The pedal with a 3 YEAR Waiting List! | Friday Fretworks
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- A closer look at one of the most talked-about overdrive pedals ever created; the Analogman King of Tone. Is it Worth the Hype?
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Intro jam /initial thoughts: 0:00
The King of What?: 2:38
Boost Sounds: 3:52
How I Use Mine: 5:10
Live Clip: 5:52
WHY the Hype?: 6:37
Overdrive Sounds: 8:15
WORTH the Hype?: 10:03
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Chris doesn't need the pedal cos he already is a king of tone
Not a King, a god!
The section starting 8:15 is a masterclass in tone: fingers, pick, close to bridge picking, close to neck, bending on the thick strings high up, etc.. The wide variety of tone is amazing and inspiring
My god. The playing in the intro is some of the tastiest I've heard in a long time...
Key points:
Intro jam /initial thoughts: 0:00
The King of What?: 2:38
Boost Sounds: 3:52
How I Use Mine: 5:10
Live Clip: 5:52
WHY the Hype?: 6:37
Overdrive Sounds: 8:15
WORTH the Hype?: 10:03
i just keep shaking my head in the most approving way ever. My heart hurts with feels to your playing.
Young Dude. I think you’ll find that YOU are the King of Tone. 👏🏼🖖🏼
Great video as always; comprehensive, informative, well-researched and professionally presented. And then there's your playing....... brilliant.
Great vid again Chris. I learn such a lot by listening to you play. You have amazing quality to your playing. I bought a KOT second hand about 10 years ago for about $300 Canadian Dollars (which seemed ridiculously high back then). Met a guy in a coffee shop and I handed him the cash. When I went to take the pedal off him, he didn't let go of it. We started having a bit of a tug of war over it. DUDE! I gave you the cash already. He finally let go and said he's having second thoughts. I reluctantly gave it back to him (being a gentleman of sorts). He paused for a minute and then changed his mind and let me have it. A week later he contacted me and wanted it back. He reminded me of Gollum in Lord of the Rings. ThankfullyI still have 'The Precious' on my board.
Great soulful playing...what it’s all about. Someone told me in 2009 to get on the list. I said “a year for a pedal, are you mad?” Bought all sorts of pedals in the intervening years. One day thought why not put my name down...which I did with what was now a 2-year waiting list. It arrived in 2017. Should have put my name down in 2009. Don’t forget you’re ostensibly buying at a factory direct price. Nearly all other pedals are from a factory shipped to a distributor who needs a margin, then shipped to a retailer who also needs a margin, with VAT paid on that lot. KoT would likely be £400-£500 if it followed the typical distribution model. It’s a relative bargain but with a really annoying waiting list caused by hand built craftsmanship, carefully sourced components without compromise, by one of the worlds greatest pedal builders. Mind you try ordering a hand built USA Klon...oh they don’t exist anymore and you’ll need to pay £2000+ for an old one to get the sound as “klones” as good as they are are not quite ‘it’ for whatever frustrating reasons. My suggestion is get on the list and while waiting practise like hell in the hope you get to some of Chris’s capability for when it finally arrives.
Nicely put together post, Chris, all the bases covered and well.
Your playing as ever, was sublime, I am sure that it does a lot to encourage others to improve, it certainly does me. 😎🎙🎸✅🏴
That live clip there... Amazing phrasing. Up there with the greats for sure!
Sold this pedal last year when I got my Dumble clone amp. Very good pedal and versatile. Thanks for your video, always a pleasure to me 😍
My friend is months away. September hopefully. Can't wait to jam with him and compare our favorite overdrives to it.
God I love your tone, one of my few inspirations in the guitar world. Thank you for every video you put out and every piece of music you create. They’re all pushing me to improve and indulge even further into this passion I’ve had all my life. Cheers Chris, stay safe out there
Thank you so much Tyler. Same to you man. Crazy times!
Amazing playing as always!!!
Awesome tone...but I accept 90% of it is in Chris’ fingers. Amazing guitarist.
The first guitar solo is a tour de force. Just enough overdrive to give it energy and still retain the sweet melodic tones Chris is so good at. Love the decay and overtones on the harmonic at 0:12 . The use of the harmonic there is an example of why Chris is such a tasteful player. He could have simply hit a single note and sustained it but by using a more delicate harmonic and the short pause that follows it he creates a greater sense drama and dynamics.
Thank you very much 🙂
Full of the most beautiful sounds. Pedal is alright too. 🔥👌🏻
The force is powerful in this one!! Enjoyed the video, cheers.
