Fender uncorks ‘Bordeaux Reserve’ Blues Junior III guitar amp
Limited-edition combo sports Wine Red covering and Jensen speaker
Mere days after its last announcement, Fender has lifted the lid on its latest FSR model, the Blues Junior III ‘Bordeaux Reserve’ Limited Edition guitar amp.
The amp gets its name from its rather dashing Wine Red covering and wheat grille cloth, while a Jensen P12Q speaker is onboard, as opposed to the regular edition’s Eminence offering.
Elsewhere, the 15W Blues Junior III packs the usual specs, with two EL84 power tubes, three 12AX7 preamp tubes, spring reverb and footswitchable fat boost.
And before you ask, the III’s sparkle circuit mod and rattle-reducing shock absorbers for the EL84 tubes are present and correct.
The Blues Junior III ‘Bordeaux Reserve’ Limited Edition is available later this month for £679 in the UK, with international availability to follow.
This is the latest in a long line of Fender’s Special Run (FSR) releases this year: just this week, we caught wind of the ’50s FSR Stratocaster and P-90-equipped Telecaster, which followed Silverburst American Pros, a tweed Bassbreaker and Black & Blue Princeton.
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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.
