Features:

  • Enjoy pure portability from a petite sized amp packing a 1 watt punch.
  • Makes for a excellent travel companion as no electrical outlet required and Exclusively recommended for electrical guitars.
  • 1/4-Inch headphone jack and 9V adapter jack (Best with Polaroid 9V Batteries)
  • Explore many tones from crunch to clean with the Gain, Tone and Volume controls.
  • Black 'Chicken' head knobs mimic this amps bigger brother and a red 'jewel' indicates this amp is fired up and ready to rock!
a beginning guitarist's review

I have a small apartment in a small but densely populated apartment complex - space and noise is an issue. As a beginning guitarist, I contemplated a small amp but decided on the Mini Tone Master (because in my apartment, the smaller the better). Also, I had no need for ample volume or a variety of controls being at the level that I am... I just wanted something no-frills that was small, compact with enough quality sound to help me as I practice. The Mini Tone Master delivers well. I was pretty surprised at the range of sounds the little guy can produce (from distortion grungy to a softer bluesy tone). It does not come with a power adapter but we already have on in the apartments and works well with that or with a battery. Battery life is also pretty good. I've had the same battery in there for several months already, playing several times a week and sometimes leaving it on accidentally for a day or two and no signs of battery drain so far. It is a little frustrating sometimes, as another reviewer mentioned, to remove the distortion but with enough fiddling, I found a setting that was acceptable to my ears. While I didn't need volume, this little guy can be loud! No weakness there. I also plugged an acoustic-electric classical guitar into the mini tone master and it also worked surprisingly well.

Awesome little amp!

Bought this little guy for my dad for Christmas (he wants me to teach him some guitar) and its pretty sweet. I ran my '72 thinline tele and Wildkat through it and it held up pretty well. since the twin speakers are so small, it'll distort on the cleans a little. but what do you expect from a tiny amp? Pretty similar to my mini honeytone amp. great amp to just start out on, or for traveling. I haven't tried headphones yet but I have high hopes. also, the tweed is awesome, and it seems to be pretty durable. would definitely recommend it!

Its a Wonderful amp, but be realistic

Let's first get this out of the way: This is a MINI AMP you play around with. A lot of people seem to have unrealistic expectations of these kinds of amps and rate them poorly because of those expectations. They are good as practice amps that won't have the neighbors complaining and save a lot of space but they aren't actual amps you could use in actual gigs except the smallest of crowds. That said, this Fender is a wonderful little bugger. This little guy is small, a lot smaller than I expected with two 2" speakers. It also looks adorable, not a phrase a guitarist would want to hear about his or her gear, but there is no other way to describe it. Its tweed exterior, chickenhead knobs and small size make it look like a precocious baby brother to the '57 Twin and I really like the way it looks. Its cute with a cool, retro feel given off by the quality of the tweed covering and the leather handle. In terms of sound and volume, its got a lot of neat tricks. With the gain at zero and the volume set all the way to 12, it retains a remarkably clean sound, but its a bit weak volume wise. My Danelectro Honeytone, which has a similar 1w output, is louder with the gain turned down but it breaks up into OD at full volume so it isn't as clean as the Fender at full volume. With the gain and volume set to 12, the amp gives and impressive, overdriven sound, that in my opinion, stands quite well along side its bigger brother. It has a sweet, crunchy, warm sound but its not what you'd use for death metal. I have a affinity for small mini amps and I really think this Fender is worth a look. The Minis I have: Fender MIni "57 Twin Orange CR3 Micro Crush Pix Vox Amplug AC30 w/ 0.7 Amplug Cabinet Danelectro Honeytone

Big sound in a small amp.

What a cool amp! Got for my grandson to use with his Loog guitar. Nice mix of controls between volume, tone and drive. Surprising loud. Enjoy clear shimmers or crank the drive and find some crunch. Plugged my Strat into it - not bad as a practice amplifier. As my wife keeps saying of it, "It is so cute!" Don't think or young rocker will want to hear that.

If you want compact then look no further.

