Blues Jr. is the path to a better cab and amp. Had a version 3 for over a decade. It was a grab and go amp for jams. Crank it, and roll the guitar volume for cleans, kick the pedal 'fat switch' for leads. Does OK, if the drummer/brass ain't too loud. Next, quite fine playing and phrasing, sir. You do the amp quite a bit of justice. Low volume playing is far better with it than my 65 Deluxe, or 59 RI Bassman. It gets the tones you're looking for quite well. Yet, it always got drown out for those tones, in jam scenarios for me. A 212 Orange and a 50watt 1987 always got the job done better for Angus, and my Bassman was far better for SRV than the Blues Jr. But, for your volumes, phenomenal tone, fine sir. The Blues Jr. is a great home amp, but a poor gigging amp.
You should push the amp with a tube screamer. No gain from the pedal. Just a suggestion. You have Stevie’s licks but lack the fire that the tube screamer gives. I use a tube screamer mini and it works great
I had 2 of those . I loved them , and I actually blew them up . I was lucky to be an active musician in the Detroit area . There are countless good amps . But in a live setting , that amp sounded amazing turned up , in a club or theater .
@@BeauregardHall the serial number should be located inside the box on the bottom or on the speaker. You want to sell it? It's up to you. It's all cross town traffic 😂
I don't get the hate around these amps. For the price, its hard to get a better all around tube amp that is loud enough to gig with and quiet enough to play at home. Mine has a Greenback in it stock, so it does have a sort of low gain plexi vibe. I have other amps I like more, but its still a good amp for the price, especially used.
First, 'all the hate' is hard to justify with via an amp that is a record selling amp, and quite popular. Second, it depends on the gig. It is NOT loud enough for unmiked gigs, which are most gigs. Even worse if outdoors. If you're playing a gig with a good house PA, then you're most likely not playing a budget Blues Jr. Even the worst of those have a backline of a HotRod Deluxe, or a real Deluxe.
@@kennethc2466 Its loud enough for certain spaces, but yes normally would would need a mic and PA. Depends on if you boost the amp with pedals and what not too. It is a record selling amp because its cheap, people love them or hate them. You can use them to gig smaller spaces and bars, I disagree with that.
@@GuyNarnarian The amp has near zero headroom, so a boost is just adding compression/distortion, and will add no increase in volume. You must be disagreeing with yourself, as I've gigged with one, unmiked. Drummer using brushes, stand up bass, trumpet player with a mute, and a room seating no more than 40 people. It didn't even have the headroom to stay clean for that quiet jazz gig.
@@kennethc2466 Master on 12, gain on 1-2 it stays clean and is loud enough for a bar. Miked up is better but not everyone needs to pay 100% clean either. Get a Twin if you want to do that. There are hundreds of videos with people playing them unmiked at gigs. I never said I hated the amp, I said some people do. Jazz guys love the Pro Jr.
@@GuyNarnarian Ok, I'm sorry, but this is nonsense. You insult me with this drivel. "Master on 12, gain on 1-2 it stays clean and is loud enough for a bar." No, it is not. Not even a small 40 seater, dinner jazz jam, via a Blues Jr. Claiming otherwise is ignorance. This is a FACT. "Get a Twin if you want to do that." For a $150 dollar a musician, small Jazz gig, with no PA? You sound like a magazine reader, and not a guitar player. All because your pet amp is unworthy? That is ridiculous. You further show you've never gigged with the amp you claim to own, nor care for reality. "I never said I hated the amp" Nor did I. ONCE. Please refrain from spewing such dishonestly at me, while avoiding near every word I say. You insult my time, intellect, and experience...via your juvenile rants . Please do not waste my time further, by ignoring my every post/point/fact.
Maybe I misread, but looks like you have your master at like 3? That thing is not cooking at 3 my man. You’re getting preamp gain. I was wondering why I was hearing so much string attack. But cool amp nonetheless! Rock on!
Right on. I don’t own a Blues Junior but sometime you should try putting a set of ear plugs in, set gain at zero and master at 7 or 8. Then slowly increase gain until really digging into a chord breaks up a bit but picking lightly is clean. That’s where the magic is for many. Then there’s a million light overdrives - Nobels, Lightspeed, Klones, Mostortions etc that become your “third” gain stage.
@@VintageRadius i've got the Maxon and a Klone and some others. I am loving the purity of going straight into the amp right now. I'm sure it'll wear off and I'll "need" another pedal before you know it!
THANK YOU!!! 1,000% agree with the room mic, we want to hear what you hear! Great video!
Exactly!!
Wow. Sounds great!
I really do like it a lot.
I always sound a million times better when no one is in house. 😂
Exactly!! I’m just a much better player with no fans. That’s what I tell myself.
Very Nice, wish I could do that. You know what they say ,
Practise once a week and sound pretty %$#@'in , well you know where I'm goin' with this !?!
What is this PRACTICE nonsense
Blues Jr. is the path to a better cab and amp. Had a version 3 for over a decade. It was a grab and go amp for jams. Crank it, and roll the guitar volume for cleans, kick the pedal 'fat switch' for leads. Does OK, if the drummer/brass ain't too loud.
