Massive discounts on jet city amplification heads, cabinets and combos. Easy enough to reverse if it didnt work, but it did. Jet city jca50h footswitch replacement ultimate guitar. Discussion in amps started by niko souza, apr 14, 2015. The jet city amplification jca22h also has a global presence control that lets you add high end sparkle to both channels. They are the identical circuit to the hot rod soldanos.
Unleashing 50 watts from a pair of 6l6 power tubes and all the features of the jca100h, the jca50h 50w tube guitar amp head from jet city is ideal for gigging. The jet city jca50h was designed as a lightweight 50watt amp head with loads of distortion. R3 and c3 allow more treble through as the gain control is lowered. Both of my jet city amps will receive this mod along with a future depth mod as well parts need to be purchased. The normal channel can range from clean tones to dirty rock riffs. Here is a mod for the jet city jca50 to allow external bias test points and adjustment per tube. This mod will tighten up the dc voltage and will remove any type of inherent 60 cycle noise that maybe prevelant. Seems theres a thread around here where someone from jet city says the loop was. Jet city jca20h features 20 watt head pairable to a 16 ohm or two 8 ohm speaker cabinets 3x 12ax7 preamp, 2x el84 power tubes and a solid state rectifier preamp, bass, middle, treble, master, presence controls multiply, voidfree hardwood cabinet with 16 gauge, coldrolled steel chassis multitapped power transformer and standard iec connector. Jet city amplification jca50h 50w tube guitar amp head guitar. Home manuals jet city amplification jca50h owners manual. With 50 watts of power coming from 2 6l6 power tubes, its the perfect gigging head. A locally cached version of owners manual is available at. Tighten up your jet city jca50h jca100h for high gain a must do.
Seattles jet city amplification turned quite a few heads by making the. The new circuit is a replica of the one already on the board. Hammond power transformer for jca50h telecaster guitar. Service manuals, schematics, eproms for electrical technicians. Microsoft word jca100hdm schematic includes bias settings. The power transformer in my jet city jca50h is fried and its just barely out of warranty, i need to find a reasonablypriced replacement.
Get all the stage volume you need with this jet city amp head. This is an old post but a buddy and i were recently working on tweaking the sound and came across the same issue when trying to get a nice chug without the mud, seems the od bleeds a bit but the best results came from replacing v1 with something with lower gain like a 12at7 and the rest with jj 12ax7s which reduced the mud. The company prides itself on high levels of build quality and reliable, costeffective components paired with mikes legendary knowledge of tone circuitry and experience. This page contains information about the owners manual for the jca50h from jet city amplification. Since we first encountered jet city amps, the usa brand has been steadily building up its business in the uk, and with good reason. Unleashing 50 watts from a pair of 6l6 power tubes and all the features of the jca100h, the jca50h 50w tube guitar amp head from jet city is ideal for gigging musicians who need plenty of stage volume with some nice power amp distortion. Hi, here is a small comparison video of a jet city jca50h stock and modded with slo and depth mods. I build pedals so know my way around schematics but new to amp. This is my first tube amp, and when i tried it before i bought it it sounded amazing. Hi, is this the jet city version of the soldano hot rod 50. Based in redmond, washington, jet city products are made in china, but designed in the usa by some seriously qualified amp gurus, including michael soldano, thds andy marshall and ben verellen, who are all based in nearby seattle, hence the jet city moniker. I not the pub, its just that mike soldano created by a truly scratch mark in the mind, like custom 77 for example, cheap stuff that sounds really good and made with the right tools and clearly open the mod there modifit himself on youtube.
From what ive seen so far, the circuit board is basically a jca20h, with some modifications concerning the preamp. Jca50h 100h 22h mod thread and owners club amps harmony. Jca50h schematic includes bias settings 1 2 3 4 d c b a 56 6 5 4 3 2 1 d c b a title number revision size b date. So i did an ab comparison the other day between my valveking, the jet city, the laney and the engl 412. Discussion in amps and cabs started by jchrisf, jan 1, 2018. It uses 5 x ecc83 and 2 x 6l6gc to power a clean channel and an overdrive channel. I put a set of reflector 6p14p output tubes in it and nos pres. Im wondering what footswitches would work in place of the one that comes with jet city amps. This site helps you to save the earth from electronic waste.
Jet city this is a newoldstock floor model, fully test and guaranteed. Tighten up your jet city jca50h jca100h for high gain. Luckily jet city sells the cheapest in the market jettenuator attenuator. Get the guaranteed best price on tube guitar amplifier heads like the jet city amplification jca50h 50w tube guitar amp head at musicians friend. Jet city jca12s 1x12 guitar speaker cabinet reverb. Jet citys amplifiers have a bit of a cult following. I sent jet city a request for parts, well see what happens.
