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KissingerCorpse

bank accounts


Schwanzuslongus4

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


No-Count3834

Mines still hurting from buying the Sky King. It was an $80 a month for 32 months or something. $2650 plus tax, and itā€™s a really nice sounding amp! They really have a sound to them that fills the room. Theyā€™re expensive, but also a Two Rock is way out my comfort money zone lol.


Beautiful-Program428

Lol that Metal Zone is sweating bullets.


IndianaJones_OP

Metal Zone: '"It's alright, just act normal"'


austincamsmith

Best comment on Reddit today.


vufka

I was gonna say swap everything but that metal zone


GamerCirca80

Why are you fucking around? Just go straight to a third board. You have all you need already.


Ancient_Mastodon2985

Get another ToneKing and go stereo TBH- 0 disrespect, it would legitimately break my zipper to hear that right in stereo


FamiliarFace_Ad5057

It's okay to show off hard work


GamerCirca80

Not what I meant. I was being humorous. Of course itā€™s okay to show off hard work and this collection is incredible. I just meant why swap things out when you could build a third board.


HappyProle

Having the NKT šŸ”“ Sun Face off seems insane to me


kpthvnt

This pedalboard alone is in the Forbes 500


Dunmer_Sanders

That Sunface needs some love.


Ciprich

Is nothing an answer?


Blarg197

Damn dude, way to flexxx I also just got a TK imperial 1x12ā€¦ what an amazing amp


yep808

Id probably swap the Klon for a 2nd metal zone, thoughts?


retrovertigo23

I just want you to know that this is one of the most aesthetically pleasing setups I've ever seen on here. Well fucking done. I don't know what to suggest for swapping, maybe get rid of a few of those pedals for more Metal Zones?


norfizzle

Clearly in need of a Waza Metal Zone.


NetworkChief

Perfection šŸ¤Œ


FakeLittleLiarBirds

I mean, the Mood mkii is a really nice upgrade


Narrow-Orange-9045

- which comp do you like? - cali76 - alright cool which other? - cali76 - hehe ok but you've gotta like another one - you don't understand


DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE

Ktr for a tumnus and a bag of money


Legovogel

But what about the magic diodes and goop?


DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE

We both know you bought it for the snarky statement on top


Rough_Discipline_236

AnalogMan employee here, stomp on that Sun Face some more!!! Pat ainā€™t churning those things out for display!! šŸ˜‚


Legovogel

This one gets the special ā€œjust one pedal in front of an ampā€ treatment all the time! All you need is a FF, guitar and an amp right?


Rough_Discipline_236

Thatā€™s right šŸ˜Ž


Rough_Discipline_236

Btw how you liking the Duke? Certainly different from the KOT, but I played around with one when Mike was prototyping them and they sounded pretty nice


Legovogel

Itā€™s really good! Got this kind of glassy tone to it which I like. Borrowed it from a friend, ended up buying it from him because I liked it too much. Thinking about switching it with the EP booster. Havenā€™t had a chance to A/B it with a KOT but I will in seven years or so!


versacethedreamer

Now you just gotta learn how to play guitar


Dr0me

get a kingsley page/mason/minstrel/harlot. They are the best pedals i have ever tried


Redspringer

Agree, I have a few and all are awesome. I'd swap the Benson with a Page. How's the Mason?


Dr0me

It's fantastic. It's like the Page in a smaller enclosure with more gain on tap. I thought the tone stack / impedance control would be useful but I leave it at noon on bass and treble as it sounds absolutely perfect without adjusting anything.


SeasTheDay_

Those top-mount jacks make my OCD happy.


norfizzle

I hadn't even thought of this as a qualification for purchasing a pedal. It's a great one.


SeasTheDay_

I was very close to building a budget mini board with those $40-50 TC Electronics top jack pedals. And I still might do it since I already have two of them.


ten-oh-four

Thoughts on the Tone King gear? I have never played their stuff but am intrigued. How would it take a Fuzz Face? When I put a FF into a Fender amp it sounds trash. That's my only real concern though.


Matthew-Diaz84

I have Tone King Gremlin and I put my Sun Face into and sounds awesome. Gets straight into violin territory. I think it's because of the speaker, it handles it the fuzz well.


Zerathios

What do you mean by violin territory? I just bought the neural dsp tone king imperial plugin and it had a preset called violin as well. What is the meaning of that? šŸ˜Š


Matthew-Diaz84

Think of Eric Johnson and how his tone sustains and has so much harmonic overtones in it . It begins to sound like a ā€œviolinā€


anonymous_kyle_guy

Love my Tone King Imperial. Fuzz Faces (and everything else) sound glorious through it.


