FS - £699 - RAT VALVE AMP FENDER BLUES JUNIOR 6V6 HANDWIRED TWIN REC AMPLIFIER TUBE REVERB

Hustler

Hand wired Fender JR. 

Very good condition. Works as it should. Recently fully serviced by Gee Electronics.

Quick sale at a stupid price to fund a 1963 Bassman and fuel my Setzer obsession.

Enquiries to ************** please. [Admin edit. Mobile number removed for personal security]

Full spec as follows -

A NEW 'Fender Blues Junior' (FBJ) Tweed V3 Combo Amp that has been RAT Handwired, using '6V6' Power Valves.

The (Stock Fender) Main PCB and Valve Holder Boards have been removed and replaced with Custom Designed RAT Eyelet Boards, Fully 'Point-to-Point' Handwired. All new 'Alpha' Pots, 'Orange Drop' Caps, 'Metal Film' Power Resistors and 'Ceramic' Valve Bases.

The Standard 'EL84' Power Valves have been replaced with Octal 'JJ 6V6S' Valves.

The 'Blues Junior' Mains Power Transformer (Tx) has been replaced with a New Hammond '290CAX'. Also, the Stock FBJ Output Transformer (OPT) has been replaced with a 'Hammond 1750H' OPT.

The Standard 'Solid-State' Reverb has been removed and replaced with All Valve Reverb using a Valve, 'Hammond 1750A' High Voltage Driver Transformer and New Accutronics ''8AB3C1B' Reverb Tank. The Reverb now sounds Fantastic.

The Amp is fitted with a 'Twin-Rectifier' Switch - You can select Silicon-or-Valve Rectifier.

www.ratvalveamps.com/twin-rectifier-and-sag

'Half-Power' Switch - Using the 'Half-Power' Switch in conjunction with the 'Twin-Rectifier' will allow 4x different Power Output Settings - 19w, 14w, 7w and 5 Watts.

Supplied with a 'Variable Boost' Foot-Switch and Reverb 'On/Off' Foot-Switch. The Amps Total Weight is - 15.45kg.

- The Amp Sounds Totally Amazing -

This is a Very Special Amp offering the 'Cleans' of a Princeton and the 'Bite' of an FBJ. Plenty of Fender Sparkling 'Clean' - Very 'Articulate' and 'Touch Sensitive' - Extra Octave of Bass - Great 'Crunch' and 'Sustain' at higher Volumes - 'Valve Reverb'. NO Background Noise. The Amp now produces 19 Watts RMS using a Jensen 'C12N' Vintage Ceramic, 8 Ohm, 50w Speaker.

www.jensentone.com/vintage_ceramic/c12n

Hi-Res Photos Here -

www.ratvalveamps.com/fbj-handwired 

All Modifications-

1. - The Stock Fender Main PCB and Valve Holder Boards have been removed from the Amp and replaced with a RAT Custom Built ‘Eyelet’ Boards, then fully ‘Point-to-Point’ Handwired into place using all New 'Alpha' Pots and Switches. All of the ‘Tone’ Capacitors on the RAT Board are ‘Orange Drops’, along with ‘Metal Film’ Power Resistors.

2. - Twin-Rectifier - Select Silicon -or- Valve.

3. - Smoothing Capacity has been increased for 'Tighter Bass' -and- A 'Safety' Resistor fitted so that the Amp can not hold a Lethal Charge when switched off.

4. - The Stock FBJ uses a ‘Solid State’ Reverb Drive and Recovery System. This Has been replaced with ‘Valve Reverb’. The Reverb Tank has also been replaced with a New ‘Accutronics - 8AB3C1B’ unit. About 30% of the Components on the Stock Fender PCB are used in the ‘Solid State’ Reverb Circuit - All of this is now Gone.

5. - All Stock Blues Junior Amps run a 'Hot' Bias setting with NO Bias adjustment control. This makes the Amp sound Harsh and also causes other problems when changing the Power Valves. The RAT Eyelet Board has a 'Bias' adjustment control. This will increase the 2x Power Valves life and makes the Amp sound better. This Amp is Fitted with a Matched Pair of 'JJ 6V6S’ Power Valves. Power Output is now 19w RMS.

6. - Full Lead Dress (MoJo) - All Transformer and Heater wires in a Valve Amp must be tightly twisted or they will induce 'Noise' in the Amp Circuit. Twisting all of the wires and placing them in the correct location keeps the Amp ‘Quiet’.

7. - Variable Boost Footswitch - (Button 1) Switches the Internal Boost Circuit On-or-Off. The Footswitch is fitted with a Variable Boost 'Level' control (from Zero-to-Max) and gives a HUGE Boost to the MID Frequencies and Harmonics. (Button 2) is Reverb On/Off. There are RED ‘LED’ Indicators on the Footswitch.

8. - The Input Jack Socket on all Blues Juniors is a Problem. This has been replaced with a Jack Socket that can be easily changed in about 5 minutes (if you ever need to change it).

9. - Modified Tone Stack - The Factory Tone-Stack does not allow total tone control, The Controls sweep in a 'Preset-Range'. The RAT Modified Treble, Middle and Bass Controls will sweep from 'Zero-to-Max' on each Frequency.

10. - Star Earth - The Stock Earth/Ground Paths on the PCB are a Mess and run all over the place in different directions. With the removal of the PCB this problem has been eliminated and the Correct ‘Star’ Earth (method) used. This allows all required Earth Paths to be in a logical order and kept as short as possible to eliminate any Noise ‘Loops’. There is NO Background Noise from this Amp.

11. - 2x Speaker Output Sockets - The Correct Speaker Output Load Impedance is 8 Ohms. If required, the Amp will happily run 4 -or- 16 Ohm Loads. This will not Damage the Amp.

12. - The Stock Fender Transformers have all been replaced with 'Hammond' Units.

13. - RMS Output Power using the Silicon Rectifier is 19 Watts. The Stock Amp is 15 Watts.

14. - Supplied with a RAT User Manual, Detailing all of the Changes.

15. - The Amp has been ‘PAT’ Approved - - - (Portable Appliance Test).

www.ratvalveamps.com/pat-approval

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thecolourbox

How much is it out of interest? Sorry if I've missed that

Hustler

thecolourbox said:

How much is it out of interest? Sorry if I've missed that

You didn’t, I’ve just added it. Priced to sell at £699. It’s an astounding amp but I’ve just bought a ‘63 Bassman. 

capo4th

Full marks for a very comprehensive advert.

How much is it?

Hustler

capo4th said:

Full marks for a very comprehensive advert.

How much is it?

Stupidly priced to sell at £699. I’m funding a 6G6B Bassman. 

JerkMoans

Oh boy...

these Rat modded amps are fantastic quality. I've had a Rat tweaked Epiphone Valve Jr as my 'quiet' practice amp for about a decade and it's been the envy of every guitar playing pal I know.

Id wish you good luck with the sale, but pondering how to shift my own amps so I can get this  

KrisGee

Description and pics suggest this would have more luck in "Amps £" section?

jonnyburgo

That is stupidly priced, GLWTS.