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1. Chris Says:
   August 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 pm

   Anthony,

   Thank You!! I have been playing for about 7-10 yrs, and Love SRV, I can play alot of his music, and have the feel and tone down, but have a hard time explaining how I do it, and also had some loop holes in my soloing. Your 5 boxes is exactly what I needed. I have spent five mins on here without a guitar, and its already opened up plenty of doors in my playing, can’t wait to get home, Thanks!

   Chris

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on August 30th, 2008:

   Hi Chris,

   I know that feeling Your playing is about to get a whole lot more interesting……

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2. Sandy Says:
   August 13th, 2008 at 7:58 am

   Hello Anthony,

   I’m have just started my search for a new tube amp. I have heard nothing but great things about the Blues Junior NOS. It’s clear it can deliver the SRV tone I’m looking for. I do have a few concerns however:
   1) Does it have the power to be used in the “live” club situation without being mic’d ?
   2) Is it capable of delivering other popular tones that I have an interest in playing (ie: Zep, Pearl Jam , etc…)
   3) If you answered ‘no’ to either question, what other amps would you suggest ?

   I will using a Fender Strat American Deluxe HSS and a Les Paul Standard.

   Any insight would be most appreciated.

   Thx,
   Sandy

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on August 14th, 2008:

   At a club you’d have to crank it without a PA system, so as a result it wouldn’t be a very clean tone. And your stage volume would be obscene, but it could be done.

   I’ve never really tried to get more out of it than bluesy SRV tone, so I can’t comment on th other tones.

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3. hugues Says:
   August 12th, 2008 at 11:53 am

   WONDERFUL TONE !!!

   What is the model of the strat ?
   Are the stock pickups on it ?
   this amp semms to be fabulous

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on August 14th, 2008:

   If you watch the other gear demos the gear details are explained much more.

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4. ERIC Says:
   July 12th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

   CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT MODEL BOSS PEDAL AS I JUST PURCHASED THE SRV STRAT AND HOPE TO BUY THE EXACT SETUP YOU HAVE IN THE VIDEO

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on July 13th, 2008:

   Hi Eric,

   Some of my other gear demos list all the pedals with settings. Unfortunately, all of my pedals are no longer made, but I’m working on finding in-production replacements to recommend.

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   chuck woodall reply on August 7th, 2008:

   Replace the older Nobels ODR-S with its newer replacement the DT-SN. Looks the same but adds a noise gate. The guys at Nobels recommended it and I bought it. Sounds very similar to my ODR-S too and a lot less money. The DT-SN cost $99 direct from Nobels. Also I have the Boss PQ-3B but the Nathan East bass parametric has a richer deeper tone and way less in cost too. As for EQ, best to get the GEB-7 vice the GE-7 and it too has a boost that provides a little tone to add like SRV.

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on August 9th, 2008:

   Can I ask where you manged to track down the DT-SN? I’m interested in trying one out, but can’t seem to find a US place to buy one.

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5. jjw Says:
   June 21st, 2008 at 7:08 am

   I have been thinking of getting a Blues Jr…I tried the NOS really like the tone. Would love to see you do a video comparing the two side by side. I think the NOS would be the clear winner tho’….thanks for the demo

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on July 13th, 2008:

   I’ve got a tweed version that I’ll be comparing side by side with the Tweed NOS when I get a chance. I can say though that the upgraded speaker makes a big difference.

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   chuck woodall reply on August 7th, 2008:

   I got a chance to play the black BJ along with its regular Tweed and the relic Tweed - all three amps. The regular Tweed sounded the best. Relic was crappy. The black one did sound good too. However I would recommend trying a different speaker than the Jensen to a Weber. Much warmer tone. I have Webers in my BF 65 Champ and the tone at low volumes is awesome, with just a little distortion (with the PQ-3B its killer). I had bought the Tweed from Musicians Friend and loved its tone, but in 30 mins it crackled and sounded like a helicopter and I sent it back. But will buy another ones since it does sound rich.

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on August 9th, 2008:

   Thanks for the recommendation on the speaker, I’ll be trying out a couple speakers in the Tolex version and comparing it to the unmodified Tweed. What was the model number of the speaker you used?

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6. Scot H Says:
   February 10th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

   The NOS speaker *p/n 0994812002 is the same as the normal Black 2007 Blue’s junior and I think the main board is the same as well. I think the only difference is between NOS and the 2007 black Junior is cosmetics.
   Who know’s…I could be wrong.
   I hope you do try out the Vintage 30 Celestion you have.
   Just curious to see if you have the same results as me.
   Easy as pie to tear down the Junior and reassemble.
   I really do love that amp….

