Demo: Vox Tonelab LE

Product demo using my Vox Tonelab LE, standard patches. The only mod I've made is to remove reverb from almost all of the patches as I personally felt that the reverb on this "thinned" out the tone.

Gear used: PRS SE Custom Singlecut, Fender Deluxe blackface vintage amp, and (of course) Vox Tonelab LE. I run the "Bass" tone knob on 4 on the Deluxe to add some bottom-end to the tone; live I'll usually peel that back to cut through the mix.

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Music

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• Vox
• Tonelab

[elmoxtreme13]

Hey dude, good demo. Could you help me out with something though? Is there a way to program the overdrive pedal effect into one of the controls so you're able to toggle it while playing live? Or some other way to give yourself a boost while playing live?

[bamagtrdude]

@elmoxtreme13: Yes, there is - but, you have to be a little creative about it. You could pick an amp model that gets you the gain you desire (ie AC-15 ramped all the way up) and then use a distortion pedal w/mild gain to boost during solos. I've done this on one of the clean patches fairly effectively. There is also a way to assign an effect to the "Control" button itself - you just have to play around with it.

[airmiami]

Are these Tonelabs just for rock/metal type playing? That's the only kind of demo I see of them on youtube, so was wondering if it'd be something that would suit me... Also, are there major differences between the ST LE and EX that I should know about?

[bamagtrdude]

@airmiami: No, there are several "clean" programs, as well. I use 3 most often are: Pdl Rvb, AC30 Tremolo, and Phaser. There are other Chorus clean channels, etc. - but these are the 3 I use most often. You can program a button called "Control" to punch in a distortion pedal for a lead boost. The LE is the most advanced Tonelab; best I can figure the new EX and ST are roughly in the same category.

[bamagtrdude]

Interesting - have just learned that Pat Travers uses a Vox Tonelab LE - very cool...

[MDK2323]

Thanks, good demo.

[RWC5150]

@bamagtrdude just saw pat last night. he rocks