Love the simple layout. Obviously this one is not one-channel, but I wish more brands would do single-channel high-gain amps with great EQ sections instead of so many channels, modes, and features.
I have a JCA22H, two Jet City 1x12 cabs (Jensen Electric Lightning in one, Eminence CV-75 in the other, both 8-ohm) and a Boss SD-1, and I play a Les Paul Studio through it. I absolutely LOVE my tone. It’s incredibly versatile.
I have a jca22h as well as a 100hdm. Had the 100hdm first which prompted me to get the custom 22h. Recorded two albums with the 100hdm with multiple live performances. Love them both.ost definitely my favorite amps ever
@@PhuketMyMac No. Since the overdrive channel of the JCA50, 100 and 22 is basically Mike Soldano's Hot Rod circuit, I prefer to keep it stock. Plus, one of my favorite guitar tones was done with a Hot Rod 100 so I'm a little biased on this circuit. 🙃 The only mods I had done on mine are the pedal-friendly FX loop and Ultimate Clean for the Crunch channel, both by Epic Amplification.
Don’t forget the ValveKing 100 in this price range! Extremely good amp when you patch the effects and place a dummy 1/4” in input 1. Heavvvy. This JC is awesome Kyle! Great video.
I had the Valve King combo as my first amp, and it always shocks me when I go back to it. Like it’s not a slouch by any means.. definitely has that heavy Peavey DNA.
Valce king is def great as well! I personally feel this amp sounds better with no mods and will be more reliable, but the VK is certainly a great option as well.
@@belligerentamateur oh I agree! The JC you demo’d and my HDM100 are both better than the valve king overall but the VK is well worth the low buy. It’s amazeballs for death metal 🤘🏼
I own a 5150 block letter , a mid 80's JCM800 and a JCA50, and the JCA50 is my go too, great amp versatile, and low cost (I play Mathcore/Proggy metal) Bought mine new from Thomann at £250 ($280ish) about 5 or 6 years ago. At the time my 5150 and JCM were both broken, and the 5150 was in for repair, and I needed an amp fast. I have lots of Distortion pedals so I just bought the cheapest 50watt tube head I could find, without even hearing demo's/playing the thing, I figured I got gain pedals I can use them if the gain sucks. When I first plugged in and hit the lead Channel I was blown away . The "crunch" channel does a great proxy "fender" Clean with low pre amp gain settings, great pedal platform. The Lead channel is thick and with an OD handles modern metal tones with ease. Its quite bright , you need to tame the Treble and the Presence controls. I find it fits my pedal board a lot better than the other amps I own whilst still giving me great Amp gain tones as well. I wonder why anyone bought Bugera's whilst these were a thing, they are head and shoulders better than anything under £/$600 maybe even up to £/$800
Great demo of a killer amp! I am a huge fan of Jet City amps, so far the collection is at 6. Four of them are modded and two are still stock, including the 50H. Really hard amp to beat for the price you can get them for.
Did all my guitars on my former band’s EP with my JCA100HDM. Ended up selling it after I left the band but now I have the Custom 22, which was a collaboration with Martin Kidd of Victory Amps
I think you covered it pretty well, best bang for the buck/ easy to mod / they dont break down. I added a depth mod to mine and it helped the low-end greatly I also added a front panel channel switch
Hey Kyle, are you sure this is the Soldano Designed version? Because the Soldano Designed series says “Designed by Soldano” on the front and back and has the 333 logo on the front, or am I wrong? Gretings from Switzerland
I was curious so last year I bought a 20H for $200. It rocked so I picked up a 22H for $250 🤣🤣. I'm more rock than metal so I run mine through a Weber MiniMass attenuator and crank the master up to 6 to get the power tubes cooking. Awesome amps.
Great amps for those who like Soldano style gain but do not have budget for real Soldano. I've bought used Jet City Custom 22 and it was the best $260 ever spent on an amp.
I love it. Pretty much has the Soldano thing going on, perhaps not as smooth on the OD channel which is just fine. Boosts can clean it up nicely as you show here. This would be a fun thing to have and the price is right for a used one. cheers Kyle
If you keep the gain low on the crunch channel and use a bright sounding compressor you can get a legit sparkly clean tone out of the crunch channel. Like a real clean.
There's another solution. All tubes need to be changed anyway. Using lower gain preamp tube on position #1 does the job. Like JJ ECC 83MG instead of JJ ECC 83S which are on other postions. However It affects overall sound a little bit. 2nd channel is less tight.