Ages since I had seen a new player I couldn’t stop watching. That is amazing!
Not to swear, but I swear you have some of the tastiest , most melodic hooks and riffs and tones on youtube. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge with us.
Everytime i watch your videos im amazed at how smooth and quick you change between finger picking and using a pick. 😮
I swear you and Nick Johnston just have this insane FEEL! I’ll watch the rest of this video when I can get past the lovely intro!
Great episode!
In a few weeks, I'll hit the one year mark on the KOT waiting list.
I just got my KoT and absolutely love it! But now it’s a little 4 years waiting list. Pretty crazy!
Tasty tone and playing there Chris! I agree that the KOT is worth the hype and the wait. I also use mine with both channels on.
Currently stuck in Afghanistan thanks to the Rona, and I’ve been watching a lot of your videos. I cannot wait to get home to play my guitar. Your licks are so tastefully done, and I’m a huge fan of your playing style. You make me want to put in some serious time when I get home. I stumbled on your guitar cover of “I can’t make you love me” from 7 years ago, and I was blown away. Keep killin it man🤘
Ah, thank you Reuben. Safe travels home when the time comes man. Fingers crossed sooner than later!
reuben meicke just out of interest mate, how come you’re in Afghanistan??
Harris, I support the US Army here. I was in before, now I do contract support. I came here to cover for someone for a very short period, and now I’m stuck..#thanksRona
reuben meicke ah sticky one, I’ve never been but I’d assume there’s nicer places to be stuck - stay safe man
@@reubenmeicke Hope you made it home safe!
Such tasteful playing. Almost three years now on the waiting list and still have a few months to go! We'll see!
Got mine (ver. 4) in 2006 and it still hasn't left my board even though I don't always use an amp these days for convenience, instead run it in to an Atomic Amplifire. Great playing Chris.
Amazing tone and playing mate😊😍
I put my name on the waiting list about 4 months ago, i hope it will be worth the wait. Great playing as always Chris.
Thank you for your honest review! It's nice to hear someone admit that they wouldn't probably pay the street price for one of these. And awesome playing as usual!
Great balanced review Chris! I’m a few months in on the waiting list. Happy to wait because not only is it less expensive than second hand, but also (eventually) puts the money in the hands of Mike and the good people at AnalogMan instead of potentially unscrupulous secondhand sellers who only ordered in the first place with resale in mind, just looking to profit.
Beautiful melodies!
< on the list for 2021 !>
⚡️ ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT⚡️
This pedal is a beast. Since I had mine, my perfect-overdrive-tone-research finally ended 🙌🏻
I got mine recently after 998 days on the waiting list. I have to say it is a stunning pedal. The circuit has a ridiculously low noise floor and i found myself “playing the pedal” due to it’s rich dynamic nature. You’ll not regret it
Neil Smith if you love the dynamics, make sure you play with running it at 12 or 18v. i run mine at 18v and it’s amazing.
Got my email today. Its been 4 and a half years since I got on the list. I'm excited to see what everyone is talking about!
@@adamthompson9269 Woohoo! What config did you go for?
Fantastic sounds. I see these come up all the time on Craigslist. Might have to give them a second look.
First video of yours I’ve seen and I’m blown away by your chops. Subbing now. Great video and great playing. Thank you for not noodling on the same John Mayer riffs that 99% of TH-cam videos do.
Also had to go ahead and learn your solo in the middle of the video cause that was so tasty
Thanks for this. I am now convinced I don't want one. I wouldn't have known otherwise without this good demo.
Been waiting for years for you to do a KOT video... hang on... dejavu kicking in 😂 lovely playing as always.
Hey man... it’s part of the fun not knowing if you’ve made the choice until later
I finally reached the top of the waiting list earlier this year. I bought it even though I am very happy with my present drive/boost pedals(D&M drive, Hudson Broadcast and Chase Bliss Condor). KOT is a great pedal and I intend to keep it but the D&M drive which it most likely would replace has a greater gain range so making it more appropriate for playing in a covers band. KOT does stack really well with the Broadcast though. Mmmmmmm perhaps I should give it another try
Amazing pedal! you gotta play it to believe the versatility (well, except if you’re going for a tight metal rhythm tone) and it’s very transparent indeed even on higher gain settings. I got mine in white, with the switch outside instead of having to deal with the dip-switches inside 😁
i must say your playing make this pedal worth 1million bucks.amazing feel and touch.
Fantastic as always Mr. B👍 Have waited a three stretch and now a few days shy of the waiting list date.
