Joyo/Harley Benton American Sound

JonnyBgoode

Few questions/ponderings on this, I did buy one to try out for recording a while back but sold it on fairly quickly on the basis that I could get a better recorded Fender Amp tone using software sims. Thinking now I was a little hasty and should have played around a little more to try other uses.

-Anyone using one of these into an amp, as maybe a cleanish boost, additional drive? The pedal cab sim can't be disabled but some people (other forums) seem to think its basically just an EQ anyway - mainly high end roll off - in which case that would be easily compensated for. Thoughts?

Alternatively, on the subject of disabling the cab sim, I see there are various pedal mods out there to achieve this, anyone tried these?

-There seem to be a few clones of these around now called American Sound which even look very similar*, I read that Joyo had actually licensed it out (which is a bit odd given that the Joyo is supposed to be a clone itself of the Tech 21 Blonde) these are even cheaper than the Harley Benton one. Just curious if anyone has tried one of these or whether the Joyo/HB one might be a safer bet?

(*eg.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/summina-Guitar-Effect-American-Simulator/dp/B09VQ154CS/ref=sr_1_2?crid=ZVFGSSEIW1VV&keywords=ammoon+american+sound+pedal&qid=1655986657&sprefix=amoon+american+sound,aps,116&sr=8-2
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224839510597?hash=item34597aaa45:g:dAQAAOSwHa5gq36l&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA4IAXRJt8xNqsFvxElbGvdZF+igLxBSuz+rQYN3DmgYhTfLbImYnzz9tdA64pjqMw2xGLND5HRv94q4EyiEIm25/MWbA3b+ZteO8ZqNYMSDmcNo434YAECfFJ6Jj/jmDOtjmwMUIOfXHUfXJD8NookHmDRsiTJlNYehtksE2hi+M0BFafTw5iSN8ctslmlBgrdxoK7Mm10V329m6i3vPh+YpwzDVTDXKajNYO6OJSo5a5NjAx78zGzQOTBa5audBMM9CIztw23HzDxBKr2GGQPPU7P8Ah0JD0dmEuyakTCVpe|tkp:BFBMrKbf_bFg)

munckee

I use one into fender amps for eq and natural sounding drive. I really like it. 

Snags

I used to use the Ammoon version, which as far as I can tell is a straight knock-off of the Joyo for a bit less. Worked fine into an amp with careful use of the level, but I mostly used it as a pedalboard amp to go direct to desk at open mics/jams when it wasn't appropriate to have to mess about taking an amp, and I didn't want to rely on whatever was (or wasn't) provided.

Worked great right up until it didn't (which I think is a dodgy solder joint, but I've since bought a Quilter so haven't investigated).

sev112

Used mine a lot into a clean amp to gig with, and a teeny bit of reverb

dilbert

I bought mine as a 'direct to board' emergency cover and never had to use it in anger. I did try it though at rehearsal and it sounded pretty good, IMO. I have also tried recording it as well and again it produced the goods, which surprised even me given my lack of experience at the dark arts of home recording.

JonnyBgoode

Thanks for those thoughts

rossi

I use one in front of my SS amps which are set on cleans .Good tones ,good enough for me .You can get a cheapo amp  that has decent cleans (in my case a freebie )like a Marshall MG10 and turn into a useful bit of gear .A bargain .

steer

It's my "always on" pedal when going amp-less into a sound desk. As mentioned above, it can also liven up any fairly dull clean sounding  amp. To my ears it sounds great. I am not sure why anyone would want to start hacking around with disabling the amp sim in one of these, but each to their own - it's not like there is a shortage of affordable alternatives that give you overdrive without an amp sim.

I cant compare it with software sims, as I use it live not at home. 

After I owned it for a while I liked it so much, I thought about buying the Tech 21 pedal that it is based on. But the online A/B comparisons between the two pedals didn't reveal a huge difference to my cloth ears. 

Jota

I had one and never bounded with it. I guess I don't like the BF mic'ed kind of sound!

Bought it because I had a Tech 21 Liverpool and that thing sounded amazing! I actually gig'ed it a couple of times when I was lazy to bring the amps.

Since I started using a DRRi, I thought I would prefer the American sound but sold it quickly cause I could never get it to sound good.