Open Box Roland JC-40 40W 2x10 Jazz Chorus Guitar Combo Amp Level 1

I grew up and started playing music in the 80's. The Roland Jazz Chorus was THE clean sound. There's nothing better than a JC if you want REAL cleans, and the chorus is the best in the business. I always wanted a JC120, but they're big and they're heavy, and just too much for most of my gigs these days which are mostly in small-ish bars and bar/restaurant type places. I hadn't been paying attention to gear for quite a while, so I had no idea they had come out with the JC40 until I saw a friend playing one live. It sounded wonderful, and immediately made my short list. I got it about a month ago now, and I couldn't be happier. It's got plenty of power. I've gigged it with a full band, un-mic'd in several 100-300 cap rooms and I haven't had to turn it up past "3" on the volume control. It's got plenty. The chorus is stupid good, and mine is not noisy/hissy at all. Some reviews have noted that it's heavy, I don't think it is. It's a hair under 35 lbs. A Deluxe Reverb is 42, and a Princeton Reverb is 34. A Vox AC15c1 is pushing 50 lbs. I think the weight of the Roland is fine. The cleans are just crazy. If you're a fan of 80's clean sounds, they're all in here. The Cure, The Smiths, The Police, and a million others. It cops the clean chorus tones from 80's Def Leppard and Whitesnake with ease. If you've been looking forever for those kinds of clean sounds, the minute you plug into one of these your brain will go "Oh, there it is!" It's everything I was looking for in one compact, bar gig sized package. The distortion still stinks (although to be fair it has greatly improved since the earlier models) but that doesn't matter much because it takes outboard pedals really well. My only complaint is the absolutely bone-stupid way Roland does their foot switching. C'mon, Roland. Just give us a three button switch with the amp. Why do I have to purchase three separate footswitches to work the features on this thing live? Aside from that, it's pretty close to perfect.

I love to use the Roland JC-40 with my Quad Cortex. It truly is the ultimate pedal platform; it feels and sounds amazing to play with and responds amazingly to every genre. It's not great for extended range. Yes, unfortunately, it cannot really djent all that well. But that's a smaller niche outside of that; it does great with six-string guitars in B and A# standard, sounds great for hardcore, fusion, mathrock, you name it. Do NOT think twice, buy it.

The white noise jumped out at me as soon as I powered it up. Was hoping to avoid the noise at low volume but it's present regardless of how loud you play, very pronounced and distracting. Very present in recording, even while playing. Strummed chords fade into noise. Reminds me of a NIN album from the nineties. It literally sounds like a sleep machine, doesn't sound at all like cycle hum. Might not be a problem in a live setting or with enough background noise covering up the sound of the amplifier speakers bleeding noise.

This is the cleanest sounding amp i have ever used. Amp is super heavy duty built. Chorus is Really nice. Handles all my pedals great. I have not used in stereo yet. Ill probably purchase a Pedal with stereo connect next. Played acoustic, electric so far. Would like to try keyboard. Thank you

After going through 4 different amps I did not like, I broke down and spent the extra money on this amp. Great sound on the Clean, reverb and great stereo chorus. No fussing with mods and different settings. I may purchase some kind of processor but I am a basic player and this does the trick.

Previously had a Fender Deville which was good but constantly needed maintenance on valves and was too punchy for my small studio. The JC 40 gives clean Jazzy sound with versatility to change up for some modest distortion. The clean sound and versatility make this a great home studio amp.