The price to pay for all these options is a rather intimidating control panel, featuring a whopping 28 knobs and 8 switches. However, once you get to grips with it, the control panel is surprisingly easy to figure out. It’s essentially 4 amps in one, each with its own EQ, gain, reverb and volume controls. On top of that there’s a presence control, resonance control and 2x master volume controls. That’s it.
Once a guitarist has got to grips with the control panel and figured out their preferred settings for each channel, they can then utilise the footswitch too. This means players can flick between channels and modes and even input their own exact presets. Unlike almost every other footswitch this one is connected to the amp using a regular guitar cable. The JVM truly was designed with the professional guitarist in mind.