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Fender Blues Junior III
Pettigrew Pettigrew

«  A Classic »

Published on 09/15/12 at 16:33
The fender drunk Junior III is a combo 15W lamps (but make a lot of noise) with three-channel preamp 2AX7 and two EL84 power.
The reverb is spring, and the standard EQ, Reverb, Master, Middle, Bass, Treble, selector "Fat" and Volume. The volume is the gain, so that you can play on the Master Volume and to refine the sound. No stand-by switch. Hp is in the 12p of Eminence, very good to me. I am a regular Celestion V30 and I am pleasantly surprised by this one
There is the possibility to connect an external HP 8 ohms, and a footswitch to activate the fat boost. This is the boost fat gain and the middle, but it is by no means a second channel.
No effects loop, but the amp takes effects very front.

For the price, I'm in Quebec, so I paid $ 550 with footswitch. I'll let you do the conversion.

UTILIZATION

There is a manual, but it is useless, is the opposite of Mesa with tons of options and switch. You branches, you play it sounds. And what a sound!
Single channel amp requires, we are here in my very subtle: Game finger, pick, play with the knobs volume and tone of the guitar. The amp responds very well and all these changes and sounds become quite varied.

SOUNDS

This amp goes up to a somewhat probing crunch through fat and boost with a Master Volume and high, but in this case station ears. The beast is powerful ample for jamming and concerts in bars and small scenes. After it is transplanted anyway.
Sounds ranging from clean to very large fender crunch. Bright, dry and clear, "According to your microphones, the cruncher can clean fast enough. J'adore!
The amp is absolutely not versatile, but for rock, blues, funck, it is really good for me and the 15 watts used to operate the lamps.
The pedals, distortion or overdrive a good front can really make the amp more versatile.
I use it with an Indie Total Natural and as I said, it's crunch fairly quickly. Sounds are biting, but leave two double Indie Custom sounds a certain roundness.
When you pedal, I am currently using a classic cry baby, a booster Electro Harmonix, a tuner and BBE maximize boss. SAR that side. I tried also distos and modulations, it goes nickel.

OVERALL OPINION

Before that, I had two heads Orange, too powerful to be really usable even on stage. 15 watts is ample and the amp responds beautifully to the subtleties of guitar playing.
I remake that choice without hesitation.