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    Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    Question...would a cabinet made of solid Red Oak affect the tone of a Blues Junior? I am thinking of making one the exact size of the existing tolex covered case. Just curious if there would be any sound difference either good or bad.

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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    I did exactly that at one time. It was a fun exercise in carpentry. Did it make a sonic difference? Perhaps... Difficult to tell.

    I mean, the time it took to create the stupid thing made it hard to compare pre and post oak cab sound. It sure looked snazzy though!
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    like this 1? check out the 1 with the 15 !! hehehehehe.............. http://www.vintone.com/rc_bj112_o

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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    Yep...that would be the plan. Thanks

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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    That thing looks pretty freakin' awesome!

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    Looks pretty sharp to me,I say go for it!!

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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    OK...I am guying the wood on the way home from work. Next two questions:

    1...would it make any sense to build the cabinet with enough room to fit two 12s?

    2...If I do use two twelve inch speakers, will they both have to be 4 Ohms?

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    The 2 x12 is up to you. It can sound good. I play mine with a 2x12 cab at times. I beleive the BJ needs an 8 ohm load. So, 2 4's or 2 16's will get you there depending on how you wire it.
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    The Blues Junior can drive a 4 ohm load without problems. Fender did it in the Two-Tone, which used a stock BJr chassis. I would not recommend series-connected speakers--it's two points of failure, and the kind of failure that can burn out your output transformer. Parallel connections are redundant and safer.

    So if you want 8 ohms, two 16-ohm speakers in parallel are a better choice.

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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    Thanks for all of the input...

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    I prefer the sound of white oak with a rosewood neck, and with a maple neck you can't beat good, southern red oak.

    All kidding aside, Oak is good. Remember the old Legend amps?
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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    A quartersawn white oak cabinet sure would be pretty. And use an art nouveau floral print in a pale sage for the grill cloth.

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    I found an incredible piece of Ash last night. There is enough there to build a cabinet and a body blank out of the same board. I am thinking it might be sort of cool to have an amp and axe from the same tree.

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    that would look awesome

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    And just where would one acquire an art nouveau floral print in a pale sage? If not in a floral mood, where could I get grill cloth material anyway?

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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    MojoTone, Antique Electronics, and PartsExpress all sell grille cloth in a variety of styles, including Fender repro.

    You can use any cloth that you can see through when you hold it up to light, but the plastic grille cloths are more rugged and cleanable than fabric.

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    i bought this cloth at a fabric store for 5 bucks a yard....http://www.thefenderforum.com/forum/...t=16817......I just bought some black naugyhyde there for 5 a yard too to make some dust covers for my amps............

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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    Quote Originally Posted by RedRoom
    Question...would a cabinet made of solid Red Oak affect the tone of a Blues Junior?
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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    is there a difference in tone between a particle board cabinet and a solid wood cabinet? just curious

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    Re: Oak Blues Junior Cabinet?

    Quote Originally Posted by RedRoom View Post
    Question...would a cabinet made of solid Red Oak affect the tone of a Blues Junior? I am thinking of making one the exact size of the existing tolex covered case. Just curious if there would be any sound difference either good or bad.

    Thanks
    Yes it absolutely does affect the tone, and it sounds great! Really warm lows. Chris Stapleton use as a Fender Blues Junior "80 Proo" edition which has an oak cabinet made of reclaimed aged whiskey barrels. They only made 100 units worldwide. He splits his signal and uses it in conjunction with a Fender Princeton Brown Face.

    Here is the link for the Blues Junior "80 Proof".
    http://www.fendercustomshop.com/amps...-edition-120v/

    Here is a link to Chris Stapleton's rig:
    http://equipboard.com/pros/chris-sta...f-blues-junior

    Here is how it sounds when he plays it live in conjunction with his Fender Princeton Brown Face:
    https://youtu.be/VSOH4RvkiJE

    I hope this helps!

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