Wow What a difference!!

Dragoro · 08-07-2010, 07:59 PM

Ive been playing my lp studio deluxe through a peavey vypyr 15. Last week I bought a blues jr and have been playing through that for the past week, and the difference is jaw dropping. All you guys that have been saying that the amp makes all the difference are definitely right!

The Refugee · 08-07-2010, 08:03 PM

Glad to hear that you're happy!
Play that deluxe and play it well.

Satch0922 · 08-07-2010, 08:06 PM

my upside down strung left handed Mexican Strat with a SD Hotrail in the bridge sound pretty bad ass through a cranked tube amp!

In other words, you are right.

i am wet · 08-07-2010, 08:23 PM

tube amps are awesome!

Gibsonrocknroll · 08-07-2010, 09:17 PM

I run two Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100 Watts with two Marshall JCM 900 lead 1960A Cabinets with a ABY Switch.

i am wet · 08-07-2010, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibsonrocknroll

I run two Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100 Watts with two Marshall JCM 900 lead 1960A Cabinets with a ABY Switch.

Frankie A. · 08-07-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragoro

Ive been playing my lp studio deluxe through a peavey vypyr 15. Last week I bought a blues jr and have been playing through that for the past week, and the difference is jaw dropping. All you guys that have been saying that the amp makes all the difference are definitely right!

Absolutely ! Good tube amp = great tone . .

92Standard · 08-07-2010, 10:53 PM

Love the Blues Jr. too!!! Kinda leaning toward an Orange Tiny Terror as I want a little more gain on tap. Congrats though!

primeholy · 08-07-2010, 11:59 PM

Iceman0124 · 08-08-2010, 11:36 AM

A cheaper guitar though an awesome amp will usually sound pretty awesome...an awesome guitar through a cheap amp will often sound cheap and lacking.

azimuth · 08-08-2010, 08:51 PM

Yeah I learned that lesson a few years ago, and it's an important one!

garreffster · 08-09-2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by iceman0124

a cheaper guitar though an awesome amp will usually sound pretty awesome...an awesome guitar through a cheap amp will often sound cheap and lacking.

+1

Spudnik · 08-10-2010, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Iceman0124

A cheaper guitar though an awesome amp will usually sound pretty awesome...an awesome guitar through a cheap amp will often sound cheap and lacking.

So true Iceman...so very true indeed!

dwagar · 08-10-2010, 11:31 AM

There are some fairly inexpensive and good mods out there for the blues jr, I think it'd be a good amp to haul around to local jams

Travst · 08-10-2010, 02:39 PM

Google up the "billm mods". You can thank me later.

Wild_Rose · 08-10-2010, 03:53 PM

I'm currently saving up for a tube amp!

EasyAce · 08-11-2010, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by dwagar

There are some fairly inexpensive and good mods out there for the blues jr, I think it'd be a good amp to haul around to local jams

Blues Jr. and Frontman 212 (it's a solid state job but it gives you as close as you can get to Twin Reverb performance without costing you Twin Reverb dollars) are good local club amps. I played my LP Classic Antique Zebrawood through my Frontman at a club for the first time tonight and she played and sounded like butter on a muffin through the Frontman!

(I will confess---my dream amp is a Super Reverb . . . )

RedTiger · 08-11-2010, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragoro

Ive been playing my lp studio deluxe through a peavey vypyr 15. Last week I bought a blues jr and have been playing through that for the past week, and the difference is jaw dropping. All you guys that have been saying that the amp makes all the difference are definitely right!

What were your settings on the Vypyr, just out of curiosity? The Blues Jr. is a single channel, non-master volume amp. It's a matter of plugging in and cranking it up. The pitfall of modeling tech is that you have to spend time some quality time fiddling with it. The Vypyr is certainly on the low-end of the modeling scale, but it works the same way.

Anyways, grats on the Blues Jr. You're definately seeing a real a tonal improvement over the Vypyr.

Lemonhead · 08-11-2010, 09:54 AM

For at-home playing and small jams I use a 1960 Gibson Gibsonette. Just 8 watts with a volume and tone control. I can run the stock 10" speaker or hook it to a 2x12 and it will sound pretty big.

When shopping for tube amps, always be on the lookout for something older, low wattage and easy to repair. They can still be had for the same (or less) than some newer amps.

Hotspur · 08-11-2010, 10:36 AM

I have to admit I don't quite get the modelling craze, but want a blues jr badly ...

guitarfish · 08-11-2010, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RedTiger

The Blues Jr. is a single channel, non-master volume amp.

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Originally Posted by Hotspur

I think you're wrong about this. It has a master volume control.

(I don't own one, but unless I'm confused about what amp I was playing around with, you're wrong here).

You're both wrong.

It's a single channel amp, but has Master and Volume knobs.

RedTiger · 08-11-2010, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by guitarfish

You're both wrong.

It's a single channel amp, but has Master and Volume knobs.

I stand corrected!

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Originally Posted by Hotspur

I have to admit I don't quite get the modelling craze

Volume, volume, volume. For most guys who have tube amps for home use, pics of their gear seem to suggest they live in a house. You'd be surprised at how much the open space between houses in your average American neighborhood insulates your neighbor next door from noise. They might hear it if they walk outside, might if it's dimed, but not if they're indoors watching TV at a decent volume. You can get away with playing a small low watter tube amp at some decent volumes.

I live in an apartment. I can hear the people next door having conversations sometimes. I have a tube amp, but it can't be turned up louder than TV volume. It's far more fun and satisfying to have a decent modeling amp with cabinet simulation running through high quality headphones tweaked to simulate a cranked tube at and comfortable volumes.

AngryHatter · 08-11-2010, 12:03 PM

For some reason, Fender SS amps are horrific to my ears. I had a Frontman that I sold very quickly.

But the tube amps are really good.
I have a Pro Jr and a Hot Rod DeVille.

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