Anthony, thanks for making this video - and making it so you can really hear the amp tone. I just had my Blues Jr. Modded by a local tech, and I did it in large part because of this video. WOW! My amp is fantastic now! Its like a totally new animal. The variety of tones and sound is great. Thanks again, and thanks to guys like BillM who share their knowledge and research to make it all happen.
Good timing for this video.. just bought a blues junior a week ago after watching a lot of your videos. My DeVille 4x10 was just too loud. I have various BillM mod parts coming my way whenever he can fill the order. I LOVED the video and it's comforting to hear that you are impressed with the mods, given how much you liked the amp to begin with. I simply love your videos - keep it up and God bless!
man. I've noticed you had your eq's maxed out in previous videos, and I did the same thing on my tweed blues jr. But this mod! I can tell a huge difference! You have a real luscious range of tone now. more than what I have or you had before. Rockin man. way cool
Great Demo, I just did these myself a month ago and it was so worth it! The Cream board kit with the bias adjustment alone was worth it, my EL84's were running at 75ma's, one of the power tubes was glowing bright yellow! Retubed it with a set of JJ's to 25.5ma, sounds amazing. Bill knows his stuff. And the orange tone caps are darn near 3 times the size of the old ones that come out, beefy! If you like verb, I replaced the tank with a Ruby one from Mojotone, it is warmer and deeper!
excellent demo. had an older USA made jr and never liked it too much so sold it. recently got a used MIM from 2006 and like it a lot better. only mod I did was replace the speaker with a cannibas rex. after seeing this demo might try to find another jr and try out these mods...thanks!
Great video!It helped my decision to mod my Blues Jr NOS.I changed the power transformer (TP24), the output transformer (Mercury Magnetics),did the basic mod, sparkle and presence control, high voltage preamp, twin stack and put a Cannabis Rex speaker in it and absolutely love the tone (I loved it before too). Well, I will report after I gig with it and break the new speaker in, but so far the improvement is great. More of everything - more range, more headroom, more volume, more weight (alas)
My husband did those mods for me, along with a cannabis rex speaker, and it VASTLY improved the amp. He's ordered some more Bill M. parts and will be doubling the wattage and giving me a standby switch, among other things. Amazing all the sound coming from a little amp that I can actually carry!
just got my BJ Modded in UK by Andy at Rat Mods, new JJ tubes installed, Had A Tri Rectifier Installed, so u can have solid state, tube or tube half power, also switch 2 drop from 15w to 7.5w, all new tone caps & capacitors, had the tone circuit modded 2 go from 0 to max, all wires were twisted, had a negative feedback switch installed, a 2 button footswitch 4 reverb & boost, & boost has a dile to adjust gain, it also cuts tone stack out of circuit when fully engaged ,sound's like a marshal now
I don't use an OD pedal with my blues junior anymore, that's how good the mods are on my amp, I would have liked the Presence control, but the amp is bright enough now, I have been offered 2 offers on the amp already, but i am not selling such a good amp, I think modding the blues junior was the best thing I ever did, it is my goto blues amp now
So crazy how much difference in sound there is between the bjr ll lll and tweed nos. I have black bjr MIM and its got mega bass and mids. The only mod I made was a speaker swap. Huge difference.
The sounds from the mods are awesome. Clean butt dirty and thick at the same time. Oh! the face plate was designed that why for the sound engineer to run on stage behind the amp set your EQ while your playing on stage, all you had to do was smile or give the thumbs down. Great blokes those sound engineers but these days our trusty roadie does it and a whole lot more.
I stumbled on to a used Tweed Blues junior in a guitar center one day. It happened to be the relic model. It caught my eye in the used amp section. After playing through it for just a few minutes, I had to have this amp. I could not believe the tone I was getting and how sweet the pre amp sounded over driven. I've replaced the input jack with a Switchcraft brand. I've replaced the reverb tank with a Mojo Tone tank. I replaced the stock Jensen (which is a great sounding speaker in this amp) with a vintage JBL D-120 speaker I've owned since 82. It's heavier with that speaker but still an easy amp to gig with. I would like to have a mod like this done.
