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Post subject: Fender Blues Junior
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:08 pm
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Hey all, new here and have some questions

Right now my rig consists of a Fender MIM tele, Boss tuner, boss dd3, boss ds-1, boss ns2 and a fender frontman 15g

I am looking into the fender blues junior
Will 15 watts be enough to hear over a full band?
How is the headroom and longevity of this particular amp?
Is it reliable?

As for music it is along the lines of The Spill Canvas, Hillsong United and general praise and worship type music. Sometimes the amp will be mic'd depending on where I am playing. I will be using this amp for practice, recording and gigging.

Does the amp take pedals well? Im going to use my Boss DS-1 for distortion until i throw a Ibanez ts 9 into the mix.

Any help/recommendations/tips/advice?

Thanks all!


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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:39 pm
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Honestly, if you play with a "rude" bassist and/or an "obnoxious" drummer the 15-watt Blues Junior will probably never be heard. If you mic it through a PA or go D/I into the board your audience will hear your "message" but lack of stage volume makes it likely that you won't.

You might consider something with a skosh more "grunt" -- say, a Princeton 112 or a Deluxe 90. They sound good, are relatively reliable, and can be found on the secondary market for reasonably sane prices.

Best of luck, HTH

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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:03 am
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I've used the Blues Jr. at Blues jams with no problem, great amps for small pubs. Good with bands that play at reasonable vol. levels. :)

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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:56 am
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I forgot to mention that I need tubes. there is a bassist, drummer, Singer, pianist and another guitar player in my band.


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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:30 am
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nice sounding amps. mic it and be done with it.

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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:01 pm
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I've used my Blues Jr. for full band jams and I find that it's plenty loud. It would be certainly good for a church or small venues.I run 6 or 7 pedals at a time through my BJ and have no problems.I've had mine for only a few months so I can't comment on long term reliability.

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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:02 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
Honestly, if you play with a "rude" bassist and/or an "obnoxious" drummer the 15-watt Blues Junior will probably never be heard. If you mic it through a PA or go D/I into the board your audience will hear your "message" but lack of stage volume makes it likely that you won't.


If you can't hear youself, you can't play. :!:

Gotta agree with Retroverbial....it's marginal!

BTW, is there any other type drummer other than "obnoxious"? :?: :roll: Just asking.

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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:36 pm
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RVM lead wrote:
If you can't hear youself, you can't play. :!:

Gotta agree with Retroverbial....it's marginal!

BTW, is there any other type drummer other than "obnoxious"? :?: :roll: Just asking.


LOLOL

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BTW, is there any other type drummer other than "obnoxious"? :?: :roll: Just asking.[/quote]

Yes, it's called a professional drummer LOL.

I agree, A 15 watt amp would be close in a full band situation.

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Post subject: Bjr is a great stepping stone for budding guitarists
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:41 am
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I saw your thread about the Blues Jr. I personally think these are excellent amps to use as a stepping stone to larger, more powerful gear. One needs to realize that 15 watts of Tube power will equate to somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 watts solid state. Plus, the added bonus of natural occurring tube saturation which leads to nice overdriven sounds for Rock & Roll. These amps get fairly loud for their size, but are small enough that they are very portable for the gigging musician.

I currenly own a HRD, Bjr., Bassman 250, and just recently purchased a Frontman 65 Solid State, for practicing with a band so I can bring my Bjr home for use in my private recording studio.

My Bjr is lighter and I can get more tube saturation at respectable volumes than I can with the HRD. I will use the HRD in more concert like venues. For everything else, I plan on using my Bjr.


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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:40 pm
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When I used my BJ with a PA, I just sat it directly in front of me and it gave me everything I needed.

If anyone else in the band needs to hear you well they can ask the sound guy to give them some through their monitors.

Great little amp for dialing up nice tone at low levels...


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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:11 pm
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Excuse my ignorance, but how do i connect a Fender GE112 external cabinet to my BJr so that i can play through both internal and external speakers at same time?

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You really can't. The Blues Jr needs to see a single 8Ω load for optimum performance and durability's sake. You could however disconnect the internal speaker and add a GE412 cab, which would make that amp sound like the "mouse that roared".

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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:06 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
You really can't. The Blues Jr needs to see a single 8Ω load for optimum performance and durability's sake. You could however disconnect the internal speaker and add a GE412 cab, which would make that amp sound like the "mouse that roared".

HTH

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ive not looked, but doesnt the BJ have a ext speaker out line deep in the back underside? ive read that there was, but again havent looked on mine.

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way cool jr wrote:
....doesnt the BJ have a ext speaker out line deep in the back underside?...


No, the other jack, beside the speaker jack, is for a foot-switch, external "fat" switching.

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