Guitar Paradiso - Roland Jazz Chorus Shoot Out - JC40 vs JC120
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👆 Welcome to Guitar Paradiso on Andertons TV.
Today Pete and Mick plugs the New Roland JC40 Jazz Chorus amp in.
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Mick plays a Gretsch Pro player and Pete plays his own Strat and Duesenberg star player.
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I say combine the best of both worlds . JC420 blaze it
Its basically just a 4x15 combo
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Legend.
A+
That clean tone + chorus and reverb just SCREAMS 80s.
It was the BEST of times and... some of the worst of times too. The 80's must have been one of the most FUN decades in the history of the world for kids to grow up in even without "social media". Social Media back then was showing up in PERSON to interact with your fellow Humans, unlike "socializing" with fake A.I. Facebook bots and cellphone texts or the ridiculously Uber Narcissistic online cults of today that beg to pass for a social life.
40 year old amp, and you don't even have to worry about the condition the tubes are in, because there are none! - just plug and play.
at that age both solid state and tube amps are going to have capacitors drying out and the service is basically the same for both.
Love the way Pete always seems happy about playing
really what all guitarist "should" be feeling when they 1st pick up their instrument...however...i find if you pick up your guitar when you've had a great night restful sleep and then grab a coffee and quietly start to check your tuning on your Quality Acoustic Guitar 1st and if need be (like i do anyways) i dial up some awesome Jazz/Soul backing tracks to get my thinking turned 'on" then after about an hour 45 mins...i then grab my custom Strat or Tele and then start digging into more aggressive Steve Luk or Lee Rit stuff and after a few hours of that THEN..i plug in my gorgeous George Benson GB300 and then dive straight into Pat Meth music the rest of the next 2hrs and then i'm good for the day@@!!
what i like about these amps is that they sit very well in a mix especially as it does not cloud over the vocals
No. #1 guitar amp among new wave guitarists in the 1980s... VERY GOOD!
Don't mind me. I'm just here waiting for all the people to decide it doesn't sound good anymore once they find out it doesn't have valves.
I really hate that. I remember somebody asking about a Blackstar HT amp. The guy said it sounded really good, but decided not to buy it because it wasn't 100% valve. Somebody recommended buying a different amp and putting a tube screamer in front to keep it all valve...
I've played throu a JC-120 a lot.. the clean is ok but the distortion is straight shit.. probably the worst i've ever heard..
I played that amp once at a gig cause it was in the backline and I was blown away by those cleans, one of the most beautiful clean channels I've ever played
I own the new JC-40. Yes, the 120 had a terrible overdrive channel. the 40, however, is wayyyy better! The whole notion of solid state is worse than tube needs to stop. Some of the best records out there couldn't have been produced without the Roland JC series. I slap a JHS Charlie Brown in front of my JC-40 and I get tone compliments all day. For some of us clean players who don't need to shred all day, the JC series offer more clarity and allow the nuances of my guitar playing really shine. Just try one sometime. What type of amp you play through?
+John Smith lol I totally accept that. I'm just saying, those who own the new 40 should know to tweak to taste. Very subjective I know but I swear it sounds good lol. Appreciate this not turning into a dumb argument.
I bought a JC40, and it sounds incredible. Really dig the vibe effect. Tad bit more noisy than I expected, but stellar sound overall. Reverb is super. Build quality is flawless.
Hey friend can you tell me if the chorus of the new jc-40 is the same of the vintage jc-120 japanese??
Guys this video was quality, the flow and conversation and linking and description and humour all tied in and it made for such a great video, keep this up the content is greattt
Thanks to Pete and Mick, and that beautiful intro, I bought a JC-40 (about a year ago) - best amp I've ever played. So perfectly clean. The Chorus is "other-worldly." Add any OD or Distortion pedal for some dirt. This is a great demo!
Not only does that amp sound like the voice of an angel, that deusenberg is a thing of pure beauty
Personally I'm a big fan of Johnny Marr and all his jingly jangly guitar playing, particularly the earlier stuff. I'd been playing Fender and Vox amps in search of the right tone on which to base my own, when I stumbled upon these Roland Jazz Chorus amps. Hands down my favorite amps ever. Solid State reliability and killer clean tones. The best sounding chorus in the world. Also it nails all those intros in Cult songs.
Saturday morning in America with my coffee and Guitar Paradiso. Love, love, love these videos. Such classy players. Cheers, Mick and Pete!