A presence control doesn't actually effect the EQ at all. What a presence control actually does is a treble frequency negative feedback control. Negative feedback does two things. It flattens frequency response, and gives you less distortion. Many amps have negative feedback to varying degrees, and some have none at all. The classic Vox AC30 had no negative feedback. Fender blackface amps had a lot of negative feedback, Marshalls had very little. Most amps these days have a moderate amount. An amp doesn't have to have a presence control to have negative feedback.
Sorry,but this amp sounded way better stock. Sounds all messed up now. Way Tinny, and scooped out . I think if you want to mod it that much you bought the wrong amp in the first place. Not being negitive, only Willybooger's opinion. I whale on this amp Stock! Thanks for the demo on the mod. Brother!
I love this amp. I do use a MXR EQ pedal with it with just a one notch mid boost and it makes this thing jump off the floor. I set the bass, mid, treble about where I like it. The volume only 3 or less so its pretty clean. Then add in the MXR. I have had the type 3 Hot Rod BJ and did not care for it. This is a different animal. See his review on the stock amp. Thanks Anthony for your great lessons.
I just had these mod's done on my amp.... I'm not sure if I like it.... The amp seems overly bright when I'm using a strat (Classic Player with Custom Shop 69's). Amp seemed to have better tone stock (2010 Tweed NOS model) then it does now. Unless I messed something up... Any thoughts? Also the bass and mids barely do anything....
Anthony, I just got my Second Blues Jr. NOS, the First one was DOA :-( I usually put my Volume on 11 and the Master Volume on 3-4. When the Master goes above 5-6 it sounds like I have a little tube rattle. Is this normal for a small combo that's new? Also the Master Volume seems like it really doesn't kick in until the dial hits Two. I think Fender solved this problem in the Blues Jr. III. I love this little amp.
The lows and mids are really nice but very harsh on the high end. This amp already is a little too harsh in its stock form for me. Planning on switching out the speaker to an ET-65. Thanks for sharing this.
@getawhatwhat1 The mods did not make the amp sound harsh. The tone controls are set wrong. I agree the sound is brittle, but that is not because of the mods. Changing the tone caps to the values for the Billm mod would not not make it sound that way. All Blues Jr's need at least a couple of mods, even the new ones. The output tubes run way too hot, and the bass is anemic. Changing just one capacitor and one resistor will correct these problems. However, doing a full mod is much better.
@TwangKing24 I think the tweed BJ is bright because of the Jensen speaker. The black ones have a darker sound which is more my style. I deliberately didn't buy the tweed because of this.
Bill M passed away in October, 2016, I believe! I have a made in USA Fender Blues Jr. that he modded for me several years ago, with most but not all of his suggested mods including the tone stack mod, presence control, standby switch and external speaker, among others, and it still sounds amazing!
no, an eq would not be able to achieve anywhere close to what these mods do. A lot of people say that these mods "take the blanket off" the amp, and from my experience they absolutely do. I also own an eq pedal, and never could achieve what I have now from the mods.
Hey Anthony! I Love all your lessons (which I learn so much from) and demos, so much so I got one of these same Jensen Tweeds after seeing your demo, I love it, but now you've thrown me another curve ball! You described it before as your 80% amp, what rating would you give it now it's been modded? I live in U.K so BillM is a bit far away for me, I guess someone here should be able to fit the parts.... Keep up the great work! Thanks again.
I have a Blues Junior. Only mod I did was I put in a Cannabis Rex speaker. It sounds great with my Fender Reverb Unit. Without it so-so. I like surf so I use a Jazzmaster with flatwounds. Would you mind doing a demo with surf songs even if you don't have a Jazzmaster or Jaguar. If you have a Strat that's a good surf guitar. I prefer surf over blues or blues rock, so if you do a surf vid I'll have a good feel for what your mods can do. Thanks mate.
If I were to go and have this done/do it myself, is it the kind of thing where I could get the original sound with just some adjustments of the EQ? I'm big into the idea of expanding my sound range, as long as I'm not voiding what I already like too.
@Strat0Blues I noticed this on a Blues Junior and Deluxe at Guitar Center the other day. I have a standard Hot Rod Deluxe and it doesn't have upside down controls... I don't understand why the hell Fender is doing this....
