Jet City - A Soldano for the rest of us?

bcdon*** · December 23rd, 2009, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Guitar50

I've given a few hints to my wife about what a great Christmas present this amp would be for a "certain someone", but if Santa doesn't come through, I'll be heading to my local GC in the very near future!

I'm rooting for you!

**NWBasser** · December 28th, 2009, 01:06 PM

I got to play one, the 20-watt head and cab, at the local GC this last weekend. I don't have a lot of writing time right now, but I'll say that I was very impressed!

It looks to be well-made and the tone is killer. I'd say it sounds as good as some amphs costing over a grand! It's a damn hard one to walk away from and I'd place it well above the competition at that price piont.

**NWBasser** · December 28th, 2009, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by bcdon

I'm not trying to stoke any GAS fires.. but this amph is killer.
You have to at least give it a try, you'll be amazed at its tone.

Yes, I was duly amazed!!

**oldguy** · December 29th, 2009, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by NWBasser

Yes, I was duly amazed!!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
They do sound great, I agree.

**NWBasser** · December 29th, 2009, 11:22 AM

If you have any desire for a truly great-sounding tube amp and don't need a lot of features like effects loop or channel switching, then this amph is perfect. The tone is right on par with a good many very high priced amphs, just fewer features.

The combo will be my next guitar amph. I'll just have to save for awhile.

**oldguy** · December 29th, 2009, 11:32 AM

Yep, I told a buddy if he wanted a British stack sound get one of these and set it on a good 4x12 cab. Add effects to taste, and your good to go.
If you need clean, you could get by with a dirt pedal, but the crunch on this thing is so good I never play it clean.

bcdon*** · January 13th, 2010, 11:26 PM

A sneak peak at the new stuff from Jet City.

bcdon*** · January 23rd, 2010, 01:09 PM

The Tone King is giving away a JCA20H, see the following video for details.

Fellow Canucks, play up the Canadian angle on how we never get cool stuff up here, except winter! (Remind them that since our national igloo just got electricity we could use something to use it for!)

bcdon*** · February 26th, 2010, 12:36 AM

Here's a review of the 100 watt JCA100H, killer!

**mainestratman** · February 26th, 2010, 06:43 AM

Still looking forward to the Rev's video! :-)

marnold*** · February 26th, 2010, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by mainestratman

Still looking forward to the Rev's video! :-)

Yeah, you and me both. Last week I had no time. This week I came down with a Martian Death Cold of Doom. A friend of mine has a Mac laptop with a built in mic/camera so I might have him drag that over here and see if I can do a half-way decent recording.

BTW, that 100W head is the SLO100 clone. The head is > $1000, but it's still about 1/3 the price of a bona fide SLO.

marnold*** · March 5th, 2010, 11:34 PM

Saw that MF has raised the price on the JCA20H to $333. I'm sure that's a nudge to the logo, but still that's $34 more than it had been selling for. The mini-stack and the various cabs remain the same price. They're still on back-order. Guess I got mine at a good time?

**oldguy** · March 6th, 2010, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by marnold

Saw that MF has raised the price on the JCA20H to $333. I'm sure that's a nudge to the logo, but still that's $34 more than it had been selling for. The mini-stack and the various cabs remain the same price. They're still on back-order. Guess I got mine at a good time?

Yeah, you and me both.........

bcdon*** · March 6th, 2010, 08:25 PM

Some great demos of the JCA100H head.

marnold*** · March 15th, 2010, 09:36 PM

I saw on their Facebook page that they are coming up with replacement panels for the amphs so if you don't like the blue you can get something else. I like the blue, but they've got a metal one like the grill in the back which looks very cool. Plus then you can see the tubes in their glowing glory! I think they're supposed to go for ~$10.

FrankenFretter*** · March 15th, 2010, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by marnold

I saw on their Facebook page that they are coming up with replacement panels for the amphs so if you don't like the blue you can get something else. I like the blue, but they've got a metal one like the grill in the back which looks very cool. Plus then you can see the tubes in their glowing glory! I think they're supposed to go for ~$10.

That's cool. I don't mind blue, but it isn't among my first choices for an amph color. I'll have to see if they have candy apple beige...

bcdon*** · March 18th, 2010, 11:00 PM

A Tone King teaser for a FX-loop mod for the JCA20H. This would be very sweet if it's a do-able modification.

bcdon*** · March 28th, 2010, 09:49 PM

Here is a longer demo of the JCA20H modified with a boost and effects loop. Regarding the boost, I couldn't tell the difference when the gain was dimed. The effects loop would be pretty cool to have.

marnold*** · March 29th, 2010, 09:16 AM

The boost seems rather pointless unless you wouldn't already have an OD/boost pedal. The effects loop would be of greater interest to me, but I dread to think how much someone would charge for that. I would have liked to hear the difference between running those effects in the loop and running them in front of the amph. I also wondered why his distorted tone sounded somewhat harsh, then I noticed where he had the presence. Oh well.

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