JC-40 Jazz Chorus | Compact Guitar Amp | Iconic JC Clean Tone | Signature Dimensional Space Chorus Effect | Powerful 40-Watt Stereo Amp | Dual 10” Speakers | Enhances Pedals, Multi-FX & More

As a guitarist today - you certainly have choice. A lot of good ones in how you want to get your sound. You can choose to have an amp do the exceptional tone and dirty work, you can use standalone preamps with a cabinet emulator and tie into a PA system, or you can get a very clean amp and use pedals. I've tried all and have essentially gravitated toward a good clean amp with good pedals. Seems the most flexible. I can more easily get what I want when I want it. Change it as needed. If this is you - hard to do better than this amp! Starting with the JC Clean this amp is revered for. It is a unique pristine clean. Tremendous front end to a note. Many speak of tubes advantages over solid state. Well - there are some advantages to solid state and this amp accents it and delivers it in abundance. Absolutely no sag and the cleanest of punch into a note. Amazing headroom. If you want to hear all the nuances of your guitar and supporting pedals - this is about the best I've ever had the pleasure to plug into. In fact - it exposed some very subtle artifacting on some of my drive pedals I had not noticed before. When you want clean - this amp does it sounding great. Again not tube great, but in its own great solid state way. This amp tends to be kind of polarizing in that way - and you either like it or not. It can put a real smile on your face. You also get this amp for the unique chorus. Revered draw of this amp and is all that. Very adjustable chorus and vibrato. Reverb is likewise quality and adjustable. The bright switch adds a nice boost of treble and also upper mids to give even more clarity without increasing icepickiness. Good adjustment with the BMT EQ knobs. The distortion is more like a simple gain, but has a touch of grit and while it won't replace your favorite distortion pedal it can do a tasteful accent and has good range. I do like to nudge it on to get that hair of grit. It's kinda of difficult to quantify, but all the features and aspects of this amp seem excellently done and seem to really fit together in a way that gives a great and unique - distinct - sound. The quality 2x10 speakers also insure that sound quality is well heard in stereo. Now - getting into the 2nd half of what makes this amp great. Supporting platform features goes beyond what is usually offered at this price point. It has a stereo pathway from the input all the way to the speaker output. It is essentially 2 preamps sharing the same bright, volume, BMT and distortion settings. Each of these preamp paths can feed into its own path of one of the 2 power amps. The 2 power amps share the chorus/vibrato settings. The effects loop is feature rich. It allows a stereo return - each into its separate power amp, or monaural into both. The effects loop can be series or parallel. Series directs the wet return to the power amps. Parallel allows the stereo dry signals across and blended with the wet signal return. The only shortcoming is that the effects loop is not quite a full stereo path. The send is a blend of the preamp channels and you can't just get a return to a single power channel. Still - it's a lot to work with and this ended up being a large reason I got this amp after more closely looking at it. Summary: If you're looking for a JC Clean - this has it with quality. Likewise coupled with the chorus. Otherwise I suggest you try before you buy. It is a bit of a one trick pony with its sound. Be a bit wary if also trying to use it as bedroom amp. It gets loud fast. I had use a volume pedal at the end of my amp lead in pedals to allow a large and usable signal to be pared down enough to get bedroom levels. Very good speaker presentation, but stereo line outs too. It does go a nice extra long way with being that pedal platform with the stereo pathways options at the input and in the effects loop. Lastly his thing is built with quality throughout and can be put to work above just toying around. Tend to think it a good and lasting investment. A great clean never goes out of style... Update 4/18/2019: Still have this amp. This amp has really made me happy to have. It simply delivers a special sound, set of resources that makes it so useful - and fun. I think I can speak for many who have more than a couple of differing amps- That you can get tired of a particular aspect of an amp, and find yourself wanting to plug into something else. When wanting perhaps to go for a clean change after a period of whatever kind of dirt you got into for a bit - this amp is - to me - like the most rewarding way to do that clean nirvana. As mentioned before - this amp is a bit of a 1 trick pony. And yes - if like me - you can get tired of the 1 trick. But I guarantee you'll never get tired of coming back to the special 1 trick this guy does!

This is an iconic amp. The 40 watt version may be little big for a bedroom setup but perfect for recording studio or practice space. It’s even gigable. You can’t go wrong with this one. The cleans are so perfect and the chorus and reverb sound great. This is a stereo amp with 2 speakers and you can use stereo effects in the effect loop. The distortion is a little finicky and it’s best to turn the treble down a bit if you’re going to turn the distortion up. It’s a little pricy but honestly I think it’s worth it. One of my favorite amps. It’s not just for Jazz, you can get great tone out of it for Rock, blues, and other genres as well. In fact Metallica used one for some of their recordings including the clean parts on the song One. I think it’s a really fun amp that takes pedals well and the chorus and reverb built in sounds great. I pair this with a Fender Vibro Champ to get my perfect tone.

