Joyo JF-12 Voodoo Octava Guitar Pedal

I've only had this pedal for a few days, and I'm not a gigging guitarist, but at present, I am loving this pedal. I've always wanted a fuzz to mess around with, but didn't want to shell out good money for a pedal I would only stomp on occasionally. This pedal fit my desires: Low price, seems durable and reliable, and most of all, excellent tone. I have played with a few different Fuzz Face pedals, and some sound more organic than this pedal, but for the price, this pedal sounds wonderful. The octave up effect is very slight, but it gives your fuzz tone more breadth and brightens it up just a touch. In particular, I like the mids toggle switch. It seems to affect the upper mids, so I switch it off when I use a bright guitar (like a Strat), and switch the mids on when I use a thicker, darker guitar (like a Les Paul), so this pedal is versatile in that it can sculpt the fuzz tone according to your setup and preferences, whereas some pedals kinda need a certain set up to sound their best. If you want a fuzz, period, consider this pedal. I've heard of some Joyo pedals not lasting long, if this happens to me, I will update this review. But for the price, you're getting a lot of bang for the buck, and if the pedal dies after a while, I'll just get another one. Rock on!!

It’s a cool pedal. I bought it to get that Gary Clark Jr deep fuzz tone on Numb for a gig. Worked perfectly. The scoop function is nice, making it sound like a hollowed our buzz saw...That’s w Fuzz on like 9, and tone down a bit. It’s also nice w less fuzz for Sabbath like tones. It’s a cool pedal- tho to me, the Octave sound can be a little shrill (like ear piercing shrill) in the higher register- also has a digital sound to it. But overall- worth the $30- and sturdy.

Great pedal. You can not beat it for the price. Has great tone, only thing some people might be disappointed because the octave effect is not really pronounced, but it is there. It is kind of subtle, but it is a perfect amount in the mix, in my opinion. Some might prefer to have a level control to adjust the amount of octave effect in the mix, and It would be a good feature to include. But for the price these go for, I have no complaints, and it sounds great. The Fuzz kicks ass, and the mid scoop filter is really awesome. has a great sound. I would recommend it to anyone who is a fuzz junkie like me. The case so far seems very sturdy too. But i do only play it at home, I don't gig with it or anything.

***Latest update*** has brought it down to 1 star. Which is unfortunate, because I really really wanted to like this pedal. It had so much tonal range it was great. Until it wasn't...lol. While the pedal chassis is solid, The internal components are very cheap materials that don't last. While Playing the other night in my man cave, I simply knelt down to flick the mid cut switch and the entire thing came out. Not that it had just loosened up and came out, nope, the metal(plastic?) part has actually broken in half. When I first got it (if you've read the other review) the knobs didn't work properly and I couldn't really discern the octave up when it was active so that may be a malfunction of just this one pedal, not sure. I just don't know what to make of this pedal. I'll run through the various aspects of the one I received. 1st off, the paint and graphics are awesome. They're not cheap and do not come off with light to medium abrasion. Pretty sure the green is powder coat. Next, the "fuzz"...the fuzz and tone in my opinion are awesome and the dials provide a very wide range(at least this particular pedal does) which, again in my opinion allow me to dial in tones ranging from germanium fuzz to silicon, pure awesomeness. The "mid cut" switch is pretty slick as well as it really defines the mid spectrum and lets you scoop or dump a little to all of the mids. Ok now for some negatives. On the pedal I received the fuzz dial has normal range of motion and movement only about 1/4 of the time. The other 3/4 of the time, as I turn the dial it randomly gets tighter and tighter just like it's a screw thats being tightened down rather than pot that's turning freely. The only other negative I have and it's a big one unfortunately, is with the octave switch. As far as I can tell, it basically does...nothing.! It may just be this pedal but I'm not sure. I can hear it apply a very slight amount of positive octave shift in tone but only very slight and not in the correct way that it should . I've seen, heard, own, and have played many a fuzz/octave pedal in my day and understand what they do and how they are supposed to sound(fuzz is my favorite effect for guitars), and this one just doesn't cut it. So that's it for now and to recap: IMO the pedal looks cool, it's built like a brick shiz house, the Fuzz is pretty darn good or better than good in fact, when working properly. But having a bad volume pot or dial that randomly tightens itself and an octave setting that isn't... Do you even fuzz bro? lol

