Fender Pro Junior - #38 Doctor Guitar
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- In this episode I show you another small amp that I use a lot in the studio, because it can get really nasty, but it's not too loud! The Fender Pro Junior is a great midrange devil!!
It's a great sounding amp with a reasonable 15 watts. Super simple to use due to its volume and tone layout.
But the Fender Pro Junior is not just a blues amp!!! It can get rock and roll really fast.
This Fender Pro Junior is one of the firsts and it's still made in USA.
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I've had a Pro Junior now for about 25 years. With my SG, a Tube Screamer and a Vox Wah-Wah, I get Nazare sized vibe that keeps me satisfied. I really don't need much more.
It’s a killer amp
Yes! Some love for the Pro Jr! It was the first tube amp I bought years ago and I only bought it because it was slightly cheaper than a Blues Jr. I am glad that I did, because you are right Budda this amp sounds fantastic. Love your channel, learning a lot from you. Congrats on passing 1,000 keep up the great work.
Yeah I agree this amp rocks. Great for a practise or rehearsals . At gigs I’ll mic it, and as a rule of thumb only do when the drums are mic’d. I love using my volume pot to create the desired distortion gain it adds so much more to your versatility instead of an array of on and off pedals. Its a lite weight plug and play amp. With killer tones. My whole setup fits in the front seat of a car. And I only got do one easy walk from the car to the gig. It was my best kept secret hehe. Its only down fall it as a bedroom amp it’s way to loud to reach the gain. So I use a noise gate. Thanks for the tip about the treble bleed ill give it a shoot on my les paul. But my tele has heaps of treble. Between that amp and my guitar tone knobs the combo is perfection.
jasinow great to know that!!!! Thanks a lot
Good review i have one for 23 years still works perfect
This is an older one
I have my eyes on a 1997 version. It sounds good, but I fear pulling the trigger on it lol
Hey man, nice review; probably the best on RUclips for the pro junior. I own one of these and no one tells you how gnarly these little guys are. They can get super loud. I use it with a OCD and its been an awesome bedroom rocker.
Thanks! It’s a great amp indeed
Bro, you deserve far more viewers.. I came across your Royal Atlantic vid and instantly subscribed. The delivery of the information is perfect and I love the lighting, it truly looks like a professionally produced video.
Mykal Anstrom thank you so much. Welcome to the family.
Just subscribed
Thanks and welcome to the family
thanks for the very detailed demo of this amp -- you helped me narrow my purchase choices by highlighting the vast tonal potential of the Pro Jr.
It’s a great amp
Beautiful man, you make that amp sing like an Angel.
Jim G thanks a lot
Nicely done! The FPJ is one of those amps that continues to punch way above it's weight, so to speak. I've had FIVE of these bad boys; bottom line is if the Fender Pro Jr. is good enough for Jeff Beck (R.I.P.), then it's good enough for me! Buy one!
I own 3 now and play stereo with it
Very good video. I think you could probably make rocks in a tin can sound great! But this video shows just how much tone is available using the combo of the amp and guitar settings.
The better and best guitarists know how to use the volume control more than anything.
It’s an approach that requires some practice but it is very freeing
Holy shit. That was a stellar demonstration of the amp. Love how it completely cleaned up with the volume pot at the very end.
Awesome video. I just bought a used Pro Jr III because of your killer review and great playing. I’m looking forward to getting to know the amp. Keep up the great work!
That’s great news!! Thanks a lot. Let me know what you think about yours
Me too! They freakin rock!
For whatever reason mine sounded so “ice-picky” I eventually sold it and bought a Fender Champion 600. I liked the sound of the 600 however it would not breakup or get very loud. It eventually blowup on me. I now have a Blackstar HT5R combo. I luv this amp!
If you can, try a JMT-1
what is it?
Beautiful guitar playing
Thanks a lot for your support
yeah he doesn't play the typical dad blues rock which you hear in all videos and which literally makes me crank up just as much as this amp every time i hear it
@@lycegenes2481 Thanks a lot!!
Great playing! Great sound!
I bought pro junior few weeks ago. It's early 90's model with new tubes on it. It has the same quiet spot between 2 and 3 in the volume pot just like yours. Played it mostly with Fender strat and tele and i think SHE IS A TONE BEAST! From beautiful cleans to slight break up to full roar just by using the guitars volume knob and playing dynamics. I like to use Boss fdr-1 reverb in front of it, gives some space to the playing. This amp likes od-pedals too but i think there is no real need for extra dirt boxes. It's pretty damn loud, but not too loud to crank it up to 12 if you like. Glad that i bought this lovely little amp. Thanks for the great channel Budda!
