WELL SORTED Interested in a Tone King Imperial mk2

hotpickups

fretfinder said:

I mean if you find the MKii isn't as good as you expected and start wondering if a 20th anniversary would have fitted the bill. Doesn't everyone lust after amps from time to time?!

Oh yeah I see what you mean LOL. I lusted after my J20 for ages and it's still my go to amp though. Love it Love it

fretfinder

Let us know how you get on with the Imperial MKii. 

hotpickups

fretfinder said:

Let us know how you get on with the Imperial MKii. 

Will do indeed

wellsyboy

Got one myself recently (in a limited run tweed finish!) stunning amp!

hotpickups

wellsyboy said:

Got one myself recently (in a limited run tweed finish!) stunning amp!

Lucky you. I've been looking for one of those tweed finishes. I guessed they must have been a limited run due to their rarity 

fretfinder

They've got two of the tweed ones in Andertons and they're £100 less than the other colours so I'm not sure they're that rare.

hotpickups

fretfinder said:

They've got two of the tweed ones in Andertons and they're £100 less than the other colours so I'm not sure they're that rare.

Yeah I saw those. I meant used. Couldn't afford a new one

allen

hotpickups said:

allen said:

hotpickups said:

I was thinking about the 20th anniversary version but I gather it doesn't have the ironman II bypass feature which the mk2 has so I think it'll have to be the Mk II version Just thought I'd clear that up

I have a 20th anniversary and I got a kit from Tone King to add the attenuator bypass switch from the mk2. About us$90 I think.

@allen Have you got a link to that as this sounds interesting? Who fitted it for you?

I don't have a link, but I saw it on the tone king facebook page and registered my interest. Mark had a load of pcbs printed up in a one off run. I think only about a dozen people bought it from the facebook page. You can email Mark directly off the website and he always responds promptly and helpfully. I think I just paypalled the money and the kit turned up a week or so later from the USA. It has all of the parts in it. I have a feeling it also updates the attenuator although don't quote me on that one.

I got it fitted at vyse amps in pinner. Having said that, they managed to make an error in the install, but didn't apologise which put me off them a bit (I had to repair it myself by facetiming Mark Bartel to troubleshoot it).

If I had tried that at first I would have installed it myself as it wasn't very hard (if you are fairly familiar with a soldering iron and a multimeter to make sure the caps are discharged)

@edboogie No idea, but email Mark

hotpickups

allen said:

hotpickups said:

allen said:

hotpickups said:

I was thinking about the 20th anniversary version but I gather it doesn't have the ironman II bypass feature which the mk2 has so I think it'll have to be the Mk II version Just thought I'd clear that up

I have a 20th anniversary and I got a kit from Tone King to add the attenuator bypass switch from the mk2. About us$90 I think.

@allen Have you got a link to that as this sounds interesting? Who fitted it for you?

I don't have a link, but I saw it on the tone king facebook page and registered my interest. Mark had a load of pcbs printed up in a one off run. I think only about a dozen people bought it from the facebook page. You can email Mark directly off the website and he always responds promptly and helpfully. I think I just paypalled the money and the kit turned up a week or so later from the USA. It has all of the parts in it. I have a feeling it also updates the attenuator although don't quote me on that one.

I got it fitted at vyse amps in pinner. Having said that, they managed to make an error in the install, but didn't apologise which put me off them a bit (I had to repair it myself by facetiming Mark Bartel to troubleshoot it).

If I had tried that at first I would have installed it myself as it wasn't very hard (if you are fairly familiar with a soldering iron and a multimeter to make sure the caps are discharged)

@edboogie No idea, but email Mark

No need now. Got myself a MkII. Sounding great

chris45

I rationalised my amps to just a MkII - really excellent bit of kit. And I can confirm Mark Bartel is really quick and helpful for any queries.

EdBoogie

Congrats Hotpickups! Post a pic!

Where did you find it?

hotpickups

EdBoogie said:

Congrats Hotpickups! Post a pic!

Where did you find it?

@EdBoogie  I already did :- 

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/81685/phroar#latest

A forum rum member contacted me about selling his