police squad Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'm thinking about going 'ampless' in my pub band. Anyone got any experience with the vox ToneLab stuff. I just want to go straight into the PA and come back through the monitors ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I have the studio version (without pedals on). It's a pretty good pre-amp for recording. There is a HPF on those so not suitable for bass though. For guitar I suppose it could work but it depends on what you're doing, I don't think you'll get the same response as a proper guitar amp and will possibly sound a bit too direct through the PA. Soo if the band is a 'guitar' band I would avoid it, if its just to add a bit of texture it may be ok. Our guitarist brings his Line6 Pod to gigs in case his amp goes pop, which (being a 70s Fender Twin) it often does. It does not sound great through the PA, but it gets us through the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 [quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1414577002' post='2590792'] I have the studio version (without pedals on). It's a pretty good pre-amp for recording. There is a HPF on those so not suitable for bass though. For guitar I suppose it could work but it depends on what you're doing, I don't think you'll get the same response as a proper guitar amp and will possibly sound a bit too direct through the PA. Soo if the band is a 'guitar' band I would avoid it, if its just to add a bit of texture it may be ok. Our guitarist brings his Line6 Pod to gigs in case his amp goes pop, which (being a 70s Fender Twin) it often does. It does not sound great through the PA, but it gets us through the night. [/quote] good info thanks. We're a pop/rock band. The other guitarist uses a roland synth for all his guitar sounds. I want an ac-30 type crucnhy rhthymn sound which I can add more gain too for the odd solo, with a little chorus and delay. And have it at different volumes (ie lead sound set louder and so on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 We run everything through a PA that has a decent number of inputs already incorporating preamps. The bass actually goes direct to the same PA in our case but the guitars are via effects pedals of various makes. With the added EQ controls from the pedals and the inbuilt pre-amps, we find it pretty much does the job that a DI box would normally do. Mind you, that's maybe only with our equipment and our types of gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 I've decided to buy the Tonelab ex. 160 quid delivered from thomann. I'll see how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttitudeCastle Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 It's all about getting the right amp into the right cab sound in the box. A friend of mine gigs using units like this, and a POD exclusively, and it's all about the right cab IRs, that said he always has a Two Notes C.A.B pedal just incase and can by pass the IR's in the box. For recording these can sound incredible, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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