99 Fender Blues Junior vs 69 Super Reverb

Talk about comparing apples to oranges. The only thing these 2 amps have in common is the name!!! (And a few 12ax7 tubes.) young lion vs old lion, I can see why the blues junior may be one of the best selling amps of all time. and the newer ones supposed to sound even better!Gotta be real though, if u put these two side by side at an unmiked gig, you may see more than a significant difference. to be fair the blues junior was closer to the sweet spot than the super.(volume wise!) The super comes alive with more volume. Still neat to hear them both in a controlled environment. P.S this is not the same blues juinor used in my pedal shootout.(after borrowing it from my buddy to do the pedal shootout, i missed it, and stumbled across this green board one for cheap. that one has the tone stack mod done years ago. this one is bone stock!!

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[derosa504]

silverface deluxe.. yeah thats my alltime favorite tonemonster. ive thought about gettin one over the years,played throuhg quite a few, but could never get away with 22 watts in the past. lateley ive been gettin away with 15watts.( it figures!) my band is playing at normal levels finally after 20+ years. should have picked one up. i always keep my eyes open for one, but people want 1000+ for them now. oh well!

[sledge57a]

Blues Jr is fine for what it is. I've had two and liked them. I have 73 Silverface Super Reverb now and needless to say have no intentions on getting another BJr.

I've never really been able to hear the "Boxiness" of the BJr that people always speak of until this vid.

ABing the BJr with the SR really highlights it for me.

[RiverCityJunction]

I'd take that Super ANY DAy over the BJ. I had one & ditched it. Using a vibrolux right now which also kills the BJ. BJ is ok as a small practice amp, but live? Meh...

[martyfriedman666]

what do you think of the reverb on the blues junior? I have a spring reverb tank and just looked at the schematic for the reverb driver section. might throw it together.

[TheRol3n]

@derosa504 Got my '72 silverface out of some guys garage and walked it 6 blocks to my home in 103 degree weather my 12th summer after mowing people's yards and finally getting myself a peavey falcon. Heard of this amp, got it for $100. But, he told me if I dug it out of his garage and got it home without him having to do anything he'd sell it to me for $80. Done and done. Sad to say it quit working several years ago, will be blackfacing and restoring it very soon. Best sounding amp on earth

[HoraceLime]

A friend had his silverface deluxe Reverb modded to Blackface specs and added a middle tone pot in back...just a great giggin amp now!

[coffinshaker]

Super Reverb wins

[GFRproducciones]

I have the tweed blues jr too and definitely that 69 super reverb will be me next upgrade :) cool vid, love it!

[scorpguitar79]

nice vid I have a blues deville and a blues jr coming soon and maybe I'll do a demo like this too!