Fender Pro Junior

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It sounds stiff & lacks good tone. No clean tone. No high end sparkle. No low end.

This is an update to my review of 1/11/2001. Using the Pro Jr over the weekend, the tone control failed. I noticed the knob was loose. Opening the POS, the plastic on the back of the control was broken into 4 pieces. I baby my gear. I have never considered using this for a gig. No wonder Fender discontinued it.

When the knobs are removed and put back on, it breaks the backs out of the potentiometers. TRY TO FIND A REPLACEMENT PART! These pots are a JOKE. I had to drill out the chassis to fit new pots. You have to use small pot because standard sized ones won't fit.

The Pro Jr is the worst purchase I've ever made. 'What a hunk of junk.' It sits around the house, useless as a cat.

Newer Fender tube amps SUCK. Buy an Ampeg, Mesa, Marshall, Sovtek or Matchless instead.

Vol., Tone, and a handle so you can carry it! I don't need any more than that. I bought this amp to get a high quality tone for picking in my apartment. It has significantly more balls than I will ever need playing at home. I really think it could be used in small rehearsal setting provided your bandmates are not volume-hungry maniacs. I was skeptical about this amp before I bought one because of its simplicity, but I am not at all disappointed now that I own it.

I play a G&L ASAT Classic and mostly play bluesy stuff and twangy song-oriented rock like John Hiatt and Scott Miller. All I need is good clean tones with spank and punch. I love it. Since upgrading to Electro Harmonix 12ax7 tubes, the amp has a suprisingly full, well-rounded tone. I have also found that plugging in with an effects unit or overdrive box can yield some great sounds. It has pretty good low end when used with a good distortion as long as you aren't going for all out performance volume. Used by itself it is no more noisy than I would have expected from a tube amp. I alternate between going through a Digitech RP200 and just plugging straight in. I use the RP200 for more EQ flexibility and a little reverb, but without it the amp is still a pleasure to play. The volume and tone on a good guitar will give you pretty good control of your tone. Definitely check one of these out with YOUR guitar before you buy. I love it but I don't think I would be impressed at all if I were using a cheaper guitar. I would rate the sound a 10 with my new tubes, but only a 7 with the stock Sovteks that Fender ships it with. Since I was planning to tinker with the tubes at some point, I'll go ahead and give it a 10. I got what I wanted.

I feel like it is probably very dependable, but I do have a bit of a quality control complaint. The Sovtek 12ax7 tubes it came with rattled noticeably when I played certain notes. Just some weird resonance thing that I found pretty annoying. I think the internals of the tubes were rattling against the glass. You wouldn't hear it at high volumes, but I bought the amp for low volume use. Since I bought the amp with a tube swap in mind, I just went ahead and ordered some tubes from thetubestore.com. They recommended Electro Harmonix for build quality and tone. I have no more funny noises, vibrations, or rattles with the new tubes. Fender didn't manufacture the tubes but they did spec them on this amp, so I have to give them (not the amp) a lower score. They were probably trying to save a buck and cut corners on the tubes.

I did call fender to ask them about my noisy tubes and they claimed they had never heard of the problem. They really didn't help much. Didn't seem to care either. I did not get the sense that the rep I talked to would report the problem so as to improve future versions of the product. Big company. What can you expect?

Been playing 15 years. I own several guitars from my metal days, but the only one I ever play is my G&L ASAT. I like to just plug in and play without a lot of stomp boxes and stuff to kill my signal. That said, I love this amp. If someone stole it I would beat their ass with my left hand while I hand over my credit card to the music store clerk with my right hand. I might upgrade to the Blues Junior with it's 1x12 but I kind of doubt it. If I should actually start playing in a band, I will probably just buy another one and run stereo. I think that setup would be plenty loud for most types of music. The only amps I compared it with for apartment jamming were several cheap (solid state with tube preamps) models from Vox. I was very impressed with their Cambridge 15 but since I could afford it I went for the Fender. I am thrilled to have this amp and will probably never sell it. It will always have value and usefulness. Spend twenty bucks on tubes and its a 10. Straight out of the box, I give it a 9.
Feel free to e-mail me if you want more info, but I warn you... I'll just tell you to buy one.

Features? Not many, but how do you assign a number for features when you know that this amp has two controls...if you want more features look elsewhere

OK, the sound this thing produces is not bad at all. But when I turn the volume control I hear this weird overtone that sounds like a screetchy whine. The harshness of that sound is quite unbelievable! Of course I don't turn the knob when I'm playing. Still, I will take it back to the dealer where I bought it from and find out what gives. It is probably just a problem with mine (I hope so). Anyway, I found the sound to be a little thin so I changed to NOS tubes and now it sounds better than my MATCHLESS CHIEFTEN!...teehee! What is with all of these reviewers saying a low budget tube amp can be made to sound like a Victoria or a Matchless? Besides, if as many people own a Matchless amp as the reviewers on this site claim to, would that company have ever gone out of business? (ok, maybe it was'nt for lack of sales, but you get my point). Back to the pro jr, it produces some decent clean tones but lacks some headroom. Also, the volume on this thing goes from nothing to very loud with just a slight turn of the dial, rendering it fairly poor for an apartment practice amp. But that is not what everyone is buying it for so I won't knock it for that.

I don't see any problems here. I'm sure the screeching noise I mentioned earlier will be fixed.

I don't feel as good about Fender as I used to. How many more companies are they going to buy? I just think that they are really flooding the market (and trying to monopolize the market). They still make some pretty good stuff no doubt, but I am going to try to support some of the smaller companies from now on, or at least companies that make one thing, like Mesa Boogie, even though they are quite a large company. Anyways, you get the point I am trying to make!

Not a bad amp by any means. But the price of these things just went up recently and I don't think it is justified for such a mass produced item. Here I am saying that and yet I "bought it". I think in retrospect I wish I had saved a little more money and purchased one of those small top-hat amps or something

This amp has very basic controls, but it has what it needs to do what it is meant to do. Volume, Tone, Period

This amp is almost a one trick pony, but really depends on the tubes you use and your pedal setup. On it's own it can do great blues duty.
Pair it up as the delayed signal with a fender deluxe or princeton and it sounds great. I use strats only. It is not clean, it has a great dirty clean tone going on.

It died on me one time, and was repaired under warranty in Nashville.
Since then it has never failed me.

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I have been playing for 30 years and I have been playing this amp for 3 years. You can not tell anything about it in the store. Take it to a club, put it in the corner at waist level, put the volume on 7-8, hit it with a good reverb pedal and you will be amazed. It has an excellent blues tone with a strat. Don't try Pauls or 335's with this amp, it might die. Overall, I will use this amp in stereo with an older fender princeton and it sounds great. By itself it is cool, but not versatile. Another thing, this amp is very loud. Give it a try (in a club) you might be surprised! I give it a 7, because it is not as good as my princeton, which is a 10 in my book.

The amp is a year or so old, black tolex with a gold lable "special design" vintage voiced speaker. It's a blues amp! Just a good gritty but balsy tone out of this little thing. If you are in to Vox AC30's, AC15's, AC10's, or that "britishy" class A blues tone then this is a great candidate for an amp. All tube (2 - 12ax7's and 2- el84). Volume and tone controls. A speaker out jack... that's it! That's what I like though... to be fair I rate it a 6 for features 'cause other than tone there are NO FEATURES.

I play different styles for a living but I wanted a very small amp for a certain gig that I was doing. Was lugging around an AC30 in the flight case, Pedal board and 2 Les Pauls... it was getting to ba a pain since I was donating my time for this. I was hoping to pick up a used AC15 cheap and found this Pro JR used for a deal and said "what the heck"... I can sell it for what I have in it if it sux. Got it home and cranked it up: Kewl little amp right off the bat. I did notice that it had a brittle hi end tone and figured it was the cheezy "vintage voiced" speaker that it came with. Stuck some tubes that I had as spares in it then ordered a Weber Blue pup 10" alnico and stuck it in. MAN! I love to use this amp all the time now! Everyone laughs when I come walking in with this thing but it is loud enough for even large gigs (if you have good stage isolation and a monitor mix)... I'll even done rooms that seat a few thousand, hehehe... left the VOX at home and mic'e the Weber speaker and she has guts and tone for days!

Using a Hughes & Kettner Tube factor for distortion, a Dan echo delay, a Hughes & Kettner rotosphere, cry baby wah with a Gibson LP standard and I am in tone heaven. The amp is lighter than my SKB pedal board, LOL. Think that I'll get another one and load it with a blue pup.

OH, I plugged it into my vintage Fender Tremolux 2X10 cab an it sounds awesome there too! The truth: The blue pup impresses me as much as this JR, and the combo of both is so kewl.

not much to go wrong... but if it does, a backup JR should be no problem as cheap as they go for used.

Love this Pro JR! if it were stolen or lost I would get another but won't cry over it... it's a cheap amp to find used (around 200 bux) I have pedals in my board that cost twice what this thing is worth. I am thinking of getting a second JR for spare or extra power (if I can get the AC30 out of my system - it's been my baby for so long, and sounds great if the room is big enough to crank it). JR is small - it looks funny it's so small, it's unbelievably light to lug around and sounds good. I think that I'll go play it now.... LATER<><

The simplist of features: volume and tone

I love the sound of this amp! It's a tweed model. It lacks a little low end, but that's one of the reasons I bought it: it fills just the right notch. When I bought it, I compared it to the black tolex model and it definately sounded better! I play a fair amount of gigs and I play through a Boss GT-3 that's set up on bypass most of the time. I play a strat and a 335. I set the volume and tone on about 3 or 4 and it cuts every gig I use it on!

Had it a couple of years and it's never gone down!

never had to deal with them.

I had a Rivera amp I paid 5 times the price for and I sold it. I have a Fender Prosonic that sounds awesome and it sits in my closet unused. I haven't used any other amp for live gigs or recording since I bought it.

If I lost it I'd find another tweed model and buy it in a second! I love this amp for the tone! I want another for stereo!

Not very versitile but my GT3 does all the processing and the amp is perfect for my needs.

Bought this year so I presume it's the latest model, features are obviously limited to two switches and with this to play with there are obvious limitations but within these boundaries it is still quite flexible and can produce a reasonable variety of tones - a perfect base for effects.

Very sweet tones from the all tube construction - can get some very nice, chimy clean sounds that ring like a bell and crank it up a bit and overdriven tube distortion is available. It isn't a Marshall by any means but if you want a Marshall, buy one!! This is different but still produces some very pleasing overdrive/crunch tones, but it's the sweet, cleaner tones where this amp excels.

Not had it long enough to tell - construction is maybe not as rugged as some.

