Review and demo with sound samples of the Joyo Vintage Overdrive pedal. Tube Screamer tones on a budget! Ebay Link Here: rover.ebay.com... www.maxxxwell.com
I love the fact that your demos aren't about showing off your gear as people like Phillip Mcknight do. It's all affordable stuff. I try to tell people all the time, "Sound is in your hands, not your wallet". Thanks for keeping it real.
So true, but wouldn't you agree that let's say the mid-priced gear, which is not the high end/go on bankrupcy thing would get out of your way and actually help you a little bit, so you feel more inspired and ready to rip it up?
Yeah... I'm kinda over "new" gear, having found a pretty happy place with the likes of MXR, EHX, TC, DigiTech... Would I like a modulation pedal by Walrus? Yes! But more thrilling is finding great inexpensive gear. I think I may just get the Joyo for my second "high" gain board. I need a TS to tighten up the high gain from my Ibanez s series into the berhinger vintage tube monster!!
I own one of these pedals and was fortunate enough to test it against an original Ibanez pedal and it's damn hard to tell which is which without looking. I would gladly recommend this pedal to anyone in the market for a tube screamer.
I liked the sound of this pedal over the TS because it's brighter. You can always use your tone knob on your guitar to cut back the brightness of a bright pedal, but you generally can't make a dark pedal sound brighter unless you do it at your amp and then EVERYTHING sounds a bit too bright.
Thank you, Max! You're saving me a lot of money!! Also, love the blooper at the end!! Keep doing what you do, man! It's VERY helpful to those of us who aren't fabulously wealthy like many of the other guitar CZcamsrs who demo stuff!
I have a Joyo tremolo, compressor, and noise gate, and can't believe how good they are. I had a Joyo Chorus, a clone of the 80s Boss mono chorus, and gave it to a friend because he lacked a chorus, and it's excellent. Joyo is a game-changer. If I didn't already own both a Tube Screamer and a TC Mojomojo, the Joyo Overdrive would be in my signal chain.
I recently bought one and am pleased with the tones out of it. I play classic rock and to me it sounds best with a lower gain setting around 10/11 o'clock on the knob. I installed a bass boost dpdt switch; just ran 2 wires from the C10 capacitor to the middle lugs and put a .047 capacitor on the outer lugs. It beefs up my Strat nicely without being muddy, sounds more tube-like. I just revert back to no boost when playing my humbucker-equipped guitars.
Finally, an OD pedal review on an already dirty amp channel. They all seem to be reviewed/demo'd on clean channels. I'm just looking to give my little amp a bit more punch/volume
I'd love to see you continue the budget Playlists with everything from guitars to strings and strap locks the professionalism and honesty is most definitely admirable and it helps a lot of people with a limit its also a prime example of why you shouldn't always be In a break the bank mentality
Re-watching the video; I was going for this one but was sold off in Amazon UK and my gas led me to get the electro harmonix soul food, it's great, but 3 times more expensive and the Joyo sounds amazing for the price! So, listen to Max boys and girls!
I bought Joyo Vintage Overdrive Last week, then i bring it to boutique pedals factory. They say, it have same component (inside) with Tube screamer then i was mod the joyo there, and wtf its more than Tube screamer with 3 knob mode beside the pedals. Its amazing cheap pedals
It’s nice to hear this pedal in a hard rock/metal context. A lot of the demos I’ve seen have been more blues based, and not really playing alot of chords either. So this is perfect l! Great playing btw!
I have this tube screamer, at first I thought it wouldn’t work at first because it wouldn’t make any noise whatsoever when I turned it on, i was using two D’addario premium cables at the time so I just left it collecting dust for a few months until I used a cheap instrument cable that came with my old Dean M10 amp. After using one D’addario premium instrument cable with my old cheap one it worked like a charm, so keep in mind to make sure your cables are compatible with the pedal.
Bought a JOYO from your link. It didn't work. In spite of the seller saying he didn't take returns, when I bitched he sent me a FREE shipping label and a packing slip for a full refund. Going to ask for another sample of the same thing. Thanks for all your great reviews and thanks for humbling me and letting me know I will always be a wimp and my playing will always suck. At least I'm about a foot taller than you. Har har har! I'd like to hear you play that violin in the background...
