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Radial Tonebone Classic Tube Distortion Pedal

Knobs for Level, High, Low, Filter, and Drive. Switches for Top End, Mid Boost, and Drive Gain.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           10 out of 10
Value:
           9 out of 10
I Want It:
           10 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           10 out of 10
Support:
           8 out of 10
 
 

"simple, solid, sweet"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 12/19/2006
Style of Music: avant-rock, drone
Musical Experience: live/recording engineer, touring musician for about 15 years
Location: chicago

 

 
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Feature:
the 15v powersupply is a little odd but necessary to get the proper voltage across the tube, sorry kids, no daisy chaining with a "one spot". Other than that it's pretty simple, like an old amp with a mid-boost and filter. the midboost is pretty cool for single note runs and the filter helps you find the right balance between the pedal and your amp. Not a bells and whistles machine, but it's got what you need.

Quality:
solid, these folks make roadworthy equipment that is made to last.

Value:
for about $20 more than a new tube screamer and much more versatile, this is a steal, solid, made by people who care about what they do and it sounds amazing.

Desirability:
i have it. what it lacks in "boutique pedal flash" it makes up for in sound, personally i think the "tone bone" name is a bit tacky, i never was one for "woman tone" and junk like that but guitar-speak aside, it's a simple great overdrive/distortion.

Sound:
this box has made playing guitar at modest levels enjoyable again. It covers ground from a "classic" overdriven amp to pretty thick higher gain settings. I personally like playing chords with it in the low gain setting with the gain knob at around 2:00. this sounds natural, quite similar to every pedal manufacturer's proverbial "fully cranked vintage amp".

Ease of Use:
if you can't make this thing sound good with the slightest bit of knob twiddling, i'd hate to eat your cooking.

Support:
i can't imagine a better group of people, prompt and informative email responses, a sense of humor and polite.

Overall:
the only thing that could make this more inticing to me would be to add another channel to it, oh wait that's the tri-mode. thanks radial.

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"simple and solid"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
Submitted: 7/8/2006

 

 
Feature:
simple, nothing to lose sleep over, but effective

Quality:
it is constructed well with metal not plastic

Value:
very good for what we're selling it for

Desirability:
i really do...in an erotic sort of way

Sound:
once the 12ax7 warms up i could get it to sound comparible to a fender amp

Ease of Use:
very simple and straight forward

Support:
cant really judge, i just use it at work

Overall:
i like it

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