Thanks so much for checking out the video! Here are the others if you want to see them more in depth, individually! Jackman 2 th-cam.com/video/Oahu-xKzYa8/w-d-xo.html Firebrand th-cam.com/video/BjqPcyYyUkI/w-d-xo.html Zombie 2 th-cam.com/video/arMDmmTzH9M/w-d-xo.html Vivo th-cam.com/video/uFYkTEeg5M8/w-d-xo.html
VIVO for the win for me...had more harmonic overtones...and did sound quite a bit close to the EVH style. .Zombie for my 2nd pic was my choice for a more heavy sound...but you forgot to demo the really good CLEAN CH. on the Zombie II...But anyway GREAT VID!!!
I have a Zomie 2. I hooked my cheap Behringer EQ in the effects loop and added a TC Electronics Spark in the front. My cab is a 2X12 Harley Benton Celestion 30’s. It worked great.
Nice man, I'm wondering how my TC fangs and nether would sound through it, into my 212 cab with a celestion Greenback and vintage Marshall black label, or my 112 100 w Marshall gold label🤔
And by it I mean the zombie or Jackman😂 I can decide, it might be the zombie, seeing as, in the near future I'm planning on purchasing a BlackStar valve amp and modelling head, and most of my gear is UK audio with very little in the way of American style tones!
The best one here, is the Jackman. I like the Meteor. Everyone has the impulse to go for high gain amps, but thats what effects are for. You'll always get a better tone, starting with a good sounding amp and hitting it with your favorite pedal; and sound different from everyone else that just cranks the gain on their Mesa DR. Most high gain amps kinda suck for anything but gain. Much better off with a clear, resonant mid-gain amp and a distortion pedal. Of course, Im accustomed to doing metal with decidedly non-metal amps.
@@springbloom5940 some people just want a simple plug the guitar in and practice set up without pedals. Which imo is what these are actually for. I have a 6505 if I want flash. I just want a high gain mini u can plug into and practice on without any additional accessories.
Most people don't rehearsal with tube amps, most people don't even have tube amps. So these are GREAT, they sound amazing and are loud enough for most people. About the "low end", we are guitarists, not bassists, and to much low end is a mistake. I love this little things, and they don't weight half a ton like my Soldano.
The four amps these are emulating are heavily used within hardcore music. A genre where you really want a decent low end to get those room shaking chugs.
@@vorpalblades this is half correct. On tour a lot are using kempers, neural dsp, even line6 helix, but in the recording studio are using tubes. Just less crap to have to lug around when touring.
Sorry you can't afford one, I only have my 78 JMP 50w combo through a fluke buy for 400aud. I'm after something more of a bedroom amp, hence looking at either Jackman or the zombie, will be interesting to see how they go with the 12ax7s swapped out for different preamp valves, and to run through different cans and speakers🤘
The boss GE-7 is probably one of the most useful pedals available, it can definitely shape tones. I also have a zombie and I use a marshall mx412 cab and it already lacks the lowend, but this pedal seriously cranks it up.
I shot out the Vivo and Zombie this past weekend and ended up keeping the Zombie. My main rig is a 50w 5150iii so I was kind of surprised, but the noise floor on the Vivo was so much higher- like double the hum at half the volume of the Zombie. I was surprised how chunky the Zombie was with a super overdrive and a 4x12, but 10-15% more volume would make it perfect (if only it went to 11!).
how do you connect the Joyo zombie headamp to a 4x12 cab that has two sockets for the left and right speakers? Since there's only one socket at the back of the Joyo headamp for 8ohms.
I have the Firebrand and I love the tone it has. I currently play with my 8-string guitar, the Firebrand, a tubescreamer, and a noise supressor. This amp has very good mids for 8-string playing.
Zombie sounded the best, followed closely by the VIVO. The other 2 were just ok. If you get the opportunity, it would be awesome if you could review the Vox MV50 High Gain. I have one and think it's pretty amazing. Would like to hear your thoughts.
