Goddammit. Jet City content.

digitalscream

Just spotted this on their owner's page:

Conclusions from that:

- 45W

- Two channels

- Independent volume, gain and EQ for each channel

- Dual switchable master volumes

- Presence and depth

Reading between the lines - and this is a total guess based on Martin Kidd's involvement in the Custom 22 - is that this could be a made-in-China version of the abandoned Jet City Earhart amp (which was essentially the Cornford MK50 mk II with a few changes, but hand-made in the UK).

On a personal note: fuck, I'm hacked off because I really want this, but I can't justify yet another amp, having just shelled out on the Kraken.

CHrisP86

That definitely has the layout and features of the MK50. Don't really use my MK enough to justify a backup for it, but...

timmysoft

Almost certainly the shelved earheart!

Jet city could be about to play the end game!

digitalscream

timmysoft said:

Almost certainly the shelved earheart!

Jet city could be about to play the end game!

If it is, and they don't basically win the entire sub-£800 amp market, I'll be bitterly disappointed in humanity. The Earhart is practically legendary.

digitalscream

More possible confirmation of the speculation: he's just said it's 2 x EL34.

guitargeek62

digitalscream said:

timmysoft said:

Almost certainly the shelved earheart!

Jet city could be about to play the end game!

If it is, and they don't basically win the entire sub-£800 amp market, I'll be bitterly disappointed in humanity. The Earhart is practically legendary.

I've never heard of it till now...

DrBob

guitargeek62;1019930" said:

digitalscream said:



timmysoft said:

Almost certainly the shelved earheart!



Jet city could be about to play the end game!





If it is, and they don't basically win the entire sub-£800 amp market, I'll be bitterly disappointed in humanity. The Earhart is practically legendary.





I've never heard of it till now...

Ahhh but now you have !

Fortheloveofguitar

Ooh exciting

Wonder what sort of money it will sell for and how close the tone actually is compared to the MK50ii

I'd snap one up straight away. I loved my MK50 head but couldn't justify it sat around doing very little when I paid £1600 for it.

I could more than stomach a cheap copy though the price would have to be good as you can pick up a MK1 for 750-800 used now

I shall remain glued to this thread for updates

digitalscream

@Fortheloveofguitar - remember, the MK50/Earhart link is purely speculation on my part.

Given the quality of the rest of the range, though, I can't see any way that this could end up being bad in any case.

More speculation: the Custom 22 is a whopping £13 more expensive than the JCA22H. Given that the JCA50H is £263, it's a reasonable expectation that this is going to come in at less than £300.

Fortheloveofguitar

digitalscream;1019957" said:

@Fortheloveofguitar - remember, the MK50/Earhart link is purely speculation on my part.

Given the quality of the rest of the range, though, I can't see any way that this could end up being bad in any case.

More speculation: the Custom 22 is a whopping £13 more expensive than the JCA22H. Given that the JCA50H is £263, it's a reasonable expectation that this is going to come in at less than £300.

Just popped over to the FB group for a look and there's quite a few people jumping on your theory. Very interesting

Though the Cornfords and the Earhart both shipped with 6L6 tubes and I think they sound better with those that EL34's

digitalscream

Fortheloveofguitar said:

digitalscream;1019957" said:

@Fortheloveofguitar - remember, the MK50/Earhart link is purely speculation on my part.

Given the quality of the rest of the range, though, I can't see any way that this could end up being bad in any case.

More speculation: the Custom 22 is a whopping £13 more expensive than the JCA22H. Given that the JCA50H is £263, it's a reasonable expectation that this is going to come in at less than £300.

Just popped over to the FB group for a look and there's quite a few people jumping on your theory. Very interesting

Though the Cornfords and the Earhart both shipped with 6L6 tubes and I think they sound better with those that EL34's

Which FB group? I picked it up off Doug's personal page.

I stand corrected on the EL34/6L6 thing. Perhaps it isn't...

...he did tell me that there might be a Custom 50 in the pipeline (Custom 22 with the JCA50H power section), so that's something else to consider.

EDIT: It's might be noteworthy that he's responded to everybody's questions on that thread except mine, asking if it's an Earhart-alike.

p90fool

I'm on my third Jet City, I wish they'd stop doing this!

Fortheloveofguitar

@Digitalscream

Scroll down to Dougs post from 16th March 22:49pm

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https://m.facebook.com/groups/104936312880708

digitalscream

Ah, excellent. Doug all but confirms that it's based on the Earhart, and he even calls it the Amelia. I think that's all the confirmation we need, really. Also, price is "less than the 100HDM", as I thought.

The drive channel seems to be a bit different. Honestly, it's probably not an amp that I'd gig with, but it'd be great to have one for recording.

John_A

Any word on a release date?

digitalscream

Nope, nothing yet. It's just a prototype at the moment.

Fortheloveofguitar

MK50 on a budget it's a no brainer. I love that tone

JayGee

TAKE MY MONEY. JUST TAKE MY MONEY DAMMIT... Seriously, that looks like a complete no brainer...

JohnnyN

Cool! Thanks for the heads up

guitarfishbay

Seems pretty cool.

I was going to post something about being annoyed there is never a 4ohm option on JC amps, and I don't trust myself to lose a series cable for 2 cabs (or pick up the wrong cable) etc... then I found out you can get a Palmer splitter box for £20, which you could velcro anywhere you wouldn't lose it...

The 100HDM is £333, so cheaper than most s/h decent higher powered amps, so this will be cheap.  How are they making any money?

digitalscream

guitarfishbay said:

Seems pretty cool.

I was going to post something about being annoyed there is never a 4ohm option on JC amps, and I don't trust myself to lose a series cable for 2 cabs (or pick up the wrong cable) etc... then I found out you can get a Palmer splitter box for £20, which you could velcro anywhere you wouldn't lose it...

Erm...

4 ohm outputs - right there

The 50W and 100W amps all have a 4 ohm option, but the 20W amps don't.

As for making money...they only sell direct through a single distributor in each country, so there's no middle man between it arriving with the distributor and getting to you.