Tonewood Amps

[Rob_J]

Anyone using a Tonewood Amp? I'm interested in your thoughts about it. Do you like it, and would you recommend it? From the various reviews it looks good to me but one drawback that I see (and it may not even be that big of a deal) is that it does not allow you to use more than one effect at a time. For example, if you wanted delay with a touch of reverb or maybe chorus, you can't do both together. I tend to wonder if a next generation version might be in the works that would allow that. Anyone heard any rumors?

If you have one, please share your views. Supposedly it won't do anything permanent to the guitar although I wonder if it would eventually mark the surface where it attaches to the outer body.

[Rob_J]

Evidently not a very popular piece of gear. 

[Frettingflyer]

I’m sorry I haven’t frequented this section, I do have a tonewood, but use it only in my Rainsong shorty so far. It actually is an amazing little box that makes my playing time in the hotel rooms sound much better. As a side note, I recently shaved down the saddle a little, and when I reseated it it must have made better contact because I had to really dial down the volumes on everything.
I know offhand that you can do delay and reverb together, I don’t have it handy to see about others. Pretty darn amazing when your guitar becomes a speaker with effects though, and in my case great for all the traveling I do.

[Rob_J]

Thanks so much for your response. I was beginning to think that nobody out there was using this piece of gear. I'm still kind of "on the fence" about these but it seems that for certain uses it could be fun. Any other input is certainly welcome.

[Jersey tuning]

Bought one of these from of all people Linda Manzer at the 2017 Woodstock Luthier's Invitational.  Been using it on my Taylor 614ce.  Hasn't been totally successful because of the position of the bracing on the back of the instrument, not allowing for optimal placement of the internal magnets which hold the Amp in place.

[Rob_J]

"Hasn't been totally successful because of the position of the bracing on the back of the instrument, not allowing for optimal placement of the internal magnets which hold the Amp in place".

I just took a look at the bracing in my 714 (pre V) and I can see where that could be a problem. There's not much room between the bottom most braces. I don't know exactly what kind of room is required but the open space between the lowest brace and the bottom of the body looks to only be about 3 to 3 and a half inches wide.

[Minnesotaman]

I was hot to trot for one of these until I read the rare earth magnets holding the base to the guitar can cause interference with pacemakers.

[g-money]

wow, I'd have hoped they give you a good set of warnings about magnets when they put a pacemaker in you.  My dad got one recently and knows about the magnets in various appliances and devices around the house.

The tonewood amp is a blast.  Most of the stock effect settings are multiple -- chorus has quite a bit of reverb, etc.  You can dial in most of the effects together such as delay and reverb as custom effects.  Mine keeps getting better as I work out the exact right placement of the device around the gs mini's back bulge and set up sounds I like as pre-sets.  I find it a great way to expand and deepen interest in practice sessions while retaining much of the natural tone of your instrument.  For those of us with acoustics only, and without elaborate amp and pedal set ups, the TWA makes noodling around on Rush or Police songs really fun.
 

[kitesurfer2]

I use my Tonewood amp on my 12 string 150e, my 514ce and my 816ce.  I love it!  im getting some feedback on my 816 that I've not dialed out yet, but not concerned enough to work it out.  I bought 3 brackets so all I do is switch over the amp.  I don't like it on the 150--could be the plywood.