WILL IT CHUG? - FENDER CHAMPION 20

[@OlaEnglund]

Actually Not That bad for a small practice amplifier. But WILL IT CHUG?

[@jean-michelmenard394]

nice keep it up ola from Montreal

[@someguywithaphone5921]

You'll make it chug, Ola. Even if you have to turn it into an old diesel train. Chuggachuggachoochoo. Hell yea, Fender Chuglet. Like piglet, to the pig. Big Fender Chugger Head? Nope! Just a little Chuglet.

[@rapidthoughts3169]

I have that small fender G deck and that thing is bad ass

[@charliecooper5354]

I really wish I'd never sold mine now 😕. It's actually a killer modelling amp! Fantastic chugging as usual \\M//

[@RokDAWG1]

Why does the sound seem so compressed?

[@Christian.Means.]

Was actually quite surprised when you turned it to the metal voicing... chugged way better than I thought it would. 😳

[@Septicshites]

You’d be surprised by cheap amps sometimes

[@Christian.Means.]

@@Septicshites oh yeah for sure! Seems like every amp company is starting to bring their A game when it comes to versatility and a blend of multiple styles of tones you could achieve. As someone who gigged with a Line 6 Spider III for almost 10 years before getting my first tube amp, I'm a firm believer in "if it works, it works". 🤟😁 Although now I have a few tube heads, I also have a Positive Grid Mini head that is one of the best sounding amps I've ever owned. Gotta have options. Always good to have the best of both worlds if possible. 🤟😁

[@Septicshites]

@@Christian.Means. yeah for sure

[@bolillo5013]

I’ve been able to get mine to sound identical to a Mesa Boogie Badlander. You can read my comment for more details.

[@krit3gggmusic172]

Microphone

[@3Storms]

You just took me back to my early 90s teenage years where all the punks and some of the metalheads I knew had a Champion 100 because it was the only affordable 100-watt amp you could get, and it came with the bonus of being a 2x12. And they all put a Boss DS-1 orange distortion pedal in front of it to get more gain out of it. Those older ones didn't have that voice feature at all, and the only effect they had was reverb.

[@ryansouthard4929]

Or Ibanez smash box pedal.

[@michaellorenz7177]

By me, the punks were using the DS-1, with the metallers using the Metal Zone. Or the cheap Danelectro versions of.

[@hinjurock70]

@@michaellorenz7177 A Metal Zone will make even the cleanest amp chug - I love that pedal.

[@therollband1290]

Champion amps are beasts

[@AllofJudea]

I have a Front man, which was the follow up amp I think. 100 watts, solid state, loud as f, 2 channels. The clean is nice and with some pedals you could get some decent high gain sounds. I got it for 300 bucks new

[@bolillo5013]

This is my only real amp, I mostly use plug-ins but this amp can do a lot. I’ve also always been secretly wanting Ola to do a video on it too. Edit: If you run a boost with the amp you can get some killer tones.

[@daviddawson1718]

I use mine as my for a second amp. It pairs well with my Epi Pacemaker 5w from '66

[@bolillo5013]

@@daviddawson1718 nice

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Sorry dude

[@bolillo5013]

@@Starch1b2c3d4a yeah lol

[@bolillo5013]

@@Starch1b2c3d4a Since I wrote that comment I got a new 8 string guitar (my first one, it’s the Javier Reyes sig) and have been using the EQ Devices Plumes as a boost. I can get tones that are identical to the Mesa Boogie Badlander (I don’t believe it either), to sparkling, ambient clean sounds. The new guitar is part of the reason it sounds so killer but I’ve tried my old guitars through it and they sound amazing too. In short, I don’t feel so bad about the rig anymore lol. Eventually I’d like to upgrade my amp but since I can’t find anybody to play with, it doesn’t need to be very loud, so I’ll probably get some more pedals before a new amp. My only problem with the Fender Champion is that when I do turn it up, it gets a little messy.

[@the_glove]

I’ve been gigging with this particular combo for a few years. I use the metal and blackface settings . Threw a mic in front of it and did a rock gig a few weeks ago , it’s just fine . Most use it for jazz type gigs , turns out you don’t need to buy a bigger better amp you just need a better drummer

[@ericwright3646]

This is a Trojan horse amp if ever there was one. Now little Timmy can play the clean niceness for his grandparents after church and then go in his room and roll out some Blood and Thunder in his bedroom!

