FENDER PRO JUNIOR
1993-PRESENT
Configuration: Combo
Power: 15 Watts
Effects: None
SCHEMATICS
- Pro Junior
- Pro Junior III
- Pro Junior IV
LAYOUT
- Top Panel: In, Volume, Tone, Pilot Light, Power Switch
CABINET
- Dimensions: 14½ x 15¼ x 8¾
- Tolex/Tweed: Tweed Olive Stripe or Black
- Grill Cloth: Oxblood w/ Gold Stripe or Black / White / Silver
- Logo: Cabinet Mounted, Script, Rectangle Tag
- Handle: Flat Brown Leather
- Feet: Chrome Glides
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Knobs: Black Chicken Head
SPEAKER
- Size: 1 x 10
- Impedance: 8 ohms
- Model: Eminence, Jensen P10R
TUBES
- Pre amp: 12AX7
- Power: 2 x 6BQ5
- Bias: Fixed, Nonadjustable
- Rectifier: Solid State
5 comments
You probably got one with a burnt circuit board or one thats in the process of burning.
A lot of pro jr owners are the same. They tube swap like crazy because they think it’s the in thing to do or whatever, and then they dont bother rebiasing. They just think these things are plug and pray.
Thats why a lot of pro jr’s end up on ebay – what they dont tell you is that they swapped the tubes without rebiasing and for the last couple of years the amp has been cooking itself or it’s tubes. And they’ll tell you it sounds great, and it will. Any amp thats cooking itself to death will sound like a monster until it dies. Thats what you get with cooked tubes.
So my guess is, your 20 dollar pro jr (lol, did I get a great deal – come on dont be dumb) is probably cooked to fuckery. I’d get in there and check it out……check for non standard tubes and then check to see if they did anything about the bias resistor. If you’ve got an aftermarket bunch of tubes and a 15k resistor in r29 (I think it’s r29, might be r28 cant remember) then the tubes were swapped, the bias wasn’t set and the tubes slowly cooked and thats why it’s being sold now.
Dont buy a cooked PJ. Ask questions about tube swap history and rebiasing. If they tell you the amp sounds great and they’ve swapped the tubes with no rebias, it sounds great cos it’s cooking. Dont buy it.
Yep! I paid $240 and $275 for two that I own. Great deal! If yoh want to double your money I’ll give you $40 LOL!
I bought 1 of these amps at a yard sale today,(9/9/18) 4 $20 and it is in good condition and it works.Do ya think I got me a good deal?