Sérgio
Ambassador of CaliZilian Affairs
I'm not sure this is the proper place for an amp thread. Is there an amp section? If there is, I humbly ask the mods to move the thread!
So. I've been a Fender amp player for quite some time, and recently decided that my back was a bit too old for carrying heavy gear around. Our band has been on the road for a handful of years now, we play around quite a lot, but exactly because we hit the road often, we not always have our roadies available.
I sold my bigger amp and bought a brand new Fender Blues Jr. Ltd Edition, I mean the one covered in tweed and with the Jensen C12N speaker.
Man, what a great little big amp! 15 watts of pure road worthy power and clarity. I am loving it.
I tell you, you'll find plenty of threads in guitar forums either praising this amp for its virtues, or bashing on it for not being... a vintage Champ or Princeton. Which it was never meant to be, in the first place.
You will see lots of idiots talking trash about it, simply because they ignore the fact that it's a 90s amp designed for 90s music: it has a solid state rectifier, which is actually good for some styles of guitarists ( the SAG discussion is endless and pointless, each amp gives you what it gives you), but it's all tube regarding power/preamp, single channel amp, volume delivers the dirt you need. Just as I like it. It has vintage and modern qualities that make it perfect for travelling live players like me.
My own abridged review: It's a very road worthy small amp, and VERY loud for its portable and lightweight size. Plus, this model screams "FENDER!" even louder due to the Jensen C12N speaker, one of the early Fender classic speakers to begin with. Of course I like Celestions but with Fender amps... hmmm no. Jensen rocks.
As soon as I got it, I custom ordered a road case for it and took it to rehearsals... Can't wait to gig with it in November:
I'm very happy with what I'm doing with this, plus a Fulltone Octafuzz (which I use just for seasoning the amp's own overdrive with some fuzzy dirt, I never use the octaver function) and a lot of elbow grease, I mean hand work. Guitar playing. Fretting and picking instead of a whole lotta effects.
No wonder lots of artists like Drew Dixon are gigging with this amp and rocking stadiums with it!
So. I've been a Fender amp player for quite some time, and recently decided that my back was a bit too old for carrying heavy gear around. Our band has been on the road for a handful of years now, we play around quite a lot, but exactly because we hit the road often, we not always have our roadies available.
I sold my bigger amp and bought a brand new Fender Blues Jr. Ltd Edition, I mean the one covered in tweed and with the Jensen C12N speaker.
Man, what a great little big amp! 15 watts of pure road worthy power and clarity. I am loving it.
I tell you, you'll find plenty of threads in guitar forums either praising this amp for its virtues, or bashing on it for not being... a vintage Champ or Princeton. Which it was never meant to be, in the first place.
You will see lots of idiots talking trash about it, simply because they ignore the fact that it's a 90s amp designed for 90s music: it has a solid state rectifier, which is actually good for some styles of guitarists ( the SAG discussion is endless and pointless, each amp gives you what it gives you), but it's all tube regarding power/preamp, single channel amp, volume delivers the dirt you need. Just as I like it. It has vintage and modern qualities that make it perfect for travelling live players like me.
My own abridged review: It's a very road worthy small amp, and VERY loud for its portable and lightweight size. Plus, this model screams "FENDER!" even louder due to the Jensen C12N speaker, one of the early Fender classic speakers to begin with. Of course I like Celestions but with Fender amps... hmmm no. Jensen rocks.
As soon as I got it, I custom ordered a road case for it and took it to rehearsals... Can't wait to gig with it in November:
I'm very happy with what I'm doing with this, plus a Fulltone Octafuzz (which I use just for seasoning the amp's own overdrive with some fuzzy dirt, I never use the octaver function) and a lot of elbow grease, I mean hand work. Guitar playing. Fretting and picking instead of a whole lotta effects.
No wonder lots of artists like Drew Dixon are gigging with this amp and rocking stadiums with it!
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. It has a small reverb tank, but it's a Church sounding Fender spring reverb that I can't complain about, no matter how thoughly I tried to detect flaws.
BUWAHAHAHAHAHHA
:dood:
