Tone Master Twin Reverb from Fender - All-New In-Depth Demo!

[@joewaldeck9083]

Have the twin now for a couple years.Love it! I have always been a tube guy,but I must say I have been converted. Don't fall into the rabbit hole comparing tube vs.digital.All amps can sound different. Try one, you will like what you hear.Takes pedals well,lightweight, you can decrease the wattage,no tube maintenance.Whats not to like!

[@hypno-techs2196]

I tried it then I bought it! It’s a great amp. Having the twin sound that isn’t too loud for most rooms is worth the price

[@Stump51]

You should have waited a few yeaes before laying your money down because their might be some quirks and bugs to fix.

[@hypno-techs2196]

So far so good. I got it with a five year warranty it should be fine. If anything comes up after that I’ll just get another one or whatever new and improved version that’s out by then

[@Stump51]

@@hypno-techs2196 i hope it works out for you.i bought a 65 reissue twin about 7 years ago.after about 6 months it quit.i sent it in to fix and got it back.it was quiting on me.i replaced a fuse on the circuit bord and it started working again.and about kast week it quit on me again.i am done with crap.just giving you some advice.if i was you i would play the heck out of that amp.if you think somerhing is wrong with it.take it back asap.if i was you.because companys nowadays are making crap not qaulity.

[@hypno-techs2196]

Damn your bad luck on that amp is unfortunate. I’ve been lucky with my stuff so far. Though it’s been a while since if had a fender amp. They’re just too damn loud. Really enjoying the tonemaster though

[@swardmusic]

​@@Stump51 3 years on and i just bought mine. Main store I bought it from have been selling them from the start and none have been returned with issues... 👍🏻

[@tjnugent62]

I bought one of these and could not be happier. It was this demo that got me off the fence. It is a great amp and has a lot of cool features. The weight is the icing on the cake.

[@stevewhite3753]

I bought this amp. I gig a lot in a country and classic rock band. Love this amp. Both sound and weight!

[@tjnugent62]

This is some of the best clean tones I have heard in a long time. I may get it for that very reason. Other demos are really going after the turn it up all the way thing, but the reason most would buy the amp is because of the clean tones.

[@DD_Franks]

Very nice intro, with the looping and all... I've heard these amps only on you tube, and I already love them. Can't wait to hear one in my local shop. They seem to divide people into believers and non believers... I'm a believer. Well done Fender! And kudos for this demo as well as the deluxe reverb demo! Nice!

[@steveo44]

That intro just sounds so sweet. What an amazing demo

[@jerrymckenzie6205]

Nothing sounds like a Twin. Except the Tone Master! And it's 7 pounds lighter than a Bassbreaker 15!

[@germanolmeda6200]

Now thats the way you do a demo ! Thank you sir ! 😎✌👍

[@billsstudio2528]

Great demo. All your demos are in the top drawer 1st to listen KZbin vids. Great info!

[@heliosthelightningwolf1778]

The intro tone is like angels singing.

[@YawpMusic]

I have played one a lot recently, it sounds great. I don't get why some people think a brand-new product with this much RD should cost significantly less than an amp using 60 year-old technology. The fact that it's cheaper at all is miraculous to me. I have a very short wish list. 1. I wish each channel could be scaled down independently. 2. It you are cranking the amp there should be a setting between 1 and 5 watts: cranked at 5 watts is too loud for some stages, but 1 watt is too quiet with a band.

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

You can't run 2x12's meant for 100w on 2 w, the driver's just won't make the right sounds. Those speakers need 85w at 4 ohm load to really shakem on down.

[@jonathanbrazee3846]

@@comicblueswithjonygitar36 100% correct. I have one of these. The attenuator sucks. The speakers do not sound good at low power.

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

@@jonathanbrazee3846 NAMM show has some great amps, freidman, soldano, wow those friedman, spelling not sure, those kick butt, this ss isn't good at all

[@aixpert291]

God, that intro is beautiful

[@joachimlindback]

Wonderful sound. The twin can handle any style of music with a pedal or two.

[@soundmapper]

Looking forward to trying one out and seeing if it's too much for a "bedroom" amp, or if I should go with the Deluxe.

[@somewhereman8]

Did you find out if it’s suitable at bedroom levels?

[@swardmusic]

Why the hell would you get a twin anything for bedroom 😂

[@soundmapper]

@@swardmusic Works just fine at "5w" FWIW, and I prefer it over my blackface champ.

