Joyo BantAmp Zombie - Mini Metal amplifier

Testing out the Joyo BantAmp Zombie Mini amplifier
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Signal chain -
Solar 16 - Joyo Bantamp Zombie - Hesu 2x12 - SM58
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[@64thBuck]

I love Ola's rhythm playing so much! Especially parts like 0:33 where he just slides between chords so effortlessly. You make it look much easier than it is man!

[@krislong8205]

Yeah, he looks like he has almost no tension in his fretting hand. Takes a lot of practice and getting used to one's gear. Even on guitars I know and love I still tend to cramp up fairly easily when playing for a while.

[@shawnreese6538]

Great demo! I had a Micro Dark and I'm now seriously considering getting this. Thanks Ola, you're great as always! Thanks Joyo, nice to have choices and variety. Great sounding little amp.

[@QGMODS]

JOJO is the best

[@trashlives93]

What a beautiful duwang

[@simondaberooni6483]

jotaro is best joyo.

[@trashlives93]

If you had a telecaster, you could say "What a beautiful twang"

[@gabeb8848]

ora ora?

[@techniqueswithtodd]

JOJO rocks :) Joyo is pretty good too.

[@Calebm90]

Sounds killer! I used to have their Ultimate Drive and only parted with it when I got a real OCD. Solid products from a solid company

[@e.g.systems6146]

Sounds great, but would have liked to hear the headphone (i.e. speaker sim) recorded, so see if it's usable for late night recording. Thanks, as always, for the work you put into these demos Ola!

[@bigmike9527]

hey ola its been a few years since you revisited this video and i think its time for a new joyo amp review !! and you are the man for the job because i know that you will do an honest review as always. thanks and greetings from south alabama USA.

[@shigrathFX]

Bought this thing a few weeks back - this thing is great. Nuff said.

[@Colin.W]

Man!.. the things they are starting to come out with. Loving it and can't wait to see what competing brands come out with in the future. Ultimate portable amps are the future. Kemper maybe leading?

[@natethompson1257]

Man, the Joyo sounds a thousand times better than the Peavey Piranha. Way tighter low end and much stronger mid range. Good job Ola! Keep up the good work.

[@CedricSatterfield]

I agree. I don't have a Zombie yet nut I love the sounds on this demo. Ive had 2 Piranhas. 1 blew up, the other had a short and tried to take some of my other stuff with it. I SO wanted to like the Peavey. Ive had some of their larger stuff and it was really good. There is a local place in town that has two used Bantamps- a Blue and a Zombie I. Im thinking of pick up both. Im a sucker for micro tube amplifiers.

[@arkadeepm]

When that tone is maxed, it does not get fizzy on the highs. It amplifies some usable high frequencies. Great amp!

[@toemasmeems]

I'm in a financial bind and I have to sell my Orange tube head, do you own the JoYo?

[@PapaRikkiBalls]

@@toemasmeems bro get it, it needs an overdrive but other than that it's great.

[@RELENTLESS65]

Just picked one of these up secondhand for $100 and I'm blown away. Had some serious doubts with this thing but I'm pretty sure its the best gear purchase I've made.

[@FullTekAuto]

This amp nails the tone I was looking for. It shits against the other similar competition for the price

[@Gunnariffic]

Great video. This looks like just what I'm looking for. Great demo. Props.

[@electrichobo-u9k]

Ola's reviews are awesome....But the problem is...he can plug a guitar into a dog poop and make it sound good.

[@arielamatto6486]

Jajaja Ola Rules!!! greetings from Argentina!!!

[@RicardoFiraga]

that's because 90% comes for knowing how to play!

[@guitarzarfun]

he knows how to record and mix...this is the secret.

[@AbeldeBetancourt]

are you OK?. You seemed not well wen you wrote that

[@khaledalothman4314]

Some riffs are simple though and they simply show the tone without impressive playing

[@ERBarratt]

I put an EQ before the input and take out 80-250hz by a few DB - this has the same effect as rolling the bass back on a real Mark series or dual rec. I genuinely couldn't believe the sound from this thing after that - SO GOOD.

[@mrmike320]

Im digging the color of the guitar. awesome video as always

[@alexskibicki2262]

Awesome demo, ola...that amp sound killer. \m/

[@jrjrdiablo_the_devils_advocate]

I got one of these amps, sounds great. Be sure to get a good shielded cable. The one that comes with the amp isn't shielded & causes microphonic squealling.

[@ryanlusby569]

That’s a guitar cable then…..

[@TheEchelon]

I'm guessing they gave a speaker cable and you're using it as an instrument/guitar cable....

[@temillo4104]

can you use this amp whithout other equipment like other amp to make it work?

