Fender Mustang III V2
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Fender Mustang III V2
Just Bought a Fender Mustang III V2.
Could any of you that use this Amp please share with me your .fuse files with your custom settings to made this Amp sound good for pedal steel?
Could any of you that use this Amp please share with me your .fuse files with your custom settings to made this Amp sound good for pedal steel?
- Randy Owens
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I have the Mustang II v2. I'm expecting to have visitors staying here from Wednesday through the weekend. They don't know about my PSG "sickness" so I wanted to come up with a nice preset that I could use with headphones. My big amp doesn't have a headphone jack so I turned to the Mustang. I settled on the "Neil 57" amp which is a '57 Deluxe in tweed and selected the small hall reverb. I deleted the delay and fender spring reverb that goes with that preset. It sounds pretty good through phones and definitely acceptable through that little 8" speaker in my amp.
I also recommend using the Fender Fuse software to anyone using this amp. It's much easier to work with the amp via laptop than those knobs. If I can figure out how to export my settings, I'll gladly send them to you.
I also recommend using the Fender Fuse software to anyone using this amp. It's much easier to work with the amp via laptop than those knobs. If I can figure out how to export my settings, I'll gladly send them to you.
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- David Mason
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I have a G-Dec-3 which has the same basic Fender Fuze software. It's not hooked up right now, I'm going through a noise-removal syndrome and four preamps at once seemed a little overkill-ish; but, I do remember finding the "British Blues" to have the most pleasing mid-range proportions. Turn the final volume all the way up and the preamp (gain) REALLY low, like 17, 15 on a numeric scale, maybe 2 ->2 1/2 on the knobs. The names they put on the models are... somewhat hallucinatory, like they often treat the Twin Reverb as an 85 watt "tube amp" which to THEM means it starts distorting at "5" or so. You just have to go through ALL of them - if your modeling has a "Jazzmaster" setting that was Fender's OWN dead-clean, 200w "jazz guitar amp." Sort-of meaning a Roland JC120. And the cabinet choices matter a LOT, too. Many, many hours ahead...
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Thanks
Hi Randy & David,
Thanks for your replies.
I am trying different settings. If I end up with one I like (That seems to work) I will email you the *.fuse file so you can try it & let me know what you think.
Thanks for your replies.
I am trying different settings. If I end up with one I like (That seems to work) I will email you the *.fuse file so you can try it & let me know what you think.
- Josephus Vroomans
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This is my setting, trying to make it sound like a Twin. My PSG teacher played my Stage One through the Mustang with this setting and said he really liked the sound.
BTW: Instead of a regular volume pedal I use the Fender EXP1 pedal, which only works with the Mustang III, IV and V. Advantages: it's not in the signal chain so it doesn't influence the tone, there's no noisy pot, and it's really inexpensive.
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- Bob Bestor
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Thanks Josephus!
I just got my own Mustang III. I plugged in your settings and they sound fabulous! Thanks for sharing. Love this forum!
Keep on truckin'
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hi george check my post on page one
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Hi Warren Tavernia
Hi Warren Tavernia,
I sure will check it out.
By the way, I now have a Eminence DOUBLE-T 12 Travis Toy 12" speaker in mine. It is now even lighter. I also blocked the back, installed acoustic sponge & 2" ports. With this Speaker rated at 300watts & the Amp at 100watts. there is no distortion at high volume.
To me,it now sounds like a steel guitar amp with a 15" speaker, although it is very light.
I will be trying your settings on it tomorrow.
Thanks.
I sure will check it out.
By the way, I now have a Eminence DOUBLE-T 12 Travis Toy 12" speaker in mine. It is now even lighter. I also blocked the back, installed acoustic sponge & 2" ports. With this Speaker rated at 300watts & the Amp at 100watts. there is no distortion at high volume.
To me,it now sounds like a steel guitar amp with a 15" speaker, although it is very light.
I will be trying your settings on it tomorrow.
Thanks.
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- Josephus Vroomans
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Hi Josephus
Hi Josephus,
You are right. it's watts not ohms. Thanks for pointing that out, I have corrected it.
You are right. it's watts not ohms. Thanks for pointing that out, I have corrected it.