[@jfinester]

That thing sounds great! I love a good Twin, but the tube ones are so heavy. I bought a new silverface one new in 1970 that was a dog. Sounded thin, ate tubes like crazy, blew both speakers several times, and was in the shop for warranty work every six weeks or so. Fender(CBS) actually said they were going to stop sending me speakers because I obviously didn’t know how to use their amp! I wasn’t playing loud either-once the speakers blew at a rehearsal, volume on maybe 2. Darn thing was sending DC voltage to the speakers and instantly frying the voice coils in both. And it was my fault? I swore I’d never have a Fender amp again, and I didn’t, until CBS sold the company. But these Tone Master Twiins are awfully tempting… a Twin that weighs 35 pounds? My old one was 65 pounds! I was 20 years old, and I still couldn’t lift that beast! At the time, I’d played through a few good blackface Twins, enough to know what a good one’s supposed to sound like. And the old one wasn’t it! The demos I’ve heard on the Tone Master soung great, and I like the idea or setting it for a clean sound with just a little bit of hair on it, and using the attenuator to drop it down to a civilized level. What a concept!

[@TropicalLatitude]

Thanks for telling the truth about amps in the old days. It wasn't near as good as today's stuff.

[@chrissmithaustell]

The best amp I have ever purchased

[@knockitofff]

got one last week, love it, it's the real deal.

[@cassavamellin]

I love my deluxe. Sounds great at half a watt and great at higher wattage at gigs.

[@davidweaver4702]

What a lovely sound 😍

[@6speedsti241]

love that u show the settings why not the variable output?????

[@robertrosejr1]

Great job Jim

[@Guitarlessonsbybrian]

I am considering buying one. But, I don’t understand why firmware needs updates. Either it sounds good or it doesn’t . The last thing I want is something that needs an update every year like a computer. What are your thoughts?

[@kennygardner5041]

My friend Chuck Ward who is on the road with Aron Lewis has one. We work together when he is in town and it sounds like his ‘65 Twin and better than his ‘68 Twin. Real ones no reissues. Feels really good! In no way like a Line6 which I can’t stand!

[@riffrobin474]

So...when you went down in the wattage...it cannot stay clean? At what point do you lose the headroom? 40w or 22? or? thanks

[@soundxplorer]

The wattage selector on the back is basically just turning down the solid-state class D power amp, which is pure and clean. All of the drive happens in the modelling before that. So you can have it clean at low volume too. On the channel volume knobs, breakup starts around 5 on the dial (depending on how hot your pickups are). So keep it at 3 or 4 and you can have clean sounds at low or high volume, depending on where you set the selector on the back.

[@eric_fay]

Question for Strat players out there who use Fender amps similar to this twin: explain to me where you generally keep the guitar volume knob. Mine appears very sensitive and drastically changes the tone. Curious how other players use the volume when playing through a quality amp.

[@darwinsaye]

Different for different amps, but what I do is turn up the volume until you hear the tone thicken up. I don’t mean distort - you will hear a point when you you’re turning up the volume where you hear more midrange and bass fill in, but it’s not yet at the point of distortion. This is the same with all amps (with all gain circuits actually - even drive pedals have the same behaviour). You could also dial it up to the point where it just starts to break up if you’re not looking for a fully clean tone. Both these settings are “sweet spots” for amps. You can do something similar with the EQ controls. If you start at zero and slowly turn them up you will hear that there won’t be much change in tone up to a point and then there will be a point on the dial where you start to hear a sudden boost of treble or bass or midrange depending on which control you’re adjusting. This is how I start with dialling in any amp. Get all the controls to these “sweet spots” then adjust to taste from there.

[@donmunson4802]

So I guess I've had mine about four years now. It's simply doing everything I ask it to.

[@jockster5525]

It sounds good on my tv , this is fender trying to go down the JC 120 amp , most reliable amp ever , ive had several fender twins in the past and this baby looks awesome sounds amazing

[@richwallace6854]

I've only had experience with one Twin. That's my own silver faced, 100w, two JBL speakers, Master volume, and a variable power transformer. How does THIS digital amp do with pedals?? I ever knew what year it wasbecause I bought it used.

[@salsplace]

That is a great sound at 9:10.

[@mailvilla]

... 03/04/2020: Three questions: (1) What volume does the amp starts to break up? (2) The attenuator is basically a Master Volume switch, so why is there no headphone jack? and (3) Why is there no looper jack?

[@mailvilla]

03/05/2020: If I am plugged into the clean channel, can I hit footswitch to activate reverb or tremolo

[@willhurt3446]

mailvilla good question!

