thisisswanbon

Update: Mine has come off my board and may end up on the F/S section (Little one got hold of the registration card and decided it'd look better creased and torn so can't send it back under 30 days anymore)...

Honestly a great sounding pedal and I'd recommend to anyone after an amp sim. My only issue is my band runs everything through an RCF Evox 12 system with no backline. The details of the amp sims are completely lost on it as it's not the best PA; so I may as well stick with my old school Tone Hammer V1

On 27/10/2025 at 15:31, rwillett said:

The software has got better as well  

 

I'd be very interested in your views on the bass systems in there. I suspect others would as well

 

Rob

Software is awful - packaging says it comes with ToneX SE but it actually comes with ToneX CS which is an inferior product and limits what can be downloaded from Tonenet.  The standard ToneX one comes with ToneX SE.  I'd have sent it back for this alone if my youngest hadn't damaged the packaging.

Some of the captures are great - for what I do the clean mix is a godsend as I'm not a fan of Cab IRs without a blend.  There's a night and day feel difference between this and standard modellers though. I saw great reviews about the SVT models but it's the Aguilar and GK Fusion models that have impressed me.  Some of the stompbox drive options are good too. 

Hope this helps... any more info needed let me know!

Unfortunately I lost my battle with GAS and mr DPD delivered the ToneX one bass edition on Saturday...  Set up was every bit as convoluted as people say and I'm still finding my way around the software now but there are some great things in there!

Excellent review... they've certainly done well with the OC-5.  I definitely remember there being a difference in the immediacy of my Octabvre Mini and the OC-5 (I was really rooting for the OC-5 aswell).

Based on your review I may pick one up and give it another go...

Sure the bass pack is £99 though - so if not an existing user the bass edition is definitely better value 

Can't bring myself to buy the new ToneX one Bass as don't really need it but it's actually painful how interested I am in them... anyone pulled the trigger yet?

13 minutes ago, MrDinsdale said:

EAE

Dagger

Model FeT

0xEAE Bass Driver

0xEAE Fuzz

Longsword v2

Longsword v4

Halberd

Dude Incredible

 

Science

Mother Preamp

 

MAE

Black Math

 

Shiftline

Olympic mk3

 

Boss

OC5

GT1000core

 

Mod

Dwarf

 

NeuralDSP

Quad Cortex

 

Jad Freer

Capo

 

Damnation

Dirt Fixer

 

Tronographic

Rusty Box

 

Twonotes

Opus

 

Lusithand

Alma Comp

Ground n Pound

 

Mastro Valvola (I think)

OFF1

 

There’s definitely more but they’ve slipped my mind!

Mind if I ask what your experience has been with the Twonotes opus?  I'm not even sure if I need cab emulation but it's something I keep being drawn to...

23 minutes ago, pantherairsoft said:

@thisisswanbon great list! Question, you listed a Joyo Patch Kommander. Do you mean a Hotone, or is it the Joyo PXL? Either way, how did you find it. I'm considering the switching route again, and am looking at some cheaper options before I go for a Quartermaster from GigRig again.

Thanks!

Well spotted!  It was the Hotone Patch Kommander (post corrected).  It was an excellent bit of kit, really intuitive to use and really really handy when trying to prevent tap dancing. 

Couple of niggles that lead to it getting moved on:

• Jacks were too close to each other (too close to make angled cables easy but straight cables too space consuming)
• You couldn't amend pedal order - if more than one switch engaged it stacked from 1-4, no option for parallel or changing stack order

Other than that though, well built and easy to use analogue option!

While these lists are massively impressive - I'm just as impressed that you've all managed to remember them in alphabetical order!

Here's mine - I've starred stuff currently still owned and tallied stuff I've bought multiple times!  It's nowhere near as organised as alot of these lists, or as extensive - but there's some stuff on there I'm really sad to have moved on.

