DRIVE, DISTORTION, and BOOST | Joyo King of Kings Shows You How it's Done

In this video, I take Joyo King of Kings for a spin and show you why this pedal is the biggest value on the market today.
From Drive, to Distortion, and Boost to Overdrive, this demo will teach you everything you need to know about the Joyo King of Kings. Watch me use this pedal to create perfect rock tones, and learn exactly how to get the most out of your Joyo King of Kings!
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Gear Used in the Video (affiliate links):
Joyo King of Kings: amzn.to/3gvDH6G
Dream '65 (only $319 now) : sweetwater.sjv.io/4PxAao
Strymon Iridium: sweetwater.sjv.io/LXy1DM
Strymon Flint: sweetwater.sjv.io/6eQ1Aq
G&L Legacy: sweetwater.sjv.io/oqgvzO
PRS S2 Custom 24-08: sweetwater.sjv.io/g1e74X
PRS Singlecut: sweetwater.sjv.io/k01v9v
Timestamps:
0:00 - Musical Demo
1:29 - What is the King of Tone?
3:50 - Signal Chain
4:28 - Tones with a Strat Style Guitar
6:07 - Differences between Channel A and B
6:35 - Making a boost for Single Coils
7:12 - Channel A going into Channel B
8:10 - Exploring the toggle switches
11:37 - Compared with a Fulltone OCD
12:17 - With the UAFX Dream '65
14:19 - Using Humbuckers PRS SC 245
18:33 - My Thoughts
19:03 - What would I change?
#guitarpedals #distortionpedal #guitar #pedalboard

[@JoyoPedals1]

Great playing! Very beautiful sound!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks so much, guys! Loving the pedals so far.

[@violinmusicofficial1255]

@@SuperdangerStudios so far ???

[@fw3784]

I ordered one of those pedals purely based on this video. Great stuff!

[@chrispfeifer7628]

Like Josh from JHS says, if it sounds good it is good, even if it's cheap.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Absolutely! When I was a waiter my manager told me the same thing. “The best wine is the wine you like. The label is just to reinforce that decision.”

[@Neogeofanatic]

Very nice vid and stellar playing.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks so much dude! Love your playing too! Cheers

[@zer0dave]

Killer tone and playing as always! May pick one of these up sometime!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thank you again my friend. Really appreciate it. The King of Kings is insanely good for the price. Def one of the biggest values on the market.

[@JoeyRadBones]

Thanks again. Digging this series

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks, Joey! I am writing/recording the video to the Joyo Vision now. It's insane how many sounds they packed into this pedal. Gonna be like a 30 minute video haha.

[@DavidCaris]

great pedal. i own one and have mostly high end gear. this earned a slot on my board. good demo.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks, Davis! It really is an amazing pedal and can hang w the big boys no problem.

[@matthewpuziss5347]

If the four toggle switches work a like a king of tone, both down on either side is clean boost. first one up second one down is overdrive. first one down. Second one up is the distortion.

[@victorprietoau2055]

I´ve inmediatly suscribe. Very funny, honest, humble. Great riffs. I liked it. Congrats. Oh and I definetly gonna get one of this pedals. ;)

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@therifftones2198]

Thank you for all your help:

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thank you for watching!

[@stratonarrow]

Man your playing is just fantastic. The pentatonic runs are just so so buttery smooth, every note clearly defined. That is hard to do.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Too kind, Taylor! Thanks for watching

[@stratonarrow]

@@SuperdangerStudios do you think you'll do a video on drive pedals that work well with blackface style amps? I know you love the Revival Drive for basically any type of amp. Any others?

[@SuperdangerStudios]

@@stratonarrowso sorry I missed this comment. I can totally do a pedal shoot out w my blues Jr / iridium. Off the top of my head: boss sd-1, any tube screamer style, most germanium fuzz pedals, klon style pedals (Joyo Tauren)

[@tenniselbowvideo3597]

You should do some online lessons! @@SuperdangerStudios

[@estebannieves8830]

Awesome video! The pedal sounds great. Interesting that the Joyo infront of the dream 65 yielded those tones. I use a king of tone infront of a 78 Deluxe Reverb with a strat and it sounds great. The KoT brings back some mids, especially when stacked. It always fits well with my setup

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I was surprised too. I think the headroom on the dream is really low even at its lowest gain setting and the drive inherent in the pedal gets really muddy when used with a distortion pedal. The King of Kings sounds great in front of my blues jr. so maybe its just the pedal. Cheers!

[@jimdeavenport9952]

Nice. I love your "But I want more". You put all of that together like a recipe'; a mathmatical equation. And it worked too, because you got a big ole smile on your face. Nothing I dont better than the smell of overdrive and distortion first thing in the morning.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

hahaha the best part of waking up is diming the gain knob! Remember the old amps in the 80s and 90s? So many buttons!

