Hell, you could do signature series that give one tone like an EVH or SRV or Clapton and make a killing selling them for 50 bucks a piece. Plug it into a flat amp.... Im already thinking about the collection id try to get.
Pro tip; The volume on the mustang acts as a master volume and it uses the guitar volume as gain control. Great gain sweep in many of the voices to varying degrees. Between the knob and the different choices lies the entire spectrum of distortion. pristine clean, to super fuzzy velcro. And everything in between. The bassbreaker and fbe in particular, have a semi-clean sweet spot that sound amazing.
Looks like companies are realising there are a hell of a lot of 'playin' in my room' people out there. There's the next Andertons series... "Room Rigs"
For about 4 years I had a head with no cab - I’d just plug my headphones into the amp. Most expensive headphone amp in the world… although this was nearly 20 years ago.
@@boggeshzahim3713 any amp, tube or digital, will have to get to a certain loudness before it moves bigger speakers in a pleasant way - which will be too much for many especially at night. and many/most of the small amps don't really have good headphone outs. and those that do have good headphone outs aren't as portable as this kind of thing. not to the extent of casually walking around the house with just headphones connected to this and a guitar strapped around your back. some of the pitfalls of somewhat similar stuff is that they're either bad sounding (amplugs), overloaded with distracting and halfbaked features (nux, harley benton) while lacking fundamental quality or overly expensive and somewhat restrictive (waza air headphones). -> i did love the line6 pod express but it had finnicky battery compartment and ofc no bluetooth so you had to also be wired to the audio source, which takes away from its portability (I used to clip it on the guitar strap and connect it via a small guitar cable). were you to play over anything, even with the phone/mp3 player in your pocket you still had to clip it to the strap and use 3 different cables to connect it to the guitar, headphones and aux source. mutang micro basically does it all in a much smaller footprint and is recheargeable. still sounds very good fed into bigger stuff as well, like car audio aux in among other things. i think this one really hits the right balance. it's very good quality at core, doesn't distract with endless tweaking features or apps and can be even be used to record some other stuff (think electric violin or keyboards) or simply plug it to their headphone/line out to add maybe a tutorial source via its BT. What I like especially is that it's so powerful to drive headphones that you don't really have to turn up the volume on it too far even on higher impedance ones, which makes the battery last a lot more. Love it as an audio bt headphone amp for music too. It's a fun and useful device for sure. Glad I bought it.
I bought one of these. It’s a life changer. I even tried it with studio monitor headphones. Pretty neat. Also, it’s kind of cool for you to show up in the cabin with just your guitar case and your wife asks you, “Where’s your amp?” Then you say, “Right here.” I love it. It’s my favorite device.
I have the vox bass headphone amp. It has a drum machine instead of effects. Which is so cool. But also I plug my phone into the aux jack and can practice at 3am. Or whenever, wherever. I work nights and it's a life changer. I just bought a fender bassman 100t tube amp. Which isn't practical for practicing in the middle of the night..and I play everyday, and just having the built drum machine is awesome. I've played 30+ years and wish I had one a long time ago.
Also, one thing that you didn't mention is that there is a very easy fix for guitars that don't have a lot of room for the plug- and that is a small extension chord adaptor. I use one on my wireless system and I built a little case that attaches to my guitar strap. I intend on doing the same with the Mustang Micro as well.
I genuinely wasn’t expecting to be remotely interested in this, but it sounds absolutely killer! Might have to get one for noodling about occasionally at work. Brilliant sounding, no faffing about to get a decent sound, just play it! Being able to Bluetooth a backing track to it is very classy too. What’s not to like.
I didn't think Id have much interest...but it's life changing. I have the vox bass headphone amp. And it has a built in drum machine. And sounds really good...the vox guitar amps are only 40$. But I get way more use than I thought..you can hook the phone up and practice with TH-cam as well. It's just convenient, I play everyday as much as possible. And I work nights. So it's excellent. One of the best practice tools
@@Holdaio That's a future plan, maybe. I want to see if I like recording first and I hate turning on my computer to hear an ampsound. When I'm really inspired I want something to plug into immediately that won't boughter the neighbors.
Well imagine this. You're in front of the room waiting for the next class, and just want to practice to kill time. Using laptop hooked up with interface will be super cumbersome. With this you can just plug your headphone in and start rocking. I was doing this with Korg Pandora back in the day. The sound is terrible, but at least I can do a few thing rather than just to listen to it acoustically (which won't do in the noisy environment). Also, I find that rather than using plugin, it's better to use a modeller (Neural Quad Cortex, Kemper, Helix, AxeFx whatever), plug into an interface with direct monitoring. That will give better user experience than using plug-in by a few miles or km....
I've done gigs where it's been feasible to use one amp setting for the whole gig, and just control everything from the guitar. I felt challenged at the time to see what was the smallest amount of gear I could turn up with that would still sound ok. My various Line 6 devices fell at early fences because they were a bit too fiddley to adjust at the gig. The lightest, simplest, set-up I achieved that had a sound I was happy with, was a Yamaha THR10 with the headphone out going to the PA, and I did a bunch of gigs like that. Can't wait to try a Mustang Micro through a PA!
Fantastic piece of kit - took it and my bass round to jam with my drummer friend last weekend. Simply plugged it into the V-Drums module with a 3.5mm jack and output via the drum monitor. So much easier than lugging a big amp around! Also perfect for practice when the rest of the house trying to sleep.