[@wolfgangdevries127]

Ok, but don't tell anyone 🤠

[@priorwitness]

I have the Champ 40 version. I've used it in a pinch for band practice and gigs and it gets the job done. It won't set the world on fire but for around $100 it's a good value, and you can capture some pretty kick ass clean tones from it as well.

[@BRB_Covers]

Just fyi, they are around $250

[@roberthanket2827]

I've written a thousand riffs on one of these.. sounds killer for the price

[@therollband1290]

For no particular reason shout out to Ola for being an amazing guitarist! Holy crap

[@edgarmezavids]

I had a college professor who was showing me his guitar gear (main was an acoustic head into a 4x12) and he said a frontman 25 was all you needed for an amp around the house and man was he right, that thing was loud! These smaller Fender offerings are pretty great for the price.

[@jasperkonijnenbelt438]

This is what I like about heavy music played on a Fender (when it does shug, they dont all do that): the tone is so much brighter. Cut's through like a knife and is this heavy in the low end, giving you that oompf.

[@Brittnoelle2]

I just ordered this today😀. I’m still a beginner. I put at least a few hours in a day practicing. I’m so excited to upgrade from my frontman 10!

[@BOBANDVEG]

I have one. I have few practice amps, and the champ is by far the easiest and most convenient to use. Literally just roll the dials and go. You like yours?

[@Brittnoelle2]

@@BOBANDVEG yes I do. My go too for the voicing the green blackface or whatever it’s called and I like the Princeton. I’m still getting to know it there’s so many options with all the effects.

[@DoomOfConviction]

I started out playing guitar again a few years ago and got the champ 20, it’s a decent amp for the price, well enough for any students and with a great tonal variety.

[@PooNinja]

I love my Champion 100 , the jazz model makes a great pedal platform.

[@WyldeStarrTheWexican]

30 years ago I had an amp that size & it SUCKED. Truly, SUCKED. It made me hate playing guitar sometimes just because how bad the amp sounded & no matter what pedal I used, it sucked because the amp was just soi terrible. Truly incredible to think how far we've come in that time even with these small inexpensive amps, nevermind the guitars.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Yeah. I came here to say the same thing, the lowly cheap little Fender Champ has come a long way since I was a kid. Remember those first ten years or so of digital modeling amps? Good gawd, they were awful. The amp I actually play through most these days is a first gen Katana 50. I got it for a discount new because the store had lost the box etc for it. I don't even mess with all the whiz-bang programmable computer nerd stuff it has, I just use the front panel. Honestly, it sounds pretty dang good.

[@nunninkav]

was it a CRATE!?!?

[@WyldeStarrTheWexican]

No, it was by Aria - An Aria AG-35R.

[@stormstudios1]

still probably sounded better than me without any amp

[@tommilitello198]

How far we’ve come lmao thirty years is a long time

[@jimsinister13]

I have the champion 100, it's the 2x12 version at 100 watts. I use it for live and practice it's a loud ass tone beast.

[@PooNinja]

Right I love mine, their so light 🤘🏽

[@jimsinister13]

@@PooNinja 🤘🏻💩🤘🏻

[@mcdingus5081]

I personally love the Champion 100. A giggable amp that is a great pedal platform and plenty loud. Especially in these days of digital modeling, I really don't see the point of using tube amps if you're using IR's and modeled amps/cabs. It will take a pounding and will never need to be maintained.

[@omgvague]

Had to sell my HT Club 40 last year, was looking for a decently cheap replacement with some oomph behind it. Looked at this and Katana. Still not sure which to go for lol

[@jimsinister13]

@@mcdingus5081 my old amp was a line 6 and after 6 years of metal love she caught fire while I was practicing, it was a sad but fitting end. The chip that caused it all was the size of my thumb nail lol, so I needed a new amp fast as I had joined a giging band and after researching 2x12 amps by brand ,cost and effects I kept coming back to the fender it does everything I need at volume plus it's an amazing pedal platform . And yes, she chuggs, lol

[@TheLeftovers212]

I have the 100w 2x12 Fender Champion and it sounds wayyy bigger. Its a pretty good amp for any style of guitar. 3band eq so you can scoop it too. But the metal channel is where it really shines imo. Who knew Fender was so Metal?