[@officialpoa3171]

*That sound wonderful!!!!*

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks for listening

[@JJames666male]

Super tough choice between this and Tone city's King of blues, but I'll definitely get my hands on one of the two. Amazing playing!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

That is a tough choice! Thanks for the kind words. Let me know which one you go with!

[@97guitarzan]

I have a Prince of Tone which I love...can't make any comparison from your video, but you're getting great tones...you have a nice touch with the guitar...really good playing.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

How do you like the prince of tone? I am thinking of picking one up too! Thanks for the kind words about the video! Thrilled you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@97guitarzan]

@@SuperdangerStudios I find the POT is really good. Has just the right amount of midrange and it's quites tweakable...very dynamic.

[@charlesmcpherson5295]

Great review! Amazing playing!...NSX👍🏻!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thank you! 👍 It's a fantastic pedal!

[@kurisumusicofficial]

I will save and buy this pedal! That tone convinced me a lot.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

It’s worth it for sure!

[@DizzyKrissi]

well made presentation.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks for watching!

[@darvinclement8404]

That’s a great sounding pedal for that price. I’m an OCD fan as well. Bought a Joyo Ultimate Drive as a backup to it. For about $30 bucks it’s in the ball park. It’s crazy how good guitarists have it today in regards to budget friendly gear.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Nice one! If you can get 90% of the tone with 1/4 the price, that is a great deal. And I agree, so much great gear out there at fantastic prices.

[@devilslide01]

That tweak with the PRS on the iridium slays

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks man! So many great tones in this one

[@sk8erchris01619]

Sounds killer!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

its a great pedal!

[@manoelmartins20]

Man, great sound!!!!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks man! Its a really good pedal!

[@manoelmartins20]

​@@SuperdangerStudioscould tell me if there is any difference to batistin joyo pedal?! Thanks!

[@nicholasrella6904]

Speaking of the OCD, the Joyo Ultimate Drive is an incredible OCD copy. One of my favorite pedals. Definitely the best “affordable” pedal out there.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Right on. I love my OCD. Good to know there is a copy in waiting if my pedal dies.

[@modularcuriosity]

In the king of tone circuit there are 2 sets of clipping diodes. One in the soft clipping loop of the op amp, and one after the op amp which makes it hard clipping. The switches are turning those clipping diodes on or off. Or, more accurately, the off setting is bypassing the clipping diodes so you're only getting op amp overdrive.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Right on thank you for explaining. The instructions on the Joyo are very vague even to what clipping mode is which. Appreciate it!

[@TieNylon]

8:48 Gahn gahn gahn gahn... gahn gahn gahn gahn! Excellent. Heh. What an impressive pedal. Tremendous review, thank you for this. Instant sub. 👍

[@mr8ty8]

I've just ordered this one in combo with the joyo atmosphere reverb pedal. I will have a dumble pedal in combo with this.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Amazing!

[@chitaristu88]

Bought this online and I have to say it works great exactly as you said: in front of a Marshall Amp. I have a Strymon Iridium and a DSL1CR and they both take this pedal very nice. I also wish there was more flexibility with those toggles, but at 59 Euros, c'mon... I like your channel btw. Cheers from Vienna.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Awesome to hear dude! Enjoy the pedal it’s a gem for sure.

[@user-cf7bt9jw2p]

I just bought one cause of you 🔥 dude your playing man, I be stealing your touch now

[@user-cf7bt9jw2p]

What pick are you using in this video?

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Awesome man! Enjoy it! Great pedal.

[@purplewound]

Would be also worth to mention how well that Iridium takes the pedal, simply the perfect pedal platform :)

[@SuperdangerStudios]

It does! The Iridium is still my top modeler for pedal sounds.

[@post-man23]

Nice tone bro.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thank you, bro!

[@DGGriffinMusic]

I’d love to see you compare the American Sound to the Iridium/Dream

[@SuperdangerStudios]

That sounds like a good idea!

[@mr8ty8]

Uou should check out the tc electronic ampworx jims 45. It's excellent from what I've gathered. I own have the tc electronic ampworx 65 reverb myself. Really great with a jazzmaster

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I’ve heard great things about it!

[@snicker576]

Hi there, love the video, great playing!! Would you possibly be able to tell me what each of those 4 toggle switches do, from left to right? I'd really appreciate it. I can't seem to find any info on them. I saw you cover them on the video, I'd just like to have what they do typed out for me to refer to, as I have ordered the pedal. Thanks!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

They change the clipping characteristics but are really really subtle. And only noticeable at higher gain and volume. It is soft clipping and hard clipping so overdrive and distortion respectively. Let me know how the pedal sounds!

