Roland JC-77 Jazz Chorus

This amp packs a punch! very versatile in style, is doesn't matter what you play it all sounds good! This amp pack 80 watts of power! one channel. The only draw back is that this amp lacks a headphone jack but it doesn't matter! Loud enough to gig with!

This amp suits all styles from clean to distorted. The distortion is much better than the JC-120 model. Stereo sound, very crisp clean notes. can range from crunchy, bassy to classy. It wouldn't hurt to invest in a distortion pedal just to have it sound the way you want it otherwise it isn't that bad.

This amp is very reliable, I would truck this baby around and it isn't as heavy as the 120! It also has caster wheels so that i can push this baby around. No problems yet and i don't expect to, Roland is awesome! I should get the pots cleaned but I just got her and I want to play around with it plus I don't have the extra $ to do so. Solid state, no tube changing either! less hassels.

No problems, I know Roland has a website. I don't know what they would do but probably nothing because the amp is discontinued.

I own the JC-120 but actually prefer the 77. this little baby rocks! sounds great with many guitars. I play fender, jackson, gibson, musicman, you name it, it all sounds good! I use a Boss OS-2 pedal for distortion but that is it. The amp is worth every penny and i would definitely invest in another one if this one was lost, stolen or broken. I wish it had headphone jack! thats it! If you can, get one!!

A big brick of an amp. 2 channels, high and low...go with the high...trust me. Comes with a footswitch to turn Distortion, Chorus, and Reverb....LOUD!!!!

Well, I use a Les Paul, and an SG (Gibson, baby!!) with a Korg AX100g multi-effects pedal, and a Boss GE-10 eq through this amp, and BLAMMO!! Great sound. The reverb is real spring-y, and the Chorus....ohhhhh the chorus....I've never heard one like it. Heavenly. The distortion.....well, let's just say....get a Boss DS-1, or an MT-2. The distortion is not unlike the sound of a mud puddle on a warm day....not good. The cleanest of the the clean sounds with no effects though. A beauty.

Like all Roland-Boss things...even weapons of mass destruction (where are they, anyway?) could not blow this amp up. Go ahead. Pull a Letterman, and throw it off a tall building....it'll still work. The knobs tend to come off easily though......did that sound right?

I think the Roland-Boss customer support team are figments of imagination....has anybody really ever needed them?

It sounds like a dream...and LOUD!! I love it. I just don't like the distortion. 'Tis crap. but everything else is awesome. I would only use a Marshall stack otherwise. It's an ace friggin' amplimaphone-fier-thing. *ahem* If it were lost, or stolen....an A.P.B. would be put out immediately. I'd find that thing quicker than we found Osama.....oh wait.....DAMN!!

have this amp for at least 15 years and it has been in its not been used for ten years like wine its only sounding better i have never regreted the day i lay my hands on it (new)
by now you know all its ups and downs by reading the revieuws
distortion sucks i dont use the chorus or the delay
but the amps own voise
and believe me this is the best solid state their is
i play a les paul whit p90 and it sounds like the tone

see above give it only 9 for that no good distortion

this is made to stand on when your painting and let someone els play on it while you move it around

you will not need that ever so dont know

if you can lay your hands on this one take it

I use this with Fender Blues Deluxe to widen the sound. Has high and low inputs, high is more jangley. Also there's a footswitch for separate distortion, reverb and chorus controls.

The best chorus sound I've heard. This combo is very clear and has a deep sound. The chorus is stereo-it sounds a lot like Cure's sound on "Disintegration" and "Wish". Better than any chorus pedal. The reverb is ok, but the distortion is quite useless. It is a typical solid state distortion: annoyingly buzzing. I don't use it. Amp makes white noise when power is on.

I play with Sheraton and Riviera, both are equipped with humbuckers. Both guitars have a mellow sound, but JC-77 sharpens them very clear. I don't know how good it would work with single coil guitars. Musical preferences are indie/post rock and shoegaze.

It would be a tenner if the dist wouldn't be so bad.

I haven't had it for so long yet.

I've been playin ten years now. I think I would buy it again if somebody would consider it to be their right to nick it. It delivers what I needed, I don't think any amp could provide everything. But this most certainly wasn't a let down as amps sometimes are.

Don't know the year, just bought it yesterday, way cooler than my 69' twin reverb! I was looking for a solid amp that would alow me to hear every note, scrape, bang, crash, movement of my finger,....ALLOW ME TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT I WAS PLAYING...and I found it. Thats all the features that I needed.

I play with a parker nightfly, ususally on the bridge but suddenly every position sound wonerful. I play big round clean rock inside an agular box under an old bluesmans foot. Ventures, Tom waits, Lungfish, Jango Rinehardt(sp.?), Pixies, Captain Beefheart,Elvis Costello, ....the JC-77 satisfies my hungers. I have'nt played without frustrations vien punching through my forehead in quite sometime, this amp is a stress reliever. I am diognosed with obsessive compulsive dissorder(seriously) and I can't find any imperfections with the beautiful CRYSTAL CLEAR BELL LIKE TONE of this amp. I can play rough or gentle, chords or solo or chordal solos, and evey note shines through unless I choose for it not to.

