Tonewood Amp Demo on Mya Moe baritone ukulele
A sample of different effects presets on the Tonewood Amp (TWA) through a Mya Moe Baritone ukulele. For more information on the TWA see their website here: http://www.tonewoodamp.com/
I run through a couple of presets I saved for use with this instrument. Be sure to select HD for best sound. I encoded using AAC 192 kbps
1. 00:20 Device and controls
2. 00:54 Install process
3. 01:40 Mounting the amp
4. 02:18 Effects overview
5. 03:08 Hall Reverb A/B comparison (Cowboy Waltz - trad)
6. 05:00 Hall Reverb A/B part II (Clay Pigeons - Blaze Foley)
7. 06:10 Delay (Cell 33 - David Allan Coe)
8. 07:00 Delay (longer delay) A/B comparison (This River)
9. 07:55 Autowah A/B comparison (Boom Sh-Boom)
10. 09:28 Closing remarks
intro of the Cowboy Waltz and "Clay Pigeons" by Blaze Foley, for the slapback delay a snippet from "Cell 33" by David Allan Coe, then the intro to "This River" by JJ Grey & MOFRO, for the Autowah setting, the intro to "Boom Sh-Boom" by Martin Sexton. I should probably mention those in the video description too.
Tech notes:
Instrument: Mya Moe Spruce / Fiddleback Maple baritone ukulele
Gear: ipad, Movie Pro, Apogee Mic 96k
Video: Magix Movie Edit Pro @ 1080x720
Audio 192k vbr
I used no audio enhancements in post, just a gain adjustment. What you hear is how it sounds to the best of my ability within the constraints of my equipment and the YouTube platform.
If you have any questions please leave them in the comments section so others can benefit from my response (if any)
A couple other notes:
1. iOS loop connection. You can connect the TWA to a iphone or ipad and use apps including Jamup or MIDI style apps and then return this effect to the instrument. This means that you can blend in virtually any effect or instrument sound back you your acoustic. I have yet to try this. I may record another demo of this.
2. Firmware updates are possible and probably likely. At some point you may be able to change out effects or improve the processor in other ways.
3. Notch filters - to tame any feedback issues
4. Gain Control. Obviously different instruments and pickups respond differently. The TWA accounts for this as well. You can save guitar profiles. These are adjustments to the gain and the notch filters to balance the effects to your pickup and avoid feedback issues.
5. Compatible pickups - any pickup will work. Active, passive, either magnetic or piezo style. So yes you could potentially use this with any instrument with a large enough body. I have tried it on a tenor sized ukulele also and it works just fine. The smaller the instrument, the greater the tendency to feed back so you must adjust the gain% down quite a bit.
6. Changes you make to presets will not be saved if you turn off the TWA. They must be saved to a preset slot first, however, the TWA will remember the last selected preset for each effect.
7. Changing the guitar profile does not change the currently selected presets.
TWA has put a LOT of thought into this device and it shows.