I Ordered Bass Pedals on TEMU

Is it worth it to buy cheap bass pedals? This question has come up a lot over the years of being a musician, because how pricey bass and guitar pedals can get.
Today, we are gonna be exploring the online retailer known as TEMU that sells musical equipment for extremely low prices; as low as $10 for some bass pedals. To see if they are really worth buying or not?
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D-8 Overdrive Guitar Pedal $17.98 temu.to/m/udl8t696uom
Dolamo D-1 Chubby Comp Pedal $16.99 temu.to/m/uap1jljud2k
Classic Tube Electric Bass Parts & Accessories $33.99 temu.to/m/ur4umjbx59r
GodTone GD-01 Guitar Pedal Power Supply $24.30 temu.to/m/upgqdq0y1bh
Rowin Analog Chorus Pedal $28.89 temu.to/m/u798rj7gd53
Electric Guitar Tuning Pedal $24.49 temu.to/m/uqae2dn94a9
Electric Guitar Effect Pedal $46.99 temu.to/m/umbqqv070c2
Guitar Pedal Board $47.99 temu.to/m/uj4wiqkrott
R-14 Atmosphere Reverb Guitar Effect Pedal $71.49 temu.to/m/uqfeh7y08pz
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•Sitewide sale with savings up to 90% OFF
•Free Shipping, and Free Returns for up to 90 days
•$5 credit for late delivery
•Price Protection Policy-If you order something and the price drop within 30 days, you can request a partial refund.
Video Chapters
00:00 | Start of Video
00:45 | Picking pedals
05:22 | Unboxing Pedals
11:02 | Audio Test
11:23 | Tuner
12:01 | Overdrive
13:01 | Harmonizer
14:42 | Chorus
15:52 | Compressor
17:17 | Reverb
19:22 | Bass DI
21:25 | Pedal Power
23:29 | Outro
If you have bought any TEMU music equipment let me know what you think about it in the comments!
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[@BadHorsie2]

Joyo pedals are actually fairly decent.

[@graemeferguson2000]

I really wished that they would make a bass wah tho

[@andybunn5780]

I got a joyo monomyth for 80 bucks. Pretty decent but needs a compressor to go with.

[@anthonysharp8023]

Joyo is one of my favorite pedal brands. I have several but my favorite is the Tauren which is a Klon clone.

[@antoinelablanquie3827]

Yeah but they are hella noisy and weird noisy

[@BadHorsie2]

@@antoinelablanquie3827 I have not found this to be the case for me.

[@EncikKenny]

As someone who uses mostly cheap pedal alternatives, I would highly recommend the JOYO R series (that reverb is one) and Caline DCP series (with a new logo) as they are worthy budget option. Maybe you could do a good budget pedalboard collab with Temu again.

[@-jank-willson]

and azor pedals are really good too because the have a hum-reducing circuit in them

[@clown192]

Joyo is good, i have a few of their pedals. Are they top tier? Probably not, but neither am I. lol

[@user-wd1ip2up3m]

Yep.... Forgot About Them.... "Caline" Also Makes Some Awesome Sounding Pedal's for the Price as Well 🤘....

[@BootleggerPhil]

Technical note: You’re not turning the DI (direct inject) off, you’re turning the driver/pre amp aspect of it, off. If you were to turn off/mute the DI, there would be no signal through.

[@Theguyguyguy]

So this is just a paid ad for temu?

[@ryanjohnson1590]

That JOYO Atmosphere is actually quite a cool verb pedal...

[@JLong-py6mx]

I’ve had that same Rowin tuner on my board for about 7 years. Works great and is super solid.

[@brandon2893]

Nice video T, I use that chorus in my analog board and it works very well with an active bass. usually YGWYPF but that chorus is a big exception.

[@SquizbarDeAlienOfficial]

The joyo reverb is one of my favorites as well as the delay from the same series

[@dikoman516]

Most of these pedals are sold on Amazon for the same price or cheaper. Stuff on Temu is cheap not because it's discounted, the discount is a lie. This stuff is cheap because that's what it costs, plain and simple.

[@mj.l]

not really. temu are engaging in extremely aggressive sales tactics of operating at a loss for the purpose of building a monopoly, the stuff is cheap because of risky business practices and modern day slave labour

[@juliko622]

I think he doesnt knows that temu sells ur privat informations

[@beatfeat]

All Temu goes through Customs... That is why the boxes are opened and Packaging is re-taped. Pretty common.