FWIW; Most of the Bill M mods are un-necessary if you have the Blues Junior III. Personally; after the speaker gets broken in, I like the sound of the Blues Junior II just the way it is.
That's interesting. I played a BJIII side by side with a BJNOS today, and perhaps I didn't set the III correctly because I had them both at the same setting. But the way they were set the BJNOS was SO much nicer sounding to my ear. FWIW I was testing LP's exclusively with these two amps. I did like how Fender reversed the control panel front to back and printed white on black. The III was easier to read and set.
Lots of guys like the Amp as it is from factory, the Jensen Soeaker will take time to break in though, once broken in, it's twice as good that speaker. Because I love the stock formation from factory, just changing the V1 tube, for less gain and more head room or clean volume for longer, otherwise one cool sweet Amp.
@19fenderman60 No, not exactly but generally. I don't have the trim pot for example. Sure did make it sound better, though. Recently I took my TRex out and used a new pine cab. THAT was the icing on the cake. 👍
The mods are waste of time...The amp sounds boxy because guess what...It is in a small box....The amp is fine on it's own.....You do not need mods on this amp...If you want to upgrade the amp buy a bigger cabinet that fits the blues jr and add a better speaker.....Everybody wants to mod everything....Why? The amp is what it is....People spend all of this money on mods when you could have just spent that money on a higher grade amp....
TRUTH! I did the mods to mine, and after several hours and lots of money later, I actually preferred the original tone. It is what it is, and if you spend some time dialing it in, you can get great tones out of it. ;-)
Its interesting...I have had Peavey Delta Blues 115 with a $500 Fargen upgrade...marginal difference to stock and you know what...I would add a pedal (let' s say for distortion or a Keeley Java Roast"...or change pickups on my Les Paul and the sound would change completely...with the stock sometimes sounding better then the upgrade.. Your amps sounds good but there are too many variables to tone.. So if you play with stock pieces yeah it will make a difference,,but changes to pickups etc..no.
i really respect you man and all of your lessones but you need to shot the lesson again and turn the camera to the other side of the amp still 5 stares because its you have a good one
A bit late for an answer, but it means to replace some of the electrical components inside the amp itself. I.e. Capacitors, resistors, transformers etc. The Billm mods are kits with instructions on which ones to replace, and the kit supplies you the replacements.
Does it mean getting out the tie dye t-shirts and the bell bottom jeans and the hush puppies put the flowers in the hair and being mod you know like The mod squad
melodymaker No, more like the British Mods- riding around on Vespa or Lambretta scooters and chowing amphetamines while listening to bands like The Who...
Just for anyone else that is reading; Billm passed away, but his son has picked up the ball. I made an order for parts on 11/11/18 and it was shipped 11/15/18, so they are back up and running. His son is the real deal. I've spoken with him a couple of times and he is a worthy successor to his dad.
The top end on this guy, like the stock, is why I would never own one. Tried it. Ice pick tone. It's just wrong for me and I don't can't what it costs, I couldn't own one.Have one on eval right now. Was hoping the mods would help the fizzy top end. Seems to make it worse. Oh, well. Back to my 67 Deluxe Reverb. A tweed would have been fun....
All your videos are awesome. I have a lot of respect for you. But this modification is a huge mistake. (My opinion). Doesn't sounds like a Bjr anymore. Sounds like a BIG garbage can! A big tomato juice can loll I will never do this to my Bjr. It"s just like a failled plastic sergery lolll
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Anthony, thanks for making this video - and making it so you can really hear the amp tone. I just had my Blues Jr. Modded by a local tech, and I did it in large part because of this video.
WOW! My amp is fantastic now! Its like a totally new animal. The variety of tones and sound is great. Thanks again, and thanks to guys like BillM who share their knowledge and research to make it all happen.
Good timing for this video.. just bought a blues junior a week ago after watching a lot of your videos. My DeVille 4x10 was just too loud. I have various BillM mod parts coming my way whenever he can fill the order. I LOVED the video and it's comforting to hear that you are impressed with the mods, given how much you liked the amp to begin with. I simply love your videos - keep it up and God bless!
man. I've noticed you had your eq's maxed out in previous videos, and I did the same thing on my tweed blues jr. But this mod! I can tell a huge difference! You have a real luscious range of tone now. more than what I have or you had before. Rockin man. way cool
Yes, it's a great low volume practice amp as well.