@@mariomarino3020 I have a ton of mods I'm going to do to the 50H soon including a switchable 'clean' mode on channel 1 to see if I can get away from using the compressor all the time. Here's hoping.
Awesome amps. I own a JCA100HDM and it's more than good. And not long ago another band mate lend me this one JCA50H and it sounded huge bro. I play Sludge Metal by the way.
@@clugokillscluco sometimes. But even playing Sludge I like better the amp distortion than a fuzz or distortion pedal. But sometimes I use a mini Muff boosted with a Rat clone and sometimes the Beringer Super Fuzz.
I've seen some videos of some nicely modded Jet City but I was also just told that Jet City now does custom heads and they don't do regular retail amps anymore. A guy I know just got a jet City Silver Jubilee / Plexi Style 22 watt head
12:00 prime example of why less is more with gain. As soon as you cranked the gain it turned into a fizzy mess. All of the chunk and percussiveness went away and it just sounded like a solid state amp. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would prefer that to the tone you were getting with less gain.
@@belligerentamateur by the way.. what OD would you recommend for the JC HDM100? I’m in love with the amp but I’m still finding the overdrive channel a little to flubby for my liking. Metal Zone is to harsh and my Zakk Wylde OD doesn’t seem to do the trick. Looking for something that will just do the job of tightening it up for rhythm and palm mutes .
Nitpicking, but there’s something off about your vocal mic. It sounds like it was either hot on the way in or you have some processing like boosted high mids or saturation on it But yeah, the review was pretty good. I think it’s funny that the first thing you play after turning on an amp is almost always that bluesy ac/dc thing
Great video! I had a Jet City JCA HD 100. Had the depth control. I have to say I wasn't wild about the low end myself even after modding it. How would you describe the low end?
extra beefy with some sizzle if that makes sense. Mine crushes. I use DV77 speakers in a mid 90s randall cab with a furman pq4 and a furman pq3 in the loop. I push it with a JHS modded DS1 and a 20 ft mogami cord. My tone absolutely rips. Best of luck to you in your tone search.
Sorry I forgot to add that I have the 2924 chip in my Boss Ds1. My tone really caome together when I had a comp tech guy put the Sony 2924 chip in my Boss DS1. That chip is the same chip that EVH used in the early 80s. Hard to find but I found my on Craigslist. I searched "2924 boost" and found a guy in CA who had several thousand of NOS stock from the original Tiawanese factory that made them.
It's big with the depth mod, but not "clanky" as I like to describe it like you'll find in the 5150 or other popular metal amps. It's more of a thud, kind of low mid heavy and not super immediate in it's reaction. If you can find a jet city cab and load it with k100 speakers, that REALLY helps tighten the low end reaction, as it's front loaded.
Its about headroom, 20 watts will sound basically the same until you get really loud then tube compression will happen. Adding more gain, and cutting some of the low end and top end of the amp
I had one of these and sold it at the same time I sold one of my other favorite budget amps: a Bad Cat Cougar. I miss both of them but needed a quick $1K at the time. It’d be awesome if you could get your hands on a Bad Cat Cougar to demo. There’s not many good ones on YT and they’re a great sounding amp.
That’s crazy just traded my high end guitar for a tube amp! I got an modded out Harley Benton with emgs 57/66 white and gold hardware the boss kantana can’t compare to a tube amp! My PRS SE 594 McCarty with bye bye
Awesome I absolutely love The affordable bang-for-the-buck stuff. that ground hum you are getting might be from one of the boost pedals being too close to the power transformer in the amp. I don't know why this isn't common knowledge amongst you tubers or even guitarists in general after all these years so SPREAD THE WORD you need to keep gear away from power transformers and most tube amps have built-in power transformers!!!! LOL stay metal!!
Another question do u still have the Peavy 6505+for sale I don't get on Instagram gram bad experience there .I saw u had one a couple of weeks back I had one in my hands awhile back ok man .