I swear if I had one of these in college it would have allowed me to practice 100s of days more. All I had was an amp and it wouldn't allow me to practice and got me in trouble and kicked off the "quiet" floor. I imagine this would allow a player to improve more quickly because of the capability of playing without being heard by others.
that’s exactly why i’m looking at electric guitars, mainly i love the sound from jazz, to metal i’m going crazy trying to find a somewhat budget one that can do all of them, i’ve had an acoustic for years but rarely touch it cause everyone can hear it, being able to play only to myself would be a dream i could practice all the time
The School of Music should have a dorm for musicians at each university that has such a program. I'm not a musician, I'm just saying if we want to continue to have people creating music for us to enjoy, we need to make certain these individuals...pros and amateurs alike...have a place to hone their skills, to create, and to stretch their wings.
I just finished my first week with the new Mustang Micro and I promise you it is worth every Dollar! I love the spank and the throaty tone of a beautiful Strat and I just got it out of my SG with this plug!
The gods have answered my prayers!! The headphone input in my amp broke ages ago, so it’s been almost impossible for me to play at home at any sort of decent volume. This little thing is perfect for me! Thank you, Andertons! p.s Shipping can’t be too bad on this little thing
This is fantastic! I play through amp sims most of the time anyway but I have to run the computer for that. So when the practice bug bites me I have to go to my desk and start the computer. With this little thing I can practice while sitting on the couch or even in an entirely different location without the hassle of needing a power source (which is the downside to a lot of the pedal-sized multiFX-units). Even if this thing goes low on the battery I can take a powerbank with me. And my daughter can use it, too. I will buy a Mustang Micro for sure! Thanks for the video!
Pete pulling a Mayer reference “Bro, go to sleep bro...” Lol.... priceless... proving that even amazing guitar players like Pete nerd out on Mayer’s live streams!
Just got mine off of Amazon and it’s great. I live in a studio apartment so I can’t blast my amp to much. But this is perfect. Have to rewatch this video to learn the amp affects, effects, colors of them, and just listening as u guys go to through them again. Plus I enjoy just walking around playing with no cords dragging around. I naturally want to stand when I’m play. Thank you guys for review. Cheers
Those mics are amazing. After the Captain says "Whatever you want" at 11:35, someone says "huh", and it sounds like they are sitting to my right in my living room. I turned my head when I heard that. Amazing fidelity.
Almost a year later, I bought one this week. Totally loving it. Using it for quiet guitar playing and syncing to the computer via bluetooth so I can play along with TH-cam tutorials.
Pete smiles and jumps into the tune with happy abandon. Then the Cap too. Boy, gents, nice to see the good mood translate into sweet sounds! And I am only 2 min in ...
These headphone amps are really useful I have a vox metal almost the same sound as my 100w katana and pedal board. Though it wasn't all that durable already had to glue it back together and the controls are scratchy. Still great starter amp option and awesome for traveling or even demoing guitars at the music store without having to find an amp or wait for a booth to play in.
I always take fender products with a grain of salt but this micro mustang has me sold. Definitely buying this piece of technology!! I’m even digging that silver Tele, might just have to buy one of those also.
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Basically a copy of the NUX mighty amplug 2 but this has all the cool mustang tones that I absolutely love. As Pete said no sim does Fender sounds like Fender and I still absolutely love my Mustang 1 amplifier so this is the perfect sofa guitarists practice and jam tool. Great for late night Dad guitarists like me.
Mmm, interesting, twice the price of a vox or blackstar amplug but a lot more features. Plus rechargeable battery. Those are going to fly off the shelves
@@sliceofsparta8985 I'd love to see a comparison with the Nux Mighty Plug, which is £60 and has an android/iOS app to allow you to control the effects and effect settings. But Andertons dont sell them.
Actually, the rechargeable battery is the only downside for me. I have plenty of AA and AAA batteries at home and I just hate charging more and more devices. And it's always a question whether the 4 hours battery life will hold after a year or two. Or is the battery replaceable?
@@Forest_Fifer I have the Nux Mighty Plug and Mighty Air, and would recommend this as much as those! The Nux is super powerful and affordable, 24 bit recordings. This has 16 bit, but full onboard control and loads of nice stock effects that you don't have to dial/edit in. The Mighty Air is my favorite device by far, but it also lacks bass so have to put into a FRFR speaker, better to get this and put it into a FRFR!
Your comment about using it as a practice amp is basically what I recommend for beginners. There are a bunch of headphone amps in the $50-100 range which can be turned into mini amps by connecting them to a speaker with an AUX in, and they are going to be the same as or better than any beginner practice amp. I switched from a small practice amp I got for $25 to the Valeton Rushead Max (which you guys should consider reviewing!) I bought on sale for $40, and it sounded better than the small practice amp and I will be keeping it in the long run to use as a silent headphone amp and a mini travel amp when connected to a speaker. So it seems like a far better use of one's money to get one of these headphone amps that can be used for years for travel or silent practice, instead of a small beginner's amp that will quickly be gotten rid of for probably much less than the original price.
The reason for no Bluetooth is simple. You can’t use Bluetooth for playing guitar into a headset. The protocol has too much delay. 34ms is peak bluetooth speeds and you cant play guitar with that. Waza Air Uses Bluetooth for playback from your phone, but the signal from the guitar to the headset is radio (probably 2,4ghz). Still looking like a great piece of kit.
The great thing about this gadget is it's the Waza Air with the expensive tech, such as wireless and trick amp 3d room audio, taken out and the basic idea done well. And no messing with equity my phone when I'm supposed to be practicing. I like.
Okay, so they mentioned the intro jam was done by running the headphone-out to PA speakers (I assume with a 1/4" adapter). That opens up so many possibilities. This could essentially be an ultra low-budget Strymon Iridium or Walrus AcS1 killer I need to see someone test this with a pedalboard and hear if it takes pedals well. Hypothetically you could just snag yourself one of these and you've not only saved space on your pedalboard but also a plug on your power supply, and you've also got built-in reverb, plus some other effects, and even more preamp presets than other high-budget direct solutions
@@WeeFreeMan78 connect your guitar to the pedals, and this into the last pedal. I’ve done this with the Amplug 2. Works beautifully and sounded passable.
