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Joyo JF-01 Vintage Overdrive Guitar Effect Pedal with True Bypass

Color:JF-01 9V battery included and 9V DC power connection. Quality Switch, Tone, Volume and Drive Knobs. LED, notched knobs. Stomp box style DPDT switch for clean, quiet switching. Single ¼ inch (instrument cable) input and output jacks.

Reviews by Features

Build

(56 reviews)
Boost

(60 reviews)
Product

(48 reviews)
Price

(156 reviews)
Amp

(96 reviews)
Knob

(53 reviews)
Overdrive

(78 reviews)
Quality

(113 reviews)
Distortion

(91 reviews)
Analog replacement delay

(33 reviews)
Thing

(80 reviews)
Compressor

(71 reviews)
Pick attack

(25 reviews)
Battery

(32 reviews)
Footswitch

(14 reviews)
Problem

(12 reviews)
Behringer

(12 reviews)
Mind

(7 reviews)
Monkey

(17 reviews)
Wire

(9 reviews)
Hiss

(10 reviews)

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Reviews around build (4.57 of 5)

  • That being said, it is well built and has a good bluesy overdrive sound
  • This pedal is great, it was inexpensive, sounds fantastic, is well built and the controls function like they are supposed too
  • Its well built, sounds good and the price is unbeatable.
  • Truth be told, I kind of prefer my Behringer TO800 tonewise- more of a personal preferance in the way I prefer Pepsi to Coke but still drink both - but the TO800 pedal isn't true bypass and the build is much more flimsy on that one
  • Produces Vox AC30 like sounds, is very well built and has many many different tones that sound pretty darn good for such an inexpensive pedal
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Reviews around boost (4.41 of 5)

  • Most "Marshall-in-a-box" stomps, imo, sound much tamer than a real Marshall, and they give you a "prettied-up", safer version of that sound, in order to appease the 15-year-old Children Of Boredom/Cannibal Corpse lame-o neo-hippies the scene is now infested with
  • Works great as a clean boost or as straight up overdrive
  • Gives nice sustain to both clean and dirty notes and when you bump up the volume knob on the pedal, you can use it as a clean boost
  • So, I got this "cheap" pedal as to use as a clean boost to my Blues Overdrive.
  • My setup is a very simple one...starting with a Stratocaster to compressor, wah-wah, super-overdrive, boost pedal, delay, then straight into the front end of a tube amp with reverb & vibrato
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Reviews around product (4.26 of 5)

  • Just save up for a used tube screamer this product is worthless
  • I wouldn't even give this one star if Amazon let me, I ordered this product twice in the last week and both times this pedal was broken when I took it out of the box
  • I couldn't recommend anything else by Behringer though as the other products I've used made by them were crap.
  • good product , fast delivery, good seller, definitely recommend to a friend
  • Recommend to anyone who is interested in a good product with a good price.
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Reviews around price (4.11 of 5)

  • The price of Joyo pedals is so much less expensive that competing products, so if you are looking for a cheap overdrive, this is it
  • The price might be cheap, but the sound is certainly not cheap
  • Great pedal, just what I was looking for at a great price
  • Cheap price tag, but it hold its own against a lot of the more expensive pedals.
  • I was a little hesitant at first due to the cheap price, but I figured what have I got to loose
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Reviews around amp (4.09 of 5)

  • It has a lot more high end available and can turn the muddiest amp into a tight mid-range heavy metal monster
  • Before I had a good tube amp this is what I depended on
  • Of course doesnt sound like a expensive amp, but sounds better then some amps that are a lot expensive than this pedal.
  • This pedal has a nice warm sound when played through a clean amp
  • if you only have a clean amp and want a distortion sound it is good
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Reviews around knob (4.08 of 5)

  • Gives nice sustain to both clean and dirty notes and when you bump up the volume knob on the pedal, you can use it as a clean boost
  • The knobs feel smooth and solid and the switch is a little soft, but still feels good
  • and is worth the $40, I will say though that the knobs were stiff and almost broken feeling, but worked
  • and WHAT A PEDAL.This thing sounds amazing...it is solid metal construction with a nice sturdy switch and knobs.
  • I took one star off because the knobs are incredibly flimsy and will lose place at the slightest disturbance
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Reviews around overdrive (4.03 of 5)