"I know, it's green, it's an overdrive pedal, and it's kind of a knock-off of an Ibanez Tubescreamer." Yeah, it literally says on the box that it's a Tubescreamer. I'm not kidding. They legitimately wrote that on the box. I just got mine today, but my first impression is pretty good. It's a little thicker than my MXR and TC pedals (not sure why that is...), but that's the least of my concerns. I bought it for the sound-to-price ratio, and in that respect, it's one of the best boost-pedals I've ever owned. Also, the battery-hatch is literally the easiest-to-open battery-hatch in any piece of guitar-gear that was made for batteries that I've ever owned, which is a plus, even though I intend to use a PSU...
Being a current owner of the boss sd1 and playing Metal, thats my only complaint with it. I was gonna go for this pedal but i really want to avoid that "overly bright" coloration of tone(sd1) hmmm.. Lately ive been enjoying my emg 81-7 loaded jackson into donner boost killer straight into my Joyo zombie into 4x12. Great video man😎
The Pro of a peddle board is that you can turn on or off any effect you want without playing with dials and switches. Having to hit a button two or three times to get the same thing with a multi effects pedal can totally screw your timing up. Let a lone what happens when you hit the button to many times. (Picture KISS's first live album).
I remember I had an old Ibanez / Maxon multieffects pedal which had analouge distortion and digital chorus/delay from somewhere the late 80’ies/ early 90ies. It was very easy to control (just a few switches and LEDs, not complicated digital menus), too bad they don’t build pedals like that anymore.
@@Mr.Goldbar what if I need like 5 pedals on during first bar and then all off for the second bar? So I must tap dancing like crazy? Multi effects win in terms of presets bank because you have multiple setup possible
I have been using it in front of a Joyo American Overdrive that is set at about the edge of break up and it sounds really great. I keep the Vintage Overdrive set with the drive set at 0, Tone at 1, and Volume at 10 and it sounds similar to a Fender amp vibe.
Ideas? I would like to see your least expensive (or maybe best value? Highest performance/$$$?) gig rig. So, guitar (with mods?), pedal board, and amp/amps (maybe go all "That Pedal Show" with a wet/dry dual or triple amp rig?). If I had, say, $500-600, how epic could I manage?
I'd say no...if only because there are so many tube screamers and most people are using it as a filter rather than for distortion. it's a simple circuit in a rock solid box
I have this pedal, I really love it. Once you set the distortion on the amp as you like it for rhythm playing, the pedal provides a perfect boost for your volume/tone for lead playing. I have the drive almost all the way off, just gives your sound the extra kick to stand out. Great video man, I've recently subbed and I'm really enjoying flicking through your vids.
I have owned both, the Joyo and the Maxon OD 808, and the difference is very small. True that the Maxon in Europe is not extremely expensive. But is more than 3 time the price. I do not think it is worth it. Joyo is just doing a great job.
Max ive been checking out a budget pedal on ebay called the Little Bear 3 RAT supposed to be a clone of the ProCo Rat Distortion pedal its looks ok but not many reviews around the net about it so i think would be a great pedal for you to demo.
Our guitarist uses this pedal with a 7 band ED in front of it and after the Vintage OD he has the Joyo Chopper Z preamp and it goes right into the FX Return of his amp and his tone is insane
I was trying to find the right pedal distortion overdrive or fuzz I know it’s in the gain but this rlly helped me a lot, I’m not a twang enthusiast but it some reason I jut can’t find distortion pedals I like to I think the over drive is right I want to avoid the super sustained sound as well like with distortion pedals blech so wet and slippery sounding I like Hendrix, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley and Muse amongst others and it’s like wtf
Man these are awesome for budget minded people like me. Not as good as the real thing but cost half the price. I have ultimate drive too . Booth together sound excellent
Sounds good. I see you changed the pickguard on the Ammoon. Nice. Mine arrives today. Have you ever reviewed the NUX pedals. They seem very low cost with metal casing. Was considering a few.
I changed the bridge and neck pickups (which I'll do a future review on), but the other electronics and pickguard are original. I also removed the string trees from the headstock. The pickups made a huge difference! I haven't had the chance to try the NUX pedals although I did have a NUX combo amp that sounded fantastic.
I've heard that removing the string trees improves the tone, on the strings that use them. I didn't notice any change in tuning stability. And to be honest, it's hard to tell the difference in the tone from the string trees since the pickups made such a difference. I should have done the changes one at a time and not all together. Not very scientific on my part.