Great Demo, I just did these myself a month ago and it was so worth it! The Cream board kit with the bias adjustment alone was worth it, my EL84's were running at 75ma's, one of the power tubes was glowing bright yellow! Retubed it with a set of JJ's to 25.5ma, sounds amazing. Bill knows his stuff. And the orange tone caps are darn near 3 times the size of the old ones that come out, beefy!
If you like verb, I replaced the tank with a Ruby one from Mojotone, it is warmer and deeper!
bro those tones are hecka legit. im gettin the hot rod series but this vid makes me more excited haha
Sent mine off to Bill M last week and can't WAIT to get it back!
excellent demo. had an older USA made jr and never liked it too much so sold it. recently got a used MIM from 2006 and like it a lot better. only mod I did was replace the speaker with a cannibas rex. after seeing this demo might try to find another jr and try out these mods...thanks!
Great video!It helped my decision to mod my Blues Jr NOS.I changed the power transformer (TP24), the output transformer (Mercury Magnetics),did the basic mod, sparkle and presence control, high voltage preamp, twin stack and put a Cannabis Rex speaker in it and absolutely love the tone (I loved it before too). Well, I will report after I gig with it and break the new speaker in, but so far the improvement is great. More of everything - more range, more headroom, more volume, more weight (alas)
My husband did those mods for me, along with a cannabis rex speaker, and it VASTLY improved the amp. He's ordered some more Bill M. parts and will be doubling the wattage and giving me a standby switch, among other things. Amazing all the sound coming from a little amp that I can actually carry!
Doubling the wattage is just by changing the tubes or what?
I just did the Billm mods today on my Tweed BJ III, Sounds Excellent Did the same mods except for the Presence control and preamp revoicing
Excellent ! Felt like I was right there with ya. Going to watch it again. :-) Thanks.
just got my BJ Modded in UK by Andy at Rat Mods, new JJ tubes installed, Had A Tri Rectifier Installed, so u can have solid state, tube or tube half power, also switch 2 drop from 15w to 7.5w, all new tone caps & capacitors, had the tone circuit modded 2 go from 0 to max, all wires were twisted, had a negative feedback switch installed, a 2 button footswitch 4 reverb & boost, & boost has a dile to adjust gain, it also cuts tone stack out of circuit when fully engaged ,sound's like a marshal now
I don't use an OD pedal with my blues junior anymore, that's how good the mods are on my amp, I would have liked the Presence control, but the amp is bright enough now, I have been offered 2 offers on the amp already, but i am not selling such a good amp, I think modding the blues junior was the best thing I ever did, it is my goto blues amp now
So crazy how much difference in sound there is between the bjr ll lll and tweed nos.
I have black bjr MIM and its got mega bass and mids.
The only mod I made was a speaker swap.
Huge difference.
The sounds from the mods are awesome. Clean butt dirty and thick at the same time. Oh! the face plate was designed that why for the sound engineer to run on stage behind the amp set your EQ while your playing on stage, all you had to do was smile or give the thumbs down. Great blokes those sound engineers but these days our trusty roadie does it and a whole lot more.
I stumbled on to a used Tweed Blues junior in a guitar center one day. It happened to be the relic model. It caught my eye in the used amp section. After playing through it for just a few minutes, I had to have this amp. I could not believe the tone I was getting and how sweet the pre amp sounded over driven. I've replaced the input jack with a Switchcraft brand. I've replaced the reverb tank with a Mojo Tone tank. I replaced the stock Jensen (which is a great sounding speaker in this amp) with a vintage JBL D-120 speaker I've owned since 82. It's heavier with that speaker but still an easy amp to gig with. I would like to have a mod like this done.
A presence control doesn't actually effect the EQ at all. What a presence control actually does is a treble frequency negative feedback control. Negative feedback does two things. It flattens frequency response, and gives you less distortion. Many amps have negative feedback to varying degrees, and some have none at all. The classic Vox AC30 had no negative feedback. Fender blackface amps had a lot of negative feedback, Marshalls had very little. Most amps these days have a moderate amount. An amp doesn't have to have a presence control to have negative feedback.
