The Joyo Gem Box III - My Full Review (Time Codes in the Descripton)

[@intheblues]

There's so much in this pedal but I hope I covered most of the stuff. I may do a follow-up video diving into the modulation effects and wah features. Time codes: 0:00 - Gem Box III in the Mix (Bass and Guitar) 1:12 - How it works 3:52 - How it sounds direct to a sound card 5:49 - My sort of tone with a backing track (Klon/Twin/Delay) 8:36 - How the Gem Box III sounds into an amplifier 17:55 - My Full Review (pros and cons)

[@daveredfern8258]

This unit is far superior than alot on the market. Mid priced ones anyway. Far superior to any zoom unit. It's very organic sounding, and would probably put it up there with the dearest Mooer unit . As you say. Far to much to mention. But a good representation of the unit. P. S.... I found when loading up my 3rd party ir's, it became a different beast. Helix territory Imo. All the very best buddy. Dave.

[@daveredfern8258]

@@andyzangetsu3745 LE????? And what would that stand for.....limited edition??? And what would be the difference between the units??? I personally think there should be a firmware update with more amps.

[@daveredfern8258]

@@andyzangetsu3745 the only way is up one would think. They should do a flagship, bigger modeller. And name it The treasure box. Lol

[@bobboitt3126]

Most of these mulit-effects pedals have a learning curve but the benefit is you have almost any effect you can think of available in a tiny package.

[@jas_bataille]

That noise suppressor button is the smartest thing ever. You can now choose whether or not you want the noise in your sound, and that shows a lot about how Joyo understand my work as a soundman :D

[@artamussumatra6286]

Sounds great through the real amp recorded with a real mic. The direct sound is kinda boring, and sterile - like it’s in a bland vacuum, but that’s pretty much true of any of these devices. The effects, and overdrives, no matter how cool they may be, are really only as good as what they end up being heard/recorded through, and nothing beats a real amp/real mic combo imho. 😉👍

[@grotto46]

Sounded better through the amp. I think these boards are great for tinkering and trying to experiment with different sounds without amassing pedals, but in the end, I found myself tinkering more than paying. Still fun though. Thanks for the review.

[@BeardedBluesDude]

I like the fact that these are coming with a drum setup. Makes it foot for folks to learn to keep a rhythm when they play. Sounds you got were pretty good if you ask me. I'd love one of these but... It's hard to beat the ease of using analog pedal controls. For a recording tool when you have time to tinker it's great.

[@Craig_Fussell]

Great review Man! I think you said it best when you said “plenty to keep you busy.” My wife would NOT be happy if I had one of these!! It would be a fun piece of equipment to mess around with if you have a good way to record and other equipment for playback. Hours (days? months?) of entertainment for sure! It would seem if you got good enough with presets, seems like you could use it live too? 🤙🏻🎸🎼

[@TimO-wt9sz]

Shane hands down I’m always blown away by joyo the joyo Americana pedal is just awesome I watched your demo bought it and just love it hooked up to my Marshall dsl 40

[@tonepilot]

Wow, what a nice little compact unit. These things just get better and better.

[@Terry3Gs]

Awesome job as always Shane !! And sounds like a good lil unit !!

[@johnong2655]

How would you compare this with the Hotone Ampero?

[@cass2771]

Ha! Lookin’ forward to those ambient backing tracks!

[@skinnykarlos2437]

What do you think between the mg300 and this gem box ?? I'd really like to hear what you think between the two.

[@daveredfern8258]

This unit Imo, flew way under the radar. Not enough reviews on the net? Probably. I would say, get one. You won't be sorry you did. 😉👍👍👍

[@robinr22]

I'm equally surprised that this hasn't had a lot more attention. Looks a killer piece of kit and is £245(!) at Thomann. A fraction of the price of the equivalents from Helix etc

[@robinr22]

I ended up getting one on black Friday for £180 - be surprised if it's less than that! It's a great unit but I don't get the sense that it sold at all well - Thomann don't even carry it any more, mine was the last ones they had so I suspect it bombed a little bit. So surprised that they're releasing another! Edit: they announced this fifteen weeks ago. Barely any knobs makes it useless for me.

