I picked up this NOS Relic Fender Blues Jr at Guitar Center a couple years back. It was actually on sale for less than the regular NOS…that is why i picked it up. I have read in a few places online that only 120 of the relic versions were made…cant really qualify that statement…but kinda cool if its true. Its been a great little amp and plays great. The only complaint that i have is that the relic job that they did really messed up the chassis bolts. You would think if you were going to relic a critical component (such as the only part of the amp that lets you access the inside( i.e the chassis bolts)), that you would MAYBE just relic the heads of the bolts and not the entire bolt! What ended up happening was the rusty bolts seized on the chassis. I was able to get about 4 off with some vice grips…a bit of lube and new bolts and everything was fine. But at least two of them stripped and i had to drill them out of the chassis…in effect screwing up the bolt threads on the chassis. Not a huge deal, just a pain….it was so plain to see what would have happened, and did happen, im amazed it was overlooked.
This is my old output transformer doubling as a bird feeder. I replaced it with an OT from Mercury Magnetics… whhoa what a difference!
I found this guy playing out of the NOS:
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