Any guitarists on here?

[Hollowcell]

I have ordered it to try out, but as they are far cheaper here than any where else, if I sell it used in Ausi I should make myself $100aus or so. That's what I meant by "trying it out".

I am guessing by the reviews (pro and user) that I'll end up keeping it anyway, but this sort of thing is very personal taste oriented.

Will let you guys know how it goes. Should be here by the end of the week.

[matsa]

Yay!

Just got back from the guitar hospital with my baby.

She's just had a pickup transplant. Ripped out those shitty old Fenders and put in two EMG Tele replacements.

The quality is very good. Finally a tone pot that works properly. The old one was useless. They've very loud and I'm very happy with the versatility of the sound.

But by far the best thing about them is... THE SILENCE! Not even the slightest buzz or anything. On a TELECASTER!

Scared my self shitless earlier. I had it plugged into GuitarPort with a loud heavy amp and distortion sound. I thought the volume must've been off then I hit the bottom E. Jesus! It was on and I jumped through the roof!

They're not much to look at, but sod that.

http://fs01.snapdrive.net/file.php?u...ickups-007.jpg

[Hollowcell]

Originally Posted by matsa

They've very loud and I'm very happy with the versatility of the sound.

Alex wouldn't have made this mistake....

Congrats on the new pickups. How much did they set you back?

[matsa]

<Sits in stunned silence. Contemplates suicide..>


Costed 180 ?uropes. Install 50?. Was the 2 pickups, pots, pickup switch and jack.

http://www.emginc.com/displayproduct...3&catalogid=51

I might do some sound test mp3's for yez later. If I get time away from the frantic campaign schedule.

[Hollowcell]

Well got the Tonelab last night, and since then I've spent a few hours playing around. I have been running it line out into the desk, so I can't comment what it's be like into an amp.

So what's it like?
Fuck me it's amazing!

I put it into "manual mode" (as the knobs pretty well do everything they have written there) and with almost no menu navigation I started to build patches. Couldn't be simpler for a MFX unit seriously.

The amp sims are like nothing I have played with before in the digital realm - that could be because the gain section is based on a 12AX7.
The dynamic control over the amps! Nothing, and I mean nothing is in it's class for this aspect. The amps are the reason I bought it and they are the reason it's a keeper. Even though you don't get a heap of amps, what you do get are so great. So warm and with a nice range of tones.

Some of the FX are pretty good, but at the moment I would rather use my other gear most of the time. I haven't put enough time in to really comment in detail on the FX section though.

I'm starting to understand why people rave about this thing....

And for the money - my god!

[matsa]

Oh my oh my


Woo-hoo! S/pdif too. I can get one for ?205. Hmm...

I had a look at the SE version with the foot controllers. No fecking s/dif. Silly.

Steve, I'd really like to hear more about how you like it over the next days.

Please tell what's not that good.

Is it at all noisy? How's the spdif quality, auto wah any good? etc etc..

I want clean sounds, not heavy. How's the Fender emulation? Can you check it with a guitar?

[Hollowcell]

The clean sounds are what it does best, but some of the high gain stuff isn't bad either.

There is a 70 page thread on HC (which I found after buying the thing)!
It has a fair few samples which I haven't had the chance to listen to, but I am guessing they are pretty good considering the responses. You are probably better to listen to these as I don't have access to a guitar here.
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/...b&pagenumber=1

I don't have the cables to try the spdif, but I haven't heard anything bad about it. I really like post processing, so I probably won't bother with it either.

I wouldn't say it's all that noisy, and as there's a NS hidden in one of the menus that works quite well, so it's not bad at all even on high gain. The main difference with this and the all digi amp sims regarding noise is that it really works like a real amp (it is a real "mini" amp afterall), so noise is where you would expect to find it, rather than being smeared completely over the whole sound.

I will dive into the FX soon, but on my first try I didn't think a heap of them. The compressor, delays and phaser weren't bad though. I will let you know once I get into it a little more.

I do know one thing though - it's a keeper!

[matsa]

Fuck. I'm impressed by the reviews I've read. Didn't know it had been out so long.

Have to try it next week.

The guitar port is ok, but I can't use it as a stand alone. Just joined a band and we all play over phones. V-drums, etc etc. Was using just a Tube Screamer and a Joe Meek compressor pre-amp up to now. Was about to buy the Line6 FloorPod. Fekk. Gotta check this now.

Review from Sound on Sound (best UK music shite rag):
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec0...voxtonelab.htm

[Hollowcell]

I just did a currency conversion with 205euro and that's pretty expensive compared to what I paid over here, although that does seem the average price, but if you push you'd get one cheaper I'd say.

Yeah I read that review, plus many of the user reviews, but if I read that thread I wouldn't have waited for as long as I did.

Man, running that Tubescreamer before the Tonelab would rock Matsa! Also as you're all running over phones I'd say buy one for sure - some people get different results with different amps is all. If you're running into a desk it'll be easier to control the Tonelab as well.

What kind of music do you play mostly?

[Gopal]

Originally Posted by jasedee

I use an original Cry Baby....it's gold!

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