Perfect pedals to compliment a Blues Junior?

62Caster · November 29th, 2009, 12:27 AM

Any "must have" pedals to bring the BJ into tone heaven?!?

I currently have ZERO pedals that I use...so it's a blank slate for me.

Zeppelanoid · November 29th, 2009, 12:29 AM

It obviously depends on the style of music you play, but a pedal that always sounds good is a Tube Screamer (or imitator). That make things nice n' dirty.

04renostar · November 29th, 2009, 12:39 AM

it all depends on what you want. If your looking for an overdrive pedal, I like MXR's GT-OD. Great overdrive pedal that adds some nice crunch to a clean amp. It also works great as a transparent boost. Other nice overdrives are pedals like Fultone's OCD or maybe an MI Audio Blues driver.

Zeppelanoid · November 29th, 2009, 12:43 AM

Or if you REALLY want to have fun get a Big Muff.

Or a Blue Box.

Or an EH HOG.

...or you know, just a wah.

studio1087 · November 29th, 2009, 01:00 AM

I always used ....

MXR Dyna Comp
BBE Green Screamer or a Maxon OD9 (Both Tubscreamer type pedals)
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
MXR Carbon Copy or a BBE Two Timer

Compressor
Overdrive
Tremolo
Delay

....and you should be ready for anything.

John

62Caster · November 29th, 2009, 01:06 AM

Sweet suggestions! I guess I should have mentioned styles. I like anything from a nice light overdrive, just beyond breakup (like you kind of have to work to make it break up), and also enjoy a screamin' lead tone. I haven't really experimented with any other sort of fuzz or distortion, and also have limited experience with other sorts of pedals. I'm not sure but I've never been much of an effect guy until now, but recently I've been wanting to experiment! I thought maybe a chorus or compressor or something would add something to the sound that I've never heard before.

superhand · November 29th, 2009, 01:29 AM

How about a tremolo pedal? I have a Boss TR-2 and I love it. I think tremolo is an often overlooked effect that can really add a lot to your sound. Sounds great with a tube amp too because it can kind of swell in and out of tube breakup if your settings are just right.

62Caster · November 29th, 2009, 01:44 AM

Now that you mention it, whenever I play through a BF fender with tremolo I always end up playing around with it. Thanks, I'll have to check that out.

dalandan · November 29th, 2009, 02:01 AM

KLON. :D

Teleagain · November 29th, 2009, 02:13 AM

I use a Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic with my Blues Junior...I was thinking of maybe adding a tremolo pedal.....

TeleBrew · November 29th, 2009, 02:31 AM

My Blues Jr has yet to meet a pedal it didn't like.

Tdot · November 29th, 2009, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeleBrew

My Blues Jr has yet to meet a pedal it didn't like.

+1

I don't really know much about them, so I've just picked up random bargains to see what they do.

My small collection probably wouldn't do much for fussy ears, but they are all fun and work great with the BJr.

Danelectro DJ-3 BLT (slap echo)
Wasabi AC-1 (chorus/tremolo)
Wasabi AX-1 (distortion)
Digitech Bad Monkey (overdrive)
Boss DN-2 Dyna Drive (dynamic overdrive)

Warren Pederson · November 29th, 2009, 05:30 AM

Just get a Bad Monkey overdrive. About 40 bucks in the States. Good suggestion on the trem.

Just don't become one of "those" phazer, flanger, chorus-ey guys.

Whoa Tele · November 29th, 2009, 09:14 AM

I like the Jetter Jet Drive, Barber Half-Gainer, and the Xotic AC Boost. I have the tweed Junior with the Jensen speaker.
Good Luck

puremania · November 29th, 2009, 09:37 AM

My 2 favorite suggestions so far are the Boss TR-2 Tremolo and the EHX Big Muff. In all honesty, I play through a Marshall, so, what works for me may not be as beneficial for you, but those are the 2 pedals I use daily. The TR-2 gives you a pretty impressive range of trem for the money (if found used, I paid about $25 for mine) and the Muff, when fiddled with properly, can actually be pretty mild, and a LOT more versatile than the people who always seem to be demoing them at GC would lead you to believe.

SirJackdeFuzz · November 29th, 2009, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeppelanoid

It obviously depends on the style of music you play.

. . . ^^^ what he said !

Blues Jr's take stompboxes very well

So it really depends on what type of dirt you want ?

