Analogman King of Tone vs Tone City King of Blues

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Happy Halloween everyone (I recorded this the day before Halloween)!
Today, I'm comparing the lowly Tone City King of Blues to the mighty, legendary, mythic sounds of the Analogman King of Tone. Does this $50 pedal hold up to this most highly regarded, nearly $1,000 (on the second hand market) holy grail pedal? Watch this mess and find out. I'm including some useful links below.
Have fun, and Happy Shredding,
-Brett
The Anderton's vid mentioned in my video, timestamped at the Tone City/Analogman comparison:
• A King of Tone Without...
Go get on the King of Tone waitlist here:
www.analogman.com/kingtone.htm
Go buy a Prince of Tone now. think they replenish stock on Tuesdays or Wednesdays:
www.buyanalogman.com/Analog_M...
Here's a link to buy a King of Blues:
www.thomannmusic.com/tone_cit...
Here's a link to the Duke of Tone (which I do not recommend based on what I've heard):
www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...
Josh from JHS talking pedal clone philosophy:
• What You Need To Know ...

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Комментарии : 85

@secretguitarlab Год назад

Great vid and GREAT playing!

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Thanks for sayin' so. Cheers.

@thorpenator9148 Год назад

Great demo, and new subscriber.

@everythingisopen 7 месяцев назад

very helpful, thanks, persuasive tones indeed

@andrewandthecatfives Год назад

The king of blues sounds antlers different, but it does sound very good. There’s no way it’s an exact clone. Honestly, the amount of delay and reverb you used made it hard to hear the details of the pedals.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Thanks for the feedback. I'll take that to heart.

@Tonetwisters Год назад

Incredible similarity in sounds!

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Agreed. Both sound fabulous!

@dannap8831 Год назад

This was a really good video. The Michael Keaton joke was hilarious

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

I'm glad the reference ot that ancient movie wasn't wasted. Cheers.

@domjkof5327 8 месяцев назад

Awesome video, man! Your playing is majestic. This is the v1 of the king of blues? They released a v2, it would be terrific if you could make a v1 vs v2 vs king of tone

@houseofshred3725 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the kind words. I should check out the V2, thanks for the heads up!

@Okraknife Год назад

I've both of them, I'm interested in trying them out together.

@CraigFlowersMusic Год назад

Wow, lots of comments considering your numbers . . . Makes me think about considering actually speaking in my own content LOL Thanks for this! Just ordered one.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

This one struck a nerve with people apparently, lol.

@mikkehayn2197 Год назад

The absolutly best TONE is at 13:30 , realy screaming scary dangeros ...., realy great playing and good comparing, i have the KoB , love it, regards

@mikkehayn2197 Год назад

Sometimes i have the same tone ....?

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Cheers! Thanks for watching, yo.

@slimturnpike Год назад

Kinda hard to tell with the delay and verb on.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Heard. Thanks for the feedback.

@Stereostupid Год назад

Jack Pearson plays 3-4 different Indonesian squires and an epiphone Joe bonnamassa flying v and gigs them all original not modded and they sound just amazing its all in your head don't waste money buy the king of blues and be done with it...unless you want the investment 😉

@racingsimsexperience7826 Год назад

Well, it does what it sais on the box..more 'bluesy" bite, that 50 bill..it all depents on taste I quess..enjoyed your playing! Thx ;)

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Cheers, thanks. Both are (the same) great pedals.

@kylem7572 Год назад

Lol at the Multiplicity reference.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

1990 was ten years ago. I'm just sayin.

@guitarguru4492 Год назад

Does the kob have more noise?

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Not noticeably.

@sid35gb Год назад

Tone city make great drive pedals. My two favourites are the LIl Heat and the Golden Plexi.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

How's the V2 of the Golden Plexi? Any idea?

@buckbumble Год назад

@@houseofshred3725 I’d love to know too. I really want a cheap lower gain plexi style pedal and I’ve heard that the V2 has more gain range whereas the V1 is basically mid to high gain only.

@Cpmnk Год назад

You should try the wild fro

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

@@Cpmnk Huh, never heard of it. Is it good?

@Cpmnk Год назад

@@houseofshred3725 yeah, its an id made in collaboration with rabea massaad, he has a video on his channel

@msirokman5600 Год назад

The King of Tone just has that little something that makes it clearer and lively. The King of Blues is a little nasally, just a little. Both sound good, but for this demo I pick the King of Tone.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Seriously, the farther the tone knob on the Tone City goes, the more it sounds like the KoT. I need to come up with a switching system of some kind, spend a little more time tweaking than I had here, and do a follow up. Thanks for the feedback!

@timperry8961 Год назад

Seems more transparent

@unclefungus7395 Год назад

website says that engine A is a klone style overdrive and engine B is a bluesbreaker style overdrive like the king of tone.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

::shrug emoji:: Maybe there's a V2 or something, but these sounds damn near identical. Cheers.

@unclefungus7395 Год назад

@@houseofshred3725 yeah they do and it’s awesome!