3Leaf Audio Octabvre Mini

Aguilar AG Preamp

Aguilar Tonehammer Preamp*

Ampeg Optocomp

Ampeg SGT-DI

Ashdown James Lomenzo hyperdrive

Ashdown Bass tuner

Aphex Bass Exciter

Boss OC-2 Octave

Boss OC-3 Octave

Boss OC-5 Octave

Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus

Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive

Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion

Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer

Celebrity Pedals Taylor Shift*

Cog T16 (II)

Darkglass Alpha Omicron

Demonfx Call76 compressor

Digitech Whammy IV

DopeFX Earth Dweller

Dirty Haggard Audio Broken

Dunlop Crybaby Wah

EHX Bassballs

EHX Bass Soul Food

EHX Bass Big Muff

EXH Double Muff

EHX Deluxe Bass Big Muff

EHX Hot Wax (II)

EHX Green Russian Big Muff (II)

EHX Sovtek Deluxe (II)

Hotone Ampero II Stomp

Hotone Patch Kommander

Hotone Soul Press II

IK Multimedia ToneX one

Jam Bass Rattler Mk2 *

Jam Dynassor

Joyo Monomyth

Joyo Orthoros*

Joyo Tidal Wave

Joyo Ultimate Drive*

JPTRFX Jive (II)

Korg Pitchblack Custom*

Laney Digbeth Preamp

Line 6 HX Stomp (II)

Line 6 HX One*

Mark Bass Vintage Preamp

Malekko Diabolic

Marshall Jackhammer

Mooer Fog Bass Fuzz

MXR M88 Octave

MXR Bass Envelope Filter 

NUX MLD Bass Preamp

Origin Effects Cali76 Bass Compressor

Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Bass Compressor

Source Audio Aftershock (III)

Source Audio C4 *

Source Audio Bass OFD

Source Audio Ultrawave Bass* (II)

Source Audio Bass Zio

SushiboxFX Spaceheater*

TC Electronic Spectracomp (II)

TC Electronic Sub 'n' up

TC Electronic Sub 'n' up mini

TC Electronic Corona mini

TC Electronic Mojomojo

TC Electronic Spark Mini booster

Tech21 Sansamp bass driver

Tech21 Sansamp VTDI

Two Notes Le Bass (II)

Way Huge Pork & Pickle (III)

XVive Bass Squeezer

Zoom 506II Bass

Zoom MS60B (II)

Zvex Mastotron (II)

I'd go with the EHX Hotwax for this. 2 distinct drives which are stackable and a universal blend control - fantastic pedal and really well priced.

32 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Well, you can gain access to these new bass ones on any ToneX pedal for the low, low price of €99 by purchasing the whole collection...

That explains why the ToneX Bass is a full £100 more than the standard ToneX! Rediculous really

1 hour ago, LukeFRC said:

So the £130 pedal becomes £180 if it's preloaded with presets that I presume you could add to the £130 one? Have I got that right? 

That's how it looks!  Although they're presenting the presets as premium which makes me wonder if they're model specific... Clever marketing I suppose but poor for the consumer

Seems a shame there’s a price jump from the tonex one to the tonex one bass edition though. The promise of a wet dry blend has me potentially sold though - it’ll likely kick my ultra wave and jam rattler off the board and I’ll keep the tone hammer as a DI/tone sculpt 

Boss OC-2 in like new condition (no box) - owes me £150 so will sell for £145 shipped

Only listing until store purchased from come back with returns info - works perfectly I’m just going to stick with my 3leaf octabvre.

Looks like it’s going back!

Absolutely nothing wrong with it, I actually prefer the tone to my octabvre. That being said, the octabvre is close enough that I’d rather just keep hold of it rather than buy two pedals doing the same job - I’ll stick it on the f/s section until richtone come back with return info

Not a bad shout at all!…

just arrived obligatory photo

13 hours ago, jimbobothy said:

… I’ve got two OC2s, but would hesitate to modify them. I know they’d be better for it sonically, but I seem to prefer originality. Let us know how easy it is to do, and a before and after sound clip would be very interesting to hear if possible please? 

I'll see what I can do for you pal...

Out of interest, has anyone had any success just putting a boost after the OC2 and kicking them in at the same time?  I hate tap dancing but it seems less likely to result in a broken OC2!

While it's not here yet so technically not my latest pedal - I have an actual OC-2 due to arrive tomorrow after years of trying and testing various clones!  Looking forward to removing the -2 control and seeing how the OG stacks up to my Octabvre mini!

16 hours ago, Paddy777 said:

Oh - Ive also had anothet delivery from Overseas which I forgot to put on here.
 

See if you can spot it? 