Light OD / Heavy Gritty OD / flatt-out Distortion / Light Fuzzy OD / Brick Wall of Fuzz

. . . the list goes on !

Any dirt box WILL sound good w a Blues Jr, IF, you like the sound

Pappy · November 29th, 2009, 11:11 AM

Do you have a new blues jr with a cream board or an old one with a green board? I used to have an old one and it sounded pretty dark, not very Fender-ey at all. I put a Pro Tone Body Rot II in front of it though and didn't use much gain at all and it upped the highs and made it sound better to me. More classic sounding for rockabilly licks.

Then you just start turning up the gain and it can go from just a little to screaming leads.

studio1087 · November 29th, 2009, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warren Pederson

Just don't become one of "those" phazer, flanger, chorus-ey guys.

Yep. A man should only have to live through the 1980's once. My chorus pedal was on for almost the entire decade....and I had goofy hair.

I liken chorus to these things....

Rolling Estonian · November 29th, 2009, 01:24 PM

My first pedal for my bj was a Boss OS-2. OD and distortion. Though the distortion isn't 'heavy' the OD works great, especially with the FAT switch on! I got it the other day and haven't stopped, much to my wife's chagrin.

M

franchelB · November 29th, 2009, 04:23 PM

Take a look at Fulltone's Full-Drive 2 for the overdrives.

62Caster · November 29th, 2009, 05:28 PM

I've always been so put off by any sort of any muff fuzz thing mostly because of what puremania said about people "demoing" at guitar center and also on youtube with the super fuzz but it seems like quite a few people use them so maybe I can give one a second thought.

Sirjack - I'd most likely place myself in the first two categories

Studio - SWEET MULLETS! haha, I can agree with chorus flangey pedals being a little 80's.

hannigan · November 29th, 2009, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 62Caster

I've always been so put off by any sort of any muff fuzz thing mostly because of what puremania said about people "demoing" at guitar center and also on youtube with the super fuzz but it seems like quite a few people use them so maybe I can give one a second thought.

Sirjack - I'd most likely place myself in the first two categories

Studio - SWEET MULLETS! haha, I can agree with chorus flangey pedals being a little 80's.

Everybody should get a big muff issued to them at birth. and a Rat.

puremania · November 29th, 2009, 06:47 PM

Honestly, I refused to try ANY fuzz, chorus or flange for the longest time because the people I heard using them always had them close to dimed on every knob...the key is MODERATION IN ALL THINGS.

Just enough of the Muff to growl, just enough chorus to shimmer and just enough flange to...well, I still don't really use flange, but yeah, moderation is key. Not everything needs to be turned to 11

TeleBrew · November 29th, 2009, 11:50 PM

Ugh . . . I hate chorus pedals. But strangely enough I love flanger pedals. I'm weird that way. Having admitted that, my Ibanez FL-9 sounds great through my Blues Jr.

62Caster · November 30th, 2009, 01:26 AM

I'll really have to try a big muff or rat sometime soon

vjf1968 · November 30th, 2009, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 62Caster

Any "must have" pedals to bring the BJ into tone heaven?!?

I currently have ZERO pedals that I use...so it's a blank slate for me.

I have to say the Danelectro Transparent OD is perfect for that amp.

nuckinfutters · November 30th, 2009, 04:40 AM

I own a blues Jr and have a bad monkey and Marshall Gov'ner 2. For the money the bad monkey is great, its a good mix between a boost and an overdrive. It colors the tone a hair, but i love the way it pushes the amp to 11. The marshall is great if your looking for the marshall tone. It totally transforms the blues jr into a marshall, i definitely recommend it if your ever looking for that sound.
I dont remember how my broken Danelectro cool cat chorus sounded, but mine broke so i dont recommend it.
I've been thinking about buying the fender reverb pedal because a lot of people dont like the verb on the blues jr. im content with it, but then again its the only reverb i know.

telestroker · November 30th, 2009, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nuckinfutters

I own a blues Jr and have a bad monkey and Marshall Gov'ner 2. For the money the bad monkey is great, its a good mix between a boost and an overdrive. It colors the tone a hair, but i love the way it pushes the amp to 11. The marshall is great if your looking for the marshall tone. It totally transforms the blues jr into a marshall, i definitely recommend it if your ever looking for that sound.

Whoa... someone else uses a GV2 in front of the BJ?

