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Oddly enough I'd watched a bit of an Helix LT video before and the Fender sounded much better to me. I presume in the flesh that wouldn't be the case (or maybe I just have cheap tastes) but seemed a warning on how misleading YouTube can be.
Based on the bit I watched the use of technology seems straightforward and useful and some nice sounds. They were using pedals for OD at the beginning which seems a bit of an odd thing with a modeller but shows it can take them ( often a problem with lower end digital amps).
Cant help feeling though that entry point of £200 is going to hurt compared with old mustang entry point of around £100 (these ar replacing the old ones I believe).
I also watched some Helix LT vids and I can't find anything that wows me outside of Paul Hindmarsh demos, and he's not to be trusted as he makes everything sound mighty fine.
I'm tempted by the GT40, just to get a small stereo amp, however I'm holding of until there are some real world reviews. I'd also like to know if they'll still have ASIO functionality, but the Fender site doesn't even list the GT models yet, let alone any documentation.
the £200 entry point does seem high, and I do wonder if there are more models coming, as Lee said something that implied there may be more to come. Something about there currently being three models in the range. Having had a quick look at stock levels, lots of places still have plenty old I&IIv2's in stock, yet the bigger models have pretty much disappeared. My guess is once they've shifted that stock, there will be a cut down model appear, more in line with the old I & II with reduced on amp functionality.
And, yep, at a near £200 price point I'm not sure I see the small combos flying out of the shops.
The software is totally different from the old Mustangs and thanks to the WiFi & Bluetooth it's very easy to update.
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A real plus point for the Mustang III & IV is that they had proper Celestion speakers (G12T-100 12" Speaker in III, and 2-12" Celestion G12P-80 in IV).
What speakers are in the new 40, 100 & 200? The 100 & 200 marketing material just refers to Celestion 'special design'. Are these based on a stock Celestion but (as is sometimes the case for a modelling amp) with a slightly modified frequency response curve? If so, what is the Celestion speaker it's based on and what impedance & dB sensitivity are they?
(It's just that my experience with later generation Vox Valvetronix amps is that the quality of speaker sadly fell to save cost with each new generation).
The 100 & 200 have Celestions designed specifically for the amps to handle the modelling plus the Bluetooth streaming.
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AFAIK, they are all full range speakers, meaning that it's more similar to a Monitor system than a Guitar Amp.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57632/
Seems like a really good price. Wish Fender would make one to rival the size of the THR10's....in tweed please @MattFGBI
The GT40 is not really that much bigger, I couldn't find any exact dimensions but I got an image and scaled it based on the size of the jack plug, the approximate dimensions are 370x260x200 mm (WxHxD)
https://support.fender.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/115006900063/Mustang_GT_Advanced_Manual_ENG_7712493000_REV_A.pdf
Looks even better know that I know it has ASIO, and that you can hook up an expression pedal.
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