As another poster has said, have myself fallen on hard times because of the pandemic.
Hope Mike will be kind enough to keep the door open. Wouldn't have thought to ask until I read your comment!
Keep up the good work bud!
I'm sure he will Spud; it's strange times for everyone at the moment! Drop him a line and see what he says :)
I got the Prince of Tone. I think it wants to be slightly more mid-humped, but if you adjust the internal settings you get an awesome sound out of it. I like it so much that if I thought I needed two of the settings stacked, I would just get a second and avoid the 3 year wait for the KoT. I'm not saying the PoT is as good as the KoT, as I have never tried it. Just saying that I like the PoT... a lot. It and the Centura are my only pedals now. I run the Centura with gain almost cranked. The PoT as the boost/OD. Cool thing about both these pedals is that they act like amps. You can set them with the volume/compression/gain at your lead sound, then roll down the guitar and get cleans.
I'm lucky to live about 30 minutes from Analogman in Connecticut. Whenever I buy an AM pedal (including my KOT), I drive right to the (tiny) workshop to pick it up. Mike is one of the nicest and most genuine guys in the business, and he and the small team there have so much pride in what they do. Mike always makes time for his customers and will answer any questions you have/ shoot the shit about gear and cars. Just a quick note: if you're looking at buying any AM pedal, try to buy direct instead of on reverb if the options are still available. The wait time is minimal (except the KOT, obviously), it's cheaper pretty much all the time, and most importantly, you're supporting the business.
That's brilliant Brendan; thanks for the comment! I'm always in two minds when I answer critical/negative comments on the KOT - I have no horse in this race, so to speak, but I love the pedal and respect the way Mike goes about his business, literally and figuratively. The waiting list for the KOT is unfortunate (as he acknowledges on his site) but as I say in the video, is easy to see why it's in place. Hopefully there's a middle ground somewhere which keeps everyone happy...
@@ChrisBuckGuitar Thanks Chris! Yeah, the wait time is unfortunate, but I think you hit the nail on the head when you talked about it in the video, plus the wait list is free to get on and be on. There's also some comfort that you'll never lose the money you paid for it unless you completely destroy the pedal
I also live about 30 miles away and driver over to see Mike occasionally. Mike is one of the nicest people period. Just a great person who always has time for me. I have a special (1 of 5) Pete Cornish overdrive and Mike asked if he could break the seal and have a look at it. Most people I would have said no but bc Mike asked I said sure. He is the best and I am very happy his pedals get the recognition they deserve.
Was blown away by the Prince of Tone which we are reviewing soon. Your playing is just pure bliss Chris.
Thank you! I'd love to try a Prince of Tone at some point. I don't think Mike makes anything that's not worth a look!
@@ChrisBuckGuitar Yup Mike is a master at pedal building but getting his gear all the way to India for us is a bit hard but totally worth it in the end.
That second little blues... Incredible
Got mine 4 weeks ago. Definitely worth the wait. Takes a while to get used to it, but the clean side is pretty much a magic ‘better’ switch. Never letting go of this.
Awesome! Glad to hear it Steve :)
Cheers Chris. Those TPS guys have a lot to answer for.
I find that the Wampler Tweed 57 is a great pedal for tone too. It can be really transparent but also can provide lots of gain when needed.
I’ve been waiting since January 2018!
Scary,scary good!
Hi Chris ! The KOT is undoubtedly an awesome piece of gear. So is the Duellist by Jesse Davey. Both are available pre-owned at prohibitive prices. Or, with a (very) long lead time if you wish to purchase a new one. For those who won't go either way, there is a solution: the Super-Signa by CMatMods. It has two circuits (one OD and a volume driven Boost) that work independently, 3 band EQ, gain, output level, plus a switch for 3 voices that sits on top so you don't need to fumble around with internal dip switches. This is my desert Island, always on pedal, a vast array of sounds that make your favourite amp just blow the roof, get creamy tones without changing the voice of your guitar. Additionally, by tweaking the level of the boost combined with the OD, one can vary the output of the pickups, getting tones very similar to single coils with a humbucker thus giving clarity and sparkle to a dark pickup (very handy for those who play guitars with humbuckers that are not fitted with split switches). Chad Matthews builds them by hand, has a top service and customer relation and you can order from him directly. In fact, I like it so much, I have two, so I have a backup just in case anything happens... Oh: and it's 169 $ \m/
just got my KOT yesterday! it's unreal!
