TTK Presents : Ibanez Tube King - Old vs. New + Moser STi-T & Ampeg J-20

[TheDemosOfZile]

Super wordy review that's not saying much! Please, less talking, more playing! We want to hear the pedal's not a speech.. LOL

[RombusEvilBones]

subscribed xD

[synthezer]

the red one does have something about it I like. I have the old one. I Like fuzz pedals mostly but the old one for me is that nasty one likes sometimes. I do however like the red one. Do you have a comparison vid with the new white one? Good stuff mate.

[gdmcoped]

i think ibanez couldnt choose a stranger shape pedal to fit in a pedalboard.

[MultiRockmeister]

I liked the new one:D

[musicswatitsallabout]

I have never heard of this tube king by ibanez. I along with many others are in love with the tube screamer. I would be very interested to hear this pedal with a strat through an old fender tube amp with the gain on the pedal set a little lower. I much prefer the older one. the gain "all the way up" tells us nothing about the pedal. it just tells us that you can plug a modern sounding guitar with high out put humbuckers into a pedal and get a super noisy sound. lets here the strat! thanks!

[trunkgmx]

def. the new one !! :)

[rudos1]

Thanks for the comparison. As an older player into more blues and classic rock I prefer the older one. What tubes are you using even if they are stock please?

[KAMI13666]

Hey man you don't suck! some prick don't know what he's talking about, oh and ur guitar looks AWESOME, thanks for the comparison, now cos of  u im gettin the new one

[sgmguitar]

Thanks for the comparison vid! Ever since I got a Sovtek Mig50 (used to have one back in the day), my other distortion boxes just aren't cutting it. I'm thinking the newer Tube King is more up my alley.

Thanks again & nice guitar!

[jawor100]

You talk more about your gear than present title distortion pedals.

[alepaan]

The new one sounds more clear.

[Alphastyx7]

Shut the fuck up and PLAY!!!

[stratokensai]

The old one sounds with less bass,but with more middle frequencies. And less gain, too.

The newer, with more bass, and a little bit scooped middles, and more distortion. Sounds a little bit mushy, too.

I prefer the newer version, it has some nice extra features, like noise gate and presence switch.

Thanks for your review.

[slayercult0]

the flamed top looks badass and it reminds me of ninja turtles

[ruidoguitar77]

Hablas mucho y poca acción toca y ya no hables tanto me desesperan este tipo de videos!!!

[bossmxr1]

talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, etc, talk, talk,

[Forbidden6090]

hmmm decided between them 2 pedals is a toughie.

they both sound great, but i guess i would go for the newer version of the tube king.

[Daedolon]

Badass man, Thanks! No doubt going to pick up the New pedal.

[zbaby82]

Nice demo. What kind of Floyd Rose does your guitar have?

[radicalsquare]

Thanks for the demo. I have the old Tube King and I'm very happy with it, but was curious how the new one compared. The Old King is patented by BK Butler thus is probably akin to the Real Tube/Tube Works/Chandler design, which uses lower voltage "starved plate" technology. The new one uses high voltage to simulate a tube amp's preamp. I make the Old King sound more like an OD by putting in a 12au7 tube. Incidentally it was cool to hear the Ampeg J-20.

[odnick]

The new one sounds better to my ears.

[sourcehacker]

they both sound cool... im slowly leaving the whole distortion pedal scene and sticking with amp distortion, only problem with it is the squealing im getting from my pickup... which noise reduction pedals dont help at all.. :/ but the tube king sounds like an awesome improvement from the metalcore ml-2(which i currently own), how much does it go for?

[monique479]

Thanks for the test!

[eclat123]

this guy sucks!

[lmsjr]

I do? Why do I suck?

[donison1968]

You don't.... Some losers have nothing better to do than go on you tube and bad mouth people. Thanks for the comparison test.

[TheSchafer78]

@lmsjr Your actually very good in my opinion. The only problems i had were the fact that you spent almost 5 minutes talking, and that you didnt play anything metal styled because the new tube king is skewed WAY towards the metal end of music wheras the old one is styled for rock.

[resonatethemusic]

i actually like him talking cause he says all the information i need. So i dont really have to go to gutiarcenter or email zzounds or sweetwaters questions about the pedal.

[92stone]

4:30 of chatter...I quit watching

[luigiperso]

whether you like the old one or the new one, the noise reduction on these pedals is killer,though.

I have used a japanese tk999 with NR for years, to me the Tube Kings are the best tube pedals especially if you play rock or metal

[luigiperso]

thanks for the video, but you are not accurate about the 'void' control....it's not a new feature, it was standard on the japanese tk999, I have one.

