Despite the JC-120 being a staple of the shoegaze genre that I love so dearly, I've never considered it. Admittedly, I guess I've always been kind of a tube snob.
BUT, for some reason, the JC-40 has really grabbed my attention lately and I'm seriously thinking about pulling the trigger on one. That said, I haven't actually played one yet (might go do that today) or ever played any Jazz Chrous for that matter. I'm not really playing out or in a band context hardly at all these days, but I guess some things that really appeal to me are:
- My other amp is a silverface Pro Reverb; awesome amp, but kinda overkill for home playing. It seems like the JC-40 would make a great 'bedroom amp' but could easily hold its own in a band context as well? I like the idea that its not going to be heating up the room with tubes, has a headphone out (never thought I'd look for this in an amp) and line outs for recording.
- Stereo Ins! I've been experimenting with drone / soundscape stuff running from stereo pedals into my pro reverb and old Gibson 10" combo. Seems awesome that you could run stereo into the JC-40, and it actually treats the two 10"s as two separate amps.
- I can finally see what all the jazz chorus fuss is all about? Pristine cleans, perfect pedal platform, etc?