Fender Tone Master Pro - Let's See What Block Settings Can Do!

Fender Tone Master Pro owners - another one of the big improvements in firmware 1.3.74 is the addition of Block Settings. That's really cool, right? But... what are Block Settings, and how do we use them? If you're not sure, I'd suggest watching this video to get your questions answered. Let's do this!

[@cscott0874]

I already know EXACTLY how these blocks work and yet I'm watching the full video anyway. This series has become my favorite part of my week!!!! ☺

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Awesome, thank you!

[@JamminJim42]

THANKS again Doug !! Super handy to know this. The Tonemaster Pro is really a great unit.

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

It sure is!

[@GuitarShack]

I just got the Tonemaster Pro and these videos are a great help. Thanks Doug!

[@xygius1]

Thanks again Doug, your videos are gold, I had no idea about block setting but now I get it! Cheers from a happy Aussie ☺

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Great to hear!

[@johnerodz7]

Almost like the Fractal Thank you Doug well done God bless you

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Thank you kindly

[@007sixstring]

Mr. B. Awesome video! As always your videos get me excited about creating better presets that will simplify and improve my weekly live band experiences. This allows me to concentrate more on playing and less on toe tapping on my TMP. Thanks very much! I hope to visit Nashville one day and watch you and your wife perform live. Cheers Scott

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Glad you like them! However, the wife and I have retired from playing out live, and we live in Illinois now. But we sure had a lot of fun when we were playing in Nashville 🎸🎙

[@paullewis9627]

Thanks Doug, great explanation!

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@drummermike5150]

Great channel. I’m now a drummer after playing guitar since high school and I’m thinking about getting the TMP with the 12 inch cab just to have fun with. I’ve stayed away from modelers because of analysis paralysis with so many options and menus but this looks easy to use and seems to minimize “tweaking” and maximizes playing.

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Go for it!

[@AgedAxes]

ADAM to the list!! lol. love it ! Thank you so much for your videos.... Im becoming a tone master pro!!!

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Rock on!

[@grampstries]

Excellent explanation Doug. Helps big time- thanks!

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Jonw8222]

This is a fantastic thing to have for a modeller, I'm not sure if other units have something like this, it's the first time I've seen it. Once you get used to it, it'd be hard to go back to not having it.

[@lomaxx62]

Hey Doug, as always, great video, thanks

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Thanks for watching!

[@darrencunningham4782]

Starting to really like your videos. There’s nobody else giving the tone master much coverage really. Could that be because fender don’t really provide a platform for creaters to sell presets and captures?? 🤔

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

No, it's because I'm special. KIDDING! I really don't know, I have minimal contact with other content creators because I'm too tempted to steal their ideas.

[@fivefingerfullprice3403]

Nice video Doug.

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Thanks 👍

[@digital-guitars-uk]

Hello Doug. I thought I would ask have you found a way to actually backup patches etc.. to the USB Micro Card. I've just updated but don't seem to be able to find this functionality. Best wishes from the UK. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Yes - if you insert the Micro SD card, the system recognizes it and gives you the option to backup to or restore from the SD card. The SD card can only be accessed by the TMP; Cloud backup and restore is handled by the Pro Control app.

[@digital-guitars-uk]

@@DougBsDigitalDen Thanks Doug. Best wishes 👍👍

[@michaelcha1989]

Thanks Doug. Very informative! A quick question, let’s say you are in a venue and you find you need to turn up the volume of OD a bit. I wonder if the other preset that has the same block setting will update automatically?

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

So if I get you right, you;re saying that you've made a block setting, and you're using it on more than one preset. If you turn up the volume on the OD, will it update the other preset using that OD? No, it won't. If you make a block setting and then change a setting in it and save it again, you'll now have TWO block presets with the same name. Apparently you can't just update a block setting. You'd have to change your other preset to use the new block setting.

[@michaelcha1989]

@@DougBsDigitalDen Yes, that is what I mean. Hopefully in the future update Fender will add the auto update feature as well. Thank you for helping to check!

[@guitarcosmo5012]

@@DougBsDigitalDen​​⁠​⁠​⁠I have a similar question. If you have created a block setting that you have used in a preset, what will happen if you delete that block setting? Will the presets using the now deleted block setting stay at the parameters set in that deleted block setting? Or, will they revert to the standard parameters of that block?

[@gibson2623]

Hi Doug...For some reason I cannot change block order? WTF!...Oh now I can...Must have been some bug. Sorry.

[@patregister5150]

Thanks Doug! I discovered Block Settings right after the firmware update and started using it. The only drawback for this (and I'm picking nits), is that there's no way to delete a saved block if ultimately you don't like what you saved. To your knowledge, is there any way to do that?

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

Yes, you can delete Block Settings. If you just click on a Block Setting, you'll get 3 dots to the right of the name. Click on those dots, and you get options to Rename and Delete. Thanks for asking!

[@Theodorus1950]

Hello Doug, is it possible to save a single preset on the SD card. I could not find it.

[@DougBsDigitalDen]

No, right now the SD card is used to back up your system and presets.