Thankfully haven't had to contact them.

Very good quality and tone for this price but is somewhat limited due to the basicness of the construction. It's a bit of a one-trick-pony but if you like that trick you'll love it!!

2001. Two knobs, 1 volume and 1 tone. The amp is very deceptive in ablilties at first glance, only two knobs, but man can you get alot out of this little amp!

Very versitle little monster. I have three electric guitars now, d'angelico NYL-2, G&L ASAT deluxe, and a PRS Santana SE.... This amp stays pretty clean up till about 3 on the vloume knob, and it just so happens that with the volume set here I can get a perfect Jazz sound on my big bodied d'angelico NYL-2 before it starts to feedback..... For blues, this thing is absoule butter! Crank the volume past 4 and you are in there with some nice ALL TUBE DISTORTION (also adjust the tone knob to your desired flovor of sound, I keep mine around 7 or 8). Both my ASAT and my Santana SE sound incrediable, and the louder you crank it the better it sounds and the saturation increases..... Also, I sometimes throw in a wah, and in the 3/4 position to ge t a fatter tone, maybe ever an overdrive pedal to depending on how I feel that day..... But the bottom line is, this amp is pure butter with out any effects, including reverb!

Have only had the amp for a short time. No real problems..... Well, then it does pick up RF signals, you know like truck drivers etc. I immediatly noticed this when I first got this amp and turned it on particularly with a overdrive pedal in the chain. For a minute was a little pissed off, but them amused once I plugged my guitar in to find that the truck drivers went away, and absolutely no truck drivers ever when I played, unless you want to count playing like a truck driver. Still I rather like that option, and it does not take away from the playing. I have only gotten the truck drivers when I am at higher vloumes without my guitar plugged into the amp.... Also, no truck drivers heard when I play jazz at volume set to 3!!!!!

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It is a very small, very powerful, very versitile amp extremely well suited for Jazz, 60's and 70's rock, and BLUES! I use it mostly at home or in practice with the keyboard palyer at my church..... It has awesome tone clean, and dirty tone..... By it's self not suited for live gig, but with mic'd through a good P/A, with a good overdrive pedal (if you are doing rock), you have something to work with.... NOT SUITED FOR METAL PLAYING AT ALL, this is pure old school baby! (Thank God!) Perfect little amp, if you do not mind hearing a few truck drivers when your guitar is not plugg into your amp.........

Amp was made in 2000. Perfect for practicing blues and classic rock. Has two knobs (volume and tone). Very simple and stright forward. I use it in my apartment on about 5, sounds great as a good base for my pedals (Vox Wah, TS9, various fuzzes, Dunlop Uni-Vibe). Pleantly of power for a jam session with a light to medium handed drumer (especially when I hook up my 4 X 12). Its simplicity, compact size and nice tube OD without going deaf makes up for the lack of conventional features (reverb, f/x loop, etc.) it is not very versitile without pedals, but it is great at what it does.

I use a 1978 Fender Stratocaster w/ single coils. I play blues and classic rock, and it sounds great. Like I said tube OD without blowing te roof off. The amp is very quiet until cranked but that is to be expected. I have done one mod to my Jr., I replaced the preamp tubes with 5751's sounds great. I also like to hook it up to a 8 ohm 100 watt Marshall cab w/ greenbacks (kicks ass). Alone I give it an 8 becasue the 10" can sound "small" at times, but hooked up to the 4 X !@ I give it a 10.

I wouldn't gig with it, not enough clean headroom. Seems very reliable and it came with a 5 year warranty. Well, you know, the tubes could burn out but all tube amps do that. It is made pretty sturdy. I give it an 8 because I have only owned it for about 2 months. But it seems to be well made.

5 year warranty. Never dealt with Fender but my hometown music store is really friendly and helpful so no worries for me.

I have been playing for 2 years and I have owned only three other amps, a Marshall 1987x 50 watt, a R.I '65 Deluxe Reverb, and a Hot Rod Deville 2 X 12. I really loved the Marshall and the '65 but the Marshall was WAY too loud for my apartment, the '65 was also great but $ is a bitch sometimes so I had to sell it and the Hot Rod was a little too loud as well. I must admit that all things concidered, price, size, tone, etc., this is a great buy. Cool little amp. I'll give it a 10 here because it does what I need it to do.

12AX7 Preamp, EL84 Power amp, printed circuit board, No reverb, 10" speaker, Volume and Tone. Very Simple and easy to use, also extremely lightweight. I'd give it a 10 because it has the features I want, lightweight and easy to operate, I don't like all this master volume, gain, EQ stuff. In actuality it is also limited by lack of controls.

I play jazz and I own a Guild Savoy (like a 175). I was in a music store, not even looking for an amp, when I saw this little tweed fender and thought what the heck. I plugged in the store's Guild Savoy and was amazed at the tone. It nailed the Jazz sound I was looking for. I came back a day or two later and did a head to head with my Saldano Astroverb Combo (A very good amp, but not suited for Jazz) and the Pro Junior kicked it's butt in terms of a warm jazz tone. Also, it weighs hardly anything, so I bought it. Sounds great for jazz in my opinion, and has that classic Fender tube sound. I compared it to my dad's 65 Princeton Reverb and was amazed that it actually held it's own, although the Princeton Reverb was still better (especially since it has warm tube driven spring reverb), the Pro Junior had the same vibe and warmth. It is very easy to nail the classic jazz tone with this amp and a Hollowbody guitar. Now I just need to find a revebr pedal for it (Looking at a Little Lanilei)

Don't know. I also wonder about consistency. Do all Pro Juniors sound this good, or did I just find a really nice one???

Don't know.

For the money, this is a great amp. Usually Jazzers would use a Polytone, but those cost 500-600 new, and are solid state. This amp is lightweight and easy to use, and with my Guild Jazzbox plugged in it delivers just the right tones. It does take some getting used to with no Reverb, but I think I'll order a Sonworks Little Lanilei for that. This amp also sounds good for blues, I overdrive it with a BluesBreaker II and my Ibanez 335 copy and it sounds great.

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Very few features...but you don't need more than volume and tone with thos little monster.

I use it with harmonica and a shure green bullet. Gives a dirty bluesy sound. No problems with small clubs ... but you can't compare it with as bassman ;-)
I also use it as a recording amp with my Epiphone ES-295 (nice tone)

Very good. Only replaced a tube within years

I really like this amp. At home it is my practice amp. On Stage it is a killer with a blues harp microphone. For recording session with a harp it sounds IMHO a little bit weak...that's why I bought a bassman RI.

Same as stated before. Mine is the older tweed variety. Not too versatile, but it gets the job done. I don't own it anymore as I returned it for a refund. I'll tell you my story later on.

Sounds super. One day I went into the local hole pawnshop Darky's Pawnshop where they'd sell their grandmaw for a case of whisky. A couple of dirty and smelling scumbags showed me to a decent Fender Blues Junior. They wanted 500 Canadian so I told them to shove it. I went there six months later and there was the amp. Covered in dust with water damage on the bottom of it. It stunk and looked like hell.
I offered them $150 and they said OK cause they had already got cash for it under an insurance policy. I took it home and played it for the next four months.

After about four month of constant playing it started acting up. If it was on for more than an hour it would overhead and shut down. I opened it up and the circuit board was nice and melted. I knew I had to dump it fast, so I cleaned up the amp with some solvent my father has in the garage. It looked like new. I went back to the Scummy pawn shop Darky's Pawnshop and luckily the staff had changed. The new guy was some jailbird that used to work for Two Small Men with Big Hearts until they fired his ass for stealing.

I showed him my Fender Blues Junior and told him that it was one from the 50's. Luckily he was as dumb as everyone who works for that Kelowna, B.C. moving company. He tried it out and paid me $600.

It's great when the little guy can stick it to those scummy, slimmy, liar pawnshops. I had a good time with it and made a profit. I hope eveyone can do this. This amp was reliable enough for me so that I could dump it to some moron at a pawnshop. Yeah!!!!!!!!

I don't know??

I have played for 4 years. I am 22 now. I don't have it now, but it was probably hot coming from Darky's. If you ever visit Kelowna, B.C., Canada, stop into Darky's Pawnshop and Two Small Men with Big Hearts moving company to see the dirtiest, most dishonest, and stupidist morons in all of Canada.

This one is the black tolex version. Very basic features. 15 watts -2 EL84 tubes for power, 2 12AX7wa in pre, 1 volume , 1 tone. Speaker is the Fender Blue i.e. Eminence V30-10. No reverb, no channels. Not many features.. that's what I wanted, a good, simple tone machine. Gave it a five because of the 2 conrtols ( that's o.k. tho!) and the components could be better - ceramic sockets, heavier pots, switches, jacks and a pine cab. But that's mass production.

I think this is a very usable and easily customizable amp. The simple circuit is the key. I was looking for an amp with a good basic tone that I can color, boost and manipulate. Looked at a myriad of amps and settled on this one (Already have a Twin, a Pro Rev, 2ch Peavey).
Used stock, clean to overdrive with the vol knob. 0-3, think Deluxe with treble on 5 bass on 2. 4-6 adds some grit, cross an old tweed with a Vox. 6 up is Tube overdrive, Marshally. Tone knob is basically a high cut. Remember, this is a 10" speaker and sounds kinda boxy at certian volumes. I put in some 5751's in the preamp- WOW! Smooth clean with increasing character up to 6 then breaking up nicely. Turn on the TS and u git SRV (the 5751's were his pre tube). Ran it into a Celeston V30, good brown tone with 12ax7's. You could put in some 12ay7's and it would be as clean as a Twin with the right speaker. Want an Old Deluxe sound? Use the 5751's and get a good Alnico speaker that'll break up. Do some research to find out which components ( tubes, speakers, cabs, mods) will do what you want. I've got a Weber C10N coming that'll give me a good, fat, clean, Bassman sound without killin my ears. I use my pedalboard and play a Strat w/ vintage noiseless p.u.'s, Custom Shop Tele and they sound great. Tried a LP, Dano,and a Tom Anderson through it ... all good. Use it on BIG gigs, put it right behind me and mic it, put it in my wedge, It's huge. Other player's have said "good sound, man.. where's your other amp?"

Had it for 2 months as of now. Gigged out and no problems. Always carry a backup amp and extra tubes (tubes will go microphonic on ya). Pretty simple so I don't expect any problems. It is electrionic tho ,nothing's perfect.

Haven't dealt with Fender service.

