![]() While we think it would be better employed switching the series effects loop, this one tiny moan doesn’t detract at all from The Jack’s awesome capacity for sonic gratification. The second button on the TRS footswitch is used to toggle the built-in reverb. The remote footswitch socket means you can choose the configuration that works best for you, either running the V4 in a pedalboard or on top of a speaker cab. The integrated cab emulation also ticks the boxes for modern quiet stage environments and recording, especially now the V4 amps have a headphones socket. Turning this channel’s gain control past the 12 o’clock mark progressively adds a subtle overdrive effect that’s great for old-school blues and early 70s classic rock, especially when driven from a decent PAF-type humbucker. We love Channel 1’s clean voicing – it’s smooth and warm with just the right amount of high-end snap. We tried out The Jack V4 with our regular test guitars: a Strat loaded with lowish-gain Alnico Pro single coils and a Les Paul fitted with a pair of old PAFs. The V4 Jack sits between The Kraken’s more extreme high-gain tones and the big, clean sounds of The Duchess, with an overall vibe that evokes supercharged Fender Tweed. A single top-mounted footswitch toggles between The Jack’s two channels, with a colour-changing LED indicating which channel is active – green for clean and red for mean. There’s also a handy Two Notes reset button on the front of the enclosure. This lets you get to all 10 of The Jack’s custom-designed emulation patches and edit them to your own taste. ![]() Access to The Jack’s embedded Two Notes cabinet emulations is via a USB socket on the side of the enclosure, which needs to be connected to a desktop running the Torpedo Remote app. ![]()
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