Blues Power V2 - KingTone - Demo Video - Tones - Features

A quick video showing the features and tones of the Blues Power V2

[@billnelson5279]

Sounds killer. I got mine. Replaces my v1. Its perfect into a cranked amp, works well when you have to be quiet at home. Its never coming off the board theres magic in your pedals thanks again

[@jessetwohands]

That’s awesome, thanks so much!

[@amitsharabi2329]

hi, is v1 really worth replacing with the new version?

[@billnelson5279]

@amitsharabi2329 I think it is. Even if you don't care about the form factor or new pedal board friendly layout (which is super helpful and it's about half the size) I think the new dip switches voicing really let you dial in to your rig and get closer to the sound in your head. I was only going to buy it because I like Jesse's stuff but it turned out every setting was really usable for me and helped me get closer to what I'm looking for.

[@joeschmidhofer2674]

How does it do into a clean amp at low volumes for home playing? Does it only work well with a cranked amp?

[@billnelson5279]

​@joeschmidhofer2674 it does both. Cranked amps always sound better to me, but if you have to be quiet at home it'll color a small fender type amp well just crank the drive knob

[@Ghaos]

This IS the coolest pedal design I've seen in quite a while. Modern, yet super functional.

[@jessetwohands]

Thank you, that means a lot!

[@JimmyGallowayGuitar]

The thing I LOVE about your pedals is the design, and flow of the controls. Everything is easy to understand, ergonomic- and built incredibly well. I haven't played one that wasn't stellar. Your Octaland is one of my favorite pedals of all time!

[@jessetwohands]

Thank you so much, that means a lot!

[@StratTones]

Of 27 years of playing and gear buying and selling, this version and drive is my favorite and most unique overdrive of all time! I will be posting another video of mine today, looks like I got #33 and honored and proud to push your work and make music with your creations🫡💪✌️ Thank You, Young Legend🙏

[@jessetwohands]

That means a lot, thank you!! I’ll look out for your video!

[@StratTones]

@@jessetwohands Amen, thanks brother🤝

[@StratTones]

The playing in this vid is FIRE!!!! As always👏🤙

[@stringtheoryguitars4952]

Your video was awesome too!

[@thejamnasium6447]

you make everything sound great Jesse

[@chriswilliams-lilley3069]

I have the miniFuzz and Rise. Both epic in their own right. Now I NEED the Blues Power. 😮👏🎸👈

[@luckylicks3497]

One of the best all-round pedals, works well with vintage fuzzes

[@jessetwohands]

Thank you!

[@16brentboy]

Blues power looks/sounds great. I love the new design. As always the playing is top notch!

[@jessetwohands]

Thanks so much, that means a lot!

[@brianskudney8448]

Had my first chance to use this pedal today. I love it. Now to save up for a duelist and a fuzz.

[@SSvebor]

Brilliant casing design, and, of course, great sounds.

[@jessetwohands]

Thanks so much!

[@PeachGuitars]

Sounds utterly fantastic!

[@jessetwohands]

Thanks!!

[@secretreleases]

Casually dropping a new 🔥 version of one of my all-time favourite recordings as the intro for a pedal demo... Legend!

[@jessetwohands]

Haha. Cool that you noticed :)

[@alexalbrow]

Duellist in this type of enclosure would be amazing! Just throwing it out there ;)

[@Wadey1960CS]

I am very tickled with mine. Received it this weekend and put it on the my little board, alongside my Duellist, and Mini Fuzz V2… had a Blast noodling around with all the different tonal options. Great job Jesse, you never disappoint! 🙏🏻❤️

[@jessetwohands]

So pleased you’re liking it!!

[@DjNorbax]

"I suppose my perfect low-mid gain overdrive would be something with the attack of a Blues Driver but with the bottom end of an ODR. Something kinda Dumbly and kinda Timmy-ish" -Literally me this morning THANK YOU! I had seen this pedal for a while but no proper demo yet. Excellent.

[@jessetwohands]

That’s awesome!! I hope you get a chance to try it.

[@DjNorbax]

already on its way! All the way from Canada to Puerto Rico (I grabbed the only one in stock!). I kid you not, your demo sold me on it. Can't wait to try all the settings and stacking possibilities. Maybe I even make a demo out of it if I get some time. Cheers!@@jessetwohands

[@AladimGTR]

As always, great fresh design, awesome sounds and astonishing playing🔥🔥🔥 Bravo, Jesse👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@jessetwohands]

Thanks so much!! 👍👍

[@druwk]

Great Tones! Can’t wait to hear it with Humbuckers. Been leaning towards the Tweed side of things lately, but love how this pedal mimics an overdriven Blackface amp. Impressive. We all need to be able to control volume. This pedal allows you to still have excellent Tone. The amount of control to fine tune your own sound makes this a real tool, rather than just a one trick pony.

