Fender 57 Champ Custom 5W 1x8 Tube Guitar Combo Amp Tweed 

The features on this amp are all like the vintage original. You get one volume knob and the tone is

so good that is all you need. You have 2 inputs so that both humbuckers and single coils sound great. Hand wired, wood constuction, tweed covering all classic. If you want clean tone this little

amp has it nailed.

The quality of this amp is top notch. There is no need for modification, upgrades or tweek repairs.

It is solid out of the box and delivers what it claims; clean, warm , classic tone ! The tweed covering

is sweet and done right. Inside and out this amp is the real thing.

The originals of this amp are going for a lot. All in less than perfect shape. If you get a good one they sound great, but at 2 or more times the cost, no warranty, and a risky buy via the net. The

57 Champ new sounds just as good as the vintage ones.   I don't expect mine to ever need any service. I have had it for over a year and with the gentle touch that tube amps require I suspect the only thing I will need is a tube swap when they run their course.  Unless you are a "collector" I see no reason to spend twice as much or more for a worn out vintage model.

Overall this amp will give the owner a great recording amp as well as an amp to play small venues

and the ultimate bedroom, low volume, practise amp. I like using it with a small solid state accoustic

amp [with delay/echo] and a A/B box. I split my electric guitar signal into the two amps and get a

beatiful clean tone. The solid state amps fills in frequensies that the tube amp is lacking and vice-

versa. The sonic imaging between the two amps is sweet. Adding a good reverb pedal to the CHAMP

warms and opens the sound even more and the Champ takes a pedal well, yet is great on its own.

Choose your sound. With as simple as this amp is it is also versatile. The above rig is also a dream

to haul !! The Champ is under 20 lbs and my solid state amp is 24 lbs. With the two of them I can

play restaurants and other small venues with a great tone and more than enough volume.

        If you want a small tube amp with a clean sound at least consider the 57 CHAMP.

My #1 musical disappointment in 2011 was this purchase.     If the amp chassis did not rattle like crazy - it'd be a sweet combo.         Shocked this made it through Fender QA

I was SO EXCITED to receive this amp, right until I turned it on and started to play.         I cannot express how shocked I was at the amount of chassis rattle.         Perhaps I received a bad unit. This was my first Fender custom shop purchase, and had assumed each unit was play tested since they are hand wired.        

Anyway, really wanted to keep this one - but the chasis rattle is way too harsh harsh harsh.

The consensus in the community seems to be these are a bit overpriced given the component costs.     Yes, the hand wiring counts for something - but not when your amp is unplayable due to chassis rattle.