MaxxxwellC I truly appreciate your answers. Awesome channel you have and continued success. Your channel will help me become a better player all around.
guys no pedal production can possibly manufactured more than 40-50 bucks , u know casing a pedal costs more than electronic circutry . If you wanna bet on it go build your own tubescreamer , all the schemes you can find and parts you can find online or electronic shop. We all are paying for the name . there are real deal tubescreamer and this pedal comparisions on youtube , for me no difference at all.
Bootweak community etc. X'D Credit where due though, it seems more and more China etc are on the market and it's just not possible to match by price. For the most part with a lot of circuit designs, the parts cost is ridiculously low in comparison to the box, pots, jack plugs, etc. Pedals like these are a steal (even moreso taking into account the easy battery compartments and little touches like that). Imo it doesn't make the pedal crappy if the qc is on the ball.
I recommend the pedal. Its over looked in the over drive world. It takes your amps sound and literly overdrives it. I use to have one. Misplaced it. Got to buy a new one.
MaxxxwellC Something along the sound of an Ibanez 808 or Boss BD-2? Any budget blues tube amps or similar; maybe a Joyo blues amp (Bluejay?) review, and of course, a guitar that replicates the '59 Strat sound or similar or inexpensive blues pickups for Strats, Teles and E335 type guitars?
I literally won this pedal on a yotube contest and my pedal board is currently all joyo...joyo compression>joyo vintage od>joyo atmosphere reverb > joyo aquarius delay with a joy digital delay As a tag along. Joyo is the best kept secret. They make some shit pedals but they make some super gorgeous ones as well...and those mini 20w heads are sick
Hi nice review. Question, I play my guitar directly through the amp(music man 130hd valve amp), now want to by this joyo pedal, so I connect guitar to joyo and joyo to amp and thats it? Or need something more in between? Thanks
"Thanks very much for that bro'..I've been Lookin for a O/Drive for my busking street rig..I've just bought this pedal now as I've been listening to you..$48-95c here in QLD Australia..Still cheap @ the price..I'm going to drive this pedal thru my Roland Cube 80XL..Which has O/Drives built into it..But I've never found one in the amp that I look..as I play a lot of Satch & Gary Moore using my Custom built Strat..I've hit great O/Drives for when I'm gigging as I use a extensive Line 6 setup..& that has fantastic O/Drives in the pedals..but of course that's far too big for street busking..& I didn't want to spend $200 on the Boss models.. But this will be great.. There is a couple of others questions I'd like to ask you in the future regarding 'Metal rifts'..& also I'm trying to find a good..again reasonably cheap "Wah & Distortion".. Duo pedal?.. Again suitable for street busking??.. I'm using my Hendrix & Crybaby wahs'.. But unfortunately all my busking gear is battery powered?..Battery & inverter..Big AGM Battery..600/1200 watt pure sine wave inverter..but for some reason.. My Wah pedals are causing a loud huge hum??.. But that's for another day.. Thanks so much for all your help today.. Doc J.. Surfers Paradise..Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.. "KEEP ON ROCKIN!!".. 😊🎸🎙🎸🎤🎩😎...
Guitar MAX Thank you kind sir. I am looking for a good distortion pedal. Not fuzz like, but something with enough gain, and yet enough mids and seperation between notes, etc. I have a little 40 watt Pignose 1 x 10 amp that just doesn't have enough gain without playing really loud. I am 56, and came from the turn the tube amp to 11 and use your volume knob for cleans school, but recently have started rethinking all this with health problems, tube amp maintenance, etc. Even moddeling is getting better. I still believe that it is not quite there yet, but I am not a pro touring the world. I play now for fun. Mostly at home, and will do some outdoor gigs for charity, or outdoor biker gigs, etc. So, I don't have to have perfect amps, etc. Anyway, sorry for babbling. 😂 Thanks again kind sir for the recommendations. Do you know if the Joyo high gain pedal you recommend is a moddeling pedal, or is it analog? Best regards.
It all depends on what kind of sound you want to get out of your guitar. There are so many different pedals that do all sorts of things. Just have a look around and get what you think you are likely to use with the kind of music you are into. If there is a guitarist that makes a cool sound that you'd like to make check out what they are using.
Harley Benton is actually German, made in Bavaria. In this globalized world anything could be made from anywhere. China actually produces a lot of high end stuff too.
