Roland JC-120

[MC Groves]

Worth the money or not? I play in a reggae/punk band so I really need a good clean sound, as well as a workable distortion. I know the JC's OD isn't up to much but I use stompboxes live for distortion and I'm happy to keep it that way (for a while at least). Is the JC's clean tone as good as I've heard? I read the reviews on harmony-central.com and to be honest, it sounds too good to be true. Any experience with one? Is it reliable?

 

[MadAudio]

Great clean sound. I used the JC-120 on the Madhouse EP (old D.C. post-punk band) and I loved it.

 

[Be Loveless]

I use a jc-77 which is a smaller version (80 watts 2x10) I traded up my 1969 twin reverb to get it, if that tells you anything. They are very very clean almost transparent when set to flat. Its more of a surgical tool than an amp. I love it.

 

[Ronan]

They are a one trick pony. They do the clean chorused 80s sound really well. Once you try and do anything will a little bit of gain, I think you will be disapointed.

 

[Light]

The JC-120 is one of the all time classic clean sounds. If you want clean, you can not go wrong with a JC.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[cstockdale]

what you put into a JC120 you get out of it... if your stompboxes are good, then your tone will be great.

 

[Henri Devill]

I used to run one with my MesaBoogies for my clean sound{it was the early 80's..LOL} worked well..The only distortion box I used with one was a Rat..not bad.. Belew used on for quite a bit..he got alot of cool sounds with it

 

[Ronan]

I used to run one with my MesaBoogies for my clean sound{it was the early 80's..LOL}

Thats funny. I used to have the exact same set up.

Belew used one for quite a bit..he got alot of cool sounds with it

Yeah I mixed some records with him and Fripp playing them from the early 80s and it sounded cool. they handled all the synth guitar stuff really well.

 

[krimson]

Thats funny. I used to have the exact same set up.




Yeah I mixed some records with him and Fripp playing them from the early 80s and it sounded cool. they handled all the synth guitar stuff really well.

I think that they ran distortion pedals through them too. Kinda very fuzzy sound.

 

[mrface2112]

if you like the jangly, clean and chorused guitar sound on Rush's mid-80's albums, you have the JC120 to thank as well. Alex has been through just about the gamut of amps, it seems, and this was his mainstay through the 80's.


cheers,
wade

 

[JR#97]

One of things nobody's mentioned is that the JC120 isn't just a one trick pony.. it's a work horse. I've had mine for 20 years to hell and back and it still kicks ass. I heard the older ones are built more solid than the newer ones, though.

Distortion sucks ass,though. I use a sansamp original, triac, and a mesa boogie v-twin all with great results.

 

[springke1]

Yeah

I used to have the exact same set up