This is a good sounding little amp. With a few mods it sounds great and can sound any way you want or need. I may take the head out and use it as a head /cab unit to be able to use different speakers.
It's not a Class A Dr.Z, Matchless or a Blackface Deluxe. It's not high powered and won't move air like a Twin or JCM. If you know how to use it and exactly what you want out of an amp, this may work really well for you. Been playing over 20 years and had lot's of gear. Fortunate enough to make a livin playing and get to hear a lot of fantastic musicians.. and see what they use. IMHO you have players searching for tone without much knowledge of how go about it, guys who use technology for functionality ( and get to tweak ) and the tone purists. Seen players with major acts playing a good guitar right into a POD and into the house sounding awesome. Also seen some guys with every boutique piece you can use and not sound any better out front.
Bought it for the price, tube type, speaker type (10"),and simplicity of the circuitry. Couldn't see paying 1K for a boutique Class A Deluxe repro that I still have to mic (and not capture all the vibe) when this gets soooo close. It's hard to beat the value of this little combo.

Just the right features. Volume and Tone both go to 12. I run mine about 3-4 on the volume and mess with the tone depending on what I want it to sound like. I don't notice a big difference in tonal quality but that's okay.

I play lap steels only, and this thing is perfect for steel guitar. I play Americana music and this thing is a bullseye for that style.
If you have an old Fender lap steel (or table steel) and you want that Bob Wills/Leon McAuliffe sound, this is a good way to go. When overdriven or turned up, it really sings. As someone suggested, turn it up on the amp and use your guitar's volume control to handle the volume.
You won't get a ton of bass out of a 10 inch speaker, so I don't expect it would sound good for pedal steel.

I had a tube come loose one time. Pushed it back into place and it worked just fine. I don't abuse the amp, and I did buy a cover for it which saves a bit on wear and tear.

No need to call customer support.

It's a great amp for the price. I'd definitely buy one again if I lost this one.

there are 400 reviews here about this amp. Some rave about the tone, others hate it. What's up? Just a small tube amp, 10 inch speaker en one volume and one tone. Is it a boogie heartbreaker? nop. Is it a pennlite battery practice thingy? nop. There is youre answer, its somewhere in between.

This one is an early one. Tweed covering. Maybe the new ones sound different.. could be/dont know. Yes, it has a pc board. So what? Who cares. You paid 300 dollars for the thing but insist on a hand-wired... come on. get real. I hear no one complain about their 2000 dollar Pc-board Marshall. Mayby over 40 years, the pc will slowely desintegrate so enjoy the time being en sell it when you sixty as vintage. Soundwise, this is a one trick pony. After 3 and a half, a sudden volume increase. After five it will go into overdrive and only the distortion will increase after that. It sounds pretty good to me. It's fenderish, not thin and not brittle. But also not very complex. And the low is like a twin with the bass on zero, no humpf, only twang. I recorded a lot with it and of course, my bassman sounds smoother and bigger and my vibrolux reverb sounds more mature and complex but we got some really nice sounds with it. To small to gig with? Euh.. I guess so. Depends on your drummer and size of the stage, but when your using P.A and monitors it doesn't matter right? But I dare everyone to show me a amp that sounds better, is lighter and cheapper at the same time than is bro'. And yes, it's made for blues so don't buy one and nag it won't do that rectifier stuff.

It's simple and reliable. the VW of amps

Nop, wont buy it again simply because I have to many amps and bought a old Dynacord Twen voor half the price wich sounds euh.. better. And yes, you could buy a used Bassman for the same price wich sounds better also but you're missin the point then. Try to carry two guitars, a speaker cabinet and a amp head and smile at the same time.

Features are few; volume, tone, on/off switch. 15 tube watts, 10 inch "blue frame" Alnico speaker. Amp was built in 95, with tweed covering.

Fantastic sound with my 6120. I play it "clean", but it's always on the edge of breaking up. Very harmonic, crisp and punchy. Has stock tubes.

As simple as a Ford "model t". If you can't keep this one going, you better stick to an acoustic guitar. Only have had this for a couple weeks, but based on Fenders of this type, should be very reliable.

I bought it used and "as is". I'm not concerned about factory support with this unit. It's not a CyberTwin.

I've been playing on and off for 30 years. This little guy has some great tones, and plenty of volume. Good looking tweed unit, that I won't ever part with.

I get a good clean but gritty sound at a low volume. I use this with a Blues Jr and an ABY box.

If this was stolen, I would look for another in a heartbeat. I've heard that the "tweed" with the "blue frame" speaker is one of the better sounding Pros. I've never played any others, but when I played this one, it went home with me.

this amp is easy to rate. there is a jack, an on/off switch, a tone and a volume. they all work great.

i use a gibson les paul special with p-90 pickups or a fender stratocaster with a maple neck and it sound great with both of them. i live in an appartment so i never played it very loud but it sounds real good for my needs. i have a ton of effect pedals so i dont need any effect on the amp.

i ve only had it for a few months so i wouldnt know

i never had a problem with one of my fender products but anyway it come with a five year warenty.

i ve played guitar for twenty years. i think it is a great amp for practice or small hall gigs. it is very simple to use

Don't know what year it was made. You know the features or lack thereof.

Played HBs and SCs thru it. I didn't like the sound of the amp for one thing. On top of that it had a strange rattling noise when you played a note on the low "E" string. I couldn't get any good sounding overdrive out of it.

I had two used models and both had the same problems. I sold both of them.

This amp features a slice of time . It has the sound of an amp that was made in the early years of electric guitar. the purpose being to make an acoustic guitar louder. it serves up a Big slice of the past.

Keeping in mind the purpose of this amp. If you keep it turned down but considerably louder than an acoustic guitar it has a warm, clean, wooden, tubey sound suitable for Jazz, country, or any straight ahead music style from the time period it was designed in. But turn it up and you get a big piece of rock and roll or blues. Greasy, gritty warm distortion. It has a very musical voice. For me this voice connects very well with my Gibson es-335, my Fender SRV strat sounds good but not as good as it does trough my Music Man HD 130 witch has a black face twin sound. The Pro Jr. doesn?t have reverb and playing an amp without reverb can be like listening to you own recorded voice if you haven?t done it a lot it can be almost painful. If I the feel the song calls for reverb I use a Dano BLT (IMHO a decent box for the money) the mix set low the repeat at Apr. 80%.

I boutght this amp used. It has a 50th aniversery sticker on it. It had what apeared to be the original fender tubes in it. I replaced the pre amp tubes with some Mesa Boogie tubes I had and it cleaned up some of the noise.

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I played my first gig in band in 1964. I my rig then was a Kay electric and a Silver Tone amp. My next rig was a Gretch Corsair and a Fender Band Master. Over the years I have went trough too many amps and guitars to mention. I am at the point in my musical Life were my main concern is quality of tone. I have a Gibson ES-335 with Classic 57?s, a Fender Stevie Ray Vaughn Strat, a Mesa/Boogie Subway Rocket and a Music Man HD-130 210 and a POD (Witch is fun to record with. But you can?t beat a tube amp) . Most of my musical career I have been limited by budget. But I always seem to find something, for the money I had, that would work. My last full time giging band broke up in 89. The rig I used in that band was a 72 Fender Tele (300$) a Gibson SG Amplifier (250$). Now I just do solo work and an occasional jam. I would not hesitate to use this amp live. This appears to be a good little amp that I would trade my POD straight across for. Not having reveb or any effects It doesn?t hide sloppy or poor playing but it is very musical. Great deal for the money.

Purchased new about 6 weeks ago. I won't rehash the features - there are over 60 reviews below that do that. It is simple - plug and play - no tweaking just turn the tone and volume knobs. I play blues/rock in a gigging bar/party band. I bought the amp to carry as a spare in case my main amp goes down at a gig. This seemed like the ticket because of size and weight and I got a terrific price on it from Harold at Torp's music in Minneapolis (he is shutting down the store and retiring bless his heart - he will be missed). For what I bought it for I don't need any other features. The 15 watts is plenty for our gigs if I need to go to it - we mic everything up. My main club amps are reissue Deluxe Reverb or tweed Blues Junior - so 15 watts as a back-up is plenty. reverb would be nice but see below. There are some other choices out there in the 10-20 watt range so I will give this amp an 8 on features.

I play mostly a Tele and a PRS when gigging - sometimes I get out the Les Paul or the ES335 but the first 2 are my main working guitars. Since this is a practice/backup amp I haven't had a chance to use it in a live setting. I do agree with some of the reviewers below as the stock sound is not that great. There may be a a speaker break-in period required but I this amp has not given me any chills yet. I think the stock speaker is the main problem out of the gate. I got the amp home and played it 3 or 4 times durng the first 2 weeks and I got the same feeling that it was almost solid state sounding - just kind of a boxy, boingey sound. It was really pissing me off after reading all the glowing reviews on HC about the sound (as I walked out of the store with it another customer even walked up to me and said I was going to love it) so 2 nights ago I said - okay we got to figure this out. First I pulled out my Blues Junior and cabled the Pro Junior to that cabinet with the 12' speaker - big difference! Changed the tone and the amp just sounded more "tubey"(as it probably should - I think the Pro Junior is the same basic circuit as the Blues Jr without the reverb, midrange, master and the other bells and whistles). After playing it thru that cab for a while I next tied it to the 15" speaker in my Peavey Delta Blues - I thought this sounded even better. I then tried it thru a 16 ohm 2x10 open back cab with some 70's era Fender alnicos - the ohmage pulled the volume down a tad but sound was very good. So I think I agree with Carstens and a few other reviewers - this thing need a speaker change. After thinking that thru however - if a person is going to buy this amp and then spend the additional cash for an extension cab - why not find a used Blues Jr and get the reverb, etc. That is probably where I am headed - I may try a couple of different 10" speakers to see if I can get the sound I want but if not I will probably trade up. When using the other speakers I was very pleased with the sound - the 15" was really cooking and when I kicked in the Tube Screamer she really thumped. If you were going to go with a different cab I woud take a hard look at a 15" - I also plan to test with a closed back 2x12 so my opinion could change after that. There are planty of other comments here about the noise and types of sounds so I won't go into that - the speaker (and cabinet size) are the main impact items to me - I give it a 6 in it's stock form but with a different speaker I would be 8 to 9.

Not enough experience to comment - I bought this to use as a backup and I also baby all my gear so i would expect any failure would be from a design defect that has already been mentioned - somebody said there was a heat problem but I usually have a small fan clipped to the back of the cabinet when we gig - so I would not expect to have a problem there. Fender could however spend a little more money on tubes - and really for the retail price of this amp they could put better power tubes and a better speaker in it. I would think with a good set of tubes and reasonable care this amp would probably last quite a while. It is small enough where with reasonable care it shouldn't get banged up.

