Another Fender Homerun

Behold the simple, stalwart, solid-state Champion 100.

It is not fancy, it is not complicated, and although it gets classified as a "Modeling Amp", the magic of this bad boy rests in its clean channel.

To clarify, the onboard effects are extremely usable and simple enough. There is no menu diving necessary. Rotary knobs activate simple combinations of effects, and the amp models are good.

However, I'm a "Clean Tone" guy, and in my opinion, no other amplifier can approach the Fender Clean sound.

The construction is super solid without weighing a ton. And the included footswitch is built like a tank.

At 100 watts, this will easily compete with an acoustic drum kit. The fact that it's solid state makes it usable at lower volumes, but it is not quite a "bedroom" amp. Meh, who cares!

I love, LOVE this amp. I fell in love with the sound of it in 2020 and it's taken me five years and about four different amps to finally get what I've wanted all along.

If you're considering a solid-state amplifier, the Fender Champion 100 deserves your serious consideration.

From Gear Setup

Very Good for a Solid State

Produces some very good sounds with a variety of tones from Blackface Fender Twins to Marshalls. Also has a very useful effects dial which allows for a multitude of effects such as chorus, flanger, and delay. Has a beautiful reverb setting as well. Although not as powerful as a tube amp, this is probably as close as you can get without buying a tube amp and sounds very similar. Really useful for studio recording (although not as warm as a tube amp) but is very heavy which can make it difficult to gig with unless you have a car. However, it does sound really good live if you can get it to the venue.

Fine for the money.

For a $500 amp I can’t complain. It’s loud enough for shows and practice.

I think the distortion on this amp is just okay. Same thing with the prebuilt effects. I haven’t gotten any sounds out of the amp that I couldn’t do better with the right pedal.

All that being said, the clean channel is solid. Love just turning the sucker on and letting my pedals do the heavy lifting. All it’s gotta do is scream.

Great amp

I have used this amp for countless loud gigs and its never crapped out on me. Clean tone is great, overdrive and distortion tones leave a little to be desired but for me who uses pedals for distortion anyway this amp is an incredible alternative to the much heavier and more expensive twin reverb.

Amazing solid state amp

Gorgeous fender cleans just as you'd expect and if you dare turn up the volume and gain up to 8 or so, you can get amazing british sounds too on the second channel.

Inbuilt effects are very fun two work with, and have a great range from a just slightly touched signal to a fully modulated one.

Great giggable amp.

Best sounding amplifier I have owned!

This is my main amplifier, I use it for all gigs in the punk rock band "Unwired Society", I used it for the recording of our EP "Punk Is Alive". I got it in order to achieve a professional guitar sound to go with my telecaster, I wasn't happy with my guitar sound and wanted a professional sounding amp, it is the best sounding amp I have ever owned and the best amplifier for Punk Rock.

The amp is the most versatile thing I have ever owned, I could play it on a Green Day song, a Blink 182 song or a Beatles song, or a U2 song. It contains so many options, different sounds and different effects, you don't have to buy a load of pedals, it's all in the amp. You could plug in maybe two pedals but then use an effect in the amp as a third effect. Or if you only want one effect then you don't need an pedal, as long as you have a footswitch with the amp.

I am happy to own this amplifer and I can't think of a more versatile, professional sounding amp that works for all genres, mainly punk rock.

This is my life

I use it not only as an amplifier but also as a micro amp and reverb pedal, it's awesome, there are so many options to choose from when you confront the voices and effects of this amp. Includes aux so you are able to play backing tracks from your phone. Stunning!

Perfect for big acoustic presentations

I've played in an acoustic concert in an opened venue for a lot of people, and the loud volume (around 7 or 8) just didn't reduce the quality of the sound neither a bit. The tone I could get with my Di Giorgio was just awesome, and the Reverb sounds very natural, I prefer the amp Reverb to my Reverb pedal. Great amp

Great amp!

This amp is perfect for someone who is just starting to get into being in a band and maybe even do a little gigging. It is easy to get a great tone out of this amp, there are so many to choose from. My personal favorite is the British sound on channel 2 with the gain turned up to about 7.

A Twin-Reverb alternative.

I recently got it in brand new condition in an amazing price. I can get the great Fender tone found in most fender tube amps. But not as bright as the tube ones. I say this amp is great for everyone who wants clean, loud, awesome tones.