Blues Junior III Speaker Comparison

[@taghazoutoo]

nothing beat the stock speaker

[@sidfernandez7569]

that celestion g12p80 is a beautiful speaker. i've been playing a hot rod deluxe stocked with one and i love it. great harmonics, great tones and great break up.

[@tattooedsailor8666]

Lightning bolt speakers are great! They sound good clean and dirty. The sound a lot better then the old brown/gold speakers. Its a Emi so it takes about 30 hrs to break in.

[@Blackforestrock66]

You make the best blues junior videos I have found on youtube! Fantastic sound and playing! Now I am thinking of a Bj with a Tweed cabinet....

[@thoroliversenmusic]

+Blackforestrock66 Thanks a lot :-) Really appreciate it. My latest tweak to the BJ III is to put the amp and the Cannabis Rex speaker into an oversized combo cabinet from Carl's Custom Guitars. Will try and make a new video demo in not too long. Have a look at this (hope the url works): scontent.fsvg1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/12185256_10153093399065458_4629223193269096207_o.jpg

[@Bushradical]

Like the chops you're playin'.

[@jasonkerr931]

Cannabis Rex all day long!! Wow!!

[@TheRycooder]

Cannabis, NO DOUBT! GREAT PLAYING, LOVE YOUR STYLE!

[@PedalsFusion]

Useful and really good sounding video

[@mennoosmusic]

Very tasty playing, great demo, and a lovely Les Paul!

[@JIMJAMSC]

I spent over $500 on 2 Celestion golds and they gave me bad ear fatigue. Great for pedals because of the clarity but they are LOUD. I just bought a Cannabis rex to put in a 1x12 cab for a blues jr to get rid of the shrill that all the celestions give me.For $75 you can get almost 4 for one gold.

[@BioStuff415]

hmmm... all sound great - the Blues jr III is a masterpiece. I'd choose the Cannabis... and would like to hear what it does with a strat.

[@robertstapleton3598]

I liked the Cannabis. Stock was heavy on the mids (mine is the same) and the second one too clean. Cannabis was just right to my ears.

[@Blackforestrock66]

This combo cabinet looks very good!

[@Wrguitar941]

cool i have a studio 94 les paul so im thinking to get this amp

[@thoroliversenmusic]

I have a new channel called Guitars and Gizmos kzbin.info/door/NGf3Mt-ToiFzPqVZNl9WwQ. It's about my hunt for great guitar tone and more Blues jr. stuff. Come on over :-)

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

I don't understand the cannabis rex love, do people just love really dull, middy, "bloooz toanz"? The G12P-80 had a nice upper range, good treble that wasn't sharp or grating while the Cannabis Rex has no upper range, it's dull. Keep in mind, I'm not one of those guys that bought one and is trying to justify my purchase, I just have the stock "lightning bolt" speaker in my amp and don't even care to upgrade to either, I just thought I'd give my outside perspective.

[@temewee]

You are right. I keep mine stock too. If i want the crex sound i just use my tone control on my guitar. But nowdays people seems to learn all the "mods" before even learning to play and use their gear

[@taghazoutoo]

@@temewee nothing beat stock speaker .i dont know really why people change it

[@OlegCapovani]

Excellent tone and finger playin' on the Les Paul.

[@wouter5656]

Great sound and playing! I will use this demo as a lesson to improve my own playing :-) I also appreciate the shot of the amp settings! Cool! Pls continue.....

[@thoroliversenmusic]

wouter1956 Thanks :-)

[@zuckertube]

Cannabis. Has the right mix and feel for me.

[@RiotBike]

Fantastic playing!

[@Strawberryfields1821]

Love your playing style Sir. Would love to learn some of your tasty licks.

[@thoroliversenmusic]

Thank you very much for such uplifting words :-)

[@DucksDeLucks]

Nice playing. I preferred the stock speaker. Had more bite. The Celestion sounded kind of lame. The Cannabis was in between. Though you should really use a Strat since that's the iconic sound people buy Fender amps for. With a Gibson you are less likely to use a Fender amp.

[@MM-rr1kp]

I like a Fender amp video using Les Paul or any humbucker setup all of this is personal preference, mine is less so for single coil sound

[@hacheyeh]

lol, i'm sophomoric for never saying this before. you've changed my life.