[@wayneanderson2866]

I was considering getting this to try out as an all in one pedal but realized that this is designed to be an amp only option & no effects are included (such as octave/ chorus etc). It might work for some people but I’m still leaning towards a Helix type option with everything available in one pedal for guitar & bass.

[@robinr22]

@@wayneanderson2866 it has chorus (2 of them in fact) and pitch shift also. It's definitely not just an amp pedal. Probably not quite as full featured as a Helix but it's a proper multifx and at a fraction of the price.

[@Goku16053]

This Pedalboard is impressive! Thank you man!!!! Great sound!!!!

[@traceydevlin7066]

I s'pose if its your thing ...all good. To many menus and stuff for me personally...Im a dinosaur.....dont even have a smart phone...I have a Samsung tablet that Im using now.....but I dont even use an 1/8 of the stuff on it 😀 Good review none the less Shano 👍

[@TheMichaelseymour]

i was just thinking .."why do i have pedalboards ....then i remembered ...so i can have exactly what i want without menus !! good call .

[@bobboitt3126]

@@TheMichaelseymour Lol...Dinosaur here too. I follow the "KISS" rule keep it simple stupid.... :)

[@proteus2103]

@@bobboitt3126 Les Paul into a marshall?

[@Ndlanding]

Too true, Blue! I've got a Fender Floor, which is really good, but I never use it. I find it much more practical to use a few pedals, some of which are nearly 40 years old, BUT I do love using my Joyo D-Seed delay, which is super-recommendable.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Same. I sold my multi even tho it was pretty decent and cost nothing (Line6 POD XT Live) and just use a few pedals. I wish I'd kept the Line6 tho, coz now I have to DI all the bloody time, and the amp models would have been handy into my NUX IR loader.

[@charleschad1004]

My 1st pedal was joyo and it sound like other expensive pedals out there. They're always sounds good

[@jas_bataille]

I see you're a person of fine taste! The Marshall AS-50D is my favorite solid sate amp ever and quite affordable and immensely practical and versatile being a combo amp with phantom power :) Edit : oh it's not an AS-50D "acoustic soloist"... still... but seriously nothing beats it for singer songwriters who don't need a crazy transient response or gain, on acoustic or on a tele or strat, and the chorus is lovely!

[@mikedegrazia]

Maybe you should just go over to the Marshall as 50 videos to leave a comment...

[@cass2771]

Great demo, thanks Shane. Yeh, the manufacturers seem to be struggling with the balance between features and ease of use. A shootout of these sort of gadgets might be interesting. It might be a struggle to keep it brief!

[@skinnykarlos2437]

Ahh, the 70s and the 80s a jcm800 a boss reverb, delay and a ds1 or some such and away you go. even then I thought I was a bit ostentatious. They were the days. I miss 'em.

[@good_king_guitarman1334]

Great review Shane, thanks for your effort.

[@sidpaul22]

You can use the dual delay in Delay for a double delay setting.

[@johnnycouture2012]

Great review Shane!! All these new units have pros and cons fun to tweak I'll stick with my Fender Mustang III with both footswitches it's quite unbeatable Thanks Shane for turning me to such a Great piece of gear!

[@jas_bataille]

Damn I'm happy I went from session person to solo artist cause I feel like backing bands will be a rare luxury in the future... or even a decision not to wish any... Ed Sheeran I see you! Tash Sultana too!

[@mikedegrazia]

Yeah.... Ok...

[@DMSProduktions]

Not a bad unit! The amp/drive emulations sounded harsh & fake! Clean tones good, effects good! The drives however when run thru a real amp and speakers sounded AS good as real stomp boxes! And the effects as well sounded HEAPS better in a real amp! Rockin'! \m/

[@JayKughan]

Looks & sounds awesome 🤘 how does it stack up against the Mooer GE200?