To me, even tho he's right about the Firebrand sounding thin compared to the others, the notes seem to have more definition. I'd say it's my favorite based on this video.
I don’t know how well that would work yeah you can max volume gain etc for that plexi push not at 100000 DB lol 🤣 but I also feel like lack of headroom would just make that fall apart
I have been looking at these for about a year, I ended up pulling the trigger on the Zombie II XL. It’s currently at my house waiting on me to get home in a few days. Your videos have been a MAJOR deciding factor to me and I subscribed!
Well, I hear the valve fizzing in the pinch harmonics so they did something right. The irony is I love my valve gear but that word is what best describes pinch harmonics through valves vs purely solid-state lol.
I have the Zombie II XL. Usually use my 6505MH on band practice but last time I shocked my friends with the Zombie :D To be honest in the mix I found the Jackman really nice. Less gain is often helps the mix. Thanks for the shootout
@@ThatMFShawnzy I tried both an Orange Micro Terror & Dark Terror in a guitar shop where I bought my Jackson JS32 Rhoads, & preferred the cleaner sound of the Joyo ZoMBie, so I believe the MeteOR also sounds very similar, being an emulation of an Orange Amp, only cleaner & tighter. It's worth the little extra imo. 😂
@@ThatMFShawnzy the problem with the orange and the micro terror is you don't have a separate clean channel so you have to manually adjust to get your clean sound
I have the Meteor and Vivo. The Vivo is a bit louder but noisey. The Meteor nails the Orange sound and has girth. I run a Behringer 7 band eq in the loop - level on 7. This adds 3db in volume!!
Best out of the bunch for high gain is the Zombie. I have mine plugged into a Mesa 1x12 with an EVM speaker and it’s huge sounding. Just added a Mooer Reecho delay and next is a Mooer 5 band EQ. Great little setup for home usage with foot switchable clean/gain channels
zombie for certain, i think this so much i bought one and usually don't use any of the pedals i have or built with it, but occasionally the clean channel with a tubescreamer ts808 is pretty legit.
Out of these, I like the Jackman, followed by the Zombie and then Vivo. But honestly, they all sounded fairly samey to my ears (Jackman maybe a bit less so). Might be different if you're playing in the room, but to me, *mostly* they sounded like a slightly different tone setting. I think the cab and mic, or IR in this case, has the biggest influence on tone, and the amp itself is secondary. I was debating getting a cheap Marshall combo or something, but then I remembered these cheapo heads, so I'm considering getting a couple and a stereo 2x12 Harley Benton V30 cab, running one amp per speaker, and splitting my signal to both at once. But... I kinda prefer to get my drive from pedals mostly, so hard to know which of these would give a good clean tone and still sound great with a Rat or OCD or whatever. On second thought, maybe I'll just stick to my JC-40 for now and save for a Fender Jazzmaster. It'll always be nagging at my brain if I don't!
Thank you Taylor, for such a comprehensive video! Based on the comparison, I personally favored the Vivo for its highly useable EQ. I think it worked best in the mix. Slightly scooped mids, aggressive high-end, and plenty of lows. I found the Jackman to have too much of a scoop and weak highs, while the Firebrand had WAY TOO MUCH of a low mid hump that clouded up the mix. The Zombie was great, and closely resembled the Vivo, however, I found its mids to have too much of a focused sound, almost like using a preamp distortion pedal (ex. Rev G3) into a clean poweramp.
Like always, Eddie has the perfect tone wherever he goes lol Weather its a 6505 or 5150 and every other brand's mod of it in-between, always sounds the best to me haha. I personally use the 5150 mod in the Donner Cyclops Mini. I run that direct into my PA system and run an A/B/Y with other amps.
Thanks for that awesome shootout. I personally prefer the VIVO, but since its impossible to get anywhere right now i guess i´m going to take the Zombie. Howewer the EQ seems to make a huge difference.
The Zombie has the most appropriate equalization out of the box but with the eq pedal they all come to life and he becomes my last choice. Vivo and Jackman became f * good. You could have lowered the mids a little more on Firebrand. Anyway, I think it is the best for "less extreme mid scooped" types of metals, like power, melodic and heavy metal.