Hey Kyle 👋 I heard these amps years ago then they disappeared, so someone on utube mentioned that folks can still purchase from Soldano or some affiliate that works with them ,I would like to get one but 100 watt cause I deaf 50 won't suffice haha do u have one ? any hoot can they be purchased??🤘🤠🍻 great content as always..
they are only making 20w right now and even those are on hold for a bit. the owner (doug) will be moving soon as he is starting a new position for voodoo labs as COO. he will still be doing jet city but they will be on hold for a bit. if you def want a 100w the only way right now is used. you can look for the 100h, 100hdm, or 100ltd. you would be very surprised how loud the 50's get
Yeah my Jet City 22H sounded like the opposite of this amp 🥲, took it back to Guitar Center and found a JCM 900 for $100 more which was a total of $350
may have been messed with or modded if you bought it used. happens a lot with these. this def has a bit more oomph then the 22 though. i have a 100 i got cheap and it sounded like crap because it had crap mods done to it.
30th like, thanks for the information Kyle. Question for you? What is the M77 based on?? I love mine and happy to hear someone giving it the love. Thank you if you can answer.
The M77 from MXR is very versatile. It has gain, volume, and tone (treble) knobs, but also a 100Hz knob for boost/cut of the 100Hz frequency band. Great for surgically dialing in your amp's low end. The Bump switch (blue LED) thickens up the low mids. It's more than an SD-1 clone.
Can anyone who owns one of these let me know if it's loud enough for band practice? Basic metal band setup, two guitars, bass, drums, vocals. Other guitar player a Dual Rectifier. Will this stand up?
It's extremely loud. You wouldn't have a chance to crank 2nd channel not even on the big open stage. I've never had any opportunity to play it past 6 anywhere, counting open live big stages too. And I play loud in a loud band. Crunch channel is opposite if you want total clean sound, This thing doesn't produce clean sound if crunch gain is any higher than 1, but then you must roll crunch master volume all the way to match 2nd channel in dBs. Or use volume pedal in FX loop. Change all tubes, add a few mods - this amp is made as a platform for modding, good cab, and you have a beast. If you don't like hiss in upper frequencies put Jettenuator between the head and cab with minimum attenuation. Hiss is gone, now it screams up there. DR / JCA combo. DR will define bottom, JCA will define middle range, they will both fight for treble frequencies.
I have the JCA 50 (also a 50 watt Jcm 800 and a 5150 Block Letter) and yes it is EASILY loud enough to practice. I have my lead and Crunch volumes on 4 and 6 respectively and its close to being too loud hahaha. My 5150 is only slightly louder if I am honest, easily keeps up with a drummer bassist and another guitarist, with head room to spare For the record my JCA50 is my go too amp over the 800 and the 5150 , even though the 800 and 5150 are iconic amps. I feel the JCA50 is just more versatile and does what the 800 and the 5150 does pretty much in 1 box
@@mariomarino3020 I get clean sound out of mine but I use single coils(for metal) so probably the low out put allows me that, but you can always use an OD to reduce volume hitting the front end with a Humbucker and probably get a clean out of it. I can get a very Fender-ish clean(bit more mids) with the pre on about 2 (but no more) To me the character of the gain is almost 5150, but the eq curve is more Marshall if that makes sense, takes ODs and distortions into the crunch , very well,
@@jacksmith4460 Yes, I'm with the humbuckers, DM's on LP's, huge output, OD already used for another purpose, I rather play with guitar vol pots and I use 3 stage volume pedal in FX loop. It allows me to have full range clean louder. Volume reduction of any kind (OD, compressor...) on the front end takes out a lot of harmonics from the initial signal, it becomes poorer therefore smaller, so even the preamp can't make it angry. It's cool when you need clean like "down" or "back", it won't work for loud rich clean. I need all of it so I'm jumping around my equipment like a monkey in the jungle 😅
Love my 20h and hope to find a 50 watter or 100 watter one day for a decent price; or I might hold off to see what new fun is coming from Jet City. spoiler: big changes coming to the company !
Every amp can benefit from an EQ in the loop. I recently used a Joyo 6-Band EQ in front of a Blackstar's Overdrive channel, and it makes a great (but somewhat noisy) colored boost pedal.
I have a Peavey Triumph Ultra 60 combo I cant give away. $350 for an all tube combo with the Ultra channel you would think I would have sold it LONG ago. Nope.
Love the simple layout. Obviously this one is not one-channel, but I wish more brands would do single-channel high-gain amps with great EQ sections instead of so many channels, modes, and features.
100% agree
Mesa and their always hidden 'suck mode' switch
I have a JCA22H, two Jet City 1x12 cabs (Jensen Electric Lightning in one, Eminence CV-75 in the other, both 8-ohm) and a Boss SD-1, and I play a Les Paul Studio through it. I absolutely LOVE my tone. It’s incredibly versatile.