[@manfredworner3889]

Jay Kughan Well I bought the GE 200 It’s great pedal but from what I heard And seen from this one it definitely has an upper hand on the GE 200 More options for sure

[@peterschmidt9942]

I know tones a subjective thing, but what are some of the manufacturers thinking when they make presets? It befuddles me that they think it sounds great (not slamming Joyo, just an overall statement on presets). It should be a starting point to dial, but when some of the presets sound like crap to start with you have no other option than to dial them in yourself. Overall, it sounded pretty good but they have a few competitors in that price range. It's certainly cheaper than the Mooer. BTW Shane, all of your affiliate links don't work :(

[@jas_bataille]

The manufacturers think about the producers first, NOT the players. I've been in this game for a long time, and I spent a whole decade programming my Roland drum module to make it sounds like a really well produced acoustic set. Now I listened to their new kits. Verdict? I think I can sell my patches for 30-50 bucks a set. Seriously. That is because the presets are made for the mainstream producers wishing to save time and money on drum sessions. And what do they want? Pumped-up 808s. And so are the presets designed for the same purpose on those units. Having said that, presets are usually lame because they're the very last thing the engineers do, and they usually are extremely rushed. Video editing presets are the biggest joke in the multimedia industry ever!

[@jas_bataille]

But yeah the learning curve you need for a unit like this is absolutely mental.

[@rickhill6277]

Nice Vid Shane! Can you set the unit to Stomp Mode where each switch is like a Stomp Box Effect? Ex: 1 Overdrive, 2 Chorus, 3 Delay and run it through am amp with out Amp and Cab or Mic Sims? Please keep up the Good Work! LOVE your Demos and Reviews! Cheers!!

[@xVinnieCx]

Woah, it sounds really good

[@bmicona]

So it's a more expensive, rehoused Mooer ge200 from 2017.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Really? Interesting.

[@YTOnceAgain]

Nah. Or yes? The extra knobs below the screen are a real blessing. The GE200 is a PITA to tweak on the unit, which was one of the deal breakers for me. The other one was the low quality and insufficient tweakability of the standard effects.

[@rikardo1070]

HOLY PSYCH0DELIC opening muliti frame shoot !!!!!!!!! LUV IT !!!! SO RETRO

[@Steger13]

you sold me on this one man;)

[@GranulatedStuff]

I always have to take into consideration the fact that you could twang some string inside a cardboard box and make it sound great... but this sounds pretty good !

[@BJKAdventures22]

Thanks for the video mate👍

[@petoskeystoned6221]

Speaking of drum machines, can you do a video on SDRUM or Beatbuddy?

[@altaylor9186]

Hey man dig your channel noticed you were playing your harley benton tell me how it compares to your prs sound as good playes as good you know is it worth buying or not keep it up rock on!

[@frederickfausto2856]

Is it possible to use an external foot switch to control the effects?

[@YTOnceAgain]

Yes.

[@YTOnceAgain]

Shane, I really like what you did, buuuut... there's a tendency nowadays that reviewers of modellers/MFX concentrate only on the amp modelling. Yes, amp modelling is probably the most important part of these boxes, but subpar (standard) effects and horrible operation can completely kill such a product. So, it'd be nice to dedicate a couple of minutes to effects and their parameters and how easy (or not) it is to create a patch. For example, the Mooer GE200 is a complete nightmare in this respect: You have to tweak every single value with that BMW i-drive wheel, and - as _one_ example - the EQ module doesn't even have an output level parameter, and iirc the reverbs don't have a tone control. No review told me that. It seems they all just tell you what's good about the product. So how's the Gem Box 3 (sounds like a gaming console) in these regards?

[@mattgilbert7347]

My old indie band was called "Mouse". We didn't use RAT pedals. XD XD This, the NUX Cerberus, or one of the Line6 multis??

[@SkyLifeFlyer]

so does it handle the bass? do you have patches for the bass as well? thank you for the review!

