American Tube Amp Simulator & Preamp Guitar Pedal, 6-Knob Control with Built-in Cab Sim for Electric Guitar, Bypass (JF-14)

Of all of the pedals listed in the Amazon sale, I bought 3 within a short period: Flanger, Digital Delay, & American Sound. I used to have a collection of 70 pedals (mostly Boss, as well as pedals from Keeley, DOD, EHx, Digitech, Whirlwind, Ibanez, Voodoo Lab, Rocktron, etc.) The trio I purchased makes an incredible effect chain: American in front of the amp with the Flanger & Delay in the loop. I tested switching the order of the flanger & the delay, & I found I like the sounds of flanger before delay. If I can get my flanger to sound like a chorus & my delay to sound like a timed reverb, then I'm in tone Heaven! I get that from these Joyo boxes! Considering their cost, I can't believe how sturdy and heavy they feel. All of the reviews you hear/read of these pedals are accurate. The American Sound is based on Fender amps and gets an amazing Seattle tone. It is meant to be used as an amp sim, plugged into a mixer or a flat amp or a pro-audio rig. I have it plugged into the front of an Orange bass amp; the 6 knobs on the pedal and the 7 knobs on my amp give me a huge amount of control over my tone. The Digital Delay is called "digital", but it has a simulated analog tone. I.e., the repeats are programmed to decay. I prefer digital delays with no decay, but this still sounds great! The Flanger tones can be really stretched from subtle chorus and vibrato to airplane flanger and crazy robot sounds. It's a really good quality tone from something so inexpensive. I switched from all the great classic pedals in the past to no pedals and onto these inexpensive pedals. It is great to have this versatile effect chain for barely over $100 - my deliberate protest of the $300+ pedals out there these days.

What a Great Pedal at a Great Price. Fellow guitar players, I use this pedal to simulate an electric guitar amp by running it into my Fishman Loudbox Micro acoustic amp. It’s a practice amp that I use at home with my acoustic guitars with pickups. But the thing sounds flat and boring with my electrics ( just could not come up with an EQ setting that worked on the Fishman so thought I’d give this pedal a try).. I’m delighted with the tone I’ve achieved thru the Fishman amp with this pedal. It sounds like an electric guitar. I play clean so have not tried to drive it to breakup. JOYO really does build quality stuff that sounds good. I’m happy that this pedal solved my problem.

Everyone should own this pedal. For $35 it is the best sounding, most useful pedal you could own. Huge range of tones, tons of control and plenty of character. Go straight from your guitar into the American into a PA - no guitar amp needed. A perfect pedal. How could anyone afford to NOT have this pedal. Getting the British pedal next.

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.

I wrote a review, but I was inadvertently unfair to the product so I've upgraded the review to 5 stars and I want to explain why. What I said was true, to the best of my knowledge when I wrote it. There was hiss and there was noise. I did troubleshoot it, connecting things in various ways. And, there was still noise. The manufacturer then contacted me and offered a full refund even though the return window was over. Which was pretty nice. Then, I noticed that the noise went away (except for a little bit of hiss, which was about the same as my Boss ME70 and not concerning). I could not reproduce the clicking and popping noises. I've now used the device for hours with no noise problem. I haven't been able to figure out what was causing the noise I noticed earlier. It's gone. The Joyo American warms up my sound so my powered speaker (which I'm using as a guitar amp) doesn't sound icy. That's exactly what I was hoping for. So, I appreciate the manufacturer reaching out and I apologize for the earlier review, since that may well have been my error.

This pedal is great… especially for the money! I have a Humbolt Simplifier mkII and I almost like this better. I ended up returning this in favor of the Humboldt, because it is more believable and has a lot of features in one box. But the Joyo American Sound produced some very cool tones and kind of treaded in territory the Humbolt could not. At 1/10th the price of a Humbolt this is a great buy. I really wanted to keep it but I could not justify it for myself.

This has been a great pedal! I use it weekly for church on my bass board. The EQ and tone controls have helped retain the bass's full sound while adding a nice drive to the distortion option. After 3 years of constant use, I just got a short in the pedal, but I would definitely buy again. 9/10 would recommend.

Probably the best purchase I've made in regards to equipment in a long time. It's worth it just for the fact that I can plug into my interface and not have to mic my amp speaker. Yet, there are also some good tones to be had if you take time to work the knobs and have it interact with your other pedals. This will allow me to learn the DI route and figure out which power amp to get. Considering the Laney Lionheart loud pedal and others in that category. Gives me time to save up cash for that future purchase.

You can get pretty good sounds out of this pedal from Fender blackface to tweed. It punches way above its price.

Good enough as a backup amp on its own for the odd times I play out, and worth the entry fee for that alone Other than that it's also yet another OD but it also works at home as a fun amp to experiment with quietley. My expectations were ballpark good enough versus high end and it's certainly that. I am not a tone chaser or pro recorder feeling I need some for some last nuance, nor do I have ambitions of gigging for a living. I also can't be bothered with sub menus or computer interfaces to get lost in. It's not that I could not I just don't want to fiddle with the current tech as a casual hobbyist. My review is with all that in mind.

Amazing pedal for price. Rated as one of best for harmonica giving old style tube like sounds combined with reverb and delay pedals from Azur also from Amazon at kick ass prices.

Muy buen producto para tocar en vivo directo a la mesa (no funciona como DI, pero emula muy bien el sonido de amplis)

Ottimo sound , completamente soddisfatto