[@chrispinelupiya3237]

Do the temu do deliver even in Africa

[@beyanhenson2767]

I’m a drummer and have bought some of the SM57 mics and was surprised completely. Bought one to start, I figured I was throwing away $16 but they sound exactly the same, actually a little hotter. I’ve since bought more.

[@444aidan]

do you think theyd work well for vocals? id be willing to throw away $20 to give it a shot

[@richymoore]

I'd bet my life they don't compare in a shootout

[@yargnad]

They're obviously not SM57s, but it's not like SM57s are crazy high fidelity anyways so probably fine if that's what you're going for and don't expect the same level of durability as a Shure.

[@setonhillstudios]

That's interesting! It's almost worth it even if it lasts a year or so. Great info!

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

There are lots of shootout videos on KZbin of shure sm57s v all the cheap versions, you might be very surprised

[@KZEE923]

Travis. I adore you! I love your reactions. I thought this was a GREAT post! Thanks so much!

[@TyroneCCloud]

Hey thanks for the experience T, they sound decent enough to play around with at the crib getting your feet wet, or at a small church! 👍🏽

[@chuckHart70]

I have never bought a joyo pedal that wasn't pretty outstanding for the price. You can totally gig with that Reverb just like you can gig with your squire

[@DrNoClu]

I bought the atmosphere on eBay it arrived today, its awesome

[@Jenisonc]

Try the harmonizor first in your chain. It might need direct input to track better. It's still just OK, in my opinion, but just a thought. And I do like Joyo's pedals. Pretty decent for price.

[@natepultorakmusic928]

At $70 for the Atmosphere, you are about $10 away from a used Hall of Fame reverb. Might as well go for that

[@yargnad]

Only if you prefer the HoF tones. The Joyo is more ambient and closer to the TC Trinity in fact.

[@JBDirect]

It's like you make the videos I'm currently thinking 🙌🏽

[@davidknibbs9646]

That was great thanks Dave 😊

[@janniegann2668]

Dude I loved your video! I'm looking into more pedals

[@BoptimusPrime]

Harmonizer is a great pedal but def recommend it first in chain and also depending on what key you're playing in friends in whether you're doing single steps, fifths etc def suggest reading a manual on that one, can do some awesome octave work with it

[@27retrodaze]

The Joyo Atmosphere is a good pedal... I own a few Joyo pedals (one being an amazing 9-amp pre-amp) and they all work great...

[@yargnad]

Joyo pedals are perfectly fine. No worse than any other mass manufactured pedal brand.

[@georgehilario3544]

No need to cheap out, u spend more on donuts , be fair

[@trollygaming3521]

I swear I feel like this is a sponsor vid

[@professorweedington4962]

Dude is explicitly sponsored

[@anthonyptak8650]

Great work on this video

[@georgecanady5143]

I’d love to get some and use at church. Love the video

[@grimacedabassguy]

Thanks for putting this together for us! Great Info, fun watch, and maybe I'll check out Temu lol

[@ThriveSkateboards]

yea.. don't. they'll also take your information and sell it.. it's supposidly part of how they keep prices low, because they sell everyones info for a lot of money

[@basspuppy133]

dont

[@ZeruelZ19]

that joyo atmosphere is a beast man, got it brand new for a lot more

[@FALSOAMOR]

awesome video man!

[@Mattbeatty89]

Bro. Killer thumbnail!!

[@jackshittle]

Awesome. I'm throwing out my SansAmp pedals and my MXR Bass Chorus pedal & getting these instead.

[@DKiZZyGamingHD]

Great video idea!

[@setonhillstudios]

Love your channel Travis! Not only are you a beast of a player you are always providing top notch content. Keep it up!

[@galvinferguson5336]

Great video! Thank you.

[@machfront]

I may sound like a nutcase, but I liked that overdrive….because it sounded and felt like a (then, cheap) 70s thing. (Like a Black Sabbath obsessed teen bassist in 1978 saves up his handful of bucks to grab) And I think that’s cool. Obviously that’s an excessively niche case. Haha! Also, at age 49, I’ve gotta say: what a GREAT time to be a very young aspiring musician! Hell, in 1989, my folks blessed me by spending the ‘cheap’ price of ‘only’ $400 for my Fender 1x15 cab and 200watt head! That’s nearly $950 today…. For just “an amp”….for a 15 year old teenager! And it was a bargain at the time, too! Crazy! Now you can spend half that for a rig in today’s dollars, let alone 1989 dollars! (As my high school ‘beginners rig’ , just bass and amp, would today total almost $1500! Now the same, with better quality would be around about $600-700)!

