ToneWood Amp Review! - The Magic of Effects Straight From Your Guitar! 

Finally playing the ToneWood Amp! This thing is a ton of fun! Enjoy the demo :)

I really wanted to like this thing. In fact, I almost bought it a couple of weeks ago. I thought the sound was horrible. Thanks for the video. You saved me $350

Day 358 of waiting for a Flying V review. I’ve set up base camp at 3000 feet, I don’t know how much longer I can last. It’s been 2 weeks since I got separated from Jimmy and Colin. I have to assume they’re dead. The snow hasn’t stopped since then. The lab has probably been snowed under by now. I do not know how I’ll be able to find it... if I ever get there. Each night it feels so close yet so far from my grasp. The wind blows harshly outside. It howls through the mountains as if it was quietly saying “come in man flying Vs are super fun to play”.

I’ve had one for a year. I play it in small groups, prayer breakfast, duo’s etc. Really rich. I get a lot of compliments.

I've been using tonewood amp for 4 years now, and really love it in my acoustic guitar. Great review!

Looks very authentic and clean! Also sounds Heavenly!

I bought one in 2019, love it. Easy way to add some tasty fx without an amp.

Darrel, I really enjoyed your presentation. Thank you brother. Very professional and I really felt like I was right there getting all the info I needed in a perfectly balanced amount of time for each element. If I was looking for someone to demonstrate just about anything, I would want to hire you to do it. 😊

Nice to see wizard and fairy magic getting used for good!

The Bon Jovi Dead or Alive reference was a nice touch

Yamaha has the Transacoustic series which is similar. Difference is it’s built into the guitar and you have three options, chorus, hall, reverb. You can blend the chorus with the verbs. There’s a steel string version and a nylon string version. I have the nylon string version and I’ve made lots of videos with it. Great demo. Subscribed!

I've had it for a couple years and it's really nice. the reverb on a nylon string guitar sounds great. I would highly recommend it.

Backed them on kickstarter years ago, a great amp and great customer service when I needed repairs after moving 🙌🏾🔥

I've had mine for about a year. Taking the time to eq the notch filters is worth it, only have to do it once. After that use the effects sparingly and it has an amazing sound. One caution, the guitar should have a relatively flat back. I can use it on my Taylor, but had to place it quite off center. It's perfect on my Gibson J35.

Good review, but you could have mentioned how you can use apps like midi and sample tank to turn your guitar into virtually any instrument. You can plug your phone or iPad into it and hear your voice/loops/iTunes or whatever coming out of the sound hole. I have had mine for a while and I have 3 guitars with the X brace installed. Lots of fun. Thanks for posting

Thanks for the review, it looks fun! One of my favorite channels for honest feedback.

Had mine for a while really works for me

Wow you're coming in very hot there man, and you've a bit of EQing to do but yeah. Cheers for the vid. I soldered a usb cable to the bat terminals and stuck a little power bank to the back, but you're right, if that power bank goes dead I'm screwed.

The Tonewood-Amp is revolutionary. So happy I picked one up, but it kinda ruined me. I only want to play acoustic with it!

Thanks Darrell. I've been using one of these since their Kickstarter years ago. 👍 The _Freedom_ and portability of amazing acoustic sounds is such a high for me. 👎 AA Battery life SUCKS ... you might get 3hrs... maybe. Should be swappable 18650 lithium instead. 👎 I _Fully_ get why you didn't bother with the "Overdrive/Distortion" setting.

I tried an earlier version a few years ago for our beach jams. Be aware that outdoors, especially in wind, the effects are greatly diminished. It still gives a little volume boost, but otherwise I wouldn’t recommend it so much for outdoors. Ended up getting a battery-powered Roland Cube instead, and that was the right call for my needs.

That sounded amazing! Thanks for always putting out quality vids Darrell! You're always an encouraging guy bro! God Bless!!

Hmm, that sweet acoustic reverb reminds me of "Take A Pebble" (ELP).

I have been watching your channel for sometime now. You have inspired me to start my own. it’s been slow moving but I am enjoying the journey. Thank you very much.

Just for info: I've had one of these for a couple of years now and overall it works great, especially for small acoustic gigs or busking. You can deep dive into the set up and fine tune it to different guitars to counter feedback etc. The only thing I found is that you should play fairly gently to get the best out of the effects - my girlfriend hammers the hell out the guitar when she plays and you can only note tails etc when she pauses But overall I found it really fun and useful before Covid!!

That's some slick kit. I now want one. Thanks lol

Dude that thing is awsome!

I have one installed on my semi hollow. It sounds pretty friggin awesome.

