JC-120 Review

In 1975, Roland welcomed the arrival of the first JC-120. A revolution in guitar amplifier technology, the JC-120 Jazz Chorus looked and sounded like no other amp. Thirty years later, the JC-120 remains in high demand by guitarists around the world. Unchanged from it's original specification, the JC had attained legendary status by amp connoisseurs the world over.

Features:	9
Sound:	10
Reliability:	10
Impression:	10
Overall rating:	9.8
Users rating:	8.1
Comments:	8

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: dafrimpster, on august 24, 2006

Price paid: $ 550

Purchased from: eBay

Features: This amp circa 1981 is from when Roland still made JC-120's cabinet from plywood instead of particle board and before they screwed up the chorus circuitry. It is a 2x60 watt stereo amp. Chorus and vibrato are lush and beautiful. There is a distortion knob but it sounds like a duck fart! It is solid state rather than tube. 2x12" speakers on board. It is very heavy (65lbs approx) and very well built. The included casters make moving it around much easier. // 9

Sound: You want crystal clear sound? This is your amp. It can get ridiculously loud if needed. If you look at most amp modelers they have the JC-120 included for clean sounds. This is a solid state amp so you won't get the warm, honky sound of a tube amp but it is surprisingly warm for a solid state amp. I have found, however that if I use my visualsound Jekyll & Hyde pedal I can get pretty killer distortion warmth and depth. It is a great backend for a Line 6 POD. It also makes a great acoustic amp too. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I have owned this amp for 5 yrs with no problems. It is 25 years old and still rockin'. It is built like a tank. It is always ready to goI have owned this amp for 5 yrs with no problems. It is 25 years old and still rockin'. It is built like a tank. It is always ready to go I have owned this amp for 5 yrs with no problems. It is 25 years old and still rockin'. It is built like a tank. It is always ready to goI have owned this amp for 5 yrs with no problems. It is 25 years old and still rockin'. It is built like a tank. It is always ready to goI have owned this amp for 5 yrs with no problems. It is 25 years old and still rockin'. It is built like a tank. It is always ready to go. // 10

Impression: I play everything from Beatles to Yes to metal and beyond. This amp works flawlessly time and again. I have played over 100 gigs with this amp and it never has failed me. I would definitely buy another if I lost this one. I would however seek out another old one. The newer ones as I mentioned above are not of the same quality in sound or construction. // 10

Comments

[Atreideslegend]

Man, learn to write.

[MESAexplorer]

Don't repeat the durabilty and reliability 5 times in your next review. At least i could ramble on about how durable it is for the lenght you repeated it.

[dafrimpster]

Atreidedlegend: Man, learn proper sentence structure.
MesaExporer: I had a weird technical glitch when I submitted the review.I apologize for the repeats.

[Sapient]

The second review is for the microcube... wonder how that happened.

[Sapient]

whoa, something must be up with my computer, the second review disappeared.

[Grave Digger92]

Hahahahaha

[Spazzy212]

atreides a legend ur an asswipe

[Alex Vik]

Wow, it took me 10 seconds to figure out that my brain wasn't messing with me and that it actually was the same sentence over and over and over again.