I have a jca22h as well as a 100hdm. Had the 100hdm first which prompted me to get the custom 22h. Recorded two albums with the 100hdm with multiple live performances. Love them both.ost definitely my favorite amps ever
I'm about to release an EP with guitars fully recorded with a 50H. It's a beast!
Have you had it modded to the SLO specs?
Damn Straight
@@PhuketMyMac No. Since the overdrive channel of the JCA50, 100 and 22 is basically Mike Soldano's Hot Rod circuit, I prefer to keep it stock. Plus, one of my favorite guitar tones was done with a Hot Rod 100 so I'm a little biased on this circuit. 🙃 The only mods I had done on mine are the pedal-friendly FX loop and Ultimate Clean for the Crunch channel, both by Epic Amplification.
@@DonnieDistortion Can you tell me more about the clean mod?
@@Mazut0 "Ultimate Clean for the Crunch channel" -> to change the Crunch channel to a clean-ish voicing.
Don’t forget the ValveKing 100 in this price range! Extremely good amp when you patch the effects and place a dummy 1/4” in input 1. Heavvvy. This JC is awesome Kyle! Great video.
I had the Valve King combo as my first amp, and it always shocks me when I go back to it. Like it’s not a slouch by any means.. definitely has that heavy Peavey DNA.
Valce king is def great as well! I personally feel this amp sounds better with no mods and will be more reliable, but the VK is certainly a great option as well.
@@belligerentamateur oh I agree! The JC you demo’d and my HDM100 are both better than the valve king overall but the VK is well worth the low buy. It’s amazeballs for death metal 🤘🏼
I own a 5150 block letter , a mid 80's JCM800 and a JCA50, and the JCA50 is my go too, great amp versatile, and low cost (I play Mathcore/Proggy metal)
Bought mine new from Thomann at £250 ($280ish) about 5 or 6 years ago. At the time my 5150 and JCM were both broken, and the 5150 was in for repair, and I needed an amp fast. I have lots of Distortion pedals so I just bought the cheapest 50watt tube head I could find, without even hearing demo's/playing the thing, I figured I got gain pedals I can use them if the gain sucks.
When I first plugged in and hit the lead Channel I was blown away .
The "crunch" channel does a great proxy "fender" Clean with low pre amp gain settings, great pedal platform.
The Lead channel is thick and with an OD handles modern metal tones with ease.
Its quite bright , you need to tame the Treble and the Presence controls.
I find it fits my pedal board a lot better than the other amps I own whilst still giving me great Amp gain tones as well. I wonder why anyone bought Bugera's whilst these were a thing, they are head and shoulders better than anything under £/$600 maybe even up to £/$800
I agree, great Amp I'll never get rid of mine
I've got this amp and it's like every era of Van Halen tones in one amp...I love it.
I bought my jca100hdm because of this channel!!!! I love it so much , thanks Kyle !!!
I had this Head I was the biggest mistake I made selling it ,these heads are a killer low budget head,Great Video Kyle
Agreed. Just bought one. Had the JCA20H and loved it so much I bought the 50.
Great demo of a killer amp! I am a huge fan of Jet City amps, so far the collection is at 6. Four of them are modded and two are still stock, including the 50H. Really hard amp to beat for the price you can get them for.
Awesome! I was headed that way myself, but got some offers I couldn't refuse. Lol!
@@belligerentamateur Haha, can't say I blame you there.
LOVE that Leeway riff nice to see them getting some love!!
Leeway is the tits
GOOD JOB ON THE AMP BUILD
Did all my guitars on my former band’s EP with my JCA100HDM. Ended up selling it after I left the band but now I have the Custom 22, which was a collaboration with Martin Kidd of Victory Amps
How do you like the Custom 22? I really wanted one after Agufish's demo. Can't find them anywhere, and now they're out of production.
I think you covered it pretty well, best bang for the buck/ easy to mod / they dont break down.
I added a depth mod to mine and it helped the low-end greatly I also added a front panel channel switch
Are you the one selling it on reverb?
@@burgersandfries74217 no I plan on keeping the one I have
Hey Kyle, are you sure this is the Soldano Designed version?
Because the Soldano Designed series says “Designed by Soldano” on the front and back and has the 333 logo on the front, or am I wrong?
Gretings from Switzerland
I was curious so last year I bought a 20H for $200. It rocked so I picked up a 22H for $250 🤣🤣. I'm more rock than metal so I run mine through a Weber MiniMass attenuator and crank the master up to 6 to get the power tubes cooking. Awesome amps.
