how do you like to set your LP for clean rhythm tone

[e44crowe]

I have a Gibson Studio Les Paul that I play through a Fender Blues Jr.

My Tele seems easier to get a good clear and clean rhythm tone out of the BJ.

Any tips on how you set your LP for a good clear and clean rhythm tone?

Thanks!

 

[ADP]

Master at 12, Volume at 8 - 8.5, Dial the bass off and give it some Treble, the most important thing about a Blues Junior though is having the Master full on!

 

[RichBrew]

...Any tips on how you set your LP for a good clear and clean rhythm tone?...

Both pickups on and the volume controls rolled down to taste.

RichBrew

 

[MikeyTheCat]

I've never been a fan of the clean bridge humbucker sound, so I either do what RichBrew posted or these days I switch to the P-90 on my bridge P-Rails.

 

[paco1976]

I like bass and treble at 9 mids at 4. Master at twelve, sand you control with the volume.

 

[Bristol Posse]

Depends on a lot of things

There are 3 versions of the Blues Jr each with some differences in the voicing and circuit.
They also use different speakers too

It also depends on how loud you're playing too as the low end can get pretty farty sounding as you get loud.

If it's a stock amp with no mods and you're talking gig volumes then you'll probably need to roll off a lot of the bass and then tweak the mids and treble to taste. I used to keep the bass below 4 for gig volumes on mine

If this is your serious gigging amp you may want to consider a couple of easy mods to stiffen the power and maybe even add an after market output transformer.
Even with everything else stock, this will really tighten up the low end and get rid of that farty sounding low end mud and sag that these amps can suffer from

YMMV
Matt

 

[paco1976]

Depends on a lot of things

There are 3 versions of the Blues Jr each with some differences in the voicing and circuit.
They also use different speakers too

It also depends on how loud you're playing too as the low end can get pretty farty sounding as you get loud.

If it's a stock amp with no mods and you're talking gig volumes then you'll probably need to roll off a lot of the bass and then tweak the mids and treble to taste. I used to keep the bass below 4 for gig volumes on mine

If this is your serious gigging amp you may want to consider a couple of easy mods to stiffen the power and maybe even add an after market output transformer.
Even with everything else stock, this will really tighten up the low end and get rid of that farty sounding low end mud and sag that these amps can suffer from

YMMV
Matt

I agree.
It is great amp, I love it, but for gig purposes it depends on the venue or if you use a mic or not. If you need a high volume it is going to distort, you can't avoid that.
Master at 12 and Volume at 5/6 is distorting already. You need a really clean sound better use a mic.

 

[Shawn Lutz]

I use the neck pickup with the volume rolled back a bit. I like amps that react well to the guitars volume knob for the versatility of gain on the lead channel. Real super clean I use the clean channel on multi ch heads. I still use the neck pickup and roll off the guitars volume

 

[X–Ray]

My rule of thumb:

Set whatever amp I'm using volume up to the point it begins to get dirty/crunchy, then roll back the guitar volume

I use an overdrive pedal (Rivera Blues Shaman) for serious gain

This way I can get a punchy and clean rhythm tone and then add gain via overdrive when so inclined

 

[SWeAT hOg]

Neck pup

 

[e44crowe]

Depends on a lot of things

There are 3 versions of the Blues Jr each with some differences in the voicing and circuit.
They also use different speakers too

It also depends on how loud you're playing too as the low end can get pretty farty sounding as you get loud.

If it's a stock amp with no mods and you're talking gig volumes then you'll probably need to roll off a lot of the bass and then tweak the mids and treble to taste. I used to keep the bass below 4 for gig volumes on mine

If this is your serious gigging amp you may want to consider a couple of easy mods to stiffen the power and maybe even add an after market output transformer.
Even with everything else stock, this will really tighten up the low end and get rid of that farty sounding low end mud and sag that these amps can suffer from

YMMV
Matt

I have a tweed blues junior with the Jensen speaker. Gig volume clean is what I'm after.

 

[Bristol Posse]

I have a tweed blues junior with the Jensen speaker. Gig volume clean is what I'm after.

How big are the venues you are playing

Jensen c12n is around 98dB sensitivity, you can get a good speaker with 102-103 dB sensitivity which will give you more volume at the same settings (ie louder cleans)

Something like a Mullard or RCA 12AX7 tube in V1 preamp might give you a little more clean gain on the preamp/volume (I don't get preamp breakup 'til i get to 8 on the volume on mine with an NOS RCA 12AX7A in there), and higher headroom EL84 in the power section may extend your clean volume a hair

But when all is said and done it's a 15 watt amp and loud, clean gig volumes and 15 watt amps don't often go toogether

You can mod it with a new power transformer to run 6v6 output tubes and push around 30 watts but at that point it may be more expedient (and safer) to just buy a more powerful amp

 

[vindibona1]

I have a Gibson Studio Les Paul that I play through a Fender Blues Jr.

My Tele seems easier to get a good clear and clean rhythm tone out of the BJ.

Any tips on how you set your LP for a good clear and clean rhythm tone?

Thanks!

I love my LP's as much as the next guy. But in terms of clean rhythm, you're not going to beat your Tele for the sound. Humbuckers sound like... well.. humbuckers. My LP Custom has coil splitting so I'm a bit ahead of the game there, but my Tele just has that certain personality.