Fender Tone

Over and over there are examples of hardware companies, especially legacy companies like Fender, totally botch modern products that incorporate software and digital interfaces. I have gone from a tube, tweed Fender Blues Jr. to a Boss ME-80 pushing a Blackstar solid state amp to a Fender GTX-100 and I gotta admit, while they completely botched the foot switch, they got the software right. It’s simple, easy to navigate and very intuitive; especially the iPad version. Nicely done Fender. What? You want to know the issues with the foot switch? Sure, I’d love to tell you. First, the buttons are LOUD! Ker-chunk with every press. I have many pedals and they all have a nice, somewhat delicate click. This thing is loud. Second, I have several looper pedals AND HERE IS HOW THEY ALL WORK. YOU PRESS TO RECORD AND PRESS THE SAME BUTTON TO START THE LOOP. NOT ANOTHER PEDAL TWO BUTTONS TO THE LEFT. this means that with some intricate loops I have to look away from my guitar to make sure I click a foot button that is two buttons to the right. Stupid. Almost like the didn’t try it themselves. Third, the included cord is crappy and you cannot use a third party cord. At least mine won’t work. And I’m talking real quality cords! You know, Fender, you should have had the software guys hold the foot switch.

KennardyMon, Feb 5, 2024

United States

I’m not sure if it’s the Fender GTX or if it’s the app but either way every time I’m playing, at some point or another the Bluetooth will go blank. It’ll say it’s still connected to my phone but wont work anymore. Love all the sounds this comes with though… great feature.

DasrukenFri, Dec 29, 2023

United States

fender tone pro graphics in the app will be great! 🤝🏆

checkers vansTue, Oct 31, 2023

United States

I use this app to control a Fender Mustang GTX. The amp itself sounds terrific. The Tone app isn’t perfect, but it does its job well enough that I can’t really complain. The main UI for configuring signal chain and managing presets is very intuitive and extremely flexible (compared to my previous “smart” amp, the Spark). Some other areas of the app can start to feel a little clunky, and the connection between amp/iPad drops more often than I would like. But I consider these minor issues; overall the app does what it was designed to do and gets out of my way. Fender gets some criticism for not providing continuous app or amp updates, but I think this is a little unfair. In my opinion the software/firmware is very solid and doesn’t have any major bugs to address. It’s unrealistic to expect Fender to continue delivering free updates. I would rather have a solid amp with no updates as opposed to a mediocre amp with continuous updates.

reynoldsbdFri, Oct 13, 2023

United States

Love using this to jam. Helps to visually see all the effects, amp mods, etc in the palm of your hands! Nice job fender 🤘🏼

Skater boi24Tue, Jul 25, 2023

United States

Awesome amp (GTX100) and app. My only beef is that there isn’t a virtual pedal that would control the master amp volume. If you are using the XLR out there is no way to control the volume with the EXP-1 in either volume or expression mode. Sure, the amp speaker is affected but XLR out is always maxed. This makes the XLR output useless for live gigs. There is a workaround where you can control the eq-5 pedal and use the EXP-1 to control gain but it’s not the greatest. I don’t want to drive gain, just volume.

FunkenhauserWed, Jun 7, 2023

United States

I love my amp and app but Jesus is it a pain to use sometimes. The actual amp on pre set tones are amazing especially for someone that’s starting out and wanting to try out tones. To use all its functions you would need to use this app and hook up your phone Bluetooth and start downloading presets or changing the presets. Great idea but when you have to turn on and off your amp a few times to hook up it gets annoying real quick. This is after updating your amp as well. It’s even more annoying when you phone randomly disconnects from your amp and you have to set your guitar back down and try to reconnect. Very annoying.

DogePenisFri, Jun 2, 2023

United States