I just ordered the Zombie II before watching this video. I'm glad I did. However the Jackman II on this demo sounds almost as good with a a bit different tone so I'll probably end up picking one up later as well. But really they all sound pretty decent. I also own an Orange Micro Terror which on it's own sucks for metal (but great for rock and punk). However with a Tube Screamer knock-off running into it as a booster, it MASSIVELY tightens up the sound and gives me a killer super tight metal tone without any outboard EQ. The downside is that it has no FX loop and only has a single channel. That's why I ordered the Zombie II. So I'll still use the Orange micro terror for recording as it has it's own very unique and lovely sound, but I will use the Joyo Zombie II for rehearsals and potentially for gigs. I'm sure the live-sound engineers will love me for using it as it'll make their lives easier. But I'm also looking forward to recording with it. I was using a Hotone Heart Attack mini-amp for dual rectifier sounds, but I think this one will sound a little better with less tweaking needed. Plus I won't have to punch in on recordings for clean parts as I'll be able to do it on the fly while I'm recording.
I find tugging the dirty channel's EQ sweep towards the bass side a bit, I guess between 10 and 11 o'clock, and then using a Tube screamer with the gain at 9 o'clock, the tone sweep at 3 o'clock, and the level dimed gives the Jackman a good starting point tone, and then tweak with the EQ pedal from there. Put the gain on the amp at just shy of 3 o'clock. At least, this works on the Jackman II. Takes away all the flubbies introduced by the EQ on the amp favoring the lower end, and gives a nice focused gain boost in the upper mids. I then slightly push the entire midrange spectrum, boost the high end a bit more nudged the bass up a smidge, and drop the super high frequencies to like -6. I use a Zoom multi-FX pedal, and also utilize the noise gate and some things like WAH and flangers, and have a few other amp tones on some adjacent patches setup to play nice with the clean channel, though tbh I rarely, if ever, use those.
The Jackman, VIVO, and Zombie all sound quite good, and agreed that the Firebrand is the least impressive. Even though I generally prefer my Marshalls and Mesa over my 5150 II (but I still love it too), the VIVO might be the most impressive sounding one to me here.
The thing I like about that Firebrand is it sits on the front of the mix extremely well. It's very distinct and clear. That said I have the Vivo and it was honestly my favorite in this test. I just wish there was an XL version of it.
Zombie sounds closest to tube even though it isn't my preferred tone. The others like the Vivo sound a little fizzy without power tubes to smooth it out
I really liked the gain texture on the firebrand, but found it a little thin. I thought the meteor sounded like absolutely nothing special. I was surprised how much i liked the jackman, but wouldn't buy one (probably). The vivo sounds best in the mix to me, but i don't like the fizzy gain by itself. The zombie just kind of slays.
Great video the zombie 2 was the one I'm looking at, but I'm torn between that and the Jackman the zombie 2 had more distortion, but the Jackman had better tone.
Love your channel! How about some old school metal/hard rock? John Sykes 1987 Whitesnake, is my target tone, without having to buy two Mesa Boogie Colosseum amps!
I wouldn’t vote em, rather categorise. Firebrand sounds like perfect choice for Thrash, vivo and zombie are more scooped I would say they sound metalcorish, more like modern metalbands and there is a jackman which boosted sounds most natural in my opinion. My opinion, not an expert havent played my zombie yet as my guitar is still at spa(luthier).
If you want the Swedish chainsaw tone get one of the mk2s and run it through the clean channel. If you’re using the hm2 as a boost to color, I’d probably go zombie
The Zombie definitely hit the mark the best on there. I'd say that followed by the Vivo, Jackman and then the Firebrand at least in terms of quality tone, regardless of how well the emulation is. Subjective? Yes.
Great demo!! Watched this a while back and just ordered the Jackman II. Watched some other videos of it and wondered why I wanted it. Came back to this video and it obvious why , watching the Jackman Playthrough with and w/o the EQ. Any suggestions what EQ settings you used? Can't get a closeup of it and I'm not a big EQ guy but do have one. Thanks!!
