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Tone King "Sky King"
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1.4
8/25/2015
Tone King Amplifiers
A division of Premier Builders Guild LLC
4401 Eastern Avenue, Bldg 46-3G, 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” Tone King “Sky King” User’s Manual User’s Manual User’s Manual User’s Manual 8/25/2015 Tone King Amplifiers A division of Premier Builders Guild LLC 4401 Eastern Avenue, Bldg 46-3G, Box 38 Baltimore, Maryland 21224 www.toneking.com...
- Page 2 American guitar sound, the Sky King will get you there. In spite of its’ rich set of features, the Sky King is quite simple to operate, and full of great tones - you won’t need to do a lot of knob twiddling to get a great tone.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents Contents Contents 1. 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
The Bass and Treble controls act much like they would on a genuine vintage amp of this type. The Sky King is a bit unique in that you’ll find a wide range of usable tones at just about any setting of the Bass and Treble controls, but here are a few sample... -
Page 5: 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
This circuit achieves the tremolo effect by varying the bias of the output tubes. This type of tremolo was used in all Tone King amps going back to 1993. However, the Sky King uses a modified form of this circuit which virtually eliminates the “thumping”... -
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
Rhythm and Lead channels, the two modes give you distinctly different feel and tone. It is important to understand and appreciate the qualities of each operating mode, and it is the key to the Sky King’s tonal versatility. Here’s a brief description of each mode: Pentode Mode: 99% of all tube amplifiers built today and in the past have their output tubes wired in pentode mode. -
Page 9: Attenuation Controls
However, for the more vintage sounding tones that the Sky King is designed to achieve, a good quality attenuator such as the built-in Ironman is the best way to preserve tone and feel at very low volume. -
Page 10: Tube Installation And Replacement
12AX7 Tubes: Both the TAD 12AX7A-C, and the Tung Sol 12AX7A are a great match for the Sky King. Both have a nice balance of detail and warmth, with the Tung Sol having perhaps a bit more transparency in the top end, and the TAD having a bit less glassiness but still a nice presence in the upper mids. -
Page 11: 6L6 Tubes
Replacing Output Tubes The output stage of the Sky King is fully cathode biased, and no bias adjustment is necessary when changing output tubes. The design of the Sky King’s output stage allows a fair amount of margin for variation in tube characteristics, so any known brand of 6L6 can be installed, and will work properly and be appropriately self-biased. -
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
What We Will Pay For The Tone King Amplifier Company will pay for all labor and material expenses to fix or replace all items covered under this warranty. The customer will pay shipping charges to return the product to the Tone King Amplifier Company. - Page 14 CE Declaration CE Declaration CE Declaration CE Declaration...
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