Joyo 30watt Micro bass combo?

[tauzero]

On 10/10/2025 at 14:46, dave_bass5 said:

This is the video that put me off, although i still think it’s a good purchase for the money. 
 

 

 

Says that the EQ is boost only. All the other reviews I've seen say it's boost and cut.

 

I shall have more of a play tomorrow.

[misterdistortion]

Just pulled the trigger on a white one, should arrive tomorrow. 

[dave_bass5]

7 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

Says that the EQ is boost only. All the other reviews I've seen say it's boost and cut.

 

I shall have more of a play tomorrow.

Thanks. If it’s boost and cut I’ll get one asap. 

[tauzero]

39 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

Thanks. If it’s boost and cut I’ll get one asap. 

 

Just had a short play with it to confirm. Yes, it's boost/cut, just doesn't have a centre detente. As bass amps all have their own characteristic pre-baked EQ curves, centre detentes are a bit meaningless anyway. I think the reviewer doesn't understand the MID controls - the manual explains it, very briefly. It's a sweepable mid, with a MID FREQ control to set the frequency to cut/boost (200Hz to 2kHz) and a MID control to do the cutting/boosting.

[misterdistortion]

Finally got to put the wee beastie through some of it's paces with the Jazz Bass this afternoon and I'm rather impressed. As a practice mini bass amp it's very good indeed. At first I thought the compressor wasn't working until I realised it works more like a limiter to tame transient notes rather than obviously squashing the sound and adding sustain..

[Stub Mandrel]

2 minutes ago, misterdistortion said:

Finally got to put the wee beastie through some of it's paces with the Jazz Bass this afternoon and I'm rather impressed. As a practice mini bass amp it's very good indeed. At first I thought the compressor wasn't working until I realised it works more like a limiter to tame transient notes rather than obviously squashing the sound and adding sustain..

 

I found that set about 3 o'clock I got a brilliant funk sound that made even my slapping sound half decent. 

[dave_bass5]

On 12/10/2025 at 10:35, tauzero said:

 

Just had a short play with it to confirm. Yes, it's boost/cut, just doesn't have a centre detente. As bass amps all have their own characteristic pre-baked EQ curves, centre detentes are a bit meaningless anyway. I think the reviewer doesn't understand the MID controls - the manual explains it, very briefly. It's a sweepable mid, with a MID FREQ control to set the frequency to cut/boost (200Hz to 2kHz) and a MID control to do the cutting/boosting.

Sorry, missed your post. Thanks for the info. 

[MacDaddy]

It would be nice to move away from headphones for home practice, so one of these could be ideal.

How could I play along to songs I'm learning with it?

[crazycloud]

Has anyone with one of these used it as a guitar amp? Looking at maybe the Joyo + battery pack or Headrush FRFR Go to play either guitar or bass on the beach, for practice. 

The Joyo would be the cheaper option by a bit, when it's available down here.

[Stub Mandrel]

12 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

It would be nice to move away from headphones for home practice, so one of these could be ideal.

How could I play along to songs I'm learning with it?

 

Play them on it over bluetooth from your phone. If you press the bass knob it goes into Bluetooth mode.

[Stub Mandrel]

On 29/09/2025 at 18:22, lemmywinks said:

If it's the type of device you will get a lot of use from it's still a bargain IMO, there's a comparison with the PJB X4 Nano on YouTube and the Joyo isn't out of its depth at all. Doesn't quite have the same depth but puts in a good showing and the slap tone with the Warwick is tasty 

 

 

 

 

Just noticed... he seems to have completely missed that the Joyo has a gain knob....

[tauzero]

20 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Just noticed... he seems to have completely missed that the Joyo has a gain knob....

 

Which definitely works (he says that it doesn't in the comments, let's see what he says to my reply on that).