Tonex One

[HamerHokie]

I got a couple of Guitar Center gift cards for Christmas so I decided to spend them on the Tonex One.  Conceptually it's pretty cool - you get to pick either two amp models or two pedal models from the vast Tonex library to load in the pedal, then use them on your pedalboard.  On Youtube there are a lot of videos of people cycling through the amp models and they all sound really good.

I have not been able to get mine to work well, though, because it's clearly designed to be used as a direct-to-PA box with both amp and cabinet sims active.  I am trying it out as a replacement front end to my amp, so it goes directly into the effects return jack.  For this you turn the cabinet sims off so it's just using the amp models.  And so far I can't really get a good sound out of it.  I've cycled lots of amp sims - Orange OR120, Vox AC30, Marshall Plexi, Matchless Independence, and others.  Maybe the tube power amp is coloring the amp sim, not sure.  It might work better with a flat class D style power amp.

Anyone else trying this out?

[mathman]

I have the digital versions of them.  I hear lots of good reviews about them and as digital pedals they are okay.  There is also a tonex application that I think sounds good and it can sample your own amps, but I really don't find my self using it.  A bit cumbersome to find sounds.

[mathman]

Definitely try it into a full range speaker of some type.  

[HamerHokie]

On 7/26/2024 at 7:03 PM, mathman said:

I have the digital versions of them.  I hear lots of good reviews about them and as digital pedals they are okay.  There is also a tonex application that I think sounds good and it can sample your own amps, but I really don't find my self using it.  A bit cumbersome to find sounds.

People are using the Tonex modeling box to model their own boutique amps and sell the captures.