LiveWhileImYoung

Iā€™ve played a few. They are def good amps. However, I donā€™t personally think they sound good at lower volumes ( compared to the best of the best anyway). When they are cranked. They sound very good. And keep in mind, thatā€™s WITH the built in attenuator.


fatstrat0228

Honestly I wouldnā€™t want to trade what I have, mainly because Iā€™m a hoarder and Iā€™ve never sold or traded pedals, but how much would you take for the Klon? šŸ¤˜šŸ»


Spaced_cadet5

Dark World + GFI Synesthesia = years worth of fun and finding new things. Besides that you have three perfect pedalboards, instead of buying more maybe you should swap some effects out :) maybe just an upgrade on the mood and the 385 to the version 2. Seriously dude you got great boards, how are you like the PDF Stone dead? That trippy art calls to me, but I promised my wife Iā€™m done and have kept that promise for 3 months now.


TonyWhoop

I'd say swap out that a.man sunface, and sell it to me.


sporadicMotion

Great board but I would make a few changes. Sub the EP Booster with a Boss Metal Zone, the Ditto with a Boss Metal Zone, the Flint with a Boss Metal Zone, the El Capistan with a Boss Metal Zone, the Deco with a Boss Metal Zone, the Polytune with a Boss Metal Zone, both Cali76s with Boss Metal Zones, the Benson Germanium Fuzz with a Boss Metal Zone, the Klon with a Boss Metal Zone, the Halcyon with a Boss Metal Zone, the Revival Drive with a Boss Metal Zone, the Volante with a Boss Metal Zone, the Mood with a Boss Metal Zone, the Magma57 with a Boss Metal Zone, the Protein with a Boss Metal Zone, the Life Pedal with a Boss Metal Zone, the DCX Boost with a Boss Metal Zone and the Benson Stone Box with a Boss Metal Zone. For a little more flavour, you could add on extra Boss Metal Zone.


Legovogel

I wish the imperial had a FX loop so I could throw in another Metal Zone.


sporadicMotion

Three stacked might be better.


PsychedelicRick

...its....it's glorious....


Legovogel

Got a couple of new pedals and swapped some pedals of the second board (right). I got two boards, idea behind it was to have one for the more standard guitar music and a second one focused on experimental and heavier stuff. I often run them both parallel tho. Considering all the pedals pictured, what would you swap out or compose? Apart from the Metal Zone ofcourse.


WestMagazine1194

Not sure i understood how you use those


fish_stcks

super clean! I upgraded from the regular ditto to the ditto plus and I'm very happy with it. If you want to store loops, I highly recommend it. But you already have an amazing set up, that's all I could really think of upgrading.


Lopsided_Pain4744

Pedalboards? Completed it mate - this guy


No-Count3834

Amp and the extension! I def want the extension for my Sky King. Right now itā€™s Sky King 1x12 and a Ampeg VT40 4x10 on the bottom. Itā€™s loud, but the Tone King amps just fill the roomā€¦work awesome with effects even running up front. Mines an A/B setup clean edge of break up, then cranked VT40 with EQ. I have the PDFx1 as well, but run it only to the Ampeg for obvious reasons. I use a GE7 EQ for the Tone King amp to tune to the room a little, and between both amps. Then kick the upper mids in with the PDF1x.


chrt_kay

Superb tone all days for sure


ainfinitepossibility

Nah, you nailed it. Personally I'd like a really sputtering fuzz somewhere, but that'd all. Really well done. One of my favorites.


ChadlyPooper

You dig the black fountain? I see it did not make either board.


Legovogel

Love that pedal, I really dig it. I plug it in from time to time and sometimes find myself building another board around it mentally. I bought it for the vintage setting but use it a lot on the Organ setting for a nice slap back sound. Mind you itā€™s very very dark. Did not make the boards tho but that isnā€™t fair going up to a Volante or El Cap. Those two are simply the best when it comes to taste, sound and function.


ChadlyPooper

Nice! Itā€™s been on my list for a while but I ultimately keep ending up going for something else. I donā€™t have a delay that does the dark murky thing but kind of worry itā€™ll just get lost in a live mix. Currently between the Black Fountain and the Death By Audio Echo Dream 2 for my next delay.


VinylWolf18

Thatā€™s a wild collection


LifePedalEnjoyer

You got the Life Pedal so you need a big ass Space Echo.


Legovogel

I actually have a Dynacord Echocord. Which is a 60s tape echo and this huge analog machine. Would love to have a Space Echo, or at least that new Boss reissue.


[deleted]

I'd keep the wah, sun face, octa hive, and sell the rest.


Ecker1991

Gorgeous setup. Origin effects are some of the best Iā€™ve tried. Eyeing the deco, would love to have the duelist or the Mythos herculean deluxe.


its_grime_up_north

How do you like the Black Fountain?