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

@@unclefungus7395 I'm in the process of finding substitutes for pedals that seem to have gone up in value for whatever reason recently (Fulltone anything for example). The King of Blues is for sure my KoT stand-in.

@diaosuarez1748 Год назад

It is difficult to accept for the cost that the King of Blues sounds better, it's even very close to the sound S.O "Dumble", specifically to the Bonamassa tone

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

It's taken me WAY too long to figure out that the circuit is KING. Be it amps, pickups, pedals... the circuit design is 98.9% of the battle.

@thomasd9237 2 месяца назад

To much delay & reverb to hear the true nature of the pedals

@houseofshred3725 2 месяца назад

Roger that. Check out part 2!

@radioindiana5596 9 месяцев назад

plz do this exact same video without the huge amount of reverb/delay completely obscuring the tone of the pedals.

@houseofshred3725 9 месяцев назад

Yeah I think I’m gonna do that. Cheers.

@daviddorrian5349 Год назад

Is there a way to check where you are on the waiting list?

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

I followed this when I was waiting for mine: www.analogman.com/kotdelay.htm Seriously, buy the Tone City in the meantime. It's REALLY REALLY close.

@MulligansBand Год назад

At 11:58 you started cleanly picking some fast stuff that added instant gravitas to your opinion and certainly caught my attention.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Damn, thanks. Cheers.

@singles6995 Год назад

比較する動画なのにディレイがくどくて聴きづらい

@denmar355 Год назад

I won’t pay the crazy KOT price. But I won’t overtly support China with the KOB either. There lots of other options. The Greg Koch Gristle King pedal is great. American made, and $179.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

I can dig all of that. I don't have any experience with the Greg Koch pedal though. What's it like?

@jeffdubuque3755 Год назад

snouse black box is great one.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

@@jeffdubuque3755 I've heard about that one. Probably heard it on TPS. I need to go back through their catalogue and look for it.

@ronniedavidson6442 9 месяцев назад

It would be nice to hear the pedals without the ridiculous amount of echo.

@houseofshred3725 9 месяцев назад

Roger that.

@dougmurphy1777 11 дней назад

I've seen much more blatant ripoffs than this - it's not even the same circuits! The KOT has two transparent overdrives (basically a boutique version of the Bluesbreaker), while the KOB has a TS style circuit on one side and a Klon type circuit on the other. I actually have both a Wampler Pantheon Deluxe (similar to KOT) and a King of Blues in my rig.

@dash4786 Год назад

Holy andy timmons tone Batman! Wish we could see the rig you used and settings on the pedal board and amp. This tone is sick

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Thanks! If I'm not mistaken, that was an old Fender Bassman 70 (a model that doesn't usually get much love from Fender guys) through a birch ply closed back Krank cabinet with two Celestion Creamback heavy magnet 75W 12's. SSS Stratocaster too. Dawgtown pickups.

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Line 6 DL4 MKII, black Dunlop Jazz III.

@Kurjistaja Год назад

6:44 tone city - king of blues ENGINE A 7:04 analog man - king of tone RED SIDE 10:38 analog man - king of tone BOTH SIDES 12:05 tone city - king of blues ENGINE A & B 14:35 the verdict - conclusion 15:41 gain LOL

@georgewilkins4231 Год назад

Tone city offer 2 year replacement warranty...

@joserra79 Год назад

And Analogman 4 years wait list! LOL

@dan82dare Год назад

Lmao moments 🤣 12.35 Ting of Kone 15.45 That’s not what gain means 15.57 yellow bar steward 18.00 Screwed up Keaton

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

LOL thanks for doing that

@unclefungus7395 Год назад

lol 12:35 ting of kone

@stratofig Год назад

When you demo drive pedals, please don’t also use other effects like too much reverb 🙄

@jpk1106 Год назад

THAT'S NOT WHAT GAIN MEANS 😂

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

You know they're out there.

@jpk1106 Год назад

@@houseofshred3725 for sure

@marvinmartin3438 Год назад

The King of tone is massively overpriced. It's a $200 pedal. Just sayin

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

I think the KoT retail price (I think I paid about $290 with add-ons and shipping) is pretty reasonable for a great sounding, great looking dual function pedal made in the States by people who probably earn enough money to actually support themselves. The secondhand market is insane. Cheers!

@theAreaMan 9 месяцев назад

For the love of christ, save some delay for the rest of us.

@houseofshred3725 9 месяцев назад

Roger that. My excessive use of delay and reverb is a hindrance to a lot of people who've watched this. I'm gonna update it at some point. Either way, cheers and thanks for watching.

@davehappablap5549 Год назад

Tell the truth. You recorded this crappy sound through your iPhone. Right??

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

Oh without a doubt. I do the best I can with the time I have to make videos. Hoping things'll calm down a bit going forward. Either way, thanks for watching and thanks for the comment. Cheers.

@davehappablap5549 Год назад

@@houseofshred3725 👍🏼. I hear ya. I didn’t make it to the end. Amazon has those pedals for $75. Worth it????

@houseofshred3725 Год назад

@@davehappablap5549 If you're after the KoT thing, absolutely.