Next, quite fine playing and phrasing, sir. You do the amp quite a bit of justice. Low volume playing is far better with it than my 65 Deluxe, or 59 RI Bassman. It gets the tones you're looking for quite well. Yet, it always got drown out for those tones, in jam scenarios for me. A 212 Orange and a 50watt 1987 always got the job done better for Angus, and my Bassman was far better for SRV than the Blues Jr. But, for your volumes, phenomenal tone, fine sir. The Blues Jr. is a great home amp, but a poor gigging amp.
You should push the amp with a tube screamer. No gain from the pedal. Just a suggestion. You have Stevie’s licks but lack the fire that the tube screamer gives. I use a tube screamer mini and it works great
Beast of an amp. Nice ! 😁👍
I had 2 of those . I loved them , and I actually blew them up . I was lucky to be an active musician in the Detroit area . There are countless good amps . But in a live setting , that amp sounded amazing turned up , in a club or theater .
Those were real popular in the 70's. You could get them real cheap at a second-hand music store used!
I had no idea they were that old. I thought they were some 90s revamp or something.
@@BeauregardHall the serial number should be located inside the box on the bottom or on the speaker. You want to sell it?
It's up to you. It's all cross town traffic 😂
This guy is a smokin guitar player!!
Thanks. I continue to fake it til I make it.
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Living on the edge!
These amps sound 100% better if the master volume is removed.
I don't get the hate around these amps. For the price, its hard to get a better all around tube amp that is loud enough to gig with and quiet enough to play at home. Mine has a Greenback in it stock, so it does have a sort of low gain plexi vibe. I have other amps I like more, but its still a good amp for the price, especially used.
First, 'all the hate' is hard to justify with via an amp that is a record selling amp, and quite popular.
Second, it depends on the gig. It is NOT loud enough for unmiked gigs, which are most gigs. Even worse if outdoors. If you're playing a gig with a good house PA, then you're most likely not playing a budget Blues Jr. Even the worst of those have a backline of a HotRod Deluxe, or a real Deluxe.
@@kennethc2466 Its loud enough for certain spaces, but yes normally would would need a mic and PA. Depends on if you boost the amp with pedals and what not too. It is a record selling amp because its cheap, people love them or hate them. You can use them to gig smaller spaces and bars, I disagree with that.
@@GuyNarnarian The amp has near zero headroom, so a boost is just adding compression/distortion, and will add no increase in volume. You must be disagreeing with yourself, as I've gigged with one, unmiked. Drummer using brushes, stand up bass, trumpet player with a mute, and a room seating no more than 40 people. It didn't even have the headroom to stay clean for that quiet jazz gig.
@@kennethc2466 Master on 12, gain on 1-2 it stays clean and is loud enough for a bar. Miked up is better but not everyone needs to pay 100% clean either. Get a Twin if you want to do that. There are hundreds of videos with people playing them unmiked at gigs. I never said I hated the amp, I said some people do. Jazz guys love the Pro Jr.
@@GuyNarnarian Ok, I'm sorry, but this is nonsense. You insult me with this drivel.
"Master on 12, gain on 1-2 it stays clean and is loud enough for a bar."
No, it is not. Not even a small 40 seater, dinner jazz jam, via a Blues Jr. Claiming otherwise is ignorance. This is a FACT.
"Get a Twin if you want to do that."
For a $150 dollar a musician, small Jazz gig, with no PA? You sound like a magazine reader, and not a guitar player. All because your pet amp is unworthy? That is ridiculous. You further show you've never gigged with the amp you claim to own, nor care for reality.
"I never said I hated the amp"
Nor did I. ONCE.
Please refrain from spewing such dishonestly at me, while avoiding near every word I say. You insult my time, intellect, and experience...via your juvenile rants . Please do not waste my time further, by ignoring my every post/point/fact.
Maybe I misread, but looks like you have your master at like 3? That thing is not cooking at 3 my man. You’re getting preamp gain. I was wondering why I was hearing so much string attack. But cool amp nonetheless! Rock on!
Yeah. I thought about that. Man it sounds better than most amps with a gain stage. If I dime the master? Super clean. I like the crunch.
I’m a child of Angus. I love me some string attack.
Right on. I don’t own a Blues Junior but sometime you should try putting a set of ear plugs in, set gain at zero and master at 7 or 8. Then slowly increase gain until really digging into a chord breaks up a bit but picking lightly is clean. That’s where the magic is for many. Then there’s a million light overdrives - Nobels, Lightspeed, Klones, Mostortions etc that become your “third” gain stage.
@@VintageRadius i've got the Maxon and a Klone and some others. I am loving the purity of going straight into the amp right now. I'm sure it'll wear off and I'll "need" another pedal before you know it!
Don't let your wife buy you anymore tee shirts
Hahaha! That’s all me! Got it at Goodwill and busted it out after watching the show on Prime (it is awesome)
tone deaf isn't just a rapper's name
Like I always say, “if you can’t be bothered to tune, I can’t be bothered to listen” so yeah. I get it. But also, meh.