Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

[blakejcan]

Spotted one real cheap on craigslist but it says channel 2 is not working. That's of course the channel w/ the chorus which is what most people would want. If I can get it for below $200 and fix it for around $100 I'd be happy. What are the odds a home repair can happen? Or what would it cost to take it in somewhere? Best estimate of course not having any clue what is wrong with it.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

Get it it's probably just the effects jack

Worst case
You buy a $100 chorus pedal

*(Sent from my durned phone!)*

 

[blakejcan]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

ha, true. I already have a chorus actually.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

ha, true. I already have a chorus actually.

Bam!

Happy New Amp Day

 

[blakejcan]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

haha. well that's easy.

I need to see if I have room for it. And I'd want to fix it. The whole appeal is the cool chorus.

 

[Demanic]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

Get it, even if it costs three times as much to repair. Those amps are vintage and have one of the best ss clean sounds on the planet. Which translates to one of the best pedal platforms that you can get.

 

[blakejcan]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

I let it go

Too much amp even at that price

 

[Demanic]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

As long as you judged it so. I still remember the sound of my buddy's JC-120. It was the cleanest yet toniest sound I had ever heard. No color at all, just whatever the guitar you plugged into it had, for better or worse. And it could get LOUD.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

Not all clean amps are good pedal platforms though. I never had much luck with mine.

 

[Demanic]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

Was it a JC-120?

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

Back in the 80's people paired them with a Marshall and used a splitter/switcher setup. JC120 for the rythms/clean stuff and add/switch to the Marshal for the punch

 

[AlexR]

Re: Roland JC 120-how difficult to repair?

Was it a JC-120?

Yep. It was quite harsh......its great as a clean amp but it is like Metallica pristine clean, not like warm SRV lenny type clean. The warmth helps pedals when I have used them......the more pristine harsh clean I find exacerbates the part of a pedal's tone that is less amp-like.