Comments on: Blues Junior Shootout

By: AdrianB

AdrianB — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:29:44 +0000

Unfortunately in the UK only the tolex model seems to be available! Marketing strategy eh, who needs it!

By: Anthony Stauffer

Anthony Stauffer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:09:32 +0000

Hi Zande,

It was quite loud when I recorded this

By: zande

zande — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:44:06 +0000

Hey Anthony! Love your site. My friend just purchased a Blues Junior NOS used for 350.00 wow.
Great amp. However, I find it very, very hard to believe the settings for all the controls except reverb were on 12… I was blasted out of the room . So my tone test failed on these settings I have a 1962 reissue with Texas Specials. I eventually put the master between 1,2,and 3 with the volume on 6,7 or 8 to get the break up I wanted. And I used A modified DX9 tube screamer (808) to give it and extras boost. Base and midrange in the middle and the treble turned all the way down.

I normally use a 65 Twin reverb with volume between 2 and 3 with Base and Mid range about middle and treble turned all the way down.

Thanks again for the outstanding site!

By: Anthony Stauffer

Anthony Stauffer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:01:55 +0000

That would be a Jensen C12N.

By: David Chiasson

David Chiasson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:39:58 +0000

hayy…i want to know what is the speaker in the tweed..because i have tolex and i want to get the speaker of the tweed

By: Paul Boogie

Paul Boogie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:25:10 +0000

I totaly agree with you! I prefer by far the Tolex soundings.
A friend of mine has this amp. It sounds really great, good SRV soundings with a Strat.
And the 15w are way enough in a band situation, even on small stages.

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:41:41 +0000

The Tolex has a bassier sound, but in a band situation, that’s not necessarily a good thing. The Tweed seems to have better response and a more pleasant sound overall. In Texas & Oklahoma, most of the best players that use fender opt for the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe … the blues junior is great for practice & studio applications, but generally gets blown away on stage by the amps typically found down here. The Fender Hot Rod Deville is very heavy to carry and tends to not get the proper distortion characteristics unless turned up really loud, driven really hard, and for all practical purposes is just too loud in a typical club setting once you have the tone locked in. I’ve owned and played all these amps. Currently I opt to use a Mesa Boogie Nomad 55 which suits me better – and besides the awesome tube distortion settings and killer clean tone for blues or jazz making it more versatile, almost ever Fender I’ve ever played, including Twins and blackface Twins just have too much buzz.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:18:02 +0000

Strings make a huge difference to your tone. I once returned a new tele I had bought and swapped it for a strat because it sounded really thin. Got the strat home and was disappointed with its sound too. Then I realised they came with .009 fender strings. Swapped these out for D’Addario .010s and happy days. Might have to try some .011s though next and see if my fingers handle them because I imagine they’d improve the tone further also and be ok to bend when tuned down 1/2 step.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:58:44 +0000

I listened to this video 3 times and must agree with the minority .The tweed seemed to lack the honk of the tolex. Tolex sounded fuller to my ear’s than the tweed . Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Just seemed like the tweed had a little more treble and less ball’s. I wonder if in 20 or so year’s if people will be looking to put back in them the original speaker’s . Be interesting to see how the original tolex speaker’s hold up after 20 year’s of abuse.I own 2 tolex and think that they are a great amp.Older 95 version’s.Sound way out in stereo.

By: fussball

fussball — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:49:57 +0000

Gute Arbeit hier! Gute Inhalte.