Jet city amplification warrants the mechanical and electronic components of this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the original date of purchase, in accordance with the warranty regulations described below. I highly recommend all jet city productsvery high quality build and pretty damn good tone. He said that he almost never played it because it didnt fit his style of music. I decided to give my jca50h a full retube last week. Unleashing 50 watts from a pair of 6l6 power tubes and all the features of the jca100h, the jca50h 50w tube guitar amp head from jet city is ideal for gigging musicians who need. Jetcity jca20h sch service manual download, schematics. Btw i have sold all of those through the years, but i still have a stock jet city 50 do it its a really kick ass amp guitarfool, jan 1, 2018. Jet city amplification jca50h 50w tube guitar amp head. Jet city plays in the latter category with its alltube amps sold at prices terrorizing all competitors. The network c5 and r5 form a fixed treble lift usually termed voicing by a lot of people. The schematic was a way of changing a stock jet city 20w without needing to remove the board or any components. The guy that owned it used a vox amp almost all the time, so it was just gathering dust, he had owned it for a year. Bringing you the best jet city amplification deals in the uk from our online shop.
I just had to repair my trusty samson 260 to get really accurate microohm readings and check the output transformer as well, as we noticed the guy accidentally shorted out. This copy of owners manual was originally available from. Jet city amplification warrants the mechanical and electronic components of this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the original date of purchase. The jet city guitar speaker also has the same dimensions as the jet city jca2112rc tube amp, so stack them up for increased speaker volume. Get the latest updates on new products and upcoming sales.
My jet city jca50h head blew a fuse out of the blue, and when i replaced the fuse, it blew the fuse again. Page 5 30 seconds for the tubes to warm warranty period that are not excluded under this warranty as described in section 4, jet city amplification shall, at its discretion, turn up your volume switch on your guitar and impress your either replace or repair the product using suitable new or reconditioned parts. Personally, i love them i gigged with a 50w one for a few years and currently use a 20w head for small gigs now. Each channel has its own eq, and the two master volume controls are individually controlled via front panel or footswitch.
This tab will provide bias information, and when available, downloads such as jet city amp schematics and other worthwhile information. Jetcity jca50h sch service manual download, schematics. Almost feels like the jet city has more gain but i think thats down to it having a 1 meg gain pot. The only replacement i can find is mercury and i really dont want tocant spend that much. Perusing the interwebs, there have been suggestions that my power tubes might be on the. Other features include a tubebuffered serial effects loop, multiple speaker impedance outputs, and a footswitch input for switching channels on the fly footswitch included. Jet city amp schematics we recommend spending the afternoon cooking a classic french dish like buttery sole meuni 232 re or colorful nutrient packed the quot contract modification quot requires the jet maker to revise technical manuals for the pair of new air force one specially modified 747 presidential jets now under construction in the puget sound jet airways journey towards a has been is. It sounded good but from what ive read on the net, it can sound a lot better i had all the parts i needed for the depth control lying around, so i tried it. Long time member, very infrequent user, but glad to be back. As for comparing to the recto, i didnt have it on at the time so i havent made an actual comparison, but there is a lot less bottom end, it sounds less heavy, its a bit looser, and its more crunchy sounding. Part of the design by soldano series, this extension cabinet features multiply hardwood cabinetry, 16gauge steel chassis, custom transformers, and 2 oz. Folks, enjoy this shootout between the jet city jca100h. Lots of distortion in a lightweight 50watt amp head, great for taking out on the road.
The soldano hot rod has the magical slo circuit in it. Slo preamp circuit mod and kt66s were the best decision for my 100h. After doing some research, i went with, a jjecc803 for v1, jj ecc83s for the rest of the preamp. Jet city was formed in 2009 by mike soldano and douglas white with the aim of providing quality, alltube amplifiers at an affordable price. Amelia is a twochannel, 50 watt guitar amplifier head. Thick tube tone, two versatile channels and plenty of power for the stage. The jet city jca50h has all the features of the jca100h but with a more usable 50watt output. Same mod as the ultimate clean, but switchable between the stock and modded circuit. I have been following jet city over the past few years and have been very impressed with their overall ethos. You can then replace tubes and set the bias without removing the chassis from the head.
Discussion in other amps started by cliffenstein, jan 3, 2019. With the jca20hbes, jet city takes that concept a step furtherteaming with noted amplifier technician, builder and mod master dave friedman of rack systems to modify an existing amp in the jet city line, the 20watt jca 20h. Jet city amplification amelia 50w tube guitar amplifier. Amelia jet citys longawaited guitar amp is here at. Ive come across a very similar hammond pt thats a replacement for the jcm800 and im wondering if it would work. We can help you own your tone with customizations that add new features to your amp or finetune its performance.
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