Gotta say, this is the first video of yours that I've seen, and I really like your presentation. Really in depth. Very likeable personality too. Subscribed.
4:52 And that's how it's done!! So many times in reviews pedals are tested with the volumepot full open. Whereas (for example in a shoot out) different pedals can respond very different to that. I use my volume- and tonepot all the time( I have a good working treblebleed in the guitar) to get different gainstages!! Nice review, nice pedal. Tone City makes good stuff and as a professional musician I take their pedals serious. I use their Tremble tremolo-pedal (that has a volumecontrol, very usefull!!!) and absolutely consider the King of Blues!!
i am waiting patiently for mine to arrive i think this is the only pedal u need for blues and jazz i will be putting it through a fender blues junior 4 tube amp that will kick ass and last piece of the puzzle will sound great with my strat and jaguar vintage guitars great pedal beats the boss me80 hands down this tone city pedals will be taking over take care
Great video, wished this was around before I bought mine. From what I've gathered, engine B is based on a Marshall Bluesbreaker Mk1. It does and amazing edge of breakup tone, however you can't get further levels of overdrive from this engine at the same volume as your signal. If it could, it would be a 10/10 for me
It is really good. Does a great job and for a great price! I’ve got more expensive pedals, but this one holds its own:) thx for the comment and taking the time to post it!! 🙏
@@samgoffenguitar Tone City is great value for money. All I have is a guitar, I can't wait to rebuild my set up. 2 or more Tone City pedals will be in there! Love the fact that it's all analogue. Pure Tone.
Great video, i've been thinking about getting this pedal and your video has been really helpful. I've seen many KOT clones and the King Of Blues seems to be the best. Great sounds. Btw beautiful guitar, what pickups are you using on it?
Thanks, i love teles but i'm a humbucker player, when you replace the pickups with more powerful Seymour Duncans or Bare Knuckles they loose their "tele feel" these ones seemed powerful yet with true telecaster sound
Absolutely get your point there. I was always a humbucker player too but last couple of years have started really enjoying the openness and dynamics of single coils.
@@samgoffenguitar i'll check those pickups. You're right about that sound, it'ss one of the guitars that i keep coming back to. Btw i'm about to order either this or the model s. What is the build quality like? They look solid but the knobs seem kinda cheap (at least from the videos that i've watched). What are your impressions about this one?
@@Mr.D34 hey:) the knobs are reasonable tbh. You have to keep in mind the price point but mine were good. No wobble and felt firm to turn. Plastic of course. I think you’ll be happy with it as long as it’s that sound you’re after.
Nice demo. Have you had any problems with the pedal in the meantime? Just asking as I've owned two of these in the past. I liked them, but they both broke down on me inexplicably. They both had the same issue: working fine for months, then plugged them in one day and started crapping out and making a horrible noise with little guitar signal coming through. I'd bought them from eBay, so no warranty. Took the second one to a local repairer, but he had no luck fixing it as there were no schematics available. I'm reluctant to buy other Tone City pedals now as I'm not convinced by their build quality.
Hi, no I’ve had no issues. I guess we can’t get away from the fact they are cheap. But I think the tone on this pedal in particular is damn good for the price. I mean if I had the money spare, I’d get an analogman KoT:)
@@samgoffenguitar me too! Sometimes I'll stand out in the hallway next to my music room and play with that mid pulled to not bust my ears open. Something else I've enjoyed with this amp is an impedance mismatch. I'll run the stock 8ohm speaker off of the 4ohm tap. Learned this trick via Steve Kimock on the gear page. He was advising someone else on how to tame the volume on a different model two rock, and this basically kept me from selling the amp at one point. I could not dial out enough bass to be happy with sound. It tamed it in all the right places. I've yet to change it back to the 8ohm tap. Love your channel, thanks for the solid videos!
Great demo....it's the only overdrive pedal i'm using at the moment and i have a few here..... i picked it up for €50 secondhand how could you go wrong....?......
Thx for the comment, any and all are welcome. I disagree but we’re all allowed an opinion of course. I’d be interested to know what you were listening on. I don’t think around 8:20 is muddy for example.
Maybe you used the word cheap a bit too much, especially when comparing this pedal to a grossly overpriced pedal…just saying. A good informative video non the less.
Gotta say, this is the first video of yours that I've seen, and I really like your presentation. Really in depth. Very likeable personality too.
Subscribed.
Bumblefritz thx a lot 🙏 Glad it was helpful. I think this is a great pedal for the price :)
4:52 And that's how it's done!! So many times in reviews pedals are tested with the volumepot full open. Whereas (for example in a shoot out) different pedals can respond very different to that.
I use my volume- and tonepot all the time( I have a good working treblebleed in the guitar) to get different gainstages!! Nice review, nice pedal. Tone City makes good stuff and as a professional musician I take their pedals serious. I use their Tremble tremolo-pedal (that has a volumecontrol, very usefull!!!) and absolutely consider the King of Blues!!
Thx for the comment and the positivity! Great advice too with using the tone and volume on the guitar 🎸
Best demo on this pedal on youtube. Please post more demos! Your playing and explanation is great! Great job
Thx so much. Very kind 🙏 Have more demos soon :)
i am waiting patiently for mine to arrive i think this is the only pedal u need for blues and jazz i will be putting it through a fender blues junior 4 tube amp that will kick ass and last piece of the puzzle will sound great with my strat and jaguar vintage guitars great pedal beats the boss me80 hands down this tone city pedals will be taking over take care
These are fantastic for the price, no doubt at all! Have fun!!
