Fender Pro Junior

Jalapeno

Went to the afternoon clam bake at Ain't Nothing But ... yesterday.

The guitarists all used a Fender Pro Junior, and it sounded bloody fantastic - a lot cleaner than the Blues Junior. Lovely break up when gunned, but good cleans. All sorts of HB/P90/SC pickups and ranged from 335 to some really skanky looking things.  Only pedal used was an MXR Carbon Copy for slap-back or reverb effects.

Very impressed indeed

ICBM

The Pro Jr is a really great little amp, often misunderstood because it is very much not just a simplified Blues Junior - it's a completely different amp, much more open and natural-sounding.

Gassage

The original usa ones are fetching silly money

ICBM

Gassage said:

The original usa ones are fetching silly money

A triumph of guitar-world "early-ism", or possibly subtle racism, over build quality...

OK, the originals had the alnico Eminence speaker, but you can put something even nicer in a new one very easily.

thecolourbox

I have a tweed covered USA one and very nice it is too

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a639/matthew_goodwin1/imagejpg1_zps924f75f3.jpg

Very nice basic sound that you can then dress up how you like, but a good quality even sounding tone is pretty much standard.

Loud as buggery though if you turn it up high

So, this silly money for USA made ones... Ha ha

Jalapeno

Just had a look on ebay this morning - there aren't any (US or otherwise) - 100s of Blues Juniors in contrast.

thecolourbox

I guess that's the point, less sold new but more retained as they are good. I think the Blues Junior sells well because of that misunderstanding that the two amps are the same but the BJ appears to have extras (verb, bigger speaker and master vol), which as stated above is not the case.

Richardj

Fantastic little amp, totally revised my opinions on what you did and didn't need for great tone.  Less really is more.

Fretwired

thecolourbox said:

I have a tweed covered USA one and very nice it is too

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a639/matthew_goodwin1/imagejpg1_zps924f75f3.jpg

Very nice basic sound that you can then dress up how you like, but a good quality even sounding tone is pretty much standard.

Loud as buggery though if you turn it up high

So, this silly money for USA made ones... Ha ha

I had one of those but stupidly sold it to a MR forumite in Scotland.

I bought a Tweed Champ though which has a great tone.

Pro Juniors are great amps. Jeff Beck used to gig with two as a stereo rig.

thecolourbox

Yeah i got mine from here, for quite a bargain I'd say to be honest. When i move in with my lady friend i might need to either hide it away or sell it on (she doesn't like its styling...) but for a quality amp at all volumes suitable to play outside of the cave it can't be beaten

ICBM

thecolourbox said:

When i move in with my lady friend i might need to either hide it away or sell it on (she doesn't like its styling...)

What? Ditch her before it's too late - that sounds like a lifetime of incompatibility to me. I can understand a woman objecting to something like a Marshall stack, but not liking a neat little tweed amp like that is taking things too far.

steamabacus

thecolourbox said:

Yeah i got mine from here, for quite a bargain I'd say to be honest. When i move in with my lady friend i might need to either hide it away or sell it on (she doesn't like its styling...) but for a quality amp at all volumes suitable to play outside of the cave it can't be beaten

Bollocks to that!
:-O

Cover it in a piece of 'acceptably' patterned cloth/throw when not in use as a compromise?

thecolourbox

Well all the houses i am putting forward for us to look at have a small extra bedroom, and I've agreed to be responsible for the decor of one room...man cave

On tother hand, selling that would give me some gas funds to furnish said room with

steamabacus

Tweed wallpaper?

thecolourbox

steamabacus said:

Tweed wallpaper?

I was thinking more of this, courtesy of my favourite restaurant in Brum:

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a639/matthew_goodwin1/WP_20141209_001_zps4794799f.jpg

thecolourbox

But back to the Pro Junior, it is a most excellent base amp. With others I've had, certain drive flavours into it havent quite sounded right but with this one, it brings most things out well (as long as you're not after brutal metal). Also it responds well to different pickups, though I've not got a humbucker guitar to test that

ICBM

steamabacus said:

Cover it in a piece of 'acceptably' patterned cloth/throw when not in use as a compromise?

If you're going to cover it in something, do it properly...

http://www.conceptmusic.com.au/product_images/y/363/blues-junior-fsr-black-paisley__16453_zoom.jpg

thermionic

thecolourbox said:

When i move in with my lady friend i might need to either hide it away or sell it on (she doesn't like its styling...) 

Would madam find this more acceptable?

thecolourbox

I'd hope not...

EricTheWeary

thecolourbox said:

steamabacus said:

Tweed wallpaper?

I was thinking more of this, courtesy of my favourite restaurant in Brum:

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a639/matthew_goodwin1/WP_20141209_001_zps4794799f.jpg

Wheres that then?
Never quite convinced a PJ is giggable without micing up and if you need two (a la Jeff Beck) then why not just a bigger amp to start with?

thecolourbox

Turtle Bay, Caribbean restaurant nr the Alex theatre...very tasty. Has recently overtaken Bodega for me

Anywho, the PJ. Yeah you might need two in stereo to gig, but a bigger amp for the same money wouldn't give you stereo or sound as good with so little tweaking needed. They are also much lighter, i managed to carry mine all round London when i bought it from the nice chap down there. I couldn't have done that with my old hot rod deluxe! Which cost me exactly twice what the PJ cost me