Always dealt with a local tech on warranty work - no problems very satisfied - this amp has a 5 year warranty - I've called Fender in Arizona a few times and they have always tried to be helpful. They get a bad rap because they are competing against their ghost - those 60's amps are the benchmark for amp construction and reliability - and they would be very expensive to build today - but Fender could try to not cut some of the corners so sharply.

I have been playing for 32 years and own numerous Fender(new and vintage), Marshall, Silvertone(they're cool!), Gibson and Peavey. Plus have sold more to make room for the current herd (yes I have GAS). If this amp was stolen I would be mad because I would be out some cash, but if I were going to replace I would probably look for another Blues Jr or maybe look at the Mesa Subway line(although they are a little more pricey). If a different 10" speaker made this thing kick like it should then I probably would look for another one if the price was right. Again this was bought as a backup amp so it doesn't have to be killer but if you can't get close to the sound you want then what is the point?

A rockers dream.This amp smokes.I play Rock,Blues and Country.It covers them all well.A very simple amp to use,just dial in the Volume and Tone knobs from nice and clean to fantastic all tube saturation.It has no headphone jack,no effects loop and no reverb.This amp is the best little amp for in house and recording. Also works well gigging.If you play in a big house you will need to mike it,but so will everybody else in the band.All tubes man!!!!!

This amp sounds great with my Gibson es-335,Les Paul Standard and of course my Fender Strat.I do not have a problem with any noise,hiss or unwanted stuff.

I have had it just about 6 mouths with no problems.

5 year warranty with this amp.

I have been playing 25 years with a Fender Pro 185,and 2 Rock amps.If this amp was stolen I would be 1st in line to get a new one.You can do everything with it.I compared this amp with Marshall,Mesa/Boogie and Hiwatt,but in the small amp world they are not an ALL TUBE AMP.I Do wish it had reverb,line out and headphone jack,but that would push the price up.Besides keep it simple,just worry about your playing.

This amp only has a tone nob and a volume nob. Its a one input amp and thats about it.

I use a mexican strat with 54 custom shops. I love this amp. I sounds great when you crank it up. You dont get a lot of heavy distortion but you can just put a pedal in front of it and it sounds cool. It breaks up when you turn it past 5.

This has never failed me. I had to re-tube it but big deal you have to some time.

No idea

This amp is great for what it is. I love the tone i get out of it. The amp screams and is great for practicing.

Tricky category because it only has a volume and tone, which is exactly what I wanted and it does the job, yet there's only two knobs so I'll split the difference with a "5".

Is this a boutique amp? No. Is it as nice as a $1500 model? No. But when you balance what this amp is especially for the price, it sounds fantastic and does indeed harken back to the older small tweeds, though with a little more modern volume and level of punch. Can break up easily when dimed for Clapton-y type of sustain, yet still supplies much clean headroom at useable volumes. Equally nice with single coils or humbuckers.

Mass-produced Fender PCB board design. Not as durable as point-to-point, but again for the price point seems to be well-constructed. Take care of your amps and this should not have any undue maintenance issues.

Fender is a mega-corporation and will not offer "Mom and Pop" service, but in most cases your dealer is in charge of arranging warranty support if anything goes wrong. Therefore, consider your dealer when evaluating this category. I give it a "7" just to be random. I never really need customer support though.

Great stripped-down lean and mean tone machine. Are there better amps out there? Of course. But combine traditional looks, excellent tone, and a good price, and this is a great little amp as far as new models are concerned. I'm a vintage fan and own a lot of amps. I still love my little Pro Junior though. It has a lot of character.

Made in 97 or 98, one tone control, one volume control, one channel, 10" ceramic magnet speaker with a seam in the middle of the cone! WHAZZUP WITH THAT?? Particle board/heavy/toneless cabinet, PCB to hold cheap quality electronic components. Tiny, cheap potentiometers. Tweed covering with a leather handle that has cracked and split after 2 months.

I play various stock stratocasters & classic rock.

Other reviewers concurr that this thing is loud. Farts can be loud, too. YOUR POINT IS?

Moving right along, the tone sucks. No clarity at low volumes and sputtery at high volumes. If your looking for traditional Fender clean or overdriven tones here; forget it. Bad for blues, raucnhy for rock, jerky for jazz.

I havent tried an accordion through it so, it might be perfect for polka tunes.

Volume is "clean" from 1-2. Above that it jumps radically and there is little difference from 3 to 10. The tone control is the same; Little action from 3-10.

This "thing" has too much gain. So much so that it hisses like an angry snake. A pathetic, angry snake. The distortion IS "brutal" in a negative way. It sounds muddy and lifeless, kinda like DOD effects pedals.

If Fender were smart, they'd sell this design to Crate. If SLM made them, it would bury their company & eliminate some of the competition! LOL!

Anyway, taking other reviewers suggestions, I had it re-tubed with various NOS tubes. (Tone still sucks.) Replaced all resistors with Allen-Bradley NOS carbon composition types. (Expensive and the tone still sucks.) Replaced all capacitors with Spragues. (Tone still sucks.) Changed speaker. (Guess what?! TONE STILL SUCKS!) The last thing to try is to replace the PCB with a terminal board and replace the cabinet. Hmmm.... it sounds like it's time to sack this P.O.S.

I must admit it has never quit working the few times I'm used it. One of the plates of a Sovtek output tube started glowing red after 2 weeks. A tube replacement fixed that.

Would I use it without a backup is not the question. You should ask: WOULD I USE IT AT ALL? Answer: No. I would be too embarrassed.

If I ever see someone playing through one of these live, I will mock him/her and laugh uncontrollably! Bwaaaaa-hahahhahahahaha!!!!!!! Choke... gag.....

I have been playing 36 years & own Fender Deluxe's, Bassmans & other tube amps. If it were lost or stolen, I'd pity the fool that got it!

It does make a dandy door stop. Compared to the red brick door stop that my 8 year old painted for me in school, it's a lot harder to move around. However, it will keep the door open in a strong wind BETTER than the brick because of the larger size & weight.

DON'T BUY THIS AMP. After 3 years, it has NOT improved with age. I wasted my money buying this thing. (Go ahead & laugh at me. I know YOU never wasted your money on a piece of gear.)

Only good pure tube tone

Works well with anything,especially for rockabilly and blues,perfect for recording

Tweed .......just rocks,never had any problem.Sovtek tubes

Never called them

Playing for 17 years....... enough said

This amp has an on/off switch, one input, a volume, and a tone knob. I would rather have low, mid, and high controls instead of one general tone control though. Fender gets off on the right track with this amp as far as its layout goes because you need this simplicity to get good tone. When you start adding things like master volume, line outs, effect send and returns, etc., you start adding resistance into the circuit and your tone will start to suffer,....

Unfortunately, this is where Fender stopped looking at the ideas for a great amp with great tone and started assembling an amp that was marketable to the masses.

To start out with, they claim this amp is equipped with GROOVE TUBES. Once I got my amp, I found that only the 12ax7 preamp tubes were groove tubes and the 2 power tubes were Sovteks.

The tubes are mounted apparently right onto the circuit board, which is something I hate anymore on an ALL TUBE amp. HOT tubes should be mounted in their own chassis somewhere other than on a delicate PC board and a REAL TUBE amp such as the vintage ones didn't use mass produced PC boards with copper traces for wires either, they were wired point to point with wires and hand soldered. The overall look of the amp was descent,.....It was put together nicely, although I didn't care for its particle board construction.

I was using a strat (hard tail) w/delta tone pickups and the overdriven sound was horrible. When you cranked it up enough for it to break up, it just was too ragged and harsh. A strat with D'ADDario nickel strings should not sound harsh with this amp, but it did! I mainly think it's the stiff ceramic speaker which never loosened up at all hardly. Other reviewers have some rememdies for speaker replacement and even tube replacement which I did consider, but then decided against since I wasn't happy with the other aspects of the amp like particle board, pc board, tubes on pc board, etc,....it just wasn't worth it to me to mess with this amp any more, so I sold it. I didn't feel bad about selling it to this guy cause he played blue harp, like Mr. Popper from Blues Traveler and his harps sounded awesome through this amp. Maybe fender should market it as a low budget blues harp amp!?

Actually I do want to say that if you kept the volume down below breakup, the amp had a nice tubey clean base tone about it, so I guess that's why so many have strived to perfect it with their home mods. The amp does feel responsive to pick attack and your playing dynamics, I found. The tone however was stiff when you picked hard with clean tones, probably due to the stiff speaker. There was tremendous pick attack and then the decay of the note was quite a bit lower in volume,...it almost sounded like you were palm muting it all the time, whether you were or not. It really just was not acceptable in its present state,....now I did put a budda phatman overdrive pedal between my guitar and this amp, and that actually worked wonders for smoothing out the amps tone and giving a little more flexibility in tone shaping,...I actually liked this combination for a while but finally got a complex because I couldn't stand the fact that everything was sounding ok and acceptable only cause I am using this pedal. I really wanted an amp that was really built right and sounded right WITH NO PEDALS, and then add effects pedals to spice it up. There are some out there,... If you want to see how a real amp is constructed check out Spirit Amplifier's little studio amp at http://www.spiritamps.com

Don't believe its completely reliable,.....I use to use it with the volume and tone both on 12 and then adjust everything from my guitars controls,...This worked nicely, but sometimes while playing, the volume would start to mysteriously go down and then back up again as if there were this ghost at my amp fiddling with my volume knob or else the one on my guitar. This happened twice and then never happened again in the year that I owned the amp, so don't know....

never tried to contact the company, nice 5 year warrantee which is transferable, and I did that when I sold the amp.

I have been playing since the early 90's of last century. If lost or stolen, GOD help them with this amp and their life. I loved the simplicity and its tubey base tone,...I hate the fact that Fender cut corners with this amp to keep it cheap,...They could have put more effort into this amp and had a real classic but the almighty dollar got ahold on them, this amp, as is, should have only cost about $149 dollars, which then, I couldn't or wouldn't have ragged on its cheap construction.......

Volume, Tone, 10" spkr, 15 W, 2x12AX7 preamp tubes and 2xEL84 poweramp tubes. Simple.. yet good.

I use this amp mainly for practising or when recording that overdriven amp sound. It really works well with any guitars as it is so simple, the natural tone of your guitars really gets heard...

Not versatile (no channel switch, etc..) but good for what I use it for...

Using Fender Custom Shop Strats (2 of 'em), PRS McCarty and Music Man EVH. Sounds very cool for what it can do...

When overdriven, it sounds even better...

Changed the poweramp tubes after 9 months of driving it really hard... that's about it.

Very reliable...

Playing for 10 years... I've owned too many amps, but currently using this one, a Hot Rod DeVille, a 65 Twin Reissue and a Marshall JCM2000 TSL602 combo.

