Vox Tonelab LE

If you start from scratch with a clean amp tone,adding pre-amp gain then your delay/rev/modl'n it's easier I think than tweaking the presets. Of course if you're after something specific for a cover tune the presets are a good starting point.Having owned the desktop Tonelab previously Im still experimenting with the Line/amp options.Not using a lot of effect,some chorus and flanging but mostly using for clean and crunch tones and banking patches for ease of access for live shows eg.I'll use prog 1 as a crunch tone for rhythym then prog 2 as a louder copy of prog 1 for leads.Great for cover bands , easy to control lots of signature patches.Much easier and more options than original tonelab The manual is pretty good but you will find your way without it. Just go back to the manual when you think it won't do something you want it to do.Its been said before , easy to get a good tone, harder to get a great tone

I use it with a Les Paul copy, PRS EG, Burns Red special through either a Vox AC30cc or Boogie Studio.22 live. Have not gigged with it thru PA, but sounds great at home.Back to the Line/amp inputs,my desktop TL was always set to Line for input to my amp, AMP setting was too muddy. Now the new choices have got me confused..I have gigged twice with it, yet Im wondering if I should try the AMP settings cuz I know the sound will be very different at stage volume.At least I have a lot of choice with this unit.I wish the U-Vibe pedal effect sounded as good as my UniVibe so I could run without it but can't have everything

Had for a month so no worries yet.Going by my experience with original tonelab, I got that one used,maybe 3yrs old and I put 3 yrs on it, gigged it a lot,and every practice.I retired it after an output jack started shorting.It's got an external casing to the jack and looks difficult to replace. Crazy glued the crack and it works for now but unreliable for gigs, still in use at home.Unless Vox has cheaped right out the LE should last as long.Price is way down from the original or the previous SE model if I remember correctly so I really hope Vox improved on design and manufacturing and didnt cost down the parts too much.
**Always have SOMETHING as a backup.**

I'll return it to the dealer if I have trouble with it.
The website is worth checking out, some knowledgeable people there
Price is way down from the original or the previous SE model

I play in a rock cover band,and any floor effects unit is great for switching patches for the next tune.Tonelab does not sound digital like my old Digitechs, doesnt hiss like a lot of overdrive pedals.
It's not strictly an effects unit, I value it because the tones really are amazing,yet it has more effects than I'll ever use.Really all you need.I couldn't justify all that other rack gear when this will do 85% of all that at your feet.
Wish it still had the A/B switch the SE had.
Of course Id replace if stolen,or should I say the thief would

Very easy out of the box. It made a refreshing change to have sensible preset sounds and wasn't long before I found a clean, crunch and lead sound that I could use on stage. The rotary dials make experimenting a piece of cake though you are limited to what pedals you can have at once. For example you have to choose between Wah Wah or Compressor - you can't have both. I was lucky enough to had a Wah (Vox has it happens!) lying around so that sorted that out! It's a shame that there's no USB connection - there is an editor that can be downloaded but that connects via the MIDI Interface.

This is where it wins. I bought the Vox to replace my Pod XT Live which always sounded a bit dead. The Vox makes my guitar wail, scream and sing. It sounds gutsy with rich overtones, so you can hold a note and bask in it's depth - beautiful. Clean sounds, distorted sounds, I just can not fault the sound quality. Buy it for this alone.

I've owned this for a while with no problem to date...

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A bit limiting to what effects chains you can create, but very simple to use. It could do with a USB port so I can tweak via a laptop, but... that SOUND! The on-board valve really makes a difference. Other brands must spend so much time trying to emulate a valve sound - why not just put one in, like Vox have - Doh!

I own a Line 6 Pod XT Live and spent the morning trying every multi FX unit in the shop most with zany ear bashing presets that if you were 12 would think cool, not realising that they're completely useless.

I've been playing for over 20 years - current setup:
Les Paul classic > Vox Wah > Vox Tonelab LE > Direct into the PA (We play psychdelic Rock, acoustic with electro backing)

I found the manual to be limited. I found it to be the hardest pedal to learn how to operate I have ever had, but once you figure it out its ok. Manual sucks, not specific enough.

Only 1 complaint... wah wah sucks. Sucks bad... No fun at all. Totally flat and dead. Very digital and crappy sounding wah. Otherwise it would get a 10 in my book. Everything else sounds pretty good. I have only made a few user presets. The factory ones sound pretty good.

