JOYO 10W Mini Bass Amp Bass Guitar Practice Amp Combo Bass Amplifier Portable Small Battery Powered Bass Amp Dual Channel (MA-10B)

I purchased this amp as an amp to use at home for practicing or jamming with friends who come and visit. I live in an apartment and my only other rigs are higher powered rigs that would get me in a lot of trouble if I played them loud.Tone:To me, this is what naturally suffers in the practice amp world. In honesty, I have been putting off a practice amp purchase for this reason. I originally was attracted to this amp because the price was right and there's a similar Joyo practice amp for bass guitar as well, and in my years of playing, i've learned that if you replace the speaker of a guitar practice amp with a bass speaker, I get a much smoother, less brittle sounding practice amp. I bought both with the intention of frankenstein-ing the two together to make a really nice practice amp.--so with that out of the way, when the amp arrived, I still wanted to test it out to see how it sounded anyways, just to confirm my bias. As it turned out, I was pleasantly surprised that this amp actually has a great response across the frequency spectrum. The speaker always seems like the bottleneck to me in tiny practice amps, and in this case, the speaker actually sounded a lot clearer with better bass response and no sharp, tinny highs like i was used to with practice amps. Honestly, the speaker alone makes this amp a completely worthwhile amp in my opinion. Outside of the speaker, you're also given a gain knob, tone knob and a drive button for tone. The gain knob can be pushed into slight drive, which is nice for a little grit, and you can use the volume knob to keep levels from getting out of control. The drive button is also a nice tube screamer-esque drive that sounds reasonable for a practice amp. The tone knob seems to be different than a standard high pass filter, as it seems to blend between a few different usable tones that would align with the knob setting; all the way back seems to have a bump in the low mids, leaves the bass as is, big cut on the mids and a slight treble reduction. All the way to the right seems to bump up the highs and high mids, the low mids are reduced and the bass is left alone. In the middle is just kind of a flat-ish eq response, so nothing is boosted or reduced. The gain and drive button work nicely with these, nothing getting too harsh or muffled.If you are a tone-tweaker, this probably won't be attractive to you. However, if you'd like to be able to plug-n-play, this is a great option. There isn't a setting that is overly extreme or harsh, or over the top, which some people also may not like, but those same people most likely have some pedals for tone already, so any extensive tone-sculpting will have to come from pedals.Size/portability:this is a small practice amp, and size is as expected. you can throw it in a bag and it won't take up much space. The amp is powered by either an AC plug or 6 AA size batteries. Honestly, I have no interest in running this off batteries, so i can't comment on battery life. It's made of a hard plastic which seems like it can take some accidental knocks.Other features:-headphone jack for silent practice-aux in for jamming along to mp3s or whatever you'd like. No Bluetooth that I'm aware of, but if that's a deal breaker for you, check out the joyo bantam amp series. they have a bluetooth in for wireless jamming. Those also function perfectly as practice amps as well, and also are a bit louder if you'd like a little more volume.BASS VERSION:Since I also bought the bass version of the amp, and I can't write a separate review for it, I'll add that the bass version is very similar to the guitar version. Great tone with a tone knob that is tailored for bass EQ curves. All very usable tones. The drive button is still there, and as a test, I plugged my bass into both the guitar and bass amp, and the drive on the guitar is a little heavier on the highs and mids, while the bass drive sounded more like an overdriven bass amp; a little warmer and not quite as high gain.Final thoughts:honestly, I think that this is a perfect no-frills practice amp. It's portable, lightweight, battery-powered and sounds great. I can't think of anything that it might be missing as far as features for a practice amp, although i could see future joyo practice amps including a line out with a cab ir function for recording, or going direct to the board if you're into that. That's also kind of an above and beyond thing for a practice amp though. If you want a small, portable, simple/easy-to-use plug-n-play amp, this amp is a great option. I'm very happy with it.I'd recommend for anyone looking for:-beginner's first amp-an amp to quickly get to for working out ideas-practice amp-portable amp to bring for low volume jamming with friends-portable amp to bring for away-from-home playing.

Bought this for my husband. This is great for practice. His larger amps are in the basement but he doesn’t always want to go downstairs if he’s practicing alone. Plug your earphones into it and you can sit in the living room and not disturb everyone else in the room but still be near everybody.. The sound is great and you can move from room to room easier than a full size amp.

Everyone is amazed at this little box, how much music it produces and how easy it is! for small family gatherings, like Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas we pull this down to the living room and can plug things in (like bass guitar) and sing and play. Lightweight, very inexpensive and runs forever off batteries.

Worth and loud for the size

I bought this specifically to have a small battery powered amp to add just a little volume to my acoustic bass when jamming with my acoustic guitar friends on the porch or around a campfire. It will do that but it just doesn’t sound very good. I wouldn’t be surprised if the acoustic, electric and bass models are the same inside with just different colors since they have the same controls, and the tone control on the bass model has no effect when you're actually using a bass. When I plugged in my acoustic guitar though it definitely made a difference so that tells me the “bass” unit isn’t really optimized for bass instruments. For comparison I had previously tried a Blackstar Fly 3 with its add on speaker, it sounded a little better at whisper levels but could do nowhere near the volume of the Joyo. So the Joyo outdoes the Blackstar volume wise at a much lower price but doesn’t sound as good. For what it is though, especially considering the price point, I’ll give it a 3 but will be returning it. If it had actual bass and treble controls optimized for bass guitar, I’d have given it a 4 and kept it, and would have gladly paid a little more.

I don't often write reviews, but I felt it was needed for this little portable bass amp that I love so much! It has been 2 years since I bought this, and everything still works 100%. I rarely use the adaptor as the battery life with the 6aa batteries is awesome; I literally get 3-4 months of regular playing out of one set of batteries! I've played small acoustic gigs with this, practice wearing headphones, and jam along with my smartphone, and it has been great! Not to mention it is incredibly light weight and easy to carry using a guitar strap. I have played this cool little amp alot and it has held up perfectly with no problems.If you turn it up too loud, the speaker will distort, which is to be expected. But it is just loud enough to play nicely with an acoustic guitar and singer.My speaker still sounds great after 2 years. Be realistic about the sound; it's not going to rival my small 25w Fender Rumble, but it sounds good to me! Fingerstyle, picking, slap and pop all sound nice!If this somehow died tomorrow (which I highly doubt) I would 100% buy another one. This little amp has been one of the best music gear purchases Ive made in a long time. I also recently bought their pocket bass amp for use with headphones and it's also fantastic! I think Joyo makes awesome reliable gear at a great price! Just have realistic expectations for what you pay.I will gladly support Joyo and recommend their gear to others!!

The media could not be loaded. This amplifier is a good choice if you’re looking for something affordable to practice at home. It’s compact and gives you two power options: you can run it on batteries or plug it into an outlet, which makes it flexible and convenient. The sound is decent at lower volumes, but it doesn’t hold up well when pushed too high. It’s not powerful enough for street performances or big spaces, but for quiet practice sessions at home, it does the job well. A solid pick for beginners or casual players who need a simple amp with portable power. I used it for my acoustic guitar too and it worked well.

Very happy with this amp, sounds very good and built sturdy.