I'm still learning to work with fuzz in my rig. It can be difficult to work with, fuzz needs to be messed with to get the desired sound. That being said, this pedal is very fun to putz around with. It's not what you got, it's how you use it. EDIT: After about a year with this thing, I've finally gotten bored with it. It's not very versatile, even for a fuzz pedal, and that's if you can even call it fuzz. This thing has a lot of compression leaving little dynamic. If you have the fuzz knob barely up with the volume knob turned all the up, it sounds like a decent distortion. Even then, I could get the same sound more or less from the drive channel on my amp. The octave effect is OK, but I find it to be a silly gimmick to have in general. I only use it here and there. I find that the unit works better with single-coil pickups instead of humbuckers. To me, the sound is clearer, but that's just a matter of taste. Before I go any further dismissing this pedal, I think it is much more well-suited for bass rather than for guitar. In short, it's a decent dirt pedal for the price. If you are going for lo-fi/garage/punk sound, this is for you. Want a decent fuzz for your bass, go for it. I wouldn't recommend it for much else.

Very powerfull

La spedizione è stata veloce. Il tutto è arrivato i perfette condizioni compreso di un plettro e un buono sconto del 5%. Il suono del pedale mi ha veramente sorpreso .. è perfetto per riprodurre classici grunge come i mudhoney .. oppure sound stoner come kyuss fumachu e queens of the stone age..fino a ricordare hendrix quando si attiva l octave..che però è un peccato che non funzioni quando il fuzz è spento. Consiglio per la sua originalità e versatilità

Pues basándome en mi experiencia y en la vuestra por algunos comentarios que e ido recopilando parece ser que se critica mucho a este voodoo-fuzz En algún comentario e leído y comprobado hoy que hace muy buena pareja con un ampli Roland JC-40 por las prisas en probarlo solo lo e enchufado a la entrada delantera y de momento no lo e probado en el bucle de efectos. y tiene un sonido espectacular lo e probado con una Fender moder player y el ampli ya comentado la guitarra tiene unas cuantas pastillas y combinaciones diferentes para comprobar el sonido de el pedal y lo dicho un trio espectacular a pesar de su precio en alguna parte e podido leer que solo los componentes sueltos una caja un porta pilas unos conectores de entrada y salida y los conmutadores cuestan mas dinero aunque un fuzz Tenga una circuitería muy sencilla por ejemplo el tonebender tienen un precio elevado incluso para el que quiera empezar a trastear con la electrónica DY es una buena inversión por último conectado a un transformador de 9V procedente de un electro-harmonix cero ruidos de interferencias La única pega es no poder interactuar nada con el sonido de octava up un poco flojo Pero para un fuzz de este precio tiene demasiadas opciones mas que algunos que triplican su precio, tiene un gran sonido y una relación calidad precio imbatible Mu recomendable compra

Al principio dude sobre la calidad del producto por el precio sin embargo me impresionó el producto porque el precio me parece poco por lo que ofrece este producto, la intensidad de distorsión con el efecto FUZZ es de una muy muy buena calidad, las perillas funcionan bien, sólo he notado que cuando se le coloca la batería de 9 V el ruido disminuye muchísimo en comparación cuando se le pone el adaptador de Read Red eléctrica de 9 V, incluso compré otro adaptador y me di cuenta pues que ese no era el problema sin embargo, con un simple disminución de ruido entre paréntesis pedal Noise Resucer el problema que solucionar al 100%, ojo hay que saber bien cómo ajustar el reductor de ruido porque para cada pedal tiene su propio punto exacto de reducción en donde no te quite ganancia. En general el diseño es bonito se ve resistente ya que hiciste hecho de aluminio y el Fuze es increíble. Desde mi punto de vista es una muy buena opción para personas que están buscando buen pedal defectos que con esta cantidad de dinero te ofrece mucho más. Además está en la octavador qué se le da un plus en tus Xolos y el color me encanta.

I have a couple of pedales and I was searching something new. I very like Muse band and I red that they use Fuzz tone most of the time, so anyway, I was searching on the net for a Fuzz pedal, prices range was 30 to 300$.. My budget was 100$. I was watching youtube reviews, Reddit etc. I never heard about JOYO brand before and this pedal was very popular with awesome reviews. I bought it for 60$ CAN..crazy.. my less expansive pedal ever.. Quality, Tone, Setting, everything is beyond my expectations., its a awesome pedal for the price, I'm a not a Fuzz specialist, but for what I need to do, in my basement, its crazy, you can't go wrong.