Good explanation!
I was hoping you did the mods to the amp!
I know have one modded and it sounds great too ;)
By the way, the last riffs sound b-e-a-utiful !
Love your stuff man and your amp sounds great
this is very good tone, much better than a stock jr, but also note the playing is a big part, as well as the ability to dial the amp in
Perfect Fender tone.
I have the Tweed Blues Jr III Limeted Edition and the controls are oriented so when amp is facing you thecontrols are correct, left to right.
Sorry,but this amp sounded way better stock. Sounds all messed up now. Way Tinny, and scooped out . I think if you want to mod it that much you bought the wrong amp in the first place. Not being negitive, only Willybooger's opinion. I whale on this amp Stock! Thanks for the demo on the mod. Brother!
I love this amp. I do use a MXR EQ pedal with it with just a one notch mid boost and it makes this thing jump off the floor. I set the bass, mid, treble about where I like it. The volume only 3 or less so its pretty clean. Then add in the MXR. I have had the type 3 Hot Rod BJ and did not care for it. This is a different animal. See his review on the stock amp. Thanks Anthony for your great lessons.
RIP Billm
I love your style of playing. Very soulful.
R.I.P. Bill M. We lost a tone wizard.
I just had these mod's done on my amp.... I'm not sure if I like it.... The amp seems overly bright when I'm using a strat (Classic Player with Custom Shop 69's). Amp seemed to have better tone stock (2010 Tweed NOS model) then it does now. Unless I messed something up... Any thoughts? Also the bass and mids barely do anything....
Anthony, I just got my Second Blues Jr. NOS, the First one was DOA :-( I usually put my Volume on 11 and the Master Volume on 3-4. When the Master goes above 5-6 it sounds like I have a little tube rattle. Is this normal for a small combo that's new?
Also the Master Volume seems like it really doesn't kick in until the dial hits Two. I think Fender solved this problem in the Blues Jr. III. I love this little amp.
Good video! But I wish you would have answered the questions viewers asked. That would have provided some good additional info!
@joelbyrne I'm considering Celestion Vintage 30 as well or a Cannabis Rex hemp speaker. Smokey and nice mids.
The Cannabis Rex is perfect for this amp, IMO.
Hi, great demo ! ;-)
Please can you tell me what is the speaker in this blues junior demo?
Thank you so much.
Mat
Mine can. I have a Bill M mod w/ EV speaker. It's my favorite amp now.
Boss Fano, excusme me, you did put into an evm12L ? It manages to enter or you have had to make changes or mods?
Oh man I've got to get this.
The lows and mids are really nice but very harsh on the high end. This amp already is a little too harsh in its stock form for me. Planning on switching out the speaker to an ET-65. Thanks for sharing this.
What would be nice is to put the chassis in a head cabinet and then have a matching 2x12 cab along with it.
@mynameisjacob Absolutely. That's a great way of putting it.
@getawhatwhat1 The mods did not make the amp sound harsh. The tone controls are set wrong. I agree the sound is brittle, but that is not because of the mods. Changing the tone caps to the values for the Billm mod would not not make it sound that way. All Blues Jr's need at least a couple of mods, even the new ones. The output tubes run way too hot, and the bass is anemic. Changing just one capacitor and one resistor will correct these problems. However, doing a full mod is much better.
@Strat0Blues The new Blues Junior 3 has the control labels right side up!
@TwangKing24 I think the tweed BJ is bright because of the Jensen speaker. The black ones have a darker sound which is more my style. I deliberately didn't buy the tweed because of this.
Does BillM have a mod that reduces or eliminates the EL84 tube rattle that's so annoyingly prevalent in the BJs? Tube dampers?
Thank you for this review. How is the headroom in the amp before and after the mods when the master is full on?
Can't seem to find Bill M online to see about the mods, any chance you have a link?
Bill M passed away in October, 2016, I believe! I have a made in USA Fender Blues Jr. that he modded for me several years ago, with most but not all of his suggested mods including the tone stack mod, presence control, standby switch and external speaker, among others, and it still sounds amazing!