This video put a smile on my face, Thanks Mick and Pete!
Beautiful sounding amp and beautiful, beautiful playing from Mick and Pete great work guys!
I could listen to that opening jam all day long! Great work guys!
Great work again guys, superb playing with a huge variety of styles to showcase the amps abilities.
I actually got the JC40 and nothing wrong with that...it's a really good amp, it has "loop" to run in stereo pedal and also stereo "outputs", etc ... nice amp i'm happy with it.
The JC22 has that, too. 👍
Man, this brings me back. Love it, simply love it.
Beautiful pristine sounds and lovely playing guys.
wow, you guys sounded fantastic, that was a great vibe you had going in this one. super job
I am primarily a Strat player but the older I get the more I lean toward that smooth Jazz sound. Glad to see that Pete's finger injury isn't severely hampering his ability to do some excellent picking. In fact both of you guys do a wonderful job and I look forward to each and every video. Breathtaking tones!!!
I've played my Sire S7 through it and you won't believe how good it is for SSH! I mean REALLY good too!
I ran a JC120H and matching 4x12 for years, and loved it. Used a Chandler TubeDriver rack (which I still have) for the dirt. Wish I had kept it.
Great amps. I really like the 40w. Full sound at lower volumes. Thanks for the tasty demos fellas. Happy New Year!
Strat + Jazz Chorus = ❤️
I hope everyone treasures the amazing music these guys make just "goofing around". I would go buy a Pete & Mick album today! Capt. did right by snagging these 2 players....
Amazing playing! Sweet sounding amps, too! I really like the 40.
Both of my band's guitar player's uses Jazz Chorus and Fender guitars. A vintage JC120 and a new JC40. Both amazing sounds. Best clean tones.
This video forced me to buy one ..after all these years..great playing!
It's true James Hetfield does use the JC-120.
So does Queensryche for the cleans. A lot of metal bands use the 120 for that.
Yep, best clean sound in the business for mine. Love QR's clean tone on those classic albums.
Also, the intro to "Paradise City" is played with a JC-120, as Slash said in an interview.
I saw the JC120 in the video for "One", ages ago.
And Adrian Belew's crazy stuff with King Crimson and Talking Heads.
some of the best sounding jams for late nights and early mornings, as viewed half last night and half this morning!
Some amazing playing in this one, guys!
Combined with a Boss ME80,this is the best and most versatile amp that i have used,and i have had many over the years. Its a keeper!
Absolutely, I agree with you 100%. I use in combination with a HeadRush Gigboard, the sound pallet is endless.
You guys make beautiful music together!
Many many users The Edge though out the 80s, good to see the distortion has that same lovely crackle
Love it. I remember when almost everyone in LA had a 50w Marshall and a JC-120. They sound great! Danish Pete you playing is super impressive and moving.
I love my Lab series L5... so now I’m looking for this Roland amp.
Great review. The sound is stunning!
I played the JC40 in a shop with a Godin 5th avenue -man, that's a nice combo!
Wonderful clean, reverb, chorus, vibrato.. gonna buy one!!
Some things they don't say in this vid:
- The JC120 has an enormous, bold, loud, beautiful room-filling clean. Something's wrong with the one in this video. I agree with the other commenters that one of the speakers is probably wired out of phase.
- The chorus is not just a signal processing effect. One speaker plays the dry signal, one plays a pitch-vibrato modulated signal, and they mix in the air. That's why it sounds so huge. Each speaker is driven by a separate power amp--it's basically a wet-dry rig in a box.
- The distortion in the JC40 is a complete redesign as I understand it. Even the greatest lovers of the JC120 don't say good things about its distortion. Given that Roland/Boss also makes the Blues Driver I'd say they should be capable of good solid state distortion.
Also, the JC120 is known for its hiss. I haven't yet heard a JC40 live. I'm really curious as to whether they have got that hiss under control as I've heard mixed things.
Have you encountered a JC160? I was wondering how they compare.
Actually I never even knew the JC160 existed until your comment. Now I'm intrigued, especially on finding that the stereo effect for the JC160 comes from running the wet/dry speakers in an X pattern.
mpt1750
It's a rare beast, along with the Lab Series L7 (also a 4x10 combo). Somewhere else in the comments on this video is a JC160 owner I was talking to - he says the bigger cabinet and greater speaker surface area of the 160 gives it more bottom end than the 120.
the hiss is there buts its really not too noticeable and when your playing its non existent
Sadly the JC40 does indeed have the same old ungodly hiss problem. I love the sound of a JC120 and I was really excited when I heard about the new JC40. I bought one a while back and it sounded absolutely great but unfortunately it had to go back because of that hiss.
