Blues Junior with flabby bottom and cut your head off treble

[ozziebluesman]

Hi there,

I've had this Blues Junior for a number of years now.

My main guitar is a Strat with some noisless d'marzio pickups.

The bass is turns flabby when you turn up the gain and the treble will cut your head off.

I mean I like the typical Fender tone but this is a bit much.

I would prefer if the amp had less highs and no farty, flabby bottom end when you turn it up!

Does anyone have one of these amps and have tried some mods or a different speaker to help balance the tone out a bit?

I've read good reports on a speaker upgrade to an Eminence Greenback clone.

Any thoughs will be greaty received.

Cheers

Alan

[Tod Gilding]

Hi Alan, I know a few, myself included that use the blues Jnr/Strat Combo and have never found this problem, are you sure that its not something else causing it, like pup height, wiring ?
Some may say that I'm easily pleased, but I find almost anything plugged into the blues jnr sounds great.

Cheers Tod

[ozziebluesman]

G'day Tod,

Thanks for responding mate! I was begining to think no one used a strat and a blues junior because their missing out on something special.

I had the chance to play through a mates last week and it sounded good.

I'm begining to think there could be a faulty valve in mine.

Will keep you posted.

Cheers

Alan

[MBP]

Hi Alan,

What do you think of this http://www.box.com/shared/whdgejk4ko

That is a blues junior with 'billM' mods. Not me playing and apparently the hiss is from a power supply not the amp

I havnt done them (dont own a BJ) but if you can solder you can do them.

http://home.comcast.net/~machrone/bluesjunior.htm

Or you could send the amp to a tech and get them to do some mods for you.

Before you do it have a read up on amp safety. You would do these mods with the power off and unplugged but make sure the caps are discharged before opening up.

If you would prefer a tech to do it PM me and I will give you some emails.

HTH