[Stratrat]

Originally Posted by Noodler

You've got to be kidding me. A Deluxe Reverb or Bassman for under $1K? Over here they're more than $3K:

Arties Music - retailler of electric, bass, acoustic, classical guitars, drums, keyboards, brass and woodwind, stringed instruments, recording equipment and more!.....

Holy Moley ...I paid US$849 for my Deluxe Reverb (brand-new) about a year ago!

Now I understand why I see Aussies on the Dr. Z board buying his amps - assuming the $USD / $AUD exchange rate is favorable right now (which it appears to be), you can buy almost any of Dr. Z's amps (all hand-built and much higher quality than any current mass-produced amp) for less than the cost of a Deluxe Reverb over there! (Don't know how much $$$ comes into the picture for duties/taxes, though).

Originally Posted by Noodler

To the OP, Roland reckon their JC-120 (which is solid state) is designed to give the ultimate clean signal and is specifically designed for taking pedals. ie that is what it's purpose is. Unsure on price in US though.

The JC-120 runs around US$900. There are a lot of great tube amps that can be had for that price over here.