Joe Paul - agreed. I own two Fender Modern Player stratocasters. Fender stopped making them, even though they continue to make teles. I called up Fender and asked why no more strats? The answer was "Because the quality of craftsmanship of the strats was too close to that of the Fender American made strats. So, Fender closed down that section of the factory in China. The telecasters are not as well made as the MIM or MIA, but the strats are." Those were the words of the Fender Customer support guy a few years ago. Word to the wise, if anyone encounters a Modern Player Strat for sale, buy it. Unfortunately, so few people know this, that the resale value is that of a Chinese made guitar. So, buy it for keeps.
Could you fire up the M-1000 please. There really aren't any quality reviews. I know they do one sound brilliantly but I have also heard they can be quite diverse if a good player is prepared to spend the time. However, I do understand that LJ amps often only work with the power tubes cooking and that's probably not possible in your apartment.
I love the fact that your demos aren't about showing off your gear as people like Phillip Mcknight do. It's all affordable stuff. I try to tell people all the time, "Sound is in your hands, not your wallet". Thanks for keeping it real.
Thanks. I think that, with a little work, some great sounds are achievable with very affordable gear.
So true, but wouldn't you agree that let's say the mid-priced gear, which is not the high end/go on bankrupcy thing would get out of your way and actually help you a little bit, so you feel more inspired and ready to rip it up?
Phillip Mcknight does tons of videos on budget priced gear
@@GuitarMAXMusic can you please test the Nux Overdrive vs Joyo Overdrive
Yeah... I'm kinda over "new" gear, having found a pretty happy place with the likes of MXR, EHX, TC, DigiTech... Would I like a modulation pedal by Walrus? Yes! But more thrilling is finding great inexpensive gear. I think I may just get the Joyo for my second "high" gain board. I need a TS to tighten up the high gain from my Ibanez s series into the berhinger vintage tube monster!!
you’re tearing me apart Lisa!!!
Oh, high mark.
Since it's not a danzig reference, you still get an A
What about movie?
I love that you tore it up in this demo on a $50 Ammoon guitar.
I own one of these pedals and was fortunate enough to test it against an original Ibanez pedal and it's damn hard to tell which is which without looking. I would gladly recommend this pedal to anyone in the market for a tube screamer.
I liked the sound of this pedal over the TS because it's brighter. You can always use your tone knob on your guitar to cut back the brightness of a bright pedal, but you generally can't make a dark pedal sound brighter unless you do it at your amp and then EVERYTHING sounds a bit too bright.
They flashed an add for hearing aids over your intro!!! I fell over laughing!!!!!! Rock on man!!!!!
Thank you, Max! You're saving me a lot of money!! Also, love the blooper at the end!! Keep doing what you do, man! It's VERY helpful to those of us who aren't fabulously wealthy like many of the other guitar CZcamsrs who demo stuff!
I have a Joyo tremolo, compressor, and noise gate, and can't believe how good they are.
I had a Joyo Chorus, a clone of the 80s Boss mono chorus, and gave it to a friend because he lacked a chorus, and it's excellent.
Joyo is a game-changer. If I didn't already own both a Tube Screamer and a TC Mojomojo, the Joyo Overdrive would be in my signal chain.
I recently bought one and am pleased with the tones out of it. I play classic rock and to me it sounds best with a lower gain setting around 10/11 o'clock on the knob. I installed a bass boost dpdt switch; just ran 2 wires from the C10 capacitor to the middle lugs and put a .047 capacitor on the outer lugs. It beefs up my Strat nicely without being muddy, sounds more tube-like. I just revert back to no boost when playing my humbucker-equipped guitars.
Sweet
Finally, an OD pedal review on an already dirty amp channel. They all seem to be reviewed/demo'd on clean channels. I'm just looking to give my little amp a bit more punch/volume
From this vid, I bought this pedal and have been using it as my main OD in a blues band. Very happy with it. Thanks!
I'd love to see you continue the budget Playlists with everything from guitars to strings and strap locks the professionalism and honesty is most definitely admirable and it helps a lot of people with a limit its also a prime example of why you shouldn't always be In a break the bank mentality
Re-watching the video; I was going for this one but was sold off in Amazon UK and my gas led me to get the electro harmonix soul food, it's great, but 3 times more expensive and the Joyo sounds amazing for the price! So, listen to Max boys and girls!
Welp, after a few vids of this pedal, this vid does it for me. Just ordered me this bad boy. Upvote and subbed. Thanks man.