[@darwinsaye]

I’ve been reading a number of people’s reviews suggesting that the ToneMaster Twin and Super are still too loud for bedroom/apartment playing even attenuated down to 1 watt. That doesn’t make much sense to me. I can play my 12 watt 1966 Princeton in my bedroom comfortably turned up to 4 or 5. Logic dictates that the Twin set to 12 watts should be “roughly” the same volume (taking into account the two speakers will add some loudness). At 1 watt or 5 watts it should definitely be quieter than my Princeton, shouldn’t it? I mean 12 watts is 12 watts. Are these people who are complaining that they are too loud just playing them with the volume at 10 or something?

[@gregdopson510]

I tried and bought the Deluxe Reverb and it is amazing. So light, it sounds like the original, I can get a really glassy sound. 1/2 a watt, amp on 7, tube screamer on, with the guitar dialled up is loud enough to play with a drummer...

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

Try 1/8th a watt that's super cool 😎

[@zoranallen5205]

Greg Dopson just tried it and was really surprised at how damn loud it is...

[@gregdopson510]

@@zoranallen5205 Not sure I've seen 1/8th of a Watt... 1/5th...

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

You can get the tube model for the same price? I just don't see it

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

Get your 70' stereo guitar input jack,play your guitar thru your stereo, that's near what this is

[@Gerardo.GarciaGarcia]

Great Job Man!!! Thanks!

[@DaraM73]

Is this stereo input or dual mono, as such?

[@sryburn641]

Is there any way possible to run into some extension speakers?

[@fellazuab]

Maybe, if you use the xlr output you should technically able to send that signal to anything you'd like

[@jerrytidmore9485]

Sounds great .

[@bishlap]

9:10 Clean w/ gain, nothing more needs to said and done w/ a guitar.

[@6speedsti241]

is this overall more powerful than the super reverb

[@6speedsti241]

hello

[@autistichead8137]

I have it. Tremendous amp.

[@cesarguitar1313]

One question ..! I can play metalor death metal with that amp ? I play blues and metal regularly..! And I have my analogy pedals how distortion Revv g4 and tube screamer ibanez mini and another pedals of modulation and eq mxr .! But almost I play music or tribute to arch enemy or children of bodom , but I play too GARY MOORE and Joe Satriani.! I need amp for everything situation . I have my peavey 6505 mh and I like so Much and with that head I played since gary moore and children of bodom and working good ..! But that fender I think make job better

[@whimpypatrol5503]

Will your engineered video tones translate as beatifully into a live performance? There are time gaps between you making wattage adjustments and restarting playing suggesting recording adjustments also had to be made. And who knows what kind of recording pro tools you used. Anyway, your not getting recorded raw before a live audience and a band.

[@courtneygillespie1187]

Did you say lighter 😅👍 I'm strong but having to carry the kitchen sink really sucks.

[@georgesmith5005]

Transistor amplifiers sound good but there's nothing like a real tube amp these amps are only simulating what tube amplifiers always been about

[@Ram44]

If you were blindfolded I bet you would be wrong half the time.

[@S0UNDC1TY]

It sounds similar, but it doesn't move any air. If all it takes to sound the sound the same is that it "sounds the same" you probably don't fully understand or absorb the sounds to begin with. If you like it, that's fine. But please stop saying it's the same just because you're too lazy, weak or small to carry an actual amp. It's like comparing a Tesla with a Mustang. Is it the same just bc it can go 0-60 in 5 seconds? Is it impressive and pretty awesome? Hell yeah. but it's as much copying a golf cart as it is a sports car - but no one is going to say that bc that's not how its marketed. This is a one channel modeler built to look like a twin. Great marketing, but it ain't a twin if it doesn't push any air.

[@willhurt3446]

Christopher Kelly Try one in person. I plan on it. Just for kiiiiicks. If I come out a believer, fuck it. I rode a Shovelhead for a long time. Now I ride an FXBB Harley. Things change. Choose best of those changes.

[@S0UNDC1TY]

@Nic1963 D lolololol you don't know what you don't know. I've played them. I've played guitar for 27 years.

[@renodavid]

Good demo, but it bugs me that is voice is louder than when he plays guitar. It should be the opposite.