When I buy stuff I never think about dimensions very much. So when this arrived and was that tiny, my jaw dropped and I though given that if I would've spent 20 more dollars I could've got regular small standard amplifier - I had screwed myself by not doing enough research. As I am a beginner I just needed an amp capable of hearable sound and one where earphones would work well and I could practice before moving onto bigger ones for gigs or group sessions. At first the battery wouldn't work (but that was on me, long story). After getting battery to work, I plugged up and what came out amazed me for the size this is (2 watts I believe). For practicing on your own or even in a house to not disturb others this is perfect (or even as a display as a collectors item). It's super tiny but for how big it is has an impeccable sound. You can't turn it too loud or it gets washed out and I don't mess with distortion and stuff too much so can't comment on variations of sound. I'm trying to find a good wall wart as a power cord but I'm a little leary about damaging product or myself. I still don't know how long batteries last (they are 9V), if I did I would rate based on that as well. Rating it based on what I expected versus what I got versus what I wound up realizing it capable of, I'm very pleased. Plus given how spacious and divided my gig bag is, it even fits in front pocket of my guitar case, so I could essentially carry my entire set with me in one trip to vehicle (As stand collapses down, tuner clips on guitar, pedals fit in pockets). I will obviously get a bigger amp if I play a crowd or audience, but see no reason to yet if this one lasts well on batteries for awhile and since it's a common battery you can buy tons for cheap. If you are a beginner like me and just want to be able to hear yourself play loud enough or hook up headphones and want something very compact to haul around this is perfect. If you are looking for true practice amp for group sessions or gig amp for crowd, steer clear unless you want to be disappointed. If you are expecting a bigger sound than what it offers, you are in for a let down. If you go in open minded and with little expectations this gem will amaze you. Because the size made my jaw drop, the sound made it raise back up as I was surprised by what I heard.

Awesome little "personal" practice amp

Awesome little "personal" practice amp - really good tone at reasonably low volumes, realistic overdrive crunch at high volumes (without the "gain" overdrive boost). sounds great with reverb, chorus, phaser, compressor (etc.) stomp-boxes in front. Basically like the old-school "headphone amps" but with a ton of style and nice speakers! Brought it to rehearsal and cracked up my band-mates!

Perfect travel AMP.

Nice little amp. I use this in the back of the van at the park to practice and also take it on the road with me. It will not rock the block, but I have bigger hardware for that. I think this is much better than the little plug in ones that are out. I have one of those and this has better options. Only concern I had was the 9 volt that came with it lasted about two hours. But I replaced it with a real one and I have lost track of the number of hours I have used it. Way more than would make me add the AC power adapter to it. Other reviews talk about dorm rooms or kids rooms, it is perfect for that.

Cool and fun little amp to play around with and a very cheap way to get the tweed tone.

Really cool little tweed sounding amp. I pulled the wires from the speakers and soldered a Jack in so I can use it with bigger cabinets, I have small cabinets with 6" alnico vintage speakers, a custom built cab with a 10" vintage alnico speaker, a 4x12" with a mix of ceramic and alnico vintage speakers and they all sound very good. Granted it's not a 1957 tweed deluxe or twin but it does have a tweed sound and overdrive to it and I'm happy with it. I believe many of the negative reviews are people not understanding what this amp is. Tweed tone and overdrive is very different from modern style amplifiers. I own a champ clone and a 5e3 style amp I built. I love the tweed style more than my more modern sounding tube amps. Update- yesterday I plugged a Jensen c12n into this amp and my wife came downstairs and couldn't believe I was playing through it and not one of my bigger tube amps. It sounds fantastic through the 12" speaker and really gets the vintage tweed tone. I have been really happy with it so far and really enjoy playing it.

Mini Head Banger!

We have amps. Warm tube amps. High tech amps that accurately recreate tonal aspects of bands and songs. Amps that are cheap enough to smash on stage. Then we have this little Fender Tonemaster amp. This thing is just fun. Batter powered so it goes anywhere. Has its own little unique sound quality that can make even amateurs sound like they know something. It’s not a Marshall stack, or anything Orange, but it is fun, and works like advertised.

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