I agree 100% with all of your words. I also use the Frv1 or the strymon Flint with it and it’s killer.
Hi, is it loud enough to jam with a drum and a bass player? Do you have to crank it up a lot? Thanks
If course it depends on the the drummer and bass player you’re playing with. But it’s an ok loud amp. It’s not a super clean amp because it starts to overdrive pretty soon but it reacts super good to the Guitar’s volume knob, so you can clean it. It’s a great blues and rock amp.
It is loud but of course its a small amp and there is not so much clean headroom. When you crank it up to noon you can clean it up with guitars volume pot and it nicely pushes very dynamic and inspiring clean sound. You can add the grit very accurately with the pot and picking force. As all good tube amps it's somehow very revealing and honest, if you are in good playing mood it sings with you, if you have a bad day, it follows you to there. As Budda answered for the question, is it loud enough with bass and drums, it depends how loud those guys are playing in your band. Only way to find it out is to try it with your band. I hope this helps...
@@terojarvenpaa5215 Thank you Tero. I guess it will do. Im after a used one I saw. I hope the seller takes my offer :)
well done demo. really gives a great taste of what this little gem is all about. thanks for posting.
I have one from the 1st series back in 1993. It's still going strong, and it drives a separate 2 x 12 cab no problem. I have it sounding like an old Marshall. Simple tube amp is all you need. Just add a couple of pedals.. awesome amp.
It’s actually very versatile!!
OH DOCTOR!!! This little powerhouse is all you need...it's a great practice amp, you can use it in your basement w/out shaking your neighbors toilet (sometimes) and it's a nice gig amp along w/ your complimentary band amps
18 k subscribers... not bad when u consider celebrating 1k when this video was released!! DO YOUR THING, Doctor.
Thanks a lot. I love doing this
Best Pro Jr. review on YT, Budda. And very well produced, as usual with your channel quality. About that rattle: it's the power tubes, part of the amp's tone until you swap those tubes. As for modding the amp, I would only swap the speaker to match stage db's and/or fine tune amp's final character. (in other words try an Emi Lil Buddy next time you have the chance). Keep it up, my 2c
Aris Papadopoulos thanks a lot
Thank you so much for the show, I LOVE Doctor Guitar !!!! 🎸
Thanks a lot
Great review. I just bought the Pro Jr a couple of months ago and I'm learning to enjoy it. I also just ordered the TC Electronic 65 Preamp. I hope it will work well with the Pro Jr.
Cheers!
Thanks a lot. Let me know how did you like it with the preamp pedal
Hah, I was after the exact same amp, great catch ;). That's the best current production Fender amp, IMO.
I upgraded my Excelsior and put a really good Legend 15". I also installed a rotary tone control. I get a lot of compliments playing this amp. It is amazing just how many people like that amp. I do too. I have a road case for it and I plan on keeping it as the most mods I have done to an amp.
It’s a really great amp
Subscribed after first 1:00-What a humble, kind into
Thanks a lot
You are a huge inspiration ! Keep up the great work
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Old video but ive had a thing for this amp for years. I want to shop for one today as a local shop has one to try I seen online last night. Once I had the blues jr but prefer the pro, I don't need all the EQ in the blues jr model . Love the bottom end on these amps. Had some great Jimi tones going on in this clip.
Thanks a lot
Love the tune of this amp and the variety of possibilities to change the image sound. Congratulations for the show . Impecavel :) Hug
Cool man. Nice amp, and great channel. I subscribed.
“Oh ya rock n roll” is right with this machine! Ahahaha
Thanks
I have the blues jr 111-wish I had bought one of the pro jrs' when I had the chanc a few yrs ago. I had a hot rod deluxe, and got rid of it, a little to heavy for this old man!!!!! I play through my peavey bandit or my roland cube at home. Nice sound and playing.
Really the best review of this amp on the tube, thanx 👍
you have a great channel!!! Greetings from Spain!!
Thanks for this great video! Very informative! Even though mine has some humming noise, Pro Junior is an amazing amp.
Yes it is!!! Thanks
Great amp!! Thanks for the show.
great amp,& great guitarist !!!!!!
I’ve been playing electric guitar in rock groups for 50 years. Tried this amp many times and just could not get into it. Very underpowered. I love Fender Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb. Lots of power and only 23 pounds.
The magic of this one is exactly being low power. You can get it cooking at a decent volume. But it’s not an amp to play with a loud drummer
congratulations!
I have the same amp. great sounds, simple. I put a blue frame eminence in mine.
