Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120
A Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120, here with an archtop electric guitar of the Gibson ES-135 type
The Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120 (also shortened to JC-120 ) is a guitar amplifier model in combo design from the Japanese company Roland . The transistor - amplifier came in 1975 on the market at that time mainly by amplifiers from Fender and Marshall was determined, and quickly enjoyed great popularity among guitarists. Above all, the transparent, undistorted sound variations and the true stereo chorus effect did it to the musicians. The Roland Jazz Chorus has two 60 watts - power amplifiers , each having a loudspeaker with 12 inch operate diameter.
Technical details
- Two 60 watt amplifiers
- Two 12-inch silver-cone speakers (with silver-colored cover caps)
- Two channels ("normal" and " effect ")
- One three-band equalizer per channel
- One high and one low gain input per channel
- Reverb , distortion , adjustable vibrato and true-stereo - chorus
- Stereo effect loop -in path (serial / parallel)
- Stereo line out
- Two 8- ohm connections for external loudspeaker boxes
- Foot switch connection for controlling chorus, reverb and distortion
- Dimensions including rollers: 760 mm (width) × 280 mm (depth) × 622 (height) mm
- Weight: 28 kg
credentials
- Jochen Distelmeyer (ex-Blumfeld)
- Steve Rothery from Marillion (on all productions as a typical Marillion clean sound)
- King Crimson
- Ian Crichton from Saga (at least live as an amp only for clean sounds)
- Steve Hackett from Genesis
- Andy Summers from The Police
- John McLaughlin (ca.1985)
- Lee Ritenour
- George Benson
- Ike Willis
- Bobby Conn
- Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of Metallica
- Wes Borland from Limp Bizkit (at least in the live setup as an amp only for clean sounds)
- Joe Strummer , singer and guitarist for The Clash
- David Howell Evans ("The Edge") , guitarist for Irish group U2
- Ulf Wakenius
- Neil Young
- Joni Mitchell
- Steve Albini and Santiago Durango from Big Black
- Matthew Tuck and Michael Paget from Bullet for My Valentine (for clean sounds only)
- Ernest Ranglin , Jamaican ska and jazz guitarist
- Bob Mold
- Johnny Marr
Concise sound samples
- The electric guitar sounds of Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp from the band King Crimson on their album Discipline (1981)
- The electric guitar sound on the studio recording of the song Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones (1985)
Web links
- The Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120 on the official German-speaking Roland company website (accessed on March 27, 2017)