I bought Joyo Vintage Overdrive Last week, then i bring it to boutique pedals factory. They say, it have same component (inside) with Tube screamer then i was mod the joyo there, and wtf its more than Tube screamer with 3 knob mode beside the pedals. Its amazing cheap pedals
He looks like snape's son
Danzig
@@JNLink80 Snapezig
No, he looks like James Franco as Tommy wiseau
He is
It’s nice to hear this pedal in a hard rock/metal context. A lot of the demos I’ve seen have been more blues based, and not really playing alot of chords either. So this is perfect l! Great playing btw!
you deserve more views
Thanks. The channel is growing!
your welcome!
Guitar MAX Man you are so underrated. You have great editing skills too
I have this tube screamer, at first I thought it wouldn’t work at first because it wouldn’t make any noise whatsoever when I turned it on, i was using two D’addario premium cables at the time so I just left it collecting dust for a few months until I used a cheap instrument cable that came with my old Dean M10 amp. After using one D’addario premium instrument cable with my old cheap one it worked like a charm, so keep in mind to make sure your cables are compatible with the pedal.
I'm really impressed with this pedal. I love bright, loud tones like that.
Bought a JOYO from your link. It didn't work. In spite of the seller saying he didn't take returns, when I bitched he sent me a FREE shipping label and a packing slip for a full refund. Going to ask for another sample of the same thing. Thanks for all your great reviews and thanks for humbling me and letting me know I will always be a wimp and my playing will always suck. At least I'm about a foot taller than you. Har har har! I'd like to hear you play that violin in the background...
This is my go to OD pedal. Just love it.
Just subscribed. Pretty good/honest reviews. Keep rocking
Thanks Johnny, you too!
Well I have had this pedal for awhile now and agree that it's a lot of bang for the buck
"I know, it's green, it's an overdrive pedal, and it's kind of a knock-off of an Ibanez Tubescreamer." Yeah, it literally says on the box that it's a Tubescreamer. I'm not kidding. They legitimately wrote that on the box.
I just got mine today, but my first impression is pretty good. It's a little thicker than my MXR and TC pedals (not sure why that is...), but that's the least of my concerns. I bought it for the sound-to-price ratio, and in that respect, it's one of the best boost-pedals I've ever owned. Also, the battery-hatch is literally the easiest-to-open battery-hatch in any piece of guitar-gear that was made for batteries that I've ever owned, which is a plus, even though I intend to use a PSU...
Being a current owner of the boss sd1 and playing Metal, thats my only complaint with it. I was gonna go for this pedal but i really want to avoid that "overly bright" coloration of tone(sd1) hmmm.. Lately ive been enjoying my emg 81-7 loaded jackson into donner boost killer straight into my Joyo zombie into 4x12. Great video man😎
Great demo. Was trying to decide between this and a blues driver clone. Definitely going with this one. Thanks man!
Man this videos of affordable stuff are awesome. Keep rocking
I bought the Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive. It was $24 shipped to my door. Great overdrive pedal.
Thanx for the demo. I'm deciding on buying one. And with this video is a more possible buy! So thanx
I think it would be cool if you reviewed preamp pedals, including the Joyo and other models.
Great videos Max, I would like to see some reviews on cheap pedal power supplies.
It would be nice to have a review on pros and cons of the multieffects pedal vs. pedalbooard.
The Pro of a peddle board is that you can turn on or off any effect you want without playing with dials and switches. Having to hit a button two or three times to get the same thing with a multi effects pedal can totally screw your timing up. Let a lone what happens when you hit the button to many times. (Picture KISS's first live album).
no cons in a pedalboard. it'll always be better.
building my first pedalboards next year, started a couple of weeks ago with a Joyo Ultimate Drive
I remember I had an old Ibanez / Maxon multieffects pedal which had analouge distortion and digital chorus/delay from somewhere the late 80’ies/ early 90ies. It was very easy to control (just a few switches and LEDs, not complicated digital menus), too bad they don’t build pedals like that anymore.
@@Mr.Goldbar what if I need like 5 pedals on during first bar and then all off for the second bar? So I must tap dancing like crazy? Multi effects win in terms of presets bank because you have multiple setup possible
@@ze-ce.cra_ there are some switches you can connect to the pedals that allow to do it, even Boss makes one :)
Man I love this pedal! Gonna get it asap!😍
I have been using it in front of a Joyo American Overdrive that is set at about the edge of break up and it sounds really great. I keep the Vintage Overdrive set with the drive set at 0, Tone at 1, and Volume at 10 and it sounds similar to a Fender amp vibe.
