Tone Wars Joyo Vivo vs Joyo Zombie

Alright folks time for another tone wars, this time it's the Joyo Vivo u against the Joyo Zombie
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Gear used in this video
Canon EOS200D
Presonus audiobox iTwo
Studio One
Joyo Vivo
Joyo Zombie
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[@InDecemberOfficial]

I own neither a 5150 nor a Mesa, but seen tons of video's on both and I would have sworn it was the other way around. Love the amp wars concept. Great video man!

[@leearmitage]

Thanks man, yeah I've never owned either but for the price these are great little amps

[@Dezcharge]

Great video! I'd say my favorite is Tone B without OD (aka the Vivo ;) But also love tone A with OD! Cheers!

[@leearmitage]

Yeah as I said I dont think the vivo needs an OD where as the zombie does but both are good especially for the price

[@Scarrus666]

Great playing! I'm going to have to get both. Also the meteor too because that one also sounds awesome, lol.

[@leearmitage]

I love them both, not tried the meteor but yeah definitely worth a look at

[@mobilemetal4554]

Both sound fantastic.

[@leearmitage]

Yeah they do, I'm going to put them both in a mix at some point

[@dddd717]

@@leearmitage I think that is a great idea...I really want to pick both them up...by the way have ever compared the joyo meteor to the orange micro dark?

[@leearmitage]

Thanks man , no not had a chance to try either of those, did ask orange recently if I could borrow one and got told to take a long walk off a short cliff Haha

[@stump6721]

Great video! I believe I'm gonna have to get Zombie. The Vivo sounds great also! I was looking for a comparison of the the 2 models, found yours. Exactly the style of video I needed to watch to make a final decision. That's a BEAUTIFUL Jackson !!

[@leearmitage]

Thanks man, yeah I love the zombie it's my favourite out of the 2, yeah that jackson is great and plays fantastic

[@NefariousDreary]

I love that you played the wicker man in this video. Underappreciated song in my opinion

[@leearmitage]

Thanks man, I love that song, and Maiden are my favourite band yeah it is

[@NefariousDreary]

@@leearmitage hellz yeah 🤘🏾

[@paul_henderson]

To me A (Zombie) was clearly obvious in the 1st seconds when I've heard both. Got Zombie, I'm happy, just unhappy with living in an apartment so it's really hard going over 2/10 volume... And in this case Behringer V-Amp Pro is perfect for quiet yet loud (lol) playing in a small bedroom so you don't have to turn up stuff to get the finest sound quality unlike tube (or hybrid) amps

[@leearmitage]

Yeah the zombie is a great amp but a loud one haha, for "quite" practice/recording I'll either use amp sims or run my amps through an attenuator into my audio interface

[@paul_henderson]

@@leearmitage I tried attenuating with Behringer EQ700 pedal but it only destroyed the sound even though every slider was set to 0Hz... I'll try some tricks with Line6 Uber Metal that served me well when I used to play at rehearsals. Btw even powerful Zombie needs some boost when I use CryBaby which is surprising. Dunlop eats a lot of gain

[@leearmitage]

I've got the harley benton attenuator does the job pretty well. Yeah the zombie definitely needs a boost infront the Demon OD and the ultimate drive sound awesome with it

[@paul_henderson]

​@@leearmitage doesn't it kill the sound? I've read some reviews on Thomann and what happened to some people is exactly what my EQ did. My Zombie sounded like a cheap amp. But so many men, so many opinions

[@leearmitage]

I've not noticed any problems using it and I've put my small Amps and my big amps through it all the videos with my big amps I use the attenuator

[@unratitocontuamigomiguelit1778]

Hello my friend do you think the vivo truly sounds like the Evh

[@leearmitage]

Hey bud, it's definitely close especially if you have an Eq in the loop to dial it in and for the price it's a beast

[@zombiemontage]

I still can't figure out which I like better for the kind of music I want to play! Not to mention the Meteor into the mix. Not so sure about the Firebrand

[@leearmitage]

Yeah I know what you mean, sometimes the zombie sounds better for one song then other times the vivo, not tried the meteor, and have only gave the firebrand a quick test and I liked it

[@zombiemontage]

After watching this again I can definitely say tone A, the zombie sounds better. The Vivo is good but a bit fizzy maybe. I own a zombie now and it does benefit a lot with an TS style boost pedal and an EQ pedal to shape the mids

[@leearmitage]

Yeah the zombie definitely needs a TS and an eq to shape the tone a bit more

[@schaffelaer1902]

Tone B clearly has that raspier, grittier sound, that we know from its inspiration.

[@leearmitage]

Yeah we definalty know where that one's coming from

[@djanepupi]

feel like the vivo sounds more open

[@leearmitage]

Maybe

[@djanepupi]

im listening on shit speakers tho. what is it about the zombie that you like more?