I was thinking as the clean amp on a wet dry style rig because I’ve got my gained amp, small pa speaker and I can’t afford to get a second a decent app at the moment
I’m sold. I’m a brand new beginner and just bought a guitar and one of these to jam out privately and go on the journey of developing skills. This review was everything I was looking for, I left away completely satisfied and any questions answered by your guys’s good review. I subscribed as well. Cheers
I’d be curious to hear the difference between a mustang amp with headphones on and this micro amp. Oftentimes, it’s the speaker that hinders that amps potential.
I have the mustang 1 v2. 8inch speaker version. Sounds way better with my closed back studio headphones than with the speaker. Might grab one of these plugs though. Less cables in the living room.
Something good to keep in mind is that these will also depend on the buyer already having a decent to good pair of headphones along with it. If not, budget in another $100-200 for headphones, which can still come to under half the price of the Boss Waza-Air.
I was thinking this wouldnt be that good considering how there are no knobs to fine tune but now i understand that this is for the general public not the pros who would be fine tuning. Very good product
Pretty cool, but I’ll just stick to my current rig of tying two Fender Bassmans to my head. Gotta have that True Tube Tone™️ when I’m playing at home to my cats.
That's just stupid. Haven't you heard of sticking your head inside your cabinet? Gives a really open 3D tone, will literally take your head off. Totally recommended.
Just like to say a huge thank you to all you guys at Andertons for making my day everyday by having so much fun educational, and most of all entertainment thanks guys.
These vids you guys upload are such a pleasant diversion! (I was having an evening stroll (at 2.1 mph) on the treadmill while watching this review, but stopped for a minute to comment.) You're entertaining, educational and casual at the same time. I ordered one of these Micros earlier today and was curious about your experience. Glad you posted this. Genuine thanks for another pleasant half-hour visit by two new friends who have become regular guests in my living room. During the past week, your vids helped me pick out the new Fender Strat HSS Ultra (cobalt blue with the rosewood fretboard) which Fender will also be shipping with the Micro in the coming week. Keep up the great content!
I have a feeling Lee is a lot more open when not recording. I can imagine it's a lot easier to relax and reach for things that aren't so comfortable when completely losing solo doesn't means you need to cut and reshoot a bunch of stuff. He's paying people to be there after all! I definitely notice that just from the simple act of pressing the record button myself - I can't imagine when you have a whole crew relying on you.
I actually got one of these for the tele Pro I got from you guys, I have neighbours who are on night shift and I don't play guitar at night, so now I can play/practice day and night, awesome peice of kit
the acoustic/ambient string noise in the right ear is actually a really nice touch since most headphone will have a little bit of bleed from the guitar anyways! makes for a very realistic demo! bravo! :)
To be honest, amazing product in terms of engineering. Incredible. You can fool me easily to make me believe that those sounds are coming from real speakers. Microcontroller race is amazing these days. STM32, ESP32, Teensy, Arduino... You name it. If you can imagine something, you can build it if you have the know-how. On the other hand, it is a proof that the major part of the cost of any product is enclosures, displays, knobs etc... all that non-essential stuff. Whoever worked on this product should be proud of themselves.
I ordered a Nux Mighty Plug yesterday and see this video today... 😀 You didn't mention the Nux as a reference point: hiw would it compare ? The Nux has an interesting app. Does this Fender have an a similar one ? Is it compatible with Fender Tone ? I'll google and post the answer... EDIT: the answer seems to ne "no". So, Fender Micro for many Fendery tones, and Nux for tweakability 😀
Just the gizmo I've been looking for. This sounds good and seems quite versatile. I've tried those transistorized things like Vox and they sound awful. No irig nonsense for me. If it doesn't plug in to your guitar just get a guitar cord extension cord or a barrel connector.
I was a bit sceptical about this idea. There has always seemed something insurmountable about getting a satisfying guitar sound through headphones. I just went to the store and got them to open one up. Out of the box, the first sound was a beautiful clean with a touch of reverb. A quick scroll through some other sounds showed this thing is really useful. I've got it home now and have been jamming to bluetoothed music. I love it. I tried a bass with the Studio Preamp sound and that was a fail, but I want to experiment a bit and see whether I can get it to sound better.
“Wasp in a jam jar” was worth my time watching! As an American I love the English colloquialisms. “Bits and bobs”, “chalk and cheese “. Probably genetic from my origins. Good review. Looks like a value.
PETE YOU ARE THE MAN I'VE BEEN SEARCHING EVERYWHERE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THEY WAS BLUETOOTH HEADPHONE CAPABLE NOT EVEN FENDER TELLS YOU ON THEIR WEBSITE BUT YOU TACKLED THAT MYSTERY FOR ME I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT FOR MONTHS NOW YOU ARE THE MAN BROTHA
Looks really well-built and is versatile. Plus, rechargeable battery. I know the price tag is higher than competitors' models but this knocks them out of the water with a bang and makes them look like toys. Going to ditch my vox amplug and fetch one of these.
Beat gear release of 2021 IMO - awesome! Preset storage (or midi) would have been a big win - Sounds so good, I want to switch into OD during jam alongs and/or save a favorite setting w/o having to cycle through to find the amp/fx and wear the buttons out.
just bought one. amazing. the sound quality is top of the line. sounds just like my mustang 100 watt amp. and with the bluetooth i can jam along with andertons tv.
Excellent video! Thank you for the entire team at Anderton's for putting this out for all to experience, learn from, and appreciate! Well done. I bought a Vox clean headphone amp 2 years ago, but this is my next purchase.
Just ordered one of these today, my reasoning is I find myself wanting to play guitar from midnight onwards regularly. I could plug the headphones into the guitar amp, but then I'm still left with; what do I jam along to... This seems like an ideal solution for ability to keep playing past unsociable hours.
