Jet City amps might be the most underrated amps on earth. I own a JCM800 and a 5150 Block letter, but bought a JCA50 about 6 years ago for £250...NEW!!! and its a beast and actually my favourite amp I own, It does the 800 thing on the Crunch channel, and a great 5150 impression (slightly less bass) on teh Lead channel...AND it takes my pedal board better than the 5150. Its incredible. The JCA 50 is basically a Soldano Hot Rod 50 ...but at 5-10% the price lool, cant go wrong. Been lurking here for a while, only commented a couple of times, great channel keep it up fella
dave its awesome to see manufacturers are sending you gear, you have great watchability and you are great in front of a camera, keep up the good work mate
Just bought one Dave after watching your video, it came today and it's every bit as great as it sounded here. Jet City did the right thing giving you one to demo!
Dave, Just discovered you a few weeks ago -now watching all of it.. Grew up in San Fran USA, saw Cream live at Winterland back in the day got to meet John Cippolina from Quicksilver. Your tone from 46: on is pure aural poetry, and your sonic heart-sharing transcends anything I have ever heard before. I have a valve AMPEG 50w Reverberocket 2 X 12 to get my Maple RIC 12 to sound right, and a Guitar Center brand Laguna (Blue maple cap) Alnico potted HBs (with coil tap) andaFloyd Rose for Cippolina wavers. Thanksfor the Orange CR120 comments, may have to trade my Ampeg! You are completely refreshing and your "12th fret scale" stuff is splendid. Cheers from St.Louis,and if you ever get over here, you are welcome to stay with our family.
First off, EXCELLENT playing and cool attitude. Secondly, it is so refreshing to hear someone demo this amp and not just play heavy speed metal. The thing cleans up beautifully; I just ordered the new jet city 5lo, and I hope it sounds like this. Maybe it'll make me play like this guy, too! fingers crossed on that. GOOD GRAVY
Now that's my kind of sound (showing my age !). Experimented with plugging my laptop into my Rowland micro cube to play this pretty loud - wife can't understand how my playing has suddenly got much better :) - she's out in the garden doing some flower stuff so can't hear the talky bits ! After a poor day spoilt by unwelcome stuff in the post this has cheered me up no end. Thanks Dave.
I'm glad this amp is finally getting the credit it deserves. For those of you considering buying it, you NEED an attenuator with it. I couldn't get the volume past 1.5 before I was in pain.
It's unbranded. Some random home build. Fortunately I've had the amp for 2 years with the MV on 7 without any issues. It's FAR louder than my Silver Jubilee Mini, which is also 20 watts.
Love your demos, mate. This and the Orange TH30 demo are just great. May need to return the fancy amp I got and buy one of these in its place as I have too many other upcoming expenses. Great playing of music I grew up with and really appreciate you doing a good quality, direct recording and putting the amp through its paces.
I've been very interested in this amp. Most just go on about the high gains for metal but that was a great Jimi tone and fantastic playing, my man. I believe I'm sold.
Dave stop telling people your making mistakes cause your not bad at all. These videos are good cause you show how far more indepth about getting all kinds of sounds outta that gear.
If I was in the market for this amp, its super encouraging to know that there are near-hour long reviews on it. I hate when I'm researching an amp and the amp review is like 2 minutes 35 seconds....
That last extended bit with you jamming out over the loop track? Wow......just, WOW!!!! You're spot on with your "full bore Plexi" tone assessment here...that 20 watt screamer of an amp, mated with your Lester? Pure blistering hot bluesy rock and roll BLISS! Jet City really knocked it clear out of the park with that amp, I think I need to get one...or maybe two, just so I can go stereo, ya know? Absolutely killer demo, you really put the amp through its paces (and then some) for us, thanks!
lets hope more companies send you gear, because its refreshing to see someone PLAY in a demo. now if we could get you and danish pete together for a jam session
First video I’ve ever seen of you and think this was great job on reviewing this app and your playing was great. Gonna have to get me one of these and subscribe to your channel!