Awesome playing, awesome review! Thnx, Maxwell!!
Ideas? I would like to see your least expensive (or maybe best value? Highest performance/$$$?) gig rig. So, guitar (with mods?), pedal board, and amp/amps (maybe go all "That Pedal Show" with a wet/dry dual or triple amp rig?). If I had, say, $500-600, how epic could I manage?
I love that you reviewed this on the modded Ammoon strat. Great tone doesn't have to cost a fortune!
You say you like the Ibanez better, but does it sound 180$ better? Now that's the 180$ question.
Martin Seidl yes
I'd say no...if only because there are so many tube screamers and most people are using it as a filter rather than for distortion. it's a simple circuit in a rock solid box
@Shawn Hinzman ts808
I have this pedal, I really love it. Once you set the distortion on the amp as you like it for rhythm playing, the pedal provides a perfect boost for your volume/tone for lead playing. I have the drive almost all the way off, just gives your sound the extra kick to stand out. Great video man, I've recently subbed and I'm really enjoying flicking through your vids.
This dude is the criss angel of guitars.love it
I have owned both, the Joyo and the Maxon OD 808, and the difference is very small. True that the Maxon in Europe is not extremely expensive. But is more than 3 time the price. I do not think it is worth it. Joyo is just doing a great job.
Do the pockrock. I believe it has drums or something. Plus a lot of effects. This paddle seems like a good deal. I was looking at them. Good review!
Yea, this pedal is a no brainer. Awesome and cheap! I have like 2 or 3 of these. One is on my pedal board now.
I need to know this guys workout rourine
Consistency, that's the key, not the type of workout routine ;)
just HEAVY METAL son, HEAVY METAL 5x5.
@@rdrake316 Hahahaha
1. Get a nice gal.
2. Ask her to lay/sit on your back while you're doing push ups.
3. Imagine that you'll get laid if you make 100 of them.
Shred like a god for 4 hours, leg workouts for another 4 hours for balance
cool max and the ammoon is sounding pretty nice thinking of getting one to play around with
Thanks Mike. I'm doing an update video soon talking about the new pickups that I installed.
cool
Max ive been checking out a budget pedal on ebay called the Little Bear 3 RAT supposed to be a clone of the ProCo Rat Distortion pedal its looks ok but not many reviews around the net about it so i think would be a great pedal for you to demo.
I'll check it out! Thanks for the tip!
Subscribed! Thanks for the review.
Our guitarist uses this pedal with a 7 band ED in front of it and after the Vintage OD he has the Joyo Chopper Z preamp and it goes right into the FX Return of his amp and his tone is insane
Very nice shredding. I would like to see a review of the TC Electronic Cinders.
your video making style is dope man/... i really liked it.
Budget Joyo Overdrive+budget Strat+budget Rail Pickups=High Dollar Tones🤘🏼🎸⚡️⚡️
I was trying to find the right pedal distortion overdrive or fuzz I know it’s in the gain but this rlly helped me a lot, I’m not a twang enthusiast but it some reason I jut can’t find distortion pedals I like to I think the over drive is right I want to avoid the super sustained sound as well like with distortion pedals blech so wet and slippery sounding I like Hendrix, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley and Muse amongst others and it’s like wtf
Man these are awesome for budget minded people like me. Not as good as the real thing but cost half the price. I have ultimate drive too . Booth together sound excellent
I like these Joyo individual pedals much more than their presets pedals like the Atmosphere and Aquarius.
$17.00 new at the door !
Awesome!!
Hey...thanks for putting the dollar sign where it actually belongs.
I just paid $26. Damn.
Sounds good. I see you changed the pickguard on the Ammoon. Nice. Mine arrives today.
Have you ever reviewed the NUX pedals. They seem very low cost with metal casing. Was considering a few.
I changed the bridge and neck pickups (which I'll do a future review on), but the other electronics and pickguard are original. I also removed the string trees from the headstock. The pickups made a huge difference! I haven't had the chance to try the NUX pedals although I did have a NUX combo amp that sounded fantastic.
MaxxxwellC did removal of the string trees improve tuning stability? Or are they just really not necessary?