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Thanks so much for checking out the video! Here are the others if you want to see them more in depth, individually!
Jackman 2
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Firebrand
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Zombie 2
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Vivo
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VIVO for the win for me...had more harmonic overtones...and did sound quite a bit close to the EVH style. .Zombie for my 2nd pic was my choice for a more heavy sound...but you forgot to demo the really good CLEAN CH. on the Zombie II...But anyway GREAT VID!!!
Taylor , is it true the orange clone is not of the dark terror
As I'm hoping they produce a version,
And I only need a house room sound
@@Big_Uncle_RandyI like the vivo with the added features and room for a pedal or three
I have a Zomie 2. I hooked my cheap Behringer EQ in the effects loop and added a TC Electronics Spark in the front. My cab is a 2X12 Harley Benton Celestion 30’s. It worked great.
Nice man, I'm wondering how my TC fangs and nether would sound through it, into my 212 cab with a celestion Greenback and vintage Marshall black label, or my 112 100 w Marshall gold label🤔
And by it I mean the zombie or Jackman😂 I can decide, it might be the zombie, seeing as, in the near future I'm planning on purchasing a BlackStar valve amp and modelling head, and most of my gear is UK audio with very little in the way of American style tones!
Definitely the Zombie II. I just got one of these last night, and am stunned by the gain and clarity.
I think I like the zoMBie most and then the VIVO, then the JaCkMan and the FireBrand least.
I played with my meteor about 10 gigs, when i wasn't able to use DI for my helix.
It worked fine and sounded killer.
There great backups I ha to buy one cuz my katana head burnt up
Vivo gets my vote, zombie second
Based on vid indeed. However at home zombie sounds better imho. Need to check rest
The best one here, is the Jackman. I like the Meteor. Everyone has the impulse to go for high gain amps, but thats what effects are for. You'll always get a better tone, starting with a good sounding amp and hitting it with your favorite pedal; and sound different from everyone else that just cranks the gain on their Mesa DR. Most high gain amps kinda suck for anything but gain. Much better off with a clear, resonant mid-gain amp and a distortion pedal. Of course, Im accustomed to doing metal with decidedly non-metal amps.
@@springbloom5940 some people just want a simple plug the guitar in and practice set up without pedals. Which imo is what these are actually for. I have a 6505 if I want flash. I just want a high gain mini u can plug into and practice on without any additional accessories.
Yeah, I’m actually having a hard time deciding which I like more.
I would get all 4
Most people don't rehearsal with tube amps, most people don't even have tube amps. So these are GREAT, they sound amazing and are loud enough for most people. About the "low end", we are guitarists, not bassists, and to much low end is a mistake. I love this little things, and they don't weight half a ton like my Soldano.
The four amps these are emulating are heavily used within hardcore music. A genre where you really want a decent low end to get those room shaking chugs.
@@HondaWanderer Professional guitarists? Sure. But hobbyists, no.
@@HondaWanderer nah, pros use in ears and modeling now. Tubes are obsolete.
@@vorpalblades this is half correct. On tour a lot are using kempers, neural dsp, even line6 helix, but in the recording studio are using tubes. Just less crap to have to lug around when touring.
@@HondaWanderer most guitarists with money to blow*
As a JCM800 and Marshall JMP 2203 fan who can't afford a real one I would go for the Joyo Jackman.
I have the JackMan II. I really love it.
U make me decide 4 Jackman (I´m a JCM900 fan, I have 2, so it maches) Thanks
Sorry you can't afford one, I only have my 78 JMP 50w combo through a fluke buy for 400aud. I'm after something more of a bedroom amp, hence looking at either Jackman or the zombie, will be interesting to see how they go with the 12ax7s swapped out for different preamp valves, and to run through different cans and speakers🤘
Found this one after ordering my Zombie and I do not regret my choice. That thing slays.
