Joyo American sound - how good is this thing?!
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Jolly jolly
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Georox
Friend of Leo's
That's not my experience with those pedals. The AC tone has some noise but I wouldn't call it very noisy. The American is noise free. Don't know what you mean about the Drive knob.
tele-bastard
Friend of Leo's
You will love the pedal. California sound is definitely one of my favorites.
our harmonica player uses the Joyo American (direct) into our PA system and it sounds fantastic! He uses this for small room gigs where I may play acoustic gtr and we don't feel like bringing our amps. This pedal give him a really rich breakup, very tube-amp like- sounds like Butterfield!
pete-strych
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You must dial in your tone with the AC Tone. There is a balance that must be achieved with the Hi, Drive, Voice, & Level knob. You can't dime too many. I've gotten a variety of killer tones (direct to reel-to-reel tape, in front of a mic'ed amp, as a direct box into large PA when an amp blew...), none of which had HISS or NOISE. It's touchy, but not too noisy here.
I've had no noise problems with a British and AC Tone and the drive knob works fine maxed on both. There must be some other problem in your rig if you're getting that much noise.
Mine are hissy when the drive is past 10 o'clock or so. I don't like a lot of drive - I'm after more of a Princeton clean tone - so it doesn't bother me much. I'm not sure if it is just the circuit design, the cheap components used or if my full range amp plays up the high freq hiss. I've been curious about the cab emulation part of the circuit and what would happen if I dropped a cap across the outputs to cut it back some.
It has also made me think that the demos (like Shane's In The Blues YT vids) must have had the EQ notched in post.
Or else I just have two noisy ones. Which I still like a lot.
It has also made me think that the demos (like Shane's In The Blues YT vids) must have had the EQ notched in post.
Or else I just have two noisy ones. Which I still like a lot.
Ishkabibble
TDPRI Member
Was about to pull the trigger on a Wampler 57 tweed OD. Think I'll try the Joyo AS first. 
StormJH1
Tele-Holic
The Joyo American Sound is an incredible pedal. I've had probably around a dozen of the Joyo pedals, and my American Sound was the only one that failed for some reason - I re-purchased it with really little regret. The "Sound" series is so good, I've actually considered purchasing some type of inexpensive amp with a power amp in (effects loop) for no reason other than to run the Sound pedals direct into it. For the time being, however, they seem to run pretty well into the "FLAT" setting on my THR10 for bedroom volumes.
The Sound pedals do have some hiss with them, but only if you turn the Voice and Gain knobs far in the clockwise positions. The British is probably the noisiest of the bunch. But all four of them can be set to a reasonable clean or cleanish tone profile to model that type of amp, and you can run a dirtbox in front of it if you need more gain, just like you would with a pedal in front of a combo amp.
The Sound pedals do have some hiss with them, but only if you turn the Voice and Gain knobs far in the clockwise positions. The British is probably the noisiest of the bunch. But all four of them can be set to a reasonable clean or cleanish tone profile to model that type of amp, and you can run a dirtbox in front of it if you need more gain, just like you would with a pedal in front of a combo amp.
roosme
Tele-Meister
I second Storm's appraisal. I own the American, ACTone, British, and California and they're all excellent, no problems over six months of home recording use. You can dial in great tones with each and they take pedals very well. The American remains my favorite. It can span the spectrum of great Fender sounds with the twist of the voice knob. Obviously Tech 21 deserves the credit for developing the originals of these, but I wouldn't be able to afford to have all these great sounds at my disposal if not for Joyo.
xland
Tele-Holic
It is by far my most used pedal. I don't have a tweed amp so this is my budget solution and it fits all of my needs.
tele-bastard
Friend of Leo's
I love Joyo... I now own the Vintage Overdrive American Sound California Sound.. tremolo and the US dream which is the only pedal not on my board.... Lots of great sounds to be had here as well.
richiek65
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My American Tone doesn't play well with my Fender amp, but my AC tone sounds glorious. .perhaps they are very amp specific?
I'm not a fan of either the AC Tone or the American Sound before an amp. They replace the amps for me. And I think they're pretty good at it.
I typically run mine into full range monitor-type speakers. Or into my solid state amp with headphone jack if I'm playing quietly at night (Sometimes in stereo - vox on one side, fender on the other.)
They impart some of an amp's richness. But if you add amp richness and speaker emulation to a rich amp with a guitar speaker, things quickly get too rich for my taste.
I've always liked the American sound better. I've had it for about 2 years and used it heavily for 1.5 of those years. And a few weeks ago, it starting cutting out on me and making a bunch of noise. I may try to upgrade some components someday, but for now, I'll just use the ac tone.
I typically run mine into full range monitor-type speakers. Or into my solid state amp with headphone jack if I'm playing quietly at night (Sometimes in stereo - vox on one side, fender on the other.)
They impart some of an amp's richness. But if you add amp richness and speaker emulation to a rich amp with a guitar speaker, things quickly get too rich for my taste.
I've always liked the American sound better. I've had it for about 2 years and used it heavily for 1.5 of those years. And a few weeks ago, it starting cutting out on me and making a bunch of noise. I may try to upgrade some components someday, but for now, I'll just use the ac tone.
tele-bastard
Friend of Leo's
Even though I have a PA, I run them before my amp and love it.
sir humphrey
Friend of Leo's
Yeah they are designed to go into a PA rather than in front of an amp. I have my AC Tone on the board as a fallback if my amp dies on a gig - not needed it yet, touch wood, but would be confident in it if I needed it.