[@richymoore]

How do you think TEMU can operate with such cheap prices for just about anything you can imagine ? Has it ever occurred to you that its all made by modern slaves in chinese sweatshops ? Yeah.... what a time to be alive.

[@hamsamech8399]

​@@richymooreyou mean the same way the things you buy are made anyways? Only difference is they cut out the middlemen. You wanna complain about it? Go do something about it. Otherwise your stupid outlook just makes you sound like an asshat.

[@catsxd292]

​@@richymooreuhm nobody cares

[@neolordie]

​@@catsxd292people with moral do care

[@fletcher75er]

I have a distortion from them called a holy wars and it's my most used overdrive or distortion pedal... Nice build

[@Tmidiman]

Wow, great price in the Joyo, …sound,…sounds as I’d expect. It’s good. The R Series is a very good line of

[@BAMmods]

Great vid! I play on a 6 string and 4 string bass. These cheap pedals do work!

[@osmiv6663]

On a different note I’ve never used a compressor on a bass, I’ve always had the limiter enhancer and has kept me happy for the last 10 years.

[@petr3788]

What would you say is the difference between these? (I've never had any pedals yet, not to say these ones).

[@rebeccachalk9970]

A very *normal* review well done ^-^

[@BluesCat1980]

Best way to build a pedalboard for bass? Plug the bass directly into the amp and skip the pedalboard all together.

[@raymondmorton]

Yes Travis, Let's see some more.

[@80bpmbassist]

Did you feel the physical pedalboard was a decent quality? You mentioned which pedals you’d buy, but would you use the board or power supply? Looking to downgrade my board to something a little more tame and thinking about something from temu just to have

[@zurirk]

the AHAJII steel roar is really good

[@chxrrylimx8475]

recently picked up a joyo atmosphere reverb and it’s awesome, they make good shit

[@indi2174]

They all does what they say... And if that what the bassist need ti have then these pedal did deliver definitely.. 🙌

[@ferencmolnar1651]

Joyo reverb (Atmosphere) is very good. I use it for e-violin and synths. (I also use Joyo Aquarius and Baatsin.)

[@jonofrye2394]

Hi Travis, just got to the end, how about a video on cheapest effective pedal setup, ones that you 'need' and would buy. Cheers Jon (Australia).

[@Bruise.Pristine]

I use the rowin fuzz as my fuzz as a shoegaze player and it sounds perfectly good

[@John_Falcon]

I got the BOSS ME-80 for 250-350 usd; and it may be a slightly out-dated pedal; but it's a way better deal than what you did here. It's also a better deal than most newer boss ME pedals simply because it sounds better, especially the distortions. It even has a great expression pedal. This pedal I got, because my favorite bands like Tool, and Metallica would use this for their sounds.

[@dre4011]

IYHO of course....IMHO you paid too goddamn much for a shit pedal from the "vanilla" of pedal companies....

[@JohnAlvarez796]

​@@dre4011 agreed, i paid for a walrus pedal for around $250 and id say its one of the best pedals for the price. its extremely versatile, unlike most boss pedals which are usually one trick ponies.

[@tooth9047]

@@JohnAlvarez796 boss pedals are one trick ponies to people who don't know how to use them

[@yoloyo7019]

@@dre4011 Yeah but nobody asked your opinion cuz u aint tried it and are just giving a kneejerk "dae Boss pedals bad" braindead reaction.

[@GaryGraeff-br2pn]

I would like to see more reviews.

[@jamesgrant3343]

Now I wanna see you gig with this rig at church…

[@rodhutchinson205]

I think that Joyo Atmosphere pedal is like their version of the Strymon Big Sky Reverb? Really designed for big atmospheric reverbs. More applicable to guitar. Never tried it with bass.

[@jxorz6013]

It's the reverb on my board and works well for bass IMO. Half the sounds are a bit more tailored to guitar, but for the price I can't think of anything better. Almost worth it just for a couple of it's 9 modes and the good output buffer.

