Until this, my main rig was a Fishman LBX artist and a Jam 100 as ext.
I sometimes use a Genz Benz Compak 300 8” + its ext cab.
I play a 00 Nick Lucas w/ a Baggs M80 and sing (EV dyn ND mic).
My new Jam 200 was main and Fishman as the ext for this review.
The Jam 200’s powerful, solid bass spoke first. This could serve as a full bass amp with ease. I noticed a huge difference in the power of its pre section as compared w my Jam 100 (Direct, no ext cab on either).
The Jam 100 has a plainly polite pre section that gives you one sound you can ‘flavor’ thru eq and reverb. The control extremes make little difference to the pretty, yet flat sound.
The Jam 200 is a whole different animal. Its controls move the character of your guitar to far different places.
I was very impressed with its ability to phatten up the guitar when i needed it big sounding, after having a very delicate, Liquid smooth sound, just before.
The Loudbox artist is excellent but sounds a little bit brittle when you push the trebles, to match, taking away the ‘glass smooth’ part the Jam200 just does.
I woukd like to have a tweeter level control on the Jam200, instead of a‘warm’ button.
This combo rig (Jam 200 LBX Artist as ext), vs. the previous, sounded much bigger+powerful.
Standing outside the fromt of the club, a friend playing through an open window, sounded much more present and articulate. Lyrics were crisp, unlike before and I could hear a bigger, full range sound at that position, at levels close to the same as before.
Very impressive amp.
I tried it through my 300w pure sine inverter/12v 40ah lithium battery combo earlier in the day and noticed that the pre and amp are both running class A. While the Loudbox Artist lasts around 12 hours through this, I got 3 hours 20 minutes with the Schertler 200. The Jam 100 lasts as long as the Loudbox Artist. Given that, id say that the Jam 200 is not the best choice for street performance though it certainly sounded g...
