How to Dial in a Tube Amp | Blues Jr IV Demo 

Glad I could help a little! Don’t be afraid to turn the knobs all the way up and experiment.

Nice! What kind of attenuator?

I’m getting more familiar with it, but it’s still too loud for my basement while the kids are asleep! It’s crazy how different it sounds with different guitars too. For my Strat it’s best with this eq: bass 12, mid 6, treble 3, but my Les Paul sounds good with everything around noon. I’ve also discovered that having the guitar’s volume down makes a big difference in noise and harsh frequencies. Have you tried it with any pedals?

@@justinbishopmusic i hear ya! I stay in a townhouse with my parents and it’s always to loud for my mom 😂. The single coil pickup can be a noisy one forsure, I don’t encounter much noise to be honest. Just normal single coil stuff That’s a great EQ setting for a Stratocaster. I used a Gibson les Paul into the amp and it sounded sooo dark I was shocked 😳. Ive used pedals…after awhile I stopped using them though. I just got all these new pedals and I barely use them because I love the pure tone of the guitar amp combo.

“Practice your scales you must! Become one with the Pentatonic!”

It's like those commercials where a bug crawls across the screen...anxiety! I thought about the monoprice but saved up a bit more for the Blues Jr. When I first plugged it in, I wasn't happy, so I made this video to maybe help someone else. You should be able to dial yours in just fine...but I'm afraid tone chasing is a life-long journey! It's a fun one though!!

Exactly! Took me some time, though, back in the day to realize as intuitively it seemed more natural to do it the other way round...

It’s amazing what the volume on the guitar can do when you have the amp dialed in right!

Dude! What’s up?!

@@justinbishopmusic Nothing much, just dialing in my hot rod deluxe :) And slowly morphing into you as a person it seems haha, we will have to catch up to talk about it all!

@@drewhenriksen2993 Hot Rod Deluxe?!? I’m jealous! So excited! I had a Blues Deluxe years ago, and everywhere I played it, people complained it was too loud, so I sold it. How stupid of me! But hey, hit me up for lunch one day if you’re in town on a weekday.

If I were you, for lower volumes, I’ve been happier with the Fender super champ X2. The Blues JR has a very fine line between too quiet and too loud. The Super Champ X2 has built in effects, and it has a very nice bedroom tone at 3 on the volume knob. Also, a Squier Classic Vibe Gets close to the same tone and feel as the American Pro II, but it’s much cheaper. And if you want distortion, I like the Mosky Golden Horse on Amazon.

Oh, and the Boss Katana is a solid state amp, but I use it as much as the super champ. You can get pretty much any sound from it at that you want, and at any volume.

@@justinbishopmusic Thank you so much for replying me. Maybe I have precipitated buying the blues jr. I’ll see what I can do, I only have a couple of more months in the USA… Thank you. I really appreciate it.

@@alessandrotorrescampos522 I hope my country has treated you well! I have a friend in Uberlandia. He plays a Tagima!

I've Just bought a Blues Junior and I'm loving it. It's perfect for studio, small gigs and medium concerts. A bit loud for home use, but my neighbors can handle... an amp with a master control is essential.. it's not a masterpiece, so I can mod it freely (apesar de ter sido 5k aqui no Brasil)... perfect for the road!

There’s an art to it and lots of experimenting. My 50c sounds best with boost on and gain at 7, tilt at 10, and Presence on 0. I use a tube screamer for higher gain.

Oh and if you’re running single coils, then a compressor fattens up the tone. Or a boost pedal or Klon clone.

@@justinbishopmusic cheers! I’ve been experimenting and the tube screamer does wonders too! Thanks for the advice! I need a Klon type for the single coils.

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Just the camera, I think. I got a little lazy on this one. Today I would use an SM57 into a Focusrite 2i2. But also since then I’ve traded this and acquired a Marshall Origin 50c and a Roland Blues Cube, both of which have a direct out.

It makes a solid state sound like a stale pancake.

With the single coils for sure! I bought a Marshall Origin 50C, and the Strat doesn’t seem as noisy through it for some reason.

@@justinbishopmusic cool, man. A noise gate just helps through any amp. My 2 cents

That B-string drives me crazy! Bend it once and it’s done. Maybe time for new tuners as well!

🤣Solid tip, man! I need more life advice from you! My friend says it doesn't sound good unless you can feel it!