Never had a problem.

Tried to get in touch with them about an amp, good luck.

Been playing 20 years. It is a good value. ALL of those amp models and effects for 400$. Not dead nuts sounding to the amps and the effects are good enough for me. Just play one before you purchase and you will know within 30 seconds if you like it or not.

Pretty simple multieffect processor, easy to use. Altough, accesing the Tuner could be solved better, without getting on the floor and hurting your back to push the little button. They should solved it on a DIgitech way - push 2 pedals together and get the the tuner function. Manual is very detailed, and everybody should definatelly read it first, before using the unit (altough is hard....i know;) There are some really good advices in there.

This is the best thing about this unit. Valve (tube) isn't there just for decoration. It's really doing the job. Vintage sounds are really great, but you can also make some great ''shread a like'' sounds with no problem. There's a lot amount of gain in amps+pedals, and combined together, you can produce very ''killer sounds''. Even on stage, when you plug unit directlly to the mixer (with no amp) you can be shure that you will have great tone. Of course, you need to spend some time with the unit before, because presets are not that great, and there's only couple of them, even there's a 30+4 programs.

It seems real solid. But button for powering unit (in the back - right side) is trouble. Plastic button fell of first day I bought the Item. And my friend experienced the same thing. Be carefull with that, or use some glue to put it back, and make shure that anoying thing don't came off again. Beside that, pedals are solid, made form metal, you can really step on them. Same as expression pedal. Nice.

I bought It couple of days ago, so really doesn't have any opinion.

This one is maybe one of the ''Best buy'' and best value for money units. Really, for 340 Euros I payed for it, I doubt you can find something better.

Use of this unit is very simple especially with the control knobs right onboard along with the effect names shown as well. I've used other old school effects processors (digitech, Zoom) and attempted to use newer units (POD Live). When adjusting the value of an effect or tone on the fly this can be tricking because of the ratical jumps from the original value to the desired setting.

I may be a bit premature in my writings on this unit, but I feel the sound quality good for what it is. I think most guitarists are always searching for a more perfect tone and sound. We are never satisfied, yet this unit does a very good job of capturing the tones from various vintage amps. No one should actually expect a complete Fender or Marshall sound and tone to be jammed into a box. That wouldn't make sense. If that were the case there would be no need to lug such monsters around. However I feel the tonelab does good job of recreating the tone of those amp models. Besides look at the name of the unit....TONELAB which I automatically think of tones rather than effects.

Not sure of this one yet. I've had this unit for about nine months and yet I still use my analog stomp pedals with an amp. The board appears to be fairly sturdy.

In my opinion there is no one amp, guitar, nor effect processor that can do it all. You have to find out what works with your needs (before you shell out the bucks). I think this unit does what it set out to do. It delivers and recreates good tones from various amp models along with some decent effects. If you want a massive amount of effects that are over the top Tonelab may be for you as well as the extreme metal player. If you are recording or in a situation where you have to go throuh a PA but want capture the basic tone identity of your Fender, Vox etc then this unit is worth a try out. Of course nothing will beat your straight up Rat going through the tube amp of your choice, yet Tonelab LE does a good job of closely match such tones. Keyword Tone.

Come one! This thing has EVERYTHING labeled! It's amazing! So many features and effects and yet so easy to do patch editing. Plus there are 30 banks in which you can store up to 4 patches in each which makes it very accessible for quick, desired patch changing with minimal sound cutoff between patches, practically non noticeable. The manual is pretty straight forward with explanations on everything this pedal board can do. If you have the right equipment you can do from amazingly sparkly to bluesy cleans to crunchy to heavy distorted sounds. At first I was kind of shy with it because I had never worked with a multi effect board but once I began pressing buttons everything came out natural. IF it were a LINE 6 POD I'd give it a 4 on ease of use, but TONELAB LE gets a straight 8 because of course, your not gonna get the sound you want instantly.

I'm running the Tonelab LE through the amazing MXR 10 band EQ (which adds A LOT to ANY piece of equipment you might own) and through a Carvin T100 Poweramp on to a Peavey 1x12 which I ripped off the poweramp and preamp section and converted into a Speaker Cabinet. I have and used several guitars with it already, from a low cost Epiphone strat to a Schecter BlackJack to a Fender strat to a Gibson.

Through this setting of mine the Tonelab LE Crushes!! I began with the presets and different output settings and found it best to run the thing through the LINE 2 option (since I'm using a poweramp).

