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PLAYING AT HIGH VOLUME
JOY are amplifiers with a clean preamp sound and they will start
overdriving when pushing the power tubes to its maximum level. They will
start compressing and fattening the sound, leading to an overdrive that
increase harmonics and finally distorts. Depending on the BASS level it
could be fast and sharp, or slow getting into FUZZ.
It depends on the equipment and JOY model, when using VOLUME
control it will start overdriving at different values. Dinamics and your way of
playing will affect that value. This is completely normal and it is a signal
that your equipment responds in a right way.
Thanks to our original circuit, we achieved that you could use your guitar
volume control to act in a very similar way of the VOLUME control of the
amplifier without losing its tone balance.
It must be you who adjust the VOLUME until you find the desired dynamic:
-Keeping a clean sound at all times.
-Allowing you to overdrive and fattening it a bit when strumming harder.
-Switching between overdrive and clean just with your hand dynamic or
turning the volume control of your instrument.
-Play with two different distortion/fuzz or overdrive levels when you
decrease your guitar volume.
…and those are some of the tips to help you get it!
Clean sound at every moment:
This is the easiest, you only have to keep VOLUME under the level that
you consider starts compressing the sound.If you want to use overdrive or
distortion of pedals make sure the VOLUME level is correct after turning
them on. In general, natural compression of the power tubes together with
distortion pedals create a perfect mix, less sterile than with the amplifier
completely clean.
Compression and overdrive:
Tube sound is, undoubtedly clean and pleasant to the ear, which enriches
with dinamics, of a slight overdrive.
Overdrive and clean:
Getting into the overdrive sound, you can enjoy a truly power tube
distortion, that so much coveted. You can still play more gently or slightly
