Archive for May 2009

A Very Special Blues Junior

p5150233-1This is the 1000th Billm-modded Blues Junior.

New! I finally added some sound files so you can hear what it sounds like.

Or as close as I can figure, given the number of components I’ve ordered over the years, shipping records, etc.

I decided to pull out all the stops on this one. I started with a basic black Blues Junior, the perfect platform for a stealth amp that can blow away some much more expensive hardware.

With 5881s, it puts out 25 watts and sounds awesome!

Read more about it here.

Updates:

April 6, 2010, Added “Fixing Simple Printed Circuit Board Mistakes
July 16, 2009, Updated “Aftermarket Knobs: Bad Idea” with a cure for shaft wobble.
May 19, 2009, Added “EL84 vs. 6V6 vs. 5881
May 11, 2009, Updated “The TwinStack Mod
May 1, 2009, Updated, added speaker reviews. “The Right Speaker for your Blues Junior
April 26, 2009, Added standby power switch to available Mods and Services
April 16, 2009, Updated, added speaker reviews. “The Right Speaker for your Blues Junior
April 2, 2009, Added “The Right Speaker for your Blues Junior
April 2, 2009, Added “Footswitches for Fat/Clean Boost Footswitch Option
March 31, 2009, Updated “Blues Junior Revision History” with speaker basics
March 27, 2009, Added ECC88 info (very bad idea), “What About Tubes?
March 15, 2009: Added “Bad Caps in New Blues Juniors
February 19, 2009: Interviewed at the 5th Fret blog
February 8, 2009: Added “Aftermarket Knobs: Bad Idea
February 7, 2009: Updated “Warning”
February 6, 2009: Added “Blues Junior Revision History
February 1, 2009: New information and photo, “What About Tubes?