Fender TMP Firmware v1.7 Released

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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 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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You could also try different cabinet IR's. That's going to change the sound far more than a slightly different amp model ever would.

 
Jarick said:
You could also try different cabinet IR's. That's going to change the sound far more than a slightly different amp model ever would.

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Yeah, but - and I swear I am not trying to be difficult - I don't care what else I can try.

The point for me in getting the TMP was not to tinker around and see how I can get a handful of amp models to kinda cover things. The point was to have an idea about a song or a riff, grab a guitar, and then "plug into" some feature complete amps that dial in just like their physical equivalents. Try a few, find a sound that hits me as fitting that idea, and then dial it in from there. I do that with my FM9T now, and it's great. I was just hoping tom have a more "plug and play" experience with the Fender.

If I really want to get into the guts of the amp and the cabinet and all that, I could already do that with other modelers I already had. To me, the whole value of the TMP interface was to be able to grab a Super Reverb and actually use the reverb (and so on) - right there in the skeuomorphic amp model's interface. To make maximum use of that kind of interface, it makes sense to have more models that are feature complete. And in getting a modeler from Fender, it made sense to me to expect over time for the best historic Fender sounds to be accessible through that interface.

If they're not gonna do that, while I get that it can still work well for other people, it's nothing but a practice device for me. And, IMO, a spectacularly wasted opportunity.
 
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What's really funny to me is that the participation on the TMP Discord is so sparse. You grow to recognize the handful of people who do almost all of the posting very quickly. In theory there are 195 members online right now, but they're all clearly in other Discords. The talk they get elsewhere online (including here) tells a similar story. Their YouTube channel views and comments are also really low for a lot of videos.

No wonder the dev team prioritized the obscure bass amp request from an accomplished-but-not-household-name bassist. ;)
 
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ChordInversion said:
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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I mean, didn't the 00s one have a solid state power amp? Seems like an odd choice for it to be that version in this context. If it's the 50s one, that's a really cool inclusion imo. That's the sort of mega-rare piece of Fender history that I'd want on a Fender modeler.

But yeah, if it's the 00s one, that is odd unless it truly has some cult following idk about (extremely possible)
 
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