The board IS completely silent, no noise AT ALL even with high gain patches which at most the noise is very minimal, normal in any device.

Most of the effects are usable (talking about the mods, reverbs and delays) The cabs are great for direct recording and the amps and pedals are AWESOME!

It's been so difficult to me because Im kinda very techy with anything that produces sound and I wanted something that would not sound digital or at least to the minimum and, At least though direct recording and my setup, it doesn't sound digital at all! The cleans are cleans and the distortions are great! Obviously your not getting a chugga chugga extreme demonic distortion out of this but thats why I have my trusty ADA MP-1 in my rig which I modified completely (now thats METAL). But overall... If you didn't like this device... you know squat about setting up sounds, eq'ing, etc, or your waiting for a miracle to magically give you great sounds. Of course it also depends on your guitar and the rest of your setup, the TONELAB can't do ALL the work.

Not of my very interest but I have tried several patches around about different artist and YOU CAN get very close to those kind of sounds. This thing is very versatile. But sounds of my own I have managed to produce and I am at the very least very very pleased with the board.

Non of the effects are very bad, in fact, all usable. Only some of the modulations are so so but I didnt get this for modulations, I got it for delays, reverbs, amps and pedals.

One more thing is that at high volumes this thing keeps the same sound or makes it better. It doesnt become noisy or muddy at all.

I, personally, am a tube guy and the little tube actually does something to the sound... It's not there for show.

I wish I could give it a ten but then again, for being a digital processor it gets -1 and sadly, even tho the rest of the board is very well constructed and strong, I dont think it would take a 6 feet fall so it gets another -1 (A pod live I'd give a - 5 for that cause its casing is simply crap).

The buttons on this are very reliable so that's fine.... But the worst of this board is the foot expression pedal... The construction does not make any sense... It relies on two hangers tightened by Allen screws and I am very afraid it will become a problem for some people (for me it's no problemo cause I can fix any problems it might give) But for now it works wonderfully, very useful! I give it a -2.

Have not dealt with yet so... Don't know.

I play blues, rock, hard rock, metal, and psychedelic stuff... been playin for 6 years now, and the TONELAB LE can handle pretty much anything. If all you want is deadly distortion it wouldnt make much sense if you bought this. Overall I made a great choice in getting this monster and I am very happy with it.
The cleans are BEAUTIFUL and the distortions are WONDERFUL specially for soloing. If stolen I would find the bastard and pluck his head off but if not I'd buy it again. I wish the pedal was something more like a crybaby pedal (More reliable). I have tried out the POD XT live and X3 which are great for recording... but for live situations.. wouldnt stand a chance. The GT models of BOSS are good for effects but the amps and pedals sound so nastily digital... bleh!

If you need something to produce several types of sounds... This is it!

The Vox Tonelab is a Modeler, as many others. In direct comparison to a Boss GT-8 or Line6 Pod it seems - at the first view - that the options, possible combinations, and the 1001 "please tweak me too" options are less, but if it comes down to practicing its more than enough. One more think to say, I have owned a Line6 Pod and a GT-8 too, but what i was searching for was an Amp, with its own style, sound and "habitus". I found it in the Tonelab. Compared to the Tonelab SE some Features werde changed, or simply not implemented (e.g. a/b Switch). If you are really interested in, take a deep dive into the manuals, which are available online. I'm not really missing them. Sure - they made sense, and still would do, but the SE is a monster in size, and not really usable (because of its size).
The digital I/O of the LE is a real bonus regarding recording situations. Big win! The tuner option for example is implemented much smarter than in the SE. So choose for yourself. You really can't live without the extra features of the SE? Buy it. You don't? Take the LE. Simple advice. Easy to follow.

Yes. It differs. Sure it does. Clean is the domain of transistor amps. Drive is the one of tube amps. Isn't? YES! Sure. NO! Not at all! Honk you are! Well, lots of Voodoo in there - no doubt. And a lot of personal taste. So who am i to judge? The LE is gear at a cost of 350 EUR. Hey Guys, its sounds much better, but it is not a Engl Savage special edition or Mesa Rectifier placed on Top of a 4*12'' cabinet, so do not compare them!
In a price / sound comparison it gets a big 10. Nothing else, a big ten.
This counts for clean sounds, and High Gain too. Now approaching crunch. Crunch is the hardest sound to fit, and in my opinion Crunch is the division where you have to do a deep dive and where the tastes differ most. The LE delivers Crunch sounds, and you have a wide range of options to choose from and tweak, and they are all very effective, so: Give it a try. I think they can satisfy a lot of tastes and wishes, sure not at a 100 percent, but maybe 85-90. And often this is absolutely enough! None of the modelers - especially if they promise that they do - match the sounds of the originals. Even though the tonelab is surely NOT an AC15 AC15TB, AC30, AC30TB ... in a box of 350 EUR, it is an amp with it's own style, sound and versatility. And that is good. Very good. And it sounds well. Very well.