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   Derek Metz reply on February 21st, 2008:

   I agree with trying the Celestion. I purchased the black tolex Blues Junior and immediately went to look for an upgraded speaker. The stock sound was still really good, but the speaker change made a huge difference and I still didn’t end up paying much. I ended up getting an Eminence Governor. Super tight bass tone that keeps the flub away when the fat switch is engaged. I used the same settings Anthony mentions in his videos (sans the EQ pedals) and come extremely close.

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7. Scot H Says:
   February 7th, 2008 at 9:55 pm

   Hi Anthony.
   Been Dl’ing a few lessons.
   GREAT JOB! Love the PDF tabs to go along with video.
   You could probably get away with small files though, they are pretty big and just about movie quality. heh, that aint a bad thing though.
   Hey, just wondering if you ever popped out the stock Fender/Eminence speaker out of the Blue’s junior, and tried something diffrent?
   I chucked in a Vintage 30 Celestion I had, that was already nicely broke in and wow… you would not believe the tonal difference.
   I think it is way more tight/crisp and doesn’t fart/flab when you jam up the gain and bass, like it used too. Its actually highly playable with having to add overdrive.
   I monkey’d around with the tubes and found the original ones keep a much nicer warm tone. Anyways, just curious if you messed around with the amp much.

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on February 9th, 2008:

   You got me wondering now….. I was hesitant to mess with the speaker because I bought the expensiver version of the amp, but I’ve got a Vintage 30 just sitting on the floor here from an old cabinet I had. Hmm………

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8. John Says:
   February 7th, 2008 at 5:52 pm

   Do you know if it’s possible to get the same Blues Jr tone out of a lower-power Fender champ?

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on February 9th, 2008:

   you’d get a nice overdriven tone out of a champ, but with very simple tone controls it will be hard to compensate for any tonal variations in the guitars you’re using. Most likely will not get very much clean tone out of a champ at anything other than practice volume.

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9. Andrew Smith Says:
   January 21st, 2008 at 2:50 am

   You should do a demo on your Hot Rod Deluxe. I have a Limited Edition model with Jensen speakers and upgraded tubes and I would love to see how you run yours.

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   Anthony Stauffer reply on January 21st, 2008:

   I was thinking of doing a side by side comparison video of the Hot Rod Deluxe and the Blues Junior.

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   Kevin reply on January 22nd, 2008:

   I agree. I also have a Hot Rod Deluxe with American Strat HSS with S1 switch. I would like to see the settings you recommend for this amp. I don’t have any pedals yet. What do you recommend as a start.

   Thanks. I really appreciate what you are doing and your heart for the music and your willingness to share your expertise and time.

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   Anthony Stauffer reply on January 22nd, 2008:

   I remember how excited I was when I first started actually being able to play this stuff, and I get a real kick out of helping other people get to that place too.

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10. admin Says:
    December 14th, 2007 at 4:27 am

    I bought mine on Ebay and they were pretty hard to find. I have not used any of the graphic EQ pedals so i can’t vouch for them. A parametric EQ pedal is great because you can get any frequency you want to boost or cut. I will be talking more about my rig, check out my latest amp demo where I talk more about my setup.

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11. John Says:
    December 14th, 2007 at 3:37 am

    I hope that you post a lesson that goes over your pedals and amp settings in more detail. Since the Boss parametric EQ pedals are not widely available anymore, are other boss EQ pedals equivalent?

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12. Mike Says:
    December 5th, 2007 at 11:05 pm

    I have a stock Blues Jr. and a stock Amer. Series Strat with rosewood board. I set the amp according to your settings and I get a very flubby bass tone. Do you engage the Fat Switch? On your Strat with the TS pups, do you lower them and ,if so, what are the measurements? Your tone is fabulous!

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13. Bob Says:
    November 15th, 2007 at 9:57 am

    There are pictures floating around on the net of Clapton playing out of a tweed Blues Junior on his latest tour. They’re definitely a great Fender tube alternative to the Blues Deluxe or the HRD, both of which can get pretty loud.

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    Marc reply on June 26th, 2008:

    I saw clapton during this tour in Boston and he definitely had a NOS blues junior on stage. Probably completely customized and what not, but I’m definitely thinking about grabbing one.

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