Sleeper Guitar Amps

[grateful ape]

Originally Posted by draftsmann

Another plug here for old Roland amps - I have a JC50 - the unloved smaller sibling of the JC120. Loud, clean, indestructible. Lousy distortion, usable reverb and that great 1980s chorus sound. Best of all, I paid the princely sum of 56 English pounds for it, a couple of years ago on eBay.


Adrian

Yes, I have a JC77 bought for £100 six years ago. Hisses a lot, but it's paid for itself several times over.

[Strangedogs]

There's a JC-50 on the Bay right now with a BIN of $99 - no speaker but SUPPOSEDLY it works fine... I'm really tempted as the old Rolands can't be beat and the CLEAN I get is STERILE clean even cranked up - which when I use my BOSS (Roland Also) GS-10 with it or my Korg Toneworks it COOKS! And there's nothing quite as LUSH as Roland's Chorus...

[draftsmann]

Originally Posted by Strangedogs

There's a JC-50 on the Bay right now with a BIN of $99 - no speaker but SUPPOSEDLY it works fine... I'm really tempted as the old Rolands can't be beat and the CLEAN I get is STERILE clean even cranked up - which when I use my BOSS (Roland Also) GS-10 with it or my Korg Toneworks it COOKS! And there's nothing quite as LUSH as Roland's Chorus...

I'd go for that if I were you. To be honest, my only complaint with mine is that it is a little too bright for my taste, even with the treble control rolled back some way; and I've been thinking that something like an Eminence 12" bass driver, as Polytone used to use I believe, might help to mellow the sound a bit. It shouldn't be too difficult to find a replacement speaker, but my tip would be not to go for anything too sensitive as this is one LOUD 50w transistor amp.

Adrian

[patovg]

i bought a 1989 Marshall JCM 800 NMV 1059 Model 100 W amp for 300 US. love that thing.. can't get enough of it...

[garageband]

Practically stealing a very well-known model of guitar amp is a cool deal. It has nothing to do with "sleeper amps"

[cakewalkgg]

Originally Posted by Strangedogs

And there's nothing quite as LUSH as Roland's Chorus...

agreed, I used to have a Roland GP-16 roland rack processor and I still recall the lusciousness of that chorus

[ryanoliver]

Just picked up my Dr. Z Carmen Ghia.
I'm in love! I'll post some samples tomorrow.

[scooterlow]

I wouldn't call the last few post sleeper amps thou. Maybe good deals but no sleepers

[icarus579]

Originally Posted by scooterlow

I wouldn't call the last few post sleeper amps thou. Maybe good deals but no sleepers

Yeah, several of the amps mentioned aren't sleepers.

[scooterlow]

if we want to start a new thread about great deals on amps, I have a great one.

1986 I bought a Whole Marshall stack with a 1974 100 watt head, two 4x12 cabs for $450.00.. yes thats right $450.00. the head needed some work and one cab didnt have the old vintage 35 watt green backs. but it was one hell of a deal.