I have the JC 40 but wanted something smaller for home practice and rehearsals. This amp was the perfect solution. It still sounds great like the big brother - clear and clean tone with a surprising amount of bass; but now I can turn the volume past 2 without shaking the house. Some of the things I really like: - Stereo inputs help translated my auto-pan and ping pong delay pedals really well - Onboard reverb sounds excellent: just a splash for added dimension or crank it up for a big ambient hall vibe - Loud enough to keep up with a 5-piece band (with drummer) at rehearsals and smaller venues - Has stereo line outs for recording or for use at bigger venues - Classic JC chorus effect is lush and fun to use. Some things to consider: - Smaller cab and speakers can make you sound “boxy” in a larger room - It’s heavy for its size (roughly 25 pounds) - Would need to send a line out/mic the speakers for medium + sized venues. - No onboard distortion (but that’s why pedals exist). All said, I am really happy with my JC - 22 (and my JC - 40). They’re the only amps I use now.

This is a wonderful and "clean" sounding amp that I am using with my PRS SE CE Satin "budget" electric. Am running the guitar through Cryptic Wampler distortion (sometimes), Boss Equalizer GE-7 EQ, and Boss DD-8 digital delay pedals and have just the sound I am looking for. The Amp itself has built in reverb and chorus. Sort of an ethereal, alt rock (remember that?) type of sound, or, just clean sometimes. Plenty loud enough for home use but it would work well at a practice session or even a live gig. Also, I no longer think I need full blown, expensive amp modeling/effects boxes because this amp, along with a few pedals, provides the best sound I can get.

I rarely write reviews on amazon, but this amp is outstanding. I owned a roland jc 90 and ended up selling it at one point to buy a different guitar, and I had always regretted it. This amp gives same beautiful tone along with more options such as the tremelo and bright switch. I'd argue the built in distortion isn't terrible, but still not the best (for people not familiar, the built in distortion on roland JC's are typically pretty bad). Get yourself an overdrive or distortion pedal. Id recommend a proco rat of some sorts or a walrus fundamental overdrive. Only problem is the amp is incredibly loud and the potentiometer that controls the volume seems to be very sensitive at low volumes (basically gets very loud quickly).

Increible amplificador. 100% recomendado si buscas tonos "limpios"

El sonido limpio y nítido de este ampli es increíble, cada detalle se escucha a la perfección. Adicionalmente, tuve oportunidad de usarlo con un pedal boss super overdrive y puedo confirmar que maneja bastante bien la distorsión (recomiendo no usar la distorsión del ampli, utiliza un pedal de tu elección). He leído comentarios que dicen que este ampli no es para usarlo en tu habitación, por el volumen, pero puedo asegurar que es posible ajustar el volumen para poder usarlo en tu habitación sin molestar a nadie (siempre y cuando no pases del nivel 1 de volumen). Por último: es correcto lo que dicen sobre que este ampli puede llegar a ser demasiado agudo en su ecualización, pero esto se arregla ajustando la ecualización a tu gusto (yo lo utilizo con una Gibson Les Paul y logré obtener un sonido perfecto para ella, bajando el treble a 3.5 y el mid a 4). En resumen: sonido limpio y nítido, toma bien la distorsión de pedal (al menos con un boss), puede ser muy ruidoso pero dejándolo en 1 puedes usarlo en tu habitación sin problema, además que puedes ecualizarlo.

Solid-state amps get a bad rap, but the Roland Jazz Chorus 120 has long been the exception to that rule. It is a stupid rule, anyhow; I love solid-state amps for a variety of reasons (usually cheaper, sound decent at any volume level, weigh less, usually are more reliable - to name a few). There have been a few different versions of the Jazz Chorus over the years, and while I'd love a 120, I decided to try out the more manageable, more affordable little brother - the JC-40. It does go pretty loud, though I haven't tried playing my usual hard-hitting grunge/metal drumming alongside it as of yet, I don't expect there to be too much of an issue. Mostly I play by myself anyhow, and I wanted this classic sound of lightly-modulated pristine clean to serve as a pedal platform, for inspiration and songwriting. It certainly sounds nice with a Classic Vibe Jazzmaster through it, though I have struggled slightly with there being too much top end. That's partly my fault, though, as I am reluctant to use the tone knob on my guitars (no real reason why). But I've got some nice growly sounds out of my Rat and OD Gloves, and even the Kraken V1 sounds good in it. But where this shines is the effects. Reverb, delay, more reverb... It all shines in this amp, especially stereo effects with the stereo inputs. You could use the FX loop if you want, but I didn't bother. The distortion built into the amp sounds passable for me, but I don't use it. There are three mono jacks for latching switches to toggle it, as well as the chorus/vibrato and reverb, but there's no footswitch included. For this price, it sure would have been nice to have... But no matter; I have a 3D printer and some cheap components I got from an overseas company that shall not be named here. I whipped up a slim housing for two footswitches and wired them into a stereo 3.5mm jack, then plugged in a 3.5mm stereo to split 1/4" mono cables, and it works perfectly for toggling the reverb and chorus from my pedalboard (I could have done 3 switches, but it wouldn't be as clean as having the one stereo cable, so I chose to forego the distortion option). Anyhow, this is a good little amp, plenty loud for me, and sounds good. The only thing I don't like is that it kinda sounds like the left speaker might be slightly quieter than the right (even when modulation is off). I don't know if that's really the case, or if it's just the positioning in my studio in relation to where I stand; it is not noticeable if the amp is on the ground or if you're not actively trying to nitpick for flaws. Could also be just my bad ears! In any case, I'm happy with it.

Awesome cleans. Takes pedals well. Can handle fuzz pedals. Basically amp was made for pedals. Don’t let the size of the speakers fool you.

Excelente amplificador, gran sonido