NAD Fender Mustang II

[drpietrzak]

I was looking for a different amp to use at some small picnic/family events that I play in the summers. I find them fun, and great practice as well. I am mostly an instrumental track for folks who want to have some sort of "live" music in these cases. I have a series of accompaniment track and use those to work up some leads over. I have used my regular amps (5e3, Bassman LTD, etc) with a PA for these in the past. It is just too much stuff though for the smaller of these sorts of things.

I picked up a Mustang II with the line in for a discounted price as it was a floor model. I have not really done a lot with it, but I did program some presets. I find it works pretty well in this context. It is not my 5e3 etc. but it does what I wanted here. I recorded a clip over a backing track for it.

Yes, I make those faces. No, I do not know why. Yes, I know there are clinkers in it. Yes, I know others (perhaps most) play better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Ebq...1&feature=plcp

[indie folk guy]

thanks for the demo and I'm glad you are liking it so far.

Fender hit a homerun imho with the mustang series.

[drpietrzak]

Yes, it is working better than I had expected. I have not used digital much in the last few years, and this worked pretty well. I might need to pull the compressor off that patch but otherwise...

[indie folk guy]

well the great thing is when you plug in and use Fuse it's incredibly easy to tweak and it's easy to get carried away. On the mustang I and II you can upload sounds that are very useful that don't come stock (12 string simulator, princeton, 70s brit, etc).

I don't really have a "practice" amp right now so I'm trying to decide what I want to get for low volume stuff that new Super Champ X2 looks cool but I'll have to try one in person to make sure I like the low volume tones.

[FuseG4]

I like.

My mustang I is my most valuable practice tool, and somehow it sounds fantastic for everyday jamming. My DRRI sounds good at home, but it doesn't sound GREAT like when I get to bring it out of the house. The mustang I does a way cool Champ impression and that's what I use most on it.

[drpietrzak]

It seems to work well for me. If I need a smaller rig that is portable I use my Micro Spider. It is OK. The M2 is has a great number of advantages over it. I do not, however, like the headphone emulation much so far. I have not tried developing any patches specific for that application.