[@hacheyeh]

lol 2 ducks 1 stone

[@tysonrinker5958]

nothing wrong with pliging a gibson in fender amp seeing how thats one of the most iconic sounds

[@Sim0nSezZ]

Great playing!!! Subscribed to your channel!!!

[@antoniob.8500]

Very nice playing.

[@abc123gpl]

very nice playing. :)

[@jeffreybiscoe6]

Nice demo

[@nunomonteiro9660]

Good review! I would like your opinion on an speaker for my Amp Fender Blues Jr III that comes from a speaker Fender Special Design Eminence 12 "Lightning Bolt Speaker 8 Ohms 50 Watts. I ask your opinion based on your experience, because I am your review Celestion speakers, and you also play on a fender blues jr. It's not that this is a bad HP fender Eminance, but for the style of music I play, the "Nirvana" grunge, it seems to me that something is missing ... I play with a Fender Jaguar Kurt Cobain, and I basically use the clean channel with distortion pedals. To improve the speaker, according to my style of music, what would you recommend? Celestion Vintage 30? Celestion 12 "G12M Greenback ™ or Celestion Creamback G12M-65 Made in UK? Thank you

[@mikehoehn1475]

Eminence all the way bro

[@zenradio]

Nice playing man...

[@johnlannon3222]

Is the amp swap into the custom head simply a "slide in and screw in"?

[@GUITARSGIZMOS]

Yes it is. I had the cabinet tailor made... (answering logged in from my new youtube channel account) Cheers, Thor

[@yinyangthang]

Good stuff!

[@josephliptak]

Jensen c12n all day

[@georgefromgreece4119]

The stock speaker is close to that

[@TiagoFrancomusic]

Cool demo! Do you think the Blues Jr has enough volume for playing live with pedals? Do you have any video playing it live? Thanks

[@thoroliversenmusic]

+Tiago Franco Thanks :-) I have used the blues jr live. Infact that was how I first got introduced to it, by lending one at a jam. I have used it live on club scenes several times and it is more than loud enough for my blues band. I'm afraid I have no live videos with this amp to show so far.

[@TiagoFrancomusic]

+Thor Oliversen Thanks! I was asking about the stock Fender BJrIII “Lightning Bolt", not with the cabinets! :) Were you referring to the stock when you said "more than loud enough for a blues band"? I want to use pedals with it, and maybe change the speaker for an Eminence Swamp Thang, which I guess it's the loudest. Thanks!!

[@thoroliversenmusic]

+Tiago Franco Yes, the stock amp was what I first tried at club jam, and it absolutely did the job to convince me. When you play live on club scenes or larger venues, you probably wanna mic the amp to go to the PA system. I use it without a mic in front at rehearsals where we play pretty loud, and I have no problem at all to get above the drums and bass with the BJ III :-) And yes, it takes pedals very well.

[@Wrguitar941]

ah thank you im getting this i had the same concern i play with 5 others in the band ill be ok i got a shure sm57 and tube screamers cool playing

[@alistairdent9765]

Great playing. Do you have tab/chords for the rhythm guitar part available?

[@doctorskull8197]

Your audience will never tell the difference.

[@Gabe-jq4gk]

stock eminence makes it fender

[@profile1251]

This is a planet, not a moon.

[@pentatonicburst2753]

blues jr weber 12f150b (no dope ,hemp cone 50watt) 5inch beam blocker to20 output transformer billm basic mods Presence knob killer AF

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Stock speaker for me

[@Gitfiddler777]

cannabis Rex doesn't sound brittle.

[@prw139]

Cannabis Rex..

[@ronzo1981]

Bought this amp last night, did a gig with it last night and selling it today, its bloody awful, how fender put out such rubbish is beyond me, its only purpose is for studio use, you cannot gig with it, there is zero bottom end from it, my badcat 20 blows it out of the water, I guess heavy amps need to be heavy to push air, I dont recommend this amp at all to a gigging musician

[@Wrguitar941]

you must play metal then????

[@alistairdent9765]

It’s true the blues junior lacks a bit of bottom end, which might in part be their design decisions in the circuit to minimise the small cabinet vibrating. However it is very easy to improve the bass of this amp. If you can solder then there are mods available to make it better. I also found changing the speaker helps a lot. The standard speaker is fine for clean sounds but it sounds a bit harsh in the upper midrange when used with overdrive. I love the amp for blues and rock sounds with a different speaker in it.

[@georgefromgreece4119]

You are exaggerating