Tonewood Amp

[MissouriPicker]

Have any of you folks used one of these?  I just recently heard about them, although they’ve been out for a few years.  They just stick on the the back of your guitar and you can add reverb, chorus, etc.  I realize they are not a full-blown amp, but actually an acoustic enhancement.

[Boyd]

There's a thread about it here:

 

[MissouriPicker]

1 hour ago, Boyd said:

There's a thread about it here:

 

Thanks, buddy!  Didn’t see it earlier.

[kidblast]

18 hours ago, MissouriPicker said:

Have any of you folks used one of these?  I just recently heard about them, although they’ve been out for a few years.  They just stick on the the back of your guitar and you can add reverb, chorus, etc.  I realize they are not a full-blown amp, but actually an acoustic enhancement.

Hi Larry

yea,

I use mine a lot, to use the amp, you need to install their x-brace which is a very low risk installation.  Uses double sided tape pads.  the xbrace is very light, made of plasct with four small (but powerful) magnets which secure the amp to the back of the guitar.

I've had the x-brace in 4 guitars now and they cause no harm.

I don't have the x-brace installed in my J200

It's not an "Amp" to use instead of a full acoustic amp.  The way it works, is that gives you around the same volume as the guitar, (maybe a little louder) with effects. 

The reverb and delay are pretty much the only effects I use.

It does require some tweaking of the Global settings to get it set right for your guitar, and you can set multiple guitars and multiple effect settings for each guitar.  

Battery life is meh,  you get about 4 or 5 hours out of 3 AA batteries

let me know if you have any questions I can help with.

[MissouriPicker]

2 hours ago, kidblast said:

Hi Larry

yea,

I use mine a lot, to use the amp, you need to install their x-brace which is a very low risk installation.  Uses double sided tape pads.  the xbrace is very light, made of plasct with four small (but powerful) magnets which secure the amp to the back of the guitar.

I've had the x-brace in 4 guitars now and they cause no harm.

I don't have the x-brace installed in my J200

It's not an "Amp" to use instead of a full acoustic amp.  The way it works, is that gives you around the same volume as the guitar, (maybe a little louder) with effects. 

The reverb and delay are pretty much the only effects I use.

It does require some tweaking of the Global settings to get it set right for your guitar, and you can set multiple guitars and multiple effect settings for each guitar.  

Battery life is meh,  you get about 4 or 5 hours out of 3 AA batteries

let me know if you have any questions I can help with.

Thanks, kid!  I’m considering one.  Reverb and delay for me also.  The slight boost in sound would help at library gigs too.  I think I’d enjoy it simply noodlin’ around.

[kidblast]

4 minutes ago, MissouriPicker said:

Thanks, kid!  I’m considering one.  Reverb and delay for me also.  The slight boost in sound would help at library gigs too.  I think I’d enjoy it simply noodlin’ around.

people sitting across form you will hear the reverb as will you.

without a sound port, the best way to hear what the difference is, oddly enough, sit with a wall a few feet in front of you 

It works best when it's just about matching your guitars primary volume tho.   If you do pull the trigger, don't give up on it, it takes a bit of time to get it sorted out for the guitar you're going to use it on.

The x-brace install is very easy, but a lot of people take one look at how this thing attaches to the guitar and they back away.   So you'll have to sort that out.

but  It will do no harm.    I have an x-brace in my 814 CE Deluxe V class, (not a cheap guitar) as well as my 2 other taylors.