[@jrjrdiablo_the_devils_advocate]

@@temillo4104 Yes it works without other equipment. Just need the amp & a cable to your instrument. The cable that is provided is a guitar cable, cheaply made. Recommend using high quality cables.

[@temillo4104]

@@jrjrdiablo_the_devils_advocate what type of amp do you use? or can you recommend me one? is it active or passive?

[@phreak1118]

I have one of these. It is awesome. I run it through a Mesa 4x12. It is surprisingly loud for how small it is.

[@steveclark9934]

I really like the closed captions made me smile thanks

[@CreativRock]

i was wondered about the extrem commercial for Joyo in this Video. Then I have a look at Ola`s Shirt and everything is fine. Thank´s for the message.

[@1nsanetr]

Hi Ola. Your videos make me feel better during my recovery, thanks man. GAS again :)

[@MRxr400]

what a great sounding amp. love it

[@dlmyrs]

I saw your Chug video for the Joyo Zombie and bought one. Just got it and haven’t plugged it in yet. I used my Musicians Friend points before they expired. Only payed 60 dollars, surprised these are so inexpensive. Thanks, Ola. This will be quieter than my 150W triple rectifier Plus it chugged in less than 40 seconds

[@Kyle7K]

Sounds the best of the mini amp attack going around lately. Might have to actually snag one of these.

[@Maxx61]

This makes Peavey's Piranha sound like a clown fish.

[@fredriksvard2603]

Maxx61 it does that perfectly well on its own :)

[@josephjelinek1841]

Baahaahaa!

[@Ender111]

I actually like Both.

[@Ender111]

Well, both Zombie and Piranha eat human flesh.

[@metalsurge1363]

The Piranha has been swallowed by a shark in this video.

[@awertyuiop8711]

2:40 Those chugs are awesome. To me it sounds like the "Destroy Erase Improve" album from Meshuggah (Soul Burn to be specific).

[@Max_Payn3]

Awer Tyuiop you are right sir, he's using the "djent" chords used in soul burn (an tons of meshuggah songs to be fair). That's literally where the term "djent" came from, from those chords

[@awertyuiop8711]

Minton Branham 😮

[@neuk01642]

That really sounds incredibly good! Do you have to have it connected to a load or can you use it without a cab attached and just use the headphone out into your interface? Couldn't see any details on the Joyo website. Looking for a second amp to run a small stereo or wet/dry set up and this could work.

[@lancemanyon3139]

Tonight I brought home the Zombie, Meteor, and the Atomic for a try out running each item straight into my Marshall 1922 cab. I expected to prefer the atomic but found it to have the least guts (by far) out of the three. I also expected to NOT prefer the zombie but it proved me wrong. The meteor was great too, but the zombie albeit aggressive sounding can be tamed! It has a very precise low end where the meteor's bottom is a little messy. Don't get me wrong, the meteor is great but I am buying the Zombie tomorrow! Even sounds great on very low volume, seriously honest sound, product!

[@jasonwrona2639]

I’m really surprised this thing sounds this damn good

[@dzamija922]

You are my go-to person for gear reviews because you make everything sound good. The problem is that you make anything you touch sound good so now I have no idea which I should buy. Jerk.

[@N4ppul4]

I believe the preamp section is not fully tube. Theres got to be either some transistor clean boost or diode clipping to get so much distortion. But in your hands Ola, its sounds awsome!

[@VictorVonBelmont]

Yeah, that only tube is used just to color the sound a little in order to make it "warmer", but it's essentially a solid state pre-amp.

[@szumski87]

Hey Ola, great vid! Quick question - this or the Orange Micro Dark Terror?

[@Jarrodpimental]

What the heck. That sound from that little toaster? Awesome

[@brian1749]

Sounds great! But I'm fairly convinced Ola can make anything sound awesome!

[@Aeronaut1975]

That amp sounds badass!

[@Rouwiinator]

at 1:21 is the lick of 2017 damn that one lick was amazing ola.

[@maskedman72]

I have this amp and it sounds totally killer. put TS in front and its pure death and thrash. I thought it was going to suck but i was very surprised at how dam good it sounds. Do not even look at the Orange products, this slays them. It is nice and tight and crunchy and has plenty of low end. It really is a great value. It also sounds pissed with an HM2.

[@wazzap500]

Orange is for that typical British Sound. Which fuckin sucks.

[@fredriksvard2603]

UrbanDanger ! Exactly. What am i supposed to play with that, The Who? Why would i want to do that?

[@kangaroo7783]

Great sound, will buy one now

[@thestigg3930]

WOW! Great demo. I didn't know this even existed till this video. Can you achieve " Jam with a drummer " volume with this amp and your 212 cab?

[@cherepanovn]

Hi Ola, tell me PLEASE! I want to buy this amp, this cool sound creating in AMP only, without pedal?

