Ignoring the presets and dialing in individual cab/amp settings, and then adding the effects has given me some cool sounds. I really like the built-in tuner, as well as most of the modulation, reverb, and delay settings. If not then, despite my 15 year old son's howling objections, I may sell/trade it off. If I can find some good tones I can live with I'll keep it. If so then maybe I bought the wrong unit.īeing used to individual pedals the Tonelab is more complicated than I like. I was told that the Tonelab's strong point IS the cab/amp modelling, that the effects settings are a bit weak. Since I bought the unit primarily as a multi-effect unit, rather than an amp/cab modeller, I'm going to try running it in the loop w/ the cab/amp settings off. This seems like it defeats the purpose of having a preset tone in the first place.Īcting on advice I got from over at the Carvin forum I'm running the unit into the RETURN of my amp's effect loop, but I've also run it straight into the front of the amp, which doesn't produce a remarkably different sound. It's a pain to go from a clean tone to dirty on the same setting, only to have to roll the highs off on the unit's EQ controls. Is there any way to EQ this out, or is it inherent to the unit? The high-gain settings are not only noisy, which I expected, but ear-searingly harsh, as well. There is always a HUGE jump in volume between some of the presets, no matter how I set one of the expression pedals to control the volume.
VOX TONELAB SE PATCHES MANUAL
The owner's manual is a little helpful, but it seems to spend so much of its pages telling me how good the unit is, and not enough telling me to actually get some good sounds out of it!!
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I can get some good tones out of it, but many of the presets are harsh, noisy, and just downright SUCK. It's been across the country with me in the truck since I bought it, but I'm just now running it thru my Carvin X-100B at home. I was made an offer I couldn't refuse on this unit, so I snatched it up. I'm very much an 'individual pedal' user, and brand new to multi-effect/modellers. They will make up the majority of your tone, and if you discover you dopn't actually like it, you've gotta go take it back and then try and find a different unit.I've had my new Vox Tonelab a few weeks now and I'm still not sure if I like it yet. The main thing is you HAVE to try these before you buy them. The modulations are fantastic and easy to creat the tone you want.
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I personally don't like the Boss distortions, too gritty for me, but their overdrive patches are tremendous.
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The GT-6 is't worth it, if you want boss, go for the GT-8. It's better for live playing because the valve gives it a bit more life than just digital patches. Apparently it's very user friendly, but, it tends to be more metal-orientated the hi gain patches are insanely good, but what I've heard of the lower gain and clean patches isn't the best. Line 6 POD is a versitlile piece of kit, I've never heard any problems with it, but then I've never tried it. I wouldn't take their advice because every fu cker owns one now, and you don't know who's just jumping on the 'love POD' bandwagon. People will here will whore the POD XT Live till the end of time, no matter what. Let me just go over a few things with you so this guy will stop calling you stupid.Īll 3 are good FX units. The only thing that'll change is how it'll sound.