I'm a big fan of Joyo pedals so I was excited to try out this bass amp. Plugged into a Fender 115 w/horn cabinet, it sounded great and shook the room. Feature-rich for it's very tiny size, and the green and black anodized casing it beautiful. The 12ax7 tube preamp is legit, with onboard switchable compression and (non-switchable) overdrive gain, threeband EQ, and effects loop. I have yet to try out the Bluetooth connection, but it is a nice feature to have.
But who is this for?
In my case I can see using it for non-loud practices, coffee shop duo gigs, and home practicing. With the Bluetooth and 1/4" headphone jack, this would be an excellent tiny practice amp to sit on the nightstand where the old alarm clock used to be before smartphones arrived. The unit is 24v DC powered with a rather cumbersome transformer brick that harkens back to the early days of Mac Mini computers. The most puzzling choice was the minimum 4 ohm speaker impedance.... The Joyo Bantamp claims 50 watts output at 4 ohms, but I would never own a 4 ohm cabinet again. All of my cabs have been 8 ohm in order to be stackable and matchable; I can only assume that Joyo has a 4 ohm cabinet that would pair with this unit. My cabinets being 8 ohms means that the power rating of the amp is cut in half to 25 watts, which takes away that extra bit of oomph that this amp could have had.
Despite these two caveats, the price was reasonable for the novelty but could be a much better value with a different output impedance. Were it to have a matching 210 4 ohm cabinet I could see it being an awesome bedroom amp for the novice or amateur bedroom bassist, training with YouTube videos streaming from a tablet via Bluetooth. It is attractive enough to match any decor, and pets love it too.
商品尺寸 | 16.3 x 14 x 11 cm; 2.3 公斤 |
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产品颜色 | 绿色 |
制造商 | JOYO Technology |
型号 | Manufacturer-JOYO-BTP-BADAS |
商品重量 | 2.3 kilograms |