane for this very interesting vidéo on this amp! (And all of the others you have done) Have you ever try the fender Deluxe 85 and compare to the Deluxe 112+ sound it great too ?

[@Construccid]

The 112 plus amp is amazing!!

[@Slovy_]

I played one the other day and was super surprised how good it sounded. My buddy has a few at his shop

[@stratnuts]

JUST PICKED UP THIS AMP. Amazing sound for the weight & size. 33 lbs 94 w . Ok for your bad backs to lift . Pretty close in sound to my fender stage 185 112 47 lbs 160 w. A great little straight forward simple AMP. JUST ADD YOUR PEDALS & PLAY. Smashing. THANKS FOR THE TIP. JB

[@Hawthorneeffect1]

I actually own that amp. It's a super loud amp.

[@frededberg6893]

The type of pots Fender used for volume control(s) increased volume in the lower ranges precipitously (I don't recall if they were linear and should have been log, or vice versa). After about 4-5 on the dial, it doesn't increase in absolute level all that much. What's even more amazing is that the generic OEM Eminence made speaker was (in my opinion), not all that great -- certainly not very efficient..A quality guitar speaker with a decent efficiency rating would really improve it greatly. Try swapping the speaker out for a good one and see how much new life that breathes into it. I used to own the exact same amp -- and I loved it! For crunch or tube break-up, I put a BK Butler Real Tube in front of it and it sounded amazing. That series of Fender SS amps take pedals very, very well. I wish Fender would make a similar amp now -- or, even better, as a separate amp head. Enjoy your amp!

[@RackhirTheRed]

I've got the Yale Reverb and a Princeton SS amp and they both have fantastic cleans and take any pedal I throw at 'em. Very good amps.

[@xxxxneoxxxx]

I've got a similar amp. The Fender Stage 112SE. 12 inch speaker, 100w. Made in America. Exactly the same controls, very similar tone. I absolutely love it.

[@KieranWalshTheFirst]

I've one too. A fantastic amp but loud as all hell. The clean channel is glorious. Great reverb too. Those late 80s, early 90s Fender SS amps (before they got into DSP) are very nice.

[@xxxxneoxxxx]

It was my first piece of gear. My first electric guitar was shit, but I was lucky with the amp. I'm never gonna sell it. It's a fucking great amp =)

[@mojobonbon]

i have been trying to research the stage 112. i read somewhere that it's "one up" from the deluxe. is that true?

[@BuildYourOwnBass]

I hated my 112SE. Yes, it was plenty loud, but I never flipped an amp so fast. Took me 15 years to find a replacement of the amp I traded to buy the 112SE, but it was worth the wait

[@CarlitoM77]

@@BuildYourOwnBass what did you replace it with?

[@baerster]

Hi Shane - great channel! I have been listening for several years now, and you've helped me make many good purchase decisions. This video made me check out some of Fender's SS amps from the 90s and early 2000s and I ended up buying a Stage 100 which is newer than the Deluxe Plus 112 but is a similar technology platform called "DynaTouch." The Stage 100 sounds similar to me to the Deluxe Plus 112. I wonder if you have played anything from Fender's Dyna Touch series. I have gotten to a point where I don't see a point in whether an amp is tube or solid state - both have examples of great amps, and it's the overall design of the amp and speaker rather than the details that matter.

[@t.michaelbodine4341]

It's cool to see that amp back in circulation. I've been playing one since 1994! I've gone through several pairs of input jacks and 2 speakers and it keeps on!

[@JamaisMEC]

That's one BEAST of a solid state...or tubed for that matter!

[@CesarRPM]

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[@lforte3657]

Nice clean tone . I got one for $50 at work . Solid little amp w/ surprising power .

[@elipses667]

Excellent. This amp sounds similar to a peavey bandit 112 ??

[@strugglingguitarist]

Shane, long time fan brother, the amp has a decent sound for a solid state, but it helped that you played it with humbuckers it gave it a lot more bite, my absolute favorite practice amp is the Fender Super Champ XD 2, if only they came with more power!

[@Blimpus]

Another great video. Love that live clip,need more! keep em coming.

[@Theweeze100]

Just picked up one of these for 100 bucks. Never been so happy with $100 amplifier, I’m thinking about getting rid of my fender tube amp and I know that sounds crazy but that’s how good this amp is. A lot lighter as well, I’m up in my 60s and gravity is working really well these days. I should mention in all fairness, part of the reason I would consider getting rid of my supersonic 22, is that I can get all the overdriven tones I need off my Pedal board.

[@RickyReillyMusic]

I just picked one of these up on your recommendation. Sounds great, but it’s a bit of a project. I just fixed the scratchy pots and the reverb is t working so I bought a new tank to put in.

[@infiniteawareness2202]

Hi Shane! It's a long shot as to whether you will see my comment, but if you do, do you think this Fender Deluxe Plus 112 is as good as the new Tone Master amps? Thanks for the great (as usual) video!

[@pyroman6000]

Great review- I've not even heard of these amps. That sounds fantastic, and huge through my laptop speakers. My whole computer was vibrating, lol! I'll have to look into this, as I need a replacement for my Mustang III V1, which now has a dodgy power amp... Got plenty of pedals, and I now know what sounds I like, so no need for a million models or on board effects.

[@elipses667]

Excellent. This amp is similar in sound to the fender stage 112se?? Thanks from argentina. Nico

[@talkychris]

Found a barely used one on ebay in great condition. Lovely amp, sounds great.

[@bthellam]

Ah, the memories. My two best friends started guitar very soon after I did. They got over their Squire starter packs pretty quick and the two combos they got were a Bandit 65 and a Deluxe 112. I found my own Bandit 65 not too long after. Jon used the Deluxe 112 through high school and college and actually used it for his graduation recital. I remember his clean tone from this making me want a Fender of my own, and at the time, the Cyber Twin was the new hot Fender. Eh. I wish I could have found another one of these! Ridiculously loud, and the drive channel wasn't bad either!

[@mw13068]

It's almost as if good playing and an open mind make more of a difference than the gear that most guitar players like to obsess over... Props for making the point that it's not the gear, it's the player.

[@tatialo37]

Goes to show that a great player can make any gear sound fantastic!!! You tha man!

[@johnroberts838]

Hi Shane, excellent rig for $180, as they say its all in the hands, and yours sounded brilliant at the Gig. Take care over there.

[@deanlee429]

I own one alone with my Vox together I get some sweet low cost soulful Blues-Jazz Sounds.. Great video

[@alexandrecosta6750]

Just got one. thanks for the tip, Shane! The thing is really, really loud! I'm impressed. Definitely not for home practice. It has an amazing sound for a solid state amp indeed... but unfortunately not as good as a Fender tube amp. Well... you get what you pay for. Its such a bargain! And weights half of a Twin Reverb! I think maybe its better suited for jazz semi-hollow guitars because of its sharp, precise tone. But you can always sweet the things up with its good spring reverb or with a low gain overdrive pedal. By the way... the drive channel is not bad at all: really good for rock and roll sounds with bridge position pickups.

[@davidmarkus7714]

I need some advice in this, to start gigging, would a deluxe 112 or a mustang 3 be a better option? Or doesn't it matter much?

[@johnspokus]

One of the best solid state Fender amps.