
Philming wrote:Hi all!
So I joined the club of happy JCA22H users club few months ago
Needles to say that I love that overdriven sound, reminds me of a crossing between the 80s-90s hard rock sounds (thing Skid row and the likes) and some more modern sounding drive.
So in a nutshell here's what i've been using on this amp rather successfully so far, and sorry but some contradicts what has been said so far I think
Guitar > Tuner pedal > Clone central TS9/TS808> Donner/Mooer Noise gate >amp
Effects send > Ibanez EQ > Joyo D-SEED (yes it works brilliantly) > TC Dito (as well) > Effects return.
So the DSEED and Dito do actually work flawlessly on this amp.
Now the issues i've encountered were with the noise gate.
If i put it in the effects loop, which i initially wanted to do, i'd hear a loud POP when switching it on, and the frequencies would really be cut on the signal.
I'm looking for a gate that could be used on this effects loop, so if anyone has a reference... I heard of the GString but it's way ove army budget.
Maybe the TC electronics one ? (I had a quick discussion with whoever takes care of the JCA Facebook page, and he was sort of pointing at TC Electronics gear generally) or maybe the EHX Silencer ?
Has anyone tried any of these ?
Next, a reverb. I'm about to order T-Rex's Ghost Tone. It's cheap and sounds promising.
Has anyone tried that one in the loop ?
Thank you all for your feedback (if i can say so)

Sorry, but I have no experience with using noise gates on this amp - not even my Boss NS-2, which I bought and use on my Marshall's front-end. I'd recommend trying the NS-2 and possibly the Decimator, which many seem to like.
Have you swapped tubes and gotten you bias set properly? This may help with any noise issues you are experiencing. There's also an elevated heater mod and other ideas listed in the references section at the start of this thread to help with noise, but they're fairly non-reversible.
Also haven't tried using reverb on it, other than what was available with my POD500X, which I briefly tried (successfully) in 4CM.