It's really build to last. Tank like. Build of steel. No plastic. Great!
I'm not owning it long enough to give a real long time statement.

I have not needed it right now - so: No opinion

This is the best modeler in the price category around 400 EUR. I owned, as stated earlier, the GT8 and the Pod XT Live, and they don't get close to the Vox. It sounds good over a PA or (as i do) 1*12'' (closed back cabinet equipped with a Jensen Neodym Tornado). Direct recording into a sound card (e.g. Motu 828MK2) is also possible and - thanks to the digital I/O - very noiseless.

The Tonelab is the best sounding, floor kicking, all in one, carry me everywhere amp, i ever played. It produces very good sounds in an easy to handle way at a VERY afforable price.
Big hands, high five. Good job.

I'm sitting here listening to a live recording of the professional band (Salt Water Cowboys) I play with asking myself, "How easy was this Tonelab LE to get a good sound out of?" I have to say I spent a few weeks getting the tones I was looking for. I did find them earlier tonight and it's very evident on the recording. It was obvious last night when we were performing. The crowd response and personal compliments gave me a clue that the tone was happening. All that aside, it really is a challenge to get a nice tone from your monitors so it was nothing new to play from feel and trust my sound was good. If you've tried this pedal live without an amp you might have experienced a rather harsh tone from your monitors. It's best to stand further away and let the sound develop. My real amps (60's Black Face Fender Twin, Dr. Z Mazerati, VVT Linde Fralin Prototype, etc., etc. never sounded as good when I was too close to them, especially at stage volume. This Tonelab sounded phenomenal when I figured out the proximity. The recording is still playing as I type, wow. I'm liking this better than any amp I've played live with, such variety, from clean country to amazing screaming lead tones with smooth reverb and delays, it has a very professional live recording sound! Editing patches was pretty easy when I got comfy with it. I can edit on the fly now. Read the manual, it's very helpful. Do yourself a favor and crank up the tube drive to 10 on almost everything, even the clean sounds. The VR gain is magical. I know, one lonely preamp tube, go figure. This hasn't been upgraded so it's totally stock. Are there any upgrades yet? I'll keep aclose eye on the website.

I use a Rowbottom guitar with a 150 yr. old Mahogany body and a quilted maple top. It's shaped like a Tele but has 3 G&L MFD design strat type pickups and a maple neck w/medium jumbo frets. It is fitted with a USA PRS Trem bridge. I play straight through the board, yep, and in a professional situation. I experienced some weird noise at first but I was running the main volume of the unit all the way up, mistake. Run it about two thirds up and it's very quiet even with neon lights. I use single coils too and it's not bad at all, even better than an amp. (The live recording is sounding pristine right now). I can get some killer country, blues and jazz tones from the LE as well as fairly rocked out lead tones. I have yet to fully explore the rock tones. So far this is a Fender players dream. I did have the obvious problem of not being able to use the volume corrrectly with the wah. I simply plugged in a Budda Wah and used the volume on the Tonelab. It's really no problem since the Budda is a much better wah anyway. The volume does have issues and I'll explain later.

Here's the tricky section of the interview. It has not totally failed me live yet, totally.....If you read the manual it tells you not to use it in direct sunlight, excessive heat or moist conditions. Well, what kind of band do you have to join that meets this criteria? I use it outside for 80% of our gigs during the summer. So far I've been pretty lucky. It gets direct sunlight for about the first hour of most gigs. The volume pedal doesn't work until the sun goes down some. I remedied this by using my carrying case to shade it. Now the first 15 mins. of the show is without a volume pedal but everything is fine for the remainder of the show. I could get an Ernie Ball Jr. volume pedal or something that works under water, ha. I've actually used one of those in a down pour and I'm still alive to tell. The tuner is also very hard to see in sunlight. Vox must think we're all playing in dark clubs. Ok, now it's time to make this amazing pedal road-worthy. That's why it gets a 7, sorry. Definitely bring a backup. You can say the same for the boutique amps I used. I've had plenty of amps fail and I know the show must go on so I carried a spare. At least with the Tonelab I'm not quite as worried about transporting it from town to town. I carry 2 Rowbottom guitars with me also. I should mention that the first Tonelab LE I ordered had a faulty pedal. I was floppy and wouldn't stay where I put it.

