This Plug Will Make You The Greatest Guitar Player In The World!!!

[Saul Goodman]

I'm not big on programming things but this may be something to take on a trip or use in an apartment. 

 

[alantig]

That would be great for trying guitars at a store or a guitar show.  No need to worry about the amps they have and trying to dial them in.  You could have the amp setup you want ready to go.

[stonge]

I used my tonex one earlier this week to record some demos with a friend. Going direct into an interface and daw and saved us the hassle of micing up an amp. Used two captures out of the twenty I loaded up. 

That headphone amp would have been nice on some recent road trips. Have to see if the jack is compatible with a strandberg that is my travel guitar. 

IK multimedia has some pretty good profile packs. The EVH Brown Sound 79, Mesa boogie reference amps, and satriani packs are all really good IMHO. They also released a bass amp pack recently that has a nice variety of amps.

[scottcald]

Cool.  The Tonex One with the Airstep TX and a DI would be a great easily transportable rig. 

[stonge]

1 hour ago, scottcald said:

Cool.  The Tonex One with the Airstep TX and a DI would be a great easily transportable rig. 

That is exactly what I used for recording. The tonex one let's you switch between two (and maybe a third) presets, but the airstep gives you access to all twenty slots on the tonex. The real bonus is the airstep app which lets you adjust all the amps and effects from your phone(you do have to keep in mind these are captures not models of amp; the eq knobs let you tweak bass/mid/treble/presence but they don't mimic the way the real amp sounds when you twist the knobs. Its like tone knobs on a mixer or interface). The airstep also gives you two assignable expression pedal inputs - I use one for volume and other for reverb or delay mix (I don't know why the stock effects have so much wash in the mix. The guitar just gets buried under the echoes etc). The airstep also switches between bank/preset switching and effects on/off, and powers the tonex one for about 3-4 hours on a single charge. I haven't yet had the attention span to play until the airstep battery runs out of juice.

The airstep tx really makes the tonex one practical. I can't imagine using it without the airstep.

The demos were Americana tunes, but I had to throw the Eruption preset in there to scare the band leader lol. Sounded mean with my tele...

[scottcald]

On 11/6/2025 at 4:24 PM, stonge said:

That is exactly what I used for recording. The tonex one let's you switch between two (and maybe a third) presets, but the airstep gives you access to all twenty slots on the tonex. The real bonus is the airstep app which lets you adjust all the amps and effects from your phone(you do have to keep in mind these are captures not models of amp; the eq knobs let you tweak bass/mid/treble/presence but they don't mimic the way the real amp sounds when you twist the knobs. Its like tone knobs on a mixer or interface). The airstep also gives you two assignable expression pedal inputs - I use one for volume and other for reverb or delay mix (I don't know why the stock effects have so much wash in the mix. The guitar just gets buried under the echoes etc). The airstep also switches between bank/preset switching and effects on/off, and powers the tonex one for about 3-4 hours on a single charge. I haven't yet had the attention span to play until the airstep battery runs out of juice.

The airstep tx really makes the tonex one practical. I can't imagine using it without the airstep.

The demos were Americana tunes, but I had to throw the Eruption preset in there to scare the band leader lol. Sounded mean with my tele...

To me, TonexOne with a DI would be great for a backup rig live.  Just switch between main and lead and use volume to clean up. 

[Jim85IROC]

I'm leaning pretty strongly on getting this. I have a Spark amp that I bring with me when I travel and this seems like a better option.  This also seems like a great option for practicing at home. Whenever my wife is here I have to practice so quietly that I usually don't bother.

 

For those that are familiar with ToneX world, how much access do you have to IRs? Do a lot of people share theirs or is it mostly all pay to play?  Are the IRs able to be used in other DAWs or am I limited to the software that comes with ToneX?

[velorush]

I was informed this week that I may be required to clean the cobwebs off my guitars (eek! after fifteen years!). I know an amp isn't going to work in the situation, so I am really reading this thread with great interest. 

If I end up on bass, I'll likely go direct through a JHS Colourbox, but I will likely be required to play guitar, too / instead.

I was intrigued by the discussion some months ago about the various Friedman / Tone King preamps (with built-in IRs). The other end of the spectrum would be the new Helix Stadium (overkill, but overkill is a lot of fun) or a Quad Cortex (again, overkill).

[stonge]

1 hour ago, Jim85IROC said:

I'm leaning pretty strongly on getting this. I have a Spark amp that I bring with me when I travel and this seems like a better option.  This also seems like a great option for practicing at home. Whenever my wife is here I have to practice so quietly that I usually don't bother.

 

For those that are familiar with ToneX world, how much access do you have to IRs? Do a lot of people share theirs or is it mostly all pay to play?  Are the IRs able to be used in other DAWs or am I limited to the software that comes with ToneX?

 

I haven't really messed around with it loading but I know it's easy to deal out speaker options (changing the stock cabinets in the software. Sounds like you can import any ir you want. Iirc, the stock tonex software lets you swap out speakers and even microphones and positions on the virtual speaker cone. I'm just a set it and forget it guy.

I've bought tonex packs from big hairy guitars and tonejunkie that were reasonably priced and some included irs. BHG had ada mp-1 and Mesa quad preamp packs which I got so I can get my 80's on lol