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Hi,

i'm a spanish musician and I'm involving in the difficult jazz guitar world. I have a great Amplifier: Gibson Goldtone 60W. But is too heavy to move for play in a nightclub. I'm looking for a small one that I can move easily.

Can you help me?

thank you

FENDERS- DELUXE 1-12, VIBROLUX 2-10 Great JAZZ amps.
PEAVEY-CLASSIC 30 1-12 Great also.
POLYTONE amps stay clean if thats what you want.
These amps are not heavy.

you cant go wrong with a fender deluxe.....

I have a new Fender Deluxe and a 70's Twin Reverb amongst others .Also , my store has the Gibson Goldtone 60W that Frias said he had and so my 2 cents worth is that the Deluxe is too small and underpowered (1x12 -22 watts)to get the fat jazz tone . Stay with the amp you have . I have had people in my guitar store say exactly what the poster said , I want the Jazz tone but I'm tired of carrying around a big amp and so I tell them to stop being a big sissy. ( not really , that would get me fired and I have a kid in college ) Dont get me wrong , I love my Deluxe but when I run my ES 175 to it and turn it up even a little bit , the bass notes fart out a bit .

The "standard" for good clean jazz amps has always been the Roland JC-120 but that is a big amp. I know they have a smaller 1X12 version of that amp. I think it's a JC-30.

I recently picked up one of those Fender Blues Juniors with the lacquered tweed and the Jensen P-12. Not what I would call a super clean amp, but it is just perfect for my Blues gigs. Guitar in one hand and this little amp in the other and I am good to go.

shankyboy wrote:The "standard" for good clean jazz amps has always been the Roland JC-120.

Hardly. If there is such a thing as a "standard" it's probably a Fender Twin Reverb (just ask Wes Montgomery) or a Polytone MiniBrute (just ask Joe Pass).

Oh wait, they're both dead.

I've never met a traditional jazz guitarist who embraced the Roland JC120. They will tolerate them because they can get loud without distorting, but there's way too much tonal shaping going on in a JC120 to appeal to a diehard jazzbo. Most of the old school guys playing swing & bebop on deep body archtops would rather play through a bass amp than a JC120.

On the other hand, I've encountered a lot of rock guitarists who hear a JC120 and think "gosh, that's really clean [i.e., undistorted], it must be a jazz amp."

Well Ed, perhaps I should rephrase my statement. Most of the old school jazzers that I have come across played a JC-120 and I have read many magazines that referred to it as the standard.

The newwer fender hot rod deluxe is 40 watts and it stays fairly clean at louder settings.

If you have the $ think about an Evans Amp.

Hello guys,

thank you for you "hot help". I have decide to buy the Roland Cube 60W. it's small and is not heavy. It has a good sound to play in a club and for the use I'll do it is the better choice for me. Thank you very much.

I'll see you.

ed belknap wrote:

shankyboy wrote:The "standard" for good clean jazz amps has always been the Roland JC-120.

Hardly. If there is such a thing as a "standard" it's probably a Fender Twin Reverb (just ask Wes Montgomery)

I thought he used a Standel???

KK

I LOVE this thread. Forgive me, but as a guy who hauls a Marshall stack to gigs, I find the "my combo amp is too heavy" concept amusing.

I am with you James. I have a SWR rig that takes a few hands to carry in to the club. But, when it comes to guitar (which I definately have a jumpin' jive at) I use a Fender combo. It's a heavily modded HRD (cheap, but the pcb resembles those of the old Fender combo's, so I get to put my 2M skills to work), but it sounds slick as all hell. I use a 2002 LP Standard Plus, a 1978 Electra Omega and a PRS Arch top through it. It can give you a buttery warm, soothing tone. But, it can give you that slight breakup that really gets the point across when you go for a chord solo. Sometimes it really makes me wonder what a Fender Strat or Tele would sound like through it. But, then I remember the noise.

FRIAS wrote:Hi,

i'm a spanish musician and I'm involving in the difficult jazz guitar world. I have a great Amplifier: Gibson Goldtone 60W. But is too heavy to move for play in a nightclub. I'm looking for a small one that I can move easily.

Can you help me?

thank you

yofo said it!

lane_hagood wrote:

FRIAS wrote:Hi,

i'm a spanish musician and I'm involving in the difficult jazz guitar world. I have a great Amplifier: Gibson Goldtone 60W. But is too heavy to move for play in a nightclub. I'm looking for a small one that I can move easily.

Can you help me?

thank you

yofo said it!

i am sorry to hear he went for the roland cube, yikes!