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Got my hands on a Fender Pro Junior last night. What a great amp did not want to give it back
For those who haven't had the pleasure it's a 2x ecc83 & el84 combo with 10" speaker in vintage style Tweed or more modern Black cab.
On/off, vol & tone it goes from sweet & relaxed at low volumes to a wonderful rock sound with bark & bite and all stations in between, there's no reverb or other nonsence to get in the way of the truly great sounds.
I'm now on a selling spree to get one (super champ xd anyone ?)
Looked inside & there's a very neat & well spaced pcb with all the components clearly labelled, looks very easy to work on if needed.
The price new is around £350 it seems (and worth every penny !)
Fender have some really good amps out at the moment with the blues juniors & champs etc... for me it seems hard to think of a better amp at anywhere near the same money.

Cheers

Dick.

Before you go rushing off to buy it, check out the Fender 'Blues Junior' which has a 12" speaker & the same valve complement & comes in Tweed or Black. Also the 'Blues Deluxe' in the same finishes with a 12" speaker 2 x 6L6 valves & 40w output. Depends on whether you want to gig it, or just play at home.

Tony.

Ah, but both of those models have stuff like tone stacks & reverbs & in the Blues delux, voicing ccts as well as a £200 price jump !
The whole point for me is the pure tone of the pro junior without any "frills" there's plenty of pedals & effects boxes out there if you want to play around with the tone.

Thanks for the interest though Tony.

Dick.

Finally got the Pro Junior last night.

Finally got one

Cost a little more than I had hoped, but worth it !

Just itching to get some "mods" done now, feedback switch first then a trawl through the "mod" sites for some ideas.

Thinking about a standby switch, it has survived since 1996 (USA model) without one, is it really necessary I wonder ?

The Champ XD that I traded in had no standby sw either

Ah well, off to play with my new best friend

Cheers

Dick.