[@leearmitage]

It's not quite as fizzy in the top end but both are great little amps

[@KeatonSilverBeats]

Nice to hear the redneck stomp riff! 🤘

[@leearmitage]

Love that riff I did a cover of Redneck Stomp a while back

[@KeatonSilverBeats]

@@leearmitage Awesome!, its a great song

[@leearmitage]

It sure is 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘

[@nikameer4111]

Nice review mr rasputin

[@leearmitage]

Thanks Nik, oh btw it's Mr Evil Wizard

[@ZEGO24x]

Couldn't help but notice a slight volume discrepancy in the 2 amps. Perhaps a more thorough balance before doing the comparison, or some might be tempted to think there is a bias going on?!

[@leearmitage]

That would be down to the amps themselves as all the settings were exactly the same on each amp, my go to amp is the zombie

[@therapscallion23]

Lee "Tone Hermit" Armitage🤘🤘🤘

[@leearmitage]

Evil Wizard 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

B is vivo A is Zombie

[@leearmitage]

Hope you didn't cheat lol

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

@@leearmitage nah mate. Legit

[@leearmitage]

Awesome

[@BandOfHarjaps]

I’d want one for the left channel and the other for the right 😁

[@leearmitage]

Haha good man, yeah at some point I'm going to put both of these in a mix

[@senga21lisa]

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[@leearmitage]

Well as you know I like my Muckie ladies 😉, yeah that didn't take long obviously watched all of it lol

[@specialistofneeds8458]

lol gotta be a miserable SOB to not enjoy Lee's videos

[@senga21lisa]

@@leearmitage good job innit 🤣

[@senga21lisa]

The pin pal didn't watch any of it lol 🤪 what a clown 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@leearmitage]

Even though I'm grumpy I'm not miserable hahaha

[@alemtalic5535]

What happened with that acdc riff tho?

[@leearmitage]

It was an acdc style riff not an actual acdc riff

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

Yeeeep. Vivo is alot brighter imo

[@leearmitage]

Yeah it is

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

Probably prefer the vivo

[@leearmitage]

I just prefer the zombie but only just

[@lichkrieg4898]

I love the tone, but i have the the mjolnir and it's not awful but it's kinda dark like a Marshall's loose low end, and it's kinda hard to dial a good death metal tone. Amazing rock, punk, and it does amazing edge if break up/cleanish tones. However when you get to the more high gain, it kinda falls a little short.

[@leearmitage]

Yeah I've heard that about the mjolnir, but I have to admit I really like these 2 little amps

[@lichkrieg4898]

@@leearmitage are they loud enough for a band setting? Because my drummer plays HARD, the bassist is playing a 100w guitar amp, the singer is on a 60w power amp and i have a little 15w mjolnir lol. Its loud enough but the power amp kinda gets in the way, but into the fx loop the power amp is super clean. My idea was to run a bantamp into a bigger power amp. Right now I'm bosting either boosting the front end with a metalzone and a tube screamer, or boosting the metal zone with the tibe screamer throught the fx loop. Still not my ideal sounds but I'm looking into a 6505mh because it has the tight sound i need especially since I'm playing an 8 string with EMGs and a bone stock 7 string ibanez gio. So that flubby low has to go. Do you have any ideas of other amps that might suit my need for volume and tight gain without having to sell a kidney to get there?

[@leearmitage]

It may be, I've been told although I've not tried but these amps are loud through a 4x12. I've played my 7 string through this with a cheap OD and its pretty tight

[@lichkrieg4898]

@@leearmitage nice. I never really thought about it, but i run the harley Benton vintage 30 2x12 and that could be my volume issue. Maybe i need to grab another one and run them together or throw the v30s into a 4x12 cab.

[@leearmitage]

Yeah that might be an idea, it's worth a shot

[@michaelwarburton6173]

Still watching haven't got to the end yet but writing my thoughts as I go along. For cleans I think I preferred Tone A more, I thought it warmer and fuller sound (but OK a bit muddier at times). With the heavier stuff, overall preferred B more. Just seemed to have more clarity for me, on my speakers at least! OK now I've seen which is which that's surprised me. I expected I'd like Tone A better (not giving it away for anyone reading the comments while watching!). Think I'll have to do some more research into these!

[@leearmitage]

Agree with you on the cleans a definitely is warmer Tone a definitely needs an OD on the higher gain channel, at some point I'm going to put these 2 in a mix together I've used them on their own in songs but never tried them in the same mix should be interesting

[@MobileDecay]

I think you're hair is getting thin. Lol jk. 🤣

[@leearmitage]

well yeah lol