The Tonemaster Pro has really impressed me
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:04 pm
Disclaimer - Zzounds sent this to me to try out for a few weeks and then send back to them. Not sponsored and not paid.
Back story: I owned the AxeFX III for a year, downsized to the FM3 and used that for a year, gigged with a helix LT for 6 or so months, spent over a decade with the kemper and a few weeks with the Quad cortex. The TMP has been the most enjoyable unit, the easiest to work with and the easiest to dial in a great sound and edit/tweak quickly on stage. In my opinion, it takes the high end digital unit crown.
I know that modelers don't get a lot of love around here but for me, this thing just ticks all the boxes and I also think it's the highest quality unit on the market from a build/materials perspective. It FEELS like it can take an absolute beating on stage.
I had a lot of fun with this one and will 100% be getting another one on the channel after Fender releases their next big update (Which I believe they've said they plan on doing 1 or 2 a year).
I did quite a few TMP videos on my channel but this is the review vid. I honestly think that if I didn't have other stuff coming and going for review and just had to settle for a while on one thing to take on stage, this would be it and when (not if) I got bored and wanted to change things up, I would still be using it at every acoustic show as it did exceptionally well for those gigs.
Could I take an amp and cab? Yep. Would the sound be better? Almost certainly. But do I enjoy a 5 minute setup with 1 trip with gear from the car? Absolutely.
The day after doing this video, I spent a good 5 hours messing around with my FM3 and an AYB switch connecting to the TMP just going back and fourth trying to get the FM3 dialed in with a similar Jubilee sound that I was able to get from the TMP and it was just what felt like hours of endlessly tweaking little settings here and there digging into all the preamp and power amp settings and on the TMP, literally the default jubilee amp with 2 seconds of knob turning and a greenback cab just nails a great gigging sound.
Bonus vid I did yesterday blending the jubilee and the 5153 and Mark IIC+ with great results.
Back story: I owned the AxeFX III for a year, downsized to the FM3 and used that for a year, gigged with a helix LT for 6 or so months, spent over a decade with the kemper and a few weeks with the Quad cortex. The TMP has been the most enjoyable unit, the easiest to work with and the easiest to dial in a great sound and edit/tweak quickly on stage. In my opinion, it takes the high end digital unit crown.
I know that modelers don't get a lot of love around here but for me, this thing just ticks all the boxes and I also think it's the highest quality unit on the market from a build/materials perspective. It FEELS like it can take an absolute beating on stage.
I had a lot of fun with this one and will 100% be getting another one on the channel after Fender releases their next big update (Which I believe they've said they plan on doing 1 or 2 a year).
I did quite a few TMP videos on my channel but this is the review vid. I honestly think that if I didn't have other stuff coming and going for review and just had to settle for a while on one thing to take on stage, this would be it and when (not if) I got bored and wanted to change things up, I would still be using it at every acoustic show as it did exceptionally well for those gigs.
Could I take an amp and cab? Yep. Would the sound be better? Almost certainly. But do I enjoy a 5 minute setup with 1 trip with gear from the car? Absolutely.
The day after doing this video, I spent a good 5 hours messing around with my FM3 and an AYB switch connecting to the TMP just going back and fourth trying to get the FM3 dialed in with a similar Jubilee sound that I was able to get from the TMP and it was just what felt like hours of endlessly tweaking little settings here and there digging into all the preamp and power amp settings and on the TMP, literally the default jubilee amp with 2 seconds of knob turning and a greenback cab just nails a great gigging sound.
Bonus vid I did yesterday blending the jubilee and the 5153 and Mark IIC+ with great results.