I want one of these BAAAAAAAAAD

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:32 am

http://www.tonebone.com/tbone-headbone-vt.htm

Country Boy Shane · Post by **Country Boy Shane** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:04 am

I Think an A/B Box will do the same thing for quite a bit cheaper and without all the fancy engineering.

Jim SS · Post by **Jim SS** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:58 am

Shane,

you can't use an A/B box with 2 heads going to one cab as there is not a load on one of the heads when not in use.

Jim

rjgtr · Post by **rjgtr** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:04 pm

Tone Bone really has a bunch of cool stuff...

dosmun · Post by **dosmun** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:13 pm

I Think an A/B Box will do the same thing for quite a bit cheaper and without all the fancy engineering.

an AB box as well as not providing a load on the bypassed amp will also have a ton of ground hum when connecting 2 amps. The 2 amps need to be isolated from each other in most cases.

dosmun · Post by **dosmun** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:17 pm

As I read more about this device and the Access Electronics switcher which is basically the same thing is you can't use a delay in the loop because the load resistor that is on the bypassed amp is too small to handle a speaker out it is just for the amp at idle.

I need to be able to use delay on one of my amps. So the more I read, the less appealing these boxes are.

The idea is great they just need to incorporate a better dummy load for the bypassed amp.

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:22 pm

I could easily blow a couple of grand on all ToneBone's stuff.
Anyone got a couple grand I can have??

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:25 pm

Would running a dummy load off of the amp (parallel to the speaker/Headbone) keep the amp safe when bypassing with delay or would it burn up the small load resistor in the Headbone?

There has got to be a way to make this work

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:04 pm

The thing you need to do is also switch the guitar signal from amp to amp. That way the amp that's not in use is just idleing. And a small load resistor will work just fine.
I thought that's how the headbone works?????

George

dosmun · Post by **dosmun** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:14 pm

The repeats from the Delay is what their saying will cause the problem because the delay is in the FX loop of the amp. So if I used the amp with delay for a lead sound and then went back to my Rythm amp it would still have a couple of repeats on the delay.

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:36 pm

I gotcha. I should read the posts better.

There would be some delay signal, but unless it was a long delay with a lot of regeneration it should be OK. I wonder what size the load resistor is in there? And if there's room to modify it with a larger one........

George

Jim SS · Post by **Jim SS** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:59 pm

I've got the Tonebone Switchbone and always run 2 amp's for the most massive tone you have ever heard. It is more than just an A/B box as these do not provide for load correction. Believe me I've also got an A/B box and there is no comparrison in sound.

Jim

dosmun · Post by **dosmun** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:33 pm

I wonder how easy it would be to have a jack added to it so you could plug in a dummy load and bypass the internal resistor