I've been waiting 3 years. Almost there... 🙂
I have the PoT and a friend of mine has the KoT. Been on the list since april 2018, fingers crossover for next year. Prince of tone is awesome, but a different beast for sure.
Beautiful playing, as usual. I waited patiently to get to the top of the list for a few years (I may have forgotten about it :-{) & placed my order. The KoT is a great sounding pedal. I hear what people say about them being similar sounding to more mass produced pedals, but considering they are handmade (watch The Pedal Show's tour videos of Analogman's studio), I don't think they're too badly priced when purchasing direct. I have a Bondi Effects Del Mar and a Klon and they may swap out of my board, but the KoT I can't see being removed. If I needed a compact board, the KoT would definitely be on it for the boost OD combo. Finally, look at the price of Timeline and Big Sky, for example, these are very expensive pieces of kit.
Man, you're a guitar god!!
Came for the gear, stayed for the playing.
You're a modern legend. You, Plini, Matteo Mancuso, all master class guitarists with their own style. Wunderbar.
Coming up on six years since I got on the waiting list. The small team of people either qualified or trusted or both are going through the order dates and one day of those wait days might have had a hundred people order pedals. Sloww Go. Like you before you got yours Ive never played through one. Guess it hasn’t cost me anything yet. Time marches on. Ive forgot about it a few times for long periods of time. One of these days. Your style and play is inspirational and Tasty.
I bought one used in Reverb... it works for me since I’m more a rhythm kind of player. It has great lower mid range tone where as the Browne Protein seems better for higher frequency play. I’d say people will prefer one or the other based on how they play.
I bet ‘JHS The AT+’ is right there although the hype and waiting is not there. I can’t wait to see an unbiased comparison between the two. Well if you are waiting for a collector’s piece , that’s your choice. On an different note , the intro of this dude is perhaps the most delicious I’ve heard from a TH-camr ... damn !!!!
As Josh himself has say it, the one that could be compared to the KOT is the Morning Glory, also his Charly Brown is based on the same amp. Hope this is useful. Cheers!
Since I got Origin Revival Compact drive, my tone quest ended. Such a great pedal. KOT sounds great to, but not so transparent and amp like to my ear. Rock on!
You play really good man
Just order the POT having seen this.. though no doubting the Fingers of Tone!
i paid a lot for my KoT but i do love it and have used it at every gig
Man your playing is amazing. You should really really really try some red bear picks. That’s the only thing that’s gonna elevate it more. But trust me it will! It was a revelation for me in tone and joy of playing.
I feel like the title of this video changes every time I looked 🤔
As always, great stuff!
I’m honestly starting to think you could sell me a rotten turnip at this point you always sound so good man! Fingers of golddddd
Charlie Bowers rotten turnip effects
I gotta get a turnip!
Had socks on at first. They departed to sock heaven after about 7 seconds. And that's just a jam !
I still have another two years before my chance comes up... and I will be buying one.
I added myself to the waitlist and completely forgot about it so it wasn't like I was sitting at my computer waiting for an email everyday. Took almost two years and I got an email from analogman... It was like a nice little surprise!
Dude you don't need the pedal, you're the tone 🤗
Chris would sound good playing a frying pan into a fridge! Excellent video mate
Brilliant!
You may very well be the best new guitarist out right now
I agree; phenomenal..... phrasing and feel to spare.
Yes, it is, it's my heart and soul.
I Just got mine and I love it!! Still doing some tweaking and I can't make this thing sound bad!!
Hold my beer
Great playing as always. I’ll be coming up on 3 years in mid October and right now he’s on June of that year, so it’s more like 3 1/2 years now🙄
Love mine!
I find that the King of Tone, Morning Glory, and a good Klon clone complement each other quite well:
MG - lovely warm tone
Klone - lovely mid range tone
KOT - lovely bright tone
I really dig your playing man. (pretty sweet pedal too) A little rich for moi however...
I put my name on the list on August of 2017...hoping I can order the pedal in a few months
The 3 year waiting list doesn't justify the end result I'm afraid; if it truly were the best OD pedal then that's all Tim Pierce would have on his board, and it isn't. The waiting list is determined not by it being the best OD pedal in the world, it's determined by Analogman doing everything in-house, hand-made and to a standard that mass-manufacturing processes can't compete with. I do, however, applaud them for doing it in the way that they've chosen to do it.
I have a KOT, a KOT clone, and various other OD pedals like the RevivalDrive, Timmy, Hamstead etc., and the KOT is not head and shoulders above any of those. In fact, those mentioned can do certain sounds better than the KOT, to my ears at least. Finally, all of those mentioned can be bought today, so personally I don't think that the hype over the KOT's sound is justified given how good the 100's of other OD pedals are.