[@prophet8photo]

Hey Shane, between this and the Mooer GE200, which one do you think is easier to use and which is the best value? I'm pretty sure they're coming out of the same factory so they may have a lot of the same tones, but the Mooer is about $70 cheaper right now

[@dividedwords]

'Barbie OD' -- perhaps the Barbershop Overdrive by Fairfield Circuitry?

[@darrenhunt7838]

I can do most of that with my Katana. I guess it depends what floats your boat.

[@altoid8450]

I have the Katana and i love it. But I'm considering one of these to tinker with without having to be plugged into a computer. Will still go into the clean channel of my katana. Haha. I just wish Boss would create the same software app for the phone, I don't have access to using mine with a computer. There are apps out there that let you play with stuff, but you can't assign patches to the channels. Only create patches and save them in the app, which means no footswitching. Have to stop and pick up the phone. Kinda sux.

[@vaughnwebbermusic]

Does it have a tap delay feature ?

[@kentwyngaard8803]

Yes Mr Webber it does. This unit is great

[@RickLaForce]

Turns out the Joyo Studio download was incorrectly named. This response from Joyo: "@Vic Vision There was naming issue, it's fix now, please check". The download now appears as "JOYO Audio for GEM BOX III" (windows or mac).

[@proteus2103]

Does the bass settings sound better than the guitar settings?!

[@tomfoolery2082]

Completely off topic ,, wondering if ud changed tubes in dsl40 and what u used . I hav1 just curious.. thx

[@gdevelek]

The links to Amazon UK, Amazon AU and Sweetwater all fail.

[@رانيافهمى-ظ3ق]

Can you maybe do a video comparing between this and the nux pedal?

[@RickLaForce]

Anybody figure out where the JOYO Studio software download is? Joyo says go to their website, but the only downloads for the Gem Box III are firmware updates.

[@jamalabdul2009]

Could this be an affordable option to a Helix or HeadRush???? I can see myself buying this Joyo Gem III before either of those two. For the price it seems like you can create great tones out of it. I personally like the drum machine feature as it makes playing alone more entertaining when it’s not a boring metronome!!😴😴 I would buy it just based on the intro jam!!!! Great demo Shane!!! Cheers!🎸🎸🎸🎸🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

Jamal Kareem I was wondering the same thing Jamal. That would be an awesome option for going direct in church or in other small venues.

[@backlom]

Great demo. There are so many of these on the market it’s hard to know which is best. Audio input is always on my checklist. Links don’t take me to the product from Canada 🇨🇦

[@woodyoulove-reynaldguibone6890]

Does it leave a delay/reverb trail when switching preset to another preset?

[@jamesreaves5534]

Great Video. Clear Concise Information. Can you tell me the cost please post a link to the website. Thanks!! God Bless 🙏😇 Y'all. Jimmy in NC.....

[@intheblues]

Hi James, Links are in the description mate. :-) Many thanks, Shane

[@jamesreaves5534]

@@intheblues I just saw your response thank you very much. God Bless You 🙏 😇 and Your Family!! Jimmy in NC....

[@SidBonkers51]

Looks pretty decent, shame its not available anywhere and your links dont go to anywhere that mentions them either.

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Sounded very nice. I've just not understood the naming.... Gem Box? Ughh. Odd.

[@timothytobin1481]

What's with the worn fingerboard on the tele? It normally takes a lifetime to get that kind of wear, but that's a Harley Benton TE-52 so it can't be that old.

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

Timothy Tobin I believe Shane did a relic job on that Tele.

[@sjkldm5998]

Could you test the whammy effect please?

[@hansraid2457]

Can i assume this gem box 3 will have the joyo preamp house and joyo cab box in it? Since it has the preamp and cab sim capability?

[@daveredfern8258]

Pretty much. But I wish there was some firmware update with a few more amps.

