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On many differential outputs there is no audio reference to ground ... the signal is on 2 and 3. If you leave 3 open on the input of the next device then you will have no signal. If you tie 3 to the audio ground of that device though then you will be unbalanced and -6dB but will work fine on shortish cable runs
Nitpicking a clean sound at home sitting in front of both amps there are *differences*, whether those differences are perceived as good or bad is subjective and informed by the preconceived ideas of "warmth, purity, tone" that we associate with valves.
Having said that I'm not shifting my favourite valve amps any time soon - variety is fun.
PA Hire and Event Management
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Balanced stereo inputs with sum to mono so the DSP can be bypassed and the amp used as a platform for modellers
Decent dedicated headphone amp
Bluetooth so people can jam along to BT's
It would involve cutting a hole in the rear chassis and no ones gonna do that while under warranty, but other than that it can be accomplished with no soldering or cutting of any Fender wires at all. Just a case of electronically routing another PCB between the DSP board and the Icepower board ... and that just means moving the JST header from the Icepower board to the mod board and then plugging the mod board header onto the Icepower board.
When I see one cheap enough I will buy it and design the mod board. I wouldn't trust one of these amps for live use in all weathers but they seem popular at home. So there might well be a small market for a mod board.
(Yes, I know they’re a different colour and that one is therefore better/worse, cooler/less cool etc…! )
2. They come as stock with different firmware installed ('bright cap snipped' version in the Blonde was the change there, but obv either can be installed in either - just needs a computer and a USB cable)
3. They have different mics modelled on the cab sim output on the XLR - I'm not sure off the top of my head if this is part of the firmware and could therefore be changed for either to have either.
From the Fender support page, these are the combinations of speaker/mic sim on the XLR outputs available in each firmware version (you can choose which to install) - I believe that the black one came as stock with the first of these installed, and the blonde with the last of these
ToneMaster_Deluxe_VintageSpec_1.0.27
ToneMaster_Deluxe_RvbMod_1.1.35
ToneMaster_Deluxe_RvbMod_NoBrightCap1.1.35
ToneMaster_Blonde_Deluxe_RvbMod_1.1.35
ToneMaster_Blonde_Deluxe_RvbMod_NoBrightCap1.1.35
Not least because blonde ones just look weird to me.
I can get up to ACDD/EVH with an Origin Revival Drive set to ape a good Marshall but I suspect it'll start to sag too much when you get towards metal territory
I reckon the catalyst or katana might work for you though? Fairly light still??
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein