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Old June 30th, 2009, 01:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
metropolis74
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Originally Posted by Billm View Post
The Blues Junior has a master volume control and you can dial up considerable amounts of distortion with the volume control and set the overall level down to family-pleasing level with the master. It's not as rewarding as getting full distortion in every stage of the amp and moving a lot of air with the speaker... but it's not bad. It's certainly good enough for practice and learning, and the 12 inch speaker sounds better than the Champ, even at low volume levels.
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Just get the Blues Junior and adjust the master volume for distortion at family friendly levels.

My advice is to disregard the (mis)information on http://www.amptone.com/index.html . That site messed me up too when I first started getting into tube amps about 10 years ago. Just concentrate on playing your guitar and having fun! You don't need an attenuator, 3 EQ pedals, overdrive pedal, and the dozens of other items suggested by amptone in order to get a good tone. All you need is guitar-->cord-->amp. Everything else is just icing on the cake.
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