Best review on this amp, it's literally the next best thing to trying it on your own. So Im on the fence but leaning towards this amp every time I watch a video I find myself saying how good it sounds. Im thinking about picking this up with a Joyo vintage OD and delay pedal and a 2x12 cabinet from Harley Benton with vintage 30s. It will cost about as much as a boss katana 2x12 but this just seems better for some reason unless I'm missing something
Thank you so much! Glad you found this helpful! I haven't tried a katana so I can't compare, but I must say the reviews all look really positive and it seems so versatile, so a katana will give more options, but then again, having a separate 2x12 cab is also handy. All depends what you're after. A TS and delay going into the Jackman (or my orange terror stamp) and an HB vintage 30 cab is my set up for jamming day to day and I really like it, but I can't compare it, like I said. Crazy, though, how far budget gear can get you these days!
I have a Katana 100 MK1 combo that I have modified to run to my Harley Benton 2x12 cab w/ V30's, and it sounds fantastic. I think if you are going to buy the Katana, you should just buy the head as it has a mini 7" speaker built in, and you should buy that Harley Benton cab regardless, it's fantastic. I have owned both the Joyo Bantamp BlueJay which I sold in an amp upgrade deal, and now a Jackman II (Gold Edition!) and they are fantastic little amps, and even more portable than my Katana, if you love pedals they're great. I guess I'd say Katana first if you don't have one, but I'd buy both regardless, situationally they're both very versatile yet different and allow you to explore pedals well also. Joyo has bluetooth, Katana 100W and up have exp pedal input and take a footswitch, etc.
Thanks for this mate, really helpful! I'm keen to try a katana after all the videos and reviews I've seen and read. Those gold Jackman II editions look great.
I bought the Jackman II amp just for the effects loop. I never venture past the clean channel. I run a Friedman small box and BE pedals through the front. With a Les Paul loaded with APH-1’s I can nail that GnR AFD tone. For the cab sim, I run into my zoom R8 and use cubase software to clean it up a bit in the mix. Over all a great little unit. Here’s a kicker….I travel extensively with it, it has been all around the world and haven’t had a bit of trouble with it.
Great review, I'm currently trying to talk myself out of buying the Orange Micro Terror, but you just made it a lot more confusing. The truth is I don't *need* another amp, but damn!!!! These mini amps are looking increasingly good, and would probably give me more options when it comes to recording into the DAW/audio interface.
Thank you very much! The Orange micro heads are great. I normally use the orange terror stamp on my channel which I love. If "need" comes into the question, I would have a lot less gear haha! I can only speak for the Jackman, but it would be a great recording tool, and the bantamp range means you can get different flavours of amp-tones. What I would say, though, is you'd need some kind of cab sim, whether that be from your DAW or from an external pedal like the CAB M which I use. Thanks for watching!
Question: I'm chasing the tone of Prince. He used to use Mesa Boogie a lot. Now JoYo has the Zombie, which is their MB clone, but whenever I see a review of the Zombie it's always presented as a metal-amp. You think that would be a good buy for me?
Hi mate, I'm not an expert on Prince's tone, and I haven't tried the Zombie. However, you should check out the Zombie demo from "intheblues" (if you don't follow already, it's a great channel). He's a blues player and shows off how versatile the amp is. I'd say that his video would be your best bet on answering that question!
The first important thing is to not mistake the zoMBie for a Mesa/Boogie. It sounds nothing like it, the same way the JaCkMan doesn't _really_ sound like a Marshall. JOYO, much like players in the digital modeling amp game, are using the power of suggestion to attract customers. I'm not saying the amps sound bad, but rather that they should be seen for what they really are. They're cheap lunchbox amps, with different gain levels, and names created to remind customers of higher quality, classic amplifiers.
Hi mate, I plug the boost and OD pedals in front of the amp. The only time I've tried plugging a boost into the loop was more for EQ tweaking purposes. I'm curious to try my overdrives in the loop now haha
at 17:24, you said you had a power attenuator connected to the Joyo jackman how are you connecting it, jackman is a hybrid amp tube preamp and solid state power amp section, how does that work? What attenuator are you using?
@@AlexisGuitars is it reactive or passive attenuator I have a similar setup with a orange micro dark Mesa boogie reactive attenuator and egnater 1x12 cab could I do something similar to your setup then
Excellent in-depth review, as always! To be honest, the Bantamp II series isn't worth the extra money because for the same amount of money you can get the Fender LT25 that is more versatile (since it's a modelling amp) and can be used as an audio interface for home recording, which saves a great deal of money for beginners.
