#guitartone #guitarpedals
The Tone King Imperial Preamp is a highlight of 2025 for me. We tested and loved it at the NAMM Show in January and it's finally here. Let's dig into it.
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Check out the Imperial Preamp here (Thomann affiliate link):
https://lmy.de/GpUEx
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Intro track
2:25 What is this pedal?
3:05 PLAYING | Strat clean
4:26 PLAYING | Strat Crunch/clean
5:52 PLAYING | Les Paul clean and crunch
6:50 Tweed style crunch but...
7:36 Testing the reverb
8:09 Testing the tremolo
9:20 The knobs and features
11:00 PLAYING | With Klon style pedal
11:33 PLAYING | With Blues Breaker style pedal
12:03 PLAYING | With Blues Breaker style pedal
12:39 The Imperial App
13:54 Showing the IRs
14:40 Comparing it to the Imperial MkII head
15:38 Comparison
16:27 My thoughts
Gear used - signal chain:
(the short links are Thomann affiliate links)
-Gibson Les Paul CS '58: https://lmy.de/YZPvY
-Barocsi "Frankenstrat"
-Warm Audio Centavo: https://bit.ly/3XOmsxG
-Kasleder Toxic Twins: https://bit.ly/2VJRDiO
-VS Audio Royal Flush+ https://lmy.de/gWYSs
-Tone King Imperial Preamp: https://lmy.de/GpUEx
-Walrus Audio D1 Delay: https://lmy.de/BfBvR
-Tone King Imperial MkII: https://lmy.de/qqrSUDcZ
-Universal Audio OX BOX https://bit.ly/2IyOeuj
-One Control Agamidae: https://bit.ly/3HHhoG3
-Evidence Lyric cables: https://bit.ly/3QJHQ40
-Evidence Audio patch cables: https://bit.ly/2Ixylo1
-DR Strings: https://bit.ly/3QcKUon
-UAD Apollo x4 interface: https://lmy.de/XmPqMQah
Other gear I use in my videos:
-Fender Telecaster CS '53: https://bit.ly/40qKWi1
-Gibson Les Paul Jr. https://lmy.de/UpOC
-Harley Benton Fusion-III https://lmy.de/NAwQC
-UAFX Astra Modulation: https://bit.ly/3ycxXFu
-UAFX Galaxy delay: https://bit.ly/3KNrOFj
-UAFX Golden Reverb: https://bit.ly/3vS36JN
-Xotic Super Clean: https://bit.ly/36fsHka
-REVV D40 Dynamis: https://lmy.de/tbkQ
-Kasleder Vintage King: https://bit.ly/3bPU0sN
-Kasleder GE Vintage King: https://lmy.de/hDXCt
-Kasleder Pelion: https://lmy.de/mYX
-Friedman PLEX: https://lmy.de/gnJeY
-Empress Effects Compressor https://bit.ly/3BAubVe
-Analogman King of Tone analogman.com
-Two Notes Captor X: https://bit.ly/33FPfcW
Recording:
-Sennheiser MKH 416: https://bit.ly/2w1EAMP
-Warm Audio WA-67: https://lmy.de/EQnSQVRB
-Warm Audio WA273 pre: https://lmy.de/KlgYdmEc
-UAD Apollo x4 interface: https://lmy.de/XmPqMQah
Check out the Thomann Music channel for some wicked guitar videos:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MusikhausThomann
Cheers,
Kris