Great comprehensive review. I was already curious about this "amp", but you totally sold me on it. Just got rid of my Line 6 Pod and I'm going to turn around and put the $ into this. This thing should basically be the go-to for new players learning. Incredible. Will this work plugged into an effects pedal, I wonder? Or is putting the guitar->pedal->mustang too funky of an order for the signal chain? Seems like it might work if you used that last pass-through setting on the Mustang. Shoot, the only way this could be better would be if it somehow had a tuner...I am betting version 2.0 has one. (Side note, after months of TH-cam pointing me at your videos, this is the one that got me to subscribe. I feel bad living in the US and having no way to support you as a local business, but subscribing seemed like the least I could do...)
I'm getting mine this week. I've been waiting for this since it was announced at NAMM 2021 virtual convention where you're "there" but not really due to stupid Covid.
You didn't mention using this with a pedalboard. I'm assuming you can right? Plug from your guitar into your board, then plug the mustang micro to the output of your board, and then plug in some headphones and have no care in the world. Right??
If you want to jam with a friend just plug Into computer speakers with a wopher power cord Sounds good at low volume and doesn't wake the neighbors. Liked the fender clean .also a must have for over the road truck driver s. N camping. Hooked I to party speakers
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Got one! Consumer advice: owning one of these will not turn you into Pete! At least not instantly. I'll tell you how it's going in a week's time.
I got one when they were first released, and I still think that I would weep if it broke. lol.
What model Tele Pete is playing in this video? (Silver one with the matching silver headstock)
Thanks!
Killer video, guys! Awesome to see you enjoying the Mustang Micro 🤟
This thing sounds amazing! Very impressed, tiny, cheap, easy to set, sounds ready to go.. very good job Fender!
Thank you for making this, Fender!!
Impressive price point! That's cheaper than my headphones alone!
When are you making a danish pete signature hahaha
Hell, you could do signature series that give one tone like an EVH or SRV or Clapton and make a killing selling them for 50 bucks a piece. Plug it into a flat amp.... Im already thinking about the collection id try to get.
Man, all Squier combos should come with one of these instead.
SUPER underrated comment
That will be sick indeed
Easier to package and better sounding
@@jporfirio_ exactly what I thought... way cooler too :P
BIG FACTS
Pro tip; The volume on the mustang acts as a master volume and it uses the guitar volume as gain control. Great gain sweep in many of the voices to varying degrees. Between the knob and the different choices lies the entire spectrum of distortion. pristine clean, to super fuzzy velcro. And everything in between. The bassbreaker and fbe in particular, have a semi-clean sweet spot that sound amazing.
Looks like companies are realising there are a hell of a lot of 'playin' in my room' people out there. There's the next Andertons series... "Room Rigs"
Even small tube amps are too loud for plenty of people. So happy to see companies making products for real people
For about 4 years I had a head with no cab - I’d just plug my headphones into the amp. Most expensive headphone amp in the world… although this was nearly 20 years ago.
@@boggeshzahim3713 any amp, tube or digital, will have to get to a certain loudness before it moves bigger speakers in a pleasant way - which will be too much for many especially at night. and many/most of the small amps don't really have good headphone outs. and those that do have good headphone outs aren't as portable as this kind of thing. not to the extent of casually walking around the house with just headphones connected to this and a guitar strapped around your back.
some of the pitfalls of somewhat similar stuff is that they're either bad sounding (amplugs), overloaded with distracting and halfbaked features (nux, harley benton) while lacking fundamental quality or overly expensive and somewhat restrictive (waza air headphones).
-> i did love the line6 pod express but it had finnicky battery compartment and ofc no bluetooth so you had to also be wired to the audio source, which takes away from its portability (I used to clip it on the guitar strap and connect it via a small guitar cable). were you to play over anything, even with the phone/mp3 player in your pocket you still had to clip it to the strap and use 3 different cables to connect it to the guitar, headphones and aux source. mutang micro basically does it all in a much smaller footprint and is recheargeable. still sounds very good fed into bigger stuff as well, like car audio aux in among other things.
i think this one really hits the right balance. it's very good quality at core, doesn't distract with endless tweaking features or apps and can be even be used to record some other stuff (think electric violin or keyboards) or simply plug it to their headphone/line out to add maybe a tutorial source via its BT.
What I like especially is that it's so powerful to drive headphones that you don't really have to turn up the volume on it too far even on higher impedance ones, which makes the battery last a lot more. Love it as an audio bt headphone amp for music too. It's a fun and useful device for sure. Glad I bought it.
I bought one of these. It’s a life changer. I even tried it with studio monitor headphones. Pretty neat. Also, it’s kind of cool for you to show up in the cabin with just your guitar case and your wife asks you, “Where’s your amp?” Then you say, “Right here.” I love it. It’s my favorite device.
If you have a 3.5mm to 1/4 adapter you could amp it up too through a powered speaker 😁
Yeah a life changer. Mine cured cancer!
I have the vox bass headphone amp. It has a drum machine instead of effects. Which is so cool. But also I plug my phone into the aux jack and can practice at 3am. Or whenever, wherever. I work nights and it's a life changer. I just bought a fender bassman 100t tube amp. Which isn't practical for practicing in the middle of the night..and I play everyday, and just having the built drum machine is awesome. I've played 30+ years and wish I had one a long time ago.
That's a pretty sweet wife to be worried you forgot your amp. : )
@@le_th_wife was thrilled he forgot the amp.
I recently got one of these and I noticed that I'm playing more.
