Tried to order an analogman prince of tone

[Hendrixlvr]

Just tried to order a prince of tone because it’s Wednesday, and Mike releases them only on wednesdays at 1. I had everything set up and ready to go and before I could hit “order” they had sold out and I lost the one in my cart….now we’re talking less than 10 seconds here…..that’s crazy

 

[Marshallfender]

Not that I’ve tried yet but I’ve been thinking about trying to grab one of these some Wednesday for my small board to mirror my KOT Yellow channel from my big board.
Maybe won’t be that easy! Darn

 

[Mike Eskimo]

Used

 

[gitold]

Have you checked out the Wampler Pantheon. Great take on the Prince of tone, easy to find and you can find them on Reverb for $120-$130 used.

 

[spupilup]

Why not buy the MXR Duke of Tone. For all practical purposes, it’s the same pedal. I’ve yet to hear a review that felt there was any meaningful difference. You might have to wait what with demand as strong as it’s been for the new MXR but at least you don’t have to hang on every Wednesday afternoon on the Analogman site hoping you enter your info in fast enough.

 

[trandy9850]

Lots of used POT on Reverb.

 

[Snfoilhat]

Your experience plus mine makes me think that while the demand is high and Analogman is probably selling out every batch, there must be some variance in just how many people are lining up to get these on any given Wednesday. I bought one in early December and another in late December and didn't encounter any problem. I was prompt but must have taken longer than 10 seconds. So just trying again on a different week should work sooner rather than later

A lot cheaper than the people scalping them on Reverb, but when you factor in shipping more expensive than some big box retailer that will ship as many DOTs as you want for free I guess

 

[red57strat]

Have you checked out the Wampler Pantheon. Great take on the Prince of tone, easy to find and you can find them on Reverb for $120-$130 used.

I have 2 PoTs and a Pantheon and found that the Pantheon sounds nothing like a PoT. It may be in how I use the PoT. I love them both.

 

[Geoff738]

Sorry, accidental posts.

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[Geoff738]

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[Killing Floor]

What?

 

[2HBStrat]

What's so special about this pedal? Holy cow!

 

[blues]

Why not buy the MXR Duke of Tone. For all practical purposes, it’s the same pedal. I’ve yet to hear a review that felt there was any meaningful difference. You might have to wait what with demand as strong as it’s been for the new MXR but at least you don’t have to hang on every Wednesday afternoon on the Analogman site hoping you enter your info in fast enough.

I had the Prince and have the Duke

The biggest difference is the Prince has two dip switches inside

They don't have a lot of impact on the tone. Very subtle

Both have a trim pot inside. It's a cut control.

It comes in handy. More so if you get a flabby response when overdriven

They both cost the same. They both have quality parts. No surface mount parts on the Pot.

Non in the Duke Not in the audio tone circuit anyway.

They both sound similar. Your not missing anything with the Duke

It's more available. If mini pedals don't bother you it's a win.

 

[bobio]

Got mine the first try, just try again next week.

 

[kh_slider]

Just received my PoT after my first try on the Wednesday race. Created my account, logged in, and started hitting the "Add to Cart" button around 5 minutes early. Did it over and over, and around 9 minutes after 1pm Eastern it worked. Hit PayPal, and it was on the way.
Love the pedal!

I have the Duke of Tone, also wonderful. There is a noticeable difference between the Duke and the Prince - DIP switch 1 seems to turn the Prince into a Duke. Top end on both has the characteristic King of Tone smoothness and clarity, difference is in the midrange punch. I'm guessing the popular response to that lo-mid lift switch led to the decision to build it into the Duke of Tone?

Anyway, my impressions:
1) Presence trimpots work opposite in my pedals - PoT gets brighter turning clockwise, DoT turning counterclockwise.
2) Set PoT DIP1 ON, DIP2 OFF, and trimpots 1/8 turn from the darkest extreme on both - they now sound and feel the same, the Prince just a little louder.
3) Set PoT DIP1 OFF: the circuit now looks the same as a King of Tone schematic (without the distortion diodes) and also has a nice bottom end. I don't have a KoT to compare, but YouTube comparisons between KoT and Duke have a very similar response difference, at least on Boost and OD modes, so this may be the true KoT sound that you can't get with the Duke.
4) DIP2 - turbo mode gives just a little more gain, nice and creamy and chewy at the upper ends of the clipping ranges, just like the Analog Man description says. I leave that on.
5) KoT uses two separate diodes for distortion mode, while Duke and Prince use the same four diodes for both OD (soft, feedback loop clipping) and distortion (hard, clipping to ground or VRef). Again, I don't have a KOT to compare, but the four diodes will make some difference in sound.

Conclusion - I'm keeping both Duke and Prince! I have DIP1 off and DIP2 on in the Prince, so stacking them with the Prince first, and both in OD mode, gives a more mid-rangey push than the King with both sides on because of the Duke's low mid bump. But it's fuller than just the Duke by itself, and punchier than just the Prince by itself. Magic for certain rock and roll tunes. My current favorite setting running into Fender amps.

Hope this helps!

 

[TokyoPortrait]

Hi.

I have the external mini toggle on my KoT, and have both sides set to ‘clean.’ Aka, the boost / yellow side tone. I just get variations via the drive knobs. I seem to prefer the ‘yellow’ sound.

Doing it over, I’d probably go for just a PoT, although I realise it’s not quite the same.

Pax/
Dean