JOYO Distortion Pedal Crunch Distortion of British Classic Rock Distortion Effect for Electric Guitar - True Bypass (JF-03)

I wanted a 'Fuzz-Box" When i was young I bought a Univox "Super Fuzz" not knowing it was the preferred EFX pedal to most major Rock guitarists. I've watch videos of The Who on stage and I can see Townshend has the pedal no ton the floor,but up high and easy to adjust. I bought it because I could get the sounds of Black Sabbath with it and it worked great on my Bass. It could growl or it could buzz and do anything inbetween. I sold my pedal two years ago and got $550.00 for it. I think I paid $45 back in 1976So there I was regretting not having that pedal and finding out that nothing else sounded like it no matter how much the listing said it did. I bought an expensive unit to a friend as a gift and it claimed to be identical to the Super Fuzz and to even have more tonel adjustments. It didn't sound anything like the Univox. Now keep in mind I am talking about a "Fuzz" and not distortion or overdrive. Those EFX sound different than a Fuzz Box. Two weeks ago I cam across this on Amazon and after thinking about it bought something else that was actually a little bit more money. I never buy the cheapest product even when broke. Somehow it never arrived and Amazon sent me a refund very promptly. Then I went back to this one. I switched over to "Dogpile" my search engine and read about the pedal and listened to several videos of people demonstrating it. So I went back to Amazon and bought it for a very low price. - Thank you Amazon. It arrived the next day - thank you Amazon Prime - and after popping in a battery I tried it out. I have a new Les Paul copy I am about to upgrade so I plugged it in and played. I messed with the settings a lot and it sounded like crap. Then I turned the last knob almost all the way to the left and it sounded great! From there I tuned the over knobs to get a sound I loved. I ran it through a compressor and delay and this thing blew my freakin' mind. It was every adjective I can think of in a superlative vein. It was fantastic, magnificent, awesome, incredible and on and on. I couldn't put the guitar down. I was amazed to know that what I was hearing from my amp/cabinet was me. I sounded as if I could play. I was playing runs from Deep Purple and I sounded like the records. I was playing Who and Zeppelin, I suck at Page so i went back to Deep Purple and even played some Humble Pie. The sounds were all there! All of my favorite British guitarists were inside my amplifier. Then I began to play "Good bye to Jane" and discovered how much fun it is to blaze through my favorite Slade songs. I can't remember having so much fun. It sounds sweet when playing light solos or leads without changing settings, I simply changed how i played the notes and the box did the rest. Some boxes have one sound and you get it louder or softer but you still get the same sound. Not with this little purple wonder. The variations in tone are never ending between changing the pedal settings and changing the pick up positions and tone knobs on the guitar. In fact I think they ought to sell this pedal with every LP copy and they'd never have a complaint. It is nice that this pedal is so inexpensive. It appears to me made well. The off gives a completely quiet pedal by-pass. I believe it could take some rough handling at practice or packing up after a gig. The tag on it says "British" and it certainly earns the right to than name. It enabled me to sound just like all my favorite 60-s to 70's British rock guitarists.I can't recommend this pedal enough if that is the sound you want. maybe in 40 years people will be paying absurd amounts to buy one of these original pedals. You never can tell.

EQ pedalPros [Note that the yellow behringer lacks each of these Pros]:• Very quiet (behringer is SUPER noisy)• Nicely indented center point on pots.• LEDs are nicely orange or something (don't do colors well .. not they aren't super bright blue, so all is good). (Behr. has no lights on sliders)• Pots feel good, not too loose• Metal enclosure, though plastic base.Cons [and here Behringer actually gets the following right]:• Upper most slider is only 3kh. This could easily be an issue if you don't have a low pass filter in your chain [Behringer is better, it has one more at 6.4k]• No separate gain/level control. Behringer does have one and it's a very convenient addition to have, but not vital.• Footswitch has super loud click. Did not hear any click on track, but can't really say since the clack from the switch itself burst my eardrums. [Behr footswitch is very quiet, but it's just a plastic hinged piece badly copying how Boss does it].

Really killer pedal. I haven't used it as a recording amp or anything but just as a "flavor" to my tube amp's tone. I have a Blackstar HT5R, which is a great home tube amp as it has the headphone output and the low watt setting, but I have always wanted a Fender Blues Jr. style tone, I just knew it would be too loud and impractical to buy for my house. Enter this great little pedal. I find the Blackstar has a very neutral tone to it, pretty much a blank slate, but when I turn this on, it just adds a nice spark of richness. It adds a subtle reverb, some more clarity and body to the sound, and generally does add a Fender blues style flavor. It's also great to play with the knobs and use it as a volume boost or crunchy drive pedal. It really feels like it offers tons of tonal options and you can definitely spend a ton of time experimenting with the different "amp sounds" and levels. In the end, it's definitely become one of my "always on" pedals.Build quality is also great, and it looks pretty cool on my pedalboard. Has a subtle shine to it which I dig. Great value as well.Edit: After some more time with it, I lowered the rating to 4 stars. I still really enjoy the tone and have it on most of the time, but one thing I noticed is it is generally a bit noisy. I got a new power supply and set every pedal on its 9v and it’s the only one in my circuit that makes has a mild hiss whenever it’s on. Even with the gain lowered it’s still there a bit. Also I noticed the switch is a little clunky and can be tricky to turn on/off at times. Both things aren’t a huge deal, but just some things to note before making the purchase. Overall still a pretty decent value.

Typical JOYO quality at a sane price. I see that it gets returned often, but I think I know why. This "California" pedal is more meant to model early Mesas and modded Fenders. So while it is fat and crunchy like those variants; it's not hi-gain like a triple rec or slo. I'm a big fan of MB Mark IIs and IIIs, so it falls right in line with what I am trying to do. If you want hi-gain, be prepared to put something in front of it to really drive it. It will still sound great, I think. But if you are looking to be dirtysexy, this pedal probably won't get you there. Otherwise, I do recommend it. I will admit to preferring my "Oxford" (Orange Amp) pedal, but now I have a dual channel Orange/Mesa setup. Hope this has been helpful to you.