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Topic: JB 100 Coming My Way. You coming to Seattle, WA Joe?

Alan Phillips at Carol Ann amps is just finishing up my JB 100 and it will be heading my way soon. I'd love to be able to take it to a show and listen to Joe jam on it and have him sign it. Any chance you'll be playing in Seattle, WA or Portland, OR anytime next year? Ultimately I'm going to gift the amp to my very young son if he decides to be a guitar player down the road. I'd love to get a picture of the amp with Joe and my little boy. Let me now if you'll ever be in these parts Joe. If not, Alan will bring it to your show on Nov. 12th and have you sign it and such and then ship it to me. Not quite the same, but still pretty cool.
Any other guys out there play a JB besides Joe? I'm liking my Carol Ann Tucana and am really looking forward to this amp to keep in our family.

Best wishes to Joe and all!

Randy Connelly
WA, State

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Re: JB 100 Coming My Way. You coming to Seattle, WA Joe?

Wow what a way to make an entrance on the forum man!  Congrats on the CA JB-100, you just made a lot of forum gearheads very jealous.  I love the Carol Ann stuff, if and when I sell my Ceriatone I may consider either one of the OD2s or perhaps a Two Rock Custom Reverb Signature.  Man I wish Alan would add some reverb on them puppies!  mad   cool

'67 and '74 Fender Twin Reverbs, '74 Marshall 1987 lead mkII, Metro Superlead 100. Pedals from TC Electronic, Ibanez, Dunlop, BK Butler, Electro-Harmonix, Fulltone, Maestro/Gibson, Loopmaster switching, VoodooLab, Boss. Gibson and Fender guitars, Dimarzio pickups.
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Re: JB 100 Coming My Way. You coming to Seattle, WA Joe?

Hey, go big or go home! HA
I'm playing a two amp rig with a sweet, custom/limited built Two Rock amp and my Carol Ann Tucana. I can't wait to run the Two Rock with the JB 100. I'm truly not trying to be like Joe B., he's his own animal, I've just narrowed down my tone search to Carol Ann and Two Rocks. Blending those two amps just works for me and the style I play. Nothing more or less than that.
I'm not really into meeting "celebrities" and such as I enjoy my privacy and can't imagine what it would be like to have the public hounding you all the time. With that said, I'm getting more and more into Joe's music and he seems like he'd be a really cool guy to meet. Honestly, I think everyone talks about his tone and playing but I think many forget that the guy has a great singing voice also. I'm really enjoying his overall tone (playing wise and singing wise)! Thanks for the comments and best of luck with your amp search. Do like I did and buy one of each (Two Rock and Carol Ann!) HA

stratpaulguy86 wrote:

Wow what a way to make an entrance on the forum man!  Congrats on the CA JB-100, you just made a lot of forum gearheads very jealous.  I love the Carol Ann stuff, if and when I sell my Ceriatone I may consider either one of the OD2s or perhaps a Two Rock Custom Reverb Signature.  Man I wish Alan would add some reverb on them puppies!  mad   cool

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Re: JB 100 Coming My Way. You coming to Seattle, WA Joe?

To be honest, my amp searching is pretty much DONE.  I've settled on my '69 Super Reverb and Metropoulos Superlead 100.  With those 2 amps and some pedals I can pretty much cover most of my heros' tones.  I just want to be able to say that I've at least owned a Two Rock in my lifetime.  I was SCARY close to buying about 5 grand worth of gear, which would have included a Two Rock CRS 100w V.1 (for only $2600 DOH!!!), but decided I needed a new truck much more than new gear.  That one will still haunt me....

'67 and '74 Fender Twin Reverbs, '74 Marshall 1987 lead mkII, Metro Superlead 100. Pedals from TC Electronic, Ibanez, Dunlop, BK Butler, Electro-Harmonix, Fulltone, Maestro/Gibson, Loopmaster switching, VoodooLab, Boss. Gibson and Fender guitars, Dimarzio pickups.
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Re: JB 100 Coming My Way. You coming to Seattle, WA Joe?

Can't imagine the Two Rock could be THAT much better than a Super Reverb and Superlead - if at all! Justin - you've basically got SRV tone and Jimi tone together in one juicy bundle...AND you can through that lucious gear into your new truck and drive to gigs!

stratpaulguy86 wrote:

To be honest, my amp searching is pretty much DONE.  I've settled on my '69 Super Reverb and Metropoulos Superlead 100.  With those 2 amps and some pedals I can pretty much cover most of my heros' tones.  I just want to be able to say that I've at least owned a Two Rock in my lifetime.  I was SCARY close to buying about 5 grand worth of gear, which would have included a Two Rock CRS 100w V.1 (for only $2600 DOH!!!), but decided I needed a new truck much more than new gear.  That one will still haunt me....

