@lraesly thanks for your input Lee. I’ve scoured various online forums and found this to be an ongoing issue sadly with their Bluetooth stack. Something about Bluetooth LE (used for the Tone app connectivity) and the regular Bluetooth connectivity (used for Bluetooth audio streaming) not playing well together. I’ve opened a case with Fender themselves to see if they have any other suggestions.
Yesterday I tried performing a firmware Recovery (press and hold the PRESET LAYER button and X FX utility button while restarting the amp) as instructed in the Owner’s Manual which restored it to the same firmware version 3.0.116 and I then restored my presets from the Fender Tone Cloud Backup (had to do this twice as after the first time some of my presets were missing). I will see if this helps over the next few days.
I also checked the official Fender Mustang GTX release notes but they only go as far as 3.0.96 (I couldn’t find any release notes on version 3.0.116 anywhere else on the internet which is strange):
Will see if I get any other helpful suggestions from the Fender Support Team, and I’ll update the thread here.
As for the USB recording, I didn’t even try that as it was horrible with my Marshall Code 25 and others mentioned the same with the Fender Mustang GTX. As @RobDickinson mentioned, it works great via XLR out into my audio interface which was one of the key features of this amp for me. I just recorded a new AVOYP yesterday using that which sounded great, so that would be my recommendation as well.
@Rider2040 Thanks for your input Rob. From what I gathered the GT and GTX series do share some common electronic components and probably software code as well, as similar issues have been reported with both. Worst case scenario, I’ll just use an external Bluetooth transceiver which I’ve plugged into the AUX input for the audio streaming to practice with backing tracks and just stick to connecting the Tone amp via bluetooth which seems to be more stable (at least from using it last night for a few hours of recording). Like you, I’m using the Tone amp less in my day-to-day practice after setting up some key presets and only use it now when trying out new presets or tweaking the tone when recording a new song playthrough.
As for the footswitch, thanks for mentioning that you heard/felt that too. I was only using my fingers to demonstrate for the video, as I normally have it on the floor to stomp on with my foot which works fine. I guess I’m just used to the smoother feeling & sounding Marshall Code footswitch.