Blues Junior - 18 watt Lite IIb conversion

This is just a quick demo of my home built 18 watt marshall clone. It used to be a blues junior until I gutted it and wired it up as an 18 watt marshall.

I'm using my 2009 Eastwood Sidejack guitar (fantastic guitar!). For effects I'm using a touch of delay, a boss looper pedal and I turn on an ibanez tubescreamer (ts9) part way through.

It's at a really low volume because I didn't want to irritate the neighbours. It's also my first youtube video, so it's really just me fooling around.

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• 18 watt
• eastwood
• guitar
• sidejack
• boss
• ibanez
• ts9

[Kitarist88]

what kind of delay are you using

[hughesp]

@Kitarist88 A first act delay bought at a toys R us a few years ago for $30! Nothing fancy here.

[Kitarist88]

Wow the amp sounds great its really dynamic. What kind of speakers did you use here and tubes. What kind of transfomers are here

[hughesp]

@Kitarist88 Tubes.. I don't know, whatever I had lying around. I really stick a mix of tubes in and don't worry about matching. Matched tubes are give you more cleans, but unmatched power tubes give you more harmonic richness. I think it was a 1 ruby el84, a sovtek el84, a JJ 12ax7 in the pre amp and a NOS phillips 12ax7 in the PI. Stock transformers, celestion greenback speaker.

[hughesp]

@hughesp Oh - and I've since replaced the OT with a custom wound one from hammond that sounds 1000 times better, and replaced the greenback speaker with an eminance Wizard. I like the amp a lot more now - I'll have to make a video sometime.

[Srtarugas]

Hey man! Good work! This project is the same of Silvatone site? Amazing, congratulations!!!!

[hughesp]

@Srtarugas I think it basically is. 18watt.com is the place to go for info on the lite IIb circuit.

[timmonsisbest]

so trippy...the tuning heads change colors!

[kwyt]

Neighbours - enemy of every guitarist :)

[lighteningboy]

Buddy, this sounds good. Very nicely done. I will subscribe, just in case you post more

[lighteningboy]

@hughesp Please do, I'd love to hear that



[shub10]

I've read mixed reviews about the fender style trem. How does it feel to you? Does it stay in tune well while using the trem?

[EW57]

I love your playing & loop this for hours!

My favorite 18watt clip! MOAR!!