Great amps for those who like Soldano style gain but do not have budget for real Soldano. I've bought used Jet City Custom 22 and it was the best $260 ever spent on an amp.
I love it. Pretty much has the Soldano thing going on, perhaps not as smooth on the OD channel which is just fine. Boosts can clean it up nicely as you show here.
This would be a fun thing to have and the price is right for a used one.
cheers Kyle
If you keep the gain low on the crunch channel and use a bright sounding compressor you can get a legit sparkly clean tone out of the crunch channel. Like a real clean.
There's another solution. All tubes need to be changed anyway. Using lower gain preamp tube on position #1 does the job. Like JJ ECC 83MG instead of JJ ECC 83S which are on other postions. However It affects overall sound a little bit. 2nd channel is less tight.
@@mariomarino3020
I have a ton of mods I'm going to do to the 50H soon including a switchable 'clean' mode on channel 1 to see if I can get away from using the compressor all the time. Here's hoping.
Awesome amps. I own a JCA100HDM and it's more than good. And not long ago another band mate lend me this one JCA50H and it sounded huge bro. I play Sludge Metal by the way.
Are you using any distortion or fuzz to assist the amp?
@@clugokillscluco sometimes. But even playing Sludge I like better the amp distortion than a fuzz or distortion pedal. But sometimes I use a mini Muff boosted with a Rat clone and sometimes the Beringer Super Fuzz.
@ChiAeNima the boost on that Behringer is doom in a box in front of a tighter amp
I've seen some videos of some nicely modded Jet City but I was also just told that Jet City now does custom heads and they don't do regular retail amps anymore. A guy I know just got a jet City Silver Jubilee / Plexi Style 22 watt head
I had a JCA100H and it had a depth mod, definitely night and day difference in low end.
Agreed, I feel it's necessary
Kyle, you are a great player! and love your videos.
Sweet spot for me when Boosting with an OD is about 11 O'clock
12:00 prime example of why less is more with gain. As soon as you cranked the gain it turned into a fizzy mess. All of the chunk and percussiveness went away and it just sounded like a solid state amp. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would prefer that to the tone you were getting with less gain.
I run a JC HDM100 with my Engl Artist Edition 100 and they are huge together!
Good comob!
@@belligerentamateur by the way.. what OD would you recommend for the JC HDM100? I’m in love with the amp but I’m still finding the overdrive channel a little to flubby for my liking. Metal Zone is to harsh and my Zakk Wylde OD doesn’t seem to do the trick. Looking for something that will just do the job of tightening it up for rhythm and palm mutes .
You gotta ad Poison riffs to the intro now!
Drop C Poison riffs 🤘🏻
I would absolutely love to see Kyle demo a stock plexi
Some day for sure!
Nitpicking, but there’s something off about your vocal mic. It sounds like it was either hot on the way in or you have some processing like boosted high mids or saturation on it
But yeah, the review was pretty good. I think it’s funny that the first thing you play after turning on an amp is almost always that bluesy ac/dc thing
Good was about to ask you if you were going to use the mud killer to tighten up the amp
The Mud Killer is a savage pedal... I use it to crush Two Princeton Fender twins for that SRV thang...
@@benburnett8109 noice
How can you say you don't know what your doing ? When I comes to setting tones with any amp you definitely know what your doing Subbed.🤘
Thank you, my man! Much appreciated
Great video! I had a Jet City JCA HD 100. Had the depth control. I have to say I wasn't wild about the low end myself even after modding it. How would you describe the low end?
extra beefy with some sizzle if that makes sense. Mine crushes. I use DV77 speakers in a mid 90s randall cab with a furman pq4 and a furman pq3 in the loop. I push it with a JHS modded DS1 and a 20 ft mogami cord. My tone absolutely rips. Best of luck to you in your tone search.
Sorry I forgot to add that I have the 2924 chip in my Boss Ds1. My tone really caome together when I had a comp tech guy put the Sony 2924 chip in my Boss DS1. That chip is the same chip that EVH used in the early 80s. Hard to find but I found my on Craigslist. I searched "2924 boost" and found a guy in CA who had several thousand of NOS stock from the original Tiawanese factory that made them.
It's big with the depth mod, but not "clanky" as I like to describe it like you'll find in the 5150 or other popular metal amps. It's more of a thud, kind of low mid heavy and not super immediate in it's reaction. If you can find a jet city cab and load it with k100 speakers, that REALLY helps tighten the low end reaction, as it's front loaded.
