Tube flexibility and punch with easy-to-get modern screaming distortion.

The Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head tears up the competition. Joe Satriani is undoubtedly one of the greatest guitar players of all time, and Peavey has built him an amp with the sound, feel, and flexibility he's always sought. With a punchy gain structure that boosts your playing with authority, this amp delivers sounds ranging from Classic 50 to vintage British, modern Triple XXX, and all the in-between tones.

The versatile and comprehensive control section supplies a master volume pot and independent volume knobs for each of the three channels (Ultra, Crunch, and Clean). Tone shaping is accomplished through passive controls for Bass, Mid, and Treble on the Clean channel, while the Ultra and Crunch channels use active Bottom, Body, and Hair (lo, mid, hi) controls. The Clean channel is pristine yet warm and is specifically voiced to work well with effects pedals. The Ultra and Crunch channels have gain controls and fat switches to further assist in taming this thunderous tube-powered beast while achieving killer sound.

Global resonance and presence knobs increase control of high-end tones, while a noise gate on the Crunch and Ultra channels cuts down on the excess noise generated by running the gain and EQ controls on high settings. Since the gate is fully adjustable, you can really clamp down, leave it slightly open, or just turn it off.

The JSX uses 3 - 12AX7 preamp tubes and 4 - EL34 power amp tubes. The power amp section delivers an earth-quaking 120W of pure tube power and can be converted to 4 - 6L6GC. It is also designed to work equally well into 4-, 8-, or 16-ohm loads.

Made in the USA.

Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head Features:

• Designed to Joe Satriani's specifications
• Global Resonance and Presence controls
• 120W of pure tube power
• 3 channels: Ultra, Clean, and Crunch
• 3-band EQ on each channel
• Punchy high-gain structure on the Crunch and Ultra channels
• Comes with EL34 tubes, but can be configured for 6L6 tubes
• Fully adjustable noise gate for the Crunch and Ultra channels
• Separate Fat switches on the Crunch and Ultra channels
• All controls located on the front panel
• Noise gate
• Uses 3 - 12AX7 preamp tubes and 4 - 6L6GC power amp tubes
• Master volume
• Independent volume knobs
• Passive controls for bass, mid, and treble on the Clean channel
• Ultra and Crunch channels use active Bottom, Body, and Hair (lo, mid, hi) controls
• 4-, 8-, or 16-ohm loads
  
  Made in the USA

If you're serious about your tone and need a highly versatile all-tube amp, look no further. This amp has it all order now!

Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head Specifications:

• 26-5/8"W x 11-1/4"H x 11"D
• 50-3/4 lbs.

Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head

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The Amp I'd been looking for all my life

Posted by StratoMatt from Tucson, AZ on Sep 23, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician/ Semi Pro

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock/Country/Blues

I would have never found this amp if it hadn't of been a Marshall head I purchase that was the biggest piece of noisy garbage I had ever purchased. When I returned it I had almost given up on hope of finding an amp that pleased my taste of Live sound I had been searching for. Wallah!....The Peavey JSX. Three amazing channels from brilliant clean to white-knuckle dirty...Raw Tube power ...with more gain than anyone would ever be able to handle. I've used this amp run through a Marshall 1960A bottom at about 10 outings so far, and I have finally achieved the sound I've always been searching for. It is an amazing amp. It didn;t bother me it has no effects/reverb as I've always had my own to loop into it or digital pedals/effects to run into it. You can play plugged straight into this amp and get amazing sustain at higher gian levels or use clean channel with pedals at lower levels. The channel control footswitch is very well built (black metal box with three stomp toggles) and very easy to understand and use from the beginning. I've had many people after gigs walk up and tell me how killer my rig sounded. Thats what its all about folks! It is worth every red cent I paid..and more.

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not a bad amp, but not good either

Posted by Anonymous Musician on Apr 23, 2009

Experience w/product: I have heard about it

Reviewer's Background: N/A

Reviewer's Play Style: N/A

I've owned this amp for a while and I can say it works well for as a practice amp but not much more. People rave about the clean channel and how great it is or how clean it is. I say it's crap. It's almost too bright in a way. It annoyed me greatly. My favorite channel/feature on this amp is its amber channel. It has a very distintive tube sound to it and has a punch that other amps can't touch. The lead channel blows. I saw Joe twice with these amps and never once saw his stage amps click over to the lead channel. I'm still searching for that perfect tone, and this amp was not the answer for me. My biggest beef with the amp is it lack of volume or headroom. When I took it to practice I really had to turn up the volumes, both channel and master to get it to cut through the mix. I've got a mesa dual rectifier and that thing cuts through the mix with the volume on 3 or 4. one great thing I can say about this amp is that it really does bring character to other guitars. I've never heard an amp that makes each guitar sound so different. Alot of amps have a signature tone (such as mesa)and no matter what guitar you plug into it, you just get a slightly different version of that signature tone. The jsx may bring new life to your guitar collection. That is one great thing about this amp. Other than that, I found it to be one of the ugliest amps of all time. I hate signature amps anyway. You know these guys don't use this amp. There's are greatly modified to their specific specs, and the models we get are greatly stripped down in comparison. THe price on this amp sucks too. Its not really worth the money. THen again not much is these days. I'm hoping the new 50 watt jsx head that comes out soon will out perform this one.

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Lots of features, reliable, but the sound...eh

Posted by Marcus H from NY on Mar 2, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician, avid recording hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Metal

This is a great amp if you're only ever gonna play live - it's full, punchy, and not overly harsh sounding when you've got it running through a decent cab, it's reliable, and the three channels (including a GORGEOUS clean channel) are useful, as is the footswitchable FX loop (the noise gate, however, really isn't worth much in my experience, though I had a two-input model; they've apparently upgraded the gate in the newer single-input ones).

HOWEVER, in a recording environment, the weaknesses of the amp's tone shine through; I would say it has the Peavey tone (best exemplified by the 5150), but has a nasty metallic thinness/fizziness to the distortion that can't be dialed out. I owned it for 1.5 years, and tried it through many cabs, but this metallic "clanginess" was omnipresent, and the best tones I could get were adequate in a mix, but no more. So I sold it for a 2-channel Dual Rectifier, and have been making awesome recordings since; in my opinion, it's one of the greatest amps out there, but you gotta have a Tube Screamer (with almost no drive and tone and level around 12 o'clock) in front of it to tame the lows!

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Thank you Joe!

Posted by danny from Canada on Feb 15, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Everything

I tried this head out extensively before buying it. The sound was there, but the eq needed to be extended. The gain is so there on this amp. I put an eq in the effects loop when playing live and I use software based eq when recording to get the exact tone I want from this amp. The clean is absolutely flawless on this amp. It's just so clear! It takes effects very well. The eq knobs on the amp are also very responsive and carry a different tonal quality than many other amps I've played. This amp behaves quite differently when you turn knobs that you would think shouldn't affect it's tone. The FX send and return knobs fatten up the gain when you set them wide open. Also, when you turn the channel volume way up and the master volume down, the tone is very warm. It gets a little modern and harsh sounding when you turn the channel volume down and the master up. Bottom line: I'm very happy with this amp. It's not a Fender twin when it comes to warmth, but then again, the JSX is part of the Ultra series and the ultra series is a class of high gain amps. Also, I had to use an external eq to get my sound, but in the amp's defense, I would need an eq for a Mesa or a Marshall too (Which I also played extensively btw).

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Years of searching for the ultimate tone is over!

Posted by Diablo958 from Canada on Feb 4, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Everything

I purchased this amp around 2 weeks ago. Cosmetically, I love it. The chrome face is dazzling when I

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