Gits: '03 Gibson Historic R7 Goldtop, '06 Gibson R8 Plaintop, MIJ '62 RI Strat,  and others...
Amps: '99 Marshall 1987x Plexi RI, 1969 Fender Super Reverb

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Re: JB 100 Coming My Way. You coming to Seattle, WA Joe?

kevman13 wrote:

Can't imagine the Two Rock could be THAT much better than a Super Reverb and Superlead - if at all! Justin - you've basically got SRV tone and Jimi tone together in one juicy bundle...AND you can through that lucious gear into your new truck and drive to gigs!

stratpaulguy86 wrote:

To be honest, my amp searching is pretty much DONE.  I've settled on my '69 Super Reverb and Metropoulos Superlead 100.  With those 2 amps and some pedals I can pretty much cover most of my heros' tones.  I just want to be able to say that I've at least owned a Two Rock in my lifetime.  I was SCARY close to buying about 5 grand worth of gear, which would have included a Two Rock CRS 100w V.1 (for only $2600 DOH!!!), but decided I needed a new truck much more than new gear.  That one will still haunt me....


Too true Kev-O!  God sorry for the constant Super Reverb reminders bro.  Yep I'm totally happy with my current rig and am very blessed.  More EJ/Hendrix than SRV but then again I'm not using .13s on my Strats so who knows, maybe there's some SRV mojo in there somewhere!

'67 and '74 Fender Twin Reverbs, '74 Marshall 1987 lead mkII, Metro Superlead 100. Pedals from TC Electronic, Ibanez, Dunlop, BK Butler, Electro-Harmonix, Fulltone, Maestro/Gibson, Loopmaster switching, VoodooLab, Boss. Gibson and Fender guitars, Dimarzio pickups.

7 Reply by wishkahdaddy (edited by wishkahdaddy 2010-10-28 22:18:28)

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Re: JB 100 Coming My Way. You coming to Seattle, WA Joe?

Sounds like you've got all your basis covered-nice. I will tell you this, the new Two Rock I bought is at another level than any other high end amp I've played. I did not think it was possible, but the proof is in the amp. It's not a stock Two Rock, it's a special build with more of a rock influence and it smokes!! I'm stoked to get the JB 100 as I know it too is a special amp indeed. Honestly, I'm trying to use pedals with this Carol Ann/Two Rock set-up, but everything keeps messing with my tone. Surh Riot, Lil' China, Modded Tube Screamer, Pork Loin, Fulltone, etc. all failed to my ears with my current rig. I can promise you that I'm NOT complaining. The pedal board is gettting very "roomy" and the tone is getting better. The less I have to hook up, the less there is to go wrong during a show. I plan on gigging the JB 100 so I'll give a report of what I think of it. Joes fingers are so gifted that I realize he brings out the best in that amp. His tone on "Stop" is to die for if you ask me! I'm getting mine set up with EL 34's and I believe it was an EL 34 amp that the lead on "Stop" was recorded. I requested the JB in EL 34's only because I thought it would blend nicer with my 6L6 Two Rock. The Carol Ann's are very "clear" in the OD tone and quite articulate. I like that and the mid range of my current Carol Ann sits in the mix quite well and it's strong mids fills out my overall tone. Anyhow, you have a great rig also and the thing to do now is go out and enjoy it! Best wishes. Now if we can just get Joe to come play in Seattle all would be well!

stratpaulguy86 wrote:

To be honest, my amp searching is pretty much DONE.  I've settled on my '69 Super Reverb and Metropoulos Superlead 100.  With those 2 amps and some pedals I can pretty much cover most of my heros' tones.  I just want to be able to say that I've at least owned a Two Rock in my lifetime.  I was SCARY close to buying about 5 grand worth of gear, which would have included a Two Rock CRS 100w V.1 (for only $2600 DOH!!!), but decided I needed a new truck much more than new gear.  That one will still haunt me....

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Re: JB 100 Coming My Way. You coming to Seattle, WA Joe?

I think this is the last one left but you would have to ask Alan Phillips at Carol Ann how it all played out. I was told only 10 were made, however.  I'm not sure how it all played out but I can tell you that I'm very thankful I got my hands on this! I'm not keeping it around as a collector's piece, etc. This amp will get gigged. When the time comes, if my boy decides to play guitar the amp will be his. My real goal is to get my boy on stage with Bonamassa and have a picture taken with the amp. And if my boy, Austin, decides to be a drummer. Well then he'll have a cool picture with Joe B. and dad will keep the amp! HA
If anyone is in the Pacific Northwest and wants to come hear the JB in action, let me know. I'd be more than happy to have you over and let you jam the heck out of it.

CT wrote:

Had to sign up for the forum just to ask this question... smile Lol

Have the ten JB-100s really not been sold yet, or has the limit been removed/changed? Either way, I'm jealous  big_smile