No Jet City JCA45 (JTM45 clone) coming to UK

57Deluxe

I tweeted Jet City to see when will be availability in UK  and told is not going to be offered here... Shame.

bbill335

There was a Kickstarter or something to order a bulk load from China, can't remember if it went through. 

ESchap

Marshall warned them off?

digitalscream

I believe they're not legally allowed to sell them here (and possibly throughout Europe) - something to do with the materials used to make them, or some such.

digitalscream

The good news is that the Amelia will be sold here. That's the amp everyone really wants anyway, so I'm not too upset about the JCA45.

joeyowen

They are actually quite pricey compared to the rest of their range.

Are there no suitable alternatives? 

digitalscream

I suspect they'll all start getting quite pricey over here - the exchange rate hardly works in our favour for buying from an American company and shipping from China.

Looking on MF, I think we can safely say the Amelia's going to be £400 - £500. Not budget, but hardly bank-breaking in context.

professorben

What's the Amelia aboot?

joeyowen

@digitalscream ;
 Surely if it's listed 450 ish on MF, it'll be much higher here?

Actually take it back

MF list the JCA22H at £303 and Thomann has it at £250

digitalscream

professorben said:

What's the Amelia aboot?

Damn, man...have you been hiding under a rock or something?

Depending on who you believe, it may-or-may-not-be a mass-produced version of the Jet City Earhart, which - depending on who you believe - may-or-may-not-be based on the Cornford MK50 mk II.

Essentially, the Jet City guys say the answer to both of those is "no". Everyone who's played the prototypes says "yes".

professorben

digitalscream said:

professorben said:

What's the Amelia aboot?

Damn, man...have you been hiding under a rock or something?

Depending on who you believe, it may-or-may-not-be a mass-produced version of the Jet City Earhart, which - depending on who you believe - may-or-may-not-be based on the Cornford MK50 mk II.

Essentially, the Jet City guys say the answer to both of those is "no". Everyone who's played the prototypes says "yes".

Woah...... Sorry man, you know I only get gear you have owned. 

digitalscream

professorben

I've never played a JC amp. 
They ain't really been on my radar. 

TimmyO

professorben said:

I've never played a JC amp. 
They ain't really been on my radar. 

Same here.

so to hear in one thread that they do a JTM45 clone (yay) and they we are not getting it (boo) is a bummer!

Are they good generally? 

digitalscream

TimmyO said:

Are they good generally? 

I've probably had more JC amps than most people here, mainly because I keep selling them and then discovering that the new acquisition is in no way an improvement.

The ones I've had have never let me down, sound excellent and cost barely more than a revalve. They're essentially everything I want in a valve amp.

As for the JCA45, I have no idea. It's not really my sort of amp and I've never heard one, so I can't judge.

ICBM

Not bothered. Can't see the point in yet another JTM45 clone.

I'd be interested to know what the material that (presumably) contravened EU RoHS regs is though… as far as I know the only one commonly used in guitar amps in opto-couplers, so Fender had to do a complex mod on their reissue amps with opto tremolo.

Sassafras

digitalscream said:

professorben said:

What's the Amelia aboot?

Damn, man...have you been hiding under a rock or something?

He's been too busy about the house with his chores to bother about new amps.

bbill335

ICBM said:

Not bothered. Can't see the point in yet another JTM45 clone.

I'd be interested to know what the material that (presumably) contravened EU RoHS regs is though… as far as I know the only one commonly used in guitar amps in opto-couplers, so Fender had to do a complex mod on their reissue amps with opto tremolo.

They were meant to be good quality, hand wired on eyelet/turret board or something I think. Like the Joyo Tweed Champs.

I read about these a really long time ago so I could be [read: probably am] way off the truth.

jpfamps

ICBM said:

Not bothered. Can't see the point in yet another JTM45 clone.

I'd be interested to know what the material that (presumably) contravened EU RoHS regs is though… as far as I know the only one commonly used in guitar amps in opto-couplers, so Fender had to do a complex mod on their reissue amps with opto tremolo.

I doubt it would be RoHS as most territories outside the EU have some form of RoHS regs.

More likely they haven't got approvals for some aspect of the design, e.g. transformers.

p90fool

TimmyO said:

professorben said:

I've never played a JC amp. 
They ain't really been on my radar. 

Same here.

so to hear in one thread that they do a JTM45 clone (yay) and they we are not getting it (boo) is a bummer!

Are they good generally? 

I've had five Jet City amps (still gigging two of them) and a Jettenuator and yes, they're well built and sound excellent.

Fortheloveofguitar

@digitalscream ;

Any news on a U.K. Sale date for the Amelia?