It's good for what it is...

This is an update review from my last effort over 2 years ago.

You wanna read it again its half a mile down below..

Hmmm.. two years on and my playing has changed a lot. I've kind of ignored my PJ for use of a Super 60 and even more recently a Yamaha DG1000. I am however back into my PJ again! I gave it a plug and switched it on.The three things that struck me where.. one it's loud! I mean, its seems louder than my Super 60 (in a relatively small room).. two! its dry. I'm hate loadsa reverb but without even a little it sounds so so dry.. three! its hard. And I mean hard not harsh (genius/mad). It's got that in your face tone that isn't well suited for The Carpenters or some jingly jangly pure as the driven snow music. Here is an amp that says "Boo!" to anyone who wants to play through it, you have to control your playing more than usual and the sound seems to be very dynamic and its easy to fluff a note and have it die on you. Play it well though and it groans..

Volume settings:
1-2 just on and about the right level for your bedroom but it doesn't sound very good, nothings working right yet.
3-5 things are cooking a little now. Whack your strings and the sound starts to bubble over a little.
6-9 very crunchy sound, not too overdriven. its the sweet spot but its really quite loud now.
10-12 too much distortion now. a little fuzzy with the bog standard 10 inch speaker. Not that good a sound for most, but you haven't bought it for this.

Nothing gone wrong yet.. some have had problems though. Hot tubes might be a concern.

I hate Arbiter, the company that distributes fender in the UK but not because of poor servicing support. In fact, I have never called them.

Its great to see how many posts there are on this humble little amp. Its a real love or hate piece of kit. It offers very little to the player to help him sound good, you have to make it perform for you and it will if you're up too it.

I'm going to sell my Super 60 and buy another PJ (blonde?) and run them stereo out of some tape delay thang. I mean, what do you want me to do.. play a prs into a 808 and then onto a twin channel valve amp with adjustable drive and reverb? I think that has been done to death already. Its the character of it that I dig. Is it for you two....maybe, but find out B4 u buy. One mans one is another tens ten.

Puchased around 1995 or 1996 from Allegro Music in Santa Fe for a recording project I was doing post production work on. Tweed covering good solid cabinet. Because I produce and mix a lot of projects, I use many different amps, depending on what the session requires. Features: Input/Volume/Tone. No line out, reverb or EFX send or return. I had only used it a few times and had to tear it down due to bad soldering. Because it was knew and failed, I put it away for about 5 years. I did use it a few times after the repair, and the metal sleeve recessed in the input jack came out when removing the 1/4" guitar cable! The amp has a 10" and absolutely no bottom end even when using humbuckers, so guitar rhythm sounds awful. Cranked it sounds good for blues lead guitar and that's it. Uses two 12AX7 and two EL 84's in power stage held with two springs and metal retainer that with two holes that grab on to the EL 84's. I quickly got rid of this nonsense. To make a long story short the power transformer went out. I seriously doubt this amp was used 10 times. ABSOLUTE JUNK! The trannie is completely recessed in the combo along with the tubes and there's a little slot notched out in the back where you can view the 12AX7's. Essentially, this amp gets hot and everything starts frying underneath, including the PCB. The soldering is an absolute discrace.
I would never recommend this amp to anyone. Tear it down and see for yourself. JUNK IS JUNK.

One sound for blues lead guitar. No bottom awful for any type of rhythm work. Considering this amp only uses two EL 84 pentodes in the power stage kicking out 15 to 18 watts RMS it was one of the noiseist amp I've heard. My '65 Skylark that was re-capped and a three prong ground added, is quieter than the Pro Junior. And it uses one 12AU7 and two EL 84's and kicks out the same amount of power, save to say it is Class A all the way.

What reliability. Absolute junk.

Don't know - Don't care.

Wish they never manufactured this piece of junk. If you have one, make sure you have some serious fans, because this junker will fry. Hopefully for those of you who own one your plastic input jack and metal sleeve won't pop out for bit. Good luck!

This is a follow-up, Im the guy from NZ who posted a few months ago it still has no features an this is still the point, i have grown to love the sound, and it does work superbly with pedals in front of it. In fact the best amp i have for pedals and practicing

mostly tele or my franken tele (kauri wood with a gibson minihumbucker in the neck and a twin rail in the bridge - bit (well a lot) of overdrive, some flange and the thing is a beast! ;-)

no problems at all, gets warm but who cares, its winter down here

no idea

i love it, its fairly limited, but with overdrive pedals (visual sound route 66, Boss OD2 and Ibanex TS9 it rocks and i just love it with a flanger (Boss) in fact the flanger pedal is better than my MXR phase 90. the whole kit just rocks.

It's small and has 2 knobs. Tone and Volume.

I use this with a Am. Strat with 12 gauge strings tuned to Eb (best thing I've ever done for tone). I have a Lindy Fralin neck pickup, and I use a Visual Sound Jeckyl and Hyde for overdrive. With this setup it gets an awesome crisp, slightly overdriven blues tone that is perfect. Good for blues sounds like Lurrie Bell, Freddie King, and other good chicago-texas blues. I also use a Danelectro BLT slap echo for some slight reverb but its not neccisary. (overdrive is). My gear has a lot to do with the tone so test it out at the store.

I think I could depend on it. I have brought it to a couple of gigs and it has done nicely, I probably should get some backup tubes though.

This is a really good simple blues amp. I personally don't like the sound that much without overdrive (others may disagree), and I never need to play it loud enough for it to break up that much, even during shows. Mic'd it sounds pretty good for a tiny 20 pound amp. But my recomendation is that you get some kind of ts-808 copy overdrive unit. The best part is this thing is so small, it's awesome because people think I'm going to sound crappy and small, but it has a nice tone to it with my setup.

Update only......

I have found what I believe the perfect combination for this amp......USING active pickups. It absolutely growls at lower volumes......and a WHOLE lot of usable clean headroom as well. I have investigated the Weber speakers and received mail from them rec'd speakers for even earlier breakup or the classic Marshall sound.....I will never lug around huge amps ever again!

Tubes......they get hot....go figure

Great little amp.......wish I had two (but I have the Blues Jr.)

15 watts, all tube, 10&quot; speaker, one tone/one volume, one input, speaker out jack, long power cord. Would love to see a master volume on this like the Blues Junior. This is a blues/R&B amp in my opinion....and it does it well. This could be the ultimate club amp for that purpose. It is VERY loud.

This amp likes hot pickups and it starts to break up around 5. Really hot and feedbacky after that. Sustain forever with active single coils. My powerhouse strat sounds huge through this amp. Miked close it can compete in this genre with just about any amp. It is a monster. I played this amp miked against Boogies and Marshalls trying to get bluesy, my little amp just smoked. All went out the door swearing to got get one as well. I also own the Blues Junior and a Super 112......I think I have all I can handle tone wise.

so far so good

Will service myself

playing 20 years....I have several amps and guitars. Super 112, Blues Junior, Pro Junior, Backstage 30, Peavey Classic 212. I would buy this amp again. The only thing that is a hard point for me is the lack of a master volume. This thing gets LOUD when it goes beyond 4. This amp is destined to be a classic.....glad I bought one when I did. Think Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Vaughn, Toad the Wet Sprocket, ect. Roots Rock and Blues FO SHO.

This is the tweed model, about 2-3 years old. Traded for this amp. 15 watt almost all tube amp. Has solid state rectifier, power tubes are 2 EL84s, preamp tubes are 12AX7s. A 10&quot; speaker(blue Jensen P10R alnico), volume, tone, 8 ohm speaker output to external cabinet(if you disconnect internal speaker). Am a harp player,and play, and perform blues. Use a Shure green bullet, or Shaker dynamic mic. I had been curious about this amp, played this one at music store one day after purchasing a mint condition 69 Fender Princeton. After playing, and buying the PRO-Junior, I returned the vintage Princeton, which by the way had new caps, new tubes, and speaker(Weber alnico). For harp, the Junior sounded much better. Fender reissues I think get a bad rap, all the amp tech on and on's about the particle board, no point to point wiring, bla, bla, bla! I have had a 59 Bassman reissue, and it was a great amp, regret I sold it. Had it 7 years, it met an amp tech once, and briefly. So far the Junior is a great amp. I have chosen certain mods. I replaced the Jensen speaker with a Weber P10Q alnico, a great improvement. Also, on preamp put a Ruby 12AU7(next to EL84s), and a 12AT7, which cuts gain. Am about to order NOS Phillips EL84s, and a NOS GE 12AY7 or two. Finally,through Jenkins Sound Shop have ordered a customized 2X10 cab, along with a Weber P10R alnico, plan to mix a P10Q, and an R in cab, use the Junior as basically a head to the cab. I will probably do a brief follow up post a couple of months after I receive, and start using the cab. I am using the Pro-Junior for small/medium venues. I mic. it to a PA, with a Shure SM57. I really think this is a great 15 watt tube amp, even without tube, and speaker upgrades. I may buy a second Junior, if one breaks down, an amp tech can repair it, even if he claims to be allergic to particle board, ect. I am very impressed with the tone of this amp, its very easy to dial in your tone. I do wish it had reverb, but not if it was solid state. By the way, besides the 59 Bassman reissue, have owned a couple old champs(one Rivera made-sold-mistake), a Blues Junior, and a Blues Deluxe. I did not care for either the Blues Junior, nor the 40 watt Blues Deluxe. I think the Pro-Junior for my needs is a much better amp. I very much like its simplicity. I can't stand dual channels/channel switching.

The Shure green bullet mic. sounds great with this amp. I like the overdrive this amp gets, which for me, is with the volume only just shy of 2, with the tone setting around 7. This amp is suited for blues, and can be for harp players. It is the loudest 15 wayy amp I have ever heard.

I believe this amp is dependable. I take good care of my equipment. This is currently my only amp, though I may buy a second Junior, along with an old Champ, or Gibson GA-5 am looking for. I really like low watt amps. I have never had to use a warranty with a Fender amp, even the reissues.

