[font=trebuchet ms]Makes sense to me. It was/is a niche rig. Jazzers love it, but there aren't as many of them as rockers.
If you want crunch, you should look into getting a multi-FX box like a POD. The JC-120 (and it's little brothers) sound very clean and clear, like a stereo. They were never meant to produce distortion. The plus side of that is the fact you get exactly the same tone at any volume level.[/font]