I personally have a zombie 2, i run a boost and eq to help fill out the sound. I love it and it keeps up with my band at practice for sure
Nice, I have one also and I now realize it needs a boost and EQ to get the most out of it. I couldnt get the sound I wanted before
@@zombiemontage the joyo vintage od is what i use for a boost, and have the joyo 10 band eq. Both are rock solid pedals
@@billyedkin4837 I'm ordering a Caline 10 band and I already use a Behringer TO800 as a boost :)
In front or in the effects loop?
@@Tohfool i run the eq threw the effects loop, and run everything else threw the front
The boss GE-7 is probably one of the most useful pedals available, it can definitely shape tones. I also have a zombie and I use a marshall mx412 cab and it already lacks the lowend, but this pedal seriously cranks it up.
Yeah, that's why mine is so beat to hell! 😂
I shot out the Vivo and Zombie this past weekend and ended up keeping the Zombie. My main rig is a 50w 5150iii so I was kind of surprised, but the noise floor on the Vivo was so much higher- like double the hum at half the volume of the Zombie. I was surprised how chunky the Zombie was with a super overdrive and a 4x12, but 10-15% more volume would make it perfect (if only it went to 11!).
😂 Yeah, it will think out a bit at high volume, but I agree that it is really chunky!
how do you connect the Joyo zombie headamp to a 4x12 cab that has two sockets for the left and right speakers? Since there's only one socket at the back of the Joyo headamp for 8ohms.
@@rolandjeromedamasco5954 that's where you get to dig inside and rewire it so all 4 are set to one jack. not fun.
I have the Firebrand and I love the tone it has. I currently play with my 8-string guitar, the Firebrand, a tubescreamer, and a noise supressor. This amp has very good mids for 8-string playing.
For that price - awesome amps. I got zombie II, sounds really cool. Good boosters and eq pedals make it sounds much better. VIVO sounds cool too.
Zombie sounded the best, followed closely by the VIVO. The other 2 were just ok. If you get the opportunity, it would be awesome if you could review the Vox MV50 High Gain. I have one and think it's pretty amazing. Would like to hear your thoughts.
That VIVO sounds super fizzy to me. Boosted they all sound pretty great but the zombie wins by a mile. Firebrand has some cool character to it though.
To me, even tho he's right about the Firebrand sounding thin compared to the others, the notes seem to have more definition. I'd say it's my favorite based on this video.
They could definitely release a Bantamp emulating a Marshall Plexi... Just sayin'...
I don’t know how well that would work yeah you can max volume gain etc for that plexi push not at 100000 DB lol 🤣 but I also feel like lack of headroom would just make that fall apart
Goddamn those tiny boxes sound massive. Specially liked it with the EQ pedal. Really torn between the zombie and Jackman.
I have been looking at these for about a year, I ended up pulling the trigger on the Zombie II XL. It’s currently at my house waiting on me to get home in a few days. Your videos have been a MAJOR deciding factor to me and I subscribed!
Awesome, thaknks for being here!
I just pulled the trigger a few hours ago on the zombie 2😎
Well, I hear the valve fizzing in the pinch harmonics so they did something right. The irony is I love my valve gear but that word is what best describes pinch harmonics through valves vs purely solid-state lol.
The VIVO is the most Crushing one!
I have the Zombie II XL. Usually use my 6505MH on band practice but last time I shocked my friends with the Zombie :D To be honest in the mix I found the Jackman really nice. Less gain is often helps the mix. Thanks for the shootout
I love the jackman !!
my Favorite's were the Zombie & Jackman
Jackman, then Zombie, then Vivo, then Firebrand.
The best one is the BlueJay with a DOD/Digitech Death Metal pedal.
Atomic,Meteor and Tweedy yo I need all of Joyo Bantamps for collection
You need to get one MeteOR! I think it sounds fantastic! And jeez, the eq pedal make SUCH a big difference.
My thing with the meteor is why get one when you can get an orange tiny terror for less
@@ThatMFShawnzy Because MeteOR sounds better (subjective but). Also I'm SURE tiny terror costs much more. You're probably talking about Micro Terror.