Thank you very much! Really appreciate the feedback. Yes like I said in the video I am more than happy with the Jackman I. There is a lot more competition as you say when you get to the price of the Jackman II. For just a bit more you can also get a 5w all-valve amp from harley benton so you need to really want the Jackman II, I think. Although, it is a cool sounding amp haha!! Thanks for watching, mate
I was mistaken! For less than the Jackman II you can get a 5w amp, for a little bit more you can get a 15w harley benton tube amp. The affordable amp market is really impressive!
@@AlexisGuitars I find the entry-level tube amps completely obsolete, because the entry-level modelling amps and software simulations have progressed so much. For beginners, all you need is the cheapest audio interface (the Behringer UCG102 is around $30) and a bunch of free amp sims (e.g. Ignite, NaLex, Vadim Taranov, ML Sound Lab, Lostin70s, KPP etc.) and you have thousands of dollars worth of tones.
Absolutely, It's amazing what you can do these days with software and digital tech. I don't think the affordable tube amps are for obsolete though. I agree that less money can get you more, but there's still a place for old tube technology in affordable packages :) At least, for old fashioned guitar players like me without a big budget!
Yes it's an surprisingly cool tone with the gain boosted on the clean channel Great for using a light overdrive to push it a little further into gain. Thanks for watching!
Alexis- great review. I recently bought the Joyo Atomic head off of Amazon with a gift certificated my client gave me for Xmas! I run it through a single 10" Celestion. Have you tried tye Atomic yet? If so, how do they differ? Anyone else ?
@@AlexisGuitars I haven't been able to really crank it up yet, but so far, but I really like it. I play a 335 (copy of course!) through. I am interested to see how it sounds with a single coil PU guitar like a Strat or Tele.
Hi, on the one hand, yes, as it is fairly inexpensive, very easy to use and gives great tones for the price. On the other hand, you would also need to buy a separate cab (Harley Benton sell affordable cabs) and obviously a speaker cable to connect them, so the price increases. In that respect, for a first amp, it might be worth considering a combo amp. If a separate cab is not an issue for you, then yes, I'd say it is a good option for beginners, absolutely. Hope this helps!
For a first amp, I would probably go for a solid state combo amp, 10-20W. I can't recommend a specific amp as it's been a long time since I've played any kind of "first-amp", but about 16 years ago I started out on something like a Fender Frontman 10G (an older version, though). For a similar price (less than 100€) you can get harley benton or Marshall combos which I haven't tried and have no experience with, but for a first amp are probably all that is needed.
In my experience, 10-20W Solid State is all that is needed for practicing at home. I used to use a 75W solid state and I couldn't put the volume passed 3 without annoying the neighbours!
Hi mate. You can line out from the headphones as far as I am aware. I kind of demonstrated this using a loudspeaker in this video. However on this version of the Jackman, to go into an interface you might need an adaptor as the headphones out input on the Jackman is the size for standard headphones and not instrument cable size. On the latest Jackman II the headphones out doubles as a line out and is instrument cable size, meaning it would be easier.
@@AlexisGuitars thank you for answer :) by the way, great review. I have one last, I think, question: can you compare it against boss katana 100W mk2. Maybe you played katana also and can say something tonewise. :)
Thank you very much! Unfortunately I've never played through a katana so I can't compare them. I've only heard good things about katanas so I need to try one!
I don't think you can get convincing acdc, rhabdy Rhoades of VH tones that sound exactly like them, but the amp is a good platform for general classic rock tones. Both with and without pedals
Hi mate. I'm no expert on Slash's tone, but at best I imagine this would be a decent "slash on a budget" than being very close to Slash's tone. It is a great little amp though
Hi mate, not with this version of the amp, but there is a newer version called the Jackman II which does come with a foot switch as well as separate controls for clean and OD channel
@@AlexisGuitars thanks mate!. And do you think this amp is usable with a band of rock/heavy metal?. I've had used an orange micro terror 20 watts on rehearsals and it worked very good, so I think this could do it too.
I imagine it would be loud enough for a rehearsal. You might need a tube screamer or something boosting the OD channel for metal tones but I for more rock or hard rock tones it can cover that in my opinion!
@@AlexisGuitars yeah for sure with a booster, that's how I've tried. Last question haha, jackman or orange terror stamp?.. I don't know if the terror stamp is better than the micro orange though. thanks mate!!
