At the time of writing, this little black (and pink, orange and silver) box of tricks is sold out for Christmas, and I know I'm a very, very lucky boy to have one, so here's a review to whet your appetite while you await their no doubt, soon restocking.
I'm a player of a certain vintage (think early 90s), and if you cut your teeth as a player back in the 80s/ 90s, you'll know just how difficult, and never ending, our quest for half-decent, affordable gear that didn't sound like horrendous vomit-crap. This is where you lucky young whippersnappers have it soooo good these days, in that it truly is a golden age for musicians (and yet, paradoxically the darkest, perhaps?), if I had my hands on this thing back in 92, I tell ya,,,you'd all for sure know my name by now 🤣 🤟.
Joking aside, this *is* a phenomenal piece of gear; the tones man,, my word,, the tones are awesome,,
I mean the size of this thing,, it sounds amazing. Nothing like my formative years here; cue nightmarish teenage memories of trying to squeeze decent sounds from a *Gorilla* practice amp (iykyk, if not, just google em, or ask your uncle Mike 😱).
The integral drum machine is basic, but hey, it works fine, won't steal your girlfriend, and never shows up drunk and/or late for practice!
The effects are really decent, giving you all you'll ever need for practice, even gigging, and if you need more, it takes pedals like a champ. The tones (and overall sound for it's compact size), are for me, what this little gem is all about, there aren't a lot of them available on the unit (14), but what joyo have given you here, are high quality, and extremely versatile tones, that have something for everybody. The Jam Buddy II sounds *great* lined out; and the Bluetooth function works pretty flawlessly as well, I'm just astounded frankly. Everything included in this package and executed this well, would have cost hundreds and hundreds of various monies not all that long ago,, now you can get all this for less than 100!
So, when they do come back in stock don't fight a Gorilla, just get one, you'll be rather pleased you did!
