Waiting on the King of Tone

Gear Aquisition Syndrome is a serious disorder.... FX etc

Moderators: Slowy, Capt. Black

User avatar
danmunners
Ashton
Ashton
Posts: 167
meble-kuchenne.warszawa.pl
Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2016 10:10 pm
Location: Napier
Has liked: 6 times
Been liked: 21 times

Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by danmunners »

After 2 years of waiting, the day that my name comes up on the King of Tone list is drawing near. I put my name down in January 2017, the list is up to November 2016. Is anyone else on the waiting list or have one of these rarities in their collection?

Delayman
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 3091
Joined: Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:35 pm
Has liked: 45 times
Been liked: 227 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by Delayman »

I thought this thread was going to be about serving me meals.
They keep telling me tone is in the fingers, but I have yet to see a "look at my fingers" thread.
Lawrence wrote: Every orchestra that comes thru here is a covers band as are most of the jazz bands...

User avatar
mugamee
Ashton
Ashton
Posts: 288
Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:40 pm
Location: akl
Has liked: 39 times
Been liked: 31 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by mugamee »

I got one and had it for a decade now, I think that would be a good indication how much I love it. Works wonders with fender guitars into fender amps ymmv
Fuzz Face Forever...
Get in touch with me via Instagram: mugvug_and_ollie

User avatar
jeremyb
Chorus of Organs
Posts: 40878
Joined: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:03 am
Has liked: 7685 times
Been liked: 4157 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by jeremyb »

It should be well worth the wait, the that pedal show guys love theirs!!
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.

User avatar
danmunners
Ashton
Ashton
Posts: 167
Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2016 10:10 pm
Location: Napier
Has liked: 6 times
Been liked: 21 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by danmunners »

mugamee wrote:I got one and had it for a decade now, I think that would be a good indication how much I love it. Works wonders with fender guitars into fender amps ymmv
Good to hear, as that's exactly what I'll be doing with it. :thumbup:

User avatar
danmunners
Ashton
Ashton
Posts: 167
Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2016 10:10 pm
Location: Napier
Has liked: 6 times
Been liked: 21 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by danmunners »

jeremyb wrote:It should be well worth the wait, the that pedal show guys love theirs!!
I'm hoping so. I still haven't found my holy grail of overdrives yet.

User avatar
bluesierra
Tokai
Tokai
Posts: 489
Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:26 am
Has liked: 68 times
Been liked: 69 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by bluesierra »

Nice! And if it doesn't work out you can always sell it on Reverb for twice the price...

I've been watching far too much That Pedal Show. Loved the one where they compared the 4 Sunface Fuzz pedals. Sounded amazing. Typically the one I liked the most you can't get anymore. Except for crazy prices on Reverb.

Not many people with a bad word to say about the King of Tone so I'm sure you'll love it also. Exciting times. Looking forward to your review.

Voxshall
Gibson
Posts: 731
Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:01 pm
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 144 times
Been liked: 273 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by Voxshall »

I'm on the list, but more than happy with my prince of tone in the meantime.

User avatar
Conway
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 9837
Joined: Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:33 pm
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 242 times
Been liked: 966 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by Conway »

I have a KoT. I’m not sure the secondhand value is really justified but it is an outstanding low gain overdrive. I would recommend getting the higher gain red channel - it’s not that much hotter and gives a moderate drive when in distortion mode. Definitely get the external 3 way switch. Also, if you use a loop controller (I use a Boss ES-5) get separate in & outputs for each channel - I wish mine had that.
GUITARS ROCK - www.guitarsrock.co.nz
TONE LOUNGE - www.tonelounge.co.nz

User avatar
Lawrence
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 1485
Joined: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:00 pm
Location: Beta Canum Venaticorum
Has liked: 37 times
Been liked: 605 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by Lawrence »

interesting...this has been announced in the next Helix update. Still debating what they will call it.
GrantB wrote:
“You might be cool, but you’ll never be playing a white Steinberger through a JC120, wearing a white jumpsuit with white shoes and sporting a mullet cool”.

User avatar
handsoffmatt
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2711
Joined: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:40 pm
Location: Sydney
Has liked: 46 times
Been liked: 244 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by handsoffmatt »

I'm a proud KOT owner and have been for many years. The secondhand prices are indeed silly, but it is indeed a fabulous pedal. Not getting rid of mine anytime soon.
"Volume is tone" - EVH

Electrics: ESP/Fender/Gibson/.strandberg*/Godin/Washburn/Music Man/Knaggs/Squier/Vintage
Acoustic: Cole Clark/Godin/Takamine/Taylor
Amps: BOSS Katana Head / Friedman Smallbox

User avatar
Bg
Site Admin
Posts: 43187
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:13 am
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 2254 times
Been liked: 3873 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by Bg »

Lawrence wrote:interesting...this has been announced in the next Helix update. Still debating what they will call it.
Yep looking forward to the new amps too :D
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

User avatar
chur
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 1268
Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:05 pm
Location: Christchurch
Has liked: 169 times
Been liked: 210 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by chur »

In the throws of ordering bits to make one of these. The original diodes are a bit of a pig to find nowadays..
No one ever died of hard work.. but why take the risk..

User avatar
MikeC
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2938
Joined: Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:43 pm
Location: Red Beach, Auckland
Has liked: 1309 times
Been liked: 867 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by MikeC »

I made this one & got the correct diodes from him - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sultan-of-Tone ... ctupt=true
Whakanuia o mea kei a koe

User avatar
TmcB
I may have a problem
Posts: 7679
Joined: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:17 pm
Location: Kapiti
Has liked: 653 times
Been liked: 556 times

Re: Waiting on the King of Tone

Post by TmcB »

Mike Clayton wrote:I made this one & got the correct diodes from him - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sultan-of-Tone ... ctupt=true
Might just have to go that way for the diodes.
Shame they didn’t board mount the pots though - hate wiring up pots
GrantB wrote:Tony, your taste is, as always, very refined. Or as HG would say, "bloody awful".
Family Music Store - http://familymusic.co.nz

Post Reply