I feel like I was transported back in time to a Free concert watching Paul Kossof play through his plexi. I believe it was Joe Perry who asked Soldano to make a 20 watt head that was more open and a little warmer sounding than the regular 20 watt Jet city. Fantastic man,raw and real
That’s a great tone with the les Paul , it’s got that slight woody tone that adds another dimension to the sound. It seems quite touch responsive As well, could be a Marshall beater.
Go jet city about time some more manufacturers set you gear to demo You do great engaging demos And don't worry Dave your playing was on point Perhaps it was the evil spectre Of Ritchie Blackmore looking in that threw you for a moment ;)
Love the way you play in general. You do enough variety while doing demos to truly get an idea what gear can do. Picking this one up tomorrow and i know it will do what i want it to.
Great demo and lovely Hendrix tones! I figure an off day playing for Dave is a great day of playing for us mere mortals...well done,Rockin as usual loved the bluesy riffage on the Lemon drop.
They're great period. I have a 20 watt combo that I bought for $150 used. I tweaked it a little, put new Tubes in it, Ruby EL84s and Groove Tubes gold 12AX7 in the V2, V3 and V7 and an Electro Harmonix 12 AT7s in the V1 and V4. I also replaced the stock speaker with a Warehouse Guitars Retro 30 and replaced the reverb cable with a higher quality cable. It sounded good before but sounds great now and has more clean headroom. It sounded more like a Marshall before but now sounds almost Vox-ish. The Reverb stock is almost non existent at 10, the cable is really cheap. You can increase the Reverb by 20% by upgrading the cable.
Thanks for this review Dave. What a spectacular amp at even a much higher price point. So into the jet city stuff. You are something on the axe and have a great presence. Thanks for sharing your incredible talent and valuable insight. PS I have you cranked up and on the highest quality possible. Could listen to rock out all day! Thanks for showing us what these things can do!
We have the same taste in amps - yet another little gem worth grabbing. Retail the price is right. Not sure over the pond but here in the states you can get one pretty cheap often second hand. You already know I'm sure - but I'll say anyway - another great demo and playing, Dave. P.S. - don't fret about the mistakes, means you're human and playing w/o hiding behind all that software and editing. That's one thing I like about your vids, keeping it real.
I have a buddy that's been telling me I needed one of these. Finally a review that can show me what it really does!!!! About time someone demoed it the way it should be!!! Very nice!
Jupp ... coming back to your channel is always a pleasure ... esp. at a prolonged weekend such like this ... Lovely, lovely, love it! Thanks a lot for sharing this!
I upgraded the power tubes to Genalex Gold Lion EL84's and also bought a Mesa Recto 112 cab, and it sounds down right good. I also bought some premium preamp tubes, and it sounds so good. I have the original version of the amp, and I put Tube Dr tubes in it, and I wasn't real impressed as I was with the other set. I haven't tried switching them but someday I will.
The 20HV is not really Soldano voiced though like the others. That would be the 22H duel channel (nicknamed the mini-slo) or the HDM100 which is a hot-rod 100 clone.
Jesus Christ Dave can play I realize that's not a very original thought but it just bears saying once in a while ...good Lord that SRV bit he was doing was just awesome
Hi Dave this amp sound unbelievable , I do not know this brand but what a surprise , I love it , the clean sound is immense and the prices are good , you can get a very good amps for your buget . Great video Dave !!!!
I am updating my previous posts. The other night I fired this up after setting in my bedroom, buried under a dust cover. I plugged it in Avatar 112cab, it blew me away. Why haven't I been using it? Well I have several other amps set up in various rooms, and i just don't play in the bedroom. I am just a novice rhythm player, but this does everything I need it to do in spades. The other 20 watter, the original version, I had trouble with tube socket while changing tubes, and power tube red plated. I am taking it to a tech for repair in next few days. I did not like the more aggressive sound of it.
Dave.. I really appreciate you trying all this great gear for us! I always enjoy watching you play.. if you ever want to audition singers.. let me know..😊
been eye balling these amps for long time. great tone, very interesting eq style you have, thought it was going to sound horrid, though really nice. nice job.
