Hello everyone. I am new to the forums and have only been playing guitar for a year. I have a made in mexican strat in black and have a fender blues Jr. I am 19 and my favorite guitar players are John Mayer, Willie Nelson, and James Hetfield from Metallica. I like almost all styles of music and am trying to get better on my guitar so some day I can play with the best. One question I do have is that if someday I am good enough to play with others is the blues Jr. loud enough?

Depending on where you playing (bars,small clubs,Coffee houses) The Blues Jr
is usually more then loud enough (at least from my experience).
You could always mic it and run it through the p.a if you need more volume.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for the quick response. That's what I thought but my friend said it's not loud enough.

Welcome to the forums!

Show us some pics of that strat. I agree with redrover tho, it'll probz be loud nuff.

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Sounds like you have a solid set up.


Well, one out of three isn't all that bad.
Okay, that is a bit harsh, 1 1/2 out of three isn't that bad.



Okay, enough joking around, and welcome to the asylum here.
It is best expose yourself to as many types of music as you can, this does not mean you have to enjoy them all, I for one listen to all kinds of music, country, pop, rock (50's, through today) and even show tunes. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.
There are some I just can't listen too, repetitive junk like Disco & Rap come to mind. (Always remember "Rap" should always have a silent "C" in front for proper spelling.)

Anyhoo, stick around long enough and you will pick up on some very solid advice from players who have been there and done that, you can avoid some of the pitfalls of the business.

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New girl...Thats one hell of a first rig you have there...Good for you!!! Whoever is telling you its not loud enough ignore them it's more than fine to play in a small venue, Mic'ed up though PA a mid size even, And in reference to above quote the people in this forum are the most helpful and experienced you will find willing to help with any advice on guit/amps, I am new to here too and the advice i have received here in the last month has been incredible.... Just ask and these experienced cool crew will tell you anything you need to know... I wish i has found this 10 years ago!!!...lol......enjoy!!!

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That amp should see you through the first 5 years of your playing career at least. And maybe many years beyond that. It's a great rig.

Sounds like your friend is a 'bigger is better type'. The amateur/semi pro circuit is bedevilled with people trying to lug a 100watt head and 4x12 cabinet on to a tiny stage. Apart from any other considerations the sound man hates people like this. And probably most of the audience too. And you certainly couldnt use a mega rig to practise at home!

Why do you think all manufacturers are now starting to flood the market with small tube amps and combos like the Fender BJ? A small amp working hard is finding the sweet spot of tone. A 100watt Marshall dialled down to 1.5 is hardly awake, and is certainly sounding nothing like it's best.

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Welcome aboard.
Being fairly new here myself, I will say it's a friendly lot with some very good points of view on all things Fender.

Regarding your amp, I agree with what others say. I don't have a Blues Jr (wish I did). But I can say that louder isn't always better. Most of the time loud is, well, just loud.

Jeff

Welcome to the forum.

I agree with redrover. Blues Jrs are quite loud and should suit you in most situations, and for medium to large-sized venues you could always mic it for a bit more oomph. They're really nice amps - I'll bet it sounds killer with your strat.

Some fifty years ago I played most of my gigs using a '58 Strat through a 40 watt Fender Concert amp. One very long tenure at Greenwich Village's well known Cafe WHA?? That amp was loud enough for that intimate room. Hendrix played that stage not long after we left there. Remind your friend that Jeff Beck has been using a much smaller amp in some of the more intimate venues he's been playing recently. House systems can make quite a difference and you can even hybrid your own by running your gear through some thing as simple as a Fender Passport if you want to lug that around. Sometimes tweaking the EQ on a smaller amp can yield a 'juicier' tone that cranking through a multicabbed 100 watt ear drum shatterer,

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Sounds like a pretty awesome set-up there. Your amp is good for a garage setting, small gigs, and recording studio type stuff. As mentioned you could mic your amp for larger venues. Remember you will have to play louder to get that drive you want, but may need to use distortion pedals to get heavier crunch at lower volumes.

I have been playing for 20+ years and I have yet to have a good tube amp in my set up. I would hold on to it and if you need more power, buy bigger amp later. Right now it probably the best amp any beginner could start with.

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+1, welcome to the Forum....Sounds like a great starter setup you have. Better than what I started with years ago!!!!! Good choices!

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Welcome to the Forum,you have a great set up for a relative beginner.A Mexican Strat and a Blues Jr. will certainly give you a great head start.The Blues Jr. would be OK for very small venues and playing classic rock and blues etc. but wouldn't be suited for louder hard rock where the drums would drown them out.A lot of players use Blues Jrs. gigging at larger venues these days by micing them.

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Go ahead and let your friend spend THOUSANDS of dollars chasing after something that multitudes of players have done. Here's the deal, When you're out playing YOU will be the one heard because the soundman will mic YOUR amp. Your buddy will be told to turn down and possibly not even be in the mix period. YOU will have better tone because you turned your amp UP to it's sweet spot. Your buddy on the other hand will have poor tone and his BIG RIG will be reduced to a 3000.00 dollar distortion pedal because he turned down. In the future, pick up another Blues Jr and run them in stereo. Save your money, that you would have spent on BIG amps, and buy yourself a really nice guitar and you'll have a rig that will last you a LONG LONG time.
How do I know this? I've been playing for DECADES and I've owned about every kind of amp you can think of. Case in point: I have a really sweet 50 watt plexi clone that CJ Sutton handbuilt for me. AWESOME tone but completely unusable for anything other than a VERY BIG venue.
Spend your money wisely on a few things such as a quality overdrive and a few quality effects and you'll be laughing all the way to the gig and back while your buddy is at the chiropractor in a traction contraption and then to the doctor being treated for tinitis

Randini: With all that in mind, do you know of anyone who has used the Bose L1 system to that end? It seems like a great system for it in terms of sound coverage.

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