Fender Bassbreaker 30R 30W 1x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp Black

This is a great amp with strong build. I did change out the speaker to a Celestion Creamback . This makes a world of difference with this el84 powered amp. I am amazed at the tonality of this unit after the swap out. Fender still makes great amps. Buy it you'll like it. Like I said though dump the V series speaker and don't look back.

I hate to rip on Fender. I love my Strat that I have had since 1990. I love my Telecaster (MIM) that I have had since 2003. My solid state Fender amp is great too. Unfortunately the Bassbreaker 30R feels unreliable. The digital reverb went out after four months. I lived with it for a while and used reverb from my pedals. I decided to get it fixed since it was under warranty. I get the thing back from the shop this week. Sounds good and I am enjoying it. Suddenly after three days the channel two sound control goes out. I just want to concentrate on my playing and getting better. I thought a tube amp was the next logical progression. I liked it when it was working though a tad too loud for practice on at home. As soon as this thing gets repaired I got to trade it in. I will probably take a hit but a fragile amp just isn't very useful. I have completely lost confidence. I play in my church band and also jam some on the side. I love Fender still but am Disappointed with this amp.

I really wanted to love this amp. When I first started playing it, it sounded great. But when bass notes were played, it rattled like a transistor radio. Was something rattling in my room instead? I then placed the amp in a different area of house with carpeted floors and on speaker cushions, again it rattled like a transistor radio when playing bass notes. If it weren't for that, I would have kept it, the rest was great. I don't understand how the engineers and "beta" testers missed that. I returned it; I didn't want to take a chance with another one. This is my opinion.

A brother of mine owns this amp. It's very, very capable. The clean channel with some reverb and a strat/tele tuned down a half step can get you some nice clean SRV tones. Channel 2 with the gain up 1/4 to 1/2 way gets some nice warm break up. However, with the high gain on the amp changes completely. It delivers this hot roaring drive tone that's just a blast to play with. Because of it's roar you may want a noise suppressor pedal for the hiss but personally it doesn't bother me too much. With the volume on low it still sounds great for home levels, but turned up even a bit it's a dream. The reverb's not spring but I kind of like it better than a spring. It's not too ring-y. The amp isn't too heavy either. The foot-switch makes it easy to change channels and turn the drive off and on without bending to press the buttons. 1x12" speaker, 30 watts, 4 EL84's, what more could you want. It's just a reliable, versatile, and deliberate amplifier. 4.2 Stars

We gig maybe 1-2 times a month, and practice weekly. I've thought about a grab and go combo, and this is it for me. I've always went for a Marshall-esque sound and this gets the grit while still having a very usable and pedal friendly clean. I've gigged with this once so far without my drive pedal, maybe a few practices and easily captures the tone I need at volumes not going beyond 10 o clock. There are 2 1/2 channels with more gain function, and I can totally play a gig, cover a lot of songs without any pedals with volume and headroom a ways to go. This amp is in a class of its own: neutral cleans with British flavor crunch and more gain, 30 loud watts at 38 lbs, below $900. Let me know if you can find a better sounding, better value amp.

I was looking for a lighter, grab and go, gig-able combo amp as an alternative to a Marshall Origin 50C head and 2x12 cab. I thought about something different than the combo version of the Origin but would still sound British. Surprisingly, this one does sound close--can't get anymore British on a Fender than this. Test drove it last Friday in an actual gig. I was pleasantly surprised how I sounded pretty much the same and our sound guy didn't even notice I changed amps. I didn't use my usual distortion pedal on it, it was all amp clean and overdrive. The more drive is too much for my use, so I maintained my booster pedal to step up front for solos. Cab is built sturdy, over sized, doesn't sound boxy and no rattles so far. Overall, I think this is a keeper. I've tried a Princeton, '68 Deluxe Reverb and a ToneKing, I'm finally settling on this one. To top it off, this is just 38 lbs which is hard to beat for a tube amp with this power and proper ply-wood shell.