| Frontman 65...... Are you using the internal reverb? If I remember correctly, these do have a hissy reverb circuit. And these are Solid State.. You don't have the capacitors that the tube Fenders do, So the reply with the Capacitors, probably doesn't apply to this amp. A lower setting on the Reverb might eliminate some of your hiss. As for Pedals, You might consider a Digitech RP80. Under $100 and lots of effects to choose from. You can also use the noise gate feature on RP80 to tame some of your unwanted noises. I think your noiseless Fender Pickups were a good choice to kill any hum problems... Can't remember all of the controls on Frontman 65, I think you have Seperate Gain and Volume. You might try to minimize your Gain Setting, boost your tone controls and push your volume knob a little harder to keep the hiss at a minimum as well...
Hope this helps a bit...
Take Care,
Shawn |