Roland JC-160 Jazz Chorus

The Roland JC-160 Jazz Chorus is a solid-state 4x10" combo guitar amplifier from the Jazz Chorus series by Roland Corporation, released in 1976. Like other amps from the series, it had built-in effects including stereo chorus, vibrato, reverb and distortion.

Steve Hackett used to use a JC-160 Jazz Chorus (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a JC-150) as his main amp during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The introduction of the Jazz Chorus transistor amp into Steve's rig resulting in a brighter guitar tone than before (combined with a Fender amp). The first album using this new amp was Wind And Wuthering: producer David Hentschel mentioned the Roland in one interview, acknowledging it was difficult to record as the speakers were partly out of phase.