[@StratBoss]

Just thinking that :)

[@mailvilla]

01/01/2020 Happy New Year! First of all, you could play a cigar box with an attached broomstick and strings and make it sound great. This is a nice review, but I am not impressed with the Fender solid-state Tone Master? I am assuming it was supposed to copy or simulate the Fender Deluxe Tube amp as close as possible. But, since it is a solid-state amp $1,000.00 is way too much money for it. OK, it is very light in weight and no tubes to break down, but it is a solid-state and should not cost $1,000.00 for what people are buying just may become disappointed. Here are the things I do not like about this amp. (1) No Effects Loop, (2) No dedicated clean channel that stays clean all the way maxed out, and it does not start breaking break-up with distortion at volume #3 or #4 as all Fender amps do, and (3) no headphone jack. Speaking of the headphone jack, yes, it has a power selector for bedroom playing quietly. But, so do other solid-state amps, and they still have a headphone jack. I think headphones are the best for noseless quiet playing in a bedroom. Fender puts out some great stuff, but they always seem to stop a little short and clip off things that players may want. It is cool to immature the Fender tube amp, but why not add in those missing features I mentioned above? Hey it is a solid-state amp, and people can get the best of both Worlds from a tube sound and solid-state features, such as the Katana series amps are far better and 1/2 the price with many options to use, to include the 4 things I mentioned above that are missing from the Fender Tone Master.

[@MARTINIG9]

you look like Joe Satriani ^^

[@timanderson7372]

I don’t need solid state!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tjnugent62]

Nobody is forcing you.

[@zoranallen5205]

Tim Anderson then don’t get one Tim 😂😂😂

[@whimpypatrol5503]

Why demo with a strat and lp??? Leo Fender was brilliant in that he engineered and voiced blackface Twin's and Delux's (and Super Reverbs) for Gibson es-335 guitars, not strats, teles or LPs. Before Fender sold to CBS, hollow body electrics were the guitars of choice. Not until several years after rock was resurrected by the brittish invasion in 1963 thru vox and marshall amps did strats and lps become popular. Never again after 1967 would a blackfaced Fender amp voiced for Gibson es-335s be manufactured. But from 1968 on nearly every amp manufacturer far and wide were aiming products for solid body guitars and mainly strats and LPs.

[@JohnnyRebKy]

Very nice but way overpriced in my opinion. I bought my Twin Reverb in mint condition for 600 bucks. You can find them cheap because most people realize they are to loud for them and sell.

[@whimpypatrol5503]

There's a night and day difference between fender reissues and authentic '65 fender amps which Tone Masters are made to LOOK like. So, why are you and Fender just comparing tone masters to moderen day twins and delux reissues? You say you played a old twin, but was it a vintage blackface? If Tone Masters sound quality were on Parr with vintage blackface fenders, it would be note worthy.

[@timanderson7372]

I need tubes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gilh3947]

no you don't :-)

[@shakesquire84]

Get help man.

[@multipipi1234]

A doctor might help.

[@whittington72]

Fender missed a great opportunity for this to stick out from the tube version of these two amps... PUTTING IN AN EFFECTS LOOP. smh

[@bradharris1110]

guitarforlife you don’t need an effects loop for a clean amp.

[@Svekloff]

“...and one cent” price

[@SomeTimeGuitarist]

Good Amp in isolation, but not the real thing a 100%, moreover the pricing is all wrong, should be sub $600 to be value for money, at this price it's better to get the Fender Champion 100 XL, which is an excellent Amp and is way cheaper it can also do much more than this can tonally.

[@mattmanley7118]

The point of this is NOT to do 1000 things tonally

[@mattmanley7118]

You want a lightweight twin with modern day practical features? That's what this is.

[@SomeTimeGuitarist]

@@mattmanley7118 Agree, and I'm in favor of moving away from Tubes, but this is just priced a bit much.

[@SomeTimeGuitarist]

@@mattmanley7118 Agree, I have been waiting for a product like this for years, but I think Fender got the pricing wrong.

[@mattmanley7118]

@@SomeTimeGuitarist I agree there but I know quite a few people who own these already so the price doesn't seem to be a deal breaker but I think these will do exceptionally well on the used market.

[@mikebjammin93]

Sounds good, but for the price I would rather just get an actual Twin.

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

Yep.. I would think by it being a modeler it would come in cheaper than this.

[@musicsucks6969]

This thing packs more value for money though. It's way lighter, which is crucial for a gigging musician. It has a direct line out, and power attenuation. There is almost no reason to spend the extra money

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

@@musicsucks6969 It's digital..That's fine..But, Digital is cheap.. Tubes, capsules, rectifiers..Point to point wiring cost money.

[@JohnsDough1918]

@@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION I guess R&D also comes into play here. I do wonder if it entirely justifies the retail price, but can't say without the numbers.

