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Fender Blues Junior Guitar Combo Amplifier (15 Watts, 1x12 in.)
This big brother of the Pro Junior takes Fender's 15 Watt tube platform and pushes it through a 12 in. Fender Special Design speaker; add a comprehensive tone stack and footswitchable "Fat" switch for even more performance options.
Feature:
Features are 'par for the course' but fall short of the Traynor. The Traynor gives a headphone jack, DI output, speaker defeat, and true 2-channel operation with a footswitch.
Quality:
Tubes were just about falling out of their sockets when I unpacked it, there are no spring clips or other kind of retainers on them. This is more the fault of the guys who packed it at the warehouse since they ignored the 'This End Up' on the Fender box and packed it flat.
Value:
Comparing sound and features, not as good a value as the Traynor YCV20.
Sound:
I bought a Blues Jr. and a Traynor YCV20WR to compare them. I use these mostly for home practice. Compared to the Traynor the stock Blues Jr. sounds thin and boxy. The Blues Jr. has the same size speaker (12") but crammed into a smaller cabinet which may have some effect on the sound. The smaller cab also forces them to use the short 8-series Accutronics reverb versus the full size 4-series like the Traynor. The 8-series seems suck quite a bit of tone even at low settings, unlike the 4-series. I see from the Fender discussion page that a lot of folks are modding the tone stack and swapping the speakers and switching the tubes from the stock Blues Jr to improve it - for about the same price of those mods you can get a stock Traynor which sounds great right out of the box and has more features.
Manufacturer: Fender
List Price: $569.99
Online Price: $398.95
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