Thanks for the video though, very cool comparison, just get straight to the point sooner,just my two cents, cheers bro

[brbbns1]

I prefere the new tube king, I'm still waiting for it to show up at GC, BTW-sweet maple top man! I have a jackson warrior(floyd, and 81/85 emgs)!! :-)

[pchilson]

You talk too much

[TrailerNo9]

I'm falling asleep waiting for the demo...

[luigiperso]

I agree ,too much talking, he f***ed my brains, he goes on for 20 minutes about his guitar etc before getting to use the frigging pedals

[ciccillo81]

it's true.................. :D

[LeonardCohenRocks]

I bought the new tube king. It really turned my amp into a monster.

[Mefreo]

Great video! accurate! Finally I prefer Old Tube King!!! It a Made in Japan pedal and It's bilt very good. And if you change the internal tube, you can take other good sound! expand the tonal possibility.

Bye

[Vivaldi1Machiavelli]

I buy the red one

[roflwafle228]

i use the original tube king as a boost for my heavy distortion sound

[gblaisg]

the new one kills the old one

[heathos1]

I've been playing for over 20 years now. I think that the original Tube King is the best. The "New" Sound, is completely over-processed. You can literally hear the simulated bottom end to the tone.

I have owned a lot of pedals and this video has really given me a great comparison between the old and new versions. For me its the old one all the way. Great crunch, decent depth and solid tone.

[minibikedude04]

yeppp

[PepinoMichoacan]

What about someting more chunky, on the straight limit between clean sound and overdriven, such as Eric Clapton, with kind of a single coil, strat or tele?

[Espada623]

so the real question is, how much does it cost?lol

im gonna go find the price for this thing..:

[minibikedude04]

old one is pretty much up in the air depending on ebay and the new ones are about 200 to 250

[burnthogan]

The new red ones are killer.

[mcdougalrocks18]

New one!!!

[Rambo29]

"This is clearly a more vintage sound and this is clearly a modern sounding pedal"...yeah sure

I think the red tube king has a more throaty, deep overdrive quality but not too different

[thedddemon]

Damn, the old one sounds like a proper tube amp. The new old sounds like a distortion box.

[minibikedude04]

for the most part. The new one was designed to give a solid state a good tube tone, but the old one was meant to be paired with a tube amp.

[jiri1991]

I like the new better, it's less fuzzy

[thisIStheARTofRUIN]

sure its a nice guitar, but why would they call it the "STI" ?

[AcousticBlip]

Shit-talkin' idiot?

[thisIStheARTofRUIN]

not me!

i was thinking 'sexually transmitted infection'

[AcousticBlip]

Lawl. Maybe it's one of those phrases that is supposed to somehow make it superior, even though no one knows why.

[osmanijr]

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

[minibikedude04]

new one is deff better,

its warmer by far

[spircix]

the red one has more power :) damn i shouldn't buy EHX metal muff, I wanna test some tube kings and maybe buy one.

[minibikedude04]

i had a english muff'n and it sucks ass,

its all gain no balls,

the tube king sounds much better,

it is a very very good pedal,

and it has a void setting so u can just take ur hands off the guitar and it makes no noise at all,

its really somethin.

[oneday555889]

r u italian?

[Doinkwood80]

for fuck sakes, play the fucking thing man, screw this i'm off, 4 mins is enough for me

[ClaudeSolicitor]

Play the thing, THEN when you're done explain how you did it. Way too much talk.

[unitlost]

talk much.

[wetcrevice]

Oh My God! Shut the f*ck up and play the f*ckin pedal already!

[kelljm]

what a buttnugget. At 2:54 "Without further ado" hahah yeah right. Just shut up and play

[plexi59]

sto tizio parla troppo, fa venire due palle così

[muahdib4]

I've been using an old Tube King TK999US since they first came out and it's my exclusive pedal for distortion. I have 3 at the moment and love them.

[philochs]

Have you tried the new ones? The main difference is that the old one was a slave tube design. The new version really drives the tube. Over those two versions, I'll take the one that really uses the tube. The new one.

[minibikedude04]

its called starved plate

[platypibri]

According to the lit. the new Tube King is sending 120 V to the plate. The Old Tube King did not.

[minibikedude04]

exactly

[Randallkoller]

What a wank.. perhaps this guy should put a little more effort into learning to play.. and not talk so much

[GiulioCertainly]

Good review! I like the old one, I've been using it for years with a strat and a Vox AC30 and it sounds really good. Now I want to try the new one.