People keep saying it is not noticeable when you play but that is not entirely accurate. It depends on what you play and where you play it. If you play quiet music in a quiet environment that hiss, IMHO, is very obvious nearly all the time and it is completely distracting. A real shame because, as has been mentioned above, sitting in a room with one and playing it is amazing! The definition of the word lush.
sounds really really amazing
Huge presentation, you two are the greatest
Wow... they really did improve the distortion circuit on the JC40. Finally...
The JC-55 has great distortion. Some of the other 80s models as well.
Mine's a Roland JC120 from the 1982. 35 years old straight. So - yeah - it's more like toward 4 decades and works amazing! Astonishing! Cheers ;)
Wow, the JC40 has some sounds that blow me away.
I didn't know the JC40s existed. I was always thinking about a big JC but they were always to loud. This is brilliant. Gonna get one! Great video!
Good stuff, this amp takes me back !
Okay just watching you guys your Expressions on your faces makes me want to buy one thank you for the video
That strat is amazing, I can see why you like bringing it in for demos
I love this opening chord progression 👌
i have an old 80's 120 and it's seriously my fav amp ever
Lovely playing, guys!
Just purchased the JC 40 to use with my Gretsch. The old Fender Sidekick 30 was not cutting it with the Gretsch. Thanks for showing the difference between this and the JC 120.
Great reviews guys.
i ordered my jc 40 today after doing some research and im just here to re iterate my love for my decision. :D
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Thanks guys ! Great playing and great reviews ;-)
Yep. That is a STUNNING clean tone. Stunning.
I'm thinking this paired with my JVM205 for a wet dry rig and let the JC40 handle the clean and the JVM do the dirty... yep... item number 3000 onto the stuff I want if I win the lottery list...
+John Smith not sure I ever claimed ownership of the idea or that it was original. I was in fact simply stating that, given a large lottery sized input of cash, this beautiful sounding amp would make a great partner to my amp. I am at worst guilty of stating the obvious.
Sorry for that kind of unnecessary response dude. I'm kind of looking at the same kind of thing just with a different amp for the dirty. I haven't decided on what I want to run in that area, but a JVM would definitely be a high up choice, though they're just so damn expensive.
Put a old Rocktron Silver Dragon tube pedal in front of jc-40 and you'll sell the jvm 205...
I actually own a JVM 205 also (and love it). I really like the cleans on the amp though but that jazz chorus... is something else
Slash used the JC 120 for the clean Paradise City intro
Beautiful music happens when Mick and Pete come together!
Beautiful sound!
Sounds fantastic thanks so much!
The JC-40 amp sounds fantastic!
I was on stage with Incognito once, when the guitarist was playing one of these. Sounded incredible!!
He also had this great guitar, singlecut with a frog on the headstock, haven't been able to find it.
Maybe this one? reverb.com/item/24153221-2006-froggy-bottom-h-12c-cutaway-12-fret-mahogany-adirondack-acoustic-guitar?gclid=Cj0KCQjw4s7qBRCzARIsAImcAxbyF3XDSCAwpXY6AZCLDdeS-g_5J4BiC_QEvFfclipqyNq7swMz7gUaAnbKEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&merchant_id=101312147&pla=1&
10:09 that is the sound I never knew I wanted, sold!
Fuck me, that clean tone when he turned up the reverb
What pedal is Pete using at 08:20? I've been looking for a good overdrive to use with the JC-40.
I like that they have the stereo return effects loop for my delay and reverb pedals
As of 7:00 the distortion sounded really surprisingly good. Now I don't think it sounded necessarily tube-y but who cares if it sounds good?
Could listen to Danish Pete play all day, what a legend.
that intro jamm was the cleanest sound of a guitar amp i've ever heard........JC40 sold to me
wow this sound surprisingly great :) pretty nice distortion sounds too ... good for blues
Been wanting one of these for several years now. Currently use a Roland Blues Cube Artist 60W and a Boss Mk II Katana 100W. This amp would round me off for all the sounds I will ever need.
