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Radial ToneBone LoopBone Effects Loop Switcher Details
The Radial Loopbone is a powerful effects loop controller for pedal
boards that allows the guitar player to insert 2 separate pedal effects
chains and remove them when not in use. This is particularly
advantageous when using older pedals that tend to add noise and cause
loading problems in the signal chain. The Loopbone incorporates a
superb 'post effects' variable gain power booster that allows for
straight signal boosting or post loop-1 or loop-2 boost for soloing.
To ensure the natural tone of the instrument is maintained, the
Loopbone features Radial's unique Drag Control pickup load correction
circuit that allows the guitarist to properly match the impedance load
of any pedal board configuration with any guitar for optimum
performance. Furthermore, there are no signal degrading op-amps or
chips in the signal path, only 100% discreet components and Radial's
highly acclaimed Class-A circuit for natural tone and exceptional
dynamics.
Besides FX-loop switching, load matching and signal
boost, the Loopbone brings even more to your pedal board: a separate
'always-on' tuner out circuit allows on-the-fly tuning without adding
noise or load to your instrument signal, and perhaps the most
innovative feature of all, Slingshot. Slingshot is Radial's unique
remote switching system that allows the Loopbone to simultaneously
switch amplifier channels or other amp features or even another
Slingshot equipped device, such as the Radial Headbone head switcher or
Radial Cabbone speaker cabinet switcher. Check out 'The Power of
Slingshot' for details.
Designed as a 'master control' for the
pedal board, the Loopbone is compact, easy to use and adds tremendous
control over the pedal board making it a 'must have' for tone
aficionados.
Loopbone Development
For over 50 years,
guitarists have been trying achieve a balance between the flexibility
of having multiple presets and dialing in the perfect tone for a
particular song. This has lead hi-tech companies to develop some pretty
nifty devices such as modeling and digital effects pedals. These
technologies although wondrous, always seem to fall short for the
purist and seem to somehow disconnect the player from his instrument.
The end result is that serious guitar players inevitably yield to the
allure of the venerable tube amplifier.
The holy grail of tube
amps is in itself a misleading notion. As any player will attest, the
closer you can get to connecting the guitar to the purity of a simple
tube amp, the better the feel and the more inviting the tone. But
without flexibility on stage, how can you get the job done?
For
world-class concert level performers, the only solution has been an
investment in expensive custom-made pedal board controllers. These
allow a series of preset effect loops to be engaged using a combination
pedal board and rack controller along with the prerequisite full-time
guitar tech. But even at this level there are shortcomings - the more
complex the system becomes, the greater the chance of it becoming a
technical nightmare. The demand for smaller, more flexible systems
forces engineers to use chips and op-amps which result in less than
ideal tone. The fix becomes the problem and you end up chasing a point
of diminishing returns.
This of course leads us to ask a few
simple questions: What is it that guitarists really need? How many
different tones are required to perform on stage? If the tones sway too
far and wide, will the guitarist's personality get lost? How much noise
is acceptable? Where should there be compromise?
Back in 1979,
Radial invented the world's first 3-channel tube amplifier. It solved a
problem. It provided the guitarist with a clean tone, a crunchy rhythm
channel and a solo channel. Fast-forward 25 years and for the most
part, this is still the most basic yet useful set-up. The Radial
Loopbone goes back to their roots and brings forth a design that truly
accomplishes what it was set out to do -- provide a simple tool that
allows the guitarist to achieve flexibility without compromising tone.
Basic Guitar-Pedal Setups
Consider
the most basic guitar set-up: A guitar, a good distortion pedal and
guitar amplifier will give you a clean tone, an overdrive and with a
second channel, you can likely get a pretty good solo tone.
The problems arise as soon as you introduce more pedals:
The
natural tone and relationship between the pickup and the amplifier is
lost -- all kinds of noise creeps into your signal path, the guitar
level changes and for a fleeting moment those 'do-it-all-pre-packaged
modeling-systems? that just sound 'good to average' become very
appealing. Then you give your head a shake and ask yourself "..is there
not a better way"?
The Loopbone Solution
Yes
Grasshopper there is a better way, and that way is Loopbone. Loopbone
solves all the above problems by introducing a master control interface
that provides alternate signal paths for your 'love-'em and hate-'em'
effect pedals and adds what has been called 'the very finest power
booster on the planet? to boot. This clever bit of design accomplishes
the prerequisite 'clean-rhythm-solo' setup multiplied by 2. Check it
out:
With the Loopbone, your original
guitar-to-distortion-to-amp set-up is suddenly transformed into a
powerful tone control center. Effortlessly add 4 more tonal variations
by simply clicking in the versatile variable-gain Class-A power boost.
Add effect loops and you can create two completely different signal
paths: with one dedicated to the ultimate solo patch for example, the
other to weird effects. Best of all, when they're not needed, you can
remove the noisy pedals from your signal chain with the click of a
footwitch. Lovely!
The Loopbone is small! It fits in nicely
right on your pedal board along with all of your effects. Did we
mention how you can turn on and off various pedals to get set for a
particular musical passage without actually hearing them until the loop
is engaged? Now that's foot power!
Slingshot Remote control
If
the Loopbone is truly going to be the center of the pedal board, it
should be able to control other aspects of your guitar system. This
triggered the concept of MIDI control without actually having to resort
to taking a university course on programming. We call it Slingshot.
Slingshot
is a remote control that employs the same basic functionality of the
time-tested channel switching found on most guitar amplifiers. On the
Loopbone, you can assign the Slingshot remote to any of the 2 effects
loops or the power booster and when depressed, can cause a remote
device to change status. You could for instance have your amp channel
change when effects loop-1 is engaged. If you have a Radial Headbone,
you could switch amp heads or with Cabbone, you could switch speaker
cabinets and go from a 2-12 open back to a 4-12 half-stack.
Loopbone
is truly a marvel that opens the door to tonal flexibility without
introducing noise or altering the natural tone and dynamics of your
instrument.
Radial ToneBone LoopBone Effects Loop Switcher Features
- Master control for pedal boards
- Insert and combine 2 separate effects loops
- Built-in variable gain power booster
- Unique Drag control pickup load correction
- Separate tuner output is always on
- SlingShot remote control output
- 100% discreet class-A circuit design
- Ultra-compact design -- easy to use
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