Wow, what a demo! Best I have seen on youtube in long time. This amp is superb and seems to be right up your street. Thinking of selling my modded Marshall Class 5 Red Roulette Head (also superb BTW, you would be surprised how good these are with a few mods) and buying one of these instead.
Amazing!! Been playing a lot of the Purple and 70's era stuff and been thinking about adding this to my collection and only about £250. I love my Jet City 22H and 100hdm amps. They can get really REALLY LOUD but sound great with the master on 1 as well.
I hope they start to make the 100 watters again, I've got an LTD and 2 HDM 100s, that amp may be nice but if I had one I'd probably prefer the thicker heavier thump of the higher wattage heads.
similar sound ? you have no bass on this amp and the middle and trebble is just horrible... the blackstar ht1 or vox is better than the cub 12r ..but if you love this amp is good :D
kavanig - I have plenty of bass - and usually have to use some treble boosting to get it where I want to have it. Didn't really tried ht1 so can't comment... But, check this guys covers using cub12r for example - th-cam.com/video/pi5Daticqa0/w-d-xo.html :)
Okay... When you showed the amp settings, I was ready to hate what I was about to hear (Bass off?? I love bass!), then you hit the first chord of Rumble and I was like "WHAT???" And then the Hendrix dropped my jaw even further...
Another fab video Dave! TBH I think you need to push the power section more to get the most out of this amp - by turning it up (I understand that it would be way to loud for your house).
An attenuator is exactly what you need - if you need recommendations I'll happily point a few out. Also you know there is a trick you can do with the FX loop and any volume based pedal?
I recommend trying the volume pedal in the loop first as it sounds more natural, maybe running a EQ pedal with adjustable volume as well for more tweaks (I used the Morley Little Alligator). At least avoid cheap attenuators as it only made the sound more compressed, sucked out all the dynamics and cut's high end a bit for me, It could be human error but I did not like it. I personally just use my Jet City amps without most of the time on master 1.
Great review! Looks like a great value amp for the price. In the UK they are selling new for less than 350. Not sure I need another 12AX7/EL84 amp tho. I wish they did an 6L6 or ideally EL34 circuit .. I reckon at 20w this thing is still too hot to get in to any real nice power amp saturation. I have a little 10w 12AX7/EL84 and that has to be dimed through a creamback 1x12 to get 'there'. Its still too loud. Gives me the tinnitus. :)
...gonna buy this amp.... works good with pedals, i guess... good old ts9 and maxon od 808, and of course my wonderful vahlbruch jewel drive.... and great playing as usual dave
If you recall, what speakers are you running through? It appears you are using the Orange cab. I just ordered this amp (used). You totally sold me on this amp. Love the late 60s/early 70s rock tone. Hendrix, Kossoff & Frusciante...so good. Well done.
@@thedavesimpson Thank you sir. I'm assuming you are referring to the the Celestion T3760 G12T-75 and not the G12H-75 Creamback. Love listening to you play. Just noticed your follow up video "Jet City JCA20 HV - Chapter 2 - FULL VOLUME". Going to listen to it now. Cheers from Kansas City, Missouri.
Awesome first you do katana which i own now a Jet city which I own, what next maybe throw a little love at the Fender amp. stay well clear of the mustangs though. Maybe a Fender champion might be in your budget range its solid state and cheap as chips if you can pick one up second hand.
What were you playing at 42:31 ? I found this part truly awesome and I can't stop listening to it since :D You deserve so much more than 29k subs, mate.
They could've thrown a dead rat to you and you would've make it sound good. Awesome playing! I'm temped to get one of these, it's cheap and sounds freaking good; and I don't even need yet another piece of gear. Subscribed.
very page-esque towards the end. Very impressive. Thanks Dave. I'm looking at the Jet CIty range now and can't make my mind up. The JCA20VH certainly is great from hearing you play it....I would also like something a bit more Soldano. I'm just in contact with Simon at the moment. Question Dave: do you know what valves are in there? JC offer a JJ valve upgrade when you buy the amp. Just wanted to know if they were the standard or maybe the JJ upgrade. They do sound great whatever they are.
