JCA22H, any reason not to?

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King IzzO)))

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I'm thinking about putting some money down on one. After playing one I think it's about perfect for home/recording use for me, it sounded great, even at low, night time volumes. The crunch channel does a reasonable rendition of my Butcher, and the lead channel does a reasonable rendition of my Mark III, which is about all I can ask for. I think I want it. I'd be pairing it with my Boogie 1x12 with an EV.
 
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I've heard really great things about those Jet City amps. Sounds like the perfect low watt amp for what you want. 20 watts is still pretty big sounding, but if you've tried it out, you already know what it can do. Seems like a great amp for the price (under $400).

Man, I've been wanting either the JCA20 or the JCA22 head myself. I can't think of a reason not to get it (if you can afford it, obviously)

Go for it. Then give us a review.
 
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I love the JCA20H. It took me a little bit of work to get it where I wanted it, but I think it sounds really great now. Cleans are a bit blah, but I don't think that's why you buy the amp.
 
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Nope, the crunch with the pre about 1/2 way is about as clean as I need. I cranked it a bit, I don't think it's too loud, and it really surprised me how good it sounds turned way down, workable for my 1 am sessions, unlike anything else I've tried.

I don't know how much the JCA20H is, but the lead channel is easily worth an extra hundy, in my opinion. I really like it.

I'm curious about durability with these things, I will be using it on a near daily basis.
 
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If that's not worth the extra hundred, the effects loop is. I bought mine before the JCA22H had been released.

I love dorking around with amps and effects and such, so I installed a depth pot, a choke, a voicing switch, and an extra cap to lower the bandwidth of the power section a bit to avoid ice-picky highs. The only one of those I don't think I could live without now is the depth pot.

But it is a great little amp. I think it needs new tubes right out of the box, but obviously that is going to depend on whether or not you get good tubes and whether or not the bias is set properly.
 
Love mine. Nice sustain. Sounds good at low volume. I like channel one for acdc stuff. Channel 2 burns! Nice amp. I use a green beret with mine
 
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I don't think I can beat the price/sound ratio, I think I've gotta do it. I can't afford an Orange, and I like the idea of having a "less dirt" channel. I might check out the Class5, but I really liked the lead channel on this thing, don't have to use the Rat, and it's louder, could probably work as a backup for either of my big amps in a pinch.
 
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LatsMcGee said:
Dark Terror...buy buy buy!
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The Jet City JCA22H will absolutely bury the Dark Terror for less $$!! More eq control bigger and more articulate tone 2 channels for much less $$ it's not even CLOSE! Just swap the POS stock power tubes ASAP and you are set with the Jet City!
I own a JCA22H and it rocks!! I also own a 25 watt Zinky Blue Velvet and a 1990 MK III JCM 900 Marshall and the little Jet City get's almost as much on stage play as they do!!
 
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Reckless Abandon said:
Love mine. Nice sustain. Sounds good at low volume. I like channel one for acdc stuff. Channel 2 burns! Nice amp. I use a green beret with mine
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Agreed on all. I am running a WGS Vet 30 most of the time with mine in a Blackstar 1/12 and it SLAMS!
 
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I've got the JCA22H, King Iz, and I like it much more than my Blackstar HT-40, which has reverb and twice the wattage. The effects loop in the Jet City is far better than the Blackstar and best of all, Jet City actually supports people that like to mod their amps, do their own tube swaps, etc, whereas Blackstar would prefer NO ONE but one of their "Authorized Technicians" do ANY sort of work on a Blackstar.

JCA is a better amp and a better company. Fact. -Rod-
 
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just received my 2212 yesterday!

i sold my marshall haze 40w combo which was very good for cleans and upto early 70s gain. any more gain either from the preamp or through an OD pedal made the amp incredibly fizzy and bad sounding

the 2212 costs half the price of the haze and for anyone who needs marshall type tones beats it easily (unless you want a 60s type of tone)

this amp is simply amazing and dirt cheap. i was able to dial a great acdc type of sound in a few minutes on the crunch channel (a jmp type of sound)
the overdrive channel has insane amounts of gain and i haven't learned to dial it properly yet but i expect it to be able to deliver great hard rock and classic heavy metal sounds

PS: imo the common belief that this amp has no cleans or clean headroom is BS unless you are a fun of fender amps and you need super clean tone (not sure what that means) at insane volumes
with the preamp gain on the crunch channel on 3-4 (goes upto 9) you can get significant volume of clean tones with only a slight hint that it is close to overdrive
 
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Heh, the one I was going to buy sold before I put money down and they never got another one, just the single channel version. I did really like that amp though.
 
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They're pretty awesome amps for what they cost. I have one on the way to me this week to do some mods on.
 
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The single channel version doesn't have the SLO preamp, but if you hit it with a booster in the right way, it screams.
 
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guitfiddle said:
The single channel version doesn't have the SLO preamp, but if you hit it with a booster in the right way, it screams.
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I modded mine slightly to get what I wanted. Added a bypass cap to the second (or third?) gain stage to really thicken up the highs and add some gain. Still only run it on about 6, but it made a huge difference. I can still switch it out on the front panel.
 
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I had one for a few months. :D It was pretty awesome but I think the reason I sold it was so I could afford my bassman haha.
 
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