[@andyorr1597]

There’s fifty years of brand building and maintenance included in that price. Fender is the only company that can make an amp that looks like a Twin and sounds like a Twin. They can charge a little extra for that, and probably should. To the victor goes the spoils.

[@anonymoususer3496]

Thin tone!

[@veerchasm1]

It’s so convincing Fender is going to charge you the same amount... ...thanks Gibson! Ur, I mean Fender

[@Stump51]

Nothing is worth buying anymore.because of crappy qaulity.your money is no good anymore.

[@kaickprogrock]

Too expensive for a Transistor amplifier.

[@Stump51]

Sorry folks.it is another dud like the mustang.if you want tone you have to work for it.fender just trying to sucker people into this piece of crap.tube will always be king.when will fender realise that americans need to be making fender and make point to point amps at a reasonable cost.that will then fender cares about tone and the usa..sorry,no thanks gibson .another crappy made product.i wonder what people would think of the qaulity we have now that is was like that in the 50s.people would not allow it it.people would be fighting mad.

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

No way it sounds like 4 6L6's Wait till you're in loud gig, no 7025 preamps, nothing. "faithfully modeling?" Ps dials on solid state don't have sweet spots so attenuation is gimmick

[@researcher5528]

I have both the Fender Twin , and the Fender Twin Tone Master , I gigged the Tone Master this weekend inside gig then out doors , don't think the tone master has the same volume but the tone is the same killer Gimmick no not imo my go to gigger for now

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

@@researcher5528 I use a real 64 Deluxe Reverb, Silverface Vibrolux, Victoria Regal 2 (any tube combos, real 2w to 35 w using 6ks to EL34 all without bias!) so my Twin is only for big dances with bodies, otherwise it doesn't project at low volume like Deluxe. No gigs w drummer are 5w, too small. Twin has the deepest reverb and tremolo. In my experience only tube reverb holds up at volume. Twin is my festival and barn dance amp for full rooms with bodies. Solid state won't handle that, doesn't have same oomph. Fender has made class d ss amps for years, these just LOOK better, but still class d, wrong for guitar IMO

[@researcher5528]

@@comicblueswithjonygitar36 thats your opinion , I Disagree I have 2 riveras and a sold a mesa boogie lonestar who cares works for me each to there own I have Fractal Ax8 Im not stuck in the Tubes mind set , in fact I believe they soon Tube amps may become obsolete IMO

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

This is a huge sonic downgrade, like everything else, my POTS phone sounded way better than cellphone, but hey, here we go to the future. Solid state amps are garbage, class d, read about it. Ps must play it LOUD to know if it's ear splitting like a real twin, otherwise it's a retro design toy. You didn't get anywhere near the volume we'd need to know, nice strumming but sounds like 5w toy Tube twins have LUSH reverb and "vibrato," really tremelo, both tube driven, the reverb 12at7, trem 12ax7, reverb driver is it's own little amp that feeds back into the main, must be tube driven, otherwise it all mushes with a band scene, when the drummer is kicking hard, your tone will vanish. A real twin doesn't assemble until 100ft away, where it's tonal projection lives. OK thanks, but I'm keeping my real one, on wheels. With tilting chrome bars

[@researcher5528]

really I was set up next to my drummer yesterday on a out door Sunday after noon sesh he didn't know the difference until I told him nor did anyone else in the band they all said it sounded great

[@rickmeuser4847]

The naysayers who actually haven’t tried a Tone Master Twin in a live setting are speaking based on assumptions. I have in fact tried it out with a hard-hitting drummer, and overall tonally it was very close to my 68 drip face Twin without the additional weight. Clean tones are superb; set your volume between 7 and 8, click on your boost pedal and you will be in cranked Twin heaven! (at any attenuator setting!!).

[@signalahead8865]

It's all just ownership. No one wants to admit the complete subjectivity in all of this. The amps sound really nice and I am sure that, just like the old Pepsi and Coke comparisons, in the end, about 90 percent couldn't tell the difference. Don't know why humans have to argue about every damn thing. Who knows, maybe the debate is actually the good thing in life. I am just too tired of it all. I think they sound awesome. I do agree they should bring down the price to 4 or 5 hundred since you can get a Champion for that price and the Champion really has a lot more options. They def missed it on the pricing b/c if I really liked the heritage of a Twin, meaning, if the history is what mattered to me, I would def buy a tube version.

[@spada60]

Ur an idiot

[@jonathanbrazee3846]

These are just as loud as the tube version. Which is way more than anyone needs.