My JCA50H came with unbranded tubes that simply said "Made in China". They weren't bad. I upgraded cuz I have a bunch of tubes in my stash. I'll also add that I pulled the chassis as I do work on amps, and I was VERY impressed with the build quality. Better than my 1989 Made in England Marshall. They are a great amp IMHO. Also, tubes are cheaper at tubedepot and places like that instead of the big box music stores. Price the tubes there vs. the upgrade price.
Amazing tones, thanks to your videos I finally decided to buy this amp over the other options I was considering, you earned one more suscriber! Btw, impressive skills, what's the name of the song you play at 7:20 aprox.? That right hand, man, awesome!!
Jet City amps might be the most underrated amps on earth. I own a JCM800 and a 5150 Block letter, but bought a JCA50 about 6 years ago for £250...NEW!!! and its a beast and actually my favourite amp I own, It does the 800 thing on the Crunch channel, and a great 5150 impression (slightly less bass) on teh Lead channel...AND it takes my pedal board better than the 5150. Its incredible. The JCA 50 is basically a Soldano Hot Rod 50 ...but at 5-10% the price lool, cant go wrong.
Been lurking here for a while, only commented a couple of times, great channel keep it up fella
dave its awesome to see manufacturers are sending you gear, you have great watchability and you are great in front of a camera, keep up the good work mate
Thank you very much indeed. : )
Just bought one Dave after watching your video, it came today and it's every bit as great as it sounded here. Jet City did the right thing giving you one to demo!
Think I might pick one up 2. Looks lie it's at a great price.
Very good review! Jet City should give you that amp and a bonus check for your effort.
Thank you very much. : )
Own one of these in my bar. Get's played every night and all the guitarists always comment on it. Soldano engineered!
Dave, Just discovered you a few weeks ago -now watching all of it.. Grew up in San Fran USA,
saw Cream live at Winterland back in the day got to meet John Cippolina from Quicksilver.
Your tone from 46: on is pure aural poetry, and your sonic heart-sharing transcends anything I have ever heard before.
I have a valve AMPEG 50w Reverberocket 2 X 12 to get my Maple RIC 12 to sound right, and a Guitar Center brand Laguna (Blue maple cap) Alnico potted HBs (with coil tap) andaFloyd Rose for Cippolina wavers. Thanksfor the Orange CR120 comments, may have to trade my Ampeg! You are completely refreshing and your "12th fret scale" stuff is splendid.
Cheers from St.Louis,and if you ever get over here, you are welcome to stay with our family.
First off, EXCELLENT playing and cool attitude. Secondly, it is so refreshing to hear someone demo this amp and not just play heavy speed metal. The thing cleans up beautifully; I just ordered the new jet city 5lo, and I hope it sounds like this. Maybe it'll make me play like this guy, too! fingers crossed on that. GOOD GRAVY
Now that's my kind of sound (showing my age !). Experimented with plugging my laptop into my Rowland micro cube to play this pretty loud - wife can't understand how my playing has suddenly got much better :) - she's out in the garden doing some flower stuff so can't hear the talky bits ! After a poor day spoilt by unwelcome stuff in the post this has cheered me up no end. Thanks Dave.
No problem at all. Thank you for watching. : )
I'm glad this amp is finally getting the credit it deserves. For those of you considering buying it, you NEED an attenuator with it. I couldn't get the volume past 1.5 before I was in pain.
hell yeah, 20 watts is still quite a lot of noise. what attenuator do you use?
It's unbranded. Some random home build. Fortunately I've had the amp for 2 years with the MV on 7 without any issues. It's FAR louder than my Silver Jubilee Mini, which is also 20 watts.
Love your demos, mate. This and the Orange TH30 demo are just great. May need to return the fancy amp I got and buy one of these in its place as I have too many other upcoming expenses. Great playing of music I grew up with and really appreciate you doing a good quality, direct recording and putting the amp through its paces.
Thank you very much. : )
I've been very interested in this amp. Most just go on about the high gains for metal but that was a great Jimi tone and fantastic playing, my man. I believe I'm sold.
Smokin' playing Dave, & killer Hendrix tone, unbelievable, great job bro!!!!!
