Joyo BSK-60

Good but

This amp looks like ideal for street musicians with it's 2 channels, excellent sound, battery operation and effects on board and it really is but it has a few quirks. Our first small concert we used it for was indeed outdoors and we set volume near to maximum. Sound check was ok. During concert though with a specific song where singer does a Hooo Hooo melody, the amp stopped working for a second and same every time until we reduced volume quite drastically. Not sure whether normal or faulty. Second quirk is the neat 9v output for pedals that induces loud hiss on the pedals. Probably a not well filtered current.

perfect nylon guitar amp for natural sound

This is perfect for nylon amplified sound. The 10" speaker, the 3" tweeter and the 3" base aperture create astounding natural music. Only error is no volume for the audax input although you can adjust it with the master switch. Plus the tempo button has no off switch - you need to cover it with black tape to mask the continual red flashing.

Battery last 4 hours and takes 1 hour to reach full power. Carrier case completes the kit. It has decent wheels. The amp fits on a stand. You can power a peddle board with the 9volt outlet - nice touch. I have 6 combos including the Roland 33 and the Bose S1. They are toys compared to this BSK60.

Bluetooth Interference and Small Accessory Pocket

I ordered this amplifier and was pleasantly surprised by the fast delivery, even to Latvia. The quality of the amplifier's housing is also high.

However, I noticed a few unpleasant issues. Firstly, when connecting an iPhone via Bluetooth, the amplifier started emitting strange sounds similar to radio signals. This was quite annoying.

Additionally, the accessories that come with the package do not fit in the bag's pocket, which was also inconvenient.

I also filmed a video of the Joyo BSK-60 Bundle unboxing, if you're interested. Joyo BSK-60 amplifier is a quality and good choice for playing acoustic guitar, but I recommend paying attention to these drawbacks before purchasing.

Nice sound, easy to use. Looper is working quite strange. Could get it running like it is described in manual. Overall rate as great price / performance product.

Nice warm sound

This amplifier caused mixed impressions. The sound is warm, with many effects ,separate for microphone and guitar,chorus,reverb,delay. There was a problem with battery. After two charges the amplifier worked only when was plugged.

Very satisfied with this amp

My expectations where high from the other reviews I'd read. And indeed, this amp fulfills my needs: being flexible to play everywhere with good sound quality and features so I just need guitar, mic and amp.

I was looking for a busking/practicing amp on battery, a little bit more than these miniature amps and smaller than my Yamaha Stagepas 1K which I love!

I knew the BSK-60 is heavier than most busking amps but now I have played on it, I take it for granted.

Oh, tip number 1, very important: there is no (original) carrying-bag or case for this amp but I ordered the Millenium cajon bag which fits perfect and is strong enough for this 14+ Kg machine.

Most important for me: guitar channel. Sound: excellent. Features: enough but more about that later..

Mic channel: less tweakable than the guitar channel but with a good mic (Sennheiser 945) it is powerful enough.

Integrated effects: quality is good but you only need 25% of the range, otherwise the effects are too exaggerated.

Connections: very versatile, Bluetooth plus everything you need (in and out). The manual is not very clear about it but it has a real effects out/in loop named Link.

Is this useful? Depends, because here come the two limitations to my personal use: the guitar and mic channel are handled as one regarding: 'mute', 'looper' and 'link'. This means I cannot mute my guitar seperately e.g. when tuning and talking at the same time. And I can not take a guitar loop-sample while playing and singing at the samen time. The manual is not clear about this. The same applies to the Link effects out/in: both channels at the same time.

Conclusion: the looper is fine if you use it e.g. for building a rythm pattern. The memory of 30 seconds is in many cases too short for looping a verse/chorus pattern.

And thus the 9V power output of the BSK-60 is a real solution I use to power an external looper.

Pedal. The pedal is a nice add-on but I do not get the design thinking of Joyo. What do you use it for mostly? Mute, FX in/out, Tap tempo, Looping, boost etc. It features Mute and Looping but would like to trade the Anti-feedback swith for tap tempo or boost, or switch which channel to sample with the looper. Who knows, in the future?

Conclusion: a lot of worthwhile pro's for the price.

And the con's: I can not think of other products (including expensive alternatives) that would have all the pro's and solutions for the con's.

By the way: it looks great too and feels sturdy enough.