The Fender Super Champ XD Electric Guitar Amplifier is a real tube amplifier, but it also has amp voicing and DSP effects. It has a powerful 15 watt output, and it has one speaker, a 10 inch Special Design speaker. It has two channels, one modeled after a Fender Blackface clean tone amplifier, and the other has 16 voices available. These are selected through the Voice knob. The voices are varied and range through British, Tweed, Acoustic, Jazz and more.

DSP Effects for Greater Effect

The Fender Super Champ XD Electric Guitar Amplifier features DSP effects. Built-in effects are often regarded as little more than a gimmick, and not very usable, but the Fender Super Champ XD sems to be an exception in this regard. The effects may not be perfect, but they are by and large usable in many situations. There are effects such as Delay, Vibratone, Reverb, and Reverb + Delay, Tremolo, and Chorus. There are 16 possible settings in total.

Two Channels and 16 Voices

There are two channels to the Fender Super Champ XD. One has a clean, typical tone and sound of a Fender Blackface amplifier, while the other has 16 voices that can be selected through the Voice control knob. The voices start with early Tweed models, then there are British models, Hot Rods, Blackface models, jazz, metal, as well as some acoustic models.

Features and Specifications

  • The Fender Super Champ XD Electric Guitar Amplifier is a real tube amplifier.
  • It also has amp voicing.
  • It has DSP effects.
  • It has a very powerful 15 watts (Class “AB”) output
  • It incorporates one 10 inch, 8-ohm Special Design Speaker.
  • It has two channels of  normal and amp voice.
  • It has a volume 1 control and a volume 2 control.
  • It has a channel select switch.
  • It has gain control.
  • It has voice control.
  • It has treble and bass control.
  • It has an FX level.
  • It has an FX select control.
  • It measures 14.8 inches wide by 8.8 inches deep by 17.5 inches long.
  • It weighs 23 pounds.
  • It has an Amazon shipping weight of 31 pounds.
  • It can only be shipped through Amazon to postal addresses within the USA and to APO/FPO addresses.

Customer Reviews and Scores

There are 12 customer reviews on Amazon at the time of writing for the Fender Super Champ XD Electric Guitar Amplifier. This model has been scored a perfect 5.0 out of 5 stars by those Amazon customers who left a review.

With a perfect score, it may seem difficult to find any adverse comments about the Fender Super Champ XD. However, one customer said, “…it’s loud… it’s just not quite loud enough to get those cleans over the drums…” This may be so, but another customer also said, “…is it loud enough to gig with? Sure. It can get loud enough over drums etc.” Perhaps its efficiency with volume in a gig situation is more a perceived one, rather than a hard and fast rule.

Other customers said, “If you are looking for really authentic vintage tones with tube warmth, this is a fantastic amp for you,” and an emotional and enthusiastic, “I LOVE THIS AMP!” I can certainly recommend the Fender Super Champ XD Electric Guitar Amplifier.