I am 48 years old, played harp 28 years, semi/pro over 20 years. Played in a regionally popular touring/recording bluegrass band for 14 years, been playing amplified blues about the last 11 plus years now. I really like both amplified, and non amplified harp playing. Again, I like the Pro-Junior. At my age I like its small size, though for the most part it will be a head to a 2X10 cab setup. I think it is for harp, besides the 59 reissue Bassman, the best reissue amp out by Fender. For harp players I recommend you play through one before buying. If you buy the new black tolex version, get the ceramic speaker(Emminence?), out of there, put in a Weber P10R, or P10Q. You can buy these amps used for around $200, and if you shop around, new for $250, or so. I would not pay more than $250-$270 for this amp new.

one tone one volume, very simple as per dozens of other reviews

one sound one trick pony, but thats why i bought it

this is the blond tolex version. kindov cool looking in a minimalist '60's vibe.

works well with single coils (tele and strat) and humbuckers (Epi Joe Pass) not too bad with acoustics either (fishman natural II) although i think its better suited to the strat cos the tele gets a bit shrill.

works well, nice valvey tone but HISSY and it really only has one volume level which is TOO LOUD

i run a few pedals in front of it (Boss chorus and reverb/delay going for the chris isaak wicked game sound) and it works very well with them, i havent tried overdrive yet but i think this could be the solution to making this amp work. it warms digital pedals up very well and the big reverb i get is pretty neat.

this is not really a bedroom amp, to get loud enough to distort and then use the guitar volume to clean up is really much too loud in a domestic setting, a gain control is really needed, i havent put an overdrive in front of it because i have plenty of other amps to play with (boogie mk 3, HRD, marshall 8080 valvestate and a peavey classic 20)

i bought it to be a better classic 20 and it isnt really. Have retubed it too to try and see if that made any difference, with sovteks in the preamp its not really any quieter.

I do like the tone, and it is i think a slightly nicer tone than the classic 20 but points off for the noise and the lack of versatility

bought it second hand, seems fine, needed new tubes and seems less "alive" now (weird noises if left on)

would have much preferred a standby, it may only have 4 valves but they're still pretty pricy here in New Zealand.

havent had it very long but it looks pretty simple so what can really go wrong, even catastrophic failure doesnt really matter since at the price it s a bit of a throw away item.

the local fender distributer seems OK. but the retailers are a bit variable, we have a "rock shop" chain here which is the usual bunch of kids who are mega friendly till theyve taken your cash then dont want to know, they dont stock much in the way of valves and i wouldnt trust them to service anything

I've only been playing a year or so, clearly have a bad GAS problem. I quite like the amp but it is nowhere near as good as a boogie or the HRD, but then it was dirt cheap (about US$140) so what do you expect.

It goes nice in stereo with the classic 20 and probably has a very slight edge on tone, but i was hoping it would be a bit more versatile and did i mention the HISSSSSSSSSSSS

i think it matches a strat better than a tele which can get a bit shrill. i think its excellent with a few effects pedals.

dont regret getting it but wouldnt do it again.

We all know the Pro Junior has two controls, volume and tone and I think they offer enough versatility to most players. I just use it at full on tone and about 6.5 on volume. No reverb--no sweat. simplify, simplify, simplify.
Basss and treble might have been handy but you can get by without them

I am using a strat with a humbucker pickup on the bridge pickup.
I bought this amp because it was recommended to me by the lead guitarist of The Angels, Australia's premier rock group. Rick Brewster has been playing lead guitar in this band for over twenty years. He used the Pro Junior on stage. He has used Marshall stacks etc. (having an AC/DC influence) and I was amazed to learn that he used this little amp as his main amp for all his recent gigs, and these were gigs at very big venues-several thousand people.
He was using a tweed version but assured me there was no difference in sound between the tweed and the newer model so I went out and bought the newer one.
It was noizsy at first, making funny sporadic noises, but I got a new valve and it is fine now. Valves are funny things and can behave differently in different sockets, though.
The amp is a bit noisy but is not a problem. I find the distortion kicks in at about six but on another guitar I have with active EMG pickups it kicks in earlier.
Overall the sound is good but like other peeple have said it is a loud 15 watt amp and this can be a problem if you only want to play at low volumes but still get some overdrive. Fortunately I have found a solution for this problem.

I have only had the amp several months so I don't know how reliable it is or will be--only time will tell.

Customer suppport may be good but I haven't really had to deal with them. I don't know what would happen if I said "I don't like it and I want a replacement tomorrow."

I have been playing guitar for over twenty years and have used Peaveys and Marshalls mostly. This amp is good. It may not have the features of other amps but it sounds good and doesn't take up too much room.
Other people have commented that it is too loud for some applications and that the overdrive doesn't kick in until it is at 5 or 6.
I have solved this problem by unplugging the speaker input and putting in a resistor (in a box). This allows me to overdrive the amp at a volume of about 6 or 7 but get an output level equivalent to 2 or 3. So I get the overdrive sound but at a greatly reduced volume that doen't disturb my neighbours too much. If anyone wants details on the resistor device, email me and you can build one for yourself. It solves all the problems of practicing in flats etc.
Can you buy a better amp for price and size? maybe, but I don't know of it.

Tone Vol, on, 1/4" in. Super compact. Black w C10 spkr. I'm getting used to no reverb :-) I'm comfortable with the clean and I love the over-driven sounds it makes. This thing must run hot because I get a conversation-level signal out of it WITHOUT turning up either of the knobs!! I used to have a big 100W combo that would have to be deafening to get the feedback overtones that I like, but this guy does it at much more manageable volumes. Still plenty loud at gigs and for rehearsing. I tried switching an old CTS alnico Fender 10" spkr but it wouldnt give as good a sound!

As I say I love how hot and feedbacky it is. It will sustain over a note and generate harmonics just fine. I use a homemade stratclone with full Dimarzio humbuckers in parallel N/B reversed to the stacked single coil middle PU. I took the tone controls off the guitar and use the amps tone to roll off brightness. I sometimes run through a bevy of pedals (compressor/dist/phase/delay/EQ) and there's a bit of hiss (poor caps?) but it's totally workable on stage.

No back ups, no breakdowns, I use it all dead stock. Tried different tubes and my hot tone went away! AAAH!

Bought used. Know a good tech.

Playin' for a while, love tube amps, got a bunch of little beaters. I'm working on an ADA RA10 kit and I hope it gives this amp a run for the money. Pretty cool to see there's so many responses on this machine. I wonder if anyone else's gives volume at 0 but I don't wannna put my email address here. Maybe on ampage?

Black Tolex, 99-00 Model, 15w, all tube combo. 1 10" V1030 Ceramic speaker (Eminenece), Volume and Tone controls only, YUMMY! Simple, but very cool.

I prefer Telecasters, and have three. My main axe is an ash-bodied American Standard, with a Duncan Antiquity pick-up at the bridge. I also own several guitars with humbuckers, but they have too much output for the P.J. As for my music, it is 90's alternative pop-rock with an edge, ala "Lit", or "Third Eye Blind". My band is currently working on our second release, and I have used the P.J. and several tracks. They record VERY well. My tone is class-A EL-84 saturation -my main amp is a late sixties AC30. The Pro-Junior and I have a long history. I started using these amps about 5 yrs. ago, when I was still searching for an amp that would give me the "small amp sweat", and actually be loud enough to enjoy, possibly even use at small-medium size venues. Along comes the P.J. At first, like many players, I was only reasonably impressed. I loved the simplicity of the controls, and found the tone knob to be quite user-freindly. As far as the over-drive, it was O.K. if you play blues, but I needed this little amp to have a more musical distortion, more compressed and dynamic. It was a little flabby on the low-end (like all Fenders), and I immediately set forth on some pedal research. I have found that the right over-drive, if properly set, can really tighten-up a loose amp, without sounding harsh or shrill. It just takes a little research. After selecting several drives that worked well, I ran accross another one used and bought it for $150.00. Now, I decided to use my old Morley A/B box and run two. Whoa!! Let me tell you, I was pretty impressed. One sounded decent, but two created a very unique tone, a surprising amount of low-end, and were loud enough for most gigs. Now, I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but I think that over-all this is the best sounding amp Fender makes. I haven't found any other model that suits my tonal needs as well. Granted they make some cool amps that are great for clean, or semi distorted Blues,(not including the Tonemaster, which I hate) but for those of us who are addicted to the EL84 glassy, AC30-ish type saturation, this is the only amp from Fender that delivers. It is very dynamic, and when I turn down it cleans up very nicely,(even with the pedal) and stays nice and "chimey". I think using the Tele helps quite a bit, and the fact that I use a very low-output pick-up also helps. I let the amp do most of the work. The P.J. is a one -trick pony, but so is my AC30. I don't need it to do anything else. It is a very cool amp. But it is an amp that takes some tinkering with to get it to be at its best. The right guitar, and the right over-drive do wonders for this little baby.

Both of my P.J.'s had bad tubes in them right-off. They do seem to run hot, I think that a fair amount of voltage is being dumped into the tubes- that's why it sounds the way it does. I would recommend up-grading to better tubes than the Sovteks, and Chinese/Fender tubes that came in both of mine. They suck, and go microphonic quickly. A good set of NOS's does the trick, and brings out a little more clarity, low-end and volume, depending on the ratings. I do think Fender could have done a better job of securing the tubes. That boingy tube holder on the EL84's is a bother (I removed mine), and it's the pre-amp tubes that actually are more prone to vibration. They should have anchored all 4 tubes more securely, but oh well, it's a cheap amp. I have moved them around a bit(never on a road-trip),and they seem to hold up O.K. I guess I would trust them on the road with the proper cases, and a bunch of spare tubes.

I have found Fender to be rather lacking in their customer service dept. They are not easy to get a hold of, and are slow to respond. They offer a great warranty, but they also make products that are quite often deffective right off the shelf. I have owned several Fender guitars that have had problems, and these Pro-Juniors certainly are not defect-free. (bad tubes, really tight/cheesy pots).

I have been playing for 23 yrs., and again, own a 1969 AC30, a re-issue AC15, a Top-Hat Club Royale, and a Silver-Faced Deluxe Reverb.
Main axes - Teles. I would buy the amp again if it was lost or stolen, I've actually grown to love these little things. They are quite usefull.

This thing has ALL you need!

This is THE amp to use with a Stratocaster. I recently gigged in a small club with my Pro Jr. unmiked. I was actually asked to turn down (by the soundman). It really adds the tube warmth to a single-coil guitar. I've owned many amps, tube and solid-state, and this is the very best I've found for blues on a Strat.

This thing seems VERY durable.

Well, you know what's up here. It has two knobs, volume and tone. It has a 1/4 inch plug for an external speaker; the one in the cab is 10 inches. Not much else. I think the small size counts as a feature, it was the main reason I got this amp.

