Well given the Katana Go has gone, this looks like a decent new option.
Fender updated the Mustang Micro, added BT app/streaming, more tweaks etc.
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Do we know what happened to the little Katana? It seems like it was on sale for about 10 minutes, was hugely popular and then it was gone 
The Fender unit does look good, much prefer the app to anything by Boss. The fundamental problem for me is that I hate wearing over the ear headphones! I know Bluetooth would have latency issues which is why none of these units do it but the reason I donāt use my Katana Go often is my headphones are uncomfortable
Apparently they had component supply issues and are redesigning it.
Cheers,
Keith
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Get some IEMs or wired earbuds. Yes, they will have a wire and thatās a pain, but if you prefer in-ears, they would work.
Cheers,
Keith
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For some reason they designed a product without securing supply of the vital components !?!
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Personally, I like the Boss apps, but Iām used to them having used a bunch of different, but similar, Boss apps over the years, and I have got to know them and how they work.
Note that āprettyā, āintuitiveā and āeasy to useā are different things. The Boss apps arenāt particularly āprettyā and may not be immediately āintuitiveā but are āeasy to useā. By which I mean: thereās a small learning curve but then the consistency of the user interface makes them easy to drive.
I contrast this with the Spark amp UI which I consider to be āprettyā and āintuitiveā to some degree, but I found to be clunky to use. To me itās a classic case of āmade for marketing videosā.
Having said that, I personally dislike skeuomorphic interfaces, especially for this sort of application.
The Fender app looks āprettyā and āintuitiveā but I would reserve judgement on it being āeasy to useā. Similar to the Spark app, there seems to be a lot of scrolling to get to the different fx, although I do like the landscape view.
But these are, frankly, tiny and personal concerns. The Mustang Micro Plus does look like a good contender for the Katana Go and, given the current unavailability of the latter, looks like a great option.
Cheers,
Keith
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Supply chain has been very difficult over the past few years, unless youāre Apple (and I suspect even they have been affected). Cost of some components has skyrocketed so holding large stocks can get expensive and riskyl.
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Nice 
I have the Mustang Micro and I am super happy with it. Actually also use it as a BT streaming device to amps that only have AUX input. And of course for midnight practice with headphones when family is asleep.
Good quality headphones are an investment. My Beyerdynamic DT770 Pros are incredibly comfortable.
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A comparison review between Nux Mighty Plug Pro and the Fender Mustang Mighty Plus would be interesting viewing.
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Yes Iām going to get some good in ear headphones at pay day later this month. As I say I donāt find on ear headphones comfortable so I donāt wear them
Donāt bother with the Shure SE215. They are 
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If you want something inexpensive, the Mee Audio M6 Pros are decent.
Cheers,
Keith
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I got the Mustang Micro Plus a few days ago. Using a usb cable to plug it into the phone, it seems to work pretty well with Justinās app (bluetooth on it isnāt 2-way, whereas with the cable you can hear the app and the amp, both through the headphones, and Justinās app can hear the guitar as well).
I like the idea of headphone amps because Iāve always been self conscious of being noisy when practicing. I just created a few basic presets with 57 Deluxe, Bassman, and 65 Deluxe with a bit of reverb on the last one. Sounds good enough for me to practice with.
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Iām brand new to guitar, I bought an acoustic Fender and an Schecter Avenger-FR SGR electric so I picked up the Fender Mustang Mirco plus.
To an untrained person this thing is awesome! They come with preset setups, Iām sure for copyright reasons they have unique names like Lavender Rain which is for playing Purple Rain. Very cool.
I want to try to play Sweet Child of Mine GnR. Does anyone know if there is a preset set up for that or what settings do I need to custom build?
I attached a pic of the lavender rain set up to show.
Thanks!!
Should be a search on the app for cloud try there?
Otherwise something like this if you can.
Fuzz
British 80s
Mono Tape Delay
Large Hall Reverb
I strongly recommend you start to learn how to program your Mustang Micro Plus: IMO learning how to use your gear is almost as important as learning how to play.
Downloading other peopleās patches and using them is a quick fix but, in my experience, itās a road toward failure and disappointment when you find you actually canāt sound like Slash.
You could have Slashās guitar, amp, pedals etc. and you arenāt going to sound like Slash. Period!
Plus, the version you hear on the record is nothing like it sounded in the room to Slash when he recorded it.
Thereās a saying amongst guitar players: ātone is in the fingersā. Thatās not entirely true, but thereās a good deal of truth in it: playing style as an awful lot to do with how we perceive ātoneā.
If you a re new guitar, as you say, you are many months, probably years, away from being able to play SCoM to a satisfactory standard where the amp tone would make that much difference.
In the mean time, you could be learning about how you do sculpt tone to get something that sounds good to you. That means learning how your equipment works.
Fundamentally, modelling systems work exactly the same as traditional guitar amps and pedal. And you should approach them as if you had a physical amp: start with a clean patch, turn off everything, and then enable the amp/preamp and start auditioning models and tweaking settings.
That is all you need as your baseline tone other than, maybe a hint of reverb.
For reference, Slash uses Marshall amps primarily, especially the JCM800. So if you are after something that is a starting point, select an equivalent and focus on tweaking the controls on that (I believe the nearest equivalent on the Mustang Micro Plus is ā80ās Britishā).
But most of it is going to be learning how to get play it in the first place, and to get the feel.
Cheers,
Keith
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Slightly āOff Topicā here - this is a pretty cool video in which Tim Pierce does a great job of demonstrating how playing lightly vs with more aggressive picking has vastly different results. The whole video is a fun watch but the part that relates starts at approx 2:30.
Enjoy watching a Master at work who does a good job of conveying what heās talking aboutā¦
The Best SOUNDING Amp I EVER Heard. (youtube.com)
Tod
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Tim is great, Iām considering a dumble now.
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Its actually funny that comes out at roughly the same time as the UA ādumbleā pedal
Watched a couple of vids on that and it seems ok but not really my thing
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