Thank you very much. : )
what up Dave Byron. what are the odds. cool vibes man
Dave stop telling people your making mistakes cause your not bad at all. These videos are good cause you show how far more indepth about getting all kinds of sounds outta that gear.
Thank you very much. : )
Agreed! Amazing tones
Not bad, lol. Dude is awesome!
I absolutely love my JCA 20HV and used it to record the leads on the previous release. It's a great companion to my Laney's.
Dave purely embodies the true spirit of rock and roll.
If I was in the market for this amp, its super encouraging to know that there are near-hour long reviews on it. I hate when I'm researching an amp and the amp review is like 2 minutes 35 seconds....
And from that the actual playing is like 10 seconds :D
That last extended bit with you jamming out over the loop track? Wow......just, WOW!!!! You're spot on with your "full bore Plexi" tone assessment here...that 20 watt screamer of an amp, mated with your Lester? Pure blistering hot bluesy rock and roll BLISS! Jet City really knocked it clear out of the park with that amp, I think I need to get one...or maybe two, just so I can go stereo, ya know? Absolutely killer demo, you really put the amp through its paces (and then some) for us, thanks!
Thank you very much. : )
Those right hand dynamics at 7.00 to 7.50 ... Godlike.
Thank you. : )
lets hope more companies send you gear, because its refreshing to see someone PLAY in a demo. now if we could get you and danish pete together for a jam session
Thank you very much. : )
First video I’ve ever seen of you and think this was great job on reviewing this app and your playing was great. Gonna have to get me one of these and subscribe to your channel!
Thank you very much. :)
I feel like I was transported back in time to a Free concert watching Paul Kossof play through his plexi. I believe it was Joe Perry who asked Soldano to make a 20 watt head that was more open and a little warmer sounding than the regular 20 watt Jet city. Fantastic man,raw and real
Thank you very much. : )
That’s a great tone with the les Paul , it’s got that slight woody tone that adds another dimension to the sound. It seems quite touch responsive
As well, could be a Marshall beater.
Go jet city about time some more manufacturers set you gear to demo
You do great engaging demos
And don't worry Dave your playing was on point
Perhaps it was the evil spectre
Of Ritchie Blackmore looking in that threw you for a moment ;)
Thank you very much indeed for watching. : )
Thanks for posting this. I have a Jet City Custom 22, which is also a really sweet amp. But this video makes me really want a 20HV.
Thank you very much for watching. : )
Love the warm sound nice work Jet City thank's for the solid review Dave
Love the way you play in general. You do enough variety while doing demos to truly get an idea what gear can do. Picking this one up tomorrow and i know it will do what i want it to.
And this is the first amp I’ve owned that makes a Strat, an LP, and a 335 all sound good. My OCD pedal just takes the sound even more over the top.
Great demo and lovely Hendrix tones! I figure an off day playing for Dave is a great day of playing for us mere mortals...well done,Rockin as usual loved the bluesy riffage on the Lemon drop.
Thank you very much. : )
Oh man Dave, that was what I call Highway Star with panache! I’ve never heard anyone else do that, love that treble booster.
Hi Dave great it's coming together for you . Amp sounds great and is just like you say 70s sound cool makes me smile cheers
Thank you very much indeed. : )
Dave you understand everything, with you, no need bass no need drums everything is in your game it's fantastic, with this amp is giant
Thank you very much. : )
Jet City Amps are great for the buget
That they are. : )
Dave Simpson I wanted to buy the Jet City 100H Ldt, this amp is perfekt for me and the price is great too :)
They're great period. I have a 20 watt combo that I bought for $150 used. I tweaked it a little, put new Tubes in it, Ruby EL84s and Groove Tubes gold 12AX7 in the V2, V3 and V7 and an Electro Harmonix 12 AT7s in the V1 and V4. I also replaced the stock speaker with a Warehouse Guitars Retro 30 and replaced the reverb cable with a higher quality cable. It sounded good before but sounds great now and has more clean headroom. It sounded more like a Marshall before but now sounds almost Vox-ish. The Reverb stock is almost non existent at 10, the cable is really cheap. You can increase the Reverb by 20% by upgrading the cable.
