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Seriously, JT, the humble Pro Jr is a great amp. My son just got a new Tweed Pro Jr IV. I was blown away by how really musical that amp is. A true classic Fender. Any honest time spent with one is an ear opener. Harmonicly rich, chimey bell like highs and a girthy growl when wound up. How is it a bad thing?
I used a tweed Blues Jr, dead stock, on my last East Coast Club and Festival Summer Tour and in clubs and studio dates for years before. Used right, Master up high and footswitching the Fat option covered all my needs. Other guitarist and soundmen loved that amp.
In the late 70's I used a solid state Yamaha G100112 II replacing the Blackface amps and Musicman amps I favoured. The Yamaha sounds great with a rich smooth singing voice and was the first affordable, high quality channel switching amp available at that time, I still have a pair and use them sometimes. I later got a Legend Rock n Roll 50 G50112 to use with the Yamaha in a stereo set up.
That setup of Yamaha and Legend amps was my main rig until the early 2000's when it just became easier to hump the Blues Jr as I was mostly doing Blues gigs and simplified my rig. Still the Yamaha/Legend combo got used for Rock dates and though I own and use many, many amps I'd have to say the Yamaha/Legend pair is my favorite.
Interesting stuff.
I occasionally played with a guy in an old band that used the 2X12 version of the Yamaha G100. (Lefty who played a right handed guitar upside down, but didn't flip the strings.) I always thought the Yamaha was a good sounding amp and have recommended it to others looking for a SS amp.
I recall seeing a few used Legend heads floating around Chicago in the mid to late 90's. I don't think shops could give them away back then. It's a shame I never took a flyer on one after reading your post.
I never got along with the Blues Junior, but am quite fond of the Pro Jr.