Blues jr Overdrive?
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JimiHWannaBe
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Re: Blues jr Overdrive?
im not a huge fan of its natural overdrive i think it sounds great clean and benifits alot from overdrive pedals. A TS-9 and SD-1 would be a nice comination, you could look into getting them modded by john. who is a member on the forums here.
im not a huge fan of its natural overdrive i think it sounds great clean and benifits alot from overdrive pedals. A TS-9 and SD-1 would be a nice comination, you could look into getting them modded by john. who is a member on the forums here.
Curly
Moe's Bluesman
Re: Blues jr Overdrive?
although you could theoritically use a foot switch to switch between clean and fat settings, I prefer the with the fat switch engaged, and the master volume high, so I'd also go with a pedal
most any tubescreamer would work great. the Maxon OD808 is particularly notable, or maybe the Sparkle Drive like John The Modder recently tried
although you could theoritically use a foot switch to switch between clean and fat settings, I prefer the with the fat switch engaged, and the master volume high, so I'd also go with a pedal
most any tubescreamer would work great. the Maxon OD808 is particularly notable, or maybe the Sparkle Drive like John The Modder recently tried
Fresh_Start
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Re: Blues jr Overdrive?
I love the tone of my Blues Jr. with the power tubes overdriven - that's what the Weber Mini-Mass is for
For me, the "Fat Switch" is pretty useless 'coz the tone when it's off is just thin. YMMV.
Lately, I've been fooling with the Visual Sounds Route 66 (TS-808 clone on the overdrive side, with a compressor/boost on the other side) and/or a DS-1 modded by Mr. Spina. Works nicely with the Blues Jr.
There've been a bunch of threads about Blues Jr.'s here, and I'm feeling lazy so you might do a search. The stock speaker simply needs to be replaced IMHO.
Chip
P.S. My only real beef with the Blues Jr. is the relatively lame reverb. Oh well...
I love the tone of my Blues Jr. with the power tubes overdriven - that's what the Weber Mini-Mass is for
For me, the "Fat Switch" is pretty useless 'coz the tone when it's off is just thin. YMMV.
Lately, I've been fooling with the Visual Sounds Route 66 (TS-808 clone on the overdrive side, with a compressor/boost on the other side) and/or a DS-1 modded by Mr. Spina. Works nicely with the Blues Jr.
There've been a bunch of threads about Blues Jr.'s here, and I'm feeling lazy so you might do a search. The stock speaker simply needs to be replaced IMHO.
Chip
P.S. My only real beef with the Blues Jr. is the relatively lame reverb. Oh well...
Curly
Moe's Bluesman
Re: Blues jr Overdrive?
I leave the fat switch on with the master up, because that's where I get the best tone for me, but you should experiment and decide for yourself where you want your volume and EQ. One nice thing about this amp is that with a full tone stack, and the two volumes, you have a fairly decent amount of versatility for a small amp.
replacing the speaker makes the AMP sound better, period!Limelight said:So replacing the speaker makes the "overdrive" sound better?
and leave the fat switch on?
I leave the fat switch on with the master up, because that's where I get the best tone for me, but you should experiment and decide for yourself where you want your volume and EQ. One nice thing about this amp is that with a full tone stack, and the two volumes, you have a fairly decent amount of versatility for a small amp.
Kac
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Re: Blues jr Overdrive?
I feel the natural overdrive is nice when I'm bluesin' out a strat, but as for some rockin' overdrive I'm gonna go with the Maxon that Curley Mentioned. A personal favorite of mine.
BTW I also am seriously buying a Blues Jr. in the near future.
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I feel the natural overdrive is nice when I'm bluesin' out a strat, but as for some rockin' overdrive I'm gonna go with the Maxon that Curley Mentioned. A personal favorite of mine.
BTW I also am seriously buying a Blues Jr. in the near future.
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