@@ThatMFShawnzy I tried both an Orange Micro Terror & Dark Terror in a guitar shop where I bought my Jackson JS32 Rhoads, & preferred the cleaner sound of the Joyo ZoMBie, so I believe the MeteOR also sounds very similar, being an emulation of an Orange Amp, only cleaner & tighter.
It's worth the little extra imo. 😂
@@ThatMFShawnzy the problem with the orange and the micro terror is you don't have a separate clean channel so you have to manually adjust to get your clean sound
@@deltasemple383 I dont use a clean channel lol
Jackman is my favorite, but for metal there's no way I wouldn't select the Zombie
the jackman and vivo sound very similar to my ear, the zombie sounds very scooped and the firebrand has a ton of mids
The firebrand sounds like it would be good for Mutiilation ish black metal, I liked the higher mids sound of it.
I had one of this Zoombie one. They have a huge anoying mid frequency. I trade mine to a Jackman and its way better sounding, but they have less gain.
My favorite is still the VIVO , the mix sounded very balanced
FireBrand sounds sick. I love that mid push
I have the Meteor and Vivo. The Vivo is a bit louder but noisey. The Meteor nails the Orange sound and has girth. I run a Behringer 7 band eq in the loop - level on 7. This adds 3db in volume!!
I like the vivo with that tube screamer sound more beefy
Best out of the bunch for high gain is the Zombie.
I have mine plugged into a Mesa 1x12 with an EVM speaker and it’s huge sounding.
Just added a Mooer Reecho delay and next is a Mooer 5 band EQ.
Great little setup for home usage with foot switchable clean/gain channels
I have the JackMan 2 I'm very pleased with it. I added a crunch pedal and noise gate and damn it sounds good.
I had the zombie and Vivo, never liked the vivo, zombie is cool but I never used it much so I sold both.
Zombie 2 for me. Got it and a 1x12 vht cab in my cart in musicians friend now.
zombie for certain, i think this so much i bought one and usually don't use any of the pedals i have or built with it, but occasionally the clean channel with a tubescreamer ts808 is pretty legit.
They all sound great. Nice riffs. I think the Zombie wins for me
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Vivo and firebrand slay! Not surprised. Evh and engl amps both rule
Yeeeees! You finally did it! Awesome dude, thanks! Can’t wait to see how my zombie stands up against the others.
Out of these, I like the Jackman, followed by the Zombie and then Vivo. But honestly, they all sounded fairly samey to my ears (Jackman maybe a bit less so). Might be different if you're playing in the room, but to me, *mostly* they sounded like a slightly different tone setting. I think the cab and mic, or IR in this case, has the biggest influence on tone, and the amp itself is secondary.
I was debating getting a cheap Marshall combo or something, but then I remembered these cheapo heads, so I'm considering getting a couple and a stereo 2x12 Harley Benton V30 cab, running one amp per speaker, and splitting my signal to both at once. But... I kinda prefer to get my drive from pedals mostly, so hard to know which of these would give a good clean tone and still sound great with a Rat or OCD or whatever.
On second thought, maybe I'll just stick to my JC-40 for now and save for a Fender Jazzmaster. It'll always be nagging at my brain if I don't!
Thank you Taylor, for such a comprehensive video!
Based on the comparison, I personally favored the Vivo for its highly useable EQ. I think it worked best in the mix. Slightly scooped mids, aggressive high-end, and plenty of lows.
I found the Jackman to have too much of a scoop and weak highs, while the Firebrand had WAY TOO MUCH of a low mid hump that clouded up the mix. The Zombie was great, and closely resembled the Vivo, however, I found its mids to have too much of a focused sound, almost like using a preamp distortion pedal (ex. Rev G3) into a clean poweramp.
Like always, Eddie has the perfect tone wherever he goes lol Weather its a 6505 or 5150 and every other brand's mod of it in-between, always sounds the best to me haha. I personally use the 5150 mod in the Donner Cyclops Mini. I run that direct into my PA system and run an A/B/Y with other amps.
