Basic construction differences from vintage fenders. Its just oiled so fixing little dingsscratches is very easy to do. The fender blues junior is a truly professional, small, tube amplifier. In addition to the classic black tolex model, there have been several limited edition releases over the years as welloften equipped with different speakers or electronic mods to offer a unique spin on the original amp. I have a fender blues junior amp with reverb, master volume, treble, bass, and midrange dials, and a fat switch.
Tip o the decade worlds easiest mod for the blues junior. It is aimed at achieving the warm, tubedriven tone common in many styles of american blues and blues rock dating back to the 1950s, while remaining both portable and affordable. Like a 23year aged whiskey, the venerable fender blues junior has only improved with age. Gearmandude to craft this version of the 2x10 blues jr. The blues junior is a 15watt warmtoned, longtime favorite the perfect grabandgo tube amp for stage and. This power tubes tend to wear out a bit quicker when pushed hard. Your blues junior has five tubes, v1 through v5, numbered right to left as you look at the back of the amp. Fender frequently releases limited editions of the blues junior. Fat switch the included 1button footswitch is used to remotely activate the fat switch, boosting the midrange for pronounced tonal thickness when soloing. Fender hot rod series amplifiers are found on every stage in the world, large and small, and are used by guitarists from all walks of life. If youre used to the kind of distortion you might get out of a mesa boogie, marshall or even a solid state amp, dont expect the blues jr.
Fender specialedition blues junior iv humboldt hot rod 15w. Blues junior settings with ascending volume values description posted by rever b maste r middl e bas s trebl e fa t vol. Fender blues junior lacquered tweed 15w 1x12 combo guitar. Youll still find the same conveniently giggable size, pedalfriendly character, and ideal volume that make the line so successful.
Ltd takes fenders 15w gem and gives it the true vintage treatment with a lacquered tweed covering and a vintagevoiced 12 jensen speaker. Unfollow fender blues junior to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Add renowned fender reverb, flexible controls, and footswitchable with optional. Vacuum tube guitar amplifiers produce incredible tones and creamy overdrive that have yet to be fully matched by solid state electronics. Came from the factory with bright red tolex, cream chicken head knobs and a celestion vint. One of the mostbeloved small combo amps in the world, the blues junior iv adds modified preamp circuitry.
One end of the wiper moves between dc ground towards zero volume and ac ground groundeddecoupled acwise by the local filter cap. If youre looking for a lowwatt tube amp with killer tone, you need to check out the fender blues junior iii fsr combo guitar amplifier. Modifying a fender blues jr university of illinois. The fender blues junior is a 15 watt el84 driven gem of an amp. Fender blues jr combo v2, v3 and v4 now made in mexico, this is a very popular 15w fender combo amp and i have modified hundreds of them. Fender introduced the blues junior in 1995, and has revised and updated it periodically since then. The blues junior is one of fenders mostloved amps and his been for a long time now. A true classic, with that latenight blues tone found nowhere else but in a fender. Hi, i am new to the world of electric guitar having played acoustic solely for the last 10 years or so. Lacquered tweed takes fender s 15w gem and gives it the true vintage treatment with a lacquered tweed covering and a vintagevoiced 12 jensen speaker. Jun 02, 2012 my fender blues junior is from 2003 i think mim cream board so i use pages 2 and 3 of this document. Free shipping for your fender blues junior iv 1x12 15watt tube combo amp black. Figure 1 is an annotated schematic of the fender blues junior.
Guitar amplifier making a good amp great darby hewitt final project phys 498pom 5122011. Its golden tones are generated by an alltube signal path using a pair of el84 output tubes and three 12ax7 preamp tubes. Lacquered tweed takes fenders 15w gem and gives it the true vintage treatment with a lacquered tweed covering and a vintagevoiced 12 jensen speaker. Three band eq, with preamp, and master volume knobs. I changed r52 with a 100k variable resistor i think a 50k would have done the job, but i had a 100k in my spare box el84 max pa is 12w. The new fender blues junior iii, hot rod deluxe iii and deville iii duration. Only half of v2 is used unless you have the cathode follower mod. But im an eternal fiddler, and never leave well enough alone. The creamcolored board is laid out entirely differently and better than the green board. Blues jr preamp squeal just thinking aloud with my limited set of troubleshooting skills. Its an all valve amp with the exception of the reverb which is opamp chip driven, using an. Compact size, professional tone, and traditional styling make the fender blues junior ideal for rehearsal, backstage warmup, and studio work.