Again, I've only had it three days, but the other reviews sound promising.

bought it used $299 US no idea as to customer service

So far I love it. Wish I had found it when I had bought my twin to replace my musicman 7 years ago. NO MORE FREAKIN TUBES TO DEAL WITH. FREEDOM. PERFECT. SIMPLE.EASY. LIGHTWIEGHT. Blows away my fender twin, blows away any digital modeling B.S.etc. etc. etc. etc.!!!!!!!!

This is an update of an earlier review. The buzzing on top of the low hiss was actually the result of poor electronic circuitry in my home. When I experimented in taking this amp out for live action I got nothing but pure clean tone, the same thing I heard in the shop where I purcahsed the amp. My review of the sound quality therefore has to be amended to be fair. I've played it out in several venues to date and have experienced none of the electronic buzzing that I still experience at home. Just pure clean tone coupled with portability.

Possibly constructed in the 1980s. 2 ten inch speakers with silver cone, chorus (manual or fixed), reverb, distortion, high treble, treble, middle, bass, and two inputs.

Yes it's celan, but what you're not hearing in many of these reviews is that this amp is noisy. There is always a faint background "whoosh" with these amps and mine unfortunately adds a nice buzz to that as if something has shorted out on the amp. I have a tech looking at it now but he claims, as have many, that there's nothing you can do about it. Basically it is a case of solid state circuitry gone bad.
I'm a jazz guitarist who seems to always be experimenting with different sounds. I play a Heritage 550 custom with Seymour Duncan's Seth Lover humbuckers, a Warmoth neck strat with Van Zandt blues pickups, and a 2001 American Series Strat. I also own a 65 Twin Reverb Reissue and a Roland Blues Cube (BC 30). The JC 77 discussed here was only intended as a backup and for particular settings in which I did not want to bang up either of my two other amps.

Takes a beating for sure but in the end solid state circuitry wears down. I actually bought it as a third option so I'm not that miffed. Very solid construction. Disappointing issues with solid state circuitry.

The JC 77 has its place, but in terms of good clean tone, you're better off with tubes, period. If you simply have to have great chorus, this is it. BTW the distortion everyone complains of is really only there to warm up the sound a bit as it can get too brittle and bright.

Clean,Clean,Clean,Clean. I just bought this used for $260 and this thing is awesome. The only problem is that it doesn't have an effects loop. Although I don't really need one, I like more options just in case I need it for some reason. Other wise its a great amp, small and surprisingly loud. One more thing, I noticed that it has a high treble knob, and I haven't heard a real difference in my guitar sound with this but it might work with my GR33 synth (more below)

Did I say Clean, Clean, Cl... never mind. This thing sounds so pristine its amazing I played the following through it with really good results

Strat: Rating:9 now you can hear the bell like tones in my Strat for cool Radiohead, Air sounds with my Boss GT-6

Les Paul: Rating:9 Great Jazz Sound and even better warm sound after tweaking the GT-6

Godin Nylon String: Rating 8: I prefer an nylon acoustic but the sound from the Godin sounds really good but not a 10.

Seagull Acoustic: Rating 10: This thing amazingly gave me the same sound I heard from the soundhole of the acoustic throiugh my LR Baggs and this amp. AMAZING, I wasn't expecting this.

Roland GR33 Synth: Rating:9 This was really good and better than my Johnson Millenium. I even used the GR33 to control my laptop to use Software synths and it was flawless.

I've had a few amps and this thing sounds amazing, amp modeling sounds better than people think if they are willing to spend the time and edit their sound. I'm holding onto a tube amp that I bought used at a great price to compare but from my initial tests I still think that this amp gives my current setup the BEST OF ALL WORLDS. Amazing.

Les Paul:

Don't know although I've heard that Roland is good. They're huge so I'm not too concerned.

See above

This was better than I thought, I was going to buy a used JC120 to replace the same sized Johnson Millenium but this is smaller and sounds AMAZING!! It is no longer produced by Roland so Happy Hunting.

This is to update my review to let everyone know that I have since sold this amp. Sorry for the delay, I had no idea I'd get so many responces. It really is a good amp for the money, and since it's no longer made it is obviously sought after (believe me) by many, if for nothing else as a collectors item. I'll kick myself one day I'm sure.

Bought it used from a guy that didn't know what he had. (Think he stole it) Great clean with chorus , classic jazz & soft rock tones.

Poor to low-grade distortion is just enough to be usable , but not for stage. Fender Twin Blows it "CLEAN" off the stage volume wise.
The clean sound is too sterile without the chorus on. Lacks warmth.
No tubes! Great Acoustic Amp! Not for Live Rock 'n' Roll guitar playing. Too whimpy. It's been in the closet 5 years, any takers?

A tank with wheels! (and a cover)

Nope!

Light weight , rich creamy chorus, wheels
Not enough power for live performance.