But, great playing and tone, as ever.
Vick Audio Mount Pleasant is another superb BB-based pedal. I couldn't live without it, even when my KOT arrives it'll stay on the board. DOD Looking Glass also amazing.
Heck, my humble Xotic AC Booster is still my default when I am not sure what OD to use. All of those can probably outdo the KOT in certain ways. But it is one of those things, I guess. Gotta catch em all! #GAS
I have had so many overdrives over many years and the snouse blackbox 2 is the absolute best I have tried as far working with all guitars and amps for low to medium gain tones. The king of tone always had an unusual at times sterile, silvery feel and sound to it to me. Didn't quite love it like I thought I would.
Josh Muz quit posting stuff like this cause now I have to buy a snouse blackbox 2. Lololol
@elchema I found that one to be a bit fizzy in the top end.
Cheers Chris, what a smoking intro, great stuff. Worth the hype? I dunno, sounds good with a great player no doubt, but with an average strat mangler? Who knows ....... though .... if you could lend me yours we could find out. For science ....... No? Ah well, worth a punt. Keep well. :)
The Analogman Prince of Tone is made in asia but is available without too much of a wait. Two of those is "nearly" the same thing as a King of Tone, not exactly but for most purposes the difference is insignificant. You can get two Prince of Tones and stack them. Or... do as I did. I bought a Prince of Tone, and got on the waiting list. The Prince of Tone is a damn good pedal, you may find that's all you really wanted anyway!
KOT has been my mainstay for years. Anyone who plays live or records will tell you it's the best. With overdrives they can all seem similar but plug this in a signal chain while recording and immediately watch your guitar cut clean, live it'll do the same. The frequencies are tuned perfectly, it's a simple thing but hard to get wrong that's why so many pedals sound good but ultimately don't do their job in helping you cut in a mix while maintaining the balance and eq of your rig. Last it's the toughest "clean" drive, just works beautifully in solos
By keeping it in-house - Mike P can grade/select/test components to the standard he wants before releasing it. It sounds huge - esp with the dynamics you bring to this.
Cheers David. I've seen that Mike manually tests components. I know it really gets some peoples' backs up that there's such demand and such a long wait but, it's his business (literally) and if he's found something that works come rain or come shine...who are we to criticise? There's always Reverb 🤷🏻♂️
I had one back from when the waiting list was 1 year and loved it. A good friend of mine had a special edition Eric Clapton signed autobiography and I wanted it real bad. 3 years later I almost at the top of the list for my new King Of Tone 🤣🤣🤣
Haha. I'll get 'round to reading Slowhand's book one of these days!
@@ChrisBuckGuitar it was signed I had to do it lol.
I’ve been on the list since 2017. Sometimes I don’t think I’ll ever get it. But while I wait I found that a Morning Glory and klon clone is something magical.
Me too…now top of the list at last and ordered tonight. Phew!
@@mrc2662 I got mine. I wasn’t overwhelmed. I wasn’t underwhelmed. Just whelmed lol
Should update the title to 4 YEAR Waiting List - I got on the list October of 2017 - they're up to September of 2017 - the anticipation!
I apparently don’t get along with the proprietor of Analog Man. I went with Ethos. I’m very happy with my choice but you can really make that pedal sound good Chris!
I got on the list 3-15-18. I hope next year I can get one
Fingers crossed man!
Unusually beautiful. Profound even. Question for you Mr Buck. You being a Line 6 man and all... how does the Heir Apparent rate against this King of Tone? Really
Great pedal, and Mike is a legend. Check out his funky jam here on TH-cam. Hell of a player. I will say that you make this pedal sound really great Chris. What is your recording setup for these videos please? Could you do a vid on that? Both cameras and audio.
I'm hearing some stellar tones for sure, but I think I'm mostly hearing that from your hands. Not sure how much the pedal is actually doing.
Jimbeaux it’s both. But it’s a killer pedal. I got one last year and for me it was way worth the wait.
I was told 2 years waiting list by the builder...so if 3 years wait, means I have a 2 year and 3 month wait left ffs! Wish I had not clicked on you now lol!
I got mine in October 2018 after an 18 month wait. I got on the list after Dan Steinhart raved about it on the fledgling That Pedal Show. As someone else here said, just put your name down and forget about it. The time will fly.
Hi man great video, any thoughts on the king tone blues power?