JOYOOverdrive Distortion Pedal Rich Bordering-on-Distortion Overdrive for Electric Guitar Effect - Bypass (Ultimate Drive JF-02)

Tested out of the packaging with a 2004 Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary American Series and a 2007 Gibson Les Paul Standard into a 2000s Fender Blues Junior. Battery compartment easily accessible or works off PSU-both not included though. Plenty of fuzz on tap from even minimal settings. Mid cut {scoop} switch is a very useable variation. Octave Up is a bit random-seems depend on how fuzz and tone are set-sometimes it sounds like octave up, sometimes down, but either way it's a useful additional voicing. Sounds a bit more articulate with the Strat than the Les Paul, as you would expect. Overall, definitely worth a go based on first impressions, though it is far too soon to give an opinion on reliability yet-construction seems pretty solid though.

Works well, does what you'd expect without any hum. Really sturdy case. Great for the price

Great product for a fantastic price. Tuner is bright, accurate and really easy to use. Power distro works really well, too. Currently running five pedals, inl dude a digital Leslie sim without any extraneous noise.

If you are seeking an unfussy, solid, great sounding tremolo pedal, and don't want to break the bank, the Joyo offers all those things in a rugged, attractive package.I spent some time researching the options, and watched a few of the product comparison videos you will quickly find if you search, concluding that this was the one to try first.Now integrated into my pedal board, I find this a completely satisfying tremolo sound, and everything about the physical presentation of the pedal points to a unit that could just as easily be priced closer to the £100 mark.The pedal offers true bypass, which is an important feature for a quality pedal. When in operation, it has a nice vintage feel.Often with music equipment you get what you pay for, but there are now many absolutely credible alternatives with guitar pedals at far lower prices, so don't be tempted to think this is cheap sounding.It sounds lovely.

if you know what a phaser does, then skip this first bit, for newbies or gift buyers read on.... a phaser is an electric 'foot' operated pedal box that you plug a guitar or other instrument into then connect to an amplifier, when activated it takes the sound in and alters the phase of the sound depending on the setting resulting in a pleasant or not (opinions and players vary) distorted sound heavily used in the 60s - 80s. for the rest :- pedals like people are not all created equal and phasers are no diferent. i have tried phasers included on multi effect pedals, with wide varying results, but even the best multi effects only allow for 1 effect at a time. single effects range from nails on a blackboard to subtle but mortgage level master in a box. I needed a good phaser at cheap price, scoured the ads and settled on this, metal body, no battery, single knob what had I done ? WELL lets see, metal body, great, no horrific cracking if used with divers boots. No battery, double edge sword, theres the inconvenience of a mains connection , but theres no battery to die mid gig. Single knob, easy to set up, adjust, mark with a sharpie done, instand reset if its disturbed and none of that knobs for volume, gain, attack, decay, tea strength, beam up/down. one knob simples. Sound :- the level of the effect is done by turning the captain proteus 1940s - 60s sci fi style knob, which is just the right amount of sensetive. tones are right on spot. on/off stomp button is crisp. This isnt a £9.99 flimsy unit that hurts the ears, neither is it a £200 symphony in a box, its a cheapish effects pedal that does its job and does it well.

Really nice pedal for DI into a audio interface, sounds great to me. I only have two issues with it, one is that it gets quite noisy past 3 o clock position on the drive knob, and seems to pick up radio signals, but you really don't have to push it past 3 o clock. If you want more gain, you can use a boost, it doesn't boost the noise like the drive knob does.The only other issue is the built-in cab sim can't be turned off, so it's not great as an overdrive pedal, which is a shame, since I believe the pedal it's based on later added a cab sim toggle. If they ever make a V2 of this pedal series, they need to include that! It would make it even more versatile and much more usable with an amp. It would mean that you could use a vst IR plugin, or you could plug it into a cabinet, or the power amp section of an amp without having the cab sim clash with the real cab. It would increase the versatility by a lot.Also, Joyo, if you're reading this, is the pedal designed to be used as an overdrive, as well as a DI? Or only DI? Because on your UK website, it doesn't really mention that you can use it like a regular overdrive pedal into a real amp, it makes it seem like you should only use it as DI, but I believe the pedal that this is based on says that you can also use it as an overdrive, because the cab sim isn't too strong. But it doesn't say this on your site.Other than that, it's great for the price, and I'm probably going to buy the American Sound too!

This series of Joyo pedals are quite amazing. They will bring any small amp to life with a clever blend of EQ and tone shaping. Plenty of seasoned players use them, for good reason. The California (white) pedal gives the cleanest rounded tones and the American (bronze) has a little bit more hair but both are rich and full. Just get one as they are silly cheap for what they are.

It's good for a low budget pedal, but felt like it was missing a bit of the low end kick I wanted