Help!! Fender Blues Junior or Vox AC15

[szecheut]

Hey Softies,

Need help with deciding on a new amp, and so far have narrowed down these two. can't really tell which would be a better take as i only had firsthand experience with the blues jnr. would really appreciate some professional advice!!

am using pedals for effects/overdrive so dont really need my amp to have reverb or any sort of modulations. looking for it as a bedroom amp that is able to power up a small auditorium(say 100 pax) if need be. don't intend to spend more than $800 on the new amp.

also i use a Fender EJ strat with all Single coils.

from what i've gathered(pls correct me if im wrong): -

Fender Blues Junior
- portable, light weight.
- very nice warm tube sound which responses well with pedals
- most find the stock set-up lacking in certain areas, and have hence resorted to mods?
- gets muddy at times?
- poor reverb

Vox AC15
- sparkles in clean
- certainly able to crank up
- harsh with single coils?
- poor material quality for the build?
- sure helps that citymusic has a sale for them now

and there's also the debate on whether the china-made vox ac15cc versions are well-built and lives up to the sound of their british counterparts..

or feel free to recommend me something else within $800 range.

THANKS.

 

[wood&nickel]

did u get your EJ strat from me?

Anyway the best thing you can do is to try them out and hear for yourself! You might want to consider the speaker size as well. Generally the bigger the speaker(like 12 inch) will give u a fuller sound.

I think if you're using the tube amp clean, then hear for the clean sound(duh!) Must have a good clean sound which u want or which you think you want. Don't have the mentality that your pedal will make it sound good. Its the other way around. A good amp will make the pedal sound good.

And there are other brands in the market as well to consider so don't narrow down your options too quickly. Yamaha carries blackheart amps, there are other VOX tube amps as well like the night train. Do look out for a bargain in the 2nd hand forum.

When i bought my Fender pro junior years back, it was one of the only few low-watts tube amp in singapore hence i got it. Didn't have much choice also. Its a pretty good amp but there is a lack of controls. i have not changed the stock tubes and speaker but i kinda like how it sounds now. However it does get muddy at high gain with my pedals, which i suspect is more of a guitar-pedal combination than amp. I might be wrong.

 

[tubescreamer]

Check out the Marshall MA50C: http://theguitaraddict.blogspot.com/2009/11/marshall-ma50c-preliminary-report.html

Both the amps you are looking at don't have sufficient clean headroom for the auditorium setting.

 

[szecheut]

yeah the ej strat sounds awesome btw!! your fender pro junior sounds very good actually when we were testing it, would u recommend the pro junior over the blues junior?

 

[iwantdigimon]

shawn, blues jr!

 

[tuyulaneh]

strat with fender amps is justtt...................perfect
tele with vox amps is also amazing!!!
Les paul with marshal is mesmerising

Since you have a strat than go for the blues jr

 

[szecheut]

iwantdigimon, are u azmi??

yeah i love the sparkle bell-like sound of the fender amps man. hmm.. anyone can help with the comparison between a fender pro jnr and a blues jnr? thanks!

 

[wood&nickel]

the pro junior has 10 inch speakers, blues junior is 12 inch.

The blues junior reverb is kinda bad. And you pay for that.

Anyway i might want to offload my pro junior. So if u want it, just text me.

http://soft.com.sg/forum/guitar-amp-buy-sell/158106-wts-fender-pro-junior.html