Haha keep the questions coming, happy to help if I can! For me, the orange terror stamp is better. I really love the tones from that amp. You can't get clean tones loud enough for a full rehearsal, but if you're playing rock or heavy metal then the gain tones are loud enough for sure. You will also need a boost to tighten up high gain, because the gain knob passed 2 o'clock is just fuzz which I don't like, but with a TS pedal with gain at 1-2 o'clock it has great high gain tones. It sounds more tube-like than the Jackman
Hi mate, please read the description. The amp was bought with my own money and this is not sponsored or paid-for video in any way. I also clarify early on in the video that I bought the amp. Due to German advertisement law I need to state that this is advertising due to the subject-specific content and the fact that I have affiliate links to the product in the description. Thanks for the comment, though! That's a good point to bring up.
@@AlexisGuitars Ah thanks for the clarification. I was looking forward to this review, but when I saw that message I thought there was no point. I will watch it with care now, thanks :)
Haha thanks for letting me know, that's important info! I'm still getting to grips with the best way to present the advertisement info and feared that this would be a consequence. Maybe I'll just mention it next time at the start
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Joyo Jackman demo with 3 guitars: ruclips.net/video/Mvxn5qVZw8k/видео.html
What a well thought out, thorough, first-rate demo - plain smart. Hits all the relevant features, ,settings and sound issues. Great playing, too.
Thank you very much Jim! Really appreciate the feedback and glad you enjoyed the video :)
Best review on this amp, it's literally the next best thing to trying it on your own.
So Im on the fence but leaning towards this amp every time I watch a video I find myself saying how good it sounds.
Im thinking about picking this up with a Joyo vintage OD and delay pedal and a 2x12 cabinet from Harley Benton with vintage 30s. It will cost about as much as a boss katana 2x12 but this just seems better for some reason unless I'm missing something
Thank you so much! Glad you found this helpful! I haven't tried a katana so I can't compare, but I must say the reviews all look really positive and it seems so versatile, so a katana will give more options, but then again, having a separate 2x12 cab is also handy. All depends what you're after. A TS and delay going into the Jackman (or my orange terror stamp) and an HB vintage 30 cab is my set up for jamming day to day and I really like it, but I can't compare it, like I said. Crazy, though, how far budget gear can get you these days!
I have a Katana 100 MK1 combo that I have modified to run to my Harley Benton 2x12 cab w/ V30's, and it sounds fantastic. I think if you are going to buy the Katana, you should just buy the head as it has a mini 7" speaker built in, and you should buy that Harley Benton cab regardless, it's fantastic. I have owned both the Joyo Bantamp BlueJay which I sold in an amp upgrade deal, and now a Jackman II (Gold Edition!) and they are fantastic little amps, and even more portable than my Katana, if you love pedals they're great. I guess I'd say Katana first if you don't have one, but I'd buy both regardless, situationally they're both very versatile yet different and allow you to explore pedals well also. Joyo has bluetooth, Katana 100W and up have exp pedal input and take a footswitch, etc.
Thanks for this mate, really helpful! I'm keen to try a katana after all the videos and reviews I've seen and read. Those gold Jackman II editions look great.
I bought the Jackman II amp just for the effects loop. I never venture past the clean channel. I run a Friedman small box and BE pedals through the front. With a Les Paul loaded with APH-1’s I can nail that GnR AFD tone. For the cab sim, I run into my zoom R8 and use cubase software to clean it up a bit in the mix. Over all a great little unit. Here’s a kicker….I travel extensively with it, it has been all around the world and haven’t had a bit of trouble with it.
Awesome! Yeah the clean channel with FX loop and an OD in the front can get you very far with this amp. Thanks for watching!
Great review, I'm currently trying to talk myself out of buying the Orange Micro Terror, but you just made it a lot more confusing. The truth is I don't *need* another amp, but damn!!!! These mini amps are looking increasingly good, and would probably give me more options when it comes to recording into the DAW/audio interface.
Thank you very much! The Orange micro heads are great. I normally use the orange terror stamp on my channel which I love.
If "need" comes into the question, I would have a lot less gear haha! I can only speak for the Jackman, but it would be a great recording tool, and the bantamp range means you can get different flavours of amp-tones.
What I would say, though, is you'd need some kind of cab sim, whether that be from your DAW or from an external pedal like the CAB M which I use.
Thanks for watching!
Your vid made me buy one of these! I can't break it, tried. Well done and thankyou.
It's a nice choice! A cool bit of gear. Thanks for watching mate
thanks for the thorough review , i just bought one of these
Thank you Mark! Enjoy your new amp 🤘
very nice demo
Thank you!
