Tone King brings you a fresh take on vintage British style tone with the new Royalist amplifiers. The attenuator in Tone King amps is amazing as it is able to maintain tone and still lower the volume to a usable level for studio or small clubs. Volume level can be lowered from earsplitting to bedroom with the attenuator. The amount of crunch or distortion is dialed in by just raising the volume on the amp. Very simple controls with no master volume. It has an effects loop that can be turned off on the front panel which is great as the amp does not have any built-in reverb or tremolo. Yes, at a high price, but we only live once! If your goal is the ultimate in Plexi or JTM45 tone, you owe it to yourself to hear Tone KingРІР‚в„ўs Royalist.Р”В«etween the Tone King Imperial MKII and the Tone King Royalist 15 you can cover an amazing amount to classic tube amp tonal ground. Mark Bartel has managed to isolate the DNA of classic British guitar tone, then refined it, focused it and unleashed it through a 1Р“вЂ”12 enclosure that sounds more like a 4Р“вЂ”12РІР‚В¦. The Royalist isnРІР‚в„ўt just another great-sounding, expensive boutique amp. The Imperial on the other hand will give you a great crunch on the lead channel, but it is more Fender Tweed in its voice. The Royalist can give you Marshall crunch and voicings with some clean chime when you lower the volume and back off on the guitarРІР‚в„ўs volume. The Tone King Imperial MKII has that in spades and is still my favorite amp. If you are looking for РІР‚СљFender cleanРІР‚Сњ tones this is not the amp for you. To my ears the Royalist is much more Marshall that Vox in the British tones it can produce. It is very much a new design that uses Tone KingРІР‚в„ўs unique modern circuit. However, the Royalist is not a clone of any vintage amp. You can hear elements of the old Bluesbreaker, JTM45, and JMP50 in the sound of this amp. The Tone King Royalist is inspired by the sound of the early Marshall amps.

But, lighter in weight and at lower volumes. The amp is voiced to go from the original Marshall JTM45 to a Plexi. The Royalist takes most pedals extremely well in the front input. I am using the effects loop for a reverb pedal. The Tone King Royalist as a front panel bypass-enable switch for a tube buffered effects loop which is very handy as this amp does not have built-in reverb.

The amp is also available as a head and cabinet. So I bought the Tone King Royalist 15 Combo which has a custom 12-inch speaker.

Since I mainly play at lower volumes I opted for the 15 water and do not need the extra headroom. The Tone King Royalist (formally known as the Majesty after a last-minute discovery that rights to this name were already owned, the Majesty is now called the Royalist) comes in 15 or 45 watt offerings. Tone Kings amps like most boutique amps are pricy, but in my opinion worth the extra money. Mostly for the reasons that it is fairly light (way lighter than some Marshalls for instance), has the built-in Ironman Attenuator (a must for the lower volumes I need sometimes) and Tone KingРІР‚в„ўs quality. I decided to go with Mark BartelРІР‚в„ўs latest creation and his first British voiced amp. I was so impressed with the Tone King Imperial MKII that I purchased recently. Join our mailing list to be the first to hear about new offers and special events! Updates from baboonshame35lawrence on The Top Link! Updates from baboonshame35lawrence on The Top Link!Р”В«een looking to get a British voiced tube amp for quite a while. Since 1993 Tone King Amplifiers have set the bar for High Performance Vacuum-Tube Guitar Amplifiers for Tone Fanatics. This channel started back in 2008, when I started posting guitar & gear videos up on YouTube. GEAR LINKS BELOW! In name of good fun & entertainment - I call myself The Tone King. We use the finest components and the most appropriate and advanced technologies to produce a consistent product with that true warm vintage feeling. Tone King amplifiers and attenuators were designed by Mark Bartel and are handmade to vintage specifications in the USA. The Metropolitan's newly-designed Rhythm channel provides an even wider variety of great clean tones, from the more 'mid-scooped' sound of the original Tone King rhythm channel, to a range of new tones with an additional measure of midrange girth and chime.

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