Last night I went over to saw Rick and Steve at G-Force Media Productions and was re-acquainted with this little toy that Rick picked up at a Long and Mcquade year end sale.
Rick, the man with his eyes always open to new innovative electronic support equipment, had heard of this device called a Tone Port by line 6. He had done his research on line about this product and had heard from other people in the industry that had used this product with great results. With the event of last years “year end blow out sale on all in-store products” fast approaching, he went on their website to see if it was on the list of items on sale. He found that this product, along with other equipment that he had his eye on, was on sale and knew that he just had to have this in his arsenal, so he went and stood in line for 12 hrs before the doors had opened and was 3rd in line. And thank God he did!
He had came to work at the Hospital, where we work, the next day I think and, told me that he had snagged this for a steal at $130.00 (Can.) Weeks later after completing their reno on the studio, he finally installed this beast. I went over one day and he showed me just how it worked. I was totally amazed at the diversity that this thing had. I had so many sound tabs to chose from, that I didn’t know which one to target on first.
Rick then told me to just start jammin’ and that he was going to record whatever I was playing, just so he could get use his board again after a short hiatus from it. I know that ‘m far removed from my RUSH days but, I started off with Working Man(1st album called RUSH,1975). The sound was very fat as well as raw, with sustain that went on forever with this effect peddle! I was using this electric guitar that he had bought, can’t remember the name, that had a wammie bar on it and said that no one liked it because it’s too hard to play. Those guys must have been joking, the thing soared like a dragon, really. I’ve never owned a guitar that had a wammie bar so I just went nutz. I had the honour of breaking in his studio by being that first guitar player to play in his studio as well as the Tone Port, thanx Rick!
I truly hope that you jump to their(Line 6’s) site and check out for yourself the versatility that this item has. The site has a video of how it works and it’s an eye opener. Rick just has the 1st version but, still it’s nothing to sneeze at, trust me. If anyone picks this thing up, can you write to me about the pro’s and con’s of it? I want to see if there are any improvements to the first that would make it worth my will to pick it up, besides the price. But I’m really lucky cause, I’ve got Mr. Jones and his Tone Port on my side!
Keep on Jammin’