Members J.D. Salinger Posted June 15, 2009 Members Share Posted June 15, 2009 Would the JC120 be decent for Stoner Rock? Especially if I'm running a Swollen Pickle into it for dirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members woolyh Posted June 15, 2009 Members Share Posted June 15, 2009 Would the JC120 be decent for Stoner Rock? Especially if I'm running a Swollen Pickle into it for dirt? If you love dirt avoid the JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drasp Posted June 15, 2009 Members Share Posted June 15, 2009 I love my JC, but rarely run straight dirt in front of it. Most of the dirt I love is designed to push the front end of a tube amp into clipping which is a very very good thing. On the flip side, pushing the front end of a SS amp into clipping is usually NOT. I totally dig lots of wild, textured fuzz boxes into the JC b/c it stays clean & lets them do their thing. Especially stuff like a Muff or a bass-heavy fuzz works well, for me. IF I were going to try to use a JC as my main amp, which would never ever happen, in a million-billion years, I'd probably have a DLS as the main dirt sound and stack fuzzes before it. That way I could have the DLS as a sort of 'dirt channel' and get fuzz-into-dirty-amp interaction if/when needed. Just don't expect any clean boost/treble boost/OD stuff to come out sounding pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drasp Posted June 15, 2009 Members Share Posted June 15, 2009 Would the JC120 be decent for Stoner Rock? Especially if I'm running a Swollen Pickle into it for dirt? Oh dear no! The speakers on the JC are good, but not for the kind of heavy 'moving-objects-around-the-room' bass you'd want for stoner stuff. I'm sure you COULD make a JC work, but its deff. not well suited for the task. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J.D. Salinger Posted June 15, 2009 Members Share Posted June 15, 2009 Oh dear no! The speakers on the JC are good, but not for the kind of heavy 'moving-objects-around-the-room' bass you'd want for stoner stuff. I'm sure you COULD make a JC work, but its deff. not well suited for the task. . . Do you think the new Ampeg Micro Stack would be better? I know its a SS Bass amp but since a lot of Desert/Stoner bands use(d) Ampeg I wonder if it would fit the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drasp Posted June 16, 2009 Members Share Posted June 16, 2009 Again, I'd suggest something with speakers better suited to bass & volume. The pair of 10"s in that micro stack would probably be pretty tight & punchy, up to a point, but it doesn't look like a recipe for stoner/doom to me. Of course, a talented dude/dudette can use just about anything for gear & get a killer sound, but if you're about to drop ~$5-600 on a rig & want to be able to get typical stoner/doom stuff without much trickery, I'd watch your local Craigslist for something OLD with BIG power capability & forget about what brands are hip for this kind of music. You don't need Sunn/Ampeg/Orange/Matamp, etc. Maybe an old Traynor (though you'd have to be careful which & probably would want to switch out speakers), an old Peavey, a Sovtek, a Musicman head. . .all kinds of stuff could work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Echoes22 Posted June 16, 2009 Members Share Posted June 16, 2009 really i think a russian muff with a bit of delay sounds seriously good for lead tones on the JC, probaly not for chords but i never use a muff for chords anyway that's possible, I was using an american Big Muff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ateah Posted June 16, 2009 Members Share Posted June 16, 2009 JC-120's a great amp. I run ocd -> Vintage Rat sounds great. I like using the distortion to make a muddy tone sometimes. kinda bluesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members falseswipe Posted June 16, 2009 Members Share Posted June 16, 2009 The only dirt pedal I have at the moment is a Little Big Muff, and it sounds amazing through my JC-120 (only amp). If you're looking into fuzz I would highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xautumnsashesx Posted June 17, 2009 Members Share Posted June 17, 2009 i love JC 120 for one thing and one thing only, cleans sounds. i haven't found a dirt pedal yet that i like through it. it's just too bright of an amp for me to dig on any dirt boxes. that said i love the sound i get with humbuckers through it. if i can get acceptable clean from my AOR, then the roland will be going sooner as opposed to later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EL KABONG Posted June 17, 2009 Members Share Posted June 17, 2009 try running a scholz rockman sustainor preamp into your JC 120 its {censored}ing unbelievable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xautumnsashesx Posted June 17, 2009 Members Share Posted June 17, 2009 try running a scholz rockman sustainor preamp into your JC 120 its {censored}ing unbelievable really? what kind of sound are we talking here? and do you run it in the front end, or through the effects loop. mines a very old one sans effects loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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