I have gone far too long without talking about Guitar Pedals. I will now break that fast by talking about the final addition to the pedal line-up for quite some time. I would like to extend a warm welcome to my new Tonebone Classic. I ordered it second-hand on e-bay from somewhere in the United States. It seems rather ironic because these fine pieces of craftsmanship are made in Canada. Of course, people south of the border are willing to sell them for cheaper, so that is where I buy. Anyways, this Overdrive pedal allows me tone tweak and enhance my tone to wonderful degrees, making my guitar amp sound like it is worth about $1500 more than it actually is. (By the way, if I have any rich and generous readers out there, you can consider buying me a nice Marshall JCM 2000 or a Mesa Boogie All-Tube Amp of some sort, and I would be most grateful). In the mean time, I have this little unit with an 12ax7 tube inside providing me with some better tone than I would normally have to settle for.

As you can see, the Tonebone has been added to my pedal lineup and it currently looks like this:

I think the first thing I should do to save myself some embarrassment, is explain what that ugly black, plastic, digital thing is doing to the right of the Tonebone. Well, that was what I used before I wisely went to analog effects. I now keep it in the line-up as a tuner and or occasionally as a delay pedal. I have singled out a few different delay settings and use that part of the multi-effects pedal alone. Ok, enough of the excuses. Allow me now to introduce the line-up:

Guitar goes to :
Original Cry-Baby wah ->
Digitech Whammy IV (for some crazy high-pitched sounds and some bending of notes) ->
Boss Equalizer Pedal ( set to 11 for added input punch for certains foot-selected times) ->
Boss Overdrive Pedal (for extra overdrive above the current Tonebone setting) ->
Zoom Digital multi-effects pedal (just used for tuning and delay) ->
TONEBONE! (for beautiful, toneful distortion) ->
Traynor Mark 3 Amp Head (about 30 years old) ->
tremelo and reverb footswitches for ampWell, what does everyone think? Any suggestions for configuration or perhaps suggestions on what I should velcro to that black board that fits in my briefcase perfectly. Is it even worth it to attach some of the pedals to it or should I try to make a huge board for everything? If you have no suggestions, feel free to say "welcome back to Canada" to my Tonebone. Or, you could say, "Matt, I have a Marshall stack you can have". -whatever you please
5 comments:
matt, i don't know how to offer my help. maybe you should control your avg. of 1 pedal/month.
I was just wondering if you are going to keep "Hymns of the Christian Life" in the line up it is a classic.
Barry
Anh, I choose to ignore that suggestion; That is a filthy lie.
Barry, I think I will keep that hymnal; even though there is a new improved edition, the old one seems good enough most of the time.
I had a really crazy dream that I was given this huge wad of cash and a whole bunch of checks for different people. There were other things among the checks, (i won't bore you with all the details) but for you I had a really big birthday card that said something about you turning 9 and your check was worth 200,000 dollars! I was very excited to give it to you. I thought you were going to scream like a little girl, but you just acted like you get that kind of thing everyday. Too bad it was just a dream.
Oh Boy! I can't wait to turn 9! I promise to scream like a little girl.
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