Well, my point of view is a bit different, I use this amp with my epiphone archtop to play jazz. Well, try to play jazz. I have an epiphone emperor regent, and at first I played it through a crate VC30. I hated lugging that thing around, (it only had one 12 inch speaker, but it was huge by comparison) so I got this little amp so I wouldn't strain my hands carrying the other amp. I also figured that the low-wattage would allow me to have a warmer sound, because my crate, being a tube amp with the unbelievably high rating of 30 watts, was too squeaky clean at the volumes I play at here with the isu jazz ensemble and my combo. When I tried out the pro junior, I realized what I'd been missing. For reference, I don't normally use effects except for an old Boss CE2. I just have a short cord plus my guitar and amp, that's it.
The crate, like most amps, has quite a scoup to it that you can't change with tweaking, but this amp is more flat. For my ears, that's good, it encourages the round warmth of the archtop to shine through, instead of producing an anemic midrange and thin highs. Think marilyn monroe from clarista flockhart. Furthermore, this amp provides a nice WARM sound at realistic levels for jazz. It breaks up ever so slightly when you whack the strings, think Wes Montgomery going crazy with his thumb. It's not like any jazzers had sparkly clean tone back in the day anyway, Kenny Burell, Jim Hall, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Charlie Christian? I rest my case.
This amp does have quite a hum to it, which I would love to fix, but I don't know how, or what is even causing the hum. I can live with it though, because this amp has attitude and it sounds sweet.

I've kicked this amp around and dropped it and it works fine. The tubes have held up well too. I trust this amp, and I gig with it without a backup.

I haven't dealt with fender at all.

I've been playing guitar for 7 years, and I started jazz a year and a half ago. I like this amp alot. It's simple, small, has great warm tube tone for jazz. It has attitude. I got a cool metal VW emblem (dinner-plate-sized) from my friend, and I attached it to the grille of the amp. It's sweet.
The buzz keeps it from being perfect, but this amp is supercool. It's very well suited to my needs.

Many others have covered this. In my review I will attempt to offer info not provided already. Mine is a tweed example with blue alnico speaker.

I use it primarily with my Peavey Predator strat, two singles and a humbucker at the bridge. As everyone else said, the Pro Jr. gets a nice crunchy, (but not death-metal-like), distortion when cranked a bit, (past 6 or so on up to 12). Think early Angus Young sound with the humbucker, (though obviously it doesn't sound as good as Angus's Marshall), with a well defined and punchy attack, and very little "mud" except on low notes where the little 10" just can't cut it. I can easily see how people could gig with this amp and no effects or anything for many styles which call for this type of sound, (though reverb would be nice, maybe added at the board when miked up). With the single coils and slightly lower volumes, it gets a nice bluesy breakup. It would work well with nothing plugged in but a guitar and cable for anything from oldies rock to alternative.

Now that's the good news, the bad (maybe, for some) news is that this amp WILL NOT get the classic clean Fender tone. Period. I may get shot for this, but I believe I'm qualified to judge, (having spent hours comparing it to my other amps). I happen to be fortunate enough to own a tweed Deluxe and a blackface Princeton Reverb. The Pro Jr. is nowhere near the same league in the clean department. Period. Not even close even at low volumes, (below five on the knob). It sounds all right, but lacks both the chimey sparkling highs and the big bottom (due to the small cab?) of the other amps. I don't blame the 10" speaker, as my Princeton also has a 10". I haven't tried it with an external cab, but this might help a bit. The bottom line is that you could never get a gig-level clean tone out of this amp, as it starts to break up too easily (in a gig situation, not at home as covered later). If you don't need a sparkly clean sound or overkill distortion (without effects), this amp might be your man.

Others have mentioned that it's not noisy, when in truth it hums and hisses like a bastard. If you've nothing to compare it to, its background noise is not too loud, but compare it to any good blackface and it'll really stand out. This might be a problem when recording at lower levels, but then again, that's not what this amp's about.

Additionally, the amp is WAY loud. You will probably be disappointed if you buy this amp thinking you can get cool natural tube distortion in your apartment without disturbing your neighbors. Not so. By the time you get it cranked up to breakup levels, it's WAY too loud to keep peace in the household/apartment building. I tried pulling out one of the power tubes, and it was still too loud when it finally started distorting). That said, it sounds great for distortion practice at low levels with my Boss GL-100 preamp providing distortion, but this is kind of missing the point.

Seems to work OK now, but one of the power tubes was not glowing when I got it, (though it worked after a bit of wiggling). I've had this amp apart, and I must say it's made pretty cheaply. The cabinet isn't too bad, but the chassis is not what they used to be. Then again, this is why it's less than $200! I wouldn't hesitate to gig with it, but I'd probably bring a backup, though it's never kicked out on me since I got it about eight months ago.

I've been playing guitar for 20 years, owned a variety of guitars and amps. This amp has a purpose, it's really cool, and really small/portable, just don't buy for what it doesn't do well, (it does NOT have the classic Fender clean tone).

read all the other reviews for their lack of knobs...no really, i think jusy just two knobs volume and tone, a light indicating power is "on", and an on off switch. oh and an input jack (1/4in.) :)

it sounds really good until you hit that stupid wall of blah distortion...i mean, the overdrive is really sweet but then you go past halfway (like 1-o-clock) and then it all goes to hell. not good distortion hell either, but bad horrible fuzz crap that sounds sooooo unappealing. remember...key word is bad fuzz...like playing through a wayyyyyyyy to distorted home stereo...horrible...everything is a big hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm distortion...and you cant even roll off the tone controls on your guitar because then its jusy just mid range hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm distortion...sucks royally there. the clean is great, the overdrive sweet and loud...anything past that is shit.
i use a fender electric XII, and a harmony meteor. theyre both fairly stock, and sound good until....that horrible distortion! i like the elec12 better because i can use that slightly overdriven sound to get a chunka chunka sound, and i can also get that 60's brit 12 string twang, AND some bluesy soul bass string phrasing. all for cheap dollars...why would you not want to have one? i mean for basement practices, garages, home, bedrooms, open mics whatever...it is small enough, light enough, loud enough, good enough, and dog gonnit, people like them! and especially since i only paid like what...2 honeys and some change???on sale???at guitar center for god sakes??? what more do you need? i mean thats like 2 weeks at mc donalds,bk, wendys, white castle, busters, checkers, kfc....you CAN afford it. its cheaper than some dates! vegas! a concert youve been dying to see! taxes! you CAN always scrunch up 200 honeys for a well made little rocker, trust me.

no problems...yet....well see if i dont get irrate w/ the sound @ "10"

how is fender anyway???ive never had to deal w/ them so i dont know...also i dont have a phone.

yeah, i really like the way it looks too. it sounds good, plays good. its nice to tote. ive kicked it a few times out of frustration, but it hasnt damaged it, and its loud enough to "feel"it. now if i could hook it up to a bigger setup, or maybe have a wall of juniors hehehe

This amp is completely a one-trick pony. It has an unremarkable clean sound, and an unusable distorted sound. What it does exceedingly well is that warm, in-between thing.

I use this amp with a Strat, and I put a Boss DS-1 in front of it to get a little preamp sustain and boost for solos. The amp is not at all kind to my Les Paul, so it never gets played. This amp was definitely made to complement Fender guitars, as it has a very midrangey sound. However, having gotten the negatives out of the way, I will say that the one trick that this pony does is very, very nice. I don't think you could find a better amp for blues. When you play a Strat's neck pickup through this thing, and you've got the volume set at about 6, you get a delicious, fat tone that will cut through full-volume drums, bass and rhythm guitar. Definitely the loudest 15 watts I've ever heard.

Can't say just yet. Have only had it a couple of weeks.

N/A. Bought it used.

The funny story I have with this amp -- I brought it to band practice and everybody laughed. The bass player was very angry; he called it a lunchbox and chastised me for buying it. I just plugged it in and played a couple of licks. Smiles all around. The bass player sheepishly asked me to turn it down. "That thing cuts," he said. I'd like to try it through a bigger cabinet, but I think it might really kill that snarky vibe you get from the little 10" speaker and tiny cabinet. I don't think you'll find a better watt-for-dollar value in a tube amp. Everybody should own one of these.

volume and tone knobs, pure tube circutry, 10" speaker. the setup of this amp is very simple, but that's one of the things i like about it. also, don't let only one tone knob fool you; you can get lots of different tones off of this one knob. the features are simple and easy to use. however, i think that this amp should have a line out.

ahhh. . .a short, sweet glimpse of heaven! this amp can get sounds from a nice muted bluesey tone to a great overdrive distortion with the twist of the volume knob! it is a great amp. i got it for the purpose of having a practice amp, and it turns out that i got more than i bargianed for. this amp has got to be the loudest 15 watts i've ever heard and the speaker can handle every bit of it at any volume level. the amp also has a lot of low end, and that's one of the things i like about it. i was really suprized when i played a seven-string on it recently. i didn't expect the amp to handle it as well as it did. it acted normal, and the sound quality stayed the same even with all the extra low-end. i love this little amp, and if i didn't already have one, i'd sell my soul for it. most definitely worth the purchase

so far, i've had no problems.
very reliable, and i haven't even considered carrying a backup amp.
i sold my other amp as soon as i heard this one.

never had to call.

great amp. .i suggest it to anyone who wants a small amp that packs a great sound and a big punch. i've been playing for 3 years, but have only been into advanced sound for about a year, and this amp has everything i want. i mostly like to play blues, but every once in a while i like to play some sludge metal. the amp sounds good with both, but i do use a distortion when i play heavy stuff. when going for a good blues tone, i just use the amp itself. one of the only things i don't like about the amp is that it has no line out. every amp should have a line out! other than that, it's my dream amp: small, great sound, affordable price, louder than you could ever think this little monster could be. the amp also has a lot of sensitivity, where you can crank the amp and still get a really quiet sound by just barely striking the strings. it's great. if it were lost or stolen, i'd probably not know what to do with my life. that would be worse than losing my truck. . . let's not think about that.
as a matter of fact, i'm gonna go lock it up right now!

Spartan controls, but that was what attracted me to the amp in the first place.

I own a several Mesa/Boogies (a Studio .22+ and a Rect-O-Verb) which I love, but I wanted something smaller and lighter to grab on the way to last-minute jam sessions. I thought that the Pro Junior, with its tube design and minimal controls, would be perfect; however, I was most disappointed when I put the amp through its paces in a real-world setting. I have quite an assortment of guitars, ranging from a PRS through a number of Fender American Standard Strats and Teles down to a Danelectro U2-56. I prefer a chimey, slightly broken-up sound (think of Chrissie Hynde's sound). The odd thing about this amp was that it sounded horrible with the Fenders (very flat, almost solid-state) and slightly better with the PRS. The amp only was only enjoyable when partnered with the Dano and cranked up full, producing a sick, Link Wray-type sound perfect for playing Rumble. I initially attributed the amp's substandard sound to its lack of reverb; I hooked up to my Fender '63 reverb in the hopes that it would breathe a little bit, but I was still mightily underwhelmed.