Question: I'm chasing the tone of Prince. He used to use Mesa Boogie a lot. Now JoYo has the Zombie, which is their MB clone, but whenever I see a review of the Zombie it's always presented as a metal-amp. You think that would be a good buy for me?
Hi mate, I'm not an expert on Prince's tone, and I haven't tried the Zombie. However, you should check out the Zombie demo from "intheblues" (if you don't follow already, it's a great channel). He's a blues player and shows off how versatile the amp is. I'd say that his video would be your best bet on answering that question!
The first important thing is to not mistake the zoMBie for a Mesa/Boogie. It sounds nothing like it, the same way the JaCkMan doesn't _really_ sound like a Marshall. JOYO, much like players in the digital modeling amp game, are using the power of suggestion to attract customers. I'm not saying the amps sound bad, but rather that they should be seen for what they really are. They're cheap lunchbox amps, with different gain levels, and names created to remind customers of higher quality, classic amplifiers.
Alexis, just curious. where do you p-lug in your boost pedals? In the loop or in front of the guitar input. Which do you find works best?
Hi mate, I plug the boost and OD pedals in front of the amp. The only time I've tried plugging a boost into the loop was more for EQ tweaking purposes. I'm curious to try my overdrives in the loop now haha
@@AlexisGuitars thanks Alex
at 17:24, you said you had a power attenuator connected to the Joyo jackman how are you connecting it, jackman is a hybrid amp tube preamp and solid state power amp section, how does that work? What attenuator are you using?
Hi, I just use a Harley Benton attenuator. The speaker cable out from the amp goes into the attenuator, which then goes into the speaker.
@@AlexisGuitars is it reactive or passive attenuator I have a similar setup with a orange micro dark Mesa boogie reactive attenuator and egnater 1x12 cab could I do something similar to your setup then
Excellent in-depth review, as always!
To be honest, the Bantamp II series isn't worth the extra money because for the same amount of money you can get the Fender LT25 that is more versatile (since it's a modelling amp) and can be used as an audio interface for home recording, which saves a great deal of money for beginners.
Thank you very much! Really appreciate the feedback.
Yes like I said in the video I am more than happy with the Jackman I. There is a lot more competition as you say when you get to the price of the Jackman II. For just a bit more you can also get a 5w all-valve amp from harley benton so you need to really want the Jackman II, I think. Although, it is a cool sounding amp haha!! Thanks for watching, mate
I was mistaken! For less than the Jackman II you can get a 5w amp, for a little bit more you can get a 15w harley benton tube amp. The affordable amp market is really impressive!
@@AlexisGuitars I find the entry-level tube amps completely obsolete, because the entry-level modelling amps and software simulations have progressed so much.
For beginners, all you need is the cheapest audio interface (the Behringer UCG102 is around $30) and a bunch of free amp sims (e.g. Ignite, NaLex, Vadim Taranov, ML Sound Lab, Lostin70s, KPP etc.) and you have thousands of dollars worth of tones.
Absolutely, It's amazing what you can do these days with software and digital tech. I don't think the affordable tube amps are for obsolete though. I agree that less money can get you more, but there's still a place for old tube technology in affordable packages :) At least, for old fashioned guitar players like me without a big budget!
I like to boost the gain a bit on clean and pick softly, gives the sound a bit of warmth 😃
Yes it's an surprisingly cool tone with the gain boosted on the clean channel
Great for using a light overdrive to push it a little further into gain. Thanks for watching!
Alexis- great review. I recently bought the Joyo Atomic head off of Amazon with a gift certificated my client gave me for Xmas! I run it through a single 10" Celestion.
Have you tried tye Atomic yet? If so, how do they differ? Anyone else ?
Thanks a lot Mark! I've not actually tried any of the other Joyos, though I've only heard positive things. What do you think of the Atomic?
@@AlexisGuitars I haven't been able to really crank it up yet, but so far, but I really like it. I play a 335 (copy of course!) through. I am interested to see how it sounds with a single coil PU guitar like a Strat or Tele.
I really wish you used a longer delay setting or like a dotted 8th so we could get a sense of the decay.
Good to know for future vids! I like delay to be subtle do for me, that was already more delay than I would use haha. Thanks for watching mate
Thanks very much!
You are more than welcome! I would love to feature more Joyo content on the channel
Great video, thank you.
Thank you very much!
Wonder why them blokes at Thomas don't deliver joyo to the US
I ordered the Tweedyamp
The Tweedy looks really good. I think if I get another it'd probably be that one. Hope you enjoy it!
im a beginner looking for a first amp,is this a good option?