I play one of these through a fender 112 deluxe. Great pedal. I love the 2 sides. I use b for my grit. The other for clean.
Thx for the comment! Yes, it’s great:)
Solid video, just bought this pedal a day ago, and this was very helpful
Matthew Sullivan thx! Glad it was useful. How are you finding the pedal so far?
Great video, wished this was around before I bought mine. From what I've gathered, engine B is based on a Marshall Bluesbreaker Mk1. It does and amazing edge of breakup tone, however you can't get further levels of overdrive from this engine at the same volume as your signal. If it could, it would be a 10/10 for me
Love your demo and playing
Hey, that’s so kind to say. Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
Great presentation. Well done!
Thx so much. I hope the video was useful:)
From the first notes, I could tell this is a good pedal.
It is really good. Does a great job and for a great price! I’ve got more expensive pedals, but this one holds its own:) thx for the comment and taking the time to post it!! 🙏
@@samgoffenguitar Tone City is great value for money. All I have is a guitar, I can't wait to rebuild my set up. 2 or more Tone City pedals will be in there!
Love the fact that it's all analogue. Pure Tone.
I've got this on a mini board! Pretty good pedal!
For the price, really good:) What else is on your board with it?
I just subscribed. Good post! I hope you get to 1000 subs soon! Please review more pedals more often Greetings from Los Ángeles California!
So kind, thank you so much 🙏 I hope to get more done soon, as soon as I can get more pedals:)
@@samgoffenguitar Looking forward!
Great video, i've been thinking about getting this pedal and your video has been really helpful. I've seen many KOT clones and the King Of Blues seems to be the best. Great sounds. Btw beautiful guitar, what pickups are you using on it?
Thx man, glad it was useful. The guitar is a Suhr Andy Woods and the pickups are the Woodshed ones. :)
Thanks, i love teles but i'm a humbucker player, when you replace the pickups with more powerful Seymour Duncans or Bare Knuckles they loose their "tele feel" these ones seemed powerful yet with true telecaster sound
Absolutely get your point there. I was always a humbucker player too but last couple of years have started really enjoying the openness and dynamics of single coils.
@@samgoffenguitar i'll check those pickups. You're right about that sound, it'ss one of the guitars that i keep coming back to. Btw i'm about to order either this or the model s. What is the build quality like? They look solid but the knobs seem kinda cheap (at least from the videos that i've watched). What are your impressions about this one?
@@Mr.D34 hey:) the knobs are reasonable tbh. You have to keep in mind the price point but mine were good. No wobble and felt firm to turn. Plastic of course. I think you’ll be happy with it as long as it’s that sound you’re after.
Nice review.
What’s the difference btw V1&V2 ?
Best regards.
Hi, I’ll be honest I don’t know. Just had a quick google and can’t find anything obvious :) if you find out please let us all know.
Nice demo. Have you had any problems with the pedal in the meantime?
Just asking as I've owned two of these in the past. I liked them, but they both broke down on me inexplicably. They both had the same issue: working fine for months, then plugged them in one day and started crapping out and making a horrible noise with little guitar signal coming through. I'd bought them from eBay, so no warranty. Took the second one to a local repairer, but he had no luck fixing it as there were no schematics available.
I'm reluctant to buy other Tone City pedals now as I'm not convinced by their build quality.
Hi, no I’ve had no issues. I guess we can’t get away from the fact they are cheap. But I think the tone on this pedal in particular is damn good for the price. I mean if I had the money spare, I’d get an analogman KoT:)
Is this going into your two rock sp35? Sounds great either way!
ripplebear generally always use the Studio Pro, it’s a great amp. TH-cam doesn’t really fully capture it tho
@@samgoffenguitar thanks for the reply. I've got one too. Same head and cab. Agreed, great amp!
ripplebear it’s crazy versatile. Love running it with the eq stack bypassed. Wish I could crank it more often tho:)
@@samgoffenguitar me too! Sometimes I'll stand out in the hallway next to my music room and play with that mid pulled to not bust my ears open. Something else I've enjoyed with this amp is an impedance mismatch. I'll run the stock 8ohm speaker off of the 4ohm tap. Learned this trick via Steve Kimock on the gear page. He was advising someone else on how to tame the volume on a different model two rock, and this basically kept me from selling the amp at one point. I could not dial out enough bass to be happy with sound. It tamed it in all the right places. I've yet to change it back to the 8ohm tap. Love your channel, thanks for the solid videos!
ripplebear man, thx for that idea! Never thought of that. Something so simple too. Great stuff!
Can you run a battery connected to an adapter lead
Paul Cowart not tried this but if you use this solution for other pedals I’d assume so. If you try let us know:)
You absolutely can if needed!
Just did this very thing lastnight.
Great demo....it's the only overdrive pedal i'm using at the moment and i have a few here..... i picked it up for €50 secondhand how could you go wrong....?......
Absolutely agree. Thanks for the comment! 🙏
Great...
el naranja thx man. It’s a great pedal and at this price…wow
Both sides...a muddy mess. Definitely worth the price
Thx for the comment, any and all are welcome. I disagree but we’re all allowed an opinion of course. I’d be interested to know what you were listening on. I don’t think around 8:20 is muddy for example.
Maybe you used the word cheap a bit too much, especially when comparing this pedal to a grossly overpriced pedal…just saying. A good informative video non the less.
Maybe, it is though;) The grossly overpriced pedal is what this one is a copy of so I think it’s a fair comparison.