Haven't used it yet. I got the extended warranty from Musician's Friend without hesitation.

Overall, this melts the face off of the Line 6 Pod XT, which I made some nice recordings with also. I'm now wishing I recorded them with the Tonelab LE and might go back for kicks and compare. I know it records way better live than any of the amazing amps I own (and owned). It suits my style very well. I've been playing for over 35 years and you can imagine all the equipment I've been through. I play country, blues, classic rock, southern rock and funk. It does all very, very well. Just keep it out of direct sunlight.

It's fairly easy to start operate the basics of this thing right away. Thing that helps is the first section in the manual aimed at people who don't like reading manuals, it's short and clear. Getting the most out of it is another thing. It does require some dedication and time. Some of the settings may sound great in one configuration (hi-fi system in the bedroom) but muddy and characterless in another (a band), or the other way around. Also, the marketing aproach of ciphering the actual amp and effect models really gets in the way. Fortunately you can find translation in forums.

I play Washburn X50 guitar using 2 Seymour Duncan humbuckers. I use TLLE mostly at home and in the band, where each time there is another amp to plug into, and naturally, the results are pretty inconsistent (requires a lot of global eq tweaking to get a decent tone). It's mostly not noisy, or you can diminish the noise with right noise gate settings. The amp models are good, with enough tweaking you can find what you're looking for. I especially like the Soldano (US Modern) for heavy distortion and Dumble clean channel (Boutique CL) for clean. Unfortunately you ALWAYS have to use the cab models together with amp models, otherwise the unit will sound AWFUL (it's ok to turn both off though, if that's what you want). I'd like to believe that VR gain (tube gain) really adds a tubelike quality to the sound, but I may be just convincing myself. But overall it does make sound thicker and fuller.
Effects: here is one weak spot of this unit. Actually, there are two: one is the quality of the effects themselves and the other one is their placement and combination options.
As for the effects quality: there are some really good ones (wah, almost all modulation effects (except maybe chorus), delay and reverbs (BTW, there are some modulation effects in the Pedal section, like U-Vibe and BLK/ORG Phase). But some are not as great:
some distortion effects are very inacurate representations of the original ones. For example, I was surprised to know that PC generated effect in my GearBox (that comes with Line6 Toneport) did better with TubeScreamer and RAT, to name a few (but worse on some of the others). Fuzz is not very inspiring either, and I have to work very hard to imagine that I'm playing acoustic guitar when using Acoustic pedal effect. Way too hard. Boss Acoustic Simulator does it way better. That said, even though the tones are not very accurate, they can be used to get some interestingly sounding tones. It's up to you and your imagination. Pitch shifter effect is really impossible to use for pitch bends higher than about a tone and a half (which is a bummer if you intend to bend a full octave or more), cause then it produces either a dirty unmusical artifact or a significant latency of about 150ms, you choose which.
On the brighter side, Metal Dist is a pretty accurate simulation of Boss MetalZone, but both in my opinion are unusable for metal. As a tip, use the Metal preset, I haven't been able to get a better result myself (disable the reverb though, it doesn't belong there at all).
What else? Ah, yes, the effects' configuration. I don't know what smart *** decided to put the wah effect in the same batch with all distortion effects (Pedal batch), but at the same time put two modulation delays (though somewhat different) in two different batches, namely Modulation and Delay (clarification: you can't use more than one effect from one batch at the same time, meaning you can use no more than 4 effects simultaneously, one from each batch). That means if you want distortion with wah, use amp gain as a distortion or buy another pedal (wah or distortion). Wasn't it clear that using amp distortion and, say, fuzz for Voodoo Child, is not the same thing?!

