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Cheers. If I were to play out regularly, I think nowadays I'd be looking at going for a pedal-to-pa solution, or possibly one of the blues-based AWard Session kits in a tweedy box. The little Joyo is looking like a very good idea for home use, though. Being in a regularly gigging proper band is still one of my Tests of Manhood (alongside gettinga motorcycle of my own) that I have thus far failed.... (I think I have them written down somewhere from when I was fifteen, probably in crayon.... y'know, "Bike up suicide hill" and such....). If I could get this damn house move over anddone with, I might just think fuck it and put together a fun covers project for regular open mike spots while I wait for death.

I was in the market for a small, basic valve amp recently, and did consider the Joyo. If you're in that market they're well worth a close look IMHO. I know very little about the company, but they do sound good on the YouTube reviews I've listened to. In the event I went with a Blues Junior IV. More power than I really need (and a bit more than I was planning to pay), but a great sound straight out of the box combined with plenty of clean headroom with the single coils on my Strat was what swayed it for me. I don't see me playing live again any time soon, but if I did it's good to know the amp could do that job too.

That's it really, love playing both, equally untalented on both. Like changing gear frequently on the 'so little time so much gear' basis. Own two Strats, both 70's 3-bolt/big headstock versions, one in normal tuning, one tuned open D. Having spent most of the mid-70s to mid-80s desperate to sound like various blues gods, I wish I'd learned about open tunings before 2010