Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

[Benjy_26]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

I had one and used for about 3 years in a Blues band. I then started using a Peavey Classic 50/410 and realized how boxy the tone was compared to the Peavey. I also used a Hot Rod Deluxe that was so much better. IMO, it's the cab size that makes it boxy. It's just too small for me.

That's what I'm hearing in that amp too. The cab is good for convenience, but it really kills tone.

I ghetto rigged a Blues Jr. to my Marshall 2x12 and it got way better. the reverb was still a bit trashy, but i don't think it's because it's SS, I think that the tank is just too small to sound really good. In a tube amp at that price and in that size, I see the reverb circuit more as a bonus feature rather than a deal breaker. Of course, YMMV.

 

[jmcorey]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

that's a lot of the reason that why I only play my Blues Jr. through my 2X12 cabinet, which is what I suggest all blues jr players try at some point.

Rock on ~ Kac

Does Blues Jr. Have a speaker out?

 

[jeremy]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

it has a single 1/4" speaker jack so you can use either the internal or an external

 

[Hoss]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

that's it...i gotta get me a 2x12!

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

Someone should really start building replacement cabs for the Jr and selling large reverb tanks as a retrofit.

I think that a 3x10" B Jr in tweed with a large 3 spring Accutronics tank would be killer! :burnout:

 

[jmcorey]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

Someone should really start building replacement cabs for the Jr and selling large reverb tanks as a retrofit.

I think that a 3x10" B Jr in tweed with a large 3 spring Accutronics tank would be killer! :burnout:

Could be, especially with the 10" speakers....

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

This would be a great amp if it had the real Fender Tube driven reverb! :smack:

Sounds more like one thumb up and one thumb down.

 

[Hoss]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

Someone should really start building replacement cabs for the Jr and selling large reverb tanks as a retrofit.

I think that a 3x10" B Jr in tweed with a large 3 spring Accutronics tank would be killer! :burnout:

i'd like to have it fitted into a Tweed Twin cab and if i had to have verb i'd just get a verb pedal or a fender verb tank RI!?

 

[junkroom studios]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

Unmodded the Blues Jrs are decent amps....not great....but decent.

Modded they're amazing. With the mods mine sounds amazing. I've used it for gigs and rehearsals and get a ton of compliments on my tone with it.

Do you have a link to a mods page for the blues Jr.?

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

Go here.

 

[ES350]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

Drop a 10K resistor in parallel with the 100K slope resistor (= 55K)---with the .02/.02/250pF tone stack, that gets you into tweed territory.

 

[Skarekrough]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

Do you have a link to a mods page for the blues Jr.?

Do a search for the Billm mods.

I did the tone stack, reverb and presence mod. Totally different sounding amp.

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

Go here.

Do a search for the Billm mods.

I did the tone stack, reverb and presence mod. Totally different sounding amp.

Keith's linky is to Bill M's page...

 

[dr.barlo]

Re: Two Thumbs Down on the Fender Blues Jr.

I use JJ's and a celestion G12H30 (8ohm) in mine. Am very happy with it.

B