Here is the real pitfall, at least for me and for a bunch of other guys that bothered to write about it in reviews and forums.
I've owned this unit for about two months.
Yes, it is made of metal and *seems* sturdy. Especially the expression pedal. But that's what brought me the most pain. First it started squeaking, which was pretty easy to fix by spraying a bit of WD40 underneath it. But then it got worse. It got floppy, meaning it didn't maintain its position halfway up, always falling forward. Not willing to start dealing with the customer support I opened it up, and tightened two small allen bolts that were underneath it. But in about a week it happened again. And again! At least three times until now. Just so you know, every time you open this box you need to unscrew about 23 bolts just to take the pedal off. I give it a 2.

Never dealed with it.

In spite of everything said above, this unit has its potential. And in combination with other effects (I use Line6 TonePort as an external "pedal" for playing around at home and recording), you can get some interesting results.
Effects: here is the caveat. Don't buy TLLE if all you are interested in are effects! I'd recommend to buy it to people who don't own a decent amp and don't intend to buy one in the near future, or are fed up with the tone of their amp and want to experiment a bit. Some amp models sound really good, some are weaker. Check out the demo recordings on the Vox site, you'll pretty much get the idea.
Prior to buying it I've run some research and comparisons to POD and Zoom G9.2tt (which in spite of having two tubes in it is nowhere near the tone quality of TLLE). You can compare the demo recordings on the Zoom site with those of Vox. Assuming that in both companies the engineers tried to get the best out of the respective units, TLLE is the CLEAR winner. With POD X3 and XT Pro the competition was a bit tighter, but the TLLE's tube that really does something did something for me as well. Although I've heard that there are some expensive all-digital effect modellers (like Axe-fx) that as even TLLE fans admit, are much better. Surprisingly, some software solutions like GearBox and Amplitube produced better results in some settings.
If it were lost or stolen - who knows! Maybe I'd start using analog pedals and a real amp instead, or looked for the older blue TLSE in second hand ads. They say it's better in terms of usability, A/B, two expression pedals and all. Or maybe I'd buy TLLE again, hoping for a better expression pedal.

It is pretty simple to get going with this thing, it has 40 presets on it that showcase most of the effects, but none of these are special. You will soon want to start tweaking (and lower the Noise Reduction because to my ear it makes things fizz)

To the reviewer below, there IS a way to see the original values - the values do jump to where the knobs are if you twist the knob, but if you use the across arrow near the screen, it goes through each parameter showing you what the value is at - you can make fine adjustments with the up and down arrow, or use the correct knob to quickly change the value

My one gripe with this is the manual's explanations of the effects - there are so many delays for example, but it doesnt explain what you can do with them. If set up correctly, you can use the hold delay to loop a chord progression continuously and then solo over the top for practice, but the manual doesnt explain this. half the fun of these things is exploring them though

I am using a Vintage V100 Les Paul copy (with seymour duncan alnico pro IIs) and a Fender 60th anniversary MIM strat (stock) which I run into a Dunlop SW-95 Slash wah pedal into a V-stack Classic valve amp simulator pedal, into the Tonelab, into the high input of a Laney Lc15r valve amp which is hooked up to a 1x12 cabinet.

Let me explain first that I am a bedroom player. I have owned a 50w JCM 800, as well as practise amps and large solidstates alike, but i decided to downsize and stick to being a bedroom player and I have settled on this set up for the best bedroom tone you can get. Id like to think I know about tone, but this review must be taken the correct context - it gets 9 out of 10 for sound quality for bedroom tones, this unit is simply one of the best ways to get great tones at bedroom levels. I am not comparing this to thousands of pounds worth of boutique gear because it wont compare, but if you need a good tone in your bedroom then this IS the pedal for you, and it is definitely giggable too!

These sound best run into a PA or other FRFR things like keyboard amps, but i have tweaked my valve amp and stuck the tonelab on amp 2 setting with good results. The sound is "full" (couldnt think of a better word there). it is very responsive, with excellent bass middle and treble clarity. Having not tried the amps it models except fot the JCM 800, i cannot really comment on how accurate they are, but they sound great regardless. There arent too many sounds you cannot achieve with this (i can get metal up to "Metallica" territory, although i havent tried to get heavier as I dont like heavy tones, but this may be possible if you use the "metal dist" pedal on it)

I have my first patch set up with no amp or pedal models, with just delay set up to come on with the control button, and the expression pedal to control volume. I use the v-stack which is set up to give a sort of appetite for destruction tone and the slash wah for wah (the wah on the tonelab is great, i just prefer having a separate wah so i can use the tonelab expression pedal for other things. My second patch is a nice clean with a hint of reverb with chorus if you press control, and the tonelab does this brilliantly. MY 3rd is a high gain lead sound, which is also sounds brilliant. I have only had this 2 days yet have managed to get to grips with it and make some great patches as described, showing how easy it is to get great sounds

