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Lordathestrings
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Lordathestrings
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07/18/2005 6:33 am
[font=trebuchet ms]That's one of the better Fenders, if you're sure you want a Fender clean. I agree that the Roland Jazz Chorus series are the best clean-sounding transistor amps out there. The JC120 was the big boy - there was also a JC90 and a JC60.

For tube amps, I put my money on Magnavox-era Ampegs. I have three of 'em. If you're dragging your gear around frequently, I'd recommend the V-2 head. It's conservatively rated at 60 Watts, has the best 'real' reverb (Accutronics spring unit) that you'll find in a guitar amp, and the most flexible tone controls around. If you get one that has the input sensitivity switches, you can use them to control how loud the amp gets before it distorts, and how much grind you get when it gets there. The Master Volume on the later models works well. I love the sound of mine when it's cranked, but I can get great sound out of it at levels that don't upset club owners. And it can make a really good clean sound, a little thicker, to my ears, more 'real', more solid than most Fenders.

If you feel you need something that can do club-wrecking duty, go for the V-4 120 Watt version. More headroom, and enough power to melt the first four rows of your audience.[/font]
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