Fender Amp...

[Bludave]

Re: Fender Amp...

I just need a new amp.
Right now I've got a JTM30 and it's great and is my first amp. I love it to bits, but i think i just gotta let it go.
The cleans just aren't as spot on for me as i want it to be. The OD/Dist channel is great, but i just want an amp with great cleans, and i'll let my pedals do the work.

Mates of mine just picked up a british AC15. Sounds amazing. That voxy clean is amazing. Another mate of mine had essentially had a Silverface Twin. And that sounded great as well. I really love both the Voxy and Fenderesque cleans. The dude with the Twin, just bought a C30. AND that also sounded great.

I need a clean amp.
Been looking around, I don't wanna get the same amp as them, as it'd be boring.
Looking for maybe a Fender of some sort. I've always been a fan of the fender bass response and overall roundness and sparkle. The vox is great and seems to be very middy, but is amazing too.
What can you guys offer? Keeping in mind, i don't have a huge budget. I will sell my JTM30 and top up a little.
Price range right now is a new Fender Blues Junior. I'm not sure how much that is in America, but that's approximately how much i will go.

Also keeping in mind i'm in Australia and some Fender Blackface/Silverfaces don't come by that often.
Any help appreciated.

PS. So far been looking at the Fender Blues Juniors and the Hot Rod Deluxe.

The JTm 30 is a real nice amp. IMHO I would keep it an A/B it with a good clean amp. I did this for a long time with a Marshall 900 and a Fender Super Reverb. This gives you a minimum of 3 sounds (not counting pedals). The Marshall which is channel switching can be used in the clean, the clean with an OD pedal, the OD channel and then the clean amp and the clean with OD pedal. You have a lot of ways to go with 2 amps instead of one. Make sure you give all the options consideration. If you are happy with the amp now you don't want to regret selling it.

As far as which amps to look at, the Vox AC30 would be a great amp to have, a Fender Super Reverb is a really great amp. I have one and I have had this amp for over 15 years. Its been a great amp for cleans. Bottom line is you want to hav an amp with at least 40Watts to give you enough headroom for the cleans to get the volume up and still remain clean. The Super Reverb is a good choice at 40W and with 4 10". The 4 10" speakers handle volume better IMHO than an amp with 2 12". The Fender Pro Reverb is basically half a twin. 40W with 2 12". Another good choice. The best thing to do is go to a shop that has a good supply of amps on the floor an play thru a bunch and see what works for you!

Seeing that you are down under the Vox might be more accessible than the Fenders.