Thanks for this review Dave. What a spectacular amp at even a much higher price point. So into the jet city stuff. You are something on the axe and have a great presence. Thanks for sharing your incredible talent and valuable insight. PS I have you cranked up and on the highest quality possible. Could listen to rock out all day! Thanks for showing us what these things can do!
Thank you very much. : )
We have the same taste in amps - yet another little gem worth grabbing. Retail the price is right. Not sure over the pond but here in the states you can get one pretty cheap often second hand. You already know I'm sure - but I'll say anyway - another great demo and playing, Dave.
P.S. - don't fret about the mistakes, means you're human and playing w/o hiding behind all that software and editing. That's one thing I like about your vids, keeping it real.
I have a buddy that's been telling me I needed one of these. Finally a review that can show me what it really does!!!! About time someone demoed it the way it should be!!! Very nice!
Thank you very much. : )
Nice playing Dave. That amp both sounds and looks good. Good for you that they are sending you stuff.
Thank you very much indeed. : )
Jupp ... coming back to your channel is always a pleasure ... esp. at a prolonged weekend such like this ...
Lovely, lovely, love it!
Thanks a lot for sharing this!
I upgraded the power tubes to Genalex Gold Lion EL84's and also bought a Mesa Recto 112 cab, and it sounds down right good. I also bought some premium preamp tubes, and it sounds so good. I have the original version of the amp, and I put Tube Dr tubes in it, and I wasn't real impressed as I was with the other set. I haven't tried switching them but someday I will.
“Why don’t you make 10 louder?” Nigel-“this goes to eleven”
I just continue to be blown away by your playing Dave! Always super, even on what you may think is an "off" day.
Thank you very much. : )
Now look here Mr Simpson, you've only just convinced me I have to have a Katana, grumble, grumble, grumble ;o)
Sorry about that. : )
Killer Amp, Got a jet city JCA50h, It's nuts what you get for the money
Sounds amazing! Got myself the Jet City HDM100 yesterday! Can't wait to crank ik up!!
Thank you for watching. :
Hopefully the start of more gear manufacturers sending their stuff to you, always love the demo's :)
Thank you very much indeed. : )
Love it😎Raunchy and mean!🥰 I was looking at a JCA 20w combo at a pawn marked at $189. Now I'm def going back to light it up...🎧
Great Price Soldano is making their gear more affordable and great playing ..Machine Head reminds me of my elementary days.
Thank you very much. : )
👍 Thanks Dave. That amp tone is the one I have in my head. May have to part with some cash..........
Great tones the end is a blast...cool amp at a good price and designed by Soldano
The 20HV is not really Soldano voiced though like the others. That would be the 22H duel channel (nicknamed the mini-slo) or the HDM100 which is a hot-rod 100 clone.
Thank you very much. : )
Great job,,insperational ,great energy , great playing, motivational ,love to hear your band!
Thank you very much. : )
Jesus Christ Dave can play I realize that's not a very original thought but it just bears saying once in a while ...good Lord that SRV bit he was doing was just awesome
I'm bruv can you please play a wrong note or something so we know we are the same species?😂
Hi Dave this amp sound unbelievable , I do not know this brand but what a surprise , I love it , the clean sound is immense and the prices are good , you can get a very good amps for your buget . Great video Dave !!!!
Thank you very much indeed. : )
Dave you could give Bonamassa a run for his money. Another great amp. 👍
Thank you very much indeed. : )
you are actually more entertaining. : P
awesome dave remind me so much of my old neighbour we use to jam for hours after the pub had closed
I ran one of those in my road rack and it was fantastic.
I am updating my previous posts. The other night I fired this up after setting in my bedroom, buried under a dust cover. I plugged it in Avatar 112cab, it blew me away. Why haven't I been using it? Well I have several other amps set up in various rooms, and i just don't play in the bedroom. I am just a novice rhythm player, but this does everything I need it to do in spades. The other 20 watter, the original version, I had trouble with tube socket while changing tubes, and power tube red plated. I am taking it to a tech for repair in next few days. I did not like the more aggressive sound of it.
