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Members guitarcapo Posted September 17, 2005 Members Share Posted September 17, 2005 I don't know about this English Muffin business but I'd like to give a shout out to my Tonebone Classic. It does the heavy lifting when it comes to distortion on my pedal board. Very tweakable and it loves clean Fenders played at low volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ninja of love Posted September 17, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2005 Originally posted by guitarcapo I don't know about this English Muffin business but I'd like to give a shout out to my Tonebone Classic. It does the heavy lifting when it comes to distortion on my pedal board. Very tweakable and it loves clean Fenders played at low volumes. It sounds like it has gobs of gain. I can't imagine the need for the Hot British. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justing Posted September 17, 2005 Members Share Posted September 17, 2005 Originally posted by ninja of love It sounds like it has gobs of gain. I can't imagine the need for the Hot British. I once bought a Hot British on a whim and when I got it home and plugged it in, I was surprised at how much gain there was. It wasn't even usable for me, and I play some good solid rock. I mean it sounded good for what it was, but there was so much gain it would just be a fuzzy mush in the mix no matter how I eq'd it. I was a bit confused by their sample settings as well.. particularly the Led Zeppelin one...I've never heard Jimmy Page use that much gain (not that that's a bad thing). Long story short, I traded it to someone on this forum (forget who) for a DD-20, and he liked it much more than I did. The Tonebone Classic is where it's at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ninja of love Posted September 17, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2005 Originally posted by justing I once bought a Hot British on a whim and when I got it home and plugged it in, I was surprised at how much gain there was. It wasn't even usable for me, and I play some good solid rock. I mean it sounded good for what it was, but there was so much gain it would just be a fuzzy mush in the mix no matter how I eq'd it. I was a bit confused by their sample settings as well.. particularly the Led Zeppelin one...I've never heard Jimmy Page use that much gain (not that that's a bad thing). Long story short, I traded it to someone on this forum (forget who) for a DD-20, and he liked it much more than I did.The Tonebone Classic is where it's at. Danke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B. Posted September 17, 2005 Members Share Posted September 17, 2005 Originally posted by ninja of love ? I tried the Muff'n once and bought right then and there. Totally blows away the Tonebone. I am no longer using the Tonebone. The Muff'n can get great Plexi/JCM800 tones. Tone knobs actually work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hemispheres Posted September 17, 2005 Members Share Posted September 17, 2005 Originally posted by ninja of love ? Ninja, I have the Hot British and also used to have (briefly) a Tonebone classic. I returned it after purchasing a Nady TD-1. Why? Because I played them head to head and they sounded exactly the same and has the same features and it was roughly 100 dollars less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 The Tonebone doesn't seem to have too much gain for me and I'm no metal head. Sure if you crank everything it gets all white noisey but like I said, it's very tweakable. I use the Keeley TS-9 when I want to push my amp instead of getting my drive from a pedal...or to mix with the tonebone. The Badcat in my chain is mostly used as a clean boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rocker_01 Posted February 14, 2006 Members Share Posted February 14, 2006 Originally posted by Chris B. I tried the Muff'n once and bought right then and there. Totally blows away the Tonebone. I am no longer using the Tonebone. The Muff'n can get great Plexi/JCM800 tones. Tone knobs actually work! how close to the plexis does it actually sound? is it noticeable on recordings? or is it better just to have the plexi cranked up for recording situations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members contrage Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 I had an English Muff'n but later sold it. It sounds great for JCM800 tones like the above poster said, but my problem was that I was already running a JCM800 in front of it. I think it's more suited to being used with a clean amp to bring into Marshall territory than as a boost to an already driven amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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