DetroitBlues Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I've been following a guy named Shane on the YouTube channel, Intheblues. He did a demo and a comparison of a new amp simulator pedal, the Joyo American Sound. It's a clone pedal of the Tech 21 Character Series Blonde. It's a pedal designed to match the tones of the tweed era Fender amps. This clone pedal, matched with Mr. Black Deluxe Plus, into a Tech 21 Power Engine, in my ears sounds like I'm playing a real Fender Tweed Deluxe, Bassman, Deluxe Reverb, and more with just a turn of the knobs. Not bad for a $40 pedal...
koula901 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 where does he list the answer? I think with the pedal is A, and if that's the case, I'm tempted to buy one.
davesultra Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Those JoYo pedals are pretty decent copies of the TECH21 pedals. I have the British Sound pedal (BTW: still available in the FS section). Does pretty nice plexi sounds.
DetroitBlues Posted March 22, 2014 Author Posted March 22, 2014 He did post a comparison results, I believe A was the pedal. I have it now and I love it.
koula901 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 He did post a comparison results, I believe A was the pedal. I have it now and I love it. So how do you use it, Detroit? Are you plugging guitar into pedal, into a speaker or PA system?
DetroitBlues Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 So how do you use it, Detroit? Are you plugging guitar into pedal, into a speaker or PA system? Guitar > Joyo American Sound > Mr. Black Deluxe Plus > Tech 21 Power Engine.
koula901 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Guitar > Joyo American Sound > Mr. Black Deluxe Plus > Tech 21 Power Engine. and is the Tech 21 Power Engine simply a speaker?
DetroitBlues Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 and is the Tech 21 Power Engine simply a speaker? Not really, it actually has a analog solid power section of an amp. Think of it like a PA designed for guitars... Very loud and very clean.
SouthpawGuy Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 I have a couple of Joyo pedals, they do make a great pedal for the $$$. The foot switches do feel fragile though compared to say something like a Boss Pedal.
tsp17 Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 i just ordered one. was jonesing bad for a 5E3 and i thought maybe this pedal would be a much cheaper way to relieve the AAS. we'll find out.
DetroitBlues Posted March 26, 2014 Author Posted March 26, 2014 i just ordered one. was jonesing bad for a 5E3 and i thought maybe this pedal would be a much cheaper way to relieve the AAS. we'll find out. For the price, it's worth it...
tsp17 Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 For the price, it's worth it... Arrived today. DB is 100% right. Dollar for dollar, a great value. Sounds tremendous. I really try to buy locally made goods most of the time, but sound wise this one competes with boutique pedals 3-4 times the price.
DetroitBlues Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 Cool, glad you like it. I haven't turned my Traynor on since I hooked this thing up. I do find it sounds better when you add a touch of reverb to it....
Redsand Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Cool, glad you like it. I haven't turned my Traynor on since I hooked this thing up. I do find it sounds better when you add a touch of reverb to it.... 40 bucks? Wow, at that price I feel obligated to buy it. Does GC stock these pedals?
davesultra Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 40 bucks? Wow, at that price I feel obligated to buy it. Does GC stock these pedals? They sell them over on ebay and Amazon.
Redsand Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 They sell them over on ebay and Amazon. Thanks Dave!
jimsoloway Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I've been following this for a whole and I;m really intrigued. How quiet is the pedal? Any hiss or is it quiet enough for me to do clean recording with it?
DetroitBlues Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 Listen to the clips above... Shane had mentioned that the tell tale for the actual amp versus the pedal is the speaker hiss on the amp, and the pedal was clean. I cannot judge one way or the other because the Tech 21 has its own hiss I have to correct with a XLR loop plug.
jimsoloway Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I think I may have to give this a try. It's only $50 here in Canada. That's definitely doable.
tsp17 Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I do find it sounds better when you add a touch of reverb to it.... Exactly right. I've got it in front of my PRRI with the reverb on 2-3. Sounds big, harmonically rich...
DetroitBlues Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 Try it plugged into a stereo or in the effects loop of an amp...
tsp17 Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Try it plugged into a stereo or in the effects loop of an amp... i want to confirm, IMHO, this pedal is good. it is definitely producing tweed tones very well. Hard to imagine that a Formula 5 is $100 better sounding, but maybe... DB-i put it in the effects loop of a solid state amp and it certainly livened it up a lot. With the solid state amp (Acoustic Image Clarus 2R) i had to crank the pedal "voice" and "drive" knobs and the amp reverb much higher to get the desired effect, but i got it. It sounds great in front of my PRRI. Easy to dial in 5E3 Tweed Deluxe style clean and driven tones. With the solid state i'd say it was more in Champ 5F1 territory so far. Not too shabby for a $40 pedal.
DetroitBlues Posted March 30, 2014 Author Posted March 30, 2014 Glad you like it, it's quickly becoming one of my favorites.
tsp17 Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 it certainly has deferred my 5E3 AAS, but i can still feel it lurking. maybe bought myself 6-12 months. It will certainly hold me long enough to have patience for a nice clone to pop up locally. i think i am all done buying amps without playing them first, especially with shipping risk. 2 of the three amps i've ordered in the last 2 years have been damaged in shipping. one badly, and one moderately. thanks DB for this great tip.
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