Thanks for that awesome shootout. I personally prefer the VIVO, but since its impossible to get anywhere right now i guess i´m going to take the Zombie. Howewer the EQ seems to make a huge difference.
Sounds great for me at least in my room, no need to eq my jackman though. Boost -> jackman II and zombie II [eq loop] should suffice
I don't even boost mine and it slams
Jackman dsunded the best to me, but the Vivo and Zombie really shined in the mix
The Zombie has the most appropriate equalization out of the box but with the eq pedal they all come to life and he becomes my last choice. Vivo and Jackman became f * good. You could have lowered the mids a little more on Firebrand. Anyway, I think it is the best for "less extreme mid scooped" types of metals, like power, melodic and heavy metal.
I'm really digging that Zombie 2
I just ordered the Zombie II before watching this video. I'm glad I did. However the Jackman II on this demo sounds almost as good with a a bit different tone so I'll probably end up picking one up later as well. But really they all sound pretty decent. I also own an Orange Micro Terror which on it's own sucks for metal (but great for rock and punk). However with a Tube Screamer knock-off running into it as a booster, it MASSIVELY tightens up the sound and gives me a killer super tight metal tone without any outboard EQ. The downside is that it has no FX loop and only has a single channel. That's why I ordered the Zombie II. So I'll still use the Orange micro terror for recording as it has it's own very unique and lovely sound, but I will use the Joyo Zombie II for rehearsals and potentially for gigs. I'm sure the live-sound engineers will love me for using it as it'll make their lives easier. But I'm also looking forward to recording with it. I was using a Hotone Heart Attack mini-amp for dual rectifier sounds, but I think this one will sound a little better with less tweaking needed. Plus I won't have to punch in on recordings for clean parts as I'll be able to do it on the fly while I'm recording.
Havent even watched the video yet but I alredy know is what I need!
🤘🤘
I find tugging the dirty channel's EQ sweep towards the bass side a bit, I guess between 10 and 11 o'clock, and then using a Tube screamer with the gain at 9 o'clock, the tone sweep at 3 o'clock, and the level dimed gives the Jackman a good starting point tone, and then tweak with the EQ pedal from there. Put the gain on the amp at just shy of 3 o'clock. At least, this works on the Jackman II. Takes away all the flubbies introduced by the EQ on the amp favoring the lower end, and gives a nice focused gain boost in the upper mids. I then slightly push the entire midrange spectrum, boost the high end a bit more nudged the bass up a smidge, and drop the super high frequencies to like -6. I use a Zoom multi-FX pedal, and also utilize the noise gate and some things like WAH and flangers, and have a few other amp tones on some adjacent patches setup to play nice with the clean channel, though tbh I rarely, if ever, use those.
The Jackman, VIVO, and Zombie all sound quite good, and agreed that the Firebrand is the least impressive. Even though I generally prefer my Marshalls and Mesa over my 5150 II (but I still love it too), the VIVO might be the most impressive sounding one to me here.
The zombie cuts through the mix but the Jackman blends in perfectly
We use the zombie II to play for 2 thousand people, from time to time, we mic up my cab, and use the house PA.
Zombie ii! Not even close. Most gain! Worked best with the eq to my ears!
I liked the Zombie the best (and I have one), gonna have to try an EQ in the loop!
The thing I like about that Firebrand is it sits on the front of the mix extremely well. It's very distinct and clear.
That said I have the Vivo and it was honestly my favorite in this test. I just wish there was an XL version of it.
Vivo and zombie are the best for me
firebrand best
the JaCkMan II is a pleasant surprise in this 'competition'. VIVO sounds best for me though.
definitely zombie and vivo!!!
I have a Zombie and a Jackman II. The Zombie is great, but the Jackman is awesome.
Zombie sounds closest to tube even though it isn't my preferred tone. The others like the Vivo sound a little fizzy without power tubes to smooth it out
JOYO Zombie & Zombie II
I gigged my jackman II and it is loud!
