Fender BLUES JUNIOR IV Speaker Shootout

[@robertberwick3514]

I appreciated the blind test format. It allowed me to formulate my own opinion without bias. Thanks!

[@yaniv-nos-tubes]

i don't know what you are looking for but swapping the first preamp tube is also a good way to revoice the amp and change the point of breakup if you want. the best tubes are vintage rca,ge and mullards. a ge at v1 will clean the amp, lower the midrange great for humbuckers or p90's ,rca's are ideal for american crunch with more midrange, and mullards are the sweetest for distortion ,enjoy!

[@MarceloCalosso]

Great video. Just what i need to end the dilema. Great idea about the blind test. I just agree 100% whit you toughts. Great tone by the way.

[@hkguitar1984]

Great Comparison, I enjoyed the format you've used. Another thing about speakers is their efficiency rating/volume. I've an old Marshall I was running with a pair of Vintage 30s, it was just to loud for what I was doing. I switched to a pair of classic Greenbacks (which are less efficient) and the volume dropped by almost half. Check the speaker's measured sensitivity, the Vintage 30s are rated at is 100 dB. The Greenback speakers measure only 98 dB of sensitivity (a significant reduction in sound pressure level). Just my $.02 Cents, you can really customize an amplifier for specific needs/uses by changing speakers.

[@maik_on_guitar]

Hi, I am glad that you like the video! And I agree, there are much more aspects like efficiency of a speaker, that can make the difference. ✌

[@emoremociones4904]

The Jensen needs a fairly long break in, it improves a lot in smoothness with time and use, it needs a very long break in to break in and sound great, I'm delighted with mine.

[@GregMerritt-ws8tq]

Just stopped in to answer the question posed by the thumbnail: Yes. Speakers are what matters most in any guitar signal chain.

[@maik_on_guitar]

Thank you, totally agree!

[@alexforget]

I like them all. I think I prefer the Jensen on this recording mostly for the high, the brightness. One thing I saw is that the cup in the center does much of the high frequencies, chaging just the cap for a mesh one can remove the harshness from a speaker as is done in the new vintage-30. Thanks for the video, great sound great playing!

[@richierick96]

Very good video bro 👏 i have an eminence red white and blues speaker and i love the way it pairs with the blues Junior

[@maik_on_guitar]

Thank you! ✌ I recently played the red white blues speaker. great sound!

[@philipallen4230]

I have this amp, and I love it. Whilst watching, I though B was going to be the Vintage 30, as I assumed it would sound the best so quite pleased to know I have the speaker I like in my amp.

[@maik_on_guitar]

the best possible result from your point of view!! 😀👍

[@stormyweather2837]

I liked a and b best what ones were they?

[@maiksDeichwerkstatt]

A: V30 and B: Jensen

[@MichalKulbakaGuitar]

Maik that some serious les paul collection dude wow !!!!

[@maik_on_guitar]

Thank you! And all of them are completely different. That's definitely how I sell it to my wife. 😅

[@MichalKulbakaGuitar]

@@maik_on_guitar I always present mine with fait accompli haha

[@maik_on_guitar]

My wife had a horse for a long time. She paid €400 a month and had to go there once a day, whatever the weather was, to shovel a wheelbarrow full of shit out of the box. And again, paid 400€ for that! Crazy! 🤣

[@hkguitar1984]

@@maik_on_guitar Have a child! For the past 30 years I've been buying "extra" guitars and amplifiers with the idea that they are really for our Son.....................Just Saying, my Wife can easily say "NO" to me, not so much for our Son! 😉

[@maik_on_guitar]

@@hkguitar1984 hahaha, good point! We have a 10 weeks old newborn Baby. I can use that! 😂

[@WMSFLL]

Are these speakers new out of the box?, because they'll sound a lot different after they are broken in. Jensen C12N needs a lot of break in time and sounded too harsh and brittle. As it is I preferred the Canna Rex.

[@maik_on_guitar]

V30 was the only one that has been played before. You are right, the sound will changes, but I couldn't wait that long 🙂 I also agree on the C12N, but that´s what I liked most.