[@HadrianRex]

I bought the Atmosphere a couple of months ago strictly for the shimmer setting. It sounds great with stacked delays. I also own the Joyo D-Seed II, and the Joyo Voodoo Octave Fuzz. Those are also good pedals.

[@cellokid5104]

The overdrive actually sounds quite sick

[@johnmarshalward]

The Harmonizer reminds me of the video game Bubble Bobble.

[@mykemech]

The harmonizer has cool sounds on 4 or 5, which gives you "power chords" sorta. Also one step down is of if your singer is having a bad day

[@SBKCBASS]

Great video

[@justinandsheba]

I got a Danelectro FAB chorus pedal on Amazon for under 20 dollars and it's actually pretty decent.

[@mwenjexdjbass]

Hey how you doing..., my name in mwenji a beginner bass player from Zambia in Africa just came across your bass pedal experimental video Nd its awesome how you can actually get such gear for less over there.. Lol please if you not going to ever use those please please kindly bless me with them they could be of great use here...

[@rodhutchinson205]

Joyo has their own fan base. They sell on Amazon too.

[@4stringz.]

Valeton Dapper Bass. The all in one candy bar🎸

[@CobraFat2000]

You can probably make anything look fairly decent since the metal enclosures aren't that hard to acquire and you can punch all sorts of holes in those using nothing, but fairly old and dull pair of scissors and then screw in whatever pots, ports and switches you like, then get fancier looking knobs to top them off and you're all set to look fancy on the outside. The insides might be a wildcard in terms of what shortcuts have been taken and how much in spec the components are and what architecture was used. I wonder if buying like 20 units of the same pedals would produce a ratio where some of them sound different than the majority or would you have to buy them months or years apart to get a significant difference or deviations, component swaps or tiny PCB design revisions that don't warrant a new overall repainted and renamed pedal... then again the results might be similar with the expensive pedals as well.

[@Renegadrian]

As a bassist I would never use a generic (guitar) pedal but a dedicated bass one. Yeah I go cheap too but I have bass chorus and bass overdrive from behringer (which actually are boss pedals, same schems) - the difference on the low end was my first goal in creating my small rig.

[@hippoferd]

The 3 last pedal are unbranded from brand. Caline pedals sound usually very good ....Bu the Joyo are usually around 80 dollars in Europe , the 16 dollar price tag is amazing

[@yargnad]

It wasnt $16. It was $72. He just misspoke about that.

[@kennycrockett8202]

Have an Boss GT-1b bass processor, with an Fender Rumble 500 bass amp, next going to make an pedal board, thanks for the ideas

[@timtaylorguitarnut]

I have that joyo pedal and really like it, bought it in a real store.

[@HadrianRex]

I bought mine on Amazon after seeing some KZbin reviews.

[@indigosnow_]

what are your fav pedals at the moment? i just got the para EQ pedal and love playing it through my bass, sounds great

[@jonofrye2394]

Hi Travis, Greetings from Australia, great informative video thanks!!!! Question - is it ok to use standard guitar pedal on bass, I have just taken up bass (from guitar many many years) and wasn't sure if it might damage my existing pedals? Cheers Jon

[@Z_E_B_O]

I think my most expensive pedal I use as a guitar player is the hotone Krush bitcrusher, which at I believe it was around 60€ is very decent.

[@MartialdjsHudsonJeanMDH]

JOYO pedals are HEAVILY underrated. I had the Mini JOYO Space Reverb and it is a TINYYYY thing but it is absolutely awesome to use because I used it on my Bass in my Church Hall to get some AMAZING things.

[@marlborom2c829]

He carries some nice Gibsons. These pedals make great ambient effects.

[@scientificuppercut]

i a Dolamo delay for 24 dollars. and its great!

[@erictimothyanderson7469]

Please make a kit bass!

[@flyingstratosurfer6285]

The question ist not not only IF the stuff works and how it works, but how long it willl last. And the next question is: How reliable is the service when you get faulty product? With the big and established online retailers immediate replacement is usually no problem, but I wouldn´t trust TEMU at all.

[@uncledeadhead3674]

if you paid 16 bucks for a pedal and it breaks in 2 months who cares thats still 20 times less than buying a name brand pedal , bring em to gigs, if they get broken, or stolen, oh well, no harm done, you bring a 1k pedal board to a gig, shit walks away.