The Pro Junior is so simple that I can't imagine that much could go wrong with it.

I disliked it so immensely that I sold it for half of what I paid for it, and I was glad to see it go. I have owned lots of great Fender amps over the years and have always been happy with them, but my experience with the Pro Junior really shook my faith in the company.

Blonde.
10".
Small and perfectly formed.
Limited specification.
All the appeal of the Sixties.

While the above could be written about Barbie, the same also applies to the Pro Junior. Valves. On/off. Volume. Tone. 10" speaker. Lasting construction.

The features of this little amp lie in it's basic specification.

With a JT30-VC through a DD3 some delicious blues harmonica can be played. That blues can be hokum and Missisippi or it can be hard Chicago and West Coast groove.

The Pro Junior is clean and uncluttered, and it can also be a dirty bastard bursting the ears of those around it.

I use the JT30-VC at about 66% to 75%. The DD3 controls are all around 12 to 1-o-clock with the M 200ms delay setting. The volume and tone are set to 4 and 9 respectively.

If the solos suit it the mic volume is whacked up to 90% to 100% and played into the amp. The feedback is beautifully harmonic. Its great to cane it so much when the band's really jumping.

It feels solid enough.

I do depend on it.

I treat it (and all my harps) with respect.

Again, there's been no need to find out.

I'd had this amp for a couple of years before I started using it properly. Up until then I wished I'd bought a valve stomp box, an analogue delay, and a vocal mic: providing portability to plug into PAs with few problems.

Since I've been using it properly I've fallen in love with its warm sounds, its clean tones, and its in-your-face-monkey-boy distortion and feedback.

If I needed to buy another amp I'd buy this one. I had also looked at the Laney LC-15 before buying this one.

It needs a LINE-OUT.

Extremely easy of use. Only tone and volume knobs, but do not be fooled by this, you can get high, medium and low equalization from this amp. All valve and 15W. This amp is not versatile but versatility is not the intention from this amp. For me the major task from an amp is to be able to amplify the guitar signal, different sounds and fxs must come from devices like good multi fxs units and good distortions from good pre amps. This amp does not have reverb. In my opinion if you like reverbs that comes in the amp, they must be tube driven ones. Other type of reverbs may suck your amp tone and make some extra noise! Comes with a brief manual but you really do not need it. My amp is black tolex covered with a 10" brown label speaker. ( there is another Pro-Jr with tweed cover and a different speaker model also, but I do not know the difference in tone ! ) To know about other technical features go to the Fender URL and see by yourself.

The setup I'm using is : Ibanez Talman guitar with a Dimarzio Paf-Pro humbucker in the briedge position, HS-2 in the middle and an original mini humbucker from Ibanez in the neck position and a Tech 21 Tri-OD that I use for the distortion. The amp is not noisy but in the area where I live it is . There are tv and radio stations near by and sometimes I can hear radio through it. If I set the volume at 1 I get the radio frequency, upper than 1 there is no problem. I use at 2 or 3 so it's fine. The amp clean sound is flat, not too trebly and not too bassy. It's perfect if you like to use external devices to make your clean and distorted sounds. If you set the volume at high settings you can get nice and fat blues overdrive sounds. The truth is that the final sound from this amp or any other amp will depend on your entire set up and of course, your grip and feeling when playing. Before using this amp I had a Fender Blues Jr, that is not as good as the Pro Jr amp and it fails in some important topics like : I guess that the Blues Jr was made thinking on the Pro Jr but with the intention of making a better version with a 12" speaker, bass, middle, treble eq, master and reverb. The idea is but the results aren't : the 12" speaker does not sound tight, the natural overdrive is very trebly, the reverb is noisy and is not tube driven. The Pro Jr does what it's suposed to do.

It's a new amp so I can not tell you about this topic. My blues Jr never gave me any problem and I had it for a year and half

I will not have support here in Brazil

I have been playing for about 3 years. Before this amp I had a Fender 70W Rock Pro that really sucks, a Marshal VS100R that also sucks, a small Crate GX 15R that was for practice but does not come close to the Pro Jr, A Laney GC 80 that was a shame and the Blues Jr that is a good one, but after I tryed the Pro Jr I imediately sold it and bought the Pro Jr. I hope it'll never get broken or stolen so I'll have to buy another one

this was from the first year of production i bought it new around '91 or '92.as far as the features go you all know the story.reverb would of been nice but what can you do...this amp was a floor model,at the time they were hard to get...what i didn't realize at the time is this amp probably took a bit of a beating in the store with everyone pluging in turning it up,you know on and off a hundred times a day...anyway i bought this amp cause i have a penchant for small amps this one being tweed,blue frame speaker just seemed delicious... i played it here and there but mainly around the house as it wasn't my main amp (also a fender).i was never that impressed it rattled a bit i thought it was the tube retainers i disconnected them, it still rattled so i gave up and just used at rehearsal and one or two gigs... one day at rehersal it started rattling like crazy so i figured that was it...i'm playing guitar about 38 years so i should of known better two months i woke up finally and thought about changing the tubes...then it dawned on me that the tubes were probably bad from day one as i said it wasn't my main amp so i was never too concerned.i changed the power tubes at a cost of fourteen dollars (el-84's)and replaced the two preamp tubes and now i can't put it down i'm actually trying to figure a way to use it on the larger gigs.they call this a blues amp and thats kind of a misnomer it's designed like an old fender amp so at one time they were all blues amps so i give it a 10 in this category,and as for reliability a 10 also because out of my own stupidity i played this amp for about nine or so years with bad power tubes and it never blew out...

i use a few strats one with texas specials and one with tex mex pickups a gibson 335 all going through a standard boss pedalboard but i enjoy the amp straight i can't get enough of the tone but bear in mind i am 50 years old so my perception of a good tone is going to be differant than that of someone much younger on the average...

i think its very reliable as i said before it lasted for nine or so years at rehearsal with bad tubes...i wouldn't gig with it without a backup for fear of mainly blowing the speaker not the circutry.cause playing loud and clean with an amp of 15 watts through a 10 inch speaker is a little ambitious...

i've delt fender on the web and found them to be very congenial

i would by it again but i think they no longer come with the blue frame speaker...

1998 Black Tolex - 2 white GT EL84's - 2 Chinese 12AX7's - Fender Special Design maroon label speaker - 15 watts - Tone and Volume pots - On/Off switch - jack for speaker. A bare bones special purpose low/medium power amp. Low on features by design.

Guitars: '94 '52 RI Tele, '98 60's RI CIJ Strat, '94 PRS Custom 22, '81 Gibson L5-S - all stock - and a hardtail mongrel walnut Strat with tan EMG's and an 8/58 maple neck. All guitars plugged directly into the amp with no effects. My current method of operation is to crank up the amp and control it from the guitar volume and tone controls.
This amp has a boxy clean sound, and stiff overdriven sound and feel. I attribute those problems to the small size of the cabinet and the ceramic magnet speaker. Maybe if I beat on it for a while, it'll loosen up. Humbuckers smooth it out somewhat.
Its noisy at low volumes. The speaker fights the urge to scream freely at high volumes, it tends to splatter the guitar sound in a manner that's more ugly than musical. I've ordered a Fender blue alnico (like the ones in the Bassman RI, the Vibro King and the original tweed Pro Jr.) from my local dealer, Downtown Sounds in Northampton, MA and a Jensen alnico from Weber VST, hoping that one or the other improves the sound. I've read that alnico is the musical magnet, compressing more and singing more sweetly than ceramic. We'll see. I've also put in new Mesa Boogie EL84's that seem to beef it up a bit.
This amp is not meant to be versatile. It can be connected to an external speaker cabinet, which may solve a lot of its problems.
I'm going to try it with a Cab-Tone, running the output to its internal speaker and to the PA.
I play many styles except for the ones that call for extreme distortion. This Pro Jr. has no clean, sparkling sound. I think this amp, in its current condition, is best suited for funky, sloppy blues where you want that ripped-speaker-cone/worn-out-and-never-replaced-tube sound.

Used it once on the job with both the EMG equipped Strat and the '60's CIJ Strat at full throttle for an entire four hour gig, about 10 times at home practicing at low volume and at one moderate volume band practice. Hasn't broken yet. The inside top of the driver 12AX7 turned from silver to black after the full-throttle gig, but it still seems to work.

No experience with Fender customer support. The information they provide on their website is improving, but it doesn't appear to be a high priority for them. I'm very biased toward the capabilities of the internet, since that's my day job. It concerns me when a company of Fender's stature doesn't take full advantage of the opportunity the internet has to offer. (I will entertain job offers.)

I had high hopes for it, judging from so many positive reviews, but I found this amp to be a reluctant one trick pony. Its clean sounds are thumpy, kind of like a cardboard box (there's a new one for ya) and its cranked sounds don't give my guitar that forgiving feel in my hands when I'm soloing that makes my mouth water. Like the Blues Jr., it uses two EL84's in the power section, which seem to lack sparkle and complexity. I'm hoping the Jensen alnico will brighten it up, let it breathe more and give it more character. It's not strong enough alone for a bar gig and it's too noisy to be a recording amp. It's very unforgiving, but you could get used to it.

1996 tweed tolex, 15 watt, 1X10 gold label Fender Speaker. Very simple...Volume and tone control...1 channel...that's it. If you want more just add an FX unit of some kind. A nice fender reverb tank would have been nice.

Awesome! I play mostly bluesy type rock on a Les Paul and occasionally a Blues Hawk, and this little amp really has the sound, especially with the LP. I'd relate it to an early Fender Vibrolux tone..very similar. Unbelievably warm tones when turned up over 5...clear and articulate notes even when cranked to 12..and it's loud..15 of the biggest watts I've ever heard. From 4 down it's crystal clear. Has absolutely no noise..would be great for recording. If you could overcome the size stigma..I have no doubt that this little amp could be gigged in your average size club..unmiked.

Only had it for a short time..but it's a fender..and they've never let me down.

Never had to deal with them in the 30 years I've been playing fender amps

I've been playing guitar for over 30 years..also have a blackface Bassman..a Crate TD-50c..and have owned Gibson,Ampeg,Marshall,Traynor,Vox,Fender Twin..Vibroverb..and a Deluxe. This little amp has all the tonal quality of the best of them. Undoubedly the best small amp I've ever played. Only things I wish it had is an onboard reverb and an out jack to plug it into a 2X10 cabinet. I understand that when another cab is added the volume goes even higher. I can't imagine ever needing anything more..if I ever go back out to play..I'll mike it if necessary..let them laugh when I set it up..they won't laugh for long. If I ever lost it..I'd buy another..might just buy another anyway. Best $200 I ever spent.