I've heard that removing the string trees improves the tone, on the strings that use them. I didn't notice any change in tuning stability. And to be honest, it's hard to tell the difference in the tone from the string trees since the pickups made such a difference. I should have done the changes one at a time and not all together. Not very scientific on my part.
MaxxxwellC I truly appreciate your answers. Awesome channel you have and continued success. Your channel will help me become a better player all around.
Thanks!
guys no pedal production can possibly manufactured more than 40-50 bucks , u know casing a pedal costs more than electronic circutry . If you wanna bet on it go build your own tubescreamer , all the schemes you can find and parts you can find online or electronic shop. We all are paying for the name . there are real deal tubescreamer and this pedal comparisions on youtube , for me no difference at all.
rumbleish yep I've always thought that, how can one pedal cost 40 and another 200! We've been had..
Bootweak community etc. X'D Credit where due though, it seems more and more China etc are on the market and it's just not possible to match by price. For the most part with a lot of circuit designs, the parts cost is ridiculously low in comparison to the box, pots, jack plugs, etc. Pedals like these are a steal (even moreso taking into account the easy battery compartments and little touches like that). Imo it doesn't make the pedal crappy if the qc is on the ball.
I built a fuzz face for $25. I used sockets so I could change the transistors.
I recommend the pedal. Its over looked in the over drive world. It takes your amps sound and literly overdrives it. I use to have one. Misplaced it. Got to buy a new one.
Hello Guitar Max. Maybe you should do some more pedal videos. I am looking for the Def Leppard sound .
i score this joyo pedal last week for USD11.99
What a great video. Great product. Thanks.
Solid commentary, bro.
Great review, as always! How about something for some of us blues players? Pedal, guitar, amp? Thanks!
What sort of pedals would you like? I've got a nice, budget stereo reverb pedal coming up soon!
MaxxxwellC Something along the sound of an Ibanez 808 or Boss BD-2? Any budget blues tube amps or similar; maybe a Joyo blues amp (Bluejay?) review, and of course, a guitar that replicates the '59 Strat sound or similar or inexpensive blues pickups for Strats, Teles and E335 type guitars?
Starting of your videos is awesome with a solo
Just found your channel tonight. I like it. Please review /demo a Bugera T50?
I literally won this pedal on a yotube contest and my pedal board is currently all joyo...joyo compression>joyo vintage od>joyo atmosphere reverb > joyo aquarius delay with a joy digital delay As a tag along. Joyo is the best kept secret. They make some shit pedals but they make some super gorgeous ones as well...and those mini 20w heads are sick
Hi nice review. Question,
I play my guitar directly through the amp(music man 130hd valve amp), now want to by this joyo pedal, so I connect guitar to joyo and joyo to amp and thats it? Or need something more in between? Thanks
Is the Harley Benton Vintage Overdrive the same ? They don't make these joyo anymore and I'd like one !!
Just got one of these as my first Overdrive Pedal ..... WOW. Amazing
"Thanks very much for that bro'..I've been Lookin for a O/Drive for my busking street rig..I've just bought this pedal now as I've been listening to you..$48-95c here in QLD Australia..Still cheap @ the price..I'm going to drive this pedal thru my Roland Cube 80XL..Which has O/Drives built into it..But I've never found one in the amp that I look..as I play a lot of Satch & Gary Moore using my Custom built Strat..I've hit great O/Drives for when I'm gigging as I use a extensive Line 6 setup..& that has fantastic O/Drives in the pedals..but of course that's far too big for street busking..& I didn't want to spend $200 on the Boss models.. But this will be great..
There is a couple of others questions I'd like to ask you in the future regarding 'Metal rifts'..& also I'm trying to find a good..again reasonably cheap "Wah & Distortion".. Duo pedal?.. Again suitable for street busking??.. I'm using my Hendrix & Crybaby wahs'.. But unfortunately all my busking gear is battery powered?..Battery & inverter..Big AGM Battery..600/1200 watt pure sine wave inverter..but for some reason.. My Wah pedals are causing a loud huge hum??.. But that's for another day.. Thanks so much for all your help today.. Doc J.. Surfers Paradise..Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.. "KEEP ON ROCKIN!!".. 😊🎸🎙🎸🎤🎩😎...
These have gone up a bit new ($35-$40), but I scored a backstock for $25 shipped to try out.