Thank you- tone wood vs Lag high vibe smart guitar? Love you replaying and reviews too.

Your reviews are always well thought out and informative Darrell. In this case, it's helped me make up my mind. I don't want something that howls out an A note over everything I play, so I can save my cash for something else!

Blown away how authentic it sounds..... As always, great presentation of the ToneWood.....

Looks like a fun add on for small rooms and to make practicing a little more varied. I think it's something est used in moderation to add some ambience. Fun look at the acoustic side of effects.

I love mine. I got it on a prs a50e. Its sounds amazing!

I've had this for just over a year. I rarely use it as I'm not all that fond of the sound of the reverb. While you can dial it in MUCH better than Darrell did and it's actually useable, I'm not a fan of the effects decay, (fall off or sound "after taste"). There's too much "dirty resonance" (noisy decay that is too much or doesn't fit) at the end of most of the effects. Doesn't sound natural IMO. I'm hoping against hope that they can do an upgrade to address these issues without having to have a whole new unit that does the job better. While it IS a breakthrough concept, I feel like it's not ready for prime time. Again, it's usable (especially with the upgrade trading chorus for the ridiculous overdrive) but I'm not thrilled with my purchase and would not do it over again unless they DO come up with some more natural sounding reverb and delay. (Delay and chorus is better.) Having said that, many people disagree with me. But I didn't get the feeling that Darrell was bouncing off the wall with joy either.

If you like this, you should check out LAG guitars.... That's gen 2.0 of this tech 😉

Wow - FINALLY. The world's been on pins and needles waiting for this.

That plate sounds like you're in a cave and the Leslie sounds like the early British rock groups.

There seems to be a constant monotone background note with each effect. It overwhelms the melody being played.

I saw this advertised about a year ago. One of the warnings was that folks with an AICD/CRT (AKA pacemaker) should avoid using the ToneWood Amp. This is strictly due to those powerful magnets. Apparently the risk of reprogramming the box in my chest is not worth the fun of effects and some amplification sans amplifier. I wonder if it could be attached firmly enough to work with "velcro" (no ©/tm violation intended😉). Sounds great. I'm a little envious. 😎

I felt like it was still a prototype. Batteries were destroyed fast. The fit on my guitar was never perfect and I was always adjusting it to fit and perform correctly. I returned it. I hope they improve it because the idea is awesome and I think they are close.

Please please please review Seagull Guitars.

I have one of these and I have to say it makes one playing the guitar so much more fun

I really like the Tonewood Amp! It looks and sounds great! Darrell I check every day and I have not received your Strat yet? Could it be lost in the mail? Just let me know cause I'm lookin for it!

I have one and LOVE it... as a songwriting tool. My only gripes are; the back of my acoustic isn't flat, so the sweet spot was tough to find, and the effects aren't easily switchable for live use. I'd buy a 2.0 if it had footswitch options, and fit contoured back acoustics a bit better. Mine tends to buzz out before getting as sweet and wet as the effects here.

Am I the only one who really didn't care for the Hall and Plate reverb? It sounded very overpowering and muddy to me

Cool....GREAT video.....thank you.....I REALLY appreciate the information from your channel.

3:35 Where the Streets Have no Name? I'm sold.

AA batteries make sense in the fact that it's more difficult to ship units with lithium ion battery packs.

You have to take the paper off on the X brace feet. Yeah, I bought one for my Alvarez and one for the magic Taylor. Oh yeah! Looking forward to busking with these! 🙂

Also sounds like you have quite a bit of clipping, try turning the master gain down more. (hold both amplitude and effects down to get to master gain level if you haven't gotten that far yet)

I would of loved to hear it not plugged in - for those of us who don’t have an electric acoustic. But a great demo- Thanks 🙏

Thankyou for the great demo 🤗🤗🤗

Great video! For a second, I thought you had named one of your settings “Ottawa”, and thought, “Wow, that’s pretty patriotic.”

Sounds good, but I dont quite understand the point of these gizmos. I'd rather hear those effects coming out of a good pa speaker, rather than from the guitar itself.

I like it

Good work DB

cool! You did a great demo Darrell

Awesome concept & I'm sure future generations of it will have improvements. I'm just wondering if it get's in the way or slides around while playing??

Whoooa that sounds huge!

Thanks for this, Darrell.

So, fast I can't miss!

