Joyo MA-10B Portable Bass Amp

This amp is a 10W bass amp with included PSU, it compares well with the Fly Bass which is a similar price, 3W and no PSU included.

It's an ideal bedroom blaster for places where too much volume might cause issues, very portable and able to keep up with acoustic guitar of a jam in the park etc. Not really giggable and maybe not enough power for busking except in a quiet spot with good acoustics, like a subway.

Build quality is typical Joyo, very solid, nice light-up logo and in cream it has a lovely retro feel. Other colours look contemporary, so a timeless design,

The sound is good for a 5" speaker but not outstanding. It handles a passive bass well without farting, haven't tried it with my active 5-string. The tone control is a bit like a Fender TBX, very subtle and to be honest sounds best left at 12 O'clock to me. The drive channel works well giving a decent rumble rather than a buzz.

First of all, it's excellent for space saving and insanely lightweight. It also packs a decent little punch considering it's small size. Perfect piece of kit to jam along to some of your favourite tunes and practice the bass guitar in general. Headphones can be plugged in alongside your smartphone etc. as musical accompaniment or a bit of motivation. When you play the guitar at the same time as the music you are feeding it you can still set the tone and gain and volume to overpower the music volume to distinguish your own sound and also try to match whatever you are playing along to quite evenly. You could also run a beat or a metronome instead of music. Either way this is the perfect armchair bass companion. My only con isn't a big deal to me but may be a dealbreaker for some, there is a slight buzz/feedback that tends to develop but that could just be my device and/or guitar or my input jack cable from my guitar that causes this. Possibly with a more expensive guitar or cable this could be eradicated. I've heard it also works well with no buzz using batteries but I haven't personally tried it. 8/10