[@snicker576]

@@SuperdangerStudios thanks a lot man! I've been playing with all toggle switches pointed down, whenever I point any of the toggle switches up, it cuts the volume to that channel by about 80%. Wondering why that is, wondering if mine might be faulty or something

[@SuperdangerStudios]

@@snicker576 that is on my pedal too. not faulty wiring. The different clipping modes just affect the volume. But since there isn't a huge tonal change I use it pointed down like you haha. Cheers!

[@robertlewis8024]

The KOT supposedly comes with one side set "hotter" than the other, which is adjustable inside the pedal. Wonder if the KOK is the same? A question for JOYO.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

That makes sense. Felt like 4db in difference for sure.

[@This.is.louie.]

Hey nice review! What kind of power supply on the pedal's are you using?

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks for watching! I was using the one spot daisy chain for this one. A bit noisey at times. I have since upgraded to the cs12 which is really great.

[@danminutsich7509]

I am on the King of Tone waiting list with about a year to go till I reach the top of the list. But, I really like the way this pedal sounds. So, do I wait the year for the KOT, or do I buy this pedal now? It sounds so good that I might have to pull the trigger.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Do it! It's only $70 right? Then flip it once you get the real thing.

[@danminutsich7509]

@@SuperdangerStudios I already bought it and I got it a few days ago. I have to say, this pedal is really good. Way better than I expected. Maybe I will sell it, once I get the KOT, but I might decide to keep it. By the way, great review video! It inspired me to get this pedal.

[@JedrekVRoscoe]

I have a lot of Joyo pedals, and this is the only one I didn’t like and got rid of. My main gripe was the volume knobs on mine had to be 75% to be the same volume as the bypassed signal. In other words, the first 3/4 of the volume knobs for mine dropped my volume, therefore weren’t useful to me. I don’t think you’re having the same issue, so it may have been just the one I had. 🤷🏽 Either way, the other dozen Joyo pedals I have are fantastic!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Mine had a similar situation but not as severe. I had to goose the output to get unity gain. I really love this pedal. I need to get it back on the board!

[@tenniselbowvideo3597]

You should do some video lessons -- your sound is fantastic.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks for the kind words! I am going to start doing mini riff lessons on my channel next month!

[@davidcaro8217]

The King of Kings and the Lord of Boards!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Haha double up!

[@vladimirpavlovic9488]

Good pedal. Why did you choose to use the punch channel on the Iridium? And what IR is that?

[@SuperdangerStudios]

The punch channel works so much better with any distortion than the chime and round channels. At least to my ears. I was using the Marshall M25 mix 11 from York Audio.

[@vladimirpavlovic9488]

@@SuperdangerStudios Yeah, it is quite open and natural sounding. You are open minded and I like it. Maybe the best sounding Iridium video hahah!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

@@vladimirpavlovic9488 haha too kind. It’s a great pedal and just trying to show it in it’s true state. Cheers!

[@hariandjadelapan9]

What this pedal have trimpot likes analogman king??

[@SuperdangerStudios]

It does not.

[@Macmax7077]

Love your playing but I would like to see this pedal thru an amp

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks! I’ll put it through a real amp in a future episode for sure.

[@musicalmotors]

I imagine this with a mid knob would be super versatile.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

It would! Putting an eq pedal after would be a good call. I actually have a single band parametric eq i might use for that.

[@oqsy]

The name alone is enough to keep me away

[@Northleft]

What is it that you're playing at 14:34, that's beautiful!?

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thank you! It’s just an improvisation that I came up with!

[@JazzFusionGuitarRock]

9:11 what is this sequence?

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Haha I actually messed up just going up in 4ths and was randomly throwing chords. Would you like me to tab it out?

[@JazzFusionGuitarRock]

@@SuperdangerStudios That’s nice from you to answer, thanks. I was trying to figure it out, but I think I messed it up hard as it seemed to me chromatic ascending and changing 3rds from minor to major. It looks you use your thumb as well. I appreciate if you have the time to tab it.

[@eryckcrypton6412]

14:02 "not a sound i would gravitate towards..." ... Then proeeds to play with an absolutely fantastic tone 😂

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Hahaha. It was better than I thought it was gonna be.

[@stefanfyhn4668]

Did you misspeak and say the right has more volume? On my pedal, the left has more volume than the right

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Oh. No mine is the opposite!

[@stefanfyhn4668]

@@SuperdangerStudios so strange! Yeah I saw you demonstrate it later in the video. Maybe there are some internal potentiometers that we can adjust, for the levels ideal to us :)

[@gnawbabygnaw]

I’ve been waiting 62 months for a King of Tone. There are 100 more days of waiting list in front of me. Analogman knocked two days off of that in the last two months. One a month. 100 days. You do the math. Will be a ten year plus wait at this rate. They supposedly build more in the winter thanks to two former employees who farm can’t farm in the winter so they help build pedals. Apparently no one else in the world can be taught how to build them. So we wait. But wait. There’s this. Which I will get. Thanks.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Haha oh man! Thisll tide you over until you get your turn. That is a crazy operation going on over there haha.