You can use the 'Way Back Machine' to view his site
Great demo and tone. What speaker are you using?
no, an eq would not be able to achieve anywhere close to what these mods do. A lot of people say that these mods "take the blanket off" the amp, and from my experience they absolutely do. I also own an eq pedal, and never could achieve what I have now from the mods.
Hey Anthony! I Love all your lessons (which I learn so much from) and demos, so much so I got one of these same Jensen Tweeds after seeing your demo, I love it, but now you've thrown me another curve ball! You described it before as your 80% amp, what rating would you give it now it's been modded? I live in U.K so BillM is a bit far away for me, I guess someone here should be able to fit the parts.... Keep up the great work! Thanks again.
@gr8bluesgtr where did you have this done?
Did i miss the list of Mods u had done??? Looking for them..Sounds great
I have a Blues Junior. Only mod I did was I put in a Cannabis Rex speaker. It sounds great with my Fender Reverb Unit. Without it so-so. I like surf so I use a Jazzmaster with flatwounds. Would you mind doing a demo with surf songs even if you don't have a Jazzmaster or Jaguar. If you have a Strat that's a good surf guitar. I prefer surf over blues or blues rock, so if you do a surf vid I'll have a good feel for what your mods can do. Thanks mate.
If I were to go and have this done/do it myself, is it the kind of thing where I could get the original sound with just some adjustments of the EQ? I'm big into the idea of expanding my sound range, as long as I'm not voiding what I already like too.
@Strat0Blues I noticed this on a Blues Junior and Deluxe at Guitar Center the other day. I have a standard Hot Rod Deluxe and it doesn't have upside down controls... I don't understand why the hell Fender is doing this....
To me, the mod gives the amp a much more chimey, british style sound, imho...
Beautiful Sound! :)
Yeah sounds like an AC30!
what was the songs being played around the 7:00 mark?
FWIW; Most of the Bill M mods are un-necessary if you have the Blues Junior III. Personally; after the speaker gets broken in, I like the sound of the Blues Junior II just the way it is.
That's interesting. I played a BJIII side by side with a BJNOS today, and perhaps I didn't set the III correctly because I had them both at the same setting. But the way they were set the BJNOS was SO much nicer sounding to my ear. FWIW I was testing LP's exclusively with these two amps. I did like how Fender reversed the control panel front to back and printed white on black. The III was easier to read and set.
Lots of guys like the Amp as it is from factory, the Jensen Soeaker will take time to break in though, once broken in, it's twice as good that speaker. Because I love the stock formation from factory, just changing the V1 tube, for less gain and more head room or clean volume for longer, otherwise one cool sweet Amp.
Can the sound stays clean with playing with drums?
why doesn't Fender build them this way from the start ?
Cost. They want to keep it as low as possible to sell as many as possible. Every company on earth does that.
would u prefer a blues junior or a fender hot rod deluxe?
the standard black junior III's have controls oriented towards you
Sweet
Wow that sounds great, really love that sound. What guitar are you using?
sounds harsh!? I LOVE IT!!!
@Strat0Blues They fixed it on the III.
No. the bottom end still gets cut by the ripple in the rectifier filter.
Sounds good. Sounds reeeeaaal good.
how much do these mods cost rufly?
Do you have contact info for Bill M? Or, did I miss it somewhere?
you tell us what the mods were!
Sounds a lot better with presence down, treble up rather than vice versa IMO. Nice demo.
How much for the mods?
Was the stock speaker or an upgraded speaker used for this video?
can you buy these anywhere?
Its a shame you can't get the Bill M mods anymore.
Fromel does the same mods. Sells kits, for DIY
I'm fully aware & already did it. Not the same
@19fenderman60 No, not exactly but generally. I don't have the trim pot for example. Sure did make it sound better, though. Recently I took my TRex out and used a new pine cab. THAT was the icing on the cake. 👍
The trim pot is what I was looking for. Would still love to find one. @@jaysorensenIBEW
is that with the stock speaker?
