Joyo unveils Jam Buddy pedalboard guitar amp with speakers
Pedal-friendly amp boasts two channels, Bluetooth and rechargeable battery
Pedals that double as amps are taking over – just take at look at our round-up of all-in-one guitar rig solutions – but Joyo's Jam Buddy is the first pedalboard amp we can recall seeing with built-in speakers.
The Jam Buddy offers a pair of 2” speakers, with 4W of output apiece, plus two footswitchable channels and a built-in delay circuit.
A built-in rechargeable battery offers three hours of battery life, while Bluetooth can also be used to playback music. Joyo claims the amp takes pedals in front of it “really well”, too. Neat.
The Jam Buddy will be $99 when it launches later this year. Head over to Joyo Audio for more info.
Features
- Amp power: 2x4W
- Speakers: 40mm (about 2”) x 2
- Guitar channels: clean channel, OD channel (class and hi-gain modes can be switched by pedal)
- Battery life: 3 hours
- Bluetooth version: 4.0
- Delay effect control knob: time/ mix/ feedback
- Guitar’s effects control knobs: clean gain/drive gain/tone/master
- Control pedal: channel switching pedal/OD mod switching pedal
- Input and output: Guitar input/Headphone
- Built in battery: 7.4V/2200mAh(lithium battery
- AC adapter output voltage: DC 9V/3A
- Weight: 680g
- Size: 156(Length)x 183(Width)x 75(Height)mm
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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.
