NAD: Roland JC-22

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NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by tequila_in_teacups » Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:03 pm

I’ve been curious about these little JC-22s for a while and picked one up a few weeks ago. Sounds really great. The reverb is digital, and a shortish hall type, I’d say, but doesn’t have any kind of digital ugliness that I can detect. The chorus is excellent too – nice and airy and lush. Has two 6.5” speakers.

I’m all about the Fendery cleans – my other amp is a Princeton – and this is kind of in the ballpark but with it’s own thing going on. Anyone else using one of these?

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by marqueemoon » Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:38 pm

It's adorable.

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by countertext » Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:12 pm

Pretty sweet… and now that I’m old, it’s the only Roland amp I can imagine wanting. My wife bought me a little juniper bonsai for my birthday, I can imagine it sitting next to this amp.

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by 46346 » Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:59 am

amazing! years ago i downsized from a 120 to a 90 for some ambient gigs.
i still have both, but i'd love to check out that li'l guy and perch him on top of the others!
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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by tequila_in_teacups » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:19 am

46346 wrote:
Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:59 am
amazing! years ago i downsized from a 120 to a 90 for some ambient gigs.
i still have both, but i'd love to check out that li'l guy and perch him on top of the others!
It’s a great little amp. I’m super happy with it! And I’m moving house soon so I’ll get to play it a lot more. :)

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by dc » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:27 am

i've had one for a few years now. it's a fun little amp, super clean as you'd expect, a stout build and surprisingly loud. it would win on style points alone, even if it didn't sound good :)
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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by yeahnatenelson » Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:03 pm

I've been playing mine for about a year now and I love it. Beautiful cleans, quality digital reverb and chorus (obviously) with the only feature missing from the larger versions is the famously bad distortion that nobody ever used. On a good day you might find a used/open box model for ~$350. Very worth it.

And zero hiss!

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by JackFawkes » Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:26 pm

I've wanted this version one ever since I first saw it, but I just don't need another amp 😓

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by Professor Bill » Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:55 am

Do these have a DI out for recording?

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by JackFawkes » Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:50 am

It has stereo 1/4" Line-Out, but I don't think it has XLR out.

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by sunburster » Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:44 am

These are great amps! I had one for awhile before I moved up to the JC-40.

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by tequila_in_teacups » Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:02 pm

Anyone having success using overdrive pedals with theirs? I'd like to dirty things up occasionally. Maybe something that's a kind of amp sim? Tech21 Blonde or, on the cheaper side, Joyo American Sound or AC Tone?

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by raritanriversider » Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:43 am

Cute amp, I’m kinda tempted to get a Jazz Chorus eventually

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Re: NAD: Roland JC-22

Post by javier-san » Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:47 am

tequila_in_teacups wrote:
Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:02 pm
Anyone having success using overdrive pedals with theirs? I'd like to dirty things up occasionally. Maybe something that's a kind of amp sim? Tech21 Blonde or, on the cheaper side, Joyo American Sound or AC Tone?
I've used a strymon deco+blues driver and it sounds pretty good to me. I've also used a RAT and that sounded pretty good, too.

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