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So I still have not upgraded my amp and I'm thinking any tube amp over 5 watts would be overkill for my apartment. My current philosophy du jour is to get a tonelab and run it through a multichannel keyboard amp, so as to be able to hook up a utility mike for other instruments. I'd go valvetronix 30 but I'm not sure those would work for anything but a guitar.
Any experience with these?
Anybody using a tonelab?
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Anybody using a tonelab?
"The only worthwhile conquests are those wrested from ignorance"
-Napoleon
-Napoleon
I guess I'll answer my own question - picked one up last Saturday in a local shop for less (after taxes) than from a big chain mail order place.
In a word, it sounds great. Nice dynamic tone at any level
extemely flexible. Very good vox/fender sounds .Not in terms of accuracy necessarily, but they sound good on their own merits.
My only problem with it is the compressor pedal simulation - it amplifies pick-click noises in a really distracting and unmusical way, and tweaking has not resolved it. Ugh. This is more than a minor problem when one's "main axe" is a 12-string rick.
Still a good unit and hopefully the compressor thing will get worked out.
In a word, it sounds great. Nice dynamic tone at any level
extemely flexible. Very good vox/fender sounds .Not in terms of accuracy necessarily, but they sound good on their own merits. My only problem with it is the compressor pedal simulation - it amplifies pick-click noises in a really distracting and unmusical way, and tweaking has not resolved it. Ugh. This is more than a minor problem when one's "main axe" is a 12-string rick.
Still a good unit and hopefully the compressor thing will get worked out.
"The only worthwhile conquests are those wrested from ignorance"
-Napoleon
-Napoleon
Ya know, that's an excellent question. At the moment I'm using regular fender celluloid mediums. ANy suggestions for a softer pick?
It definitely gets "clickier" with the comp on. . .but obviously a mellower pick would help.
The unit as a whole sounds really good for a single box.
It definitely gets "clickier" with the comp on. . .but obviously a mellower pick would help.
The unit as a whole sounds really good for a single box.
"The only worthwhile conquests are those wrested from ignorance"
-Napoleon
-Napoleon
I just stayed up past my bedtime with it. I was going through my usual routine (Practice/therapy, really) and had an inspiration to try the wah with my 660/12. This was on the AC30TB model with the gain cranked. I got some absolutely demonic sounds.
If you want feedbacky shoegazy wall-o-sound that nonetheless sounds good, (at late-nite volumes) I got it!
If you want feedbacky shoegazy wall-o-sound that nonetheless sounds good, (at late-nite volumes) I got it!
"The only worthwhile conquests are those wrested from ignorance"
-Napoleon
-Napoleon
Guys, maybe you can help me with this I was
over at a friends house today with my guitar.
He just bought a Vox AD30VT and with my guitar
I got some good sounds we are going to use the amp for recordings. My amp is a Vox AC-30TBX
and to get different sounds thru my amp would
the (ToneLab)or the (toneLab SE) or an AD120VTH
be a good match for my AC-30. The only thing with
the AC-30TBX is that I can't crank the volume at
home. I'm also saving for a Ric to offset my
Gretsch. So what I'm asking is which one is
better to run thru my AC-30TBX.
over at a friends house today with my guitar.
He just bought a Vox AD30VT and with my guitar
I got some good sounds we are going to use the amp for recordings. My amp is a Vox AC-30TBX
and to get different sounds thru my amp would
the (ToneLab)or the (toneLab SE) or an AD120VTH
be a good match for my AC-30. The only thing with
the AC-30TBX is that I can't crank the volume at
home. I'm also saving for a Ric to offset my
Gretsch. So what I'm asking is which one is
better to run thru my AC-30TBX.
No other guitar sound as good as a Rickenbacker thru a Vox AC-30TBX