Tonebone Reviews

Tonebone Reviews

		GUITAR PLAYER magazine June 2006 - pg. 166) 'Radial Tonebone Plexitube' *Plexitube receives the 'Guitar Player 'Editors Pick' award!* By Michael Molenda "Having a distortion pedal with with so much firepower is an almost giddy joy, and the Pleitube's ballsy tines and versatile tweakability earn it an Editor's Pick Award." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (1319kb zip archive)

		GUITAR PLAYER magazine June 2004 - pg. 159) 'Radial Tonebone Switchbone' *Switchbone receives the 'Guitar Player 'Editors Pick' award!* By Michael Molenda "This battle-tough AB-Y box delivered whisper-quiet switching between two amps — I 'mated' Marshals and Fenders, Voxes and Victorias, and other combinations with nothing but stunning results...." "...Radial has found a way to make switching sexy... the Switchbone seduces itself an 'Editors Pick' award." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (130kb zip archive)

		GUITAR PLAYER magazine (March 2003 - pg. 98) 'Bench Tests - Tube Distortion Pedal Roundup' *Tonebone Classic receives 'Editor's Pick' award!* By Barry Cleveland "This is one of the most versatile and best sounding pedals I've heard in a long time. It sounded great with every combination of guitar and amp, and it's dynamic response, impressive chord definition, and extremely quiet operation made it a joy to use." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (2.8mb)

		GUITARIST magazine May 2004 - pg. 121) 'Boutique Valve Overdrives' Tonebone receives the 'Guitarist Choice' award! By Guitarist staff writers "The Tonebone Classic offers easily the most comprehensive palette of tones of all units here" "..we heartily recommend the Classic on the basis that it's by far the most versatile of all five pedals reviewed... name almost any player and their trademark drive tone is locatable here; rock tones are a given, but the strident 'Fendery' SRV lead tone? Oh yes." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (3.7m zip archive)

		BETTER GUITAR web zine (June 2005 )http://www.betterguitar.com/Equipment/OtherGear/Radial/Loopbone.html 'Radial Loopbone' *Loopbone receives the 'Better Guitar Great Gear' award!* By Mark Starlin "...The Drag™ control lets you adjust the buffered signal to reintroduce a load on the pickups sound.Simply set up your FX loops and adjust the Drag until your signal sounds the same through the FX loops as it does when you are playing directly into your amp with no pedals. ...the more I used the Loopbone, the more possibilities I began to envision.." View full review on www.betterguitar.com

		GUITAR ONE magazine (March 2003 - pg. 62) 'Gearbox - Distortion Pedal Roundup -- Breaking Up Can Be Fun' *Tonebone Receives 'Guitar 1 Mark of Excellence' Award!* By Michael Ross "Rumor has it that Eric Johnson is fond of this pedal, and understandably so,. Plugging in my Strat, I was easily able to emulate Johnson's 400lb violin tone by switching in the 7dB mid-boost... "... "For sheer versatility as well as well as quality distortion, the Tonebone series rates a 'Guitar 1 Award'." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (2mb)

		GUITARIST magazine (UK - March 200 - pg. 119) 'Radial Tonebone Trimode'' By Adran Clark "Hugely flexible and full of surprises... It's difficul to find a bad tione from this pedal; we found a range of new possibilities every time we plugged in and started a new tweaking session.. View full pdf review (takes a few seconds to load) Download the pdf review (385kb)

		GUITARIST magazine (UK - November 2005 - pg. 122) 'Radial Tonebone Trimode'' By Adran Clark "Adding the various EQ options opens up a huge range of tones – more than you'd imagine would be possible" ... "Even at the middle setting on the drive gain switch, there's plenty of gain available for most rock and blues purposes; pushing the switch up to the highest position makes for a lovely, thick, saturated distortion." ... "The price isn't the lowest... but it's not unreasonable ... in this case you really do get what you pay for." Awarded five stars out of five for sound. View full pdf review (takes a few seconds to load) Download the pdf review (389kb)

		VINTAGE GUITAR magazine (August 2005 - pg. 179) 'Switcher's Paradise-- Radial Cabbone, Headbone and Loopbone add incomparable versatility' By Bob Tekippe "This go-round with the Radial 'Bone' pedals reinforced what we found in our previous tests; they deliver as promised, giving a player extremely usable switching and effects options that simply haven't been previously available. By combining the Loopbone with either the Cabbone or Headbone, the options are numerous. Giving your rig the ability to achieve the perfect amp and efffects setup, as these pedals do so well, is priceless." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (510kb)