Great piece of equipment. My son Daniel and I did a demonstration for the people at Tonewood during the NAMM show about two years ago. My son Daniel played with Michael Dawes because Michaels partner was sick and couldn't play, so Michael asked if anyone wanted to play his partners parts with him and my son volunteered. He has a great experience and Michael and he became good friends. Nice NAMM story. LOL

I like it all except for it eating batteries 🔋's. Great CHANNEL 👍

I remember I think LAG guitars was the first to introduce this technology in NAMM years ago?

Love mine. I'd love it even more though if I could get the damn thing to update and install chorus.....

great video thanks

It seems to give you a background chorus sound like you hear in Jeff Beck's Amazing Grace.

I have one. The main complaint I have is, no foot controllers. Switching patches must be performed by lifting the guitar away from the body and looking at the buttons while navigating through the patches. Not something you can easily do mid song.

Thanks for the in depth look at this unit.

Try using Sample Tank and MIDI Guitar apps together on your iPad or iPhone to and other instruments while you play. I like the cellos. There RU-vid videos on how to set them up. You’ll really like this!!

Love it. Battery life is pretty quick. Approximately how quick?

Hi that’s cool

You should do a guitar tour !

Your guitar is beautiful! Great review and demo.

Wild special affects! And from an ACOUSTIC! Seems like post production effects, but done instantly.

Darrell all your videos are informative, entertaining, and just honestly fun to watch. Whether it’s a review or a mod or a build you just have it down on how to present in a fun informative way. It’s like having a best friend that really knows a lot about guitar stuff!

Another great video. You could just buy two sets of double a rechargeable batteries along with a charger. This way you can always have a fresh set in the amp and another set on the charger. Like you do with a rechargeable drill or any other rechargeable tool. If you start off with two fully charged sets of batteries you should be able to keep playing indefinitely depending on how fast your set of batteries recharges. I would think by the time one set runs down the other set would be fully charged. This way you'd never be without power. God Bless!! Jimmy in NC....

My first thought was "Tone Wood" Amp, - How Dare You Sir !

Great rundown, thanks! Super cool product but for cover song gigs, aside from some light reverb, I feel like I wouldn't use a lot of these effects. Still want it though lol

For a moment I thought about installing it on my archtop but theb I imagined fishing the xbrace through the f holes

Yikes those resonant frequencies! 😮

That thing is so cool it might even make my playing sound good!

Re: batteries, they could market it with USB rechargeable batteries that can be removed and replaced with regular AA's in an emergency, I have that on a few devices.

Nice my brother 😍

I like that you can move it from guitar to guitar. I like that the HyVibe has a looper built in. Just need these two things combined. I really couldn't buy a Tonewood without a looper functionality... And not thrilled about paying over $1k for a HyVibe.

Plug it into your guitar? So it's only for use with an acoustic/electric?

Being that you said you are using a microphone. Does it really "amplify" the sound or is it exclusively an effects tool? I would had loved that you compared the naked volume without the microphone. Thanks for the Demo.

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I wish I could get as good as playing and fluid like you are Darrel. Really love the Hall reverb.

Saw the back of the guitar at the beginning and was like "huh that looks like a Furch, ah no chance it actually is tho", well 😅 I might be a bit obsessed with them 😂

Leslie kind of a rotating speaker kind of thing? I is a rotating speaker! Beatles used a Leslie on Lucy In The Sky. Stevie Ray used it in Tight Rope . Doobies Another Park .Favorite Micheal Alsup 3 Dog Night. Alot of songs Some favorite My Impersonal Life ,Never Dreamed You'd leave In Summer. Live the song Jam!

Hey Darrell! Great video! Quick question - when you play using the “Hall Reverb” setting, what is the song that you’re playing? It’s hauntingly beautiful - have probably watched it like 100 times! Is it from a piece of music? Thanks so much! Best wishes, Damian

Worked like a dream until 2 weeks after the warranty ran out. Then I lost about an effect a week, only to get an email saying your device is out of warranty. I’d definitely buy another if the warranty was longer than 2 years.

I miss busking in the glory days of 24/7 open Walmart!!... The Fringe benefits was enough to supply you for all you need ... Alittle weed... Beer.... Vape$$.... Gas for vehicle..... New guitar strings!!... Maybe slowly save a bit for a tonewoods!! Treat!!!

You should A/B against Yamaha's TransAcoustic guitars. Personally, your demo is well done, but I can't think of a use for these.

Put one on a ukulele lol 👍.

Finally. Someone mentioned the obvious question I had... 10:40

Hey...that’ was a variation of Scuttle Buttin on the Room reverb..wasn’t it? :). (love your channel btw.)

Hey Darrel!

Good demonstration and informative. Kind of spooky sounds and to my ear a little harsh. Not really my cup of tea.