Members streetknight Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 Don't really know much about this product really, but do you use it live, just for practice or what? Do you have to play it thru headphones or direct out to a PA? Can you use it with powered studio monitors to hear what you're playing? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members GCDEF Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 Live PAYes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I don't gig, but I like mine a lot. I run mine into the FX loop return of a Peavey Prowler tube amp. I seem to get the best tones and the most connected feel like that. You can absolutely run it either into an AMP, a PA system or powered monitors. Heck, you can run it into your computer if you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members streetknight Posted April 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I don't gig, but I like mine a lot. I run mine into the FX loop return of a Peavey Prowler tube amp. I seem to get the best tones and the most connected feel like that. You can absolutely run it either into an AMP, a PA system or powered monitors. Heck, you can run it into your computer if you want to. Are you using it for just the effects going thru your amp, or are you using the models too? Just ondering, I have a peavely classic 50 that has an effects loop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I actually use a minimal amount of effects. I use the amp models, the cabinet models and reverb pretty much. On some of the lower gain amps, I'll use a little of the Tubescreamer or the RAT stomp box models. Running it into the FX return basically bypasses everything except the power section of the amp. There is a switch on the Tonelab and most modelers where you tell it if you are running it into the front end of an amp or to a board or mixer. I find I get the best results setting that switch to board/mixer and then running it into the FX return. I'm mostly a clean-ish to a lower gain player and this is where the Tonelab excels in my opinion. The POD and Digitech stuff is a bit better for high gain, but for lower gain amp models and most models when the gain is set to 10% - 30% or so, the Tonelab is the best I've used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonK Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'm on my second one - version, that is. I bought the SE when it came out, loved it. I sold it and bought the LE when it came out, primarily because with only one control pedal, it's more compact (it also had a few feature changes that I liked). You can go direct to a PA with it - it has cab modeling - and it works pretty well. I personally wouldn't do it - I gotta have an actual amp - but I've seen others do it. My 14-YO has an LE and plays in a youth band at our church: space is limited, so he goes directly from the LE to the PA. It's certainly not his preference - he normally plays through a half-stack - but he gets a good sound. I mostly use mine for practice at home and for recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 Bumping this... I love my Rebel, but I need something with more tone option and faster switching... The distortions on my ME-50... stink. Thinking about replacing it with another multi FX pedal. Edit: I am looking for something for live work. At rehearsal or for recording I have time to coax all the awesomeness out of my amp, but being one channel makes it a bit of a pain in live settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eyeball987 Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I have one and have run it through tube power sections, in front of tube amps, with a Powerblock in the loop return, a Hafler G150 power amp, computer speakers, and headphones. I am currently looking to buy a powered speaker and run it that way. So far, I have preferred either the tube power section or with headphones. For ease of use in the future (I might start gigging again) I am looking to pick up a powered speaker and tweak my tones at home so that I can use it as a monitor live, while going direct to the PA for the FOH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roygbiv Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I agree with above statements. I have a Tonelab and here's what I know: --it excels at cleans to low gain. The AC15 sim kills.--it's my tool of choice for digital recording. So easy. Sounds great.--I also use it at home for practice by running it into the effects in on a tube amp. This way it hits the 6L6s to warm it up. Otherwise, it sounds too sterile to my ears in an "amp" setting. Sounds great with a tube power amp, though. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I agree with above statements. I have a Tonelab and here's what I know:--it excels at cleans to low gain. The AC15 sim kills.--it's my tool of choice for digital recording. So easy. Sounds great.--I also use it at home for practice by running it into the effects in on a tube amp. This way it hits the 6L6s to warm it up. Otherwise, it sounds too sterile to my ears in an "amp" setting. Sounds great with a tube power amp, though.YMMV. How's the reverb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I've never been overwhelmingly impressed with the reverbs in the Tonelab. Not bad at all, but the reverbs in the Digitech RP250 are much better in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roygbiv Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 I agree. The reverbs are just OK. Not terrible, but nothing great. BTW, I find the reverb on Vox AC amps to be generally the same. Not terrible, but nothing great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roygbiv Posted April 7, 2009 Members Share Posted April 7, 2009 BTW, all the electric guitars in the tunes in my sig were done through a Tonelab. Pretty varied tones--almost all of them use the AC15 sim or the Fender tweed sim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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