MXR Duke Of Tone VS Competitors | Shootout vs Wampler, Kasleder, Tone City | Thomann
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- We had the new MXR Duke Of Tone in the studio and Kris grabbed it for a shootout against some other ncie pedals that do "the King Of Tone thing".
Enjoy the video and let us know what you think in the comments below!
Gear used: tho.mn/5n5vx
Recorded in Presonus Studio One: bit.ly/S1Pro6
Recorded and mixed with Universal Audio: tho.mn/uadx1
Monitors optimised through Sonarworks: tho.mn/sonar
Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:27 The pedals
0:45 The rig
1:13 Comparison 1 | Tele neck pickup
2:50 Comparison 2 | "Maybe a Les Paul"
4:02 Comparison 3 | Silver Sky
5:07 Comparison 4 | Tele bridge pickup | FULL GAIN
6:21 Comparison 5 | Les Paul neck pickup
7:22 My thoughts and impressions
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Great comparison, thanks. The Duke of Tone is the perfect overdrive pedal for me! I use 2 Duke of Tone pedals, one for crunch sounds, the other for lead sounds. Both on on the sun doesn't go down anymore! I use the boost setting for top dynamics and transparency on both Duke of Tone pedals!
Yes!! About time!! I was waiting for this 🔥🔥🔥
For me, the Toxic Twins pedal was the winner... It fattened up the tone far beyond the others. That would be an amazing pedal running into a fuzz box. It'll be the closest that telecaster will ever sound to a Les Paul. Well, I guess I'm going to shop for a Firebird... Thinking about tone while watching this video reminded me of a firebird's tone.
Man the toxic twins triumphed in my opinion man that is one of the most awesome pedals I've heard. Love the video you always have killer tone kris. 2thumbs up...
Thanks so much James! //Kris
I was exactly waiting for this demo by Kris. No doubt now that the MXR Duke of Tone sounds really good, richer, saturated edge of breakup tone. Thanks!
The DOT and the kasleder absolutely slay
Favourite was DOT then TT which was a bit smoother slightly less high frequencies and fuller lows. The two others I didn't go on much. Awesome playing and tone with your wet/dry setup 👏🏻
The Duke of Tone and the Toxic Twins are so close for me. I think I prefer the Duke of Tone as it sounds like a more transparent overdrive. I don't need the extra colour that the Toxic Twins adds so *Duke of Tone wins!*
Thanks to your demo I am going to buy the Toxic Twins. I have never heard it before, but your impressions live are exactly the same from me listening through headphones: the Toxic Twins doesn't feel like a pedal, it's so natural and organic that it sounds just like part of the amp.
U should get one at some point. Its an amazing pedal. Its my favorite drive that i own. Dont think i will ever take it off my board.
Excellent video and great performance Kris! All great Pedals! Killer tones for days!
I would love to see a video where you can compare the Wampler Pantheon original vs the Wampler Pantheon Deluxe.
Cheers from New York City!🗽
Out of all of these I only have the Wampler Pantheon. It’s a great and versatile pedal with loads of tonal options. More than happy with it :-)
And you should be really happy with it, we've used the Pantheon in countless videos here on the channel and we love it. Cheers //Kris
I think BB preamp may be the best sounding KOT-pedal without being a KOT-pedal. It has the dynamics, overtones and mid bite if you set it right 😃👍
For me based solely on tone preference it was. 1. Duke of Tone 2. King of Blues 3. Toxic Twins 4. Pantheon. The last two had a specific "edge" to the tone (something in the mids no doubt) that sounded like they were "mixed/mastered" with the Pantheon sounding a bit 80s & the Toxic Twins a bit 90s. The Duke & the king sounded the most old(?) natural(?) but the Duke was more full fidelity than the king.
I've often heard people on UA-cam and online forums saying the Tone City King of Blues is a poor man's version of the King of Tone - I guess it's understandable given the name. However, I have a King of Blues and it's quite a different animal. Sure the King of Blues and King of Tone are dual overdrive pedals - but that's where the resemblance ends. The left hand drive on the King of Blues has a Tubescreamer type sound while the right hand drive sounds like a Klon.
Fantastic demo, I know which one I want now.
That's awesome! Thanks man! //Kris
Hello Chris,
What would be a great choice for 112 cab for Revv D20, I prefer V30 speaker, but I can't decide what to buy. Revv cab is pricey, what about Palmer or Harley Benton cabs?
Thanks, keep going with great video material.
