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JOYO Distortion Pedal R Series Heavy Metal Dist Between American and British for Electric Guitar Effect (UZI R-03)

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Style: Distortion


Features

  • JOYO UZI distortion pedal, designed for heavy metal, it's characterized by High-Gain. with a "BIAS" knob, switch easily between American Distortion and British Distortion.
  • "GAIN" Knob and "VOLUME" Knob, both are of dynamic balance, adjust the "GAIN" knob while don't adjust the VOL, the signal from the circuit will adjust automatically, ensuring the volume is the same as before.
  • Whole new appearance and the iconic ambience lights bring out futuristic and retro styles, displaying a perfect fusion, will make our soul happy whether are jamming in the bedroom, studio or on the stage.
  • JOYO is over decade of brand reputation, provide worry-free after-sale service. with the most popular budget pedals, amplifiers, wireless systems, controllers, metronomes, tuners winning the love of global guitarists and inspiring people's music dreams.
  • Before playing, please make sure the guitar is fully connected with the pedal. in order to make JOYO pedals work properly and avoiding unexpected noise, we recommend you to purchase an extra JOYO original power adapter, or choose the other reliable brands and make sure it meets the working current requirement of single pedal.

Description

JOYO UZI Distortion Heavy Metal Effect Pedal (R-03), Directly sold by manufacturer of JOYO Technology, with over decade of brand reputation, we will provide the best ever excellent A-S- Service , much better than any other distributors. SOME TIPS: Before you test the pedal or before playing, make sure the guitar is fully connected with the pedal; More importantly, you need to make sure it meets the working current requirement of each single pedal. In order to make JOYO pedals work properly, avoiding unexpected noise caused by power supply, we recommend that you purchase a JOYO original power adapter, or choose other reliable brands. R-03 UZI distortion pedal specially designed for heavy metal, it's characterized by High Gain. With a BIAS knob, you can switch easily between American Distortion and British Distortion. Meanwhile, UZI has a GAIN Control Knob and a VOLUME Control Knob, both are of dynamic balance, Adjust the GAIN knob while don't adjust the VOL knob, the signal from the circuit will adjust automatically, ensuring the Volume is the same as before. Read more Features Details Bias Control Knob for Beautifying Tone Unique Bias control knob is specially designed for adjusting the grainy timbre and the attack, stretching from mild to intense textures. 3-band EQ at Your Disposal 3-band EQ for maximum frequency adjustment. You can control the high, mid, low frequencies and deliver different distortion styles vividly by tapping the footswitch. GAIN knob & VOL knob Dynamic Balance Adjust GAIN knob while don’t adjust VOL knob, the circuit’s signal changes automatically, output the final volume remain the same as before. Fusion of Futuristic & Retro Styles The whole new appearance and the iconic R series ambience LED light bring out futuristic and retro styles, displaying a perfect fusion. R series will make your soul happy whether you are jamming in the bedroom, studio or on the stage. Read more Ambience Control Switch Modes: SYNC : the ambience LED light illumines when the foot switch is turned on, while the ambience LED light goes off when the foot switch is turned off.ALWAYS: the ambience light is red light. Read more Specifications Input Impedance 1MΩ Output Impedance 200Ω Rated Current Consumption 20mA Working Voltage DC 9V(center minus) Power Supply Only supports external power supply with no battery compartment Dimensions 109(L)X 67(W)X 48(H) mm Weight 248g Package Included R-03 UZI Distortion Heavy Metal Effect Pedal (The power adapter is not included), User's Manual. High Gain Overdrive Low Gain Overdrive Compression Overdrive 8 Digital Delay Octave MOD Effects 9 Digital Reverb Optional JOYO Tauren JOYO Tai Chi JOYO ZIP AMP JOYO Aquarius JOYO Octave JOYO Atmosphere


Item Weight: 8.5 ounces


Product Dimensions: 4.29 x 1.89 x 2.64 inches


Country of Origin: China


Item model number: Manufacturer-JOYO-R03-0010


Date First Available: March 10, 2020


Compatible Devices: Electric Guitar


Signal Format: Analog


Material Type: Aluminum, Stainless-Steel, Carbon Fiber, Alloy


Musical Style: Metal rock


Power Source: Corded Electric


Voltage: 9 Volts (DC)