[@hansraid2457]

@@daveredfern8258 thanks davey

[@YTOnceAgain]

@@daveredfern8258 Seriously? They're all just EQ-flavors/variations of the same handful of amps - which isn't unrealistic, though. There's a lot of redundancy here. I'd rather they put in a compressor that works, improved the wahs, added an output level parameter to all effects and made the ctrl-button able to switch between fx-parameters rather than just on/off. And make it momentary when pressed long, because no one needs the drum computer in this situation.

[@williammolina9792]

Remembering the good old times, when you just plugged in the Guitar to a valve amp with 3 - 4 pedals and started playing straight away.

[@skinnykarlos2437]

Ahh, the 70s and the 80s an jcm800 a boss reverb, delay and a ds1 or some such and away you go. even then I thought I was a bit ostentatious. They were the days. I miss 'em.

[@skinnykarlos2437]

@Vladimir You probably weren't even alive.

[@altoid8450]

@@skinnykarlos2437 you like old skool, yet go watch a multi effects unit demo just to talk junk to people who like it. Why are you here? Go watch a ds1 demo

[@skinnykarlos2437]

@@altoid8450 Who talked junk?? Not me, mate.

[@kevinquattrocchi9550]

You have to press both pedals to switch up banks and both to go back down? LOL Good luck doing that live.

[@76booge]

Does it have a whammy effect to use with the pedal?

[@albertmarkethinkpr1325]

DAt White Zombie riff!

[@davidmurray9193]

Have the headrhsh going through my laney iron heart 120 and can be a pain for recording miked up as neighbours ...well neighbours, would is this moto be up to giving a good recording sound straight to a tascam dp32sd giving a live type quality sound and tone whilst not pissing of the neighbours? (Using as an amp)

[@bryantwalley]

If you can't get it out of the Headrush, you won't get it out of this. This is a transitional device for people wanting to step up from entry level but still not wanting to commit financially to the high end equipment. You already got the high end equipment. You just need to spend some time getting the neighbors onboard with the program. Cookie and brownie bribes seem to work in my neighborhood.

[@melvynobrien6193]

If the pedal is on the floor, how do you press down two of the buttons simultaneously? I find all of these modeling boxes fairly pointless; if you play live, the difference between one setting and another is very hard to notice in the mix. I've played for the past twenty or so years using no effects, other than a DL-4 from time to time. My guitars through my '65 AC-15 and '95 Peavey Classic 20, switchable from one to the other or both together, sound good enough for me. And nobody seems to notice that all these LP-style guitars sound the same when distorted. I can't stand these muddy humbuckers. Good review; it might have some uses for recording, but live, forget it.

[@Newnodrogbob]

I mean, listen to you: you don’t use effects, and you think all Humbuckers sound the same. Of course a product that is loads of effects all in one place isn’t for you. As far as two buttons simultaneously; it can be done, but it’s a tad awkward. I think if you need more than 3 presets during one song, maybe this isn’t the product you’d want...

[@kajiriis]

Does the recording work with iphone or ipad ?

[@hebo6399]

Guessing Barbie DD is based on the Barber Direct Drive

[@xblood1978]

it's got everything but it doesn't have a univibe

[@colindias4820]

Reminds of.a.ge200 from mooer ..

[@CalJennings]

How long has it lasted so far?

[@winmontgomery5438]

Does this work with bass?

[@Xtianisms]

Barbie OD is a Barber Direct Drive... i think

[@TheMichaelseymour]

How does this differ from the gembox 2 ? (soundwise )

[@dave101t]

i have a gembox 2. pretty similar really. updates, new features but the 2 just has smaller screen and more of the 3's buttons were just 'in-screen'.

[@BW-nt2oe]

Why does he play his guitar backwards?

[@anthem3560]

lol

[@MarkSD]

As cool as something like this is, for this old man it's too much for me. I'd rather play guitar than play dials and buttons.

[@traceydevlin7066]

1st😁

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

No way can this compete with the Boss GT1. Not on price and not on name brand mojo. IMO, this FX unit is going to fail big time.