[@TheDuckyCraft]

Woah! That metal voicing was fire man! It chugged SO MUCH BETTER than I expected. That was surprising and unexpected😮

[@jacobhair6382]

Seems like it’d be a great practice amp! Handled the chugging really well lol

[@cobhc182]

I’ve had this amp for about 6 months. I use it only for cleans for practice paired with a Peavey Vypyr 1 with an AB pedal. It was cheaper to get this than get the foot switch for the Peavey. I love this amp!

[@Alicia-nd5ov]

do the cleans sound good?

[@cobhc182]

@@Alicia-nd5ov Yes, it sounds excellent! Very similar sound to my Deluxe Reverb. Just in a much smaller package.

[@OnceNate]

3:58 “I’m calling home, sorry..” It’s 2am and I literally busted out laughing at that…

[@RetroPlus]

Sounds absolutely amazing, best I've ever heard for such a small amp

[@heshwuan]

That thing has some serious punch for its size. Nice job, Fender.

[@XlouietheflyX]

That 'wah' effect is just your classic envelope filter. Cool for funk

[@jacoboko5893]

That is my go to amp since 5 years now, I use it with the Fangs Metal Distortion from TC electronic in front of it and good to go.

[@dylanmcgarry1221]

I started learning on one of these in high school! It will in fact chug while you play wrongly written Metallica songs out of time, can personally confirm

[@JK2Kans]

The Tommy Wiseau brief cameo was great!

[@ubmastering]

Pretty dam good sounding for a practice amp.

[@The_JustJoshing]

I have this amp. Great practice amp. It definitely chugs.

[@JenMajuraOfficial]

🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@PooNinja]

🍓🍓🍓

[@tankdarla637]

Great little practice amps, so easy to dial in tones. Simple interface, I still have a Champion 20, only modeler amp I have kept, have had almost all of them...

[@JonMurray]

What a cracking little amp! Awesome for someone on a budget or just starting out. You get a good range of noises for the price! And it CHUGS!!! 🤘🏻😄✌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mc12358]

Yeah I got my Champion 20 for 70.00 USD. Hella cheaper than a Mesa Boogie head and cabinet! Perfect for a beginner!

[@JonMurray]

@@mc12358 ah nice one! You can’t argue with that price!

[@thesnorman5666]

I think it’s good for even skilled guitar players, not just beginners. I’ve been playing about 5-6 years or so and this amp sounds great, and it’s super loud for the size, I love it- 5 stars for me. I’m a big fan of Fender equipment.

[@zalienthere-visitor1424]

That T model Solar is actually Stunning. Love that color on it so much.

[@MrJeffb8074]

I have this same amp and for a beginner I love it.

[@dudebroguymate]

There are actually 3 positions for voicings for different eras: 50s/60s (red light), 70s/80s (green light) and 90s/00s (yellow light)

[@DeathMetalGuitar]

4:04 DEFINITELY sounds SLAAAYEEERR🤦‍♂️👏👏👏👏

[@unknown6390]

I have this and I learned guitar on it. Dialing in a sick distortion tone on it has developed my taste in distortion tones ever since

[@SteveRamJetRamsey]

I own the Champion 40 and I'm quite impressed with it. I have used it in small bars and its quite capable for that setting. I like having it around now just for simple plug in and practice at home.

[@dirtyfingers3155]

I really like mine as well. I even like it more with the Warehouse Veteran that now is in the same place as the Fender stock speaker once was.

[@SteveRamJetRamsey]

@@dirtyfingers3155 I put a Laney HH 60watt speaker in mine.... adds some deeper bass to the sound

[@1989eol]

I think the 40 and 100 sound really good. I mean, really really good. It would be my first choice if i don't wanna tube.

[@jasonporrazzo3573]

“Will it Chainsaw”… Boss HM-2 in to different amps! I ran one into a dumble clone and it was killer!