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • Excellent OD on a budget. TL;DR @ the bottom.
Style: Overdrive,Dual Channel
This is a solid overdrive. First, the pedal is self is sturdy. Nice metal box with a good finish. All the jacks, switches, pots, all operate smoothly and quietly (no scratchiness or loud pops coming through your speakers). The knobs are standard plastic. No battery here. You will have to run with your 9V power supply of choice. Feet come in the box but, you have to stick them on yourself (placement is marked on the bottom of the pedal). Cool if you're going to put this directly on a board. You won't have to peel the feet off. Main controls are straight forward. You have volume, tone, and gain. Then you have a separate boost knob which is only active when you engage the boost "side" of the pedal. You also have 2 mini switches. One lets you switch between a diode clipping circuit and a MOSFET type. The other switch between 3 mid-frequencies of varying brightness. Now for the sound. I tired this out with a humbucker equipped Les Paul through a Marshall 2x12 combo. The first thing I noticed was there is no hiss or buzz when engaged either standard "on" or with the boost. And that did not change when flipping between circuit types. It's a very quiet pedal. This was surprising, since OD's have a tendency to introduce a little noise. It did alright driving a the clean channel, but, as one would expect, it was great driving an already dirty tone. I tried it out with various levels of dirt on the amp: a bluesy setting, a couple of rock type settings, and a metal setting. I found that it worked well goosing them all. And having the built in boost is nice for lead stuff. You can just kick it on to juice your sound for more sustain and saturation. It's also one of the more transparent OD's I've used. I liked the flat and HD settings of the mid switch most. I thought smooth was a little too dark and muddy, but I'm sure it would differ had I been using single coil pickups or a lighter sounding guitar. On the clean channel, though, I did notice a big volume boost when using the HD mid setting as opposed to the others. I also prefer the MOSFET circuit to the diode. It's a little tighter and had more presence to my ears. One thing I want address is the LEDs. I wish more pedals had LEDs like these. You have your normal on top for each footswitch, but 2 more the run around the front and back of the case. They call it "ambient LED." It's great. I haven't used this live, but I can tell you this would be excellent in that setting. Stages range from dark, to tons of crazy lights and effects, or even lots of direct sunlight. Whatever it may be, it can be a pain trying to get a quick look for a small, dim LED on your board to see if something is on or off. This really will help eliminate that. There is a switch on the bottom to control the LEDs. "Sync" (on when hit the switch), always on, or off. I found this pointless. I don't know why you would want anything other than the "Sync" setting. TL;DR: Overall, this is a good pedal. Other reviews compare it to a Fulltone Fulldrive 2. I've never used one, so I can't attest to that, but it certainly looks similar. This is a good choice for anyone, especially he budget minded. Really quiet and good construction. Lots of choices to dial in tones. Great for driving dirty tones and boosting for lead work. Good transparency. Highly visible LEDs. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2020 by DrJones84

  • LOVE this pedal - so CLEAR - so COOL!
Style: Overdrive
The media could not be loaded. I bought this pedal to for a cleaner overdrive to run into my other pedals. I've got some other JOYO pedals that I am very happy with, so I though I would give this one a try. (It is supposed to - and does - sound like a Dumble amp) I am very impressed the the power and clarity even at high gain levels. At lower gain levels, it really sounds like you are driving into a tube amp just on the verge of breakup, at higher levels it gives solid rhythm chunk while still maintaining clarity. This one is definitely going on my board! See my video review for a full breakdown! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2020 by Richard Varno

  • It's like Korn in a pedal
Style: Distortion
Like I said in the title, this pedal is like Korn in a pedal. The thing nails early Korn sounds. I also picked my up on prime day and for the money it was an excellent purchase. The bias knob makes this pedal pretty versatile. Roll it all the way down and you get that flubby dual rectifier tone ala early 2000s Korn. Roll it all the way up and the sound tightens in the low end at the expense of some of the gain (which is no deal, you just roll up the gain to compensate). The tone stack on this pedal is really well done, adding frequencies where you would want them with a pedal that sounds like this. The lights as with all the R series pedals are just an added welcome. It's a sharp looking pedal with the red led over the black aesthetic of the pedal. I also really appreciate Joyo putting the DC barrel jack on the top of the pedal instead of the side. This is where I prefer to have my power jacks on all my pedals. The pedal draws quite a bit more current than the average distortion pedal at 62mA while on but this is still under what most power output taps on power supplies have so it doesn't matter (usually 100mA). I measured the current draw with a 1SPOT mA meter and according to my meter this pedal draws 62mA while turned on. TL/DR: The pedal is excellent. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2020 by L. Littlejohn

  • BEST OD On The Market!
Style: Multi Effects,Distortion,Overdrive
EVERY guitarist should have this pedal! Joyo has REALLY stepped up their game with THIS one. They crammed EIGHT of the most POPULAR current overdrives into one VERY cool, very WELL LIT box. This is THE new overdrive to beat. It has FAITHFUL reproductions of LOTS of classic ODs like the TubeScreamer, the OD-1, and even a "Marshall-in-a-box" (The "Crunchy" setting), but it also has clones of some of the newer, insanely expensive ODs too, like The Timmy, The Sweet Baby, The Suhr Riot, and even FullTone's extremely popular O.C.D. Drive! They even threw in a clean boost that sounds great. And the way the box uses it's lighting l.e.d.s might change the pedal world as we know it. Instead of using one traditional (aka boring) LED, Joyo decided to LINE the sides of the box with a cool, ambient lighting effect that looks REALLY cool, and lets you ACTUALLY see your pedalboard on a dark stage! Especially at this incredibly AFFORDABLE price, this pedal has something that EVERY guitarist will LOVE, from newbies who are searching for THEIR sound, to professional gigging guitarists who want the latest OD sounds on a budget. Buy one and try it, and see why EVERYONE is talking about these on ALL the guitar forums. - Christian Key ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2020 by Christian Key

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