Product: Jade Clubman
Price Paid: AUS 400
Submitted
03/28/2009
at
04:37pm
by
rayc
Features
:
7
I bought this 2nd hand in'83 with a 100w Etone box for $400.
It's the LB model switches from lead to bass & has a high & low input.
I've played a range of styles through it.
Single channel with a footswitchable distortion circuit and a line out.
80w is fine for most uses I've had.
Solid state technology and very 70's sounding.
Sound Quality
:
7
A fair chuck of self noise when fired up but this is absorbed into the amplified sound of bass or guitar.
I use a single coil Bruno which sound great through this amp, my humbuckered Epi sounds good and my basses are fine through it - my other amp is a Marshall Superbass so this little fellow doesn't rate brilliantly in such company.
Distortion is grainy but OK - put a wah wah in front of it & throttle that back & it makes great gargling sounds.
I get some nice Brit blues from the amp as well as gnarly stuff with an OD pedal
Reliability
:
8
A solid chuck and reasonably heavy. Access to fuses required opening up the case - a pain.
I cooked this amp once - there's no heat sink or vent for dissipation - I cut a window out & put in some metal mess to allow air into a very tightly sealed box.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No opinion
Overall Rating
:
7
I've been playing for 35 years & this was my first real amp - I've moved onto a Marshall but I still use this one regularly. It records quite well.
I doubt it could be replaced.
I like the fact that it's rugged and has its own sound - one that works with my single coils.
I chose it because it was all I could afford at the time - plus it had the Etone box attached - & being a bassist at the time I needed a big speaker - or so I thought.
Product: Jade Clubman
Price Paid: Found in the trash AUS $0.00
Submitted
07/24/1999
at
06:39am
by
Lada
Features
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No Opinion
Jade clubman 80w 4x10inch speaker ugly looking combo from 70's. Australian made. Two channels. Takes guitar and bass! :-))).
Sound Quality
:
No Opinion
When I play Fender throught it, the amp makes it sound like a $2 guitar. Distortion or is it some fuzz??? is useless. The switch from guitar to bass guitar just drop the treble by about 0.1%. Nothing else. Stupid. But it's a reasonable when played clean or used for acoustic guitar. Can be used as a cheap practice PA too but has no reverb. Best of all, it's really, really ugly!
Reliability
:
No Opinion
Reliability 10. But than again, I hardly ever turn it on......
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Huh?
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
Been playing for 20 years. If the amp was lost I'd throw a party. What I like about it? It serves as a good stand for my Fender Blues Deluxe. Over all it could be playable amp if it had a reverb and decent destortion. But even than I would not dare to compare it to any other 80W combos. I must say that the price was right thought :-)
