An amp to go with my jazzmaster....

seachto7

howdee,

currently using a jap fender jazzmaster with curtis novak pickups straight into a fender blues deluxe.

While I love the jazzmaster and it's distinct jangle, I find myself constantly fiddling with the amps e.q. to try and dial in a nice or better sound.

I usually use it in the input 2 (to save my ears) and on the dirty channel, so it's ever so slightly dirty. I'm always open to the idea of switching amps in future to see if one of them would gel some more with the jazzmaster.

A vox ac 30 would be a good choice, but very temperamental from what I read on here and elsewhere.
An orange 30 watt might be a good choice. I played one recently, and it was LOUD though....I only used a squire tele through it, and it sounded surprisingly good though...

Anyone use a jazzmaster with a blues deluxe, any dial in settings I could use as a starting point...?

rcaz

I play a Jazzmaster into a Marshall AVT100, which is much less than ideal. I know a lot of JM guys are into Fender Twin Reverbs - but this seems to go hand in hand with wanting ultimate clean headroom from your amp, and using pedal distortion all the way - if you use a dirty amp, mabee that isn't for you?

seachto7

I would only just have the amp breaking into dirty a lot of the time, so it would be more or less clean with just a little grit. I would use pedals the rest of the way...

punchdrunk

Orange AD30,a single channel if you can find one

Dord

Jazzmaster amp? :pac:

I doubt you'd be interested in the sounds it puts out though.

seachto7

I would use pedals nearly all the time, not a high gain distortion guy at all...

rcaz

Go into a shop with your guitar and pedal board and get testing? I'm thinking of doing the same thing soon. I'm looking at an Orange Tiny Terror or maybe Dual Terror. (Actually, if I could be so bold as to ask an off-topic question that doesn't really warrant its own thread - reckon either of those amps would keep up with a loud drummer and still stay clean?)

Fingers Mcginty

Dr Z Maz 18...big enough bucks though. How much are you willing to part with?:D

seachto7

hmmmm.....moneywise, not too sure, depends on how much im bowled over..ill put it this way, im not rich...

Dord

seachto7 wrote: »

hmmmm.....moneywise, not too sure, depends on how much im bowled over..ill put it this way, im not rich...

Rich means different things to different people. Realistically how much do you have to play with on a new amp?

seachto7

I suppose I'd be willing to pay the bones of a grand if I had to, but if I could pick up a used amp, I would go for it...

rcaz

seachto7 wrote: »

the bones of a grand

If I were you, this is what I'd do.

seachto7

yeah, thats a cool amp, should I , should I...

what about the vox ac30 head? less temperamental than the combo?