BadASS : Best portable practice amp I could imagine

2 years ago

It's very compact, yet powerful enough to fuel a basic practice setup. Thanks to its tube preamp, the sound is nicely crispy and responds very well to playing dynamics.

I used it formerly in travel, where its tiny size really mattered. It drived 200Ohm heaphones perfectly fine. It has built-in compressor and has good gain control plus 3-band eq, so I didn't even need any other boxes to be satisfied with the sound (definitely for practice purposes). Why Bluetooth input rocks, I shouldn't describe - it's just incomparably more comfortable over being tied with a cable (and not being able to charge with modern jackless phones).

I didn't use its main output frankly speaking, but in my home setup I used it as a preamp to Orange crush 100 by binding its effect send to combo's return. I swear, it sounds so much better than Orange's preamp that I abandoned my plans on replacing the combo with a bare cab.

Regarding build quality, it feels sturdy and I am not afraid for it.

Pros:

- Small, great for travel and home practice

- FX loop

- Bluetooth input

- Build quality

- Sound (for the price it's outstanding imo)

- Decent "out of the box" compressor

- Functional equalizer

Cons:

- The included jack cable stinks

Image Joyo BadASS

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Joyo
  • Released in 2021
  • Average price : $160
  • Dimensions : 163mm x 110mm x 140mm
  • Weight : 1.3kg
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