[@jessetwohands]

Thank you! Yeah will be posting more tone demos shortly, especially with humbuckers.

[@kaekaku3027]

my BEST pedal. I sold other pedals after this, thanks for your art, Jesse !! btw, what amp are you using in this video ?

[@jessetwohands]

Thank you! For this I think it was the twin reverb.

[@JohnsDough1918]

I've put a Rise V2 on my board recently (and it's not coming off anytime soon, I had been looking for a treble booster as versatile as that one for a loooooong time). Seems like the new Blues Power is another V2 hit!

[@jessetwohands]

That’s awesome! Thanks for the support!

[@dannyjonze]

great design

[@jessetwohands]

Glad you like it! Thank you!

[@DaveMarket]

Great sounds! I love the recessed knobs. I have been making low profile knobs for some of my pedals because I am a clumsy pedal tap dancer and have damaged one or two knobs and pots.

[@jessetwohands]

That’s awesome, yeah I think it’s the way to go!

[@LiamHardyMusic]

Next level playing and tone mate! Still loving and using my Kingtone switch!

[@jessetwohands]

Thank you! So pleased you’re liking it!

[@LiamHardyMusic]

It just fattens up the tone in the perfect way when playing through a Fender amp. @@jessetwohands

[@simont4435]

Just received mine today!🤘🏼

[@jessetwohands]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@Tasjudoka]

Incredible... but also, killer clean tone too...

[@jessetwohands]

Thanks 👍👍👍

[@JONNIE_ROCKER]

👍👍🍺 well played, Pedal sounds amazing

[@jessetwohands]

Thanks a lot!! 👍👍

[@ColinNichol-u3r]

I have a duellist but only used it a couple of times, it was no contest for two tube screamers. Would the Blues Power V2 satisfy me ?

[@dnamusicchallenge5995]

Omg it is singing! I love it

[@QQQ...QQQ...000_8]

Kingtone's pedals are first choice. One disadvantage of this design is that dust will settle along the knobs.

[@jessetwohands]

Hey! Love the comments. The knobs can easily be removed if you ever need to clean it. We’ve been testing the design for around 2 years and not seen an issue so far.

[@leehenderson8132]

Gotta have one for sure

[@jessetwohands]

👍👍👍

[@imluckyman10]

Wow🎸‼️👍

[@xderiwx]

Damn that sounds good! Is the wah and that bridge still coming along? Thanks!👍🏻

[@jessetwohands]

Yes those are all in the cue. :) thanks for the support.

[@hugothor2588]

wow nice ! :)

[@mantanna2]

You can not use pancake connectors looking at your stacked in/out.

[@jessetwohands]

You can use the small pancake plugs.

[@MarcoAuPizzarus]

Slightly off topic, what backing track are you using? GREAT playing, very vocal! I have the V1 BP and Octaland for now. I'm a full time student so no more pedals for a while unfortunately.

[@jessetwohands]

Oh thanks so much! It’s from an album I released a few years ago. Called Big Blues :)

[@johnelcanrab2114]

This just ain't fair Jesse, just this last month I bought the rise v2 and the latest duellist 😂 there's still a good reason to want this aswell though 😢😅 you're going to bankrupt me! Would you ever use the rise with the duellist yourself and do you have any approximate suggestions to try please dude? I'm still playing around and it's endless opportunities! Love what you do and thanks for responding to recent questions, it's great when a builder answers you. Peace man ✌️👍 hats off to you for another great v2 ❤

[@jessetwohands]

Haha I’m sorry :) so pleased you’re liking the pedals! Yeah I often use the RISE with the Duellist. I place the RISE before the Duellist, then set the RISE for a fuzz like tone. I can then used the guitars volume to give me glassy clean drive type tones, roll the guitars volume up for the fuss/drive tones. It’s great if you want to build a solo and want the smooth range of tones.

[@johnelcanrab2114]

​@@jessetwohandsthanks ever so much for responding Jesse, it's appreciated! You suggested exactly how I've been using it tonight just now 😂 sounds great though doesn't it 👍 I've actually had guitar volume down to about 5, even 4 since I've had these to get extra glassiness.. Its the lowest I've ever had the volume pot on a Strat and it still sound good anyway. Who would have thought it! Cheers dude, hope you're well ❤

[@johnelcanrab2114]

​@@jessetwohandsI forgot to ask you (sorry for this).. I recently got a kingtone srv switch also and it's always seemed a little tight to turn. Now the tone knob is just spinning around it so I had to take it off and twist the bare metal. Can I use wd40 to make it easier to turn or is that a silly idea 😂 or is there just a fault with my switch? Cheers if you can help again man ✌️

[@ItaiIfrach]

I used the first version as a clean booster platform - very fat and transparent sound

[@jessetwohands]

Love it!