  • The joyo is pretty dam close, it seems a bit noisy, but in my experience most overdrive and/or distortions are
  • If you play punk or anything with a hard overdriven guitar, this pedal is for you
  • Not at all a neutral pedal as it definitely affects the tone, but it's a great overdrive.
  • It looks better than my Vintage Overdrive (again, great pedal).
  • The price of Joyo pedals is so much less expensive that competing products, so if you are looking for a cheap overdrive, this is it
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Reviews around quality (3.99 of 5)

  • This is a high quality great sounding pedal and well worth the low price.
  • Seems to be fairly good quality as opposed to boutique and should stand up to the rigors of gigging.
  • The stories of poor build quality of Joyo pedals is backed up by what I found - I have an American Sound pedal and this also has a DC power socket that is not central with the hole in the casing (plug can't be inserted)
  • From what I've read in the reviews, my experience isn't uncommon, so I do feel it's fair to rate the product poorly because of bad quality control.
  • As far as the quality of the pedal, for the price it's great
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Reviews around distortion (3.70 of 5)

  • Nice sounds from low overdrive to Hard Rock distortion.
  • Has a great sound from warn overdrive to a good distortion
  • I am very happy with my purchase and would recommend this to anyone considering a cheap distortion pedal
  • this pedal has a great distortion tone, and would be good as a stand alone distortion, if not a tube-ifyer
  • This pedal is not a hard core distortion but even with the gain rolled all the way off it still adds a good amount of break up to a clean channel with guitar volume up all the way and medium to hard picking
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Reviews around analog replacement delay (3.65 of 5)

  • I get this effect with both my Marshall tube amp as well as with a rack mounted preamp
  • Replacement Analog Delay - didn't work at all out of the box
  • I get this effect with both my Marshall tube amp as well as with a rack mounted preamp
  • I recently bought Fender's Champion 40 for a small travel amp as well as for its cheaper price.
  • At first I was confused as to why it sounded horrible but got such great reviews
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Reviews around thing (3.61 of 5)

  • This thing not only sounds great for its extremely cheap price, but is extremely durable.
  • I wish the phase went a little wider, but for $30, this thing is killer
  • The thing sounds great with a tube amp, and offers an array of sounds that can be heard just by tweaking the pedal
  • The only negative thing I could say about it is the overdrive buzz/hiss
  • The great thing about the JOYO pedals is you can buy 4-6 for the same price of one boutique pedal
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Reviews around compressor (3.60 of 5)

  • It's a great pedal - subtle, low-noise compressor suitable for electric guitar or bass
  • I have another compressor, but I don't like the way it works with compression or sustain
  • Good compressor at a fraction of the cost of its competitors
  • This opened the door to the Rogue Vintage Compressor (very mixed reviews), Behringer DC9 (very poor reviews), and this pedal.
  • I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a good compressor on a budget.
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Reviews around pick attack (2.61 of 5)

  • I get this effect with both my Marshall tube amp as well as with a rack mounted preamp
  • I bought this overdrive for my brother's H&K Tubemeister 18 which he just hated with a passion because it didn't have enough gain
  • At first I was confused as to why it sounded horrible but got such great reviews
  • (Full CCW causes the compression to start immediately; full CW brings the compression on gradually so the pick attack and the majority of the initial tone passes through unaffected).Once you get the feel of that, dial up a singing overdrive tone and notice what you can do with it
  • Not the end all pedals like some claim but they all work as they are supposed to.
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Reviews around battery (2.57 of 5)

  • It doesn't tone-suck when bypassed, is easy to dial in, has a hi/low switch, easy battery swap compartment
  • I thought maybe a dead battery, nope, this P.O.S. is broken after less than 2 hours of light use.
  • PriceRangeSoundCons:9V Battery only, it would be nice if you could plug it in, otherwise you must be conscientious of your battery useOverall great product so far, well worth the price, and a lot of fun, I will be purchasing one for myself!
  • I only found that out after replacing the dead battery that it comes with, and plugging in to a power supply (not provided with unit).
  • At this extremely affordable price it's hard to pass by such a great petal billed as an OCD clone this pedal does not sound quite as good as the Fulltone petal but is extremely usable and excellent sounding t in my opinion
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Reviews around footswitch (1.99 of 5)