Cheers
Nice demo interesting many commentedthat they thought the TT had a little fuller sound, I wonder if they noticed the Pantheon had bass and mids off. This gave a closer tone for but thinned out the tone. I generally have wide bass at 3 o'clock and treble add about 11. The Pantheon has one of the widest tone ranges in the blues breaker/KOT lineup.
I also noticed that....AND the presence was turned way down ....almost off !!!!!! I would be willing to bet it has the BROADEST tonal range out of all these ......
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All of them sounds damn good in their own right. Whatever will I get from these, I will be more then happy.
Not knowing anything about brands, history, prices or whatever, from this video I will go with the King of Blues :-O.
Absolutely exactly the tones, that gets me going. As it cost like 2 cups of coffee, Im really considering getting it, just for the LOLs.
PS: the price for Duke of Tone, like dexcuse, its WAAAYYYY overblown.
The Toxic Twins not only sounds amazing - I'm guessing you had it on hard-clipping mode - but also has the best price point.
For the same price of the Pantheon or the Duke of Tone, you also get a great TS to stack with the BB side.
I welcome the duke of tone but i'm sticking with the TT for my BB needs.
Cheers.
HM
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I thought the DOT waa nice but the TT is the winner for me. My Toxic Twins is my all time favorite pedal. In a world full of overdrives, it is one of the few that sits above the rest imo!
Agree with u 100% i dont think i could ever get rid of my Toxic Twins. Best sounding drive i have, but my favorite part is how responsive it is to touch dynamics. I havent played a pedal yet that even gets close to the response
@@orryfishburne5326 Exactly why I love it!
The Protein blue channel is the best blues breaker style pedal I have ever used.
The "Carbon" is amazing.
You forgot the DemonFx Prince of sound , a really bargain.
Hi Chris, great show i watch it a lot!
Can you do Mesa cabs 4x12 comparison PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE
:)
saw this on my buddy's pedalboard and asked him about it. he said "just buy it." i did, he was right.
Surprised that my least favourite is the Wampler. The Duke of tone is by far my favourite. To be fair for the price of the tone city it did pretty well.
Assuming the pictures of the pedal show the settings he was using... he never turned the presence up to get a similar enough tone to the other pedals at the similar settings. It’s kind of a unique feature of the pantheon that helps you tailor it to different setups, but it can drastically change the sound in comparison to pedals without it if you just leave it down. Really a great pedal as are all wamplers really.
TTwins sounded good for playing alone in the bedroom. But I bet some of the others would fit naturally in a mix way better.
All good, all different. The Duke basically IS the Prince of Tone, and even if it's only 99% the same, it's close enough for me. Good job dialing in the pedals, such as the Pantheon, where the Presence should usually be all the way down, but it's there if your setup lacks a bit presence highs. The Kasleder was a surprise, as it was "warmer" on the current settings, with rolled off highs, but didn't sound muffled, and was really good at higher gain settings in this rig. I'd probably pick the Duke of Tone out of the 4.
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The book of tone gets richer and deeper Ery day!
I’d have run it into a Victory V4 Duchess for a truly Royal tone.
You know what? You should patent all the "still unused random royal titles" Of Tone names. 😆 King, Prince and Duke are already too late obviously but who knows. Some others might want to bring out a similar pedal and then they all have to come to you. Haha! //Kris
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The Duke of Tone is pretty incredible, especially when you know it's much cheaper than the Toxic Twins or the Pantheon.
They all have the same price range. Maybe outside of the EU the prices are different...
@@TheFeatalion wow indeed. On the Sweetwater site the DOT is 150 dollars
@@fredericadda 220-230 euro in the EU
Hi, yeah the price of the MXR is very different in the US than let's say in the EU. If you take that 150 dollars, add tax, customs and shipping costs to it you'll get the European price. It's just how it is with importing stuff. And then except for the Tone City the other pedals cost pretty much the same. Cheers //Kris
I think the KOB could have sounded better if you turn the VOLUME knob up and kept the gain back. Other wise it can sound a little choked.
Or ....just used the B channel as it carries more gain than A side....
Great playing Kris, my favorite was your Tele : )
Haha, mine too man! 😄 That guitar... 💛 //Kris
Toxic twins in this video stands out ... Great video thanks
Surprised at how good the tone city pedal sounded
For me it was the Duke of tone that gave me that wow
The toxic twins is amazing but it sounded like the middle was darker (?)