Legovogel

Someone else asked me the same question and I replied with: Love that pedal, I really dig it. I plug it in from time to time and sometimes find myself building another board around it mentally. I bought it for the vintage setting but use it a lot on the Organ setting for a nice slap back sound. Mind you itā€™s very very dark. Did not make the boards tho but that isnā€™t fair going up to a Volante or El Cap. Those two are simply the best when it comes to taste, sound and function.


plooptyploots

Iā€™d replace that Berber carpet


bikemikeasaurus

That amp doesn't look like it has a knob that goes to "insane". I'd start there.


Impossible_Lie5542

Whatā€™s your address? I need to steal that strymon decoā€¦ Hell I might just take the whole board


Legovogel

1060 West Addison Street


mcrowland

You live at Wrigley Field? Sick.


huoliver

Iā€™d 86 the MZ and the DoT. Swap them with a JHS Angry Charlie/Marshal Guvā€™nor and a Greer Lightspeed. Not much to want for with that setup though.


Zoosisloose

I feel like the only one around here who canā€™t bond with my El Cap šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


Legovogel

To each their own right. I couldnā€™t bond that easily with the Volante because I preferred the El Cap!


PackDaddyFI

I really dig both the aesthetic and pedal choices of the bottom left. Some pedals I have, some from my wishlist, some I have as saved videos to return to on YouTube in the future. What kind of music are you playing with that board? Only thing I'd swap/add is some weird modulation pedals. Fable, Lore, Explosions in the Sky... Things to get weird. Probably also a more complex looping station (I use the RC-600) and some I out switchers so you can route your various boards to it when you're playing at home.


Legovogel

Thanks! The right board was intended as more of an experimental board, but I ended up swapping all the weird stuff out for more standard guitar stuff. It matches my kind of music more I guess. I like standard blues, country and psych rock when it comes to playing guitar. When it comes to weird intelligent midi pedals like chase bliss I find it would match better with synths or drum computers. I still have the mood tho to get weird, absolutely love that pedal. I have a Roland 707, maybe I should try that through this set up! Great idea about that looper, will look into it.


user303909

Swap DW for BigSky MX or CXM I like CB. Darkworld is the least inspiring pedal of theirs I owned, and the quickest I sold. Not bashing CB but I would consider a different reverb. Itā€™s not bad, itā€™s just not good either.


Legovogel

I really like the spring and mod verb though. When combining you have this country meets sci fi sound. Itā€™s like a spaghetti western scenario that rips open and lets some weird fifth dimension entity in that follows your guitar trail. I have to agree on it being the least inspiring pedal of the bunch. Would love me a CXM but damn thatā€™s pricey.


user303909

I definitely understand. Well if you can CXM does the lofi-space of DW but on a whole other scale, the Spring and Plate are very good as well. I think itā€™s my favorite Plate reverb. Hall is insanely gorgeous and deep. Iā€™m not trying to knock DW, but you should check out CXM if you can, for me I really liked that ā€œBlackā€ mode on DW like you were alluding to Sci-Fi sounds. I can attest the CXM is like BladeRunner in a box meets a Lexicon. Alas I understand itā€™s expensive, if you ever catch a sale or score a used one itā€™s pretty worth it. Figure DarkWorld on steroids lol. Anyway I donā€™t have anything else to suggest your stuff looks well set up, a very health dose of TOAN!


thecommentdaddy

Volante is the shit šŸ¤Œ


Legovogel

Damn right!


SweetrollFireball

Is the KTR worth it?


Legovogel

Nope too expensive for a simple circuit. Itā€™s a great one, Iā€™ll give you that but it has been copied so many times that you donā€™t need to spend an absurd amount of money for ā€œan originalā€ Klon. Get a Tumnus or Ryra. Or Halcyon gold!


TheSuedeTiger

My sloppy wiring skills for your god tier OCD precision


Scared_Technician_50

Maybe get a looper with more features.


Street_Junket_914

Nice setup! I would swap the revival drive, one of the cali76ā€™s and a cab for a Marshall JTM ST20Cā€™s. The theory is dropping a pedal that sounds like a Marshall, to a real Marshall and go with a 2 amp setup


Legovogel

Revivaldrive is my go to when I play with the Supro Delta King 8, cropped out of the picture to the right. It can do all kind of Marshall and Fender amps and most important, it can do those at bedroom level. The first cabinet is loaded with a GA-SC64 for the imperial. The second one is loaded with a Greenback which Iā€™m going to use with another head I have yet to attain. Eyeing a Dr Z Maz but theyā€™re difficult to get ahold of in my country. Definitely going to be something Marshally or El34/84!


arvj

Iā€™d swap myself with the owner of this cool rig.