[@thurston7425]

This was my first amp and it really is quite decent

[@tomh4244]

Hey Ola! I loved the vids about the JP2C and the IIc+, can we expect one where you'd go back and forth between those and make a comparison video? With an amp switcher it would slay!! I'm sure lots of us would LOVE to see that!! You rock 🔥

[@thesnorman5666]

I got this amp for my birthday, pretty dope. I like it alot its nice and there's a lot of sound options on it which is sweet, it’s like having some pedals built into it. I love all fender equipment though.

[@achannel1818]

My first amp. I'm glad I sold it and bought a Katana

[@RMKLK]

"I'm calling home, sorry" 😂😂 Nice video Ola, thank you!

[@raymartin9146]

That's actually good. If you use it for home recording once you've added compressors, limiters, EQ, effects inserts, compounders, an excellent engineer and a brilliant guitarist it may just do the job x

[@Daz86.]

i see what u did there.

[@bolillo5013]

I’ve actually been able to get it to sound like a Mesa Badlander with just a OD used as a boost (I use the plumes)

[@Mojen_Marc_Music]

Never thought I'd hear Ola playing Lenny Kravitz :D Nice! :D

[@stephanvenner2939]

"Fieep" I'm calling home 🤣.Thank you for your Videos.They are always fun to watch, entertaining and informative in the same way.I'm looking forward to the next one.Greetings from South Germany.

[@JrodGtar]

I know generally 8 inch speakers and cabs aren't bassy, but I have an old celestian G8L-30 from an 80's fender champ in an Australian hardwood cab, and it's actually amazing!

[@MrThunders66]

I have 2 early fender Princetons both are absolutely killer, and totally chug both solid state amps

[@simonr344]

2:31 this freaked me out 😂

[@Johnny-WaIker]

Yep. Wth was that. Kinda creeped me out for a sec too. 😵

[@D.Guitar]

Not bad for 20 watt fender. Ola makes Everything Chug/Rock

[@drwoah7242]

This was my first amp when learning guitar and at first i loved it but dude after a while of playing metal i really noticed the difference between that amp cranked to 10 as hard as possible and just the normal lead tone of a spider

[@delta61]

I have this one. Had to choose between this and a Fender Mustang v2 20w, but the latter was hard to find at that time. I'm satisfied, haven't even pushed it to its limits

[@earthquakemagoon2505]

When I grow up, I want to be just like Ola! Oh wait... I'm 55yrs old. A bit older than he. Oh never mind. I'll get it figured out.

[@lonnybasvic9738]

I liked the funking around Ola, and I can see what you mean about the wah setting but you made it work

[@Cc-zq3bk]

That would never get old

[@gergelyboros8138]

Oh hi Mark!

[@rockmovieswithtyler1989]

I have the 100 watt version of this amp and it is awesome as well! Even better when you hook up a Digitech RP1000 into the preamp surprisingly!

[@hinjurock70]

I used one of those with a metal distortion pedal the last time I jammed with a drummer (he played guitar too and it was his amp) and it sounded pretty good.

[@StacXion]

I have an older model of this from like 2002 or something, and it was/is my 2nd practice amp ever 🙂

[@BobLHedd]

I, um, I'm impressed! I might need to look closer at the Champion line.

[@ralphgleason1461]

I bought a 100 used for $249...it was mint. It's just what I needed. Just add a few more pedals to dial in the exact sound I want. I like to chug and do some trippy ambient stuff to mix it up and it does just that.

[@Apocryphone]

This was my first amplifier!

[@jordanfrancis1074]

I bought a Lyon LA5 for $12 at Goodwill. It's a tiny cheap 5 watt but it can get loud and actually sound awesome when the gain and tone are cranked on a downtuned Les Paul. Cheap "shit" solid states can be absolute gems both old and new.

[@matthewotremba9230]

This Amp is a Favorite , on my street A favorite with all my neighbors They thought I quit playing

[@danielsgrunge]

That sounds like an awesome practice amp and it looks cute so that's a bonus

[@katsu1153]

OMG!!!! This amp could chug , i can't believe ! Well...... sounds really good

[@brandonsmalleyorblspinc689]

The champion 50xl was at GC and it had a speaker Called Midnight Special or something it was amazing sounding!

