Fender blues Jr. Modified by Fargen Amps

This is an NOS Fender blues Jr. that was sent in for the Fargen hot mods upgrade. This amp now has the Fargen custom shop super sustain package which includes a special recipe of custom caps and resistors as well as a new Mercury Magnetics output transformer. I also added an adjustable presence control, adjustable bias control and clean boost mod via a switch.

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• Bill M mods

[opivy87]

is this even being played through the stock NOS speaker?

[bluesbreaker1]

nope...greenbacks...I will do a video soon through the stock 1 x 12"...this was just quick and dirty vid to show what it's all about...

Cheers,

Benjamin

[lexist7]

a nice bj would work for me too.

[TRICKYRJB]

clean sounded amazing but distortion still sounds boxy

[Linsenpuppe]

@TRICKYRJB sounds like the coupling caps still have the original values - way too small...

[NJlo]

Does this mod increase output levels?

[MrJackostrato]

why did you demo the amp through a 4x12 cab? i bought a blues jr 'cause it's portable and sounds good. i want to hear your mod with the stock speaker.

[tbdalva]

Not a thing, if you are looking for a certain sound, resistors and caps will get you there at a tenth of the cost.Save your money for some good tubes.

[Tommyboy1964XXX]

Ben, It would be nice to hear single coils through the amp, and also with a 112. Just to get an accurate picture.

[ToneKingGuitarMan]

I agree, the clean sounded good but that was about it. Check out SDG amps, I was really impressed.

[tonyc329]

I just bought a Blues Junior Texas Red today and it sounds pretty doggone good stock with no mods. I bet if I ran it through my Marshall 4X12 with Greenbacks or my Avatar 4X12 with Vintage 30's and G12T-75's in X pattern it would sound killer too as compared to the Celestion Vintage 30 that's in it. Looks like everybody and their brother mods these amps.

[adlankj]

so, do you sell these as kits or do you have to take your amp to be serviced?

[rw5791]

it's just higher quality.If you did nothing else but swap the transformer you'd notice the amp come alive beneath your fingers.