The blues junior iii has an improved speaker, and adjusted tone circuit for more sparkle. The reverb on older blues jr s sounds horrible, this mod changes the reverb to the design of the newer blues jr s. If your blues jr was made before 2001 the reverb sounds pretty bad. The fender blues jr delivers unmistakable fender tone and is the perfect platform for musicians to craft their own signature sound. On first impressions at least, the fender blues junior iii is perfect. Fender special design stock speaker this is the stock speaker in all black and blonde tolex blues juniors and old green board tweeds. Note s texas blues ramon 4 2 5 10 11 in 3 blues 2 doug 4 5 5 7 6 in 3 roadhouse clean jesper hansen 4 7 5 7 10 out 3 am. Again it is cheaper to produce a power transformer for solidstate rectification and not have. Its been working in my studio for the last 11 years and sounds as good as ever. For features, the amp has 3 12ax7 preamp tubes, and 2 el84 grove tubes for the output. Fender limited edition texas red blues junior reverb.
A common misconception about the blues junior is that the blues junior basically a tweed type amp. It sounds great right out of the box, and there are also many popular and fairly easy and some not so. Add renowned fender reverb, flexible controls, fat switch. Add our renowned fender reverb, flexible controls, and.
I miss the great tone but dont miss lugging it around. Great build quality with a wide choice of speakers and cabinet finishcolours. Longer cord for the fender vibrosonic, custom vibrolux, ultimate chorus, rumble bass, hot rod deluxe, hot rod deville, blues deluxe, blues deville, blues junior, acoustasonic sfx, 65 twin reverb reissue, 65 deluxe reverb reissue, bxr200, 57 twin amp reissue standard nema 515 plug for north american use at 110120 volts ac. Its power is generated by an alltube signal path using a pair of el84 groove tube output tubes and 3 12ax7 preamp tubes. It is light weight and easy to transport making it a great amp for practice at home. Plugging in, the clean tone was exactly what i was looking for. Fender blues junior fender blues jr combo v2, v3 and v4 now made in mexico, this is a very popular 15w fender combo amp and i have modified hundreds of them.
Nos takes fender s 15w gem and gives it the true vintage treatment with tweed covering and a vintagestyle 12 jensen speaker. Only 800 of these were made, and theyre getting pretty hard to find. This limitededition version of the 15watt wonder is encased in a cabinet lovingly handcrafted from reclaimed bourbon barrels that feature distinct stamps and markings from the various source distilleriesno two are alike. Pack of 6 stainless steel back panel screws suitable for fender reissue tweed series amps. Recently a customer brought a blues junior, along with a vintage amp, and asked me if i had any easy suggestions for blues junior harp mods. While it is dressed that way it is nothing like a tweed. In the oldest blues jrs made before 1996 the tone is dark, the tone. I was using a peavey delta blues as my primary gigging amp. By far the most important change i made to date was to replace the stock cheapo fendereminence speaker with an aftermarket replacement in this case, a weber 12f125a what a huge difference. The blues junior is a 15watt warmtoned, longtime favorite the perfect grabandgo tube amp for stage and studio. Fits the fender hot rod deluxe, hot rod deville, blues deluxe, blues junior and blues deville, and 59 bassman reissue. These nofrills amps are affordable, reliable and loud, and they pair extremely well with stomp boxes. The standard blues junior is dressed like a traditional black fender amplifier, with black tolex upholstery and a silver cloth speaker grille.
