Hi there, I'm totally new in here, and would like to share my experience with this "cheesy little amp". I shot mine (FM 25R) for just 40 Euro on Ebay. First of all I was not very satisfied with the sound, hence I began looking for mods. 1st thing I did was changing the std. Op Amps to OPA 1234, which reduced the ground noise significantly, but did not improve the sound in any way. Hence I swallowed the bitter pill, bought an Eminence Legend 1058, put it in and what should I say? That did the trick! Since then chords are popping like pearls out of the amp, it is loud enough to stand drums, bass and 2 sax in our little Jazz combo. Bass fundament has improved as well. I cannot say anything about the drive channel, because I'm playing 99,9 % clean.

I have got another Fame 60 Watts combo with tube pre-amp, but that pales in comparison to my Frontman. Maybe I'm going to exchange the Factory mounted speaker and put a Legend in as well. Let's see...

Greetings to all, keep jamming.