[oleoleo1]

I actually like the new one better, it's got more body..

[NeoFauve]

4:00 in and he finally starts engaging the pedal. Even then, it's "I like the gain all the way up?"

He made a really nice, hand-wire tubed amp sound like a store full of Crates set to "stun" on Saturday afternoon trip to Guitar Center.

FYI, "kids," 12 o'clock is NOT (sonically or functionally) a neutral setting unless the device in question has active EQ &/or designed to allow you to cut ot boost from that middle setting.

He showed what he's purchased, not how to use it. Thumbs way down!

[Aviii]

personally i think the new one sounds like a bag of balls because of the scooped mid design, old one has a real bite and attitude to it. great review

[skimtildeath32]

O and I LOVE the color on that guitar!! Absolutley stunning. Very PRS like.

[skimtildeath32]

REd one soounds much more modern. personally I think it has more bite and growl.

[amarr1]

Do you have a specific pedalboard? If you do, could you demo it please? If you don't can you just run through your favorite pedals that you have?

Love your demos

[Patriot1962]

I like the new one!! I wonder how it would sound with my HRD. Yeah I like the top! but (sorry TK) I've never been too fond of Kermit green guitars. You must have a very understanding wife!

[JahazielFaber]

got the both of'em and personally like the new one better, but they both rule so you cant really go wrong.

[RNevesPT]

i love that maple top

[baddman2]

ok..talk for 5 minutes and test for 3...damn

[peteshredder]

yeah thats a nice lookin guitar you got there. hows that randall there (the rh200sc head i believe)? i heard that the clean is a lot louder than the distortion.

[ZosoMagician]

Hey Tone King. I've been hunting for my first OD/Dist pedal for a while now... and i've narrowed down to the Fulltone OCD, Ibanez Tube King and the MXR Zakk Wylde OD. What do you think would suit me best? Im looking for Brit Crunch/Classic Rock tones. I'll certainly suggest the comparison for your "Largest Pedal Shoutout". Thanks in advance.

[tony93666]

I like the new one better

[TheGamingGuitarist]

What pickups are in that Moser?

[lmsjr]

Hey GG. The neck pickup is a Dimarzio Super Distortion II equivalent.  The bridge pickup is a Dimarzio X2N equivalent. Take care, TTK

[TheGamingGuitarist]

So are they actual Dimarzios or are they just copies of them?

[lmsjr]

Sorry, I meant copies (equivalent) - not Dimarzios. Thanks!

[TheGamingGuitarist]

I got the MXR Classic Distortion on Black Friday. It's my first distortion pedal and I love it.

[StompingSpuds]

wow hit the floyd and listen to the tuning slip. The newer Tube King is more up my alley. Have you dealt with AMT either California or the Platinum Tube? Yes your guitar looks very nice. (I'm going green with gold hardware)

[lmsjr]

Hey SS - how goes it? So, I've finally caught up w/ you & your Caligula :-) w/ a green guitar! Just picked this up ... strings could probably use some stretching. Hey, cool thing about this Floyd is the arm .. .it's the 'older style' ... just pops in. The newer ones you have to screw in. Hmmm, never played an AMT. What do you know about them? I was eyeing some eBay Soldano / Boogie tube pedals ... but $500 bucks?? That's a lot of beans :-( Talk soon !! Great hearing from you.

[StompingSpuds]

I think what you have been doing is spot on and appreciated by a huge mass of guitarist. The price point is the priority. I know that the AMT's cover all prices and have a direct out circuit which works well as a mic'd cab emulator. I find them on Ebay all the time from 60-300+ clams (California being around 80$) IA (from Freak Kitchen) uses an AMT. I am jealous about that quilt on your guitar, pop in straight bars ala early Ibanez's is the dive bomb too. 500 more subscribers to come!

[solideroftheblood]

I would go to the newer one if I had to pick although theyre both nice, the noise reduction would help me out plus the newer one sounds better for metal, not real sure how describe that, I guess it has a fuller, or rounder tone to it, not sure alls I know is I like the new one better, good review cant wait for the moser review.

[AndySan]

I love that green maple top!! I'm not much of a green fan, but that Moser looks snazzy!

[sextorx]

i like'em both although form my genre i would honestly pick the newer version but again different pedals for different genres but overall both soung great

[guitardbucket]

The new Tube King for me. The old Tube King has a bit of a grittier tone, whereas the new Tube King as a smoother tone.

[BeboAltizer]

nice review once agian.

and i think i liked the newer one.