NRRD - new rehearsal rig day! (Bargain alert!)

[Twinfan]

Yep, Twinfan has bought something  :lol:

I was getting sick of lugging my chunky 2x12 to and from our rehearsal rooms, so when shobet's pair of Marshall 1922s came up for sale I couldn't resist.  I'm happy to leave them there in our storage box and I don't need to bring them home for gigs.  Result.

I was then thinking of grabbing another Tiny Terror or other lunchbox amp to save carting my XTC Classic around too, and during a casual browse of eBay yesterday I came across the distributor of Jet City amps selling their JCA20H heads (with slightly damaged cardboard boxes) for £165 brand new!  Gotta be worth a punt, so one arrived today.

I've got to say, for £324.99 all-in this is a great little rig for rehearsals.  The JCA20H is a very, very nice little amp and an absolute steal for the money I paid.  The Bonamassa Signature Fuzz is more expensive for heavens sake  :o  The pedalboard on the floor is my small one and is actually worth more than the stack!  :lol:

I'm looking forward to cranking this little lot up a bit, but at home volumes I'm well impressed!

[shobet]

rock and $%&#ing roll!

[Matt77]

Dave buys budget gear.
Hell has frozen over!

[Twinfan]

I tell you what, the amp is a little belter!

[marauder]

I missed out on the Jet City Picovalve (THD knockoff) they had listed.

Some nice familiar pedals there, Dave.

[WezV]

i nearly brought that amp - 20w was going to be too much for me though

[Twinfan]

They had a few Wez, and the master volume is really good.  It's a top product.

Just realised it came with a Euro kettle lead though, mine seems to be a Dutch badged one  :lol:  Power supply is the same as the UK though, so job's a good 'un.

[WezV]

i think i looked at it a few times last week and went through the other stuff they had in damaged boxes going really cheap.  i really want to build my next amp though so i talked myself out of it

[dave_mc]

yeah someone on another forum mentioned those deals. Excellent value if you need (!) an amp... was slightly tempted myself but i've managed to hold off so far... what's putting me off is i'd probably want the 100 watter the most and it's enough dearer not to be in impulse buy territory...

nice score. the 20 watter is very small and cute :D

[Twinfan]

It sounds great Dave - the preamp is very good.  Proper Marshall-y.  At these prices amps handwired by Columbian virgins can take a running jump, this thing is punching well above it's weight!

(No offence meant to any Columbian virgins out there...)

[Dmoney]

the preamp in this is the old Atomic 16 preamp I believe. Discontinued Soldano amp. Might be some differences. those jet citys look like crazy bang for buck

[HTH AMPS]

I missed out on the Jet City Picovalve (THD knockoff) they had listed.

Some nice familiar pedals there, Dave.

my mate got that one - he says is great  :lol:

[HTH AMPS]

they have some of the 100w heads for sale too, about £375 I recall - I'll be all over them if there are any left next pay day.

[Twinfan]

Blummin bargains they are!

[Telerocker]

Congrats! I listened some YT-clips and they sound very nice for this money. How is the clean-breakup?