JOYO Modulation Multi Effects Pedal R Series Dual Channel Stereo Input and Output 9 Effects for Electric Guitar (Vision R-09)

In the mid-2010's, I purchased a bunch of cheap Joyo drive pedals - sort of a gateway drug into later buying more expensive and higher-quality gear. I sold most of them later on, but the Baatsin is a uniquely high-value opportunity to get 8 of those circuits in a single pedal for around $50.And it sounds really good...for the most part. To me, the Joyo "clones" were never really that close to the original source material, other than maybe the Tubescreamer. What I appreciated about the Joyo pedals is that a lot of them did EXTREME things that the name-brand version would do. So it's best to think of the Baatsin as a collection of 8 different soft- and hard-clipping drive circuits that are actually quite different from one another and cover a ton of sonic territory.For reference, I'll give a very brief impression of the different mods (from actual use, not comparison to what they claim to be "cloning"):T. OD - If it's a "Timmy", the EQ is kind of broken. It's a very warm, rounded, soft-clipping low/medium gain overdrive with good output, but it's tough to open up the high end.SWEETY - I believe this was the Joyo Sweet Baby. Much brighter, and not very compressed. More gain/saturation on tap than I remembered.B. BOOST - A lot of people assumed this was an Xotic BB Preamp clone, but it's actually a very thick clean boost. Excellent with single coils.T.808 - A Tubescreamer circuit, similar to the Vintage Overdrive. Smooth upper end with a mid-range focus, used best to boost your signal while adding a little bit of gain/sustain.OVERDRIVE - I believe this was supposed to be a BOSS OD-1 or SD-1. I'm not fan of this one, as it has low output and absolutely no low end, but I could see it being okay with a darker setup.CRUNCHY - Based off a MI Audio Crunch Box, but tons of output. It's like British/Marshall type of distortion with medium gain and it cuts through nicely.RIOTER - Based off the Suhr Riot (I had the U.S. Dream briefly, but hated the enclosure of that run of Joyo pedals). Compared to the CRUNCHY setting, it has more gain and low-end presence.O.C. DRIVE - Joyo basically comes out and says this is the Ultimate Drive, which was their Fulltone OCD clone that sort of put Joyo on the map a decade ago. It does sound bad, but it has so much low end you can't dial out that its tough to use effectively. But it makes cheap/weak amps sound big, which I think was a lot of the original appeal.In terms of the pedal itself, it looks huge in pictures, but it's actually only slightly bigger than a BOSS compact pedal oriented sideways. The knobs actually had firm resistance to them, though some of the text on the selector knob did not line up exactly with the settings. The foot switch is the hard click kind - it's just okay, but probably isn't made to last 20 years. In addition to the indicator light, there is a dim LED orange glow around the frame of the pedal. It's kind of cool, but also largely pointless. There's a switch on the back to link that to the bypass switch or have it on all the time, I think.Even though it's a cheap, there's a ton of value here, and it's worth a look - especially if it goes on sale. I might even throw the Baatsin on my board for a bit, just because it can cover so many different tasks, and I only have room for one drive pedal.

It’s great having 8 classic overdrive/distortion circuits in one pedal. They sound very close to the originals that I’ve played, and the pedal itself is well constructed, metal, and even has ambient lighting! I’ve used it for increased gain and harmonics on guitar before running it into an amp, on bass for a nice fuzz and even on drum machines for an extra crunchy/crispy sound. The only slight issue is that the different overdrive/distortion circuits are NOT gain matched. That means as you switch from one circuit type to the next there can be large differences in volume. Other than that, I am pleased with this pedal. It looks cool, is durable in its metal enclosure, sounds good, offers a wide range of tones, and I feel it’s a far better deal than similar but more expensive pedals like the JHS 9-way Bonsai ($249)

Sounded good but I did not keep because I felt it was expensive for what it did.

I love this little thing. All you need is this box, your electric guitar, a guitar cable, and a pair of headphones. If you have that, you can practice anywhere anytime. You do need a 500 milliamp port on your power supply to run it. It pulls about 400. But it's great. I plug my guitar into this; I run my pedal board through the effects loop; and I output via the XLR to my mixer. No trouble with signal strength. This thing puts out. The ability to program in settings for a clean tone and an overdrive tone and then just bounce back and forth between them with the foot switch is great. What's even better is that the gain and volume settings are included in your saved settings for the tone, but then you have a master volume which is not. So you can make it where you don't suddenly get super loud as soon as you kick in your overdrive. You can adjust the volume that is part of the settings so that your clean tone is pushing out a little extra and your boost tone is dialing back a bit, so that the volume level is balanced as you jump back and forth between the two. Then you can use the master volume to push more total signal out if you need to.I caught this on sale for $113. At that price, it's hard to imagine anything beating it.