[@kenr.b.891]

I just bought one, it sounds better than any Mesa i ever owned. The only minor criticism I have, and it is VERY minor, but I wish it had more EQ adjustments. The default EQ curve coming out of this unit has a big midrange boost. It has a treble knob, of which you can adjust, , but the midrange boost remains...The midrange boost kinda reminds me of the old Tom Shultz Rockman, but not quite as extreme. If you buy this, and chose to tailor your sound (like i do) you are probably going to want to buy a EQ pedal to either run in front, or in the effects loop. As for the distortion this thing produces, this thing sounds impressive! Kind of the perfect overdrive tone, as far as I'm concerned. Although, if your favorite tones includes effects like delay, etc, you will need buy those extra and run them through the effects loop.

[@matdemaz]

Love this thing. It's a great practice amp. 👍

[@zawaxe123]

May i know sir how do you record the sound of this amp? Stereo mics?

[@MrMeAndMyDogs]

Wow I really like the sound!!!

[@captncrunch1726]

sounds great! do you think the headphone out is useful for recording? those speaker sims tend to sound very fizzy imo.

[@CIRCLEOFTONE]

That solo tone in the backing track was genuinely great. Can you bypass that power section? That pre bolted on to a 100 watter could make my (Jeff) waters break.

[@lowalkoroc]

My buddy bought this after watching Ola's video. It's a one trick pony but sounds really good, don't let the 20watts fool you. It was plently loud enough to play with a drummer going through a 2x12

[@lowalkoroc]

No im dead serious. We just played live with them this week. ..They worked great

[@Davy_vrvn]

Just watched Spectre Sound Studios video on it- he measured around 110 decibels at full volume. More than plenty to play with a drummer

[@SunnyAnthem]

Of the the sickest amps you've ever demoed.

[@emperium666]

Hi Ola, will you try to get the place for At the Gates lead guitar?

[@nodalisehill208]

Still playing the same warm up chuggy riffs from back then til now :D

[@LUKESTRONG4LIFE]

What effects and what cabinet are you playing through to make this video? Great video....Just want to learn more. Thank you!

[@thatguyreiji1045]

Damn Ola,why you make everything sound so good?

[@florentchartier8187]

Hi Ola, Will you test the Mjolnir from Joyo ? This one is already really impressive ! Nice Video ! Love the little clean riff you always play at first =)

[@Dunkelzeitgeist]

Flo Dust I want this too, only just discovered they have a "Mjölnir" amp, either way I hope it's awesome

[@ianalderman9290]

Flo Dust I was just about to mention that amp, would definitely love to hear Ola demo the Mjolnir!

[@florentchartier8187]

The problem is it might sounds awesome just because Ola plays it ^^ Anyway I think that during the record of the new The Haunted, he might have programmed some videos to be released but might not have demoed all JOYO stuff !

[@anthonydevito1298]

Yes please! I have had a find time finding a Mjolnir demo that didn't feature a horrid guitarist!

[@czdot]

Honestly, if you had tracked a whole album with this I wouldn't have know it had been this little thing. :-)

[@rossscott5357]

Hey Ola I have the Xl version of this and found it has an ECC83s in it and I experimented by taking out the short plate tube and replced it with a normal 12AX7 (svetlana brand) and it has turned it into a whole different beast give it a try and post a video of the comparison.

[@crazeyjoe]

The things you can get for cheap now, amazing!

[@thomas_jupiter]

Wow this little thing is hella impressive! x'D

[@keschgelb]

Is it possible, to go from the fx send of the zombie to the fx return of another (tube) amp? To use the power section of the tube amp? Thanks for a short reply, Ola!!

[@AlienFrequency]

So, you can actually run a speaker cable from this to a passive 2 12? Or am I missing something here?

[@miked5487]

Definitely the best bang for your buck Mesaish sounding amp around.

[@Cifelam]

Could you test the newly released Joyo BantCab with the Zombie head please? I would like to have a decent, yet light weight cab for training at a relatively low volume at home. I would love to have some low-end growl and decent, punchy chug, without getting mushy and inarticulate. Also, I would appreciate any tips on how to set up a DAW correctly with a cabinet simulator.

[@RevolutionMark]

Hi Ola!! What a killer tone! I have a question for you, I play in a groove metal band and I'm looking for a small, portable and powerful guitar head. Obviously I don't have a car so I can't afford a normal guitar head, do you have any suggestion? I also played a Peavy piranha and I think is pretty good too! Thnx \\m//

[@macalienx]

00 is this enough loud to play with a 2x12 speakers cab to play with a band or live?

[@vfxdarnov2867]

Hi, Ola. What do you think about iso box for record? I made one (two days ago), but people say what iso box is useless, and no one can record good sound with it. Please answer in f.a.q.

[@guilhermemarcos9174]

Could I get a good tone with the joyo bantamp with randall 2x12 celestion v30 + Boss GT-100?

