Fender Tone Master Pro: Episode IV - A New Hope

[metropolis_4]

Anyone know if the TMP has expression pedal heel down for tuner like on Kemper, BOSS GT-1000 and Fractal?

I don’t believe it does, no.

Why not all 3 ( Fractal, Temp, QC) and use the best of what the 3 offer and use as needed

I’m not opposed to it If they all offer something I need. I’m not sure what QC is bringing to the table for me that the other two don’t have though

 

[Mongillo19]

I’m not opposed to it If they all offer something I need. I’m not sure what QC is bringing to the table for me that the other two don’t have though

Timbuck awakens.

Speaking of which, where is that degenerate?

 

[Foxmeister]

I’m not sure what QC is bringing to the table for me that the other two don’t have though

The obvious thing that springs to mind is captures of course, but I guess these don't interest you?

Then there is form factor too, but you have to weigh that one up with the use of a power brick - although if you're going to use the QC as part of a pedalboard, there are plenty of pedalboard power suppliers that can power the QC - although they should have really made it work with 9V rather than 12.

 

[metropolis_4]

The obvious thing that springs to mind is captures of course, but I guess these don't interest you?

Then there is form factor too, but you have to weigh that one up with the use of a power brick - although if you're going to use the QC as part of a pedalboard, there are plenty of pedalboard power suppliers that can power the QC - although they should have really made it work with 9V rather than 12.

Yeah right now those don’t interest me very much. I don’t have anything to Capture and form factor difference isn’t important to me.

 

[Whizzinby]

Cool to see them aggressively developing it.

I’m impressed how forward thinking Fender has been in regards to digital in general. This is going to serve them well moving forward.

Also cool given they arent being entirely complacent on the analog front either. The PanoVerb is one of the coolest amps released this year imo.

 

[LordByron]

Anyone know if the TMP has expression pedal heel down for tuner like on Kemper, BOSS GT-1000 and Fractal?

Yes, you can enable this. (I have it set up.) I would have to go back and check my settings to see exactly where/how, as I don't recall off the top of my head.

 

[JCW308]

Yes, you can enable this. (I have it set up.) I would have to go back and check my settings to see exactly where/how, as I don't recall off the top of my head.

OK Fender says no, you say yes?

 

[LordByron]

OK Fender says no, you say yes?

Hmm. Let me go back and look. I did also recently get a Fractal FM3. Maybe I'm confusing the two?

 

[Shredder777]

I checked the Sweetwater and the TMP has ~60 reviews in one year of sales, which is ~1/5th the number of reviews for the Helix which has been selling there for a decade.

It appears that Fender is making inroads with this thing. Looks good to me. If I had $1400 to buy a new modeler, I would be looking strongly at this. Its a little bit light now, but after a couple years of patches and updates, it will probably have an acceptable number.

Fender Tone Master Pro Multi-effects Guitar Workstation

Multi-effects Guitar Workstation with Amp Modeling, Effect Modeling, 7" Touchscreen, IR Manager, 4 FX Loops, Bluetooth, MIDI, USB, Song/Set List Mode, and Looper

www.sweetwater.com

 

[the-trooper]

I checked the Sweetwater and the TMP has ~60 reviews in one year of sales, which is ~1/5th the number of reviews for the Helix which has been selling there for a decade.

Typical guitarist:
- Line 6, LOL, digital crap!
- Ooooooo, Fender logo!

Guitarists are idiots.

 

[Shredder777]

Typical guitarist:
- Line 6, LOL, digital crap!
- Ooooooo, Fender logo!

Guitarists are idiots.

Fender has been doing digital for a while now. Anyone remember the Mustang Floor? It's the progenitor of the TMP. Didn't really take off but the combos sold well.

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I had this. It was pretty decent. You can see the design looked all business. The marshalls all sounded like junk. I bet you could gig with it today and get some random compliments on your tone. (audiences are idiots too.)

 

[metropolis_4]

I checked the Sweetwater and the TMP has ~60 reviews in one year of sales, which is ~1/5th the number of reviews for the Helix which has been selling there for a decade.

