u/Extra_Birthday8416

I currently have a JC-22 and it sounds great with my single coil Tele, and twangy yet a little muddy (although not terrible) with my Epiphone Riviera with humbuckers.

I've used both a Boss SD-1 and a Marshall JCM pedal with the Jazz Chorus and hated it. There aren't many Youtube videos of people using drive pedals with the Jazz Chorus, but the ones that are out there sound very fizzy, crappy, and, understandably, lack any sort of "oomph" of a tube amp. Lots of raw and crackly digital treble.

I would like to be able to use gentle-ish overdriven/edge of breakup Fender or Vox-style tones every once in a while, although I mostly play clean with light modulation like Smiths-era Johnny Marr.

Should I just get a Fender Tonemaster amp and dump the Jazz Chorus? They are obviously solid-state, and meant to emulate the tones I'm looking for... Unless, would anybody have any pedal recommendations that will pair well with the JC? I feel like I would probably just save money by getting another amp... was thinking maybe the Deluxe Reverb?

Edit: I guess something like this @ 3:00 is what I'm shooting for tonally. He's using Fender Twin amps.

This thought had originally occurred to me when the "monkey hate" stuff began to surface a few years back. So many of the perpetrators and "supporters" (in Youtube comment sections, and so forth) of the monkey abuse content plaguing the internet seemed to be (generally) otherwise normal people -- people of all nationalities and classes. This short BBC article alone lists Indonesians, Americans, and Brits of all ages, young or old with children, male or female, a wide array of people.

I have also read about the recent Cody Roberts case in Daniel, Wyoming, where a man chased a wolf pup on a snowmobile to the point of exhaustion before ramming it, taping its mouth shut, parading it around a local bar, before torturing it further and killing it. It seems as if the entire town has defended and supported the man's actions. The punishment for the crime was, of course, minimal. The "snowmobile-wolf-killing" thing is a routine occurrence in the area, viewed as a sport.

There is, of course, the Chinese cat torture rings. I don't want to delve too deeply into this now as it is incredibly disturbing, but, as we know, this is a hugely widespread phenomenon across China. It is staggering how extensive it is. And, of course, there are what may as well be zero laws against this sort of thing.

Animal rights in even the most progressive, developed countries are slim-to-none. People do not care, punishment is minimal or nonexistent. Laws do not change, animals are treated like property and insentient toys by lawmakers and a significant percentage of pet owners alike. People keep their dogs in cages in the house, no sunlight, no exercise, no love, no contact, fed medication to pacify and suppress the symptoms brought upon by their owner's maltreatment. Even the most regular people lack a sense of empathy for animals. Vegans were, and are, shunned by many, or most people in the West. It goes beyond the "fussy/entitled eater" stereotype. [Edit: What I mean by this is that it's a blind and indiscriminate sort of hostility.] Casual jokes are made about the act of killing and eating animals. People will see a pig and wisecrack about bacon.

My point is that, underneath the surface, is humanity comprised of more animal haters/abusers/zoosadists than we realize, to a disturbing degree? Whether or not they flaunt it, or even consciously realize it, are people more often than not prone to deriving pleasure from the misfortune of innocent creatures?

This thought also extends to how children are so commonly treated in society, ignored, victimized, and voiceless. However, that is for a separate discussion.