Fender TMP Firmware v1.7 Released

ChordInversion said:
Fender Bassman TV - Esoteric 2000's 1x15" bass amp that apparently Justin Meldal-Johnsen had been asking for. As long as he's happy.
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The original Bassman amps introduced in 1952 had a 1x15” and are known as “TV” models because of the styling of the front panel.

Is the new model really one of the 2000’s reissues or is it the original Bassman TV model?
 
I will say that if you just want to experiment with this stuff and you have a modeler or decent multifx, or a good envelope filter, you can combine a fuzz or distortion or waveshaper (essentially introducing a bunch of harmonics to your source guitar sound) and an envelope-controlled filter after and get in the ballpark of a lot of synth sounds... polyphonic things can be tricky at times with this approach, but you'd be surprised what you can do, especially if you then throw some FX on top.

A dedicated unit or block is going to do a way better job with less hassle though.
 
Jarick said:
Honestly, you'd probably be a lot happier if you just sold the TMP. If you're looking for a comprehensive collection of Fender amps something like a Tonex or Kemper would be a better choice. You'd have hundreds of different amps to choose from, vintage to modern.
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That's not actually what I want. I really just want a couple dozen actual classic Fenders, then the notion that a slow trickle (like we have now) will continue - but without them spending so many resources on amps that are anything but classic.

Also, after years of having a Tonex, I determined that captures simply don't work for me. Let's just take that as read. The whole appeal of the TMP for me was the idea of the interface paired with what I understandably thought would be the best pick from Fender's amp history. But the TMP team apparently doesn't care for Fender's amp history (or present - how about a Pano-Verb?), so we get whatever bland stuff is apparently dictated to them by marketing - "blonde" (change the speaker and mod the bright cap) Tone Masters, Blues Juniors, Bassbreakers. A few good ones as well, but yeah. Meh.

I've been using the TMP as a practice device. I may indeed sell it. We'll see.
 
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ChordInversion said:
That's not actually what I want. I really just want a couple dozen actual classic Fenders, then the promise that a slow trickle (like we have now) will continue - but without them spending so many resources on amps that are anything but classic.

Also, after years of having a Tonex, I determined that captures simply don't work for me. Let's just take that as read. The whole appeal of the TMP for me was the idea of the interface paired with what I understandably thought would be the best pick from Fender's amp history. But they the TMP team doesn't care for Fender's amp history (or present -m how about a Pano-Verb?), so we get whatever bland stuff is apparently dictated to them by marketing - "blonde" (change the speaker and mod the bright cap) Tone Masters, Blues Juniors, Bassbreakers. A few good ones as well, but yeah. Meh.

I've been using the TMP as a practice device. I may indeed sell it. We'll see.
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This would indeed drive me nuts if I was a Fender freak.
 
AlbertA said:
I'm not a Fender connoisseur - which Fender amps are missing ?
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Lots.

Anything brown panel
Anything blonde (truly blonde)
Things like the Vibrolux
Tweed Twin
The Pro/Pro Reverb
Any Champ
Any 2x10" combo
The Vibro-King isn't even finished
Tremolux
Bandmaster
Other channels on the Fender amps they have
Modern stuff like the Pano-Verb or the many Super-Sonic models.

I could go on. Some of the above had settings for them back on the old Cyber-Twin. I'm not being exotic in my thoughts.
 
ChordInversion said:
That's not actually what I want. I really just want a couple dozen actual classic Fenders, then the promise that a slow trickle (like we have now) will continue - but without them spending so many resources on amps that are anything but classic.

Also, after years of having a Tonex, I determined that captures simply don't work for me. Let's just take that as read. The whole appeal of the TMP for me was the idea of the interface paired with what I understandably thought would be the best pick from Fender's amp history. But they the TMP team doesn't care for Fender's amp history (or present -m how about a Pano-Verb?), so we get whatever bland stuff is apparently dictated to them by marketing - "blonde" (change the speaker and mod the bright cap) Tone Masters, Blues Juniors, Bassbreakers. A few good ones as well, but yeah. Meh.

I've been using the TMP as a practice device. I may indeed sell it. We'll see.
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Run the FM9 in the TMPs loop and have access to all the cool amps.
 
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metropolis_4 said:
The original Bassman amps introduced in 1952 had a 1x15” and are known as “TV” models because of the styling of the front panel.

Is the new model really one of the 2000’s reissues or is it the original Bassman TV model?
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Fair question. I do not truly know. The model list says "From the cult-classic Bassman TV series," which to me implies the newer one, but I can't say for certain. You'd think they'd mention '52 if that was it.
 
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