JOYOBass Guitar Pedals Octave Fuzz Effect Pedal High Gain with Dual Independent Footswitch for Bassist Electric Guitar Bass (GLOAM R-29)

This took place of another preamp which developed a fault and has been used for over a dozen gigs.No sign of the dreaded whistling fault, in fact it's behaved perfectly.It should be immediately apparent that this is a clone of a certain pedal. It sounds very close. If anything, there is maybe a little too much gain on tap with the drive fully left. The Gain Boost and Hi Boost switches are a little misleading - "Gain Boost" is a low end boost similar to "Growl", and the Hi Boost equates to "Bite" on the original.If you like the DG sound or need it for certain songs, with the flexibility of a Graphic EQ with master and High/Low shelving, you can't go far wrong.

Love the sound, the build quality and looks. Easy to tweak my sound with it with good clear knobs - worth more than it costs for sure

So subtle with all controls turned to noon ie halfway that I thought I’d bought the emperors new clothes! Two things are important to say, firstly different bass guitars will definitely sound different with this gizmo, I tried it eventually with extreme settings on a fender jazz bass and it gave me a slowed percussive sound but on another more expensive active pickup bass there was a very slight effect with the same settings. That may be why different people will experience different outcomes and need different settings.Secondly the release control is a slow release turned fully anti-clockwise, try turning output gain to say 9 o’clock but input gain to fully clockwise ( ie all the input signal gets compressed) then turn all lower knobs fully clockwise except release which should be set fully anti clockwise. By following these settings you should hear the maximum compression this unit is capable of, after that dial back any knob to reduce the effect. It took me quite a while to find out the above and as I said before, up to that time I thought the thing wasn’t doing anything at all much except lower my overall volume quite a bit, to compensate for that I turned up the output gain bearing in mind that any high gain adds more distortion to the signal.Overall I was pleased with the effect of this pedal and somewhat relieved to find it had one! I think overall compression on stage is a bit overrated, for a pub band for example it’s probably unnecessary ( you won’t hear an appreciable difference) and for large venues it’s best left to the mixer out front. However if you want something subtle which seems to clean up the signal from the bass quite nicely then this particular compressor is a reasonable buy at a reasonable price.As an aside it might help if other reviewers mention which bass guitar they’re trying it out on as effects seem to vary a bit.

Loving this little beauty, a great way to set your signature sound with a little grizzle when required (I use it in my acoustic duo and my loud rock covers trio)Just one thing to note if you are purchasing, if you intend to use as a practice amp via headphones make sure the cans have a volume control as the output is way loud!Recommended.

It’s not as amazing as a Tech21 Sans Amp. However it is well built and sounds great for the price.

Perfect for what I want - sounds great

Really like this pedal ….great fast service as well many thanks guys …

A great sounding preamp and it looks really good to, especaully the lights. Having the overdrive on a separate footswitch is really handy. I haven't tried the darkglass pedal this is a copy of so can't compare but I'm very happy with this one especially for how cheap these are.