[@jessehutchings]

Honestly, I'm kind of shocked that it chugs My preconception is that if you have a Fender anything in your signal chain it won't chug .. lmao

[@joehernandez6260]

Time will not heal and that my friend’s is a CHUG🤘🏼

[@johncuellar117]

OMG!!! That's the first amp I've ever got, I knew how it was gonna turn out from the start

[@BillyBongwaters]

That sounds good

[@ChengLi1979]

i have one. love the breakup of the 65 princeton. try it with your custom shop strat, ola. great little gem. love it.

[@raymondmorton5105]

I own one, yes it chugs, turn gain up to 10, bass 10, and tremble 10, it is killer

[@izzafiramdhani4486]

How much does it costs?

[@hellbentofficial9930]

Dude this is my only amp, thank you!!

[@doctorskull8197]

Sounds great ‼️😍🔥🎸

[@WitchPilled]

Bought a similar fender combo amp with a Squier Strat when I first started playing 20-ish years ago and it fuckin' sucked. Stoked to see how far these things have come for younger/newer players.

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

5:32 An envelope filter on metal guitar. You’re stealing my moves, man! 😆

[@shameekd9192]

It sounds quite decent. Never expected

[@johnhrzn1501]

thanks for the video. really helps learn these components.

[@Jweiss76]

Your videos always have something that makes me laugh!

[@palmmute]

I actually started out on one of these and a HSS Squier that was sold together with it. Not even that bad of an amp 👍

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Currently shopping for practice amps, I appreciate the video, I think the Orange Crush 20RT will be my choice.

[@kingcapricorn7210]

3:57 is the buckethead setting

[@markzuelch7452]

Gotta love the chug---and I'm a blues guy!😂

[@jacob_krause_official7286]

"I'm calling home sorry" @ 4:00 Lmao

[@aneyesky]

I’ve grown to like your videos

[@SlshrX]

My first amp, about 30 yrs ago, was a Park 25 watt. Made by a division of Marshall. Very similar to this amp. I used a marshall shred master, marshall drive master a boss ds and a dod grunge pedal. Not all at once but i could get some amazing sounds from that simple rig. Good for beginners. I still got that amp and pedals. Not the guitar tho.

[@d-mack7053]

Fender????? I'm impressed!!!!!

[@acynecki]

sounds great

[@d-mack7053]

Fender??? I'm impressed!!!

[@dannyshannon]

Impressive that Fender knows its audience in that budget range could be a bunch of bedroom twiddling metalheads. Love it. Btw... What was that Lamb of God riff around the 3:05 mark?? Very tasty

[@SamLibman]

Damn, really surpassed my expectations.

[@jesusmetaldude3796]

I'm impressed 👍😎

[@vincentrandles8105]

Oh 👶👶👶! 😂😂 I Love it!! Thanks Ola!!!

[@JohnBurdette-or7if]

Hmmm, not bad ,I can live with it .

[@Bubbles1415]

Both entertaining and helpful, thank you 😁

[@boomerbassmeme]

That is a cool little practice amp! Looks pretty versatile too. 🤘😊🤘

[@xamislimelight8965]

The Roland Cube series is also surprisingly good. This amp is a workhorse, mine is a few years old and heavily used, still sounds and operates pretty well. My only complaint is that, technically, the max settings are 9 not 10, because 1 is "off" Edit: theres actually 3 of all of them. Also, use the tap dely. Strum, then rapidly hit the tap button. Makes a lazer gun noise. Change it from fast to slow, makes a warp space like noise.

[@paradigmshiftz7]

Agreed, the Roland Cube has a distortion that ain’t that bad, my school has several of them, I just wish I could find a footswitch for it

[@DeathMetalGuitar]

100% agree! my Cube 30x still hangs with my other amps🤘👿🤘

[@xamislimelight8965]

@@DeathMetalGuitar Hell yeah! Roland is definitely underrated in the amp world. Everyone wants to talk about the 5150, Plexi, etc. Wheres the Rolands!? Lol

[@DeathMetalGuitar]

@@xamislimelight8965 i have the OG 5150 BLs and for most things the Cubes rule😎👍