[@EvilSewnit]

Absolutely

[@NorgGrimm]

Damn i like the Slayer esque of the tone. Do a Slayer cover Ola!

[@patrickbarge9872]

I think the Humbucker of the guitar must have enough output, that this little amp sounds. Or is it secondary?

[@JHSweStormHD]

Looks and sounds awesome for the price :) If possible, could you also review the Mjolnir by the same company? It looks interesting :)

[@bestboy897]

Linus Stenberg sounds killer really chunky

[@FURAPANZA]

these little amps are really cool! I would love to use this in a live situation but, unfortunately, there is no channel switching pedal option. I don't know how much of a price difference it would make to build it with this option but, man if that would be a huge difference!

[@waynelewis4466]

Thereis a video of a Dude shows you how to put a footswitch

[@todoelmundoapesta]

Get the xl, comes with a footswitch

[@Waxy_Lou]

I’m looking for an alternative to my rectifiers for band practice. Would this be heard well with a loud drummer?

[@RyanWreckcrow]

Hey Ola, what if you run the Zombie with the Fortin power amp? Would that make it much louder? I'am absolutely no expert (I have no f*cking clue) if this is even posible, but if it is, what would the signal chain be?

[@diazzsama]

Wow, sounds good.

[@Mcorpmike]

Just recived mine today and fuck i am impressed..........although i have a dsl 2000 this little amp sound amazing.

[@maxstatic]

Always loved that song

[@patrickrooney5710]

did you try it with a 7-string? like in other words can it still deliver that chugging crunch with a low A tuned 7th string? that is the question..

[@jmartincg]

The question is... is thia amp ok for small and medium gigs? With a 2x12 or 4x12??

[@caputmundi2382]

So mutch more heavy sounding than the micro dark i almost orderd.Thanx.

[@snakepitsam]

Should i throw my blackstar HT Metal 1 out of the window? im boosting it with an Ibanez Mini TS....This Joyo sounds boogie boogie

[@waynelewis4466]

Yeah blackstar is junk

[@WarframeCrunch]

Finally OLA showed something not too expensive.

[@rbdrbd]

What would be a nice sounding and price consistent delay pedal to go along with this?

[@brpadington]

Holy shit this thing sounds beastly!

[@mirekandrassy2928]

What about volume with the metal band ? is this 20w enough ? Because the power amp is solid state ... not tubes

[@eduardoverona3249]

Hi guys I have a question Maybe somebody knows tell me If I can use this JoYo Amp , with another amp+speaker , for example an Fender Combo champion 20 or 40.

[@jrcrocetta]

Ola, you can make anything sounds good.

[@MyHeavyMetal100]

hey dude, do you think a zombie joyo will serve to rehearse with the band?how much volume are you playing

[@TornByThornss]

Yeah dude its more then enough. I run it only through a 1 x 8 Orange cab and I barely have the volume turned up because it is so fucking loud haha

[@jacekspiewak6420]

I use it with a 412 Randall cab for rehearsals. Volume never enen reaches half of the scale.

[@enzolenaerts2159]

You are an amazing guitar player man whats the tuning for the song in the beginning?

[@speedcrusader3779]

is it me or ola can make anything sound good

[@johannesohlsson221]

Hade varit gött med en review på Mjolnir också. Den här verkar sakna möjlighet till footswitch?

[@kevinyariel2651]

Is it capable of pairing with a 4x10 16 ohm cabinet?

[@connertaylor9588]

could you try a vid of this or the meteor using a bass? wounder how that will sound

[@genustinca5565]

I bought this thing after trying lots of mini heads, not expecting much. But it completely blew me away. The sound is absolutely massive. It's basically the sound of a Mesa Boogie rectifier only brighter and with a much tighter low end. Great for (home) recording. For me yet another reminder that big brands and high prices don't mean shit.

[@armandbenrehaiem9937]

Hello ola , do you think it's a good amp for some tech/prog death sound because the price is very cheap and give me the desire to buy it ?

[@OfficialFatLip]

Does this need a speaker addon or does it have a speaker inside like the yamahas?

[@mattterrell4304]

Just wow, that's amazing

[@headcharge666]

Looks interesting... I bought a THR10X for this purpose. (Small amp) Where can I try one out?

[@mikumikuareka]

It's a great amp, but I feel pretty awkward playing amp that is smaller than my guitar. I feel like, huh, I need a smaller guitar to play this. Any info about electric ukulele?

[@kenr.b.891]

lol

[@hamtheman222]

This is incredible!

[@3FlyingFarts]

Where can I buy one in Canada and how much in Canadian dollars is what I am wondering does it have foot switching ?

[@noi5emaker]

Would have liked to hear more than 4 seconds of the clean channel.