Fender Frontman 10G Reviews

Gain channel is bad

Clean is amazing, sounds great, but gain loses a lot of clarity. So it’s best for clean uses.

Great for starting guitarist.

great basic amp

it lacks of features but overall a really good starter amp and 100% worth the price

😝

nice amp to start but if you want to develop as a guitarist you will have to upgrade to a better one

Bad

Best way I can describe this amp is the word bad. In every way this amp is not good. Nobody is getting this amp they are only looking to play clean , because there are way better options even at this price range. The distortion sounds absolutely horrible.

Sounds awesome

What a great little amp. I plugged the guitar in and was really surprised how loud it was. The over drive channel is great and sounds amazing, Feels great, well built and the sound quality is spot on.

Bon rapport qualité prix

Très simple à utiliser, à emporter partout, peu encombrant. Très appréciée, la sortie casque, idéale quand on s'exerce ou que l'on joue du métal. Seul point négatif, quelques crachotements. Je verrai en changeant le câble si le problème persiste.

A good practice amp for playing “clean”

The build quality, while not on par with that of its big brother, the Champion 20, is surprisingly good. I have owned an older iteration of this model, back when it was made in Indonesia, and the quality was worse. The unit is lightweight, but, despite having very thin fingers, I am only able to fit three of them under its handle, which makes it uncomfortable to carry the amplifier. It seems that the handle was made narrower in order to preserve the esthetic proportions of the historic design.

The extraneous noise heard upon turning the amplifier on was barely perceptible, which is a pretty rare thing in this price range. After fiddling with the controls for a couple of minutes, I was able to dial in a decent “clean” tone, but no matter what I did, I was unable to completely eliminate the “thinness” of the sound, which could probably be blamed on the small speaker. If my memory serves me right, the Vox Pathfinder 10, which I owned a decade or so ago, sounded a bit “fuller”. But now, back to the Fender. I always play “clean”, so “dirty” tones are not my specialty, but when I tried the built-in overdrive, it sounded to my ears like a jar full of wasps — shrill and irritating. Here, again, the aforementioned Pathfinder 10 excels, but for those who play “clean” or get their “dirty” sounds from a pedal, the Frontman 10G should do just fine.

One of the main selling points for me was the auxillary input. I think, every practice amplifier should have this underappreciated feature because it enables to practise with a backing track and use the amplifier as a speaker for listening to music.

I have deducted one star from the features category because of the lack of reverb, but I understand that the inclusion of either an analog spring unit or a digital chip would have increased the price of the amplifier, thus putting it out of the reach of some players. But if money is not a problem, I would highly recommend saving up and going for the Champion 20 instead because it really does sound a lot better (I know because I own both, the Frontman 10G and the Champion 20).

To sum up, the Frontman 10G offers a surprisingly good build quality, an excellent portability, and a good, although a little “thin”, “clean” tone. You can also plug in an external device and play music or backing tracks from it. It is worth trying out, but I think that it is better to save up for the Champion 20.

Excellent clean sound, poor overdrive

Very powerful sound for its size. Excellent clean sound, overdrive is poor.

Does exactly what you need it to

Fender Frontman 10G does exatly what you need it to do. The clean sound is very good. The overdrive is not as smooth as the clean sound, but that is to be expected at the budget price.

Given the budget price and the very nice clean sound, it's great value for a decent price. Awesome for practicing in room.

Frontman 10G

One of the best combo I have ever had! The sound is so clean and bright. You can also play some concerts with this guy!

daily use with clear sound

Excellent quality-price

I bought it for domestic use, mainly with headphones. I can plug an external input, it works perfectly with my pedals. I just use the clean sound.

For the money you spend, you cannot have more, but actually it's enough to have fun. Strongly recommended!

Very good for the money

I bought this amp for my sister who at the time started played guitar.

The amp is very good for the money, it has nice clean tones and you can put a little crunch in there too with no problems.

Tthe only problem is if you try to get a hard rock -metal tone because the overdrive can't produce that kind of sound plus the speaker is small and the distorted tones sound funny, but if you want to play metal I guess you don't buy this amp.

Overall, the amp is very well built it is super simple to use , the sound quality (considering the price, and the speaker size) is very pleasing.

Great practise or beginner amp!!!

Good Value

A very neat amp for use at home, good overall sound and some nice features including headphone output. The build quality is pretty good, nice and sturdy, well finished. Like all dinky amps it doesn't do so well with a very distorted sound, but then you need a big amp/speaker to really handle that.

For the money you get a neat amp with Fender on the grille - what else do you need?

Excellent

Very clean and very loud

Good Beginner Amp.....You Will Need To Upgrade

7 years ago I bought it as my first amp just to learn guitar. I play mainly blues or britpop.

Sound isn't too good but was handy just to learn with.

Perhaps there are better amps around at this price point, however it worked for me. If you are a beginner then its fine but you will need to upgrade.

It still works now but its not my main amp.

Good combo for a beginner

The Fender Frontman 10G came in a bundle with a fitting Squier Guitar, hence it was tested with that guitar, so I can't tell what it will sound like with a different set up. But with a single-coil-fender stratocaster-style guitar the combo sounds fine.

The sound is pretty solid, and for practice it fits it's purpose. It can already be pretty loud and still not sound too distorted. Although you - as it is with combos of that size - tend to have a lack of bass-frequences. The built in Head Phone Jack is good addition to the features it offers, and allows bedroom practice.

About Fender Frontman 10G

I bought this product a few months ago in need of a small amplifier for practice in my room. Using a multi effect processor or any other foot pedals as reverb or delay, working with low volume, this amplifier have a very good sound for his size, that of the Fender solid state tone amps. I know a few guitar players have used this small beast even for gigs in different small places. All this in a very cheap price! I recommend this to all the guitar players who are really interested to have one. For the beginners can't be a better one.

Tone

Not so great at distortion, but excellent in clean and overdrive :) higly recommended :)

good deal to home

you have to know that this product is grate but, its only to training at home to little but a good fender sound!