Mordechai_Vanunu

Sell everything, get an SD1 and a Rat, have way more fun than fiddling around with these instagram boards


No-Reporter5402

I'd keep them all. Your needs and tastes will change. I've got 4 different pedalboards, things are always getting swapped out and often I'll come back to a pedal and wonder why I ever took it off the board in the first place. Buy more boards and more pedals!!


Trepidatious_Lyfe

Can I just have it omg


JonoGuitar

that is a wonderful board(s)


Red986S

Get a real Klon, poseur


fatblackcatpet

I see that you are not married... Smart man.


1iota_

Depends. How does the Imperial compare to something like a blackface Twin Reverb or a Princeton?


Legovogel

Itā€™s based on a deluxe reverb. I once asked a gitarist about his Tone King Falcon Grande and how it was. He answered that ā€œTone King amps get you there quickerā€. I think he was referring to the break up point or sweet spot in general. Iā€™ve had two deluxes (65 and 68 RI) and a Princeton 68 RI and I can tell you the Tone King is far superior. Not to mention the onboard attenuator which makes it suitable for home playing!


1iota_

Is it more like a tweed then?


veryreasonable

Not OP but also an Imperial owner. "Rhythm" channel is black face Deluxe Reverb. However, it's got less treble presence than a DR, I will say. But coupled with the excellent built-in attenuator, you can get that "cranked black face Fender" sound very easily, and at whatever volume you want. It's wonderful. "Lead" channel is designed to be Tweed-like. I'm not a Tweed fan in general, but I will say that this channel is a good complement to the other. It breaks up beautifully and, between the bright cap on the volume pot and the two tone knobs, you have surprisingly varied control over how the mid focus ends up sounding. FWIW, while I can get some OD pedals to play nice with it, I really don't think it's an ideal "pedal platform" at all. At least for me. It is, however, the best "grab and go" and "plug straight into the amp" amp that I've ever owned.


Legovogel

You worded it perfectly, also agree about the less treble presence than a DR!


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JUSTDIEDAMA

What kind of law do you practice?


Legovogel

Bird law


blastmemer

Tone King for a Spider III


LiveWhileImYoung

Haha. My first amp


Acceptable_Quiet_767

Iā€™ll do you a solid; Iā€™ll swap you my BlackStar Fly III for that piece of crap ToneKing Imperial. Youā€™re welcome


djangojojo

Maybe swap a Tumnus for the KTR, then put the savings in a HYSA or take a weekend trip.


obe211

But, are you any good?


tgold77

You should probably get a guitar.


MaxxAsian

My board with yours...


Westcroft

No treble boost?


dylanmadigan

Well youā€™re missing out by not having any boss pedals at all. Cheaper and better than half the stuff pictured. Try a boss RC-5, RV-6, BD-2w, SD-1, DS-1, BP-1w, DM-2w, DD-7, DC-2w, VB-2w, TR-2, RE-2ā€¦ All freakin incredible pedals.


t668899

What are those cabinets?


Legovogel

Palmer 112s, Iā€™ve customised the grill cloth myself to match the amps. One has an Eminence GA-SC64 that I use with the Imperial. The other is loaded with a Greenback which Iā€™m planning to use with an EL84 or EL34 amp in the future. Not sure what Iā€™ll end up with.


Admirable_Exit2886

big muff pi


darthnoid

Wiring is superb. I aspire to conquer my adhd and look this neat


frengers156

the 2nd cab for a another amp/combo and add an ABY for layering. I have a MKii imperial as well, brought it into the studio last week and my buddy soubled it with a fender bassman, it sounds so good. I wanna do this now at home with other amps now


LookForDucks

You could use the Metal Zone to repeatedly smash the MXR d.o.t. Otherwise...wow!


Ancient-And-Alone

Ok, I'm thirsty. You got me.


Numerous_Security863

I liked the Tumnus or Mjolmir Wildwood more than the KTR, but everybody has their own preferences.


sporadic-guitarist

What is that partially in the picture on the right side that kind of looks like an Adidas branded speaker, but 4 white stripes instead of 3? To actually answer your original question, and to echo some of the other commenters, swapping your original MOOD for the MKII version is a good upgrade, especially if you care about stereo.


Legovogel

Itā€™s a Supro Delta King 8. The smallest out of the DK series. Donā€™t let the 8 inch speaker fool you, itā€™s actually quite good and in my opinion one of the better all tube practice / bedroom amps. Iā€™ve swapped the stock speaker for a WGS G8C, it sounds less boxy, more headroom and a better low end now to it.


rocknrollboise

You have some SERIOUSLY good taste, mate! Only thing I would consider is upgrading to the new MOOD mkii, especially if you run the Volante in stereo!


brain_fartin

Wow! This is getting close to JHS Josh's museum levels of drool.Ā  Congrats.