djByron [Dan Byron]husband, father, christian, musician & technophile ( but not a dj )

I picked up a Vox Tonelab SE pedalboard for my electric rig back in the fall of 2004 and I love the thing. From time to time I debate if I should get rid of it and replace with some individual pedals but I just can’t get myself to do it. What makes it so great? First of all the thing is built like a tank. All metal. No cheap components here… Secondly, the tone is unbelieveable considering it’s a pedalboard. Given that nothing can replace the real thing (a microphone on a vintage amp cranked to 11) but I play mostly in small venues where that is not an option. This is where the Tonelab comes in…

ToneLabSE features the acclaimed VOX Valve Reactor found on Valvetronix series amps and the ToneLab amp/effects modeler. The VOX Valve Reactor circuit uses a 12AX7 triode vacuum tube together with an actual low-wattage tube power amp circuit, a virtual output transformer, and a dummy speaker circuit that simulates the impedance changes of a real speaker. It also reconfigures itself so that its characteristics are the same as the amps it’s modeling (class A, class AB, negative feedback circuit, etc.) This means that all of the nuances of the original amp model including sound, feel, distortion and presence are reproduced. -voxamps.co.uk

96 user programmable locations allow you to save more settings than you’ll ever use on stage. Each location has an A/B switch allowing you to save two “tones” per setting so really 96 becomes 192 settings if you look at it that way. The manual knobs are great and allow you to easily dial in exactly what you’re looking for!