It is not broken. The magic on older Pro Juniors lives between about 3.5 and 5. They get loud real fast. Above about 6 and they start to mush out.
I like it a lot
they really do that, but not at the same way as the video's one. Mine's transition is very smooth
Davi Cola Could totally be. The newer ones have a smoother taper. Plus those amps don’t have the tightest tolerances.
i really dig your videos man! keep on making them. now i really miss my blues junior, sold mine a few years back to buy a road bike 😏
If you can get your hands on a Pro Junior instead.
Hi Budda, I one of these Pro Juniors from 1993 I think. I took it out of my original blonde cab and put it into a 1x12 Peter mather cab by Mather cabs in the states. I put an old 60's Utah speaker in the cab. It sounds killer with that cab and speaker. I actuaprefer it much more to the stock speaker and cab. I was amazed at how good this amp sounds through a Deluxe style 1x12 tweed cab by Mather cabs. If you heard it, I'm sure you would agree. Never really liked the stock blonde cab and speaker. Nice demo. My AMP never sounded like yours though. I did put an adjustable bias pot in my AMP along with a magnetic components OUTPUT transformer in it. It sounds great. Cheers Michael Newell from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Hi Budda, I forgot to mention that these amps are biased a little too hot, and by adding an adjustable bias pot it gives the AMP a lot more clarity and the overdrive is much better. These small mini blue pots are easy to install on the circuit board. But honestly, the tone is improved a 100% more. I believe on the net the mods are by a guy in the states named Bill M pro junior mods.
michael newell I woul love to hear it. Thanks a lot.
This is a fantastic demo of what this little dynamite can do, thank you Sir.
You’re welcome. Thanks for your comment
great demo, great amp! thank you!
9:24 "Oh yeah. Rock-n-roll!"
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Two are even better.
Great vid! Keep em coming!👍
Thanks Budda. Viva Portugal. Joe Pinto in Canada.
Thanks a lot. Grande abraço
Fantastico ampli💥
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right on Budda! 1000 man!
Mine has the exact same rattle! I thought something was wrong and needed replacing, but I think it's just the valves being rattled by the vibrations when the volume is higher?
I unlugged the speaker and plugged in a seperate 2x12 cab instead and it solved the issue, and is now a super loud monster!!
Great to know that. Thanks
New sub here. Like what you doing
13:45 is fantastic sound, i like very much your videos. Hugs from Brasil
Um grande abraço de Portugal
Thx for the great Demo...
You’re welcome
I have now bought the little one. i love it ... thx for this video
I use mine all the time
o som fica bem clean com o volume da guitarra mais baixo e os knobs do amp no máximo volume! me lembrou um amp marshall! muito legal
É muito interessante mesmo!
Nice little amp, always like your demos man, it's the real deal, rare today, but you nail each it time. Always wondered about changing a ax7 out for a au7 ? Keeping the amp cleaner for longer , just my taste for the clean fender tone turned up before too much break up , cheers man Sydney Australia 🇦🇺, I'm a new old man 👴 follower and love your information 👌👌
Thanks a lot for your kind words. The tube change is super easy and reversible. So go for it and let me know.
Thanks
Just picked one up yesterday!👍
Great! And are you happy with it?
@@BuddaGuedes I am, I play 52 tele reissue. Plugging straight into the pro jr feels like it’s a whole instrument now. Volume all the way up, tone rolled off a hair… keep up the good work doctor
Great to know that
@@BuddaGuedes update, I’m getting the tube rattle. I’ve tried dampening rings on tubes to solve this problem but they never did much. I’ve ordered rubber standoffs (instead of metal) to reduce the vibration… will report back
Great . Let me know how it works.
I’ve always ahead that problem with my blues Junior and pro Júnior.
The rock sounds' are amazing and like all fender amps you have to play with it to find it's
Thanks a lot!
I'm going to buy pro junior soon. Loving that sound...
It’s a great amp!!!
Dude , you are an excellent player:)
Thanks a lot
Cool amps I have the first generation made in USA but whit an eminence patriot hemp cone. It needs new tube and pt! Cool guitar 🎸!
Framus cabinet, great!
Thanks . I’m actually selling it
Also saw this video and bought one :D Sounds amazing!!! What mic and preamp do you recommend for recording with this amp?
I love the beyerdynamic m160 abs universo áudio 6176 mic pre and compressor.
God damn. I remember mine used to jingle.
Eh! Eh!
15:35 that piece gave me Spongebob Squarepants music vibes :D
This amp sounds great in 2021
Great
And In 2022! I’m picking one up today
It’s a great amp
I love mine!
