Welcome to TONEXCELLENCE - the place to find great guitar tone for the ToneX.

Here you will find some truly expressive and inspirational presets for the IK Multimedia ToneX software app, plugin and pedal. If you are not yet familiar with this modern miracle of function, cost, convenience and quality, please do yourself a favor and spend some time on YouTube researching the software and pedal.

This website is also a place to learn about the technology and design involved, and even pick up some tips on audio engineering along the way. Several answers to questions you may have can be found by clicking HERE…

There are many preset packs available, covering amps, pedals and preamps. In the future we plan to expand our selection; so please check back from time to time to see what’s new.


All captures were made using the ToneX “advanced” training mode for best accuracy. Amp captures utilized the Two-Notes Torpedo Captor X, the Radial JCR Re-Amp box and Focal monitors to fine-tune each preset. Once the amp etc. models were captured, presets were built with these criteria in mind:

– levels optimized to balance with other presets as well as final amplification, per the ToneX pedal.

– eq optimized for both tonal balance and expressiveness.

– gain optimized for expressiveness and clarity where appropriate.

– unless ideal speaker configurations were present for capture, amps were captured without cabs to offer the most flexibility in building new presets; as well as flexibility for live and recorded sound.

– presets were constructed to not only balance levels, gain and eq; many also have compression, noise gate and (a little) reverb adjusted for optimal performance. Of course, any preset can be freely edited, duplicated and saved with any combination of changed parameters.

Presently, tonexcellence is offering the following amp, preamp and pedal models:

– Dumble Overdrive Special Clone, 100w tube amplifier, 4x6L6 power section, built to 1980’s ‘Skyliner’ specs, point-to-point, mil-spec, hand-wired, based on a refined schematic, using quality components based on the original. For more, click HERE…

– Mesa-Boogie Express 5:50 50w tube combo amplifier, 1×12 wide-body, 2x6L6 power section. For more, click HERE…

– NEW! Fishman Loudbox Artist acoustic guitar combo amplifier, 1×8 speaker plus tweeter, captured direct and with cabinet using GT-66 and AKG P170 mics. For more, click HERE…

– NEW! Henriksen Bud 6 acoustic and jazz guitar combo amplifier, 1×6 speaker plus tweeter, captured direct and with cabinet using a Shure SM7B mic. For more, click HERE…

– Polytone Mini Brute II solid-state jazz guitar amplifier, 1×12 speaker, captured with cabinet using a Shure SM7B mic. For more, click HERE…

– Fender Deluxe ‘65 RI 22w tube combo amplifier, 1x12 wide-body, 2-6V6 power section, Jensen C12-K Ceramic speaker, captured direct and with cabinet using a Shure SM57 mic. For more, click HERE…

– Fender Princeton ‘65 RI 12w tube combo amplifier, 10-inch Celestion Alnico Gold speaker, captured direct and with cabinet IR added. For more, click HERE…

– Mesa-Boogie Triaxis programmable tube preamp. For more, click HERE…

– Kingsley Jester tube preamp / overdrive pedal. For more, click HERE…

– J. Rockett ‘Dude’ overdrive pedal. For more, click HERE…

– Leqtique MAR overdrive pedal. For more, click HERE…

– Leqtique Rochechouart overdrive pedal. For more, click HERE…

– Xotic BB Mid-Boost overdrive pedal. For more, click HERE…

– NEW! MXR Distortion+ (70’s) distortion pedal. For more, click HERE…

– Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer distortion pedal. For more, click HERE…

– NEW! Zendrive overdrive pedal. For more, click HERE…

– NEW! Tweak Drive overdrive pedal. For more, click HERE…

For those looking to save money on our products, please see our bundles page. For more, click HERE…

In addition, we have a few models that can be auditioned and downloaded for free from our user page on Tone.net.


Please note: In order to install these presets, you must already have a PAID and installed version of the Mac OS or PC/Windows IK Multimedia ToneX software. These presets cannot be installed on a mobile, tablet or trial version of the ToneX software.

Also: If you are using a VPN and pages are slow to load or YouTube videos do not appear, try turning off your VPN while on this site.

All uses of trademarks or product images including, Dumble, Fender, Mesa-Boogie, Fishman, Kingsley, J. Rockett, Leqtique, Xotic, Boss, Polytone, Henriksen, MXR, Zendrive are the respective intellectual property of their copyright and trademark owners; and are used on this website only as a reference and not as a representation of the sale of any of their products by Tonexcellence.