Delivered on the Ali-Express by any chance? Haha… I’ve just returned the full fat version as it happens - nice bit of kit but didn’t warrant £300 

Selling my Sushi Box Space Heater - it has a power issue which I’m sure someone with more technical knowledge than me could fix - but if I keep it it’ll just sit and rot. It had a new tube recently fitted too. I’ll take £90 and include shipping 

The Issue: original issue was a loss of sound which ended up being a tube issue. Tube had been replaced and all worked well - around 2 months after it began to no longer power up properly with the internal LED now lighting faintly rather than steady. I tried a third tube with the same issue. Also caused my hx one to power off indicating it’s pulling too much power from PSU possibly?

if you can make use of this or have a go at repairing then it’s an awesome pedal that brings an unbelievable tube quality to your tone. I really miss it!

sushi Fx will also repair any of their pedals whilst only charging for parts - so that’s something to consider too but I just haven’t got the time.

Aguilar Tonehammer preamp V1 -£120

Well used but works a dream - these pedals are absolute tanks. No box or power supply but psu can be bought cheap enough. Battery compartment screw also missing but securely taped shut 

Selling as moved onto Aguilar AG preamp

can ship for £5 securely

On 12/09/2025 at 20:59, Bagman said:

Guitarist I was playing with on Wednesday evening said " something changed in the attack of notes"

I'm guessing this wasn't a good change?

On 13/09/2025 at 11:33, pantherairsoft said:

I find this in the modern/poly mode, but not in vintage. In fact, if anything, in vintage mode I find is even more immediate than my OC2.

Really? I'm glad to hear the OC5 works for you, as it does for alot of other players - but I'm surprised it's more immediate, as with it being a digital pedal there's expected processing time that would normally result in some kind of latency (which admittedly was my experience). 

I enjoyed the tone of the one I briefly had - but the ever so slight latency of it put me off in the end.  It just didn't have the same feel as my Octabvre mini or OC2s I've previously played through...

55 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

 

Interesting. What were you finding the Octabvre was adding vs the OC5?

Slightly more of a mid punch - but more than that there was a feel thing.  Latency on the OC5 was minimal but it just wasn't as immediate as my octabvre is

2 hours ago, krispn said:

The classic question of what do you ‘need’ and are there specific tones you’re after? 

Are the drives too raunchy or just missing a vibe?  I had the ToneHammer for a number of years and used it in AGS mode as a slightly warmer low gain drive sound and it was great in this role. It then meant some other low gain drives came alive in this gain staging role. 
 

My pedal board is basically a preamp/eq, some compression and a couple of drive pedals. I have the option to add or swap in or out a few things but ultimately for the current pub gig it’s all I really need for this gig. There’s not much room for experimenting and even using some fuzz and octave combined but it’s not quite right for the tunes we play. For this reason I’m just using the basics but they work! 
 

I flip from thinking I need more stuff then get it and it doesn’t hit the mark then go back to the basics again, think I should be making more interesting sound only for them to not work and back to the basics again… 

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

 

A couple of ideas from me (YMMV! etc) Suggest checking out the Boss OC5 for an excellent and great value octaver? I share your pain re. drives: I've got 7 of the things sitting on my shelf which I really need to get around to moving on, haha! I found that my most recent multi (GT1000 Core) managed to match / out do them all which my cheap-as-chips Zoom B1-4 hadn't really come close to doing. But the most important thing about the GT1000 Core is the always on preamp setting, as we're not using backline, and finally getting a tone that I really like and seems to be getting plaudits from fellow BC'ers.

 

I don’t actually think I NEED anything to be honest… half of our set is clean and the other half is synth/solo octave sound. I LOVE the rattler, but don’t really need a drive sound at the moment and the ultra wave can do a decent enough job should the need arise so feels like a waste of a spot. 

id always like to get more out of my clean tone, I love the idea of something more amp-like but I’ve yet to find anything that gets on with my synth patches and octave, even the AGS amp trick takes more than it gives…

I appreciate the shout on the OC5 @Al Krow, but I’ve had one before and it didn’t come close to my octabvre. I’ve got a Taylor shift too but the octave isn’t working, Celeb pedals offered to repair under warranty but I find shipping to Turkey a bit daunting! I’m unfortunate in that my eyes hear digital and I struggle to move past it. The HX one is purely there for chorus and delay!