Hi, on the one hand, yes, as it is fairly inexpensive, very easy to use and gives great tones for the price. On the other hand, you would also need to buy a separate cab (Harley Benton sell affordable cabs) and obviously a speaker cable to connect them, so the price increases. In that respect, for a first amp, it might be worth considering a combo amp.
If a separate cab is not an issue for you, then yes, I'd say it is a good option for beginners, absolutely. Hope this helps!
@@AlexisGuitars do you know any other amps that would be good for a beginner?
For a first amp, I would probably go for a solid state combo amp, 10-20W.
I can't recommend a specific amp as it's been a long time since I've played any kind of "first-amp", but about 16 years ago I started out on something like a Fender Frontman 10G (an older version, though). For a similar price (less than 100€) you can get harley benton or Marshall combos which I haven't tried and have no experience with, but for a first amp are probably all that is needed.
@@AlexisGuitars how many watts is too much for bedroom practice for solid state amps?
In my experience, 10-20W Solid State is all that is needed for practicing at home. I used to use a 75W solid state and I couldn't put the volume passed 3 without annoying the neighbours!
Can I connect jackman headphones out to focusrite scarlett and monitor it via headphones connected to scarlett?
Hi mate. You can line out from the headphones as far as I am aware. I kind of demonstrated this using a loudspeaker in this video. However on this version of the Jackman, to go into an interface you might need an adaptor as the headphones out input on the Jackman is the size for standard headphones and not instrument cable size. On the latest Jackman II the headphones out doubles as a line out and is instrument cable size, meaning it would be easier.
@@AlexisGuitars thank you for answer :) by the way, great review. I have one last, I think, question: can you compare it against boss katana 100W mk2. Maybe you played katana also and can say something tonewise. :)
Thank you very much! Unfortunately I've never played through a katana so I can't compare them. I've only heard good things about katanas so I need to try one!
Can you get AC/DC like tunes like the plexi, like AC/DC If the Randy rhoads time Ozzy's type tone.. how about like the early Van Halen
I don't think you can get convincing acdc, rhabdy Rhoades of VH tones that sound exactly like them, but the amp is a good platform for general classic rock tones. Both with and without pedals
Why not mic the 1 x12 rather run a cab simulator? Attenuator for only 20 watts :(
Would you like to buy me a mic then?
Can I get slash sound with that?
Hi mate. I'm no expert on Slash's tone, but at best I imagine this would be a decent "slash on a budget" than being very close to Slash's tone. It is a great little amp though
Can I use this amp with a footswitch to change between channels?
Hi mate, not with this version of the amp, but there is a newer version called the Jackman II which does come with a foot switch as well as separate controls for clean and OD channel
@@AlexisGuitars thanks mate!. And do you think this amp is usable with a band of rock/heavy metal?. I've had used an orange micro terror 20 watts on rehearsals and it worked very good, so I think this could do it too.
I imagine it would be loud enough for a rehearsal. You might need a tube screamer or something boosting the OD channel for metal tones but I for more rock or hard rock tones it can cover that in my opinion!
@@AlexisGuitars yeah for sure with a booster, that's how I've tried. Last question haha, jackman or orange terror stamp?.. I don't know if the terror stamp is better than the micro orange though. thanks mate!!
Haha keep the questions coming, happy to help if I can! For me, the orange terror stamp is better. I really love the tones from that amp. You can't get clean tones loud enough for a full rehearsal, but if you're playing rock or heavy metal then the gain tones are loud enough for sure. You will also need a boost to tighten up high gain, because the gain knob passed 2 o'clock is just fuzz which I don't like, but with a TS pedal with gain at 1-2 o'clock it has great high gain tones. It sounds more tube-like than the Jackman
Why no hambucker tones
The Tele in this video is fitted with a Seymour Duncan little 59 humbucker. It's quite a warm sounding pickup.
A sponsored review. Is that even a review?
Hi mate, please read the description. The amp was bought with my own money and this is not sponsored or paid-for video in any way. I also clarify early on in the video that I bought the amp.
Due to German advertisement law I need to state that this is advertising due to the subject-specific content and the fact that I have affiliate links to the product in the description. Thanks for the comment, though! That's a good point to bring up.
@@AlexisGuitars Ah thanks for the clarification. I was looking forward to this review, but when I saw that message I thought there was no point. I will watch it with care now, thanks :)
Haha thanks for letting me know, that's important info! I'm still getting to grips with the best way to present the advertisement info and feared that this would be a consequence. Maybe I'll just mention it next time at the start
3 minutes and a half and you did not pkay any note.... I get bored..
Feel free to skip ahead, there are time stamps in the description