Awesome video .....now I have more amps to buy...🙃👍zombie ll and the vivo are my favs...keep up the good work
All these amps sounds amazing, but the Jackman is my favorite 👍🏻
Nissssssssssssssssssce 🥞
I run a EQ & OD with my Zombie as well! Gives it that bite & claw for a pure growler!🐺
These can replace the full valve amps when combined with the EQ pedal, by the sound of them
FireBrand sounds like Howard Jones yelling in a tupperware cup.
Zombie perfect unboosted.
Vivo great boosted.
Jackman perfect boosted.
I actually prefer the sound of the JackMan...Sounds like Slayer's World Painted Blood
I really liked the gain texture on the firebrand, but found it a little thin. I thought the meteor sounded like absolutely nothing special. I was surprised how much i liked the jackman, but wouldn't buy one (probably). The vivo sounds best in the mix to me, but i don't like the fizzy gain by itself. The zombie just kind of slays.
I've tried all these the joyo zombie 🏆 wins hands down.
man I love the demo song at the end..from the time when you used to shootout among modelers XD
I've been writing a lot for my band, and haven't had as much time to crank out demo songs. Surprised someone remembered though!
LOL, I had my GE-7 for a very long time too, and the LED on mine is... a little weak.
Great video the zombie 2 was the one I'm looking at, but I'm torn between that and the Jackman the zombie 2 had more distortion, but the Jackman had better tone.
Love your channel! How about some old school metal/hard rock? John Sykes 1987 Whitesnake, is my target tone, without having to buy two Mesa Boogie Colosseum amps!
Zombie or Vivo for me in the mix.
I want to know which one is best for metal, thanks 🙏
I'm wanting the Mjlonir, but I'm thinking of getting one of the Bantamps so I have a tiny little amp to bring around easier.
Thank you
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They all offer something nice. It's crazy how those little things sound. If I had to choose, I'd go Zombie.
Came for the Zombie II but stayed for the Jackman. What a sound. Best by a mile.
#1 zombie #2 jackmam& vivo both good.
Need to try this again throwing in the Mjolnir.
VIVO and Zombie, for metal obviously. Can't decide between the two ... VIVO is more round, Zombie is more austere ... oh well, get em BOTH!!!
I wouldn’t vote em, rather categorise. Firebrand sounds like perfect choice for Thrash, vivo and zombie are more scooped I would say they sound metalcorish, more like modern metalbands and there is a jackman which boosted sounds most natural in my opinion.
My opinion, not an expert havent played my zombie yet as my guitar is still at spa(luthier).
Which one works best with the boss hm-2 chainsaw sound by running a hm-2 or clone thru a overdriven channel.
If you want the Swedish chainsaw tone get one of the mk2s and run it through the clean channel. If you’re using the hm2 as a boost to color, I’d probably go zombie
I thought putting an EQ in the fx loop draws power out of the tube and weakens it? I'm prob completely wrong but ill ask anyway.
Is this like putting the compressor in the effects loop to create the tube sag effect?
I'm sending back my Zombie II I was disappointed. The Jackman sound fuller but I really like the fire and vivo in the mix
Zombie needs a good eq pedal and a TS style overdrive boosting it
@@zombiemontage I have a 12 band eq and a maxon OD. My Micro Dark sound way better. Pity
#1 Jackman
#2 Zombie
#3 Vivo
#4 Firebrand
The Zombie definitely hit the mark the best on there. I'd say that followed by the Vivo, Jackman and then the Firebrand at least in terms of quality tone, regardless of how well the emulation is. Subjective? Yes.
the Zombie wins 🔥🤘🏼
Missing the Meteor II, the Orange Rockerverb flavor is easily one of my favorites
Great review👍
Do these amps still sound any good at bedroom levels?
Great demo!! Watched this a while back and just ordered the Jackman II. Watched some other videos of it and wondered why I wanted it. Came back to this video and it obvious why , watching the Jackman Playthrough with and w/o the EQ. Any suggestions what EQ settings you used? Can't get a closeup of it and I'm not a big EQ guy but do have one. Thanks!!