Fender Blues Junior Amp
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:16 am
Hey--
A couple of days ago, I traded some road-weary gear and added a few bucks at Atomic Music and walked out with a very clean Fender Blues Junior amp.
Atomic Music, for those unfamiliar with this DC-area store, carries used gear and you never know what you'll find there on any given day. They've been around over 15 years; started in College Park, Maryland, and now have stores in Beltsville, Maryland, and Rockville, Maryland. Beltsville is right up the street from College Park, and is the store I go to.
So this amp sounds pretty nice and looks great. I wanted a Fender tube amp that was around 15 watts and was light enough to lug around easily. This should fit the bill. There are tons of articles about these amps on the web; some folks love 'em, some folks hate 'em, and a good many mod the living heck out of them for one reason or another.
I guess they're like the old VW Bug of amps.
The places where I'll be using this are mainly back-deck jam sessions and the occasional small gig. My '75 Vibro Champ was my go-to amp in those situations until about a month ago, when a couple of the regulars at a jam each pulled out banjos. At that point, even at full blast, I could no longer hear myself! I was playing my parts-caster version of an early '50s Tele through the VC.
Hence the Blues Junior.
I'll report back soon on how this amp does in real use and how it sounds with different guitars! If any of you have experience with it, please share!!!
--Jim
A couple of days ago, I traded some road-weary gear and added a few bucks at Atomic Music and walked out with a very clean Fender Blues Junior amp.
Atomic Music, for those unfamiliar with this DC-area store, carries used gear and you never know what you'll find there on any given day. They've been around over 15 years; started in College Park, Maryland, and now have stores in Beltsville, Maryland, and Rockville, Maryland. Beltsville is right up the street from College Park, and is the store I go to.
So this amp sounds pretty nice and looks great. I wanted a Fender tube amp that was around 15 watts and was light enough to lug around easily. This should fit the bill. There are tons of articles about these amps on the web; some folks love 'em, some folks hate 'em, and a good many mod the living heck out of them for one reason or another.
I guess they're like the old VW Bug of amps.
The places where I'll be using this are mainly back-deck jam sessions and the occasional small gig. My '75 Vibro Champ was my go-to amp in those situations until about a month ago, when a couple of the regulars at a jam each pulled out banjos. At that point, even at full blast, I could no longer hear myself! I was playing my parts-caster version of an early '50s Tele through the VC.
Hence the Blues Junior.
I'll report back soon on how this amp does in real use and how it sounds with different guitars! If any of you have experience with it, please share!!!
--Jim