Hey Kyle does the 20 watt sound better or does it sound the same as the 50 watt?
Its about headroom, 20 watts will sound basically the same until you get really loud then tube compression will happen. Adding more gain, and cutting some of the low end and top end of the amp
Correct
I had one of these and sold it at the same time I sold one of my other favorite budget amps: a Bad Cat Cougar. I miss both of them but needed a quick $1K at the time. It’d be awesome if you could get your hands on a Bad Cat Cougar to demo. There’s not many good ones on YT and they’re a great sounding amp.
Why did JC have some with the 333 badge? I love all my JC amps and cabs.
Whats the difference between this black head version and one labeled 333JetCity JCA50H?
nothing, just a slight remodel visually
That’s crazy just traded my high end guitar for a tube amp! I got an modded out Harley Benton with emgs 57/66 white and gold hardware the boss kantana can’t compare to a tube amp! My PRS SE 594 McCarty with bye bye
Bro this thing is good please do a peavy Windsor head review I was considering in buying from a guy I know I need to know if it chug 🤘🏻🤘🏻⚡️⚡️🖤🖤💎
Your camera placement makes you look bottom heavy. Also, your playing is so good
Just looked into them and they seem like a great deal
Would you put this amp over the Marshall DSL? Seems about the same price point.
DSL would get my vote personally.
DSL is a good but pricier. Tough call, but I'd probably personally take the DSL. One of my favorite amps, period.
Peavey valveking smashes the jet city and can be had a little cheaper again.
Depends on what sound you like.
I don't agree at all, but it's all subjective.
Picking one up in the next few days!
Get two. One for the left and one for the right. Lord, knows they are cheap enough. Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honestly man, do the Soldano mod and you have a cheap, 95% of the way there SLO tone
@@belligerentamateur ill have to find some sort or info to do that. Im sure its out there
Awesome I absolutely love The affordable bang-for-the-buck stuff. that ground hum you are getting might be from one of the boost pedals being too close to the power transformer in the amp. I don't know why this isn't common knowledge amongst you tubers or even guitarists in general after all these years so SPREAD THE WORD you need to keep gear away from power transformers and most tube amps have built-in power transformers!!!! LOL stay metal!!
Another question do u still have the Peavy 6505+for sale I don't get on Instagram gram bad experience there .I saw u had one a couple of weeks back I had one in my hands awhile back ok man .
Yep, still have it for sale.
Hey Kyle 👋 I heard these amps years ago then they disappeared, so someone on utube mentioned that folks can still purchase from Soldano or some affiliate that works with them ,I would like to get one but 100 watt cause I deaf 50 won't suffice haha do u have one ? any hoot can they be purchased??🤘🤠🍻 great content as always..
they are only making 20w right now and even those are on hold for a bit. the owner (doug) will be moving soon as he is starting a new position for voodoo labs as COO. he will still be doing jet city but they will be on hold for a bit. if you def want a 100w the only way right now is used. you can look for the 100h, 100hdm, or 100ltd. you would be very surprised how loud the 50's get
+1 on the loudness. My 20W JCA22H is ridiculously loud.
Used market only now
Thanks guys for commenting 🙂 appreciated 🙏
Wanted a jet city in high-school along with an ibanez xpt700 red chameleon
Yeah my Jet City 22H sounded like the opposite of this amp 🥲, took it back to Guitar Center and found a JCM 900 for $100 more which was a total of $350
may have been messed with or modded if you bought it used. happens a lot with these. this def has a bit more oomph then the 22 though. i have a 100 i got cheap and it sounded like crap because it had crap mods done to it.
Sounds like a bad mod to me, these amps all sound REALY good, basically chinese Soldanos
is the MXR B.OD always on?
Leeway riff nice
I’ve always wanted these.
great sound for the buck, for sure!
That thing sounds nasty! I’m a good way 🤘🏽
Agreed!
@@belligerentamateur agleed! Reporting! Acknowledged! Red alert, command and conquer? Back in the 90s? No? Lol old PC game 😂
30th like, thanks for the information Kyle.
Question for you? What is the M77 based on?? I love mine and happy to hear someone giving it the love. Thank you if you can answer.
From what I know, it's very similar to the BOSS SD1 with more mids. Also have one, best boost I can think of.