I have a TS10 for warm over-drive with a TS7 for the extra boost (don't like it by itself). The GV2 gets used more than I'd like to admit for the bassy, extra crunchy overdrive.

brbadg · December 1st, 2009, 11:24 AM

Voodoo labs sparkle drive works excellent with a junior and a Tele!

November 29th, 2009, 12:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
62Caster Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Woodridge, IL Posts: 145	Perfect pedals to compliment a Blues Junior? Any "must have" pedals to bring the BJ into tone heaven?!? I currently have ZERO pedals that I use...so it's a blank slate for me.

November 29th, 2009, 12:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zeppelanoid Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Montreal Age: 20 Posts: 362	It obviously depends on the style of music you play, but a pedal that always sounds good is a Tube Screamer (or imitator). That make things nice n' dirty. __________________ Yamaha Acoustic, Epiphone LP Standard, G&L Asat Classic (Tribute Series) Digitech Whammy, Boss OD-3, Boss CE-2, MXR Phase 90 Script RI Crate GLX 30 :(

November 29th, 2009, 12:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
Zeppelanoid Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Montreal Age: 20 Posts: 362	Or if you REALLY want to have fun get a Big Muff. Or a Blue Box. Or an EH HOG. ...or you know, just a wah. __________________ Yamaha Acoustic, Epiphone LP Standard, G&L Asat Classic (Tribute Series) Digitech Whammy, Boss OD-3, Boss CE-2, MXR Phase 90 Script RI Crate GLX 30 :(

November 29th, 2009, 01:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
studio1087 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: May 2003 Location: Near Milwaukee Age: 45 Posts: 6,910 36 Photos	I always used .... MXR Dyna Comp BBE Green Screamer or a Maxon OD9 (Both Tubscreamer type pedals) Boss TR-2 Tremolo MXR Carbon Copy or a BBE Two Timer Compressor Overdrive Tremolo Delay ....and you should be ready for anything. John __________________ "It's alright if you only know three chords but you have to play them in the right dang order!" Hank Hill

November 29th, 2009, 02:31 AM	#11 (permalink)
TeleBrew Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kittredge, Colorado Age: 37 Posts: 1,594	My Blues Jr has yet to meet a pedal it didn't like. __________________ We never let the music get in the way of our stage show. -Pete Townshend

November 29th, 2009, 12:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
04renostar TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Reno Nevada Posts: 64 2 Photos	it all depends on what you want. If your looking for an overdrive pedal, I like MXR's GT-OD. Great overdrive pedal that adds some nice crunch to a clean amp. It also works great as a transparent boost. Other nice overdrives are pedals like Fultone's OCD or maybe an MI Audio Blues driver.

November 29th, 2009, 01:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
62Caster Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Woodridge, IL Posts: 145	Sweet suggestions! I guess I should have mentioned styles. I like anything from a nice light overdrive, just beyond breakup (like you kind of have to work to make it break up), and also enjoy a screamin' lead tone. I haven't really experimented with any other sort of fuzz or distortion, and also have limited experience with other sorts of pedals. I'm not sure but I've never been much of an effect guy until now, but recently I've been wanting to experiment! I thought maybe a chorus or compressor or something would add something to the sound that I've never heard before.

November 29th, 2009, 01:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
superhand Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Clovis, CA Posts: 419	How about a tremolo pedal? I have a Boss TR-2 and I love it. I think tremolo is an often overlooked effect that can really add a lot to your sound. Sounds great with a tube amp too because it can kind of swell in and out of tube breakup if your settings are just right.

November 29th, 2009, 01:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
62Caster Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Woodridge, IL Posts: 145	Now that you mention it, whenever I play through a BF fender with tremolo I always end up playing around with it. Thanks, I'll have to check that out.

November 29th, 2009, 02:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
dalandan Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: philippines Posts: 627	KLON. :D

November 29th, 2009, 02:13 AM	#10 (permalink)
Teleagain TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 80	I use a Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic with my Blues Junior...I was thinking of maybe adding a tremolo pedal.....

November 29th, 2009, 05:30 AM	#13 (permalink)
Warren Pederson Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Kelowna B.C. Posts: 316	Just get a Bad Monkey overdrive. About 40 bucks in the States. Good suggestion on the trem. Just don't become one of "those" phazer, flanger, chorus-ey guys.

