I want a bigger Blues Jr style amp, WHAT?

[Redhouse-Blues]

Originally Posted by dayn

You need to buy a Sound Enhancer and keep your Blues Jr.

It will add a little more headroom, volume and low end.

Check them out here: http://www.soundenhancer.com/

I am selling one if interested...if worked perfectly for making a loved low watt amp work in situations that needed more volume and headroom.

That thing looks wild, I saw Elderly's is a dealer, so I might have to take a road trip to check one out some day.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I'm not a fan of the Deluxes drive channel, so I'd like something that has the same basic setup as the Blues Jr and takes pedals well. I'm going to check out the Blues Deluxe and I'm open to higher end stuff.

[Dave LaP]

Originally Posted by Dale

There is not really another amp in the Fender, or anyone else's line, that sounds like a Blues Jr.

Beg to differ. The Fender Two Tone IS a blues junior circuit in a bigger cabinet with a 1/12 and a 1/10 speaker.

The bigger cabinet and extra speaker really make the sound better than a stock Blues Jr. The volumes about the same though, I believe.

[Dave LaP]

Originally Posted by dayn

You need to buy a Sound Enhancer and keep your Blues Jr.

It will add a little more headroom, volume and low end.

Check them out here: http://www.soundenhancer.com/

I am selling one if interested...if worked perfectly for making a loved low watt amp work in situations that needed more volume and headroom.

FYI. I sent you a PM about the sound enhancer.Thanks.

Sorry for the slight change in topic....

[GearHeadFred]

I bought a Blues Deville with the same goal.. I found it's 60 watt output too much for my needs. I was not getting good tone with the volume on 1 or 2

I replaced the 6L6 output tubes with 6V6 for an output of about 22 watts.. Juuuust right!

[TubeBy12]

Originally Posted by Redhouse-Blues

I want a bigger Blues Jr style amp, WHAT?

How about the Peavey Classic 30 (with a Celestion V30 or G12H30 speaker upgrade if you go the combo route)? I picked up a NIB C30 tweed head from GC for $341 a couple of months ago with my 10%-off coupon.

[Craftmatic]

Here are the amps I bought and returned in the period of a month (Guitar Center hates me): Pro Jr., Blues Jr. Tweed Ltd. Ed., Blues Deluxe. Finally settled on a used Peavey Classic 30 retubed by dougstubes.com and a Hellatone 30 (broken-in G12H30 70th Ann.) which I have since broken in quite a bit more. I love the amp - for an inexpensive, not-on-par-with-boutiques-but-still-really-good, 30 watt amp that is only a few inches wider than the Blues Jr. - it really cooks. Lots of head room with that tube/speaker setup and sounds amazing with my strat when cranked. If you need an OD channel (which I don't, really) the Classic 30's OD is far better than a HRDX.