JOYO Bass Compressor Guitar Pedal, Optical Circuit with Attack/Release/Ratio/Tone Control & Bypass (SCYLLA R-27)

Love this pedal. What a bargain for the money!Chinese made sure but it appears built solidly and hasn’t given me any reason for concern. I’m just a hobbyist, so not carrying it around to shows but I do take my board to band practice where it often gets bashed about a bit. Not a scratch so far.EQ has been super useful, OD and Fuzz effects sound great and the DI out is very convenient.Less impressed with the headphone experience but that isn’t a feature I need much anyway.Irrelevant to its use but I even love the LED lighting. Great pedal.

Wasn't expecting much given it's price bracket but this has far exceeded my expectations.EQ is smooth and responsive, the drive and boosts are also subtle but great. The cab emulator and the fact it's got an XLR out all make this an absolute bargain for the money.We use it in our church worship music set up and it's given the bass such a more rounded and warmer, yet clearer sound to the front of house compared to the straight DI box we were using before.

So subtle with all controls turned to noon ie halfway that I thought I’d bought the emperors new clothes! Two things are important to say, firstly different bass guitars will definitely sound different with this gizmo, I tried it eventually with extreme settings on a fender jazz bass and it gave me a slowed percussive sound but on another more expensive active pickup bass there was a very slight effect with the same settings. That may be why different people will experience different outcomes and need different settings.Secondly the release control is a slow release turned fully anti-clockwise, try turning output gain to say 9 o’clock but input gain to fully clockwise ( ie all the input signal gets compressed) then turn all lower knobs fully clockwise except release which should be set fully anti clockwise. By following these settings you should hear the maximum compression this unit is capable of, after that dial back any knob to reduce the effect. It took me quite a while to find out the above and as I said before, up to that time I thought the thing wasn’t doing anything at all much except lower my overall volume quite a bit, to compensate for that I turned up the output gain bearing in mind that any high gain adds more distortion to the signal.Overall I was pleased with the effect of this pedal and somewhat relieved to find it had one! I think overall compression on stage is a bit overrated, for a pub band for example it’s probably unnecessary ( you won’t hear an appreciable difference) and for large venues it’s best left to the mixer out front. However if you want something subtle which seems to clean up the signal from the bass quite nicely then this particular compressor is a reasonable buy at a reasonable price.As an aside it might help if other reviewers mention which bass guitar they’re trying it out on as effects seem to vary a bit.

Fine does thejob

Excellent sound for a budget pedal

Exceeded all my expectations.Whether or not it’s as good as the pedal it’s ‘definitely not ripping off’ I’ve no idea.But it sounds great and has withstood my 20st frame stamping on it for a year.Manage your expectations and you’ll be pleasantly surprised 😳

Great pedal! Lots of control over the sound from the graphic equaliser, and the drive is fun. You can dial in the right amount of crunch to fatten your sound without it sounding like you've got bass distortion on. Excellent value as I would happily have bought a preamp worth twice this much. Looks great all lot up too

Great sounding pedal, for some warmth to your sound or a bit of grit. Really easy to use and really good eq. For the price it is excellent. Using it both with active Warwick basses and a passive 74 Jazz and 2011 P bass. Recommended.

Cette pédale de distorsion n'est pas une simple copie de Darkglass, elle a un son et un caractère bien à elle. Comme toute disto pour basse qui se respecte, elle a un bouton blend qui permet d'aller d'un soupçon de disto jusqu'à un niveau qui frôle le fuzz, tout en gardant un vrai son de bass. J'ai maintenant très envie d'essayer d'autres pédales Joyo !!!

Definitely the best OD I've seen this cheap. Feels sturdy and sounds great. Goes really well with a preamp. I especially like the mid boost switch.

Questo clone di un Darkglass b3k funziona molto bene e sembrerebbe ben fatto. Il costo è adeguato e se si cerca una soluzione più economica all'originale lo consiglio. Ma non ha quel livello di saturazione e/o quella chiarezza del B3k: taglia il mix si, lo taglia come il Darkglass. No.

Buen sonido pero es complicado de usar y tiene mucho ruido de fondo. Los controles son raros y a veces no funcionan. El octavador tarda en reaccionar. Hay mucho hiss de fondo. No es malo pero no es el mejor de la línea. Perdí la oportunidad de devolverlo. Tiene dos modos de fuzz que a veces no se oyen bien pero a veces sí. Cuando funciona es una joya. Un modo es agudo y otro muy grave. Los controles de high y low ayudan mucho. No lo recomiendo si quieres un fuzz solo mejor un muff u otra opción. Para octavador hubiera invertido mejor en un octavia. Es un pedal agridulce, pero desearía haberlo devuelto.

Me llegó con el pote de medios estropeado, no funciona. Lo devuelvo, pero no sonaba mal