Me too. And with the new sepeaker it’s even better
Good demo!
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This thing can get nasty with an overdrive pedal in front of it... :). And so much hi-mids. and beautiful clean tones. Mine gives me some problems at the moment (it is at a repair shop) but I'll get it repaired for sure.
Thanks, that was really helpful....and enjoyable. Peace..
You’re welcome
"It's really quiet at this volume?" Don't me misled people. That amp on 4 is screaming loud at home.
This is what I don't understand. I have this amp and I feel like I'm going to break something when the volume is on 6. How on earth can you turn it up to 12 without losing your hearing and shattering the windows? Another thing, even on 6 I can't get any of that distorted sound. Am I doing something wrong?
Maybe your guitar has low output pickups? Or you turn down the volume knob on your guitar?
My volume knob is all the way up. Low output pickups could be the answer. I ordered some Seymour Duncan Hot Rails, so hopefully they help!
Low output pickups (like on vintage style strats) can still get that amp distortion, just crank up the amp volume some more :) say up to 8
Yeah but... how do you do that without going deaf? Do you have an attenuator on it or something? Or do you wear earplugs? By the way, I appreciate all your responses!
love the videos!
DA_G Man thank you so much
NICE! HOT ROD,PRO JR,BLUES JR...WET DRY WET?
That’s a good suggestion.
Got one of these. Looks like yours they are made in America first run i think ( 93-95ish)
I’m amazed at the volume and sound. Do need to get it serviced I have a buzz even at low volume.
These amps usually have a strange buzz (glass hiting metal) that i can't never fugure out. My Blues Junior has it too.
Budda Guedes that’s part of the charm like you said. Peace
@@sirbaronvoncount4147 Yeahh! That doesn't make me worry at all!!!
@@BuddaGuedes it is from the springs of the tube brackets rattling against the tubes
I used to have the tweed one. It pumped enough against a drummer!
Brutal!
Get the issue with the volume knob fixed, you'll enjoy this great little amp so much more. I now regret selling mine. Mine was loud and clean even on 2 or 3. On 4 and beyond the breakup began.
Treble bleed is cool but you should try 50’s Gibson wiring. I do it on Stratocaster and it is wonderful.
What do you mean about doing a Gibson Wiring on a Strat? I'm curious.
Gibson wired their guitars differently than Fender did back in 50's, it is refereed to as 50's wiring. Today Fender, Gibson, and about everybody else do what is refereed to as Modern wiring. Basically the difference is in the order of which control pot is first in the circuit. Modern wiring always has the tone control first in the circuit, this gives you excellent control over the tone control even when you lower the volume of the guitar. The trade off is you have to use a treble bleed mod to retain your high end frequency when you turn the volume pot down.
In 50's wiring, the Volume pot comes first in the circuit so the volume retains all its frequencies on the entire audio taper of the pot. So no treble loss when you turn down, but the the trade off is the tone control isn't as predictable.
Seymour Duncan has diagrams you can follow that will show you how to do this mod to Gibson type or Fender type guitars, just search their site under the support column. I found that treble bleeds send much more treble frequency than the 50's wiring when you turn down, but I think treble bleed sounds brighter wide open anyway. Just something to tinker with, no rights and wrongs. Just what sounds good to you!
Thank you só much for this enlighten moment. I just can wait to try it on one of my stats. I'll let you know as soon as I do.
amazing!
Love my pro junier only problem is for a little amp it's loud and sounds best turned up. For a house amp with nabours it's loud....loud.
It’s really loud for its size. And it only wakes up on 4. And that’s a little too loud
agreed! But it works great with volume maxed and using guitar vol for adjustment
@@AndyNyle just had big guy next door at my door as you commented think I’ll try that out lol
Ah ah
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Couple it with a Boost Pedal and you will have a tone monster.
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Congratulations for the 1,000! You deserve it!
We could see how this amp inspires you because your playing was f*cking amazing. What's the song you played at 18min (in drop D)?
henriquelhrf thanks a lot. As for the Drop D TUNNING, I'm just jamming.
I really dig your style
sounds like Soundgarden - Let me drown!
FWIW, I've played drums beside this amp for decades. It can do it.
kraigompls ive tested it in a Jam Session last Wednesday and it works pretty good. It's a keeper for sure.
Great review Budda! Just have one doubt:
For you, what are the main differences/advantages between the Jr Pro and the Blues Jr III, besides having the reverb.
NothinButDaBlues they are very different beasts. Please watch episode 70 where I compare the two.
