NAD: Jet City JCA100HDM

[holden_caufield9]

Just ordered it from Guitar Center online. I can't wait to check this thing out. I had a Soldano Hot Rod 50+ that I sold and have regretted it ever since. Hopefully, this will help fill the bill.

[guitarbilly74]

it will definitely fill the bill.

[Nerine]

Whats the HDM signify?

[guitarbilly74]

 

Whats the HDM signify?

 

 

DM - depth mod.

 

The H just means its a head. The regular one is the JCA100H and the depth mod amp is the JCA100HDM.

[holden_caufield9]

 

DM - depth mod. The H just means its a head. The regular one is the JCA100H and the depth mod amp is the JCA100HDM.

 

 

Yeah, I had to shell out the extra cash for the depth mod. I'm a huge Warren Haynes fan but I dont have $5k sitting around for amps so this will be my SLO substitute. If it's anything like the Hot Rod 50+ I'm going to be a very happy camper.

[JerEvil]

This is definitely an amp I am interested in.

[guidedbyechoes]

 

DM - depth mod. The H just means its a head. The regular one is the JCA100H and the depth mod amp is the JCA100HDM.

 

 

Isnt it a crunch and lead instead of normal and lead?

[RiffDaemon]

May have to get one of these when (or if) my bonus comes around.

[co&cafan808]

 

Isnt it a crunch and lead instead of normal and lead?

 

 

It's the same as the JCA 50/100 except it comes with a metal grill and it has a half power switch and a depth control.

[thesparkeffect]

I think you will be happy with your purchase.

 

As an FYI this is listed two hundred less at a few places, so if you paid full price, you might be able to get a price match. I've had my 50w for about a month and thanks to price drops I just got some monies back the other day.

[Seattle Doug]

H - head

D- depth

M - metal grill

[Orbis_Mortis]

After all the great reviews, I think you will enjoy!! HFNAD!!!

[holden_caufield9]

I think you will be happy with your purchase. As an FYI this is listed two hundred less at a few places, so if you paid full price, you might be able to get a price match. I've had my 50w for about a month and thanks to price drops I just got some monies back the other day.

 

Yeah, I got it for $799. GC Online had it for $999 but I told the guy at the store that MF had it for $200 less and he did the price match. They told me that MF is always undercutting them and that GC should buy MF so they cant undercut them anymore... I told him that GC did own MF and he was shocked.

[FastRedPonyCar]

Congrats on the new amp! I really like my HDM

[Yarbicus]

Yeah, I got it for $799. GC Online had it for $999 but I told the guy at the store that MF had it for $200 less and he did the price match. They told me that MF is always undercutting them and that GC should buy MF so they cant undercut them anymore... I told him that GC did own MF and he was shocked.

 

 

Sounds about right. I left MF about 2 weeks before the buyout. Within 6 months all of the good, well-trained MF peple were gone replaced by the typical GC drones. So glad I got out when I did.

[papas87]

 

...If it's anything like the Hot Rod 50+ I'm going to be a very happy camper.

 

 

OK, now I'm really stoked for one of these. I'd recently got myself all worked up over a near purchase of a used Hot Rod 50+, only to watch that deal slip away. I just happened across the FastRedPonyCar vids on YouTube and thought the HDM looked to be pretty darn close.

 

I'm curious though, wasn't he using that amp with EL34's and KT88's? Also, by reading through some of the feedback on YouTube, it sounded like he had a prototype or maybe a pre-production model? Or at the very least he was perhaps a pre-production tester? Can anyone confirm this, and would a 100HDM I purchased now be the same thing in the video clips... same sounds, tube swapping, etc?

 

Thanks! I think I'm on-board for one of these, unless a used HR50+ drops in my way really soon!

 

be well,

 

Jason G

[dunning-kruger]

alright in know i called these guys junk {censored}ty amps...but i tried that 100 watt JCA at samash and it was {censored}ing great nicer than a marshall.....but for the money i would go for a 3120. or a JSX.

 

still take back what i said...i still think the 20 watt one is junk tough.

[FastRedPonyCar]

still take back what i said...i still think the 20 watt one is junk tough.

 

Joe Perry disagrees

 

But to each his own.

[pioneerprogress]

 

Isnt it a crunch and lead instead of normal and lead?

 

 

I think crunch is what JC is calling the channel they used to call "normal" It's the same thing.

[holden_caufield9]

So I got the amp and it's badass. VERY similar to my old Soldano Hot Rod 50+. I need to find a decent reverb to put in the loop. Right now I'm using my Pod XT, but I might have to do something different down the road. Not sure, any suggestions?

[t-rey]

Can the HDM (on half power) be played at home volumes or would it need an attenuator?

[holden_caufield9]

 

Can the HDM (on half power) be played at home volumes or would it need an attenuator?

 

 

It depends on what you're looking for. I played it today w/ my fiancee sitting 10 feet from the amp with a guitar case in front of the speaker and she didnt bitch too much. I only had the volume on 3 though.

[FastRedPonyCar]

 

Can the HDM (on half power) be played at home volumes or would it need an attenuator?

 

 

half power has virtually zero effect on the volume output.

[t-rey]

 

half power has virtually zero effect on the volume output.

 

 

I figgured as much, but didn't know if knocking it down to 50w made the lower volume tones better due to the power section potentially working harder.