Joyo DC-15S 15-Watt Guitar Amplifier

Joyo DC-15S is a guitar practice amplifier designed for electric and acoustic guitarists. This is a home practice amplifier that can sound great at any volume, thanks to the amplifier’s design.

The Joyo DC-15S has many great features, making it one of the best little practice amplifiers out there at an affordable price. Overall, I can highly recommend this amplifier for home practice, and it’s one of my favorite small amplifiers I’ve tried in a very long time.

What I really like about the Joyo DC-15S

Feature for feature, this amplifier really punches above its weight.  The Joyo DC-15S has 8 different guitar simulated models. This will work from cleaner electric guitar tones to British Crunch through to Metal tones. The DC-15S also has a mode dedicated to acoustic guitar, so it will work great with any guitar you plug into it.

The built-in lithium battery gives you between 1-3 hours of use, depending on your volume.  The DC-15s also comes with an AC power supply making this a very viable portable or home practice amplifier.

No Computer Interface

One of the things I love about the Joyo DC-15S is that you do not need a phone or computer to dial in tones or sounds.  Everything is done from the top of the amplifier.  This guitar amplifier does not have any complex controls or buttons and is intuitive even without reading the instructions.  I had a similar experience when using the Joyo Jam Buddy.  This is, in many ways, the big brother to the Joyo Jam Buddy.

If you are a fan of plug-and-play, you’ll love what this can do. However, those who want a computer-controlled (Katana-style) experience should look elsewhere.  While you don’t need a computer to operate the Joyo DC-15S guitar amplifier, you can use a phone to play jam tracks via Bluetooth.

Recording and Low Volume Practice

Another cool feature of the amplifier is sending a signal out of the line out jack to an audio interface.  In my video review above, you’ll hear how well it records when connected to an audio interface rather than being mic’d up.  This gives the amplifier a far more functional aspect for musicians who want to record their music.  Included is a headphone jack allowing the Joyo DC-15S guitar amplifier to be used as a silent practice solution.

What I don’t like about the Joyo DC-15S Guitar Amplifier

One of the things I wish the Joyo guitar amplifier had was a two or three-band EQ. While the amp is loaded with one tone control, I found myself wanting to add or subtract mids or bass. This is in no way a deal-breaker, but I think some preset tones could benefit from an EQ section.

Secondly, the amplifier can struggle at louder volumes when looping and cranking out the drum machine. However, at moderate volumes, the amplifier has no issues, and the audio through to output jack is not hindered.

Modeling Combo Amplifier for Electric Guitar

• 9 Amp models: Acoustic, JC clean, clean, overdrive, blues, crunch, lead, rhythm and metal
• 6 Digital effects: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Delay and Reverb
• Built-in drum machine with 36 rhythm patterns
• Looper
• Bluetooth
• Rechargeable lithium battery
• 1 Channel
• Power: 15 watts
• Speaker configuration: 1 x 5.25" and 1 x 2.5" speaker
• Controls: Gain, Tone, Volume, Space Effects, Modulation Effect, Amp select, Amp preset, Bluetooth, Looper, Drum volume, Drum style, Tap tempo
• Instrument input: 6.3 mm jack
• Line input
• Line output
• Rec output
• Headphone output
• Foot switch connection
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 250 x 190 x 230 mm
• Weight: 4.2 kg
• Foot switch included
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• SPECS
• Speaker    1x 5,25", 1x 2,5"
  Reverb    Yes
  Effects Processor    Yes
  External FX Loop    No
  Line input    Yes
  Recording Output    Yes
  MIDI Interface    No
  Connection for External Speaker    No
  Headphone OutputYes
  Footswitch connection    Yes
  incl. footswitch    Yes
  Weight in kg4,2 kg

  Power    15 W