Props to fender for using USB-C, while some tech companies still release products with Micro-B
coughs quad cortex cough
@@smashallpots1428 I didn't realize the quad cortex was micro. It costs literally a pennies extra for the USBC
@@gabrielschirmbeck400 its not even micro its actually type b the big square one the new revvs have it to the only bad thing about that amp
Or still asking for AA batteries
Acoustasonic…
This is the best demo of this amp. Such a cool idea to record the sound directly from the headphones, that’s really what I wanted to know and hear.
Also, one thing that you didn't mention is that there is a very easy fix for guitars that don't have a lot of room for the plug- and that is a small extension chord adaptor. I use one on my wireless system and I built a little case that attaches to my guitar strap. I intend on doing the same with the Mustang Micro as well.
I genuinely wasn’t expecting to be remotely interested in this, but it sounds absolutely killer! Might have to get one for noodling about occasionally at work. Brilliant sounding, no faffing about to get a decent sound, just play it! Being able to Bluetooth a backing track to it is very classy too. What’s not to like.
I didn't think Id have much interest...but it's life changing. I have the vox bass headphone amp. And it has a built in drum machine. And sounds really good...the vox guitar amps are only 40$. But I get way more use than I thought..you can hook the phone up and practice with TH-cam as well. It's just convenient, I play everyday as much as possible. And I work nights. So it's excellent. One of the best practice tools
Is this better than the nux headphone amp
This is perfect for me. As a student living in an apartment and getting interested in recording this seems unbelievable for the price.
Or get a audio interface and Neural DSP, ML Soundlab or some other plugin!
@@Holdaio That's a future plan, maybe. I want to see if I like recording first and I hate turning on my computer to hear an ampsound. When I'm really inspired I want something to plug into immediately that won't boughter the neighbors.
Well imagine this. You're in front of the room waiting for the next class, and just want to practice to kill time. Using laptop hooked up with interface will be super cumbersome. With this you can just plug your headphone in and start rocking.
I was doing this with Korg Pandora back in the day. The sound is terrible, but at least I can do a few thing rather than just to listen to it acoustically (which won't do in the noisy environment).
Also, I find that rather than using plugin, it's better to use a modeller (Neural Quad Cortex, Kemper, Helix, AxeFx whatever), plug into an interface with direct monitoring. That will give better user experience than using plug-in by a few miles or km....
You have done this personal amp justice. The best review by far with real world application. It’s what you and Pete rock at. Thank you
I've done gigs where it's been feasible to use one amp setting for the whole gig, and just control everything from the guitar. I felt challenged at the time to see what was the smallest amount of gear I could turn up with that would still sound ok. My various Line 6 devices fell at early fences because they were a bit too fiddley to adjust at the gig. The lightest, simplest, set-up I achieved that had a sound I was happy with, was a Yamaha THR10 with the headphone out going to the PA, and I did a bunch of gigs like that. Can't wait to try a Mustang Micro through a PA!
Fantastic piece of kit - took it and my bass round to jam with my drummer friend last weekend. Simply plugged it into the V-Drums module with a 3.5mm jack and output via the drum monitor. So much easier than lugging a big amp around!
Also perfect for practice when the rest of the house trying to sleep.
I swear if I had one of these in college it would have allowed me to practice 100s of days more. All I had was an amp and it wouldn't allow me to practice and got me in trouble and kicked off the "quiet" floor. I imagine this would allow a player to improve more quickly because of the capability of playing without being heard by others.
that’s exactly why i’m looking at electric guitars, mainly i love the sound from jazz, to metal i’m going crazy trying to find a somewhat budget one that can do all of them, i’ve had an acoustic for years but rarely touch it cause everyone can hear it, being able to play only to myself would be a dream i could practice all the time
The School of Music should have a dorm for musicians at each university that has such a program.
I'm not a musician, I'm just saying if we want to continue to have people creating music for us to enjoy, we need to make certain these individuals...pros and amateurs alike...have a place to hone their skills, to create, and to stretch their wings.
I just finished my first week with the new Mustang Micro and I promise you it is worth every Dollar!
I love the spank and the throaty tone of a beautiful Strat and I just got it out of my SG with this plug!
This probably goes unnoticed but the amount of editing to switch where the sound comes from to your headphones for this video is crazy. Great Video
Great to see Captain Lee's white blue-man Strat again - love that guitar!
It's been a while but well worth getting out for this video!
Was thinking the same.. I does this pre date the chapman or... Is chapman the inferior.. I love to hear your views.
Sounds great
Also, tasty playing from el Capitan 🥺
@@thomasince1987 Hey man, check this vid out for more info - th-cam.com/video/QWUyKHuv91g/w-d-xo.html
The gods have answered my prayers!!
The headphone input in my amp broke ages ago, so it’s been almost impossible for me to play at home at any sort of decent volume.
This little thing is perfect for me!
Thank you, Andertons!
p.s Shipping can’t be too bad on this little thing
This is fantastic! I play through amp sims most of the time anyway but I have to run the computer for that. So when the practice bug bites me I have to go to my desk and start the computer. With this little thing I can practice while sitting on the couch or even in an entirely different location without the hassle of needing a power source (which is the downside to a lot of the pedal-sized multiFX-units). Even if this thing goes low on the battery I can take a powerbank with me. And my daughter can use it, too. I will buy a Mustang Micro for sure! Thanks for the video!
Pete pulling a Mayer reference “Bro, go to sleep bro...” Lol.... priceless... proving that even amazing guitar players like Pete nerd out on Mayer’s live streams!
I definitely noticed as well. Good shout, ckjjclan
That cracked me up
Just got mine off of Amazon and it’s great. I live in a studio apartment so I can’t blast my amp to much. But this is perfect. Have to rewatch this video to learn the amp affects, effects, colors of them, and just listening as u guys go to through them again. Plus I enjoy just walking around playing with no cords dragging around. I naturally want to stand when I’m play. Thank you guys for review. Cheers
Those mics are amazing. After the Captain says "Whatever you want" at 11:35, someone says "huh", and it sounds like they are sitting to my right in my living room. I turned my head when I heard that. Amazing fidelity.
