I still harbour the idea of buying a used Jazz Chorus combo at some point, although something like a 77 or 85 and not the full on 120 ( if only because I doubt I could lift it into the boot of my car). I
Their distortion channel is an acquired taste. Using an OD pedal in front of the clean channel wont drive it into creamy ( sorry) overdrive I know. Nonetheless it would need to do service as a base for distorted sounds ( ball park of crunch/ bluesy tones for me) in addition to the lush clean tones it would be bought for.
So, has anyone used overdrive or distortion into a JC? Does it crap out? Does it have all sorts of weird overtones? Do you need something with decent onboard eq? Amp in a box type pedal rather than a traditional OD? Unworkable and I should day dream about something else?
But, y'know, when I get that call for depping with The Specials I've got to be ready...
Ta :-)
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mmm, no probably not. I've just fancied a JC for 20 years and the smaller ones aren't silly money.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I also saw one of my all time faves Inxs during the glory years (91) and Tim Fariss had a (relatively) odd gear set up. He had two Marshall cabs but instead of two matching heads he had two JC120s sitting on top of them.
For dirt sounds he always used a Rat pedal.
From my experience of using SS amps for ages and ages.... Basically, more compression is good, as SS amps don't really musically compress. More gain is good, as SS amps don't musically distort. A wide EQ range is always handy, as SS amps can get a bit shrill if they're flat-voiced, or too boomy if they're bass or "jazz" voiced.
It was ok for rhythm but always sounded too indistinct for solos, in fact it felt very much like playing through a SS bass combo with a 15 in it. If you've ever done that you'll know what I mean.
This was years ago however, and I've no doubt some of the pedals i have now would work fine, either a modeller or maybe something like a Joyo AC Tone if you want to stay analog.