Dave.. I really appreciate you trying all this great gear for us! I always enjoy watching you play.. if you ever want to audition singers.. let me know..😊
Thank you very much and shall do. : )
sounds in the video are incredible, love your enthusiasm
Great work Dave, I have the 20w combo from a few years ago, brilliant no fuss amp, plug in and rock on!
Thank you very much. : )
been eye balling these amps for long time. great tone, very interesting eq style you have, thought it was going to sound horrid, though really nice. nice job.
Thank you very much. : )
Wow, what a demo! Best I have seen on youtube in long time. This amp is superb and seems to be right up your street. Thinking of selling my modded Marshall Class 5 Red Roulette Head (also superb BTW, you would be surprised how good these are with a few mods) and buying one of these instead.
Thank you very much indeed. : )
Amazing!! Been playing a lot of the Purple and 70's era stuff and been thinking about adding this to my collection and only about £250. I love my Jet City 22H and 100hdm amps. They can get really REALLY LOUD but sound great with the master on 1 as well.
Thank you very much. : )
Respect! very good playin' and awesome review! as always!
I hope they start to make the 100 watters again, I've got an LTD and 2 HDM 100s, that amp may be nice but if I had one I'd probably prefer the thicker heavier thump of the higher wattage heads.
Cool Jet City! I love how you have your amps stacked! Looks cool!
Thank you very much. : )
nothing rocks like glowing glass. a player of your caliber deserves a tube amp.
In a similar sound and price range there is also Laney CUB12r, i dare you you try it if you have a chance, have one and luvvv it
Thank you very much and hope to get my hands on one one day. : )
similar sound ? you have no bass on this amp and the middle and trebble is just horrible... the blackstar ht1 or vox is better than the cub 12r ..but if you love this amp is good :D
kavanig - I have plenty of bass - and usually have to use some treble boosting to get it where I want to have it. Didn't really tried ht1 so can't comment... But, check this guys covers using cub12r for example - th-cam.com/video/pi5Daticqa0/w-d-xo.html :)
awesome demo Dave. incredible playing and vibe. I really hope you put that talent into your own original music.PEACE
Thank you very much. : )
Looks like you had heaps of fun, keep it up.
I did indeed. Thank you very much. : )
Okay... When you showed the amp settings, I was ready to hate what I was about to hear (Bass off?? I love bass!), then you hit the first chord of Rumble and I was like "WHAT???" And then the Hendrix dropped my jaw even further...
Thank you very much. : )
Another fab video Dave! TBH I think you need to push the power section more to get the most out of this amp - by turning it up (I understand that it would be way to loud for your house).
Thank you very much and sadly that would be to loud yeps. See if I can get hold of a attenuator. : )
An attenuator is exactly what you need - if you need recommendations I'll happily point a few out. Also you know there is a trick you can do with the FX loop and any volume based pedal?
I recommend trying the volume pedal in the loop first as it sounds more natural, maybe running a EQ pedal with adjustable volume as well for more tweaks (I used the Morley Little Alligator). At least avoid cheap attenuators as it only made the sound more compressed, sucked out all the dynamics and cut's high end a bit for me, It could be human error but I did not like it. I personally just use my Jet City amps without most of the time on master 1.
My God that intro piece. Loved it
Thank you. : )
Moonage daydream cover is awesome ! You are a great guitarist. bravo !
Thank you. : )
Great review! Looks like a great value amp for the price. In the UK they are selling new for less than 350.
Not sure I need another 12AX7/EL84 amp tho. I wish they did an 6L6 or ideally EL34 circuit ..
I reckon at 20w this thing is still too hot to get in to any real nice power amp saturation.
I have a little 10w 12AX7/EL84 and that has to be dimed through a creamback 1x12 to get 'there'. Its still too loud. Gives me the tinnitus. :)
This amp is scarily loud when cranked, far too loud for home use unless attenuated! I know, I have one.
I love the Video, the Amp and your play. Very cool
Anyone do a comparison between this and the Marshall Origin 20 yet? And did I mention that you really freaking rock!
