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7/19/2013
Tone King Amplifiers
A division of Premier Builders Guild LLC
4401 Eastern Avenue, Bldg 45-2A, Box 38
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
www.toneking.com
mail@toneking.com

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  • Page 1 Tone King “Sky King” Tone King “Sky King” Tone King “Sky King” User’s Manual User’s Manual User’s Manual User’s Manual 7/19/2013 Tone King Amplifiers A division of Premier Builders Guild LLC 4401 Eastern Avenue, Bldg 45-2A, Box 38 Baltimore, Maryland 21224 www.toneking.com mail@toneking.com...
  • Page 2 The Sky King is handbuilt by the fine team of builders at Premier Builders Guild’s Rohnert Park, CA facility – the same crew that builds the Two Rock line of fine guitar amplifiers.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents Contents Contents Front Panel Controls Two Channels – Lead and Rhythm Rhythm Channel Lead Channel Reverb Tremolo (Rate & Depth) 2. Back Panel Controls AC Power Fuse Power Switch, Standby Switch Footswitch Speaker Jacks, Impedance Switch Output Mode Attenuation Controls Notes on Using the Attenuator 3.

  • Page 4: Front Panel Controls

    1. Front Panel Controls 1. Front Panel Controls 1. Front Panel Controls 1. Front Panel Controls Two Preamp Channels Two Preamp Channels — — — — Lead and Rhythm Two Preamp Channels Two Preamp Channels Lead and Rhythm Lead and Rhythm Lead and Rhythm The Sky King has two separate preamplifier channels, each with its own unique voicing.

  • Page 5: Lead Channel

    Lead Channel Lead Channel Lead Channel Lead Channel The Lead channel starts out with a Tweed style preamp, which drives a proprietary tone-shaping circuit built around the Mid-Bite control, a unique Tone King feature. This proprietary circuit transforms the basic tweed tone to more of a crunchy rock tone as you turn up the mid-bite control.

  • Page 6: Reverb

    Reverb Reverb Reverb Reverb The Sky King includes a built in 2-spring, tube-driven reverb circuit. Reverb is applied to both the Rhythm and Lead channels. In order to compensate for the higher gain of the Lead channel, the reverb drive is reduced slightly on the Lead channel. This reduction helps to match the reverb level when switching between preamp channels, when the Lead channel is being driven hard and the Rhythm channel is set for a clean tone.

  • Page 7: Back Panel Controls

    2. Back Panel Controls 2. Back Panel Controls 2. Back Panel Controls 2. Back Panel Controls AC Power AC Power AC Power AC Power Always use a grounded AC cord, and make sure that a proper ground connection is supplied to the amp. Never attempt to lift or defeat the ground connection to the amp. Fuse Fuse Fuse...

  • Page 8: Speaker Jacks, Impedance Switch

    Speaker Jacks, Impedance Switch Speaker Jacks, Impedance Switch Speaker Jacks, Impedance Switch Speaker Jacks, Impedance Switch When only one speaker is being used (e.g. the internal speaker), it must be plugged into the “Main” speaker jack, and the Impedance switch should be set to match the impedance of that speaker.

  • Page 9: Attenuation Controls

    Attenuation Controls Attenuation Controls Attenuation Controls Attenuation Controls The Sky King contains a built-in Ironman precision attenuator with dual attenuation controls, to allow you to reduce the volume level of the amplifier while allowing its output tubes to operate at full output power, for natural power tube overdrive and distortion.

  • Page 10: Tube Installation And Replacement

    3. Tube Installation and Replacement 3. Tube Installation and Replacement 3. Tube Installation and Replacement 3. Tube Installation and Replacement Choice of Tube Types and Brands Choice of Tube Types and Brands Choice of Tube Types and Brands Choice of Tube Types and Brands I currently suggest the following tube types: Type and Brand Function...

  • Page 11: 6L6 Tubes

    6L6 Tubes: I do not recommend using some of the lower powered 6L6 variants (e.g. 5881). The TAD 6L6WGC has a nicely balanced sound, quite warm, and manages to achieve a certain depth that you can generally only find in some nice old NOS tubes. When pushed hard, it compresses quite easily, for a softer response than most.

  • Page 12: Tube Quality

    Tube Quality Currently manufactured tubes are built in China, Russia, or the Czech Republic, and are not built to the same quality standards as tubes manufactures by the U.S. manufacturers in the “glory days” of tube manufacturing. We musicians choose to use to vacuum tubes because of their tone, but we need to accept that the tubes available to us these days can be imperfect devices, and are most certainly the least reliable component in the entire amplifier.

  • Page 13: Warranty

    Premier Builders Guild LLC Limited Warranty Premier Builders Guild LLC 201 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 204 Pittsburgh, PA 15206 This warranty gives you specific legal rights; you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. There are no express warranties except those listed below.
  • Page 14 CE Declaration CE Declaration CE Declaration CE Declaration...

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