Comments on: Bill M. Blues Jr. Mods Review

By: Don Anderson

Don Anderson — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:31:08 +0000

I’m hearing the Blues Jr. mods here on my headphones and it sound great and even seems to treat soft jazz chords with respect. I like messing around with cars and know that whenever you add one thing you lose another. EG More high end performance probably means lost gas mileage, harder to drive around town or parts wear out faster.

It looks like you gained everything and lost nothing with these B/Jr mods. Probably a few cap changes and a transformer. If that is the case, why don’t Fender engineers implement these changes. On the factory floor level, I can’t see it costing any more to manufacture. Are there jazz or country players who might not like what was done.

By: raymond burr

raymond burr — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:20:54 +0000

Hello Anthony,
I enjoyed all of your videos for some time now… thanks for the great work. I’ved picked up a tweed blues junior @ guitar center, rockville md, and want to follow your lead regarding modifications to the amp. Will you shoot me Bill’s contact info and/or web address, if you have the time? I’ve been on Bill’s site but he’s doing upgrades and I don’t see a contact number.
Thanks you brother,
R.B. A K A Voodoo Chile

By: Anthony Stauffer

Anthony Stauffer — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:31:48 +0000

No pedals on this demo

By: Mick

Mick — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:10:53 +0000

Great demo. Curious if you are plugged straight in, or are using any pedals?

By: Anthony Stauffer

Anthony Stauffer — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:10:04 +0000

I believe it’s called the TwinStack mod.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:13:29 +0000

I do not see pre-amp revoicing on Bill’s site for listed mod kits.

By: Anthony Stauffer

Anthony Stauffer — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:39:47 +0000

Voicing refers primarily to the tone controls, and how they affect the tone. I have made no changes to the tubes.

By: David

David — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:14:01 +0000

This is incredible. I almost spent about $3000 for a boutique amp when this has the tone I was looking for. I’m wondering from reading above (as I’m a novice at amp modifications), what do you mean by ‘Preamp Revoicing’. Also, are you keeping the EL84s or have you switched to the 6V6′s?

By: Anthony Stauffer

Anthony Stauffer — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:39:44 +0000

Hi Trace,
The speaker is still stock. I think the mods have outclassed the speaker though, and I may look into replacing it in the future. You will see a big change in tone changing the stock speaker to the C12N or some other good speaker, that may be suitable for you, but as I have found, the mods can improve the amp, but not the speaker, and doing the mods may make the speaker sound like the weak link, as mine does now.

By: Trace

Trace — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:16:29 +0000

Amazing tone! I’m a huge SRV fan myself and you do him justice! Are you still using the stock Jensen ceramic speaker or has that been changed as well? If so, to what? I just picked up a tolex Blues Jr. and though I think it sounds amazing as it is I was already planning on upgrading the speaker to the Tweed option (Jensen C12N) but I am sorely tempted to use the Alnico (P12R). Any experiences or advice on Ceramic vs. Alnico before I spend more cash? Would you advise doing the BillM mods first or changing the speaker? The BillM mods appear very reasonably priced and I may even be able to do them myself.