  • Most "Marshall-in-a-box" stomps, imo, sound much tamer than a real Marshall, and they give you a "prettied-up", safer version of that sound, in order to appease the 15-year-old Children Of Boredom/Cannibal Corpse lame-o neo-hippies the scene is now infested with
  • Battery or 9v power, footswitch is a nice click that is easy to feel, design is cheesy but not overly cheesy
  • Footswitch is nice and solid and feels like your standard boutique true bypass switch.
  • At this extremely affordable price it's hard to pass by such a great petal billed as an OCD clone this pedal does not sound quite as good as the Fulltone petal but is extremely usable and excellent sounding t in my opinion
  • (as you turn it clock wise) - I like it for adding charcater/punch to my live
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Reviews around problem (1.95 of 5)

  • That problem's now been remedied with a new pedal power adapter, and the Joyo chorus effect is indeed a joy.
  • The MXR models have a good clarity of tone, but with only two knobs, the lack of customization is a problem.
  • It's not "built like a tank", but no flimsy plastic crap like the brand that starts with a B, which fishes in the same pond, price-wise
  • You can get a very heavily distorted full on rock crunch out of it no problem
  • Normally a problem like that would knock it down at least two
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Reviews around behringer (1.91 of 5)

  • I had been looking at this pedal for awhile as a cheap solution to try improving the sounds that come out of my cheap Behringer solid state amp
  • It's not "built like a tank", but no flimsy plastic crap like the brand that starts with a B, which fishes in the same pond, price-wise
  • FWIW, I've found that cheap Behringer comps (rack mount) work well however, I never tried one on guitar
  • This opened the door to the Rogue Vintage Compressor (very mixed reviews), Behringer DC9 (very poor reviews), and this pedal.
  • I had been looking at this pedal for awhile as a cheap solution to try improving the sounds that come out of my cheap Behringer solid state amp
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Reviews around mind (1.80 of 5)

  • No one in their right mind would buy so much as a toothpick from this seller.
  • It fattens the sound up, and increases sustain, but your mind will not be blown at all with it
  • (as you turn it clock wise) - I like it for adding charcater/punch to my live
  • It always blows my mind when players who have no idea what a compressor does leave bad reviews because they can't hear a change in tone
  • and with a friend who play drums like JOJO Mayer, we can blow your mind about conventions!YES, THIS PEDAL IS PERFECTION!
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Reviews around monkey (1.65 of 5)

  • I'd take this easily over the Boss Super Overdrive, Bad Monkey, Screamin' Blues and many others in its price range.
  • On my little jamming and pracitce board, it's Joyo to a Bad Monkey (another great low-cost pedal)
  • I think the Bad monkey is better at tightening up high gain amps and playing mid scooped old school metal.
  • Started cheap with a Digitech Bad Monkey and then spendy with a Maxon Od808
  • If you want a more modern or thrashy sound, I think the Digitech Bad monkey does that better
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Reviews around wire (1.61 of 5)

  • (as you turn it clock wise) - I like it for adding charcater/punch to my live
  • and I don't think they would hold up to much use over time but mine will be hard wired on a pedal board.
  • Loose wires and bad components were everywhere on the board
  • As cheap as it is even 2 are cheaper than buying what it was copied from....the jacks are super cheap as is the switch and the wiring is not so hot, but for the price you cant really beat it...
  • Solid build construction, sound is good, no wiring issues
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Reviews around hiss (1.25 of 5)

  • This delay was quite " no extra hiss" and sounded very good to my ears with just enough repeats to go into ocolation, if I want, and plenty of time option to play with
  • Construction is first rate and there is absolutly no hum, hiss, loss of signal, nor any excessive coloring of your signal
  • (as you turn it clock wise) - I like it for adding charcater/punch to my live
  • Bad: Adds a little noise & hiss specially to single coils (strats & teles).
  • It really is unusable creates a horrible hiss and feedbacks so bad I couldn't even play
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More about Joyo JF-01 Vintage Overdrive Guitar Effect Pedal with True Bypass

  • Color:JF-01 9V battery included and 9V DC power connection
  • Quality Switch, Tone, Volume and Drive Knobs
  • LED, notched knobs
  • Stomp box style DPDT switch for clean, quiet switching
  • Single ¼ inch (instrument cable) input and output jacks.