Joyo BanTamP XL Jackman II

If you're after warm British tones with limited budget, this could be for you. It has surprisingly nice Marshall-ish (not necessarily a jcm) dirty sound. I bought it for practicing so I could spare my 100 watt head's tubes but I found myself using and enjoying this one as much as my main amp.

Features:
-FX loop, 2 channels, footswitch included; these features are impossible to find at this price range. It handles my pedals nicely, loud enough for my purposes, maybe even too loud for that (home practice). Fits in my backpacks, weights nothing, can drive 8 ohm cabs like a champ (loses a bit of volume when connected to 16 ohm).

The bad:
-Makes a loud pop noise when opened or when you hit the channel switch.

Good to mention:
-Sounds bad when used with headphones out.
-Bluetooth feature looks handy but often useless in reality. Guitar speakers are not full range speakers so dont expect your music to sound good when you're jamming with it. However you can still connect a metronome or drums/guitars only backing tracks.
-It’s a low gain amp. Requires an overdrive pedal in front to achieve at least 80s heavy metal sound. For modern metal check joyo zombie etc.
-Having only one tone control will limit you.
-Clean sound is just meh in my opinion.
-Weak bass response

But again, except the annoying popping noise these are quite normal things for a very small practice amp with this price. Thats why I dont count them as 'the bad'

Also, I only used with good cabs (engl 212/v30, peavey 212/greenbacks) so my experience with this amp is heavily influenced by it. I previously ordered and then returned marshall dsl1 and blackstar ht1 heads. I really liked dsl1 but it only had 16ohm out and Blackstar was extremely boomy with my cab. Joyo in the other hand covered all my needs with only half price.

Conclusion: I'd rate 4.8/5 comparing to the similar (even more) priced heads. I'm now thinking to buy another jackman for stereo setup.

I use the product mostly in a home studio setting. I use it combined with either an Orange 1x8 cab or an AMT 1x12 cab. The first thing that stands out is that this small, lunch box sized head can be quite loud. I have used it together with drums in a band practice setting and it handled it no problem at all. Feature-wise, it comes with a clean and an overdrive channel, with dual controls and footswitch included in the price. The OD channel is good for rock and hard rock but for metal, you might want to use a Tubescreamer or equivalent in front to boost things up. The amp takes pedals in the clean channel really well. It also has an effects loop, which I use (sometimes with a preamp to bypass the built-in preamp) and Bluetooth functionality, which I have not used by now. I would have really liked to have a bit of extra oomph in the OD channel, so I take one star off from the sound. Overall, it is very good value for money and can be used in a variety of situations, including band practice and even a small gig. Home studio use is where the amp shines thought.