[@CBGypsy03]

But why..... I have V1.... and no more money for v2 lol. Love it 😀

[@ABCDEF-ks5op]

killer

[@jessetwohands]

Thanks.

[@jazroc56]

So the "Cranked,Kingtone, and Punch" dip switches are OFF with their respective switches pushed down in the off position, but the "scooped" switch says ON in the opposite direction. I'm confused here,. Is this just saying that the stock settings are OFF for Cranked,Kingtone, and Punch, and ON for Scooped? or is the ON position for the "Scooped" switch actually reversed? I hope my question makes sense LOL

[@jessetwohands]

Hey! Yes the scooped setting is reversed. Because of the way it electronically interacts with the circuit, that dip needed be reverse.

[@jazroc56]

@@jessetwohands got it, much appreciated!

[@jbonafilia]

As for the dip switches, is the scooped one just opposite/backwards from the others? Or is the on/off meaning like a stock setting?

[@jessetwohands]

Hey! Yes is is reverse.

[@jazroc56]

I’m so glad you got an answer, I was confused as well!

[@tim_bauer3100]

I have a question that’s not about the video topic. Since a lot of your pedals are vintage inspired germanium pedals I have a question about that. I heard that a wireless system does work well with germanium pedals, is that true with your pedals.

[@jessetwohands]

Hey! A fuzz or treble booster type pedal whether germanium or silicon benefits from being directly connected to the guitars pickups. If you use a wireless system it breaks the connection and you loose a lot of the tonal benefits. This is partially true with overdrive pedals too. In my opinion, If you’re serious about tone it is best to avoid a wireless system unless absolutely necessary.

[@SKIYAKI-RICE1959]

This is a great pedal. What settings do you recommend?

[@jessetwohands]

I often use it with a slightly broken up amp, then set the blues power with almost no treble, this gives a really fat lead tone. It’s also great with clean amps, you can use more treble to get the amp like tones.

[@kyledriscollmusic]

make a bad pedal for once

[@jessetwohands]

Haha you’re too kind.

[@johnelcanrab2114]

Jesse, you been so kind answering my recent comments ❤ but I really need advice on my kingtone switch please? It's always seemed stiff, is about 2 months old srv model and yesterday my tone knob was spinning, wouldn't grip the switch. So now removed knob and using fingers to turn metal part of switch! It's really really hard to turn.. Can I use a bit of wd40 or is that a silly idea? 😂 Any tips we'll appreciated mate. Maybe it's just a one off faulty switch? Bought it from peach guitars here in UK anyway. Thankyou if you can help me out 🙏

[@jessetwohands]

Hey! Yeah of course we can help. First try some isopropyl alcohol, as it could just be some dirt got into the switch. If that doesn’t work, email us and we’ll get that worked out for you.

[@johnelcanrab2114]

​@@jessetwohandsabsolute legend, thanks ever so much for the reply 🙏 my friend has some 99% isopropyl she can let me use, will hopefully try get it from her in a day or two. Seriously mate, thankyou again, i hope it works for an easy fix. All the best mate! ❤

[@virtuosomaximoso1]

I thi k this is the only blues tone pedal ive ever heard.

[@fougboud4507]

All sold😅 do you think they're going to do more pedal?

[@jessetwohands]

Hey! We are building them each day and will add them to the site as we have them ready.

[@PhillipMoita]

Jacks top mounted?!? PLEASE DON'T 😞

[@jessetwohands]

You prefer the side mounted jacks?

[@PhillipMoita]

@@jessetwohands At the top yes, but not vertically. Thanks for the feedback!

[@arcifric969]

It's a weird demo. Not once is DRIVE at max and you can't even hear how the guitar combo is set. . . I'm not buying yet

[@jessetwohands]

Hey! Thanks for the comment. I am sorry you didn’t feel it explored the tones enough. There are 100s of Blues Power demos on KZbin and didn’t want to cover the same ground again. I just wanted to give an overview of tones as this pedal is the same tone as it has been for 6 years and all previous demos are 100% relevant. Please let me know if there is a specific topic or tone type you feel hasn’t been covered in other videos and I’ll be happy post that.

[@arcifric969]

Thanks for the reply, I'll check out the other demos.@@jessetwohands

[@slimturnpike]

Tone aside, what a great design form.

[@jessetwohands]

Thank you!