Joyo AC Tone, horribly impressed with this pedal

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Wed May 28, 2014 8:32 am

So much so in fact that I'm tempted to go through it and re-work a higher quality switch to make to a little sturdier for gigs.

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dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed May 28, 2014 9:38 am

I have the American and British... Both excellent (especially the American)

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Wed May 28, 2014 9:53 am

I picked up the American, British, AC and California ones a while back. Great pedals, especially considering the price. I think the American's probably my fave.

Nice demo btw.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:57 am

BearBoy wrote: Nice demo btw.

Thank you kindly,

I've heard a lot of praise for the American model. If I didn't already have three Fender amps I'd probably pick one up.
I'm kind of itching to try out the Marshall one.

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:22 pm

I have the American. British and AC Tone

they're all great and that's the order I prefer them in. The AC Tone is prob the least versatile of the bunch, like a real Vox amp I suppose.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:42 pm

Are these supposed to be used like a pedal and run into the front of an amp, or are they like a pre-amp and have to be treated differently?

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed May 28, 2014 6:09 pm

They have a speaker simulator that you can't switch off, so I imagine they could be a little booming through an amp

toez10 · Post by **toez10** » Wed May 28, 2014 9:25 pm

I love having the AC tone handy. It's really quite nice sounding, and I've found that it's fairly sturdy. I also use it on my pedal board as a "second channel" when I'm playing bass.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:27 pm

I've got the British and it's really impressive in terms of sound out of it, but it's a pretty noisy little pedal.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Thu May 29, 2014 12:09 am

Mike wrote:The AC Tone is prob the least versatile of the bunch, like a real Vox amp I suppose.

Zing!

I think overall it just makes me nostalgic for my old AC30 that I sold when I was diagnosed with scoliosis. Carrying that monster in and out of my car and up stairs probably didn't help too much in the long run...

Through my Princeton though, it's really shockingly accurate, I was thinking about saving my pennies and picking up a Wampler Thirty-Something but this might have saved me $200.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 4:50 am

Maybe it's just me, but I thought my Joyo British pedal was/is not all that. Having a Tech 21 Oxford next to it, and sure, the British pedal sounded pretty good, but noise levels, the hum and noise were relatively awful. It came off my board pretty quickly. It's fine for bedroom use and recording in controlled situations, but when the power gets dirty, as it often does in rehearsal and stage situations, Tech 21 is worth its weight in gold, and the Joyo performed like a $40 pedal. I don't have all that much faith in their switch either. I have a Vintage Overdrive from Joyo and as much as I like that thing, it's very noisy and it just doesn't really feel "like a tank" to me.

Might be my experience, of course. Perhaps using a battery would keep it clean, but part of having it stageworthy for me is that I can keep it plugged into a pedal board and not worry about a battery.

As for an AC style pedal, I am currently using a Boss British Combo BC-2 Overdrive. That thing works like a dream.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:59 am

Took me long enough but here's an updated demo recorded direct into my interface. I still think it works great as an overdrive but the tone direct in is great.

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