Highlighted parts have been modified in some way for this project. Shop for the fender specialedition blues junior iv humboldt hot rod 15w 1x12. Add a signature fender spring reverb and youre ready to go. This speaker has been used in hundreds of thousands of. I just picked up a fender blues junior for mainly practise in my apartment and taking to the occasional gig and wondered what pedals i need to be looking at getting. Fender blues junior iv in black andertons music co. This mod fixes that to produce that lush classic reverb tone that made fender amps famous. Recently a customer brought a blues junior, along with a vintage amp, and asked me if i. The blues junior is a tube guitar amplifier introduced in 1990 by the fender musical instrument corporation. Nos takes fenders 15w gem and gives it the true vintage treatment with tweed covering and a vintagestyle 12 jensen speaker. I thought i would drag out the pics of my modified blues jr. Fender blues jr amp, cannabis rex speaker fromel complete mod oakville halton region 18042020 used excellent black tolex fender blues junior tube amp, made in mexico. This 15w combo can be heard on countless records and is an allvalve. Blues junior lacquered tweed guitar amplifiers fender.
Nos, all i need to do is crank the volume up to around 78 and the master at around 3. Since its introduction in 1995, fender s blues junior has become one of the worlds most popular amps, but along the way its also become one of the most modded, with reams of forums discussing ways to improve the compact combo. The reverb on older blues jrs sounds horrible, this mod changes the reverb to the design of the newer blues jrs. My fender blues junior is from 2003 i think mim cream board so i use pages 2 and 3 of this document. The speaker is made by eminence and its roughly equivalent to the legend 1251258. The blues junior has a solid state rectifier which is generally brighter with a tighter bottom end. Fender blues junior modifications fromel electronics. Fender blues junior lacquered tweed with jensen c12n. Nos, all i need to do is crank the volume up to around 78 and the master at around 3 and right there is some pretty decent breakup.
The blues junior iv features the classic fender look of sparkling silver grille cloth, lightly aged to give it even more mojo. V2 reamplifies or recovers the signal lost in the tone stack. You should get a pair of blues juniors and do a small dual amp rig, it would look cool and then youd have a back up should one take a crap on you at a gig. Check out billms mod pages, if youre not handy with a soldering iron, hell do them for you. In this episode i answer to the large numbers of requests on doing a show about the blues junior, and asked a tweed one to a friend. The blues junior is light, keeps things simple and has fantastic clean tones controls. It sounds great right out of the box, and there are also many popular and fairly easy and some not so easy modifications to improve the tone even more. The tube screamer is classic, luther drive pretty awesome based on ts circuit or a maxon od808. Fender blues junior iv 15 watt electric guitar amplifier.
Blues junior guitar amplifier 2x10 combo speaker cabinet. The blues junior also has great bass response for an amp of its site. Fender blues junior lacquered tweed 15w 1x12 combo. After a bit of exploration i discovered that both power tubes jj el84s had been dislodged from their sockets, and that one of the tubes now had a broken tip. Fender blues junior iv 1x12 15watt tube combo amp black. A week ago i plugged in my blues junior 2001, green circuit board to play, only to get nothingno power light. I have a fender blues junior amp with reverb, master. In the oldest blues jr s made before 1996 the tone is dark, the tone. The basic construction of the blues junior is very different from vintage fender amps.
This warmtoned favorite takes our 15watt, tube preamp and power amp platform and pushes it through a 12 fender special design speaker. Its golden tones are generated by an alltube signal path using a pair of el84 output tubes and 3 12ax7 preamp tubes. I bought the amp in 1999, and am wondering the year of manufacture and any other interesting facts about he amp. Problem with fender blues jr amp by wheelisb tue may 21, 20 1. Even some blackstar models are better than the blues jr. Note s texas blues ramon 4 2 5 10 11 in 3 blues 2 doug 4 5 5 7 6 in 3 roadhouse clean jesper hansen 4. I have a couple more than an od into my blues jr it takes pedals well but a good od would be first on my list. This amp is brand new and never left the store, it does however have a few small blemishes, that is why the listing condition is labeled very good and not brand new. Why a fender blues junior does not sound like a vintage. I finally bought some replacement preamp tubes for my blues jr.