The M77 from MXR is very versatile. It has gain, volume, and tone (treble) knobs, but also a 100Hz knob for boost/cut of the 100Hz frequency band. Great for surgically dialing in your amp's low end. The Bump switch (blue LED) thickens up the low mids. It's more than an SD-1 clone.
Honestly, not sure. Never looked into it, just know that I love it!
@@belligerentamateur thank you kind Sir!
And the price just went up
Had one and loved it. No issues and always sounded great.
Hey Kyle, what about a Jet City Amelia their only amp with a real 2 channel
The only one I've played didn't wow me, but I don't know if it was stock or not.
Im gonna be that guy and keep saying Archon MKII lol
LOL. I don't mind! I've been meaning to get to it for a while, hopefully soon!
04:53 Feathers by Coheed and Cambria?
Yep!
Wish it had a master volume
Can anyone who owns one of these let me know if it's loud enough for band practice? Basic metal band setup, two guitars, bass, drums, vocals. Other guitar player a Dual Rectifier. Will this stand up?
It's extremely loud. You wouldn't have a chance to crank 2nd channel not even on the big open stage. I've never had any opportunity to play it past 6 anywhere, counting open live big stages too. And I play loud in a loud band. Crunch channel is opposite if you want total clean sound, This thing doesn't produce clean sound if crunch gain is any higher than 1, but then you must roll crunch master volume all the way to match 2nd channel in dBs. Or use volume pedal in FX loop.
Change all tubes, add a few mods - this amp is made as a platform for modding, good cab, and you have a beast. If you don't like hiss in upper frequencies put Jettenuator between the head and cab with minimum attenuation. Hiss is gone, now it screams up there.
DR / JCA combo. DR will define bottom, JCA will define middle range, they will both fight for treble frequencies.
I have the JCA 50 (also a 50 watt Jcm 800 and a 5150 Block Letter) and yes it is EASILY loud enough to practice. I have my lead and Crunch volumes on 4 and 6 respectively and its close to being too loud hahaha.
My 5150 is only slightly louder if I am honest, easily keeps up with a drummer bassist and another guitarist, with head room to spare
For the record my JCA50 is my go too amp over the 800 and the 5150 , even though the 800 and 5150 are iconic amps. I feel the JCA50 is just more versatile and does what the 800 and the 5150 does pretty much in 1 box
@@mariomarino3020 I get clean sound out of mine but I use single coils(for metal) so probably the low out put allows me that, but you can always use an OD to reduce volume hitting the front end with a Humbucker and probably get a clean out of it. I can get a very Fender-ish clean(bit more mids) with the pre on about 2 (but no more)
To me the character of the gain is almost 5150, but the eq curve is more Marshall if that makes sense, takes ODs and distortions into the crunch , very well,
@@jacksmith4460 thanks a bunch!
@@jacksmith4460 Yes, I'm with the humbuckers, DM's on LP's, huge output, OD already used for another purpose, I rather play with guitar vol pots and I use 3 stage volume pedal in FX loop. It allows me to have full range clean louder. Volume reduction of any kind (OD, compressor...) on the front end takes out a lot of harmonics from the initial signal, it becomes poorer therefore smaller, so even the preamp can't make it angry. It's cool when you need clean like "down" or "back", it won't work for loud rich clean. I need all of it so I'm jumping around my equipment like a monkey in the jungle 😅
Love my 20h and hope to find a 50 watter or 100 watter one day for a decent price; or I might hold off to see what new fun is coming from Jet City. spoiler: big changes coming to the company !
for those that dont know, doug will be moving. he will be the COO of voodoo labs and will be running jet city still. they are merging together.
You should demo what eq pedals do
Plan on it soon!
Throw an eq pedal in the loop
Every amp can benefit from an EQ in the loop. I recently used a Joyo 6-Band EQ in front of a Blackstar's Overdrive channel, and it makes a great (but somewhat noisy) colored boost pedal.
Great amp but it broke from something a higher quality amp should have survived, that's my only critique. The tone to price ratio is undeniably nuts.
I have a Peavey Triumph Ultra 60 combo I cant give away. $350 for an all tube combo with the Ultra channel you would think I would have sold it LONG ago. Nope.
And the 100w ?
What about it my man?
Urge to mod intensifies
LEEWAY
Price just went up lol
Naaaahhhhhhhhh
too bad there is no lead guitar sample, to hard to tell by
just chugging
not that impressed, maybe its the way it comes through in the video