Reddit reviews JOYO JF-02 Ultimate Drive Guitar Effect Pedal Overdrive Pedal with True Bypass

The Joyo JF-02 - Ultimate Drive is also a nice pedal, and also really cheap. I have more expensive pedals, but this one stays on my board. You can find reviews on youtube for bass.

Joyo Ultimate Drive $35.

I got this Joyo Ultimate Drive for $30. You don't need much else, if it's really just low volume bedroom practice. For awhile I was using it as a boost for whatever distorted amp sound I had dialed in, and it fattened up the tone. But now I crank up the gain and put it on the clean channel and prefer it to any of the amp's drivers or amp channels, sounds more natural, less digital, a lot warmer.

For $35: The DOD 250 is my favorite Bass overdrive. It can get anything from a transparent grind to a moderate fuzz. The reason it does the transparent thing well is because it literally is the drive circut from the Klon Centaur, it just doesnt have the buffer, blend or tone knob. The tone is directly tied to the gain knob which means you will really want to set the tone using the gain knob and you want to set the gain by driving more or less volume into the pedal. Kinda weird at first, but its pretty easy to figure out. here is some reading for the fun of it.

For $32: The JOYO Ultimate Drive is a very convincing clone of the OCD. Its a little on the anemic side for bass in comparison to the Fuzzrocious Demon (Bass specific OCD Clone) but for the price its pretty dang good... heck, at one time, they were repackaged and sold as the "Freekish Blues" botique pedal and were hyped up and going like hotcakes for $200 a pop until people figured out what was happening.

For $60: The Russian Muff Reissue is one of the better fuzzes out there for bass. Its on the heavier side, and doesn't do a transparent tone well but does a great great fuzz. Most iconic bass pedal on the market.

Looks like a presale leading up to black friday. I would assume that you'll probably find better deals closer too or on black friday.

However while taking a quick glance I did come across some Joyo Pedals that are a pretty good price right now; most of them are under $30.

These 2 stuck out in particular, as I've owned them in the past and they're pretty good quality pedals. Especially when considering the price point, they're well worth it.


Joyo Vintage Overdrive


Joyo Ultimate Drive

You will want to grab an overdrive pedal. Misha puts one in the front of the amp, and he cranks the volume, and drops the gain. Here's a video where Misha is demoing his pedal, but you can get a good sense of how to use the tone. If youi want a decent, cheap pedal check out this Joyo.

If you're using a modeler, you can find a number of his presets out there (in particular, he shares a lot of the tones for his Axe FX).

>I am aware that there is a difference between the two but I am not sure which one fits me.

On one had the difference between overdrive / distortion / fuzz / dirt / etc... is kind of meaningless. They all cause clipping / distortion to your signal. They all may do so a little differently.

My personal category is as follows.

Overdrive - Low to medium gain. Softer clipping. Often used for boosting and shaping EQ in desirable ways. Can add a little grit to a clean tone. Also popular to boost a dirty tone and send it over the edge. Examples are the Tubescreamer, Klon, Bluesbreaker, and Timmy.

Distortion - Medium to higher gain. More of a harder clipping. Most often used to provide its own distortion. More often used with a clean amp and significantly transforms the base tone. Sometimes has a wider range of tone shaping. Examples are the Boss DS-1, Fulltone OCD, JHS Angry Charlie, Suhr Riot.

>Any ideas of what brand I should look for or what pedal I should get?

Be aware that there are like 1.5 bazillion pedals out there. It also can be a heck of a rabbit hole. If you're just dipping your toes in, my personal recommendation would be to buy a Joyo Vintage Overdrive and a Joyo Ultimate Drive. That will cover your Tubescreamer overdrive style and an OCD distortion style. $60 for both. Build quality is decent. Sound quality is on par with any other clone.

I've been playing for 10 years, bought hundreds of pedals all across the price spectrum, and have built my own. At your level these two will serve you perfectly well.

I don't wanna paint my wah 'cause it's already a pretty purple colour, bit I thnik I might paint my fugly drive pedal.

I think my favorite that I've come across is the Fulltone OCD, and of course the Tube Screamer, though that's usually better for boosting an already-dirty signal, if you're looking for a nice crunch. Those two are pretty standard in this kind of music.

I'd also really recommend checking out Joyo pedals - they're a Chinese company that makes clones of American pedals, but at a fraction of the cost. I've got their Ultimate Drive pedal - it's a clone of the OCD, and it's ABSURDLY cheap. Sounds great, even in shootout videos with the OCD on YouTube. Overall, Joyo's pedals are great for testing the waters with certain effects before you shell out cash for high-end stuff, and in some cases, they're just as good.

Joyo Overdrive, just read the reviews - for $28 it compares to or beats $100+ pedals http://www.amazon.com/Joyo-JF-02-Overdrive-featuring-components/dp/B005M0CK9M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1457709908&sr=8-2&keywords=joyo+overdrive

If you guys are looking for an OCD overdrive pedal, also check out the JOYO clone "Ultimate Overdrive." You can find it on amazon, or ebay for less than 30 bucks.

Came here to talk about Joyo Pedals. I purchased the Ultimate Drive in June and have been really happy with it. They're currently going for $29.99 new.

These pedals have a bit of controversy around them, when a company passed them off as $170 boutique pedals.

Either way, its basically a Fulltone OCD clone, which is a nice sounding overdrive pedal.


Also, if this pedal is truly being used for science, you may also want to consider the technical differences between distortion and overdrive pedals. Again, I don't know if this is relevant to you or not. Joyo makes distortion pedals too. Some consider the differences negligible.

As a guitar enthusiast and musician, I like the idea of having a fulltone OCD clone, into what some consider to be Fender American clone. There's a bit of a poetic irony there. A chinese manufactured duplicate installed into a chinese manufactured duplicate. Also, I'm not knocking chinese made guitar equipment, if anything I'm a fan.

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Real dope here. Tubes don't run at 12v, 500ma. It's a scam. Run. The average tube amplifier runs its pre-amp tubes at 6 volts AC on the heater and 250 to 300 volts DC on the plate.

Fair warning, there is a shit ton of misinformation on this sub. If you want a cool OD pedal for beginners, I'd suggest working your way up from here.