Sascha Franck
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Which ones (outside of the digital modeling world)?
Tone King Royalist Preamp Pedal
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Which ones (outside of the digital modeling world)?
laxu
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I was mainly thinking of amps in this regard. Most high gainers have a Fender based clean channel. Even my Mark V's ch1 and ch2 kinda do the Fender vs Marshall thing even though ch2 isn't exactly like Marshall (less sizzle).
Then for more old school tones the Bogner Goldfinger is basically a Blackface circuit for cleans and various flavors of Marshall on the OD channel. Great amp! The BluGuitar Amp 1 ME is the same (and what made me sell the Bogner).
I'd love to see things that combine say Vox + Marshall. The 3rd Power Kitchen Sink is the only thing that comes to mind that does that.
Sascha Franck
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I'm aware of those. Owned a MkIV with a marshall-ized yellow channel, too.
But I'd really like something at this form factor.
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I've had the IR-X since literally the day it came out and have used it on and off. I really like the functionality of the unit, but there are a couple drawbacks. First is the boost section which I find kind of useless as it's really difficult to tweak. Second is the effects loop which is purely mono, which makes it a lot less useful as a headphone device.
The Tone King pedals are a little different platform that has more IO including stereo effects loop, which seems far more useful for headphones. Also having stereo reverb onboard should give a much nicer headphone experience standalone. And there's no tiny knobs on the side to mess with.
So I'm very intrigued by the pedal, but honestly I wasn't blown away by the tones I heard. Not sure if the gain would get modern enough for my tastes, and I'd rather see an Imperial clean channel. But I like the WYSIWYG design.
On the Midi CC messages, yeah they were missing from the IR-X and I had to reference back to a Facebook post to find them. Very weird. Worked great but it's weird.
The Tone King pedals are a little different platform that has more IO including stereo effects loop, which seems far more useful for headphones. Also having stereo reverb onboard should give a much nicer headphone experience standalone. And there's no tiny knobs on the side to mess with.
So I'm very intrigued by the pedal, but honestly I wasn't blown away by the tones I heard. Not sure if the gain would get modern enough for my tastes, and I'd rather see an Imperial clean channel. But I like the WYSIWYG design.
On the Midi CC messages, yeah they were missing from the IR-X and I had to reference back to a Facebook post to find them. Very weird. Worked great but it's weird.
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I bought the Imperial pedal last year. I really like it. I don't really feel the need to get the new Royalist pedal. I have an IR-D to pair with the Imperial so I have a wide range of tones between those two pedals. They compliment each other well. The only thing that has me intrigued with the Royalist is how close to the IR-D does it get. They are both supposedly based on the JTM45 and tweaked from there.
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I find it interesting to see all the gut pics in high res on the Thomann page. They don't usually post guts there.
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Tone King Royalist MKII Tri-Tube Preamp
Tone King Royalist MKII Tri-Tube Preamp; Röhren Pedal Preamp für E-Gitarre; Kanäle: 2; Zwei unabhängige Kanäle, beide mit umschaltbaren britischen Voicings von 1964, 1967 oder 1970, wobei Kanal 1 eher auf 60er Jahre und Knal Zwei eher auf 70er Jahre...
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I find it interesting to see all the gut pics in high res on the Thomann page. They don't usually post guts there.
Tone King Royalist MKII Tri-Tube Preamp
Tone King Royalist MKII Tri-Tube Preamp; Röhren Pedal Preamp für E-Gitarre; Kanäle: 2; Zwei unabhängige Kanäle, beide mit umschaltbaren britischen Voicings von 1964, 1967 oder 1970, wobei Kanal 1 eher auf 60er Jahre und Knal Zwei eher auf 70er Jahre...
But teh tooobz!
Ed DeGenaro
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That’s what made me order it.
I find it interesting to see all the gut pics in high res on the Thomann page. They don't usually post guts there.
Tone King Royalist MKII Tri-Tube Preamp
Tone King Royalist MKII Tri-Tube Preamp; Röhren Pedal Preamp für E-Gitarre; Kanäle: 2; Zwei unabhängige Kanäle, beide mit umschaltbaren britischen Voicings von 1964, 1967 oder 1970, wobei Kanal 1 eher auf 60er Jahre und Knal Zwei eher auf 70er Jahre...
It's beautiful inside as well and we're proud to show it!
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Out for delivery
gearJunkie
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Arrived.
Now it will sit unused until I complete my workday.
Now it will sit unused until I complete my workday.
It looks unserviceable like a cell phone and will probably end up in a landfill in a few years when the DSP fails or gets zapped and it is "uneconomically repairable".
I understand why- there is a lot packed into the device and to hit the price it has to be largely assembled by machine. I understand it but I can still lament.
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The pretty much applicable to all surface mount component jobs, no?
I get what you say, but It's way easier to service than a PTH amp, no need to remove boards, cables, no hot air required (no bga) and very high quality parts used, those smd resistors and the big smd capacitors are easily 10 times more expensive than through holes.
Sure you may need a smaller tip and a pair of tweezer.
I can replace an SMD opamp with a simple soldering iron and a Tweezer in less than 30 seconds.
Nowere near with a PTH one with the risk of ruining the holes too that would require a complete board disassembly to access the bottom side.
Of course for someone not from repair business it may seem harder but that's really not!
gearJunkie
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Saw a Tone King post on Facebook...
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Ed DeGenaro
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That's what comes with sticking digital onto analog...Sad times when even tube devices need software updates.
hunter
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Analog is dead. Unless you record your tube amp without digital fx with an analog mixer on tape, mastering without plugins, try and find a vinyl press that accepts non digital source,listen on an analog hifi system with a tube/mosfet etc amp, not wearing your digital hearing aidSad times when even tube devices need software updates.
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