Tuesday, May 19, 2020

OVERDRIVE- MENATONE King of the Britians ...compact reissue of the original

$200.00 USD
 MENATONE KING OF THE BRITIANS 
Having dealt with Brian in the past I was surprised by a few new/old pedals he recently released. They are the result of guys wanting a smaller box for their board.
He gives me the impression he works to live. He does not live to work. He actually has 2 businesses he makes tobacco pipes. Both are all about hand made quality.
Years ago this was the the 'Must Have' OD probably tie with the King of Tone. At that time the KOT did NOT have any waiting list.
If you ever owned a vintage Marshall this what it sounds like. Today most Marshall's are voice from what you hear on old records which includes a hell of a lot of Post production going thru killer analog state of the art EQ's 
on old neve boards etc.
So if the pedal sounds bit strident even trashy then  ...welcome to the real world. ( I play a Plexi, my third one)
This is what the sound of a Plexi is like played in a small club with the amp a few feet away. When listen to it at the back of the club after the sound 
bounces off a few walls the tone is killer.


2 comments:

  1. Hey Paul, How many whiskeys did you have before writing this review? The pedal is called King of Britains and not Britons! :-D
    Why did he replace the Vintage / Modern switch with a Presence pot and add a booster circuit. Why meddle with a good recipe? He seems to be following the JHS AT+ with this update?

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  2. Sorry Tim Mann I won't let it happen again.I promise. :-)
    As for the change I think he was busy and since Josh Scott wasn't busy now that his pedals are made by the robots he got him to make it. lol
    Thanks for dropping by and stay well.

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