...gonna buy this amp.... works good with pedals, i guess... good old ts9 and maxon od 808, and of course my wonderful vahlbruch jewel drive.... and great playing as usual dave
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Dave you are a fricken star keep up the hard werk😁🤘😱and nice to be nice,your video on Marshall pedals are eye opening
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Dave your in the twilight zone!!Great review and great playing!!Cheers
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I love my Jet city amp. I modded mine to a jcm800
I have this amp and i also have a115 cab with a CTS from the mid 60's, and it just has that feel and response that is hard to find.
If you recall, what speakers are you running through? It appears you are using the Orange cab. I just ordered this amp (used). You totally sold me on this amp. Love the late 60s/early 70s rock tone. Hendrix, Kossoff & Frusciante...so good. Well done.
I'm using celestion g12 75s.
@@thedavesimpson Thank you sir. I'm assuming you are referring to the the Celestion T3760 G12T-75 and not the G12H-75 Creamback. Love listening to you play. Just noticed your follow up video "Jet City JCA20 HV - Chapter 2 - FULL VOLUME". Going to listen to it now. Cheers from Kansas City, Missouri.
Dave - you're a real treasure!! Don't ever stop !!!!!!
JET CITY WOMAN, oh my , ah the late eighties and the nineties
Mason Curtis my eyesight is shitty so im going to assume your emojis are of a positive nature and im going to give you a like ,peace
Awesome first you do katana which i own now a Jet city which I own, what next maybe
throw a little love at the Fender amp. stay well clear of the mustangs though. Maybe a Fender champion might be in your budget range its solid state and cheap as chips if you can pick one up second hand.
woo, heard like half a second of bad penny, fantastic as always dave!
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...and the outro jam! Awesome!!!!
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You ROCK and this is an Excellent demo!!!
Epic little amp, Ive had one for a couple of years, hugely underestimated and only £235, utter, utter, bargain!
Too hard on yourself Dave : ) you are an awesome guitar player and great human being!
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What were you playing at 42:31 ? I found this part truly awesome and I can't stop listening to it since :D You deserve so much more than 29k subs, mate.
Its a song called be my friend by the band free. : )
Around seven minute mark, DAVE goes stone free , sets ones heart a racing
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Yayyy! To Record Water for Ten Days!
They could've thrown a dead rat to you and you would've make it sound good. Awesome playing! I'm temped to get one of these, it's cheap and sounds freaking good; and I don't even need yet another piece of gear. Subscribed.
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Thanks for the review as I've been curious about it for a while......can somebody now send Dave a Bugera v22 for him to review.
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Sounded kinda like Explosions in the Sky at the beginning there. Nice.
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very page-esque towards the end. Very impressive. Thanks Dave. I'm looking at the Jet CIty range now and can't make my mind up. The JCA20VH certainly is great from hearing you play it....I would also like something a bit more Soldano. I'm just in contact with Simon at the moment.
Question Dave: do you know what valves are in there? JC offer a JJ valve upgrade when you buy the amp. Just wanted to know if they were the standard or maybe the JJ upgrade. They do sound great whatever they are.
My JCA50H came with unbranded tubes that simply said "Made in China". They weren't bad. I upgraded cuz I have a bunch of tubes in my stash. I'll also add that I pulled the chassis as I do work on amps, and I was VERY impressed with the build quality. Better than my 1989 Made in England Marshall. They are a great amp IMHO. Also, tubes are cheaper at tubedepot and places like that instead of the big box music stores. Price the tubes there vs. the upgrade price.
best reviewer I've seen! You rock! Thank you!
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Right fair, best tone yet! Valves rule!!
Thank you for watching. : )
Amazing tones, thanks to your videos I finally decided to buy this amp over the other options I was considering, you earned one more suscriber! Btw, impressive skills, what's the name of the song you play at 7:20 aprox.? That right hand, man, awesome!!
Thank you very much indeed and I am playing Stone Free by Jimi Hendrix. : )
Worried Dream jam? Mega!
Loving the little wing Dave
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