Well finally got one this past month! It IS everything I had hoped it would be and then some! Super lush tones in stereo and crips cleans through the right channel too. I use the Distortion with the treble turned down and then set to 2-3 along with my other Distortion and OD pedals and it works great as a boost. The Chorus and Reverb are excellent too. The Vibrato is decent but I prefer Tremolo more so I use a Boss TR pedal for that. It's also 40 watts but is louder than my Katana MKII 100. The headroom in this amp is amazing too! I used this with my Billy Duffy Gretsch White Falcon and it's so damn good !!!
@@zackpack8thanks for the update🎉, for playing dirt (using a pedal, not the built in OD on the amp), wich do you like more from those 3 SS amp?
Beautiful tone..
Hey guys, thank you so much for reviewing the JC-40! I've been researching the JC-120 for awhile and thinking about a used one, but now with the JC-40 RI I think it's sealed the deal for me. My only question is, even though the onboard distortion is semi-passable, how does it sound with some nice dirt pedals? Would I be able to get a passable tube emulation sound, or would you recommend running this amp mostly for cleans and a tube amp for dirty tones?? Thanks!
Love the sound of those two together...the guys and the axes. I always thought Duesenbergs were big but that Gretsch is huge. They both sound great. I haven't seen colors like that green since the 80s though :)
Hahaha loved Mick's Mr Sandman.
Thank you for the demo. The JC amps seem like quite a niche product. The stereo effect with both speakers miked is really nice. Both the chorus and vibrato are great. I don't if anyone ever uses the built in distortion, though - it's just not good. I saw Nokie Edwards of The Ventures using one in one of their live shows in Japan. He seems to like his sound squeaky clean, so this is the perfect amp.
At 03m50s you sold me the JC40, awesome :-)
Billy Duffy from The Cult is famous for using the JC120 as part of a two amp rig - surprised Mick and Pete didn't mention it. Still, the new 40 sounds great!
this amp fucking rules. if anyone is considering buying it then do it. Best clean tone in existence and a chorus that will rival any of the best pedals. With a good pedalboard you can play anything you want this
True! ! ! 🎉
I've owned a 1985 JC-120 and a 1987 JC-77 since they were new and love them both. To answer the question of the age of the JC-120 in this video, the fact that it has the big flip switch for the Chorus circuit indicates that it is older than 1990. In 1990 Roland had to change the design to use a rotary switch because that big flip switch was no longer available. So the youngest that amp can possibly be is 32 years old.
Pete amazing as always
I've hoping you guys would do the JC-40 for a while now and stunning playing. Quick questions tho; does it still sound this rich at lower volumes (e.g. home but not necessarily as low as 'bedroom') and can you get a good raunchy bluesy tone with pedals if you want to?
Both play so well together
JC40 is fantastic. I'm a fan of 2x12 amps for live situations. particularly if you're the only guitarist performing in a band, but I'm a big fan of both.
Beautiful
Yeah! The Jazz Chorus is definitely one of the best clean amps out there! Damn!
Far out that sounds nice
that first jam was so amazing. I was just drumming to it lol. :)
I love when folks balk at solid state amps but... how many of their dirt pedals are tube driven?
I just picked up a JC-120 locally for $535 US. It's in mint condition and serial# dates it from Dec 1982. It sounds SOOOOO amazing. I think my fave guitar with it (although they all sound really good with it) is my centerblock Gretsch. This pairing is so good even at low volumes (guitar vol on 10, amp on 2). So happy to have one of these iconic amps.
Great vid - how was the background hiss when playing at bedroom volume? It was pretty noticeable whenever there was dialogue and I'm guessing it was from the amp and not the signal chain
had an ‘88 JC120 - just gorgeous
I found out yesterday that Joe Newman from Alt-j uses one of these! That's how he gets his sweet clean tones.
lovely intro solo pete!
Just hit the like button for the intro jam. Damn good!!!
Would you guys do a comparison of chorus effects from different pedals on a popular clean amp vs. effects on the Roland Jazz Chorus amp? I think it would be cool and potentially useful to a lot of people, especially if they are interested in the sound but can't spring for a new amp.
I had an old JC120 from the 80s. Sounded good, but no where as nice as this JC40. So I decided to look for a JC40 locally, and found one. My god... I need it.
Are you guys reading my web browsing history?
I was literally researching this amp last night...
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With a little bit of compression, some mild OD ala Boss Blues Driver, a slowly pulsating tremolo and the chorus and reverb kicked in this amp could very well be on of the best rootsy slide amps out there. I NEEEEED one ASAP !