April 6th, 2021
The Fender Mustang series of guitar amps are popular choices for at-home practice. They’re reasonably priced, and pack a ton of emulated amp and effect options. The 25-watt Mustang LT25 is even quiet enough to play around the house without pissing off your significant other or roommate. But, it’s still probably not a great idea to fire it up at night. It will definitely wake a restless baby. Fender’s solution is the Mustang Micro a headphone amp that packs the modeling chops of its bigger brothers.
Now, there are plenty of headphone guitar amps out there. But most of them are pretty underwhelming. The only one I’ve tried that has managed to grab my attention was the Boss Waza Air, which, while interesting, are a bit gimmicky and extremely expensive at $420. The Mustang Micro splits the difference. At $100 it’s more expensive than most headphone amps, but it also has a lot more modeling power under the hood.