[FirstBassman]

I didn’t want to hijack the original thread so I started this one about similar experience and to get feedback.

This also kinda relates to the threads where Billm states that a Blues Junior is sort of a Blackface/Tweed half-breed so to speak.

I played electric guitar in public last weekend for the first time in a while. I hate to admit it but I was afraid to take my Blues Jr. along. She has never been out of the house and I was concerned about dropping, breaking, loose tubes, scratching, etc. you name it. I know I have issues that I have to work out.

Anyway, so I took my Fender SS amp ‘cause, well if it breaks, who cares, right. To play, I took along my Rondo SX SST62 (“Strat”).
A few songs needed to be clean and a few needed some gain. I used only one particular amp setting for the clean and one other for the grittier sound. When I got home, I noticed that, in the manual, both settings are described as “Bassman / Tweed” (as opposed to the others which say “Blackface”).

“Interesting,” I thought. So I tried to do a little A/B comparison at home between the two. And I definitely prefer the Bassman/Tweed side of the house. If I had to put it in words, I’d try to say that the Bassman/Tweed sounded smoother and the Blackface sounded scratchier. Whether anyone else would use those terms or whether or not it accurately reflect those original amps’ qualities at all, I have no idea.

So, I guess one of my questions is, how do I get the Junior to sound more Bassman or Tweed-like. Or, is there an economical alternative to the Jr?

Thanks!