[@officialpoa3171]

#timepoint17:30 *wish you would have taken a boost in front of it and drove it!*

[@caelenselke-minogue]

1:55 "You.. are an adult" See, that's where you're wrong.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I assume too much! Haha

[@liontone]

They gave me a Sweet Baby pedal, based on the Sweet Honey OD. It’s a great pedal….really. It’s an always on pedal, because I worry about the switch…lol.

[@kylesamson8651]

I’ve tried so many different overdrives and always end up going back to the Sweet Baby. This KOK sounds great too! Great content!

[@liontone]

@@kylesamson8651 It’s a great boost drive!! As good as the Sweet Honey 99/100. Joyo switches are leave a little to be desired, but you can’t beat the sound!

[@kylesamson8651]

@@liontone I have mine in the loop of a boss ms3 so I can just leave the pedal on all the time and switch it in and out. Cheers!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I gotta try the sweet baby!

[@camielkotte]

I bought one after many reviews. I don't like it. I use it on a twin reverb with different style guitars but can't find an enjoyable "tone". It sucks the quality out of my signal to a very narrow, shallow tone. The drive is meh too. When I hit the twin a Nobels mini it moves the ground and really rocks. That joyo does the opposite. The signal becomes flat/shallow/weak. Also the switcht to clipping 2 sucks volume down. Not my pedal on my twin reverb. Maybe a cheaper amp likes it better. Btw I feel no need to run it through my odr mini.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Dang sorry to hear about it. It really sounds great on my plexi style amp but doesn’t play nice w my fender blues jr.

[@camielkotte]

@@SuperdangerStudios thanks for replying. Also, I think it sounds a little better with double coil input. A strat with fender amp is far from ideal with this pedal.

[@user-cf7bt9jw2p]

But then those pickups are meann already 👿

[@FenderLewis]

The type of guitar playing that allows you to pop your collar

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Hahaha it's a lifestyle.

[@devilslide01]

Update ….FULLTONE :RESURRECTED ! Yeah!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I heard! Interested to see what he and Jackson Audio come up with!

[@retromacman620]

Love the slightly blasphemous name. This one I might pickup

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Haha it is!

[@mikerauter1859]

Joyo need a HM2 clone

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I think they just came out with a heavy distortion pedal. Can't remember the name.

[@bromporke]

I tried one and it sounded terrible :/

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Dang that’s crazy. Maybe a bad unit?

[@1thess523]

I like that you mentioned "blasphemous" because there is only one King of Kings ☝️, i really liked on what you said about Joyo giving you the pedal. So many KZbinrs sound like they've been given dirty money when they are explaining "yes i was given this but I'm going to give you my honest opinion, for real I'm not lying 🙄" 😂😂😂. I would say most of us are adults and like you said we will be able to hear the truth 👍

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Amen! And youre right! I assume all adults can filter out what a pedal could sound like in their rig regardless of the advertising angle! CHeers!

[@1thess523]

@@SuperdangerStudios 👊👊

[@EvertAlbers]

Great review. I'd prefer an affiliate partner that does not send billionaires to Mars though. I will absolutely never buy at Amazon.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Once I get approved into another retail store affiliate program it’s gonna change

[@juanvaldez5422]

I subd .. I ended up buying the pedal .. but that’s not why I subd .. I subd because you mentioned the “slightly blasphemous name” …

[@SuperdangerStudios]

There is only 1 King of King!

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

good style review..... well done sir :). i ain't gay but damn, you must get alot of chicks :)

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Haha thank you my dude. And I’m married to the game so yknow how that goes haha

[@user-cf7bt9jw2p]

"im a reguler guy" no youre NOTT

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I am!

[@Moderatelydisagreeable]

Lol! Slightly blasphemous. That’s the first thing I noticed. Thanks for the demo.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Haha I think I’m the only person who brought this up!

[@grogueQ]

Wow. I'm not sure I've ever seen a blaspheming guitar pedal before.

[@lowercase3635]

That right side tone in front of a blackface is BEGGING for a tele! Would sound better with some chicken pickin style.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Good call! I’ll do it this weekend for a short video

[@lowercase3635]

@@SuperdangerStudios you’ve definitely sold me on the pedal though! I’m a worship guitarist I can’t wait to see what it’ll do with a nice reverb.

[@retromacman620]

Love the slightly blasphemous name. This one I might pickup

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Haha you’re the first person to pick up on that.