This stylish little combo has pretty much everything that a blues player could want. This is a boutique amp in a production-line amp’s Tolex and, frankly, it has no right to sound as good as it does. The CUB-SUPER12 does its best to remain modest, with a price tag that sits squarely in the lower band for a mid-priced tube combo.
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But with its buffered series effects loop, you can count on the California Tweed 6V6 to excel in a variety of musical contexts. You get all the natural assets for blues, including touch-sensitivity, solid bottom end, crystal-clear treble and sumptuous long-tank spring reverb.
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As with its siblings in the Boogie showroom, this amp boasts huge tone-shaping power, but there’s little need to reach for the manual here. Gain, treble, middle, bass, presence, a master volume control and reverb. No matter where you position that five-way rotary dial, great tone awaits.
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There are two inputs – one padded to give you a little more headroom – while the Multi-Watt feature allows you to operate the amp at a full 40W or all the way down to 2W. This weighty amp commands an eye-watering price, but you get what you pay for. Certainly, this model is in the conversation, offering a thrilling adaptation of Fender’s Tweed era in a practical, impeccably designed format. What could well be the most straightforward Boogie we’ve ever seen might also be one of the best. Read the full Fender Blues Junior IV review Whichever way you slice it, this is an affordable, pedal-friendly modern classic. Alternatively, just dime it and use your guitar’s volume control to keep things orderly. Take it to the edge of break-up, throw a Tube Screamer in front of it, and it’ll get you in the same ballpark as Stevie Ray Vaughan. Turn the master up high and keep the preamp volume low, and you’ll get some candied cleans for sweet and creamy humbucker blues or traditional Strat/Tele shenanigans. The reverb adds some lovely three-dimensionality and a little damp to your tone and when you turn up the heat, the Blues Junior IV will reward you with some truly musical crunch. This is a bright and articulate amplifier. The clean tones are on-the-money for fans of Fender chime. It’s a single-channel affair, with a straightforward control panel that features chickenhead dials for volume, treble, middle, bass, master volume and reverb, and a Fat switch that tightens up the low end and adds some gain on demand. Loud enough for small gigs (as long as you don’t have a mean drummer and don’t mind a little break-up), the Blues Junior IV has a single 12” Celestion A-Type speaker housed in a particle board cabinet. Officially, we are now on version IV, but the recipe remains familiar, offering a lot of amp for the money. Vice model in Hot Pink/Seafoam Green was particularly eye-catching. We’ve seen ’em in Lacquered Tweed, Sonic Blue – and 2019’s limited- edition L.A.
The amp has assumed many guises over the years.
Ever since its launch in 1995, the Blues Junior has been a smash-hit with guitar players looking for Fender spankiness and BBQ-hot, overdriven tones on a budget.
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