[@GuyNarnarian]

I have a Greenback that came in mine, and it definitely sounds very different than a Blues Jr. with a Jensen.

[@maik_on_guitar]

Grennback is on my testing list for the future

[@garypannone7755]

Out of all 3 speakers My favorite was the B, The Jensen, I also liked A, the Celestion, I think C was a no for me after the second test. They all did good in overdrive But A and B were better all around speakers and to me the clean sound is the most important. Great video and nice playing. Celestion held right in there but I noticed did not have the volume as the Jensen. I am glad I did not have to make the choice .

[@maik_on_guitar]

Thank you for your comment! I totally agree 100% on all you wrote. I am also happy that you liked the video! ✌

[@garypannone7755]

@@maik_on_guitar I have a Blues JR With Jensen and would not change it. I do not know the version but it's about 3 years old.

[@maik_on_guitar]

@@garypannone7755 me too, love my Jensen especially clean. Since 2018 the Blues Junior 4 is available, so it should be the same model that I have.

[@williamsporing1500]

I put a texas heat in my tweed blues junior. Took a lot of the shrillness out of it. Gig it every weekend.

[@longfence6528]

I almost sold my blues junior, thanks.

[@chazmichael7967]

Id say the celestion is the best because its in between and you can eq to get to either other speaker kinda. I like type a celestian though in a blues jr

[@tinroof4816]

The order that I liked. 1) V30 2) Eminence 3) Jensen. (It was fine at clean, but was unpleasant as the gain increased.)

[@polybius22]

My exact conclusion. Wish I knew what I was doing when I bought one with a Jensen. Lol

[@billrosenblatt7711]

My Blues Jr. IV is the black one -- comes with a Celestion A-Type, not the Jensen. I found the Jensen harsh and tinny especially when overdriven. I liked the Celestion Vintage 30 best but maybe that's because I am used to the (cheaper) Celestion A-Type! Also liked the Cannabis Rex.

[@Tony_Leonardi.]

Good video thanks

[@maik_on_guitar]

Thank you!

[@ariamartinez7355]

It’s crazy to me that people ask if speakers make a difference in tone/sound…do pickups!?

[@hkguitar1984]

Nice ‘68 RI Goldtop 👍

[@maik_on_guitar]

Yes, it‘s a great guitar! ✌

[@hkguitar1984]

@@maik_on_guitar I'll bet the builder back in 1968 never imagined their lack of oversite would create such a desirable Les Paul!

[@philchapman1463]

The vintage 30 really stands out, very forward sound, not boxy, the cannabis is too muddy, I have had the same experience you have had with the Jensen, the Jensen C2N tends to get raspy when driving it with overdrive but they have a particular sound and like you said you need to work with it and coax out the sound you want.

[@maik_on_guitar]

Thank you for your comment! 100% agree to it. Meanwhile I really love the Jensen sound. I got a Vemuram Jan Ray Overdrive and it is perfect to create the crunchy sound, I was looking for.

[@johnpandolfino8663]

First thing I did when I got Blues Junior was change the speaker to an Eminence Cannabis Rex .....

[@doscheid]

I liked B. The Jensen. But knowing myself, If I was in the room (and not listening to a recording) I would probably prefer the eminence.

[@daninthemoon2616]

Gotta say I don't like any of them, but the CRex if my choice was limited to these three. Surprised at the Vintage 30, thought it would trounce the others.

[@maik_on_guitar]

thank you, the CRex was definitely the most balanced speaker

[@harveythompson1756]

..my advice is to buy a Fender guitar.

[@andrewclemons8619]

Cannabis rex sounds best.

[@maik_on_guitar]

thank you for your comment!

[@j.m.harrincourt2208]

Emi, what a woman tone at the end. But at the beginning of the test it was blunt.

[@michaelsicowitz362]

Stay away from the reissues. Normally Fender special designs are decent, but the junk they put in reissue amps is insulting for how much they cost. Figure in the cost an upgraded speaker buying Fender reissues IMO. The C10r being the worst.