Friedman JJ Jr. Combo to a Rock & Blues Backing Track and a Country Backing Track - This amp is growing on me!

[HowieJams]

I told you all, I can't judge an amp until I play to a backing track.
If you watch my videos I don't do well playing chords and lead at the same time, I can't truly play until I am just winging it to a backing track.

Today I got home from work, plugged my 2024 Gibson SG 1961 VOS in to my Friedman JJ Jr. Combo that arrived yesterday and went for it.
I know this is a rock amp, my first demos and videos said it is mainly a rock amp compared to my other two Friedmans (Little Sister and Pink Taco V2), but I had not had a chance to try the JJ Jr. in a mix.

So I went for it, first to a Rock and Blues Backing track and then to a Country backing track.
On both videos I go through all the channels from high gain to clean, yes I even played it clean and liked it.

The JJ Jr. is definitely growing on me.
I am sure it will be a keeper along with the Little Sister and Pink Taco V2.

If I add a JEL-20 Head I think I will be done with amps for a long while.

Here are the videos:
Sorry for yelling at the dog at 2:00 of the Country Video, he was letting me know Amazon was delivered, I feel terrible.

 

[midnightlaundry]

Sounds just fine.
What else are you looking for?

 

[HowieJams]

Sounds just fine.
What else are you looking for?

All 3 of my amps are great.
Might I want a JEL20 to go along with those 3?
Probably.

 

[Erock]

cool leads man, and lead tone. Appreciate you posted a vid, but would really like to hear both together, ie. same amp for rhythm and leads. Maybe record over just a drum track, and then make a vid playing leads over it? You're obviously skilled enough to do both.

 

[HowieJams]

cool leads man, and lead tone. Appreciate you posted a vid, but would really like to hear both together, ie. same amp for rhythm and leads. Maybe record over just a drum track, and then make a vid playing leads over it? You're obviously skilled enough to do both.

I actually am not a great rhythm player, but maybe I will try doing something with my looper pedal, but it will be very basic.
At least you could hear the guitar do different tones for rhythm and lead.

 

[HowieJams]

It sounds good.

Thanks...
I didn't feel right about my first impressions of the amp when I just demo'd and reviewed it without a backing track.
I don't usually play that way.
Even when I was last in a band or gigged, I rarely played chords, that was the rhythm guitarists job.
I told them, the singer sings, in between vocal lines I throw in a riff, and during musical interludes I will do a lead.
That is my style and how I need to judge an amp.

 

[mooncobra]

My AirPods must be getting bad because I couldn’t understand what you were saying and it didn’t sound like you were speaking English.

 

[HowieJams]

My AirPods must be getting bad because I couldn’t understand what you were saying and it didn’t sound like you were speaking English.

It is my fast talking Philly accent.