November 29th, 2009, 09:14 AM	#14 (permalink)
Whoa Tele TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Smyrna Ga. Posts: 96	I like the Jetter Jet Drive, Barber Half-Gainer, and the Xotic AC Boost. I have the tweed Junior with the Jensen speaker. Good Luck

November 29th, 2009, 09:37 AM	#15 (permalink)
puremania TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Durham, NC Age: 26 Posts: 35	My 2 favorite suggestions so far are the Boss TR-2 Tremolo and the EHX Big Muff. In all honesty, I play through a Marshall, so, what works for me may not be as beneficial for you, but those are the 2 pedals I use daily. The TR-2 gives you a pretty impressive range of trem for the money (if found used, I paid about $25 for mine) and the Muff, when fiddled with properly, can actually be pretty mild, and a LOT more versatile than the people who always seem to be demoing them at GC would lead you to believe. __________________ wait...what?

November 29th, 2009, 11:11 AM	#17 (permalink)
Pappy TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Georgia Age: 26 Posts: 65	Do you have a new blues jr with a cream board or an old one with a green board? I used to have an old one and it sounded pretty dark, not very Fender-ey at all. I put a Pro Tone Body Rot II in front of it though and didn't use much gain at all and it upped the highs and made it sound better to me. More classic sounding for rockabilly licks. Then you just start turning up the gain and it can go from just a little to screaming leads. __________________ http://www.5th-fret.blogspot.com

November 29th, 2009, 01:24 PM	#19 (permalink)
Rolling Estonian Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bethesda, MD. Age: 40 Posts: 237	My first pedal for my bj was a Boss OS-2. OD and distortion. Though the distortion isn't 'heavy' the OD works great, especially with the FAT switch on! I got it the other day and haven't stopped, much to my wife's chagrin. M

November 29th, 2009, 04:23 PM	#20 (permalink)
franchelB Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Irving, United States of Texas! Age: 45 Posts: 2,399	Take a look at Fulltone's Full-Drive 2 for the overdrives. __________________ Feel free to visit my homepage! http://www.myspace.com/francisbalagtas

November 29th, 2009, 05:28 PM	#21 (permalink)
62Caster Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Woodridge, IL Posts: 145	I've always been so put off by any sort of any muff fuzz thing mostly because of what puremania said about people "demoing" at guitar center and also on youtube with the super fuzz but it seems like quite a few people use them so maybe I can give one a second thought. Sirjack - I'd most likely place myself in the first two categories Studio - SWEET MULLETS! haha, I can agree with chorus flangey pedals being a little 80's.

November 29th, 2009, 06:47 PM	#23 (permalink)
puremania TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Durham, NC Age: 26 Posts: 35	Honestly, I refused to try ANY fuzz, chorus or flange for the longest time because the people I heard using them always had them close to dimed on every knob...the key is MODERATION IN ALL THINGS. Just enough of the Muff to growl, just enough chorus to shimmer and just enough flange to...well, I still don't really use flange, but yeah, moderation is key. Not everything needs to be turned to 11 __________________ wait...what?

November 29th, 2009, 11:50 PM	#24 (permalink)
TeleBrew Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kittredge, Colorado Age: 37 Posts: 1,594	Ugh . . . I hate chorus pedals. But strangely enough I love flanger pedals. I'm weird that way. Having admitted that, my Ibanez FL-9 sounds great through my Blues Jr. __________________ We never let the music get in the way of our stage show. -Pete Townshend

November 30th, 2009, 01:26 AM	#25 (permalink)
62Caster Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Woodridge, IL Posts: 145	I'll really have to try a big muff or rat sometime soon

November 30th, 2009, 04:40 AM	#27 (permalink)
nuckinfutters NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Kent, WA Age: 25 Posts: 7	I own a blues Jr and have a bad monkey and Marshall Gov'ner 2. For the money the bad monkey is great, its a good mix between a boost and an overdrive. It colors the tone a hair, but i love the way it pushes the amp to 11. The marshall is great if your looking for the marshall tone. It totally transforms the blues jr into a marshall, i definitely recommend it if your ever looking for that sound. I dont remember how my broken Danelectro cool cat chorus sounded, but mine broke so i dont recommend it. I've been thinking about buying the fender reverb pedal because a lot of people dont like the verb on the blues jr. im content with it, but then again its the only reverb i know.

December 1st, 2009, 11:24 AM	#29 (permalink)
brbadg TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cockeysville,MD Age: 50 Posts: 18	Voodoo labs sparkle drive works excellent with a junior and a Tele!

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