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RADIAL TONEBONE CABBONE.
- Speaker cabinet switcher for all amp types
- Footswitch toggle between two speaker cabinets
- Digitally controlled relays with ramping overlap
- Slingshot™ remote-control switching
- SafeMode™ failsafe protection
Cabbone switches between two speaker cabinets with one amplifier head allowing the guitarist to transition from say, a Fender 2x12" open back, to a Marshall 4x12" slant with one foot stomp! The Cabbone employs High-performance gold contact relays to switch the amp's speaker output to either cabinet without adding color or compromising your sound.
And Cabbone is safe – switching is controlled by a timer IC that manages a ramped connection overlap. This ensures a constant load on the output, a major concern with tube amps. With SafeMode™ the input signal connects to output-1 automatically if power is ever lost.
To reduce 'cable spaghetti' on stage, Cabbone is equipped with our Slingshot™ remote controled switching system. Slingshot allows any standard footswitch to control switching from your pedalboard or wherever you like, keeping the amp-to-cabinet cables short and efficient. Slingshot can also switch amp channels, effects or other Slingshot™ equipped devices, to get those perfect tone combinations quickly and with one click instead of a tap dance routine!
Like all Radial products, the Cabbone is built tough to handle the road:
14 gauge steel, baked enamel finish, high performance parts throughout.
You get all of this in a compact enclosure that is ultra quiet and
completely transparent to the tone of your amp.
Cabbone Setup:
Plug your guitar into your amp as normal but instead of connecting the amp output into a speaker cabinet, plug it in to the Cabbone's 'FROM AMP' jack. Now plug one of your two cabinets into the 'SPEAKER-1' jack and the other cabinet into the 'SPEAKER-2' jack. Use only heavy duty SPEAKER cables with 1/4" connectors. You are now set up to toggle your amp safely between the two cabinets.
Because the Cabbone comes equipped Radial's innovative Slingshot™ feature, it can be switched remotely, or can itself switch other devices (like amp channels or effects) remotely, or both!
Routing Examples:
The Cabbone speaker cabinet switcher is laid out simply and logically. In the most basic setup, the head connects to the Cabbone and the Cabbone connects to the two speaker cabinets. Assuming your amplifier is set to 8-Ohms and your two speaker cabinets are also 8-ohms, the set up is straight forward – once connected, all you do is hit the footswitch and you can now to toggle from one speaker to the other.
In setups where you have different speaker impedance values or different loads, using the Cabbone makes it easy with a second 'amp-to-Cabbone' connection. For example, the 4-Ohm output is directed to the 4-Ohm speaker while the 8-Ohm output would go to the 8-Ohm speaker.
In situations where you do not have different outputs for different speaker loads, you will have to make some choices. Different loads may yield different output levels or tonal variances based on the type of amplifier you are using. It is a good idea to familiarize yourself with your options so that you can get the most out of your equipment. Complete details are explained in ‘understanding speaker loads’ below.
As a rule of thumb, lowering the load on a transistor amp will yield a higher output. On tube amps, lowering the impedance increases the workload on the tubes, which often makes the amp sound fatter but does so, alas, at the expense of reducing the tube's lifespan. Make sure you consult your amplifier manufacturer’s specifications and minimum load settings to avoid damage to your amp.
The real fun with the Cabbone comes when introducing Slingshot remote switching to your system. The Radial Slingshot circuit that lets you assign the Cabbone as a slave to receive a toggle change command from a footswitch or even a MIDI controller. To use the Cabbone as a slave, you must begin by positioning the INTERNAL / EXTERNAL remote switch selector in EXTERNAL mode. This disengages the Cabbone’s footswitch and allows an outside footswitch to control the Cabbone’s electronics and relays.
Cabbone’s Slingshot can also send out a program change command, for example to tell your amp to change channels, at the same time as a Cabbone speaker cabinet change. To make Slingshot as universal as possible, it's REMOTE OUTPUT ASSIGN switch features a choice of latching (LATCH) or momentary pulse (PULSE) switching type and positive or negative (TIP or RING) switch polarity for ¼” TRS setups. These settings will allow you to adapt Slingshot to most popular amplifier channel switching systems. Simply connect a standard ¼” guitar cable from the Cabbone’s Slingshot output to your amp’s ¼” footswitch input jack. If you don't know your amp's switching parameters, you can just go through each of the four possible switch settings while depressing the footswitch and note when the amp channels change.
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