[@heppuman]

For 300 you can pick up great multifx pedals lol. Most pedals seemed similar price or a little less then behringer stuff

[@normladuke8462]

You should have tried more settings, on the smaller pedals. Otherwise, it was a good demo.

[@mickthemerciless9694]

When you work it out, it's no cheaper than buying a boss multi FX without the additional memory for patches.

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

I have a Joyo chorus and signal booster, they were about $20 apeice, and they work fine. What don't trust is "Temu", I don't know them guys from a can of paint.

[@joeMW284]

The Joyo stuff is legit. It'll be worth more some day.

[@davidolonisakin9028]

Notification gang 🔔🔔

[@RobertJene]

22:16 have you ever used the Behringer Bass DI? It's model number is BDI21 if you want to look it up.

[@duwaynesteurer4287]

The difference in sound quality between a BOSS and a Joyo probably isn't a *huge* amount. Where you're going to find a MAJOR difference is almost certainly going to be the durability. Good, 150 - 250 dollar pedals will (usually) last for years and years, and come with some type of manufacturer warranty, and these Temu and other overseas pedals will not take the wear and tear of being hauled around weekend after weekend if that's the kind of use you expect to get out of them.

[@val_val_]

I don't actually think so. Most items today have planned obsolescence

[@feast2938]

@@val_val_ this applies to phone and laptops etc, not pedal, especially brands like boss. That’s why pedal manufacturers are pushing limits in experimental sounds, since that’s the only place to go. The boss dm101 for example, £400 pedal, but is 12 bucket chips and fully programmable with a stereo out and memory recall, very innovative

[@chriscuthbertson]

I think I could put together a decent pedal board for 300 using stuff from Thomann.

[@yargnad]

Just depends on how many pedals you're expecting to get, but yeah. Same is true for Amazon or any other seller that stocks these brands as well.

[@RobertJene]

I've seen some of those pedals on Amazon before. And I've bought a couple before that were on sale, and they were open like the couple of yours. I think Temu is selling damaged packing + returned items, which, ngl, is a good idea

[@teddysoul85]

that was my assumption aswell, considering a JOYO pedal was on the website. JOYO is a fairly well-known brand with amazing quality for how inexpensive their pedals are, so seeing them being sold on temu makes you wonder how that came about

[@skatertrev7]

The latency on the harmonizer is absurd. 😂

[@bbencemusic]

hi how did you manage to buy the joyo reverb for $16? can you send a link?

[@SullySadface]

I kind of want to try some bootleg Temu overdrive cause part of me realizes it could sound absolutely filthy

[@DaftFader]

I found out about that website just before Christmas, and although all the Christmas presents I bought were late .. everything I got was actually of surprising quality for the price. If I had spent the same on Amazon I think it would of been total garbage. I've ordered some bass upkeep stuff recently, like a maintenance kit and a stand .. so I'll see if that's any good when it arrives.

[@EverlastingDominion]

I use a JOYO pedal that i got from guitar center and for the price they are awesome

[@krumbis]

I liked the overdrive

[@user-dv3io8jf7w]

It's nuts how far back you can bend your thumb when you rest it on the pickup like that.

[@jt7994]

What’s your bass guitar, year and series?

[@RobertJene]

15:00 - that's a decent chorus even though it's not a bass chorus pedal

[@Ade.OluwaA]

Would you be able to do a review on the Boss GT-1B bass pedal?

[@JayPowellmusician]

Try going full on Behringer. I've actually tried some of their stuff and was not disappointed by some of them.

[@ThriveSkateboards]

behringer's great because they just steal other companies circuits - letting them do the R&D to get the tone and circuitry right - and then package them in crappy housings for a fraction of the price! everyone wins.. except the companies who actually put the money and effort into creating the circuits.

[@chadrynlopez1044]

Eyyyysss i ddnt even watch it yet i like it already 😂

[@JLeppert]

I got a tuner from them. It's better than my very expensive fender tuner....

[@deaddwives]

The harmoniser reminds me of the sound effects in “history of the entire world I guess.”

[@kyrovert604]

Next video, do a gig with the pedals 😂 or a live session

[@setonhillstudios]

That will be the true test! See if they can hold up 😬

[@lilith7897]

They fr sell joyo and valine on amazon too

[@dilanmulumba]

Good video Travis!!! What would an octave pedal from temu sound like?

[@yargnad]

Depends on what pedal it is.