I have a Pro Junior, but find it extremely noisy. Do you experience the same? I like the amp but it's so noisy I dislike using it. Obrigado!
Yes they are great little amps. I have had 4 of them over the years . Still have one actually.
They are unfortunately really sensitive to bad power supply. They will hum where other amps don't. I try different pre-amp tubes until I arrive at a combination that does not hum and crackle too much.
Mark3 seems to be better built. They all have developed heat related problems.
To summarize : a great amp that could have been built better.
great review otherwise, as always
Would love it if you could compare your 90s pro junior against the pro junior iv that Fender put out this year :-)
I'll try to get my hands on one.
Yeah that would be cool!
I think that’s just how fender knobs are, I was playing one too and past 2.5 it got crazy loud
Mine is at 4
I just bought a brand new one today. Pro Junior IV Ltd. the volume is smooth all the way up. Might just be older amps. Mine is crazy loud by the time I get to 3 😆
That’s great to know. Thanks
Yeah, its sound very good, i like it :)))))
My blues jr does the volume thing you describe. There is a video on how to tweek the pre amp tube so it does not do that. Great videos
That goes to 12!!
That’s right!!!
Starting about 13:30, that just kicks my ass! Very nicely done, sir. I may have to give my tejas-style partscaster tje trebke bleed mod just to see if it's all that. Ever been to Alaska?
Thank you for this demonstration! I've been searching through all the options, which are endless (it seems) for a good home practice tube amp that won't blow out the neighbours or the kids. Right now I'm running a Boss Katana 50 (MK1) and I love it so much, but I want the real deal, even though I've never owned a tube amp before! Crazy, I know. Anyway, I've watched so many RUclips videos that I may be developing option paralysis, honestly, but somehow I keep coming back to this amp. It seems to be one that most folks can agree on, more or less, where all the others seem to invite more discussion. Do you think this would make a good first tube amp, after all?
It’s a great amp for sure, I’m just not sure if it is a great first tube amp. It’s a rock amp for me or a simple basic clean tone, bit not really in the fender territory. It makes me think more of a marshal or vox tone. If you like those tones its a great amp. If you’re looking for fender clean, go with the blues junior or the princeton
@@BuddaGuedes Thanks for your reply! The guy at my local guitar shop mentioned this one, unprompted, as a great option too. I do love the Blues Junior, though I've yet to play a Princeton. On the other side of the coin, given my experience with the Boss, I also am curious about the Tone Master DR. I saw your video on that, too!
I really like the tone master, but it’s not a tube amp...
@@BuddaGuedes True, I knew that, I was just thinking since I was familiar with the Boss Katana already, the TM would feel somewhat familiar going in, though with those cherished Fender clean tones!
I'm basically looking for a home practice amp, but I have two small kids, and close neighbours, so I can't go huge sound... but at low volume (nothing past 2 or 3) I could probably rock a Pro Junior, Blues Junior, AC15, Bassbreaker... I thought about AC4... but I'm honestly stuck. There are so many options, and it's all subjective, and I love them all, and when I go to the guitar shop I enjoy them all. But if I'm going to drop cash, in these times, I want it to be the one that fits long-term. Researching these things is how I found your channel (and subscribed). Thanks for everything you do!
I would go with the blues junior. You can get more tones at low volume!
Muito bom o vídeo, pensei que fosse em português mas deu pra entender rsrs.
Boas Budda! será que o som deste amplificador se compara ao Pro Junior IV? pelo video, o som parece ser mesmo muito bom..
Manuel B. Lopes não tenho comparação com o IV.
Ótimo vídeo! Acha que pra quem mora em apto e não pode fazer muito barulho esse amp é bom?
Não me parece . É um amp que toca alto
Hi Budda, Pedro here again.
Would you recommend the FPJ as a practice amp? I'm way more interested in the clean tones rather than the cranked ones.
Does the OD break early or late on this amp?
I was kind of undecided between this amp and the vox Ac4tv, but for the purposes I told you I think the FPJ is the way to go.
Thanks a lot. Greetings from Brazil.
Pedro Augusto its a great amp for clean tones. It breaks from 5 up.
Great video review, obrigado!
What version of the Junior Pro is this?
And what speaker brand is in it?
This is the first version, made in USA
If you like 1x10 you should try the Bassbreaker 007. I ve got one and love it.
henriquelhrf have to try it
Its louder than Marshall dsl5 combo?
Way louder
I think I missed it; what kind of 10" speaker is inside? Is it Jensen or else? Thanks and congrats on over 1000 subs !
Che Guebuddha I don't really know. It's the stock speaker. It says fender.