The pantheon is amazing but the Duke is the one for me
Oh look another one on my never ending list of wants
Thanks Kris this was the comparison I was hoping for
Much appreciated 👍👍
Kasleder for the Win! How does the Duke of Tone and the new Tubescreamer variant Moxie compear. I know it is a different pedal, but it can be used for produce the simular tone. What is biggest differens?
King of Blues has nothing in common.
A is a klon style drive with no treble tone boost while B is it’s own fat/warm drive.
A drive worth trying out, found that it sounded better than a KoT in combination with certain pedals, besides that it can’t get as harsh with the tone as a Klon when using single coils.
I’ve had every sought after overdrive pedal the last 27 years of playing and today I got my 3rd King of Blues and had to try it again. It smokes the whole lot and it’s all I’m running fort drive section. People can look and judge all they want, but my ears work pretty damn good and the texture, harmonics and clarity of side b and the versatility of A or A and B together is unmatched! I’ve owned 4 King of Tones, a Klon I ordered when I was 17 from Bill Finnegan and everything else you can image. Well stated above my friend
Yup, it is a steal for the money if one needs a descent klon sound together with an overdrive that pushes them low mids.
Especially if one doesn’t like Tubescreamers and drives that push hard on highs.
I would say that the KoB can be used for anything really, since treble/presence can be pushed on the amp side if needed.
It can also help in making some fuzz and distortion pedals shine.
I did setup a board for a friend where we went through 30 drive and 10 fuzz pedals aiming for a good sound for blues and classic rock, most of his other pedals are boutique pedals, KoB won, sounded best to our ears with humbuckers and was the most pleasant to use with an 3SS strat.
We tested trough 3 amps, AC30, Orange RV and some old Tesco amp.
The settings on the Pantheon is interesting... all knobs almost at zero
It's because the Bass, Treble and Presence knobs on the Pantheon are boost knobs. So at the zero setting those are neutral, everything above zero is a boost. Cheers //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses I see. Thank you for a great comparison
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses according to the manual only the presence knob is a boost knob
@@JacobChoiGuitarBunker Technically you're right and the manual is surely not mistaking. That being said, if I turn the bass and treble up to 12 o'clock I have an overwhelming amount of low end and top end with every amp that I played the Pantheon with. So for the most neutral tone I tend to dial them back and (as you've heard) that seems to match other similar pedals' tone best. Cheers //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Good to know! Thanks!
I could be content with any one of them ( minor differences aside.) If price was of no concern I'd take the Kasleder. That being said, once my wife gets involved no doubt I'll end up with the MXR .... and I'll still be happy. I don't believe there are any losers or dogs in this batch at all.
I now want a KING OF TONY.
I must have a KING OF TONY.
Someone please build a KING OF TONY! Presto! Andiamo!
just a comments , kris go go go ,maybe a les paul ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Proudly writting, that the Toxic Twins pedál is made by a hungarian guy!
Toxic twins got my attention and sympathy with every guitar, then Wampler Pantheon and Duke of tone were competing for the silver, the tonal range and dynamics of King of blues couldn’t compete with the rest. Do I have to invest in Kasleder TT?
Hey, yeah I own the Toxic Twins and I end up using it a lot. Like, A LOT. Haha! Cheers //Kris
Yes u definitely should invest in one. Its absolutely amazing. Best drive pedal i have ever played. Its sounds amazing, but the thing that sets it apart for me is its response in touch dynamics. Its just a phenomenal pedal.
Easy. Kris is the real king of tone. 👑
Haha, dude you're waaaaay too kind. ☺ If only it was true though. Take care buddy! //Kris
I dunno, felt like all these pedals sound pretty much the same with humbuckers. On tele, on the other hand, the competitors definitely winning, but Tone City performing worse on high gain. And I agree Wampler sounding the best all around.
It's interesting how sometime humbuckers, sometimes single coils reveal more of those differences. I find it fascinating. Cheers //Kris
The winner is the one you already got.
Am I the only one not seeing any hint of which amp is currently used?
I explain the full rig from 0:46. Check the timestamps. //Kris
I don’t think the pantheon was dialled in very well throughout the video… I’ve literally seen you do a video comparing the pantheon deluxe to the king of tone saying how amazing it’s is but in this video everything’s turned down way low and the presence not used basically… if the deluxe (using the same circuit) sounds that different you should have used it there is one on the wall behind you and it’s in the same price bracket as toxic twins. Not a great video for continuity
please youtubers , STOP saying « without further adieu » , first it’s not original and sounds dumb, and secondly no one says it correctly. Adieu when english people says it, sounds crappy 😂