madhermit
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I couldn’t find much out there about people trying the Celestion Vintage 10” in the Pro Junior, so I figured I’d post what I experienced.
I liked the original 10” alnico Jensen well enough, and I find this amp to be a great little nasty beast, along the lines of a brown Deluxe, and pretty Marshallesque to me. So I tried a Greenback 10” for a while. I found it a little dark, even with the tone on the amp wide open. It did sound good though!
I lived with it like that for a year, and just this week tried a Celestion Vintage 10” (a 10” version of a Vintage 30), and it did exactly what I was hoping. It added some bite and beef to the little combo. Sounds excellent to me. Like a mini Marshall disguised in tweed!
I also run it with an extension cab (Mesa Boogie 1x10” closed w/Creamback) and it sounds even better like that. Fills out the sound really well. I know I am running at 4 Ohms, but after I did some research, it seems the transformer in the Pro Junior can handle 4 Ohms, but that might be old info about older transformers in previous versions, so I am not certain. But, I have been playing like that for a few years with the previous Greenback and Jensen, so it seems to be holding up fine.
For reference, I generally use vintage output humbuckers, and run the amp controls for volume at 9 out of 12, and the tone on full.
Anyway, if you want some more bite and beef from a Pro Junior, and want it a little more Marshally, try a Celestion Vintage 10” in it!
I liked the original 10” alnico Jensen well enough, and I find this amp to be a great little nasty beast, along the lines of a brown Deluxe, and pretty Marshallesque to me. So I tried a Greenback 10” for a while. I found it a little dark, even with the tone on the amp wide open. It did sound good though!
I lived with it like that for a year, and just this week tried a Celestion Vintage 10” (a 10” version of a Vintage 30), and it did exactly what I was hoping. It added some bite and beef to the little combo. Sounds excellent to me. Like a mini Marshall disguised in tweed!
I also run it with an extension cab (Mesa Boogie 1x10” closed w/Creamback) and it sounds even better like that. Fills out the sound really well. I know I am running at 4 Ohms, but after I did some research, it seems the transformer in the Pro Junior can handle 4 Ohms, but that might be old info about older transformers in previous versions, so I am not certain. But, I have been playing like that for a few years with the previous Greenback and Jensen, so it seems to be holding up fine.
For reference, I generally use vintage output humbuckers, and run the amp controls for volume at 9 out of 12, and the tone on full.
Anyway, if you want some more bite and beef from a Pro Junior, and want it a little more Marshally, try a Celestion Vintage 10” in it!
