CajunBlues Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Used my annual bonus for an upgrade I have been wanting for a while now... Bought a new Fender Deluxe Reverb... I'll be selling my Blues Junior... The Blues Junior is a wonderful amp... But that vintage jazz tone comes out so nicely in the Deluxe Reverb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt335 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Congrats on the new purchase. I have a Deluxe Reverb, bought in 2005. It's a great amp and my new ES335 just loves it. Just plug and play and it sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I have both: a BJ NOS and a DRRI. The Blues Jr is a great little amp, but the Deluxe Reverb is several steps up. It's the sound I think of when I hear the words "Fender tube amp." It's a Super or Twin without all the bulk, and a sound of its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sok66 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Used my annual bonus for an upgrade I have been wanting for a while now... Bought a new Fender Deluxe Reverb... I'll be selling my Blues Junior... The Blues Junior is a wonderful amp... But that vintage jazz tone comes out so nicely in the Deluxe Reverb... The 335/DR combination is an all time classic. I have a '66 BFDR and a '71 SFDR in my amp collection, at times I wonder why I have any other amps besides the Deluxe Reverbs. The Reissue benefits from bright cap removal, tube & speaker upgrades. If you can't swing NOS tubes, good new production choices are the Tung-Sol reissue 12AX7s and 6V6GTs. JJ 6V6S are also pretty good, but are a completely different tube and tonally resemble more of a 6L6GC. I don't care for the tone of JJ's 12AX7 in Fender BF & SF amps as they lack top end sparkle. They're fine in the V5 (vibrato) slot. For 12AT7s (V3 & V6) look for NOS RCA 12AT7s or the more robust 6201, or a less expensive but robust alternative, the JAN Phillips 12AT7, which is readily available. The stock speaker on the Reissue is a Jensen C12K. They take a lot of flak for "ice-pick" tone. A common replacement is the Weber 12F150 25 or 50w, with the latter being a bit darker. Another highly touted replacement is the Celestion Gold alnico. Very expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunBlues Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 sok66, If you had a Blues Deluxe and wanted to upgrade the speaker for a darker cleaner jazz tone, what would you pick ? Would it be worth it to replace the stock speaker ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimikay Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Speaker replacement is one of the cheapest and most non invasive way to color the tone. The second is to replace the first preamp tube. I have 3 deluxe reverbs and have used the following Jensen C12N - cheapest, vintage tone. Celestion 70th anniversary - My favorite great bottom, smoother highs. Cannabis Rex - Darker good cleans, awsome overdrive tones. I also have a Naylor, but they are harder to come by. It is also subjective based on power tubes and first gain stage pre amp tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 You might check out Weber. I have one of their California Ceramic 15" speakers in their own cab. It sounds perfect with my Band-Master VM head and 335: warm, full, sweet on top and present in the mids. They also offer help in picking out a speaker. http://www.tedweber.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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