NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

[Gone_Shootin]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

Thanks!

I'm still enjoying it, but definitely prefer the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for my playing. The Blues Jr. is definitely better for apartment playing and seems to sound better with humbuckers, IMO.

My experience was the opposite. Mine was alright with humbuckers. But when I plugged my Tele into it and cranked the gain and volume, it just sang.

[treyhaislip]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

My experience was the opposite. Mine was alright with humbuckers. But when I plugged my Tele into it and cranked the gain and volume, it just sang.

Ha! That's hilarious! Maybe its how I have mine setup...my Hot Rod Deluxe tends to prefer single coils.

[MrTondo]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

On the standby switch issue, I always refer to this article:
The valvewizard

Lots of TechTalk, which is basically summarized with: If the amp was properly designed, it does not need one... It very probably originated from Fender trying to save money and space on caps (and Marshall copying the design)... I would not spend my money on that mod for sure...

[treyhaislip]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

On the standby switch issue, I always refer to this article:
The valvewizard

Lots of TechTalk, which is basically summarized with: If the amp was properly designed, it does not need one... It very probably originated from Fender trying to save money and space on caps (and Marshall copying the design)... I would not spend my money on that mod for sure...

Hmm, thank you for the info! A long read that I will have to delve into at a later time. Thanks for sharing!

[ArtieToo]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

Nice score Trey. And cool that it came with an Eminence C'Rex.

Standby technically is only needed with solid state rectification.

It's funny how sometimes the mind sees what it wants to see, instead of what's actually there. I read that several times as: "solid state amplification". And I was thinking, what the flock is he talking about. Eventually I was able to clear my memory buffer and realize what you actually said.

[treyhaislip]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

Nice score Trey. And cool that it came with an Eminence C'Rex.

Thanks man! Its been a great little amp for the price, definitely better for the apartment than the Hot Rod Deluxe!

[Wattage]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

I gigged with one last night and it killed. Had to use the house backline and I was a little nervous but it liked being opened up that's for sure. A little bright but I tamed that no problem. I'd grab a used one of these in a heartbeat

[treyhaislip]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

I gigged with one last night and it killed. Had to use the house backline and I was a little nervous but it liked being opend up that for sure. I little bright but I tamed that no problem. I'd grab a used one of these in a heartbeat

That is awesome man!

[johnthomas]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

On the standby switch issue, I always refer to this article:
The valvewizard

Lots of TechTalk, which is basically summarized with: If the amp was properly designed, it does not need one... It very probably originated from Fender trying to save money and space on caps (and Marshall copying the design)... I would not spend my money on that mod for sure...

Cool beans...Thank you MrTondo!
I read the whole sad history of standby switches, including how Jim Marshall copied the Fender amp that had a standby and thus turned an unknown feature into a tradition...I especially liked that Vox had to add a standby to their reissue AC30 and placed it in the wrong place and then had to modify their modification...My apologies to treyhaislip for repeating what I now know to be an old wive's tale
about needing the standby more if you have a solid state rectifier...totally not true.

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[tone4days]

Re: NAD – Fender Blues Jr.

i love my bill m modded blues jr (stock speaker)

and it loves my duncan twintube classic pedal to turn it into a 3 ch solution

it needs dialed in for each, but my strat (SSS), PRS SC245 (HH), and PRS soapy (2xP90) all sound very good from clean to crunch to full drive... anything short of the brutalz should work nicely