I have used a Boss GT-3, GT-5, Zoom 707 and behringer V-Amp before and this makes them look pathetic. It responds quite a lot like a valve amp, and you can use your guitar volume to clean up a fully cranked "UK Modern" amp, although you could just as easily create a clean patch next to it. The effects i have had a play with sound great - you can get the living on a prayer talkbox thing perfect. There are an unneccessary number of delays and reverbs, but they sound good. The octave and ring mod effects sound rubbish to me, but they arent my cup of tea.

All in all tonewise, this sounds great. It does some things better than others (you can get vintage brian may spot on, but cant really get a modern brian may sound which is as good quality as the vintage sound you can get.... if you see what I mean) but every amp has a good sound in it somewhere. I love having the od pedals so you can drive the amps just that little bit more. the NR sucks past 5, you get no sustain and it sounds digital, id just leave it on 2 if it is high gain or 0 if clean

Seems solidly built. Its made of solid metal so i guess it is dependable. I would definately gig with it

Only time i dealt with vox was when I had a question about something and they sent me a free catalogue which was nice. I owned an AD50VT amp which never failed me but i have only had this 2 days and havent dealt with them recently so i will leave no rating for this

I love anything from blues to hard rock. You can get some great blues tones, and i managed a pretty usable Slash tone (from the snakepit stuff) I reckon with some patience you could get just about any sound in within this spectrum. The amp models sound great to me, and so do most of the effects, but the presets are rubbish so dont be disheartened if you get it out of the box, plug it in and get rubbish tones. As is always the case with these multi-fx pedals, they take days, even weeks of tweaking to perfect. Im fairly experienced with these things, and with valvetronix technology, so i managed fairly quickly. It was a toss up between this or ??300 worth of stompboxes to get some effects and im glad i chose this. I can get great sounding tones at a whispers volume.

I love the "if it were stolen...." bits.... im going to say that i would definately get this again if it were. I would recommend this to any bedroom player. Amplified correctly, you will not get a better sound in the bedroom. I do wish it had a decent whammy effect, but ill probably just get a digitech whammy pedal and run it in the fx loop of the tonelab. I love the fact that this pedal takes other pedals well. My boss gt-3 hated my v-stack, but this pedal takes them nicely; they compliment each other. I would like to answer a few questions i had as a buyer. firstly, yes this can sound good with the right guitar amp - tone is naturally subjective, but you will read a lot of people on the internet who wouldnt dream of using this with a guitar amp. Yes it colours the tone, but rephrase that correctly and it "makes the tone unique" I like the way my amp slightly colours the tone of my tonelab - I may not be hearing EXACTLY what it should sound like, but i am hearing something unique to me (and anyone else who by chance has my set up). And yes, this sounds better than the chrome valvetronix amps (AD15-30-50V-100VT) I owned the AD50VT and got fed up with it as i thought it a little too digital, muddy and lacking in balls. This sounds leagues above that series of amp in my opinion, and although they have both been branded under the "valvetronix" label, it is clear by listening that the tonelab is leagues above those amps (i have read that the tonelab is closer to the AD60VTX amp, which is of higher quality than the ADVT series). I have been suprised by this pedal actually. I have always thought of myself as a tone snob but have never been able to get my favoured cranked valve amp tone in my room (not even with my 15w laney) I found the v-stack classic which is an analog valve stack simulator and thought my prayers were answered; convincing valve tones in my room!!! That pedal is a one trick pony though, and I wanted something to give me more sounds. I bought the tonelab expecting to be disappointed with the amp sims but still able to just use the effects on it with my v-stack, but to my suprise the amps sounded great. I now have a full arsenal of tones (when i finally get it programmed) that sound great!

For bedroom tones, this gets 9! (10 for me would be a long chain of boutique overdrives and effects and a z-vex nano amp, but as that is pricey i got this!!!) I definately recommend this to anyone looking for an all in one bedroom solution - even if you have existing pedals, with a bit of tweaking you can get it all working together nicely. Those wanting gig solutions, previous reviews will probably be more helpful, but i would go to a gig confident that this pedal would hold up well... whether my amp would is a different story! but i think this pedal would also gig great