The mods are waste of time...The amp sounds boxy because guess what...It is in a small box....The amp is fine on it's own.....You do not need mods on this amp...If you want to upgrade the amp buy a bigger cabinet that fits the blues jr and add a better speaker.....Everybody wants to mod everything....Why? The amp is what it is....People spend all of this money on mods when you could have just spent that money on a higher grade amp....
TRUTH!
I did the mods to mine, and after several hours and lots of money later, I actually preferred the original tone. It is what it is, and if you spend some time dialing it in, you can get great tones out of it. ;-)
Master cranked and volume low is the best tone
Its interesting...I have had Peavey Delta Blues 115 with a $500 Fargen upgrade...marginal difference to stock and you know what...I would add a pedal (let' s say for distortion or a Keeley Java Roast"...or change pickups on my Les Paul and the sound would change completely...with the stock sometimes sounding better then the upgrade..
Your amps sounds good but there are too many variables to tone..
So if you play with stock pieces yeah it will make a difference,,but changes to pickups etc..no.
Is there any other effects hooked up or is this raw guitar to amp?
sounds great..not my thing prob though i like something warmer like my marshall tube amp..
hi, it sounds great, do u have Bill's contact info?
thanks
i really respect you man and all of your lessones but you need to shot the lesson again and turn the camera to the other side of the amp
still 5 stares because its you
have a good one
Blues Junior is nicer in my opinion. Hot Rod Deluxe is a bit too powerful, I used to play one. I always had hard time to get it overdriven enough..
erm sorry for dumb question but what does modding mean ?
A bit late for an answer, but it means to replace some of the electrical components inside the amp itself. I.e. Capacitors, resistors, transformers etc. The Billm mods are kits with instructions on which ones to replace, and the kit supplies you the replacements.
Does it mean getting out the tie dye t-shirts and the bell bottom jeans and the hush puppies put the flowers in the hair and being mod you know like The mod squad
It's short for modifying. Like John said, changing components to improve and/or customize to suit your tastes.
@@oneofthemodels I just bought an old Blues Jr. with a natural woven leather handle. Heehee
melodymaker No, more like the British Mods- riding around on Vespa or Lambretta scooters and chowing amphetamines while listening to bands like The Who...
Did anybody ask, “how much for the mods?”
It’s like 75 bucks for just the parts
@@KCroc1 thank you
does anyone know how long it take Bill to return an amp. I sent him my amp over 2 months ago. He is not answering emails. Should I be worried?
I'm in the same boat. He has a good reputation. Except for the delay, I don't think its a problem.
Just for anyone else that is reading; Billm passed away, but his son has picked up the ball. I made an order for parts on 11/11/18 and it was shipped 11/15/18, so they are back up and running. His son is the real deal. I've spoken with him a couple of times and he is a worthy successor to his dad.
Anyone know what mods he had done?
Gosh that amp sounds like a amp 4x the price! That's great because I tend to like lots of bass and mid for my style
@jammers5 Yep, i got me a III last week:)
The top end on this guy, like the stock, is why I would never own one. Tried it. Ice pick tone. It's just wrong for me and I don't can't what it costs, I couldn't own one.Have one on eval right now. Was hoping the mods would help the fizzy top end. Seems to make it worse. Oh, well. Back to my 67 Deluxe Reverb. A tweed would have been fun....
hey man can bill mod my amp too? how do i make it happen?
If you want that SRV Texas tone, it works. But not my style...too jangly and on the top end..brittle. Maybe it's the recording itself...
What I had done was under $200.
@thisiswhereiwatch i also would love to know.
Hey Anthony,
which output transformer did you get and why. There are a few different ones on Bill's sight.
Would be very interested to know this as well. I'm thinking about doing the 6V6 (octal) conversion, but I'm not sure about the OT stuff.
That's for sure. They're upside down and should be in front of the knob, not in back. Geez.
@pleximanic1 just boost that treble man haha
kinda has that vox ac15 chim
All your videos are awesome.
I have a lot of respect for you.
But this modification is a huge mistake. (My opinion). Doesn't sounds like a Bjr anymore. Sounds like a BIG garbage can!
A big tomato juice can loll
I will never do this to my Bjr.
It"s just like a failled plastic sergery lolll
*Modifying.
Get a Blues Jr 3 is not upside down anymore