It appears that Fender is making inroads with this thing. Looks good to me. If I had $1400 to buy a new modeler, I would be looking strongly at this. Its a little bit light now, but after a couple years of patches and updates, it will probably have an acceptable number.

Dude. You’re concerned the Fractal Marshall models might not be authentic enough for you, so you’re thinking about going with the TMP?

I can tell you from experience using one for a while, the Marshall models in the TMP are possibly the least authentic Marshalls in any modeler out there today. I’m pretty sure they just lifted those models from the old Mustang and stuck them straight into the TMP.

There’s a lot I loved about the TMP, but the Marshall and Vox models in it are abysmal

 

[Frodebro]

Dude. You’re concerned the Fractal Marshall models might not be authentic enough for you, so you’re thinking about going with the TMP?

I can tell you from experience using one for a while, the Marshall models in the TMP are possibly the least authentic Marshalls in any modeler out there today. I’m pretty sure they just lifted those models from the old Mustang and stuck them straight into the TMP.

There’s a lot I loved about the TMP, but the Marshall and Vox models in it are abysmal

The non Fender models in the TMP (at launch) were the reason I wound up passing it up in favor of the FM9.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Dude. You’re concerned the Fractal Marshall models might not be authentic enough for you, so you’re thinking about going with the TMP?

I can tell you from experience using one for a while, the Marshall models in the TMP are possibly the least authentic Marshalls in any modeler out there today. I’m pretty sure they just lifted those models from the old Mustang and stuck them straight into the TMP.

There’s a lot I loved about the TMP, but the Marshall and Vox models in it are abysmal

And the overarching reality is -- a real Marshall can sound bad depending on player and/or settings.

 

[Shredder777]

I can tell you from experience using one for a while, the Marshall models in the TMP are possibly the least authentic Marshalls in any modeler out there today. I’m pretty sure they just lifted those models from the old Mustang and stuck them straight into the TMP

I had the Mustang Floor! And I agree the Marshalls were total junk. I thought I read they had improved the Marshalls for TMP.

The TMP looks good, but the latency is high enough that using loops 3/4, is a non starter for me, so while its pretty it would feel worse than amp sims on my PC. Also, the paucity of effects is concerning.

I am currently in the IR-X and AIAB phase. Maybe get a ToneX next or a V550 or uda anti for high gain shredding.

Its crazy to think, and this wasn't true ten years ago, but a pedalboard with an IR-X and ToneX could give someone 20 years of high quality tones that won't really be improved upon. And the IR-X isn't fundamentally better than the Zoom models either, just in some subtle details kind of way.

I'm seeing less and less need to upgrade.

 

[norminal]

Ha. Fender booted me from Discord because I dare to mention its flaws...

I've never seen such an immature bunch of so called professionals. To be clear, I'm not out there saying 'it sucks, don't buy it blah blah'. I am though, accurately, stating my disappointment that, for example, scenes doesn't work properly, and that it generates huge audio gaps when switching...

www.thegearpage.net

So Fender’s official discussion board is Discord? What happened to their forum?

 

[the-trooper]

Ha. Fender booted me from Discord because I dare to mention its flaws...

I've never seen such an immature bunch of so called professionals. To be clear, I'm not out there saying 'it sucks, don't buy it blah blah'. I am though, accurately, stating my disappointment that, for example, scenes doesn't work properly, and that it generates huge audio gaps when switching...

www.thegearpage.net

So Fender’s official discussion board is Discord? What happened to their forum?

Surprised that thread is allowed to exist at TOP.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I would hope it's obvious who they learned that technique from...

 

[JiveTurkey]

I'll get back to being good here in a sec!

 

[mikah912]

I would hope it's obvious who they learned that technique from...

"When you absolutely positively need to control public discussion of your device....accept no substitutes!".

In all seriousness, I'm gathering that these upstarts are seeing Discord as a more modern "customer interaction" channel than straight-up traditional discussion forums.

And I will give Fender's reps credit for sticking and publicly taking one-on-one questions here and elsewhere quite a while after launch....unlike some other company's product reps who basically went into the witness protection program.