Radial Hot British tube distortion - Using the Hot British

"The Tonebone has a real natural, transparent sound. It doesn't thin out your tone like a lot of the transistor distortion pedals I've tried."
~ Vinnie Moore
(Shrapnel recording artist)

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Using the Hot British

Overview:

Connecting and using the Tonebone Hot British couldn't be simpler. Plugging in the tonebone's 15 Volt DC power supply turns the unit on. The Hot British starts up in 'true bypass' mode with the guitar signal routed directly to the output; your amp's 'clean' setting will be pristine and pure because there is nothing between you and your amp.

The Hot British lets you click in rich tube distortion tone, with carefully designed controls for tone sculpting, drive and level. These controls make it easy to quickly reproduce tones you have used in the past. The level control makes it easy to match output level to the amp to get a smooth, professional transitions between your distorted and clean (bypass) tones.

Be sure to try out the example Hot British sounds.
You'll wonder how you ever got along without this amazingly versatile tube distortion pedal!

Download/View the Hot British user manual


	Using the Hot British: Understanding the internal workings of the Hot British makes it easier to experiment with a wider range of tones and lets you create wonderful textures. Keep in mind that all of these controls work in tandem and changing one will affect how the others react. Following the block diagram above, the Hot British distortion section is actually made up of three separate gain stages that work together to produce the rich harmonic content. This is achieved by combining both solid state and a 12AX7 tube to add warmth and even harmonics. The input drive control allows you to adjust the distortion from slight to extreme. The distorted signal then feeds the contour control which can be bypassed or set to either scooped or fat with a boosted mid range. In the scooped position, the tone resembles the 'loudness' control on a stereo system where lows and highs are accentuated while the contour control allows you to adjust the mid center frequency where the scoop occurs. This produces huge chunk tones. When the 'fat' position is selected, this accentuates the mids for screaming solos and added cut. Adjusting the contour control to the sweet spot for your guitar and amp combination makes it easy to get great tones. For amps that may be pre-equalized with a lot of the mid-range dialed out, a mid boost lets you make this up when using the Hot British for soloing or straight ahead power chords. To compensate for overly bright or overly dark amps, a 3-position top end switch provides you with a means to tame or accentuate the upper harmonic registers, further refining the tone. All of these 'tone' controls work in conjunction with the powerful yet very musical two-band EQ. Setting the bass and treble to 12 o'clock is a great starting point. These provide tons of extra gain in their specific frequency regions and will allow you to create a wide landscape of tone. Finally the output level control lets you set the volume as needed.

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