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Fender FSR Blues JR III Limited Edition - Silver & Black

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FSR Blues JR III Limited Edition - Silver & Black
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The Fender FSR Blues Junior III guitar combo amplifier is a sleek and sexy beast that looks quite dapper and sounds like a million bucks! Futuristic Silver vinyl covering and black grille cloth compliment the English grunt of the Celestion Vintage 30 speaker. This robust speaker exudes a warmth and crunch that works amazingly well with the Blues Junior.

The Blues Junior III is a 15-watt warm-toned, longtime favorite - the perfect grab-and-go tube amp for stage and studio. It is known for the fat mid tones characteristic of EL-84 output tubes, warm 12AX7 preamp tube overdrive, real spring reverb, simple control layout, footswitchable FAT boost and external speaker capability. Unique features to this amp include: Silver vinyl covering, Black grille cloth, a 12" 8-ohm Celestion Vintage 30 speaker for gorgeous cleans and warm, British overdrive. Also includes "Limited Edition" FSR badge. Additional features include: Easy-to-read black control panel with front-reading text, vintage Fender "dog bone" handle, vintage-size jewel light, "sparkle" circuit mod, rattle-reducing shock absorbers for the EL84 tubes.

SPECIFICATIONS
Amplifier Type: Tube
Speaker: 12, 8-ohm Celestion Vintage 30 speaker
Impedance: 8 Ohms
Output Power: 15 watts
Preamp Tubes: 3 x 12AX7
Power Tubes: 2 x EL84
Rectifier: Solid State Rectifier
Inputs: 1 Input
Controls: Reverb, Master, Middle, Bass, Treble, "Fat" Switch, Volume
Covering/Grille Cloth: Silver vinyl covering and Black grille cloth
Height: 16" (40.6 cm)
Width: 18" (45.72 cm)
Depth: 9.18" (23.31 cm)
Weight: 31 lbs. (14.06 kg)
Cover: Optional Amplifier Cover Available
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Unique FSR Features: Silver vinyl covering and Black grille cloth, a 12 Celestion Vintage 30 speaker and a Limited Edition FSR badge.

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Best entry level tube amp for clean or crunch

2 of 2 customers found this review helpful

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Closest Store   Victoria, British Columbia
The Blues Junior III combo amp has one channel. The spring reverb sounds great. The FAT (midrange boost) is footswitch-able. The build quality is professional. The Celestion V30 speaker is made in Asia, but it sounds first rate. The speaker in this special edition Blues Junior III has a "British" voice. With the twin EL-84 power tubes, the amp can do full, overdriven classic rock like a Marshall or a Fender Tweed amp, especially with the FAT switch engaged. With the FAT switch off, it has more of a Fender Blackface clean sound. The three 12AX7 preamp tubes give a wide range of overdrive at any volume. The solid state rectifier gives the amp a tight sound. If the rectifier were tube you would get "sag" compression. If you wanted an amp with this power and a rectifier tube, the closest form factor would be the 57 Deluxe Tweed, which is available in a head version at 4 times the price of the Blues Junior. A rectifier (5Y3) tube, and an amp circuit (5E3) like the 57 Deluxe is hand wired the way amps were manufactured 50 years ago. Both amps are very basic. Both amps offer excellent tone. Blues Junior III demo ($500) http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=PsoBgxtwzK8&list=PLBB5350E0CBD1A830 57 Deluxe Head demo ($2,000) http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=EPM3F9A6m9k Champion 100 Solid State demo ($300) http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=a8iCwxejv6Q The Blues Junior III small size and low (15) wattage, the amp is loud enough to be heard at a gig with a drummer. With the complete set of controls (Reverb, Master, Middle, Bass, Treble, "Fat" Switch, Volume) a wide range of volumes and tones can be dialed in quite easily. This amp has the minimum amount of controls that I would want on a professional gigging amplifier. An amp can have more controls and be gig-worthy. This minimum set of controls makes it easy to work with in a live situation quickly. The amp is quite intuitive to work with. The Vintage 30, Celestion’s most revealing speaker, features enormously detailed and complex overtones, a warm low end, a famously rich vocal mid-range and a beautifully detailed top end. The Vintage 30 is a modern guitar loudspeaker designed to handle high output with vintage tone and style. It is tight and responsive with single note definition, with masses of volume and sustain. 100dB sensitivity makes the Vintage 30 ideal for use with high gain valve amplifiers. It is the first choice for many modern rock guitarists. Voice coil material is round copper . Magnet type is Ceramic. Magnet weight is 50oz. Frequency range 70-5000Hz . Resonance frequency, Fs 75Hz . Some amplifiers exhibit what is known as “sag” when a note is struck due to a drop of voltage in the power supply. This changes the attack of the note and adds to the overall tone of the amp but not everyone will see it as an improved tone. The Valve Junior circuit and others like it (commonly referred to as “Champ” circuits after the Fender Champ) draw an almost constant current so fitting a tube rectifier will not induce SAG as there is not enough change in the current to cause sufficient voltage drop. That is why the amp comes with a solid state rectifier. It keeps costs down. If you need an entry level fully professional tube amp – this is it. Other amps with more features will cost much more. You can get cheaper solid state amps, like the Fender Champion 100 which is another option for entry level or those who cannot hear or don’t care about the difference between tubes and transistors.
Posted by Gord Ahl on Feb 2, 2014
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Fantastic tone

1 of 1 customers found this review helpful

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Closest Store   Abbotsford, British Columbia
Features: Some amps have two channels, so you can individually set up your clean and driven tones, for example. The amp has one channel. The spring reverb sounds great, but this is the only 'effect' the Blues Jr offers. Quality: The build quality is fantastic. The speaker is made in Asia, but it doesn't sound cheap; it has soul. Value: This amp isn't a "hidden treasure" in terms of quality vs. price. I'd say it's priced fairly. You know you're getting a great amp, and it comes with a price tag to match. Overall: The Vintage 30 speaker in this amp has less mid and treble output and more mid than the standard Blue Jr. speaker, giving it a very "British" voice. It can do full, overdriven classic rock in a Marshall-like way; but, sink the preamp volume, turn up the master, add some reverb and you have a very crisp, Fender sound, only rounded in tone by the speaker.
Posted by Trevor on Aug 28, 2013
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