Almost a year later, I bought one this week. Totally loving it. Using it for quiet guitar playing and syncing to the computer via bluetooth so I can play along with TH-cam tutorials.
Does yours come with a "hiss" sort of sound? Or am I going crazy because it's driving me up the wall
Pete smiles and jumps into the tune with happy abandon. Then the Cap too. Boy, gents, nice to see the good mood translate into sweet sounds! And I am only 2 min in ...
Now we'll need a shootout a NUX Mighty Plug -vs- Fender Mustang Micro.
These headphone amps are really useful I have a vox metal almost the same sound as my 100w katana and pedal board. Though it wasn't all that durable already had to glue it back together and the controls are scratchy. Still great starter amp option and awesome for traveling or even demoing guitars at the music store without having to find an amp or wait for a booth to play in.
I always take fender products with a grain of salt but this micro mustang has me sold. Definitely buying this piece of technology!! I’m even digging that silver Tele, might just have to buy one of those also.
A couple times he started speaking before they switched back from the binaural mic and I literally startled and turned my head to the left
3:25 Hi end guitars can't plug them in because they have a poverty gate.
“Poverty gate” is probably the most American thing I’ve ever heard.
@@blaisevaughan5608 You've never seen third world economic divides then...
@Mark Seymour let me summarize this comment thread...
Someone: a joke
Someone else: Americans suck
Someone else: So does everyone else
You: Yeah, but so do Americans
These days if you hate some type of people who you think are different than you there is no end to the number of universally human issues you'll be willing to blame on them. Especially with the anonymity of the internet hiding your identity. Learn to recognize a joke, and whether you like the joke or not don't use it as an opportunity to show people that you hate others who although they are more like you that they are different, you only focus on what you dislike about them.
@@SheepWaveMeByeBye you have an extremely good point.
Found in almost any youtube comment thread
Person 1: I like A
Person 2: I prefer B
*300 replies later*
Person 40: *explains how canada is responsible for The AIDS virus*
Ordered one of these for silent practice at home. Great little tool for sitting on the couch and practicing
I can't believe you can fit that beautiful tone in your pocket. Great job fender! Thanks for the demo and the amazing playing
Would have loved to hear the higher gain modes with humbuckers!
You guys are the best. I work third shift and your posts go up right as I’m chillin after work. Makes my morning every time.
Basically a copy of the NUX mighty amplug 2 but this has all the cool mustang tones that I absolutely love. As Pete said no sim does Fender sounds like Fender and I still absolutely love my Mustang 1 amplifier so this is the perfect sofa guitarists practice and jam tool. Great for late night Dad guitarists like me.
I will buy the Nux
Mmm, interesting, twice the price of a vox or blackstar amplug but a lot more features. Plus rechargeable battery. Those are going to fly off the shelves
The ability to stream Bluetooth to it is worth the extra price alone!
@@sliceofsparta8985 I'd love to see a comparison with the Nux Mighty Plug, which is £60 and has an android/iOS app to allow you to control the effects and effect settings. But Andertons dont sell them.
Actually, the rechargeable battery is the only downside for me. I have plenty of AA and AAA batteries at home and I just hate charging more and more devices. And it's always a question whether the 4 hours battery life will hold after a year or two. Or is the battery replaceable?
@@Meritocrate THey usually last longer than one would expect. You can also change out the internal rechargeable battery on many devices...
@@Forest_Fifer I have the Nux Mighty Plug and Mighty Air, and would recommend this as much as those! The Nux is super powerful and affordable, 24 bit recordings. This has 16 bit, but full onboard control and loads of nice stock effects that you don't have to dial/edit in. The Mighty Air is my favorite device by far, but it also lacks bass so have to put into a FRFR speaker, better to get this and put it into a FRFR!
Your comment about using it as a practice amp is basically what I recommend for beginners. There are a bunch of headphone amps in the $50-100 range which can be turned into mini amps by connecting them to a speaker with an AUX in, and they are going to be the same as or better than any beginner practice amp. I switched from a small practice amp I got for $25 to the Valeton Rushead Max (which you guys should consider reviewing!) I bought on sale for $40, and it sounded better than the small practice amp and I will be keeping it in the long run to use as a silent headphone amp and a mini travel amp when connected to a speaker. So it seems like a far better use of one's money to get one of these headphone amps that can be used for years for travel or silent practice, instead of a small beginner's amp that will quickly be gotten rid of for probably much less than the original price.
The reason for no Bluetooth is simple. You can’t use Bluetooth for playing guitar into a headset. The protocol has too much delay. 34ms is peak bluetooth speeds and you cant play guitar with that. Waza Air Uses Bluetooth for playback from your phone, but the signal from the guitar to the headset is radio (probably 2,4ghz). Still looking like a great piece of kit.
I have one of these and plug it right into my little Blackstar amp if you don't want to use headphones and it works like a charm. Worth every penny.
Wow, Captain has become seriously good. Kudos to you Lee, it's been one hell of a journey!
The great thing about this gadget is it's the Waza Air with the expensive tech, such as wireless and trick amp 3d room audio, taken out and the basic idea done well. And no messing with equity my phone when I'm supposed to be practicing. I like.
Okay, so they mentioned the intro jam was done by running the headphone-out to PA speakers (I assume with a 1/4" adapter). That opens up so many possibilities. This could essentially be an ultra low-budget Strymon Iridium or Walrus AcS1 killer
I need to see someone test this with a pedalboard and hear if it takes pedals well. Hypothetically you could just snag yourself one of these and you've not only saved space on your pedalboard but also a plug on your power supply, and you've also got built-in reverb, plus some other effects, and even more preamp presets than other high-budget direct solutions
How would you connect pedals to it? Very interested to know.... 🤔
@@WeeFreeMan78 connect your guitar to the pedals, and this into the last pedal. I’ve done this with the Amplug 2. Works beautifully and sounded passable.
