Kingsley Preamps/Pedals into Fryette Power Station and Seymour Duncan Power Stage 

Great - glad you are liking the Power Station - it is indeed great unit.

Agree, they both sounded good.

Thanks Xavier!

Ralph Franco Yeeesssss switchblade power 100watts

The man does make /actual amps/ you know? /s , I get what you mean. There are plenty of great power amps out there already, though. Not nearly as many badass preamp pedals. He knows his market.

They make one now. Kingsley Crucible

Well, you've just made my week. I feel truly honored to actually be communicating with you! Thank you, ever so much, for the information. I've just been playing some of your other videos, and my god - it's rare when something comes along and just changes your mindset. I had never had any interest in a 335, and now i 'need' one. Your blues/rock tone? Wasn't my thing before, but now i feel compelled to dedicate myself toward that style of playing in sound.... I'm not going to get there, i know. I've been mostly messing around with parts of van halen songs for 30 years-off and on. I'm newly inspired in a different direction. Thank you. Your playing is simply beautiful....

Wow - I'm flattered! That's a great idea to explore other styles - mix it all into a big melting pot and make it your own....

Ha! Nooooo. I'm not THAT ambitious. I'll just be satisfied to be able to fumble through a few similar riffs now and then, but with those glorious tones. I'm now digesting as many of your videos as possible, to figure out how to get into 'the ballpark.' Hey - watching the ThatPedalShow video (again), and i know you've studied at the highest levels, but do you have a recommendation for a 'home course' for the type of playing you do? I know there aren't any shortcuts. I've had guitars for a long time and never took things seriously as i was also messing around with synthesizers and such. But, now i'm obsessed with learning 'blues/classic rock soloing' and i've got intimidation and a 35 year old mental block re: lead/scales/theory to deal with.

Sounds like a good idea!

Yes, I'm sure they will work fine...

Thanks Gabriel! Honestly I have not wound the PS700 up enough to know - it has lots of output though - more than I needed when I took it on a gig on a big stage....

Thanks For The Quick Reply You're Great Man!!

The Seymour Duncan Power Stage starts off with a darker response. It has the 3-band EQ which is nice...but it can't get the open, airy presence of the Fryette. On the other hand, with a single greenback I would have liked to have been able to actually roll the presence back a bit on the Fryette (I mostly ran the presence at zero). The SD does sound good and with a nice tube preamp you still get a great foundation tone for adding pedals. However, I am of course a bit biased towards tube amps - especially as they are turned up a bit. For tone I would still take the Fryette - it just feels more "alive". Of course the SD has other advantages, like lots of power, small size, stereo operation etc (won't get in to the dummy load function of the Fryette).I will also mention that I have gigged with the SD and was quite happy...

Thank you, Simon. I appreciate you taking time to respond to my inquiries so promptly. This, most definitely, will help me with my decision. I can't thank you enough for responding. -Zach

I also have a PowerStation 2, that I use with modelers, and I also wish I could turn roll the presence back a bit on it. Perhaps there's a mod that could be done to it??

not sure if people have been modding their PS2s, but in theory you could. You could try a conjunctive filter or a Zobel filter on the output perhaps....or reduce negative feedback and add a cut control...many option...

@@PPIMV When you were gigging with the SD are you going into 8 ohm speaker cabs or 4 ohm? I see that 700W is with 4 ohm and 350W is with 8ohm.

Sorry Christoph - I am working hard to get the pedals out!

Hi Matt...The mode switches were probably both in mode 1, as the Juggler was going into a power amp rather than the front of an amp. Mode 1 gives the brightest response from both clean and OD channels. Sometimes I set the OD mode to 2 for a little extra mid fatness for OD.

If the Constable is being used as a preamp to drive a power amp (as it is here) , then the Page will not work very well after it - the Page will tend to sound dark. In the earlier video you are referring to, when I run the Constable into the Page, the output then goes into the front of an amp, which adds the top end we expect to hear....the Page sort of acts as a stand in for the power amp and allows you to then run into the front of an amp. On the other hand, the Page DS will work after the Constable into a power amp, as the Page DS is designed primarily as a post preamp drive pedal (it is an exception in this regard - all of my other drive pedals are designed to go before the preamp...as are pretty much all drive pedals in general). I'll have to explain more about this in a future video... The 1W has been on the back burner as I have been so busy...however, it is coming in a few months (about all I can say for now)...

Well I make a 1W power amp...only 4999W to go!

The 335 is a 1958 re-issue (made in 2008).....the pickups are Sheptone Tributes.

It's a pine 2 x 12 w/ 25W reissue greenbacks...it's actually an old '60s Fender cab (Showman maybe?) that was so beat up that pretty much all the tolex had come off. I sanded it down a bit and replaced the baffle (that was not original anyway when I got it) and it is a good sounding open back 2 x 12.

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@@duanewilson3941 not really. The Fryette has low and high resonance peaks which is a result of the output transformer interacting with the speaker. The Semour being Solid State doesnt have an output transformer so doesnt have those interactions. This is why the Fryette has more sparkle and a little more depth. Its not really because its amplifying with valves, just that vales use that OP transformer THATS the difference. for those interested, this is what makes the Seymore a better amp for MODELLERS - particularly the Axe-FX as they model that OP transformer interaction. Using the Fryette means you get it twice, once modelled and once real (making it overly thumpy and brittle sounding) unless you disable it (which you can do) - but then you cant go to direct to desk realistically as you dont have those modelled interactions with the cab ir. HOWEVER for more traditional pre-amps, and these pedals (or indeed modellers that dont model the OP transformer characteristics) that DONT have OP transformer modelling (as there just Pres) then the Fryette is the more natural/better option and Makes you cab come alive. Each has its place.

@@paulmapp8306 Thank you for pointing out the difference. That is something to have in mind when putting a rig together using separate pre- and power amp.

yes, that is right...

KSR are launching a PA50 and a PA25 tube/valve poweramp with your choice of 6L6, EL34 or KT77 tubes

There is a fan in the Fryette so that adds a little background fan noise, but that's all - it's quiet other than that.

@@PPIMV and the Seymour is quiet?

@@seanjones8623 If you mean background noise at idle then yes, it's pretty quiet.

@@PPIMV Perfect, thank you for your quick response!