JOYO Taichi Overdrive Guitar Effect Pedal

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The Crystal Lattice is a marriage between Sonic Fusion Pedals and Runoffgroove, the DIY pedalbuilder’s nirvana. Sonic Fusion studied a number of different models and studio recordings of Dumble amps, and the Crystal Lattice is based on the preamp section of their discoveries. I recently was after a cheap analog delay, and I came across a Horse NASCAR, which clearly looked like it took inspiration from the Joyo NASCAR. I can't find a single review or mention of these on any forums. I took the plunge on the Nascar delay. A flexible, high-end D-Style pedal that delivers a wide range of quality tones from clean preamp, to boost, low gain/medium gain overdrive sounds to singing lead sounds. Four knobs and three toggle switches allow for a wide palette of options The Extra Special is Mojo Hand’s beloved DMBL on steroids. It features the same control set and delivers the clarity and swampy overdrive of that pedal, but offers a lot more gain. The increased gain makes the Extra Special more useful than the DMBL, and considering they cost the same, it’s a no-brainer which to choose. The Rumble features matched input/output buffers that don’t cause the circuit to work overtime, a common issue with many overdrives. It’s a simple three-knob, one-toggle design capable of a wide variety of sounds.

This is a classic sound used in blues music. Hence, all the names of “blue” going on here. Marshall does make a modern version of the vintage Bluesbreaker. However, I’d say this Blue rain is more of a clone of the older Bluesbreakers. Joyo Bullet Metal Clone Of Nothing Here we have yet another clone of a classic MXR pedal. This time we have the Joyo Dynamic Compressor which is a clone of the MXR Dyna Comp. The Dyna comp is one of my favorite pedals of all time with its simple design but awesome sound. This Joyo Compressor is also a rare example as being one of the few clone pedals to not be identically designed to the original. Joyo Compressor vs MXR Dyna CompJoyo is an already-established Chinese clone pedal brand and they’ve been around for quite some time. As a result, we can see their pedals hold up well Just like with the Chinese clone pedal 10 Series by Joyo features some amp simulator/preamp pedals. So does the Ironman series. Only this time these incredible preamps/amp simulators come in the same tiny size as the rest of the Ironman pedals. Furthermore, Joyo has added a few new amp simulators to this range that aren’t featured in the 10 series. The Joyo Ironman amp simulator clone list is as follows: Modulation is not complete without a phaser effect. What better way of adding this effect to your pedalboard in this tiny enclosure with an array of parameters to play with. It would seem as though this Nebulous Phaser by Joyo is not a clone of any phaser pedal. Having said that, the Joyo does one of these voices. And it does it very very well. The Joyo US Dream, as well as the Suhr Riot, are fantastic pedals to be used for lead tones. And, just like a natural overdriven tube amp responds to volume control, so will these two pedals. Essentially, they clean up really nicely.

JRR Pedals OD1.3 Distortion Pedal Great Fulltone OCD copy with a twist: the Low/High peal control is on a footswitch so you can easily toggle between both voicings. I like this better than the original OCD for that reason alone. It features the standard Volume, Gain and Tone controls you’d expect from a drive pedal. But it adds a Voice control knob used to tweak the gain limit and bass response. Budget Dumble?The Golden Acorn has one of the smallest footprints of any pedal here, and sports just three knobs. Ratio sets the amount of compression/overdrive and essentially acts as a gain control. Bright adjusts the frequency content, and Volume sets your output level. The drive produced by the pedal is smooth and articulate and serves as a convincing Dumble sound. There’s a lot of mojo in the Ratio knob, as it sits somewhere between a control for the amount of gain and a dirty compressor.