@@cosmiciron Damn, that would be awesome... 👌
I was thinking as the clean amp on a wet dry style rig because I’ve got my gained amp, small pa speaker and I can’t afford to get a second a decent app at the moment
I’m sold. I’m a brand new beginner and just bought a guitar and one of these to jam out privately and go on the journey of developing skills. This review was everything I was looking for, I left away completely satisfied and any questions answered by your guys’s good review. I subscribed as well. Cheers
I’d be curious to hear the difference between a mustang amp with headphones on and this micro amp.
Oftentimes, it’s the speaker that hinders that amps potential.
Sounds exactly the same as the same settings on a Mustang GTX amp.
I have the mustang 1 v2. 8inch speaker version. Sounds way better with my closed back studio headphones than with the speaker. Might grab one of these plugs though. Less cables in the living room.
SOLD!! Ordered just now. Thanks guys!
Something good to keep in mind is that these will also depend on the buyer already having a decent to good pair of headphones along with it. If not, budget in another $100-200 for headphones, which can still come to under half the price of the Boss Waza-Air.
Not true, at least in my case. I'm alternating between using a pair of $20 USD earbuds and a $35 pair of over-ears.
I use a super cheap 20 dollar Sony headset and it still rock. I bet a good set would be super cool
I was thinking this wouldnt be that good considering how there are no knobs to fine tune but now i understand that this is for the general public not the pros who would be fine tuning. Very good product
Wait wait wait!!! Is this a Fender Stratocaster Noventa in the background????
It sure is! Stay tuned as we have a video on the range soon...
@@andertons Merci beaucoup!!!!
@@andertons Red, black scratchplate, rosewood neck. Please....
@@andertons can’t wait. I have that exact one pre ordered.
I got out of these as a Christmas present. It’s outstanding. With the backing tracks on Bluetooth, an excellent combination. Get it.
I'd love to see a shootout between this and something like the Blackstar ID Core 10 with headphones
Wow! Lee's playing has improved *SO* much in the years I've been watching this channel!
Pretty cool, but I’ll just stick to my current rig of tying two Fender Bassmans to my head. Gotta have that True Tube Tone™️ when I’m playing at home to my cats.
That's just stupid. Haven't you heard of sticking your head inside your cabinet? Gives a really open 3D tone, will literally take your head off. Totally recommended.
Fancy cats.
Just like to say a huge thank you to all you guys at Andertons for making my day everyday by having so much fun educational, and most of all entertainment thanks guys.
Recommendation for a headphone to match this amp?
These vids you guys upload are such a pleasant diversion! (I was having an evening stroll (at 2.1 mph) on the treadmill while watching this review, but stopped for a minute to comment.) You're entertaining, educational and casual at the same time. I ordered one of these Micros earlier today and was curious about your experience. Glad you posted this. Genuine thanks for another pleasant half-hour visit by two new friends who have become regular guests in my living room.
During the past week, your vids helped me pick out the new Fender Strat HSS Ultra (cobalt blue with the rosewood fretboard) which Fender will also be shipping with the Micro in the coming week.
Keep up the great content!
Captain needs to realize he’s a good guitarist and not be so tense u can tell he’s a little shy but no reason to be, good guy good guitarist 🤙🏻
I have a feeling Lee is a lot more open when not recording. I can imagine it's a lot easier to relax and reach for things that aren't so comfortable when completely losing solo doesn't means you need to cut and reshoot a bunch of stuff. He's paying people to be there after all!
I definitely notice that just from the simple act of pressing the record button myself - I can't imagine when you have a whole crew relying on you.
Just received mine and I am extremely happy with it!! I highly highly recommend it! Sounds amazing and really easy to use
12:29 good lord, I'm using my headphones and I jumped like a cat with that laugh. That binaural mic is really impressive.
I did the same! About jumped out of my skin as it sounded like someone laughing over my left shoulder.
I actually got one of these for the tele Pro I got from you guys, I have neighbours who are on night shift and I don't play guitar at night, so now I can play/practice day and night, awesome peice of kit
Danish Pete ASMR: "Go to sleep bro. Go to sleep bro.."
Little Mayer reference
I missed the rest of the video... 😴
AMSR bro
Don't you mean amsr? 😂
@@bullerfugl watch the vid bro...
the acoustic/ambient string noise in the right ear is actually a really nice touch since most headphone will have a little bit of bleed from the guitar anyways! makes for a very realistic demo! bravo! :)
This sounds amazing! Now I can only hope they make one for bass...
@@andyo-southpawguitaruk5322 Ooh thank you! Will check it out :)
To be honest, amazing product in terms of engineering. Incredible. You can fool me easily to make me believe that those sounds are coming from real speakers. Microcontroller race is amazing these days. STM32, ESP32, Teensy, Arduino... You name it. If you can imagine something, you can build it if you have the know-how. On the other hand, it is a proof that the major part of the cost of any product is enclosures, displays, knobs etc... all that non-essential stuff. Whoever worked on this product should be proud of themselves.
Hey Lee, you could play that through the Aux in your camper van.
Yes you could.....so long as you don't blow the speakers!!
Great product . Got mine yesterday and it's perfect. Also it works if you just plug straight into amp. So many effects to play with
How do you plug this straight into an amp?
24:39 I thought Lee said "I think we're gonna sell faaackin loads of these" haha
Playing along with backing tracks/ favorite songs via headphones is what I've been wanting.
Ok sold, my first Anderson’s order
Man, I think this every time Pete is on the channel - and I mean no disrespect to the Captain, but holy crap Pete is a great player. Truly.
