I finally got hold of a Roland JC-77 from a guy who rehearses where I work! I swung it for £250 ($390), and it's all in perfect condition, especially considering the fact that it's from 1981, so it's 13 years older than me! This is MY first amp I bought for myself (I like buying everything for myself, although my Dad has nice gear too), and it really suits me because of my intensely slim physique (I can lift the amp!), the fact that I play with all kinds of musicians (with the right pedal in front of it, this can handle anything!) and since it's solid-state I can get a good bedroom sound out of it! I love the sound of this amp and the chorus is absolutely perfect, although I wouldn't mind replacing the reverb tank with an Accutronics (I'm not sure which model no. so any help would be mucho appreciated!) as the reverb sounds poor at higher levels. I've been using my acoustic guitar with pickup through it to get some super clean sounds, and when I click on the DS-1 and HM-2 the amp really sings, with very little feedback (not sure if that's the amp's fault or not). I was so inspired by this amp that I wrote a song in the first 5 minutes of playing with it, and I think it'll be with me for a long time!

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Rickenbacker 330/Gibson Les Paul Standard and a couple of amps, depending on how long the walk to the place is.

FS: Fender Telecaster Contemporary, Orange Thunder 30, Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp, Fender Vibro Champ.

Pics or it didn't happen!

But seriously, congratulations! I have the feeling it's not exactly that fun to carry around for gigs like you say it is though. Well, at least you don't have to worry about breaking the tubes.

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I reject reality and substitute my own

ya... that will get old fast.




ha ha. i know what you mean there's a sense of pride and value to earning something yourself rather than the kids that get handed a marshall stack for their birthday and are complete douche bags because they've got cooler gear than you.

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Messy Bedroom Luxe & Reduxe

Good exchange with Cham Clowder.

That's rad I wisih I could find one of those Roland JC-77's. A JC-120 is just overkill.

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Ryan Tell (Solo Ambient Electronica Project)

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I'll be uploading tomorrow dude! And thanks! I'm super pleased!
My bank account hates me now. Still, those kids suck. I show up to rehearsals with a Fender Frontman, they show up with a Krank Krankenstein (horrid amp) or Mesa/Boogie Dual Recto... Cheers dude! It was on a freak chance that a guy who's moving house wanted to sell it, but then he disappeared, so I thought I couldn't get it, then I went to work yesterday and it was sitting at the bottom of the stairs! The JC-120 would probably get me a few days off work with back pains similar to the Orange Rockerverb 50 .

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Rickenbacker 330/Gibson Les Paul Standard and a couple of amps, depending on how long the walk to the place is.

FS: Fender Telecaster Contemporary, Orange Thunder 30, Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp, Fender Vibro Champ.