H Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Line up in the above pic is, left to right, Red Plate Blues Machine on top of an extension cab w/15" eminence, Line 6 Jam on top of a Heritage Lobo, and the Two Rock stack. Nice bit of gear you have there, Don!
HenrikB Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Traded in my Dr.Z stack for this one and haven't regretted it since... Mark Baier makes awesome amplifiers! Victoria Victorilux, 2x12" Jensen P12q's and 5881 output tubes.
barrymclark Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Nothing I can\'t do with these! The JC120 is a GREAT platform amp! So... if i ever decide I want something a bit more tube-y from it, I can run into the returns and run through that CLEAN power amp. I may, MAY get a Blackstar HT-Dist to run into the loop return in case i wanna go jam with my more metal and hardrock buddies. Sent from my iPad using Forum Runner
Guest HRB853370 Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Nothing I can\'t do with these! The JC120 is a GREAT platform amp! So... if i ever decide I want something a bit more tube-y from it, I can run into the returns and run through that CLEAN power amp. I may, MAY get a Blackstar HT-Dist to run into the loop return in case i wanna go jam with my more metal and hardrock buddies. Sent from my iPad using Forum Runner That JC120 looks like a keyboard amp!
barrymclark Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 That JC120 looks like a keyboard amp! ...and doubles as a legendary guitar amp. Sent from my iPad using Forum Runner
Gitfiddler Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 That JC120 looks like a keyboard amp! I know of two working pro keyboardists that swear by JC120's!!
Guest HRB853370 Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 I know of two working pro keyboardists that swear by JC120's!! Right. So how can they sound good with a guitar? The input inpedance is matched for that of a keyboard.
barrymclark Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Right. So how can they sound good with a guitar? The input inpedance is matched for that of a keyboard. It isn\'t a keyboard amp. Designed for guitar. Just so damn good... anyone can play through it. Sent from my iPad using Forum Runner
bolero Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 one of the best clean guitar sounds around, rivals a twin reverb plus I think the JC120 has stereo verb, which is cool
Gitfiddler Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Right. So how can they sound good with a guitar? The input inpedance is matched for that of a keyboard. Will~ You are such an El Doubting Senior Tomas! The Jazz Chorus IS a guitar amp that is so good, keyboardists love it too. I've played guitar through them and was amazed at the cleans at outdoor stage volume. NO DISTORTION! GREAT TONE! Not TUBE tone, mind you, but great tone...for a solid state amplifier. Here's a linky, my friend... http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=249
barrymclark Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Will~ You are such an El Doubting Senior Tomas! The Jazz Chorus IS a guitar amp that is so good' date=' keyboardists love it too. I\'ve played guitar through them and was amazed at the cleans at outdoor stage volume. NO DISTORTION! GREAT TONE! Not TUBE tone, mind you, but great tone...for a solid state amplifier. Here\'s a linky, my friend... http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=249 I prefer it to tube. Tube isn\'t bad, just prefer the JC to any tube I\'ve played. I\'ve heard some tube amps that I liked as much as my Cube (Gibson GA-40, Dr. Z Route 66 and Vox AC-30) but, for me, the JC so far is all by itself. Hey, if folks from Albert King to George Benson to Alex Lifeson to Andy Summers to James Hetfield to etc., etc., etc... there must be something to them. The quickest way to find out if you don\'t like the tone of your guitar is to plug into a JC. My 575 SINGS through it.
Guest HRB853370 Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 I prefer it to tube. Tube isn\'t bad, just prefer the JC to any tube I\'ve played. I\'ve heard some tube amps that I liked as much as my Cube (Gibson GA-40, Dr. Z Route 66 and Vox AC-30) but, for me, the JC so far is all by itself. Hey, if folks from Albert King to George Benson to Alex Lifeson to Andy Summers to James Hetfield to etc., etc., etc... there must be something to them. The quickest way to find out if you don\'t like the tone of your guitar is to plug into a JC. My 575 SINGS through it. OK, I am a believer.
DetroitBlues Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 I've got a new amp coming I'll be sure to share once it's ready. So cool, I can't tell you all just yet!
bolero Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 here's my bass amp, it's an old Traynor YBA3 with matching "Big B" 8x10 cab...running 4x6550 power tubes...it's the bomb:
DetroitBlues Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Traynor makes some really good stuff, right there in Toronto.
Dandownunder Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 here's my bass amp, it's an old Traynor YBA3 with matching "Big B" 8x10 cab...running 4x6550 power tubes...it's the bomb: LOL...... thats scary... how many windows have you broke with that beast?
JackBaruth Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 I don't know when I am going to get time to line everything up. So this is what I have: American Tube Mesa Mark V Combo Private Reserve Mesa Maverick Combo 2x12 Hardwood Maple White Face Gibson GA-5T "Skylark" ca. 1966 White Face Gibson GA-40RVT "Saturn" ca. 1966 from the mighty BrentRocks John Kasha/Phil X "Evil Robot" Combo (one of the first 100 made) KBP810 Trainwreck Rocket Clone Heritage Patriot Combo Heritage Victory Combo TAF FB-5 head TAF FB-10A head, first TAF amp ever built Crate BlueVoodoo 4x10 cab with Celestions TAF 1x12 Celestion cab Roland Roland VGA-3 Roland VGA-5 Roland VGA-7 Roland GC-405 "Mini Stack" British-ish Marshall 1962 "Bluesbreaker" 2x12 Combo 30w Reissue Orange Micro Crush (made in China of course) Solid State Miscellany Crate BX-50 Vox VT50 Samson Expedition 510i What I still want: A pair of Acoustic 360s, maybe Reissues, because of Jaco An Acoustic 134 for the Metheny sound A good solid Roland JC120 A real, perfect blackface Princeton Reverb Probably a few more Mesa hardwood amps The Slash AFD Marshall head and a stack on which to put it, although I will never play a venue that needs it That's it, more or less!
barrymclark Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 A good solid Roland JC120 Gotta say, even the newer ones sound VERY good. The one I got was made in 2005 and was \"Assembled in the U.S.A.\" and has speakers from Roland AD in California. Having played every generation save for the ones in the 70\'s, the newer generation is as good as any I have heard. The ubiquitous hiss is quieter, too. ...at least on mine. Sent from my iPad using Forum Runner
Guest HRB853370 Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 We are talking about REAL amp porn, not Rolands! I know, these are fightin words for some....
barrymclark Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 We are talking about REAL amp porn' date=' not Rolands! I know, these are fightin words for some....[/quote'] Ah, dominance through exclusion.
JackBaruth Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Ah, damn, forgot my Heritage Kenny Burrell amp in the list. Let me say something. If I had a gig that meant life or death to me... if I knew that the failure of my amp would mean some kind of unacceptable consequences... I would bring a Roland to that gig, not any kind of boutique amp. The Jazz Academy in Columbus, OH uses JC-120s in their school. These things are turned on twelve hours a day and nobody ever does anything to maintain or take care of them... they all still work, and they all sound great. Yeah, Roland's idea of "Distortion" is just that --- distorted. That's why God made the TS-808.
rjsanders Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 'twixt Heritage Amps & Juke Amps & a couple others i'm covered nicely. but...: John Suhr's recent release (a friend has the early '80's NAMM 1x10 of these and it's a toneful little monster)
Jim W Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Alicia has this 1985 JC120, although it's not seen in the previous photo. The chorus does sound pretty lush.
barrymclark Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Alicia has this 1985 JC120' date=' although it\'s not seen in the previous photo. The chorus does sound pretty lush. [/quote'] Nice!
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