I ordered a Nux Mighty Plug yesterday and see this video today... 😀 You didn't mention the Nux as a reference point: hiw would it compare ? The Nux has an interesting app. Does this Fender have an a similar one ? Is it compatible with Fender Tone ? I'll google and post the answer... EDIT: the answer seems to ne "no". So, Fender Micro for many Fendery tones, and Nux for tweakability 😀
Just the gizmo I've been looking for. This sounds good and seems quite versatile. I've tried those transistorized things like Vox and they sound awful. No irig nonsense for me. If it doesn't plug in to your guitar just get a guitar cord extension cord or a barrel connector.
At night i put it at the end of my pedal poard and practice with my pedal board its awesome
I was a bit sceptical about this idea. There has always seemed something insurmountable about getting a satisfying guitar sound through headphones. I just went to the store and got them to open one up. Out of the box, the first sound was a beautiful clean with a touch of reverb. A quick scroll through some other sounds showed this thing is really useful. I've got it home now and have been jamming to bluetoothed music. I love it. I tried a bass with the Studio Preamp sound and that was a fail, but I want to experiment a bit and see whether I can get it to sound better.
“Wasp in a jam jar” was worth my time watching! As an American I love the English colloquialisms. “Bits and bobs”, “chalk and cheese “. Probably genetic from my origins.
Good review. Looks like a value.
PETE YOU ARE THE MAN I'VE BEEN SEARCHING EVERYWHERE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THEY WAS BLUETOOTH HEADPHONE CAPABLE NOT EVEN FENDER TELLS YOU ON THEIR WEBSITE BUT YOU TACKLED THAT MYSTERY FOR ME I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT FOR MONTHS NOW YOU ARE THE MAN BROTHA
Looks really well-built and is versatile. Plus, rechargeable battery. I know the price tag is higher than competitors' models but this knocks them out of the water with a bang and makes them look like toys. Going to ditch my vox amplug and fetch one of these.
Mine just arrived today from yourselves, can’t wait to try it out. I can now practice and jam when the little man is asleep yes!!!
Good questions from Pete. I thought it and then he asked it.
Beat gear release of 2021 IMO - awesome! Preset storage (or midi) would have been a big win - Sounds so good, I want to switch into OD during jam alongs and/or save a favorite setting w/o having to cycle through to find the amp/fx and wear the buttons out.
Every time Lee said something I looked over my shoulder
just bought one. amazing. the sound quality is top of the line. sounds just like my mustang 100 watt amp. and with the bluetooth i can jam along with andertons tv.
Sounds bloody good to me
Nice job, guys. Hats off to Fender. Even the Mexi Tele sounds good... and Pete didn't cut himself on the frets.
So..Danish Pete enjoys walking around the house with a 'strap-on'...lol
Great playing and excellent price point value for this headphone device!
Oh, I think we all know Pete was trying not to take off on that one!
Excellent video! Thank you for the entire team at Anderton's for putting this out for all to experience, learn from, and appreciate! Well done. I bought a Vox clean headphone amp 2 years ago, but this is my next purchase.
I would have loved this as a kid. I could play without bothering anybody.
My parents would have loved it even more
I literally have one of these rocking up on my doorstep within the hour. Watching this to get prepared. Hope it fits in my Jem
Great video guys! I totally need one hahaha my neighbors would thank me for it 😂
They already started a collection
Just ordered one of these today, my reasoning is I find myself wanting to play guitar from midnight onwards regularly. I could plug the headphones into the guitar amp, but then I'm still left with; what do I jam along to... This seems like an ideal solution for ability to keep playing past unsociable hours.
Great comprehensive review. I was already curious about this "amp", but you totally sold me on it. Just got rid of my Line 6 Pod and I'm going to turn around and put the $ into this.
This thing should basically be the go-to for new players learning. Incredible.
Will this work plugged into an effects pedal, I wonder? Or is putting the guitar->pedal->mustang too funky of an order for the signal chain? Seems like it might work if you used that last pass-through setting on the Mustang.
Shoot, the only way this could be better would be if it somehow had a tuner...I am betting version 2.0 has one.
(Side note, after months of TH-cam pointing me at your videos, this is the one that got me to subscribe. I feel bad living in the US and having no way to support you as a local business, but subscribing seemed like the least I could do...)
I'm getting mine this week. I've been waiting for this since it was announced at NAMM 2021 virtual convention where you're "there" but not really due to stupid Covid.
Good morning gents. Killer intro as always.
Hey Christopher, thanks for joining us once again. Killer sounds from this affordable piece of kit!
Wow this sounded so much better than I was expecting it to
"Go to sleep bro"
The ASMR I badly need to fight insomnia.
Lovely little bit of practice kit. Beautifully demoed. Just get some half decent phones for about £40-50 and you're set.
You didn't mention using this with a pedalboard. I'm assuming you can right? Plug from your guitar into your board, then plug the mustang micro to the output of your board, and then plug in some headphones and have no care in the world.
Right??
That would work yes. It does with the blackstar amplug so it would with this I imagine. 👍👍
I just got one of these and it’s the best guitar accessory I think I own
You should compare this with the vox headphones amps, like a blindfold challenge. Maybe with boss waza air.
Battle of the headphone amps coming soon!
Comparing this to a Waza Air is a bit like comparing apples with orangutans though.
Not a good comparison with Waza Air imho
@@Forest_Fifer I have a vox headphone amp and its sounds ace
@@martonjancsak just pulled the pin on a Nux Mighty Plug, a bit like the Fender but with app connectivity for setup changes.
If you want to jam with a friend just plug Into computer speakers with a wopher power cord
Sounds good at low volume and doesn't wake the neighbors.
Liked the fender clean .also a must have for over the road truck driver s. N camping. Hooked I to party speakers
I’m colour blind 😩. It does look rather nifty and useful though.