About JOYO
JOYO Technology Co., Ltd is a Shenzhen, China-based manufacturer founded in 2006, building guitar and bass effects pedals, amplifiers, and music accessories. The brand's reputation was built on affordable, playable gear aimed at musicians who want usable tone without a boutique price tag, and its catalog now spans everything from compact overdrive and delay pedals to tuners, power supplies, and portable practice amps.
JOYO's gear shows up well beyond the budget-buyer crowd: the gear-tracking site Equipboard lists JOYO equipment in the setups of working musicians including Peter Hook of Joy Division, Captain Sensible of The Damned, Lee Kiernan of IDLES, and Andrew Bailey of DIIV. In our own testing, the JOYO MA-10B stood out in the portable, battery-powered bass amp category, backed by one of the deepest owner-review bases we found in that class.
Brand website: joyoaudio.com
What JOYO makes
JOYO's catalog runs wider than the gear we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Portable & Practice Bass Amps
Battery-powered mini bass amps built for practice on the go, including the MA-10B — featured on House of Octave
Guitar Amplifier Heads
The banTamP series of compact tube and modeling heads
Guitar & Bass Effects Pedals
Overdrive, distortion, fuzz, delay, reverb, chorus, phaser and flanger pedals, including the long-running JF series and the analog-voiced R Series
Tuners
Pedal tuners including the Irontune series
Power Supplies
Isolated multi-output pedalboard power bricks
Audio Interfaces
The MOMIX line of compact recording interfaces
Why we recognized JOYO
The House of Octave Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose gear consistently stands out in our player-tested category guides. JOYO earned it on the strength of the products below, judged the same way every product on this site is: assessed on build, tone, and playability, weighed against what players actually report over years of use, and ranked on merit.
JOYO gear we rated highly
JOYO MA-10B
The only battery-powered amp in our bass amp lineup with a real onboard speaker, which makes it genuinely practical for busking, garden practice, or travelling with a bass. Two switchable channels, normal and drive, give it more tonal range than most amps its size, and at under three pounds it stays out on a shelf rather than packed away, which in practice means it gets used more. It also carries one of the largest owner-review bases in our roundup, at more than 1,800 ratings, giving buyers a substantial track record to weigh before they order.
Read the 10 Best Bass Amps of 2026 (Practice, Home, and Gigging) guide →What earned JOYO the recognition
- JOYO has built and sold guitar and bass gear from its Shenzhen base since 2006, with a catalog that now spans amplifiers, effects pedals, tuners, and recording accessories.
- The MA-10B earned its place in our bass amp testing as the standout portable, battery-powered option, backed by more than 1,800 owner ratings, one of the deepest review bases in that category.
- Its two switchable channels, normal and drive, give a compact practice amp more usable tonal range than most amps at its size.
- Third-party gear-tracking data from Equipboard shows JOYO equipment in the setups of notable touring and recording musicians, including Peter Hook of Joy Division and Lee Kiernan of IDLES.
- The brand's product range beyond bass amps, effects pedals, tuners, and guitar amp heads, gives it a track record across multiple gear categories rather than a single hit product.