How many guitar amps?

[digitaldrummer]

hopefully Fender has fixed their soldering too. Everyone I know that has a Blues Junior has had problems so I wouldn't be surprised if it affected the Pro Jr too. always required re-flowing the tube sockets and sometimes the ribbon cables on the Blues Jr. Mine never even left the studio and still went bad after a couple years of use. drove me crazy swapping tubes and then finally figured out the tubes were not the problem...

[vvv]

Mine is a USA ver. 1 in tweed. I was in banjo mart a week after I got married in '96* and was buying a Gibson American (sorta a LP,Jr. with horns and a simple whammy). They had two left from some special sale (I think the guitars were made for GC) and I checked it out through that amp, loved 'em both and bought 'em, I wanna say US$250 for the amp and US$350 for the guitar.

I put some kinda decent Jensen in it and went through it tying off the minimal wiring; I mighta done a re-flow or two, nowya mention it. I recall I had to shorten a chassis screw which was another issue they are notorious for. I also put a sweet old RCA 12AU7 in it; it started out with the usual 12AX7.

That's a mod I highly reco if you use pedals BTW. The AU is a lower gain tube and seemed to make the clean a little cleaner/sparkly and gives ya higher headroom; I use pedals so I want that, as I can get good sounds from my boost and dirt pedals.

Here they is, in situ:



Also in the pic are a Senn MD21 and a PV 520n (there's a SM7B behind the guitar, what stand left that funny circle in the carpet).

*got rid of her, kept the axe and amp.

[Dr Tony Balls]

I've been pining for a Pro Jr. for a long time now. I used to have regular access to one, and with all honesty, it's the only Fender amp I've ever loved. Other people can get Princetons, etc. to sound great, but not me. That Pro Jr. though. I think it's the EL84's.

I see now there are II, III & IV versions... assuming the original is the one to get. Anyone have any idea?

I built a "premium version" for a friend a few years ago, the main goal being upping reliability and minimizing noise. I also added a separate EF86 boosted input for some higher gain sounds.

[numberthirty]

Whoa, the Dr. showed up!

[permanent hearing damage]

i have quite a few for my small studio. since i do mostly punk/metal/hardcore, my options are mostly high gain:

Fryette Deliverance 60
Peavey 5150
Yamaha T50 (modded)
Orange Tiny Terror
Sovtek Mig60
Ampeg V4

been wanting a Fender or Vox of some kind, but considering how infrequently folks don't use their own amps, it isn't exactly a high priority.

[Burnt Ernie]

The Vox ac30 cc2 (mine has the blue speakers) are surprisingly versatile and affordable. Can do the clean chimey thing,can do the Search And Destroy/Stooges thing,and because of the class A /el84 thing,does wonderful things when hammered with pedals. Easy to push into harmonic kookoodom.

Jcm800 1x12" 50 watt combo -super versatile,I've got it going through an Ampeg v4 cab with 2 Celestion g12h's,2 Celestion Creambacks.

Tryin to get another Gibson Hawk (My first amp). The wood paneled one. Coolest feature- You could turn the volume all the way down,reverb or tremolo all the way up,and just play through those. Another el-84 amp.

Something magic about El84's,and the innate compression.

[Zacharia Matilda]

I have to agree. After years and years of 6l6 or 6v6 it was a revelation for me when I finally played an el84 amp. My ears were so happy!

[losthighway]

I have to agree. After years and years of 6l6 or 6v6 it was a revelation for me when I finally played an el84 amp. My ears were so happy!

I've found a new appreciation for the 7591. It's like the other dark meat.

I agree on EL84s though. Lots of great amps with those.

[kayagum]

I'm down to 2... my Henriksen Bud and Quilter Steelaire. Both plenty loud, take pedals really well, and don't take up much real estate. As much as I loved my Sovtek MIG60 and bassman cabs, it was too much and sold it this past year. Since I do more soundtracky stuff, I can't really use the buzzy wonky amps (to reference the early post here, I've gone through several Pro Juniors/Blues Deluxe, all had bad tube/chassis ringing).

[vvv]

My C19 project collaborator uses a Quilter amp with his vintage jazz boxes and 335 - sounds great, totally quiet.

But ...


... kinda the opposite of what I usually go for.