Jesse Davey King Tone Range Overview

Controls - Drive, Level, Body, Tone, Mode : Edge / Glass / Stock, Mode 2 : Stock / Open / Comp.

For a while I was considering whether I should go for the two stand-alone compact overdrives - vs the combined The Duellist. With all the added smarts of the 2022 Duellist Edition - it really makes more sense to get the 2-in-1 pedal - which is what I've done.

I have quite the number of Blues Breaker style compact format pedals - so I really don't need any more. On this occasion overall the Duellist makes more sense for me!

Controls - Drive, Volume, Body, Tone, Mode : Edge / Stock / Glass.

And here is the other stand-alone pedal side of The Duellist - namely the TS808 / SRV voicing. You of course sort of get 4 knobs on the stand alone pedals versus 3 on the 2-in-1, while you have a lot more Mode and Voicing Options on the new Duellist overall.

I may revisit this at some stage - for now, I feel that The Duellist is the King Tone Flagship - and the 2022 version is the one to own versus the individual ones.

Of course results may vary, and for some the stadn-alones make more sense. Quite frankly - it's nice to have the choice!

I may revisit this in a year or two, while for now - The Duellist 2002 is the one to have as far as I'm concerned!

Controls - Drive, Volume, Clean, Tone, Mode : Full/Fat / Vintage / Overdrive.

A cool Germanium Treble Booster / RangeMaster is a similar format to the other stand-along overdrives - 4 x knobs, and 3-way mode switch essentially for maximum versatility and impact.

I have several Treble Boosters in the collection already - so I definitely don't nee another. Were I considering adding one more - then this one would surely be up for consideration too - while it's enclosure format is somewhat different to the other King Tones for whatever reason!

Controls - Volume, Mode : Fat/Full / Zonk / Vintage, Bias, Fuzz.

My very first King Tone pedal which has been in the collection for a few years now. Note that these are now proper Newmarket NKT275 but rather some modern reissues - while they still sound pretty decent actually.

This miniFuzz has a really smart Auto-Biasing circuit which you can then manually tweak if you wish too. Really quite clever all-round - and it sounds pretty decent indeed.

These miniFUZZES have a few more playback options and modes to them than the average Fuzz Face - and these are really rather very pretty.

I've wanted the Si / Silicon pair to this one for a while - but they are somewhat out of stock at both King Tone and Peach Guitars. And those currently available on Reverb.com are somewhat inflated in price.

I'm still hoping to land one at the right price - but it will inevitably involve a lot of hunting around - and some considerable luck!

Controls - Volume, Mode : Fat/Full / Zonk / Vintage, Bias, Fuzz,

And here is the silicon pair to the miniFUZZ Ge - utilising Type III BC183 transistors - the most 'Germanium-sounding' of the Silicon Transistors.

It has essentially the self same controls as on the Germanium edition - albeit not the auto-bias circuitry.

The miniFUZZ Si is near enough as versatile as the Germanium variety,

Hopefully theses will come back into stock soon!

Controls - Drive, Volume, Blend, Voice, Mode : Full/Fat / Glass / Vintage.

An Octavia / Band of Gypsys style Hendrix fuzz - with several additional internal options.

It doesn't say whether this is Germanium or Silicon - so more likely the latter, and wile there are quite a number of controls on this pedal - this still seems like somewhat of a pricey proposition at $299,00!

I still quite like the looks of this one - and will look to add one eventually, wile I do consider it to be relatively expensive all-told!

Most of the compact pedals seems to be in black nowadays - while I really like the previous blue Octaland colourway!

What say you?

Controls - Volume, Q1 : AC128 / NKT275, Q2 : AC128 / NKT275, Fuzz, Bias.

This seems to be a Vintage Dual Channel Germanium Fuzz which allows you to switch between AC128 and NKT275 on each of the 2 Q1 and Q2 gain stages.

Overall we have relatively few controls here - while I consider this a somewhat oversized version of DanDrive's Austin Pride Texas Square Face Fuzz - that allows you to switch between Germanium and Silicon Transistors on each Gain Stage - delivery maximum versatility and variety in the one enclosure.

The Vintage Fuzz Is cool for sure - but there are quite a few compact editions with do the same sort of  things in a more slick manner!

Controls - A} Rate A (Symmetry), Depth A (Bulb), Mode : Vibrato / Chorus; B} Depth B (Bulb), Rate B (Symmetry), Mode : Vibrato / Chorus, Channel A/B Footswitch, Bypass Footswitch.

A really cool 2-in-1 / 2-Channel Uni-Vibe with 3 controls per side - and the ability to flip between then - Channel A / B.

Very much 2 x Vibes in 1 - which you can see by the lofty price of $500!.

This is a really clever Uni-Vibe - but I really prefer it more of a Vertical BB-Size orientation.

Currently my favourite Uni-Vibe is the compact DryBell Vibe Machine, while I also really like the vertical mid-size Horrothia Berkeley, and Formula B Vintage Vibe.

The 1968 is for sure one of the greats - but it's also somewhat pricey too - and not in the absolute handiest of form-factors - still very cool if you can afford and accommodate one!

Controls -Volume, Tone, Drive, Mode : Vintage / Glass / Fat/Full.

I believe this is the original and now discontinued Octaland Fuzz in larger BB-size enclosure.

Same price but fewer controls that the later more capable compact edition.

Sounds good - but surely this form factor has been consigned to history now!