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Classic chorus
Has your usual classic 80s pedal sound, it isn't anything superb like the Boss ce-3 or even the joyo chorus but still has its own unique chorus sound, its very subtle and isn't too powerful. Pretty good chorus for the time period it was made in, and has a pretty cool look to it.
Would recommend
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Is good for both clean and dirty tones, pretty versatile meaning it can play anything from jazz to possibly rock. Some functionality issues due to its age, pretty rare making information on the amp scarce
The Guyatone Jazz Reverb is a 2 channel combo electric guitar tube amplifier with the channels being straight, with 3 band EQ with a bright switch and another channel also with 3 band EQ and a bright switch but this time with a superb vibrato and reverb. It uses 2 8 ohm 30 watt speakers which are of mystery in origin but are most likely also produced in Japan. Since its a tube amp it can get very very loud, even on 2 its enough to probably gig a small venue, but due to it not having wheels it can be very hard to carry around weighing in at around 32 kilos, so you'll most likely be better off installing some new wheels on it and getting it a trolley to move it around.
The sparkling tube amp also has one of those swaying bar things found on the twin reverb that hold the amp up without needing an amp stand. The amp originally comes in the classic silver face twin reverb look but as most of the age they lose the white shimmer and turn a bit brown or yellow, although if the amp looks very old and used most likely it'll sound great.
In terms of sound the amplifier is fairly unique but still have some of the sounds of its inspiration, if I could describe it, it sounds pretty full and whole with each strum of a chord which is great for a jazz tone and isn't so high fidelity that you hear each individual string in a chord making chords sound bleak, almost like its clean and creamy. The spring reverb does a great job of bringing the higher frequencies into a shiny shimmer instead of a twangy scream that you'll get from some amps. Just like the twin reverb because of its sweet clean sound it loves its pedals especially chorus, phasers, tremolos and all that good stuff. As for its sounds in the dirtier end it does what it needs to it cant be achieved by putting up the volume or anything, you will need a pedal or heighten up your pickups to get a dirtier sound but when you do achieve it with a pedal or some diy stuff to your guitar it sounds especially nice due to its tube design that these sounds have a good relationship with, i personally don't intend to use it for distorted sounds but when I do it doesn't disappoint me.
This amp is pretty versatile for the name it is under, it can achieve great shimmering clean tones and superb reverb and vibrato that are rich sounding, its aesthetically pleasing although sometimes the knobs can wear out. Its a pretty heavy amp weighing in at around 32kg so this isn't a giggers best friend although the installation of wheels or a use of a trolley can make things a little more easier, a few things that can go wrong with an old amp like this are the bright knob and the 60hz hum you can get in one channel which is most likely caused by a bad tube. But all in all this is a great amp and is worth the investment if you find one at all because these things are far rarer than your actual 1970s fender reverbs.