Fender Frontman 25R

Hello all, in today's post I will be discussing the benefits and features of the Fender Frontman 25R, 25 watt combo amplifier. This is a very basic solid state amplifier and is great for getting a nice clean or dirty tone without spending a ton of money. Its single 10 inch Fender Special Design speaker makes for a great sounding small practice amp. It is not loud enough by itself to be heard over other instruments, but it is not designed to be. It is just right for relaxing on the couch at home, or for warming up for a gig.

The Frontman 25R has dual selectable channels, normal and drive. The normal channel is often referred to by players as the "clean channel", whereas the drive channel is also known as the "dirty channel". To get a nice crisp clean sound, you can simply balance all of the equalization settings by turning each EQ (treble, mid, bass) knob to the 12 o'clock position.

The Frontman 25R has awesome reverb. That is what the "R" in 25R stands for. It has it's own reverb control. You can turn the reverb knob just a little to get a small amount of reverberation or you can crank it up to get that famous surf-rock sound of the 1960's.

The Frontman 25R comes in a black or red textured vinyl covering with a silver grille cloth. It has a headphone jack, dual selectable channels (normal and drive),an auxiliary input for external media use such as a cd or MP3 player, equalization options with separate treble, mid, bass, volume, gain and drive controls, reverb for effects, and an optional footswitch input for remote channel selection.

The Frontman 25R is the perfect amplifier if you are looking for a very basic amp without lots of effects and special settings.