Great video. Just recently found you, and had to subscribe. Looking now for either a higher gain overdrive or distortion pedal
If you're looking for a budget friendly pedal, the Joyo US Dream is an excellent high gain choice!
Guitar MAX Thank you kind sir. I am looking for a good distortion pedal. Not fuzz like, but something with enough gain, and yet enough mids and seperation between notes, etc. I have a little 40 watt Pignose 1 x 10 amp that just doesn't have enough gain without playing really loud. I am 56, and came from the turn the tube amp to 11 and use your volume knob for cleans school, but recently have started rethinking all this with health problems, tube amp maintenance, etc. Even moddeling is getting better. I still believe that it is not quite there yet, but I am not a pro touring the world. I play now for fun. Mostly at home, and will do some outdoor gigs for charity, or outdoor biker gigs, etc. So, I don't have to have perfect amps, etc. Anyway, sorry for babbling. 😂
Thanks again kind sir for the recommendations. Do you know if the Joyo high gain pedal you recommend is a moddeling pedal, or is it analog?
Best regards.
My friend currently uses this one paired with a Joyo Crunch Distortion.
Between this pedal and the clone of bb preamp xotic (orange burst caline) which one would you choose?
Hey folks..is this pedal durable?
Great review!
Spectacular, awesome
this overdrive better than ts9 and ts808
Your opinion on choosing between vintage drive (ts) and the ultimate drive (ocd)? Hope you'll help.
Is this considered as a low gain pedal or mid gain?
I'M BUYING THIS NOW!!
Joyo JF-07 Classic Flanger. I'm wondering if its at all like the MXR-117. I think for the price I'm just gonna get one anyway.
I used to own that pedal it was pretty dang good.
What do you think of the Caline c49 overdrive pedal I'm a guy on a budget so it's joyo vs Caline to be my main overdrive pedal thanks
I wanna know bout all the basic pedals an intermediate guitarist would need!
It all depends on what kind of sound you want to get out of your guitar. There are so many different pedals that do all sorts of things. Just have a look around and get what you think you are likely to use with the kind of music you are into. If there is a guitarist that makes a cool sound that you'd like to make check out what they are using.
Nice channel sir, you got yourself a New subscriber.
Thanks!
The chinese are getting it done!!!....joyo...harley benton.....ammoon.....some chibsons.....getting hard to ignore the bang for buck!!
Harley Benton is actually German, made in Bavaria. In this globalized world anything could be made from anywhere. China actually produces a lot of high end stuff too.
Harley Benton is Joyo. Just another Label on it for a big german seller
Joe Paul - agreed. I own two Fender Modern Player stratocasters. Fender stopped making them, even though they continue to make teles. I called up Fender and asked why no more strats? The answer was "Because the quality of craftsmanship of the strats was too close to that of the Fender American made strats. So, Fender closed down that section of the factory in China. The telecasters are not as well made as the MIM or MIA, but the strats are." Those were the words of the Fender Customer support guy a few years ago. Word to the wise, if anyone encounters a Modern Player Strat for sale, buy it. Unfortunately, so few people know this, that the resale value is that of a Chinese made guitar. So, buy it for keeps.
@@kirk8545 Maybe now. Harley Bentons were made in China, but run through setup in Germany.
@@kirk8545 made in China and Vietnam
Could you fire up the M-1000 please. There really aren't any quality reviews. I know they do one sound brilliantly but I have also heard they can be quite diverse if a good player is prepared to spend the time. However, I do understand that LJ amps often only work with the power tubes cooking and that's probably not possible in your apartment.
what is sound like if I stack this with cool music insane distortion?
how do you add delay to it?
Wait, are you killing it on a cheap Ammon? Well done sir!
What pickup are you using at bridge position? Is it a dimarzio dp218?
I would love to see you do a
review on a Yamaha Pacifica 012
I like his shredding pattern
Maxwell should shred war with Jared Dines
I have a feeling he'd kill jared dines
Jared would get destroyed
Jared probably gonna get mad 😂
Max with the $46 strat vs Jared with the $3,000 majesty. I still think max would win
I like dines, but max with some stale spaghetti on a plank of wood could beat jared with his twenty something string guitar
awesome man ihave that pedal now..
Does Joyo make a Carl Martin Plexitone(ish) pedal?
'Taken some direction...' *grin
Best way to describe what we all know and dont' want to say explicitly.
I would like to see an Ibanez AR 420, 720, or something like that.