		VINTAGE GUITAR magazine (April 2004 - pg. 158) 'Bad to the (Tone) Bone -- Radial Engineering's Classic, Hot British and Switchbone' By Bob Tekippe/Phil Feser/Ward Meeker Classic™..."The tonal variations this pedal produces is unbelievable." Hot British™..."Wow! Talk about British Tone! We easily dialed in the famous Cream-era Clapton sounds, to a tee.... If you want to capture that 'British tone' you'll not find a better pedal!" Switchbone™..."We were able to switch between amps with no ground loops or hum. We tweaked the Drag control, and were pleased to hear it deliver as promised... this could well be the best A / B pedal on the market." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (510kb)

		The ToneQuest report (Feb 2004 - pg. 18) 'Les Tone Bone' Tonebone Classic and Hot British review By the Editors "Both Tonebones are thoroughbred, well-built rock pedals that delkiver authentic tube distortion and well designed, versatile controls for shaping lows, mids and highs as well as distortion intensity, harmonic feedback and sustain. if you klike to rock, we think you'll find a permanent spot on your pedalboard or studio for these great tube distortion pedals made in Canada." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (522kb)

		Jazz Times magazine May 2005 - pg. 94) 'Radial Engineering Bassbone Pedal' By Russell Carlson "... clean signal path, smart friendly design...", "There's no wonder why a professional player the caliber of John Pattitucci keeps a Bassbone in his rig." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (2508kb zip)

		Canadian Musician Jan 2005 - pg. 23) 'Radial Tonebone Classic & Hot British' By Mike Turner "... rest assured, they are among the best distortion pedals you are likely to find. Both pedals have phenominal build qualityand feature true bypass as well as a single 12AX7 tube to give the unmistakeable tube signature that makes these such good units." ... "Both pedals are great additions to your arsenal of distortion tones and, in all honesty, I woundn't hesitate to reccomend them." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (205kb zip)

		Fuzz magazine (Scandinavia) April 2005 - pg. 59) 'A More Authentic Playing Experience' (Switchbone & Dragster) By Mats Nermark "... A guitar signal with high impedance doesn't go too well with the input on a sound card or a mixer that has high impedance - the purpose of the Dragster is to provide the guitar with an input it “likes” before the signal goes on to a wireless system. I connected the Dragster between my guitar and my DI-box and got both better sound and playing feel when using Sek'd Amplitude and such like. I also noticed improvement with the Dragster in front of a Boss GS-10 and PODxt. Not the least when playing electric bass.."... " The Switchbone has a Dragster circuit built in if you want it all in one package. A Dragster is recommended to all users of digital modelers. View full review (english translation by the author)

		Fuzz magazine (Scandinavia) June 2004 - pg. 48) 'Radial Engineering Bassbone - Smart Solutionsw with the Bassbone' By Av Lars Arvidsson "... The channel switching feature is good but the really smart thing is the boost switch. A switch marked 'Boost Assign' lets you choose the bosst switch action. your choices are Boost, loop or Both. If you, like me, enjoy pedals the loop will be of good use. the bassbone cna act as a master switch for a chain of pedals. The whole caboodle cna be sitched in or out with a sigle step. Very practical!" View full review (english translation by Mats Nermark)

		Fuzz magazine (Scandinavia) Feb 2004 - pg. 33) 'Radial Tonebone' By Mats Nermark "... What seems to be the hardest thing for a pedal generating lots of distortion is to let the intrinsic qualities of the guitar shine through. This is something both these Tonebones handle with excellence. I tried with a good Stratocaster and then with a cheap Chinese Squier Strat with cheap pickups. The Chinese Strat sounded considerably cheaper. The good Strat on the other hand, sounded really expensive." ... without doubt, at the top end of the value for money scale. It makes me very happy when pedals like these Tonebones come along with a vast soundscape and I get enticed into growing as a guitarist." View full review(english translation by the author)

		BASS PLAYER magazine (Feb 2004 - pg. 68) 'Radial Tonebone Bassbone' By Eric Murray "The Bassbone is much more than a straightforward A/B box ... the DI, which inherits technology from Radial's renowned line of standalone direct boxes, sounded thick and warm in my home studio. The potent EQ was a great tone sculptor particularly with passive or frettless instruments..." ... "The Bassbone offers an extraordinarily useful combination of features for a modest price" ... Anyone who uses more then one bass at a gig ought to check this out. It could easily become standard gear for many performing bassists. View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (588kb)

		GUITAR WORLD magazine (Oct 2003 - pg. 180) 'Rad to the Bone -- Radial Tonebone Classic and Hot British distortion pedals' By Eric Kirkland "Low gain settings produced incredible blues drive and a warm tube grind that was easily controlled with the guitar's volume. With the gain increased, the top end set to bright and the filter tweaked for natural treble, I was able to mimic Jimi Hendrix's untamed Monterey Pop distortion. Dimming the drive, backing off the filter and dialing up the level evoked the violin-like tones of Eric Johnson. This is simply the finest American-style distortion pedal I've played." View full review Download hi-rez pdf review for print (510kb)

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