Product: Johnson Stage 100-R 112 Combo
Price Paid: US $150
Submitted
04/13/2002
at
12:05pm
by
Garrett
Email: psych0221<at>aol dot com
Features
:
7
I bought it off of EBay from a company called Third Stone Guitar for $150. It is a 60watt amp with spring reverb. It has two channels, clean and overdrive, does not come with footswitch but it is capable. Each channel has volume, Treble, Mid and Bass controls. There are also a presence and Legnth(reverb)controls. I play mostly rock/punk type stuff through a Boss DS-1 pedal. I only really use it for practice so it has enough power for what i use it for.
Sound Quality
:
6
I play a Mex. strat w/seymore duncan invader, and a strat clone with a cheap A$$ humbucker in it, soon to be a Duncan. The overdrive channel is a piece of crap, i dont suggest anyone play with it. The clean channel however is really nice. I just play though effects pedals so i dont have to worry about the overdrive channel. It doesnt sound too bad at higher volumes but it is definatly not a Marshall or a Mesa/Boogie sounding amp.
Reliability
:
4
I would definatly never depend on this amp for a gig. This is why, one day i was playing, set down my guitar to go eat, when i came back it would turn on but not play any sound. I think it was the input jack. I just would not want to trust this for anything other than practice.
Customer Support
:
10
When it broke i called the guy i bought it from and he gave me a number to a sales manager at The Music Link corp.(they make the amp)and they were very helpful. I shipped the amp to them and they gave me a new one free of charge. The sales manager was extremely helpful and nice.
Overall Rating
:
7
The reason i bought the amp was because i wanted a practice amp but i wanted something for a little bit of balls. That is what this amp is. Since it have a pretty good clean channel, anything through a pedal of some sort with sound good, but the overdrive channel is crappy. If this were stolen i would probably replace it with something better, like a marshall combo or something, but i would be bummed cause it isnt a bad little amp. For the price this is a great amp, i have done the research and you can get much more from an amp for under 200 bucks.