JOYO R-20 KING OF KINGS | Quick ROYAL Tones (no talk)

The King of Kings, as the name would imply, is Joyo's take on a classic dual overdrive, tone-filled pedal, but with a much shorter waiting list than the pedal it's inspired on. The twin circuits themselves are based off the classic Marshall Bluesbreaker, a legendary pedal that has inspired multiple pedal builders who continue to take the old circuit and adapt it to their own interpretation. With switchable soft and hard clipping diodes for each channel, and the possibility of stacking both channels for either a volume boost (channel B running clean) or a massive, endless sustain lead tone (channel B clipping), the King of Kings is a massively versatile pedal with a surprisingly low price point.
Thank you to Joyo for sending me this pedal - this one is going on my board.
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[@PedalPlatform]

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[@oscarpalaciosbustamante4029]

Man, that's the most beautiful playing I've heard in a while, thanks a lot! Peace ✌🏾

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you, that's very kind of you 🙏🏻

[@jaxinzbak]

Great demo and great pedal. One of the best pedals Joyo has put out.

[@mojojeff]

Great video, superb playing, awesome content, and I loved your video editing. The ghost image over the top of the pedal is so much better than PIP or the other choices I see people make. Well done!

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@bcolinranken]

Brilliant demo, gave all the information I needed…. Best I’ve seen on this on this pedal.. well done and thanks

[@ITigerbaum]

I love listening to this. Makes me smile.

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you so much for the kind comment :) 🙏🏻

[@jrannanpaa]

Nice quick overview on the King of Kings. Please consider to keep texts just a little bit longer there for us non-native friends. Anyhow, thanks for making this. Got good preview and idea regarding the pedal.

[@PedalPlatform]

Noted!, I'm still trying to improve that side of things! 🙏🏻

[@ramonstein5183]

Great video & great playing.

[@stickmanmusic5840]

Excellent video; enjoyed the playing as much as the simple but effective demo of the pedal. I'm currently running a Joyo Tai Chi into a Fulltone OCD, but this sounds like a great piece of gear!

[@mr8ty8]

The taichi with this combined would sound excellent I imagine

[@mikepretorius6350]

Great Demo, cheers !

[@danminutsich7509]

Every gear review video should be like this. Less talking and more playing! Man, this pedal sounds awesome, which is all I need to get out of a video! I am currently on the "King of Tone" waiting list with about a year to go, but it's been an extremely long wait. I might have to look into this pedal while I wait out the rest of the year, which might turn into two years!

[@KoshNaranick]

I bought one of these and it is worth it, I also paired it with a Duke of tone and they work wonderfully together...

[@tripletango]

Lovely playing ❤️

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@AnthonyBullock1968]

If you're halfway between 'big round number' birthdays, put yourself on the waiting list and get a KoT for your 30th/40th/50th etc birthday. Till then Joyo is the way to go !

[@PedalPlatform]

I'll be 45 this week, but don't tell anyone! 🤣

[@AnthonyBullock1968]

@@PedalPlatform Perfect timing! Pop an email to analogueman. Save $50 a year while you're on the waiting list and it'll be like a free pedal :D

[@PedalPlatform]

Hmm... 🤔😁

[@castengutitar]

This video is so well-made! Enjoy watch it as a gear nerd🤘🏼

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@BLOODFLY1]

Tearing it up bro!

[@nicvortec]

thank you, great video super explaint

[@PedalPlatform]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vibetone355]

Mr Zappa influence l would say, sounds like me noodling love it, the pedal will be on my shopping list

[@boranfu5474]

Nice video!

[@PedalPlatform]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ke123321ek]

I have the original with high gain on the right side, but I’m afraid to take it to the bar to get swiped at an open stage. Might have to grab one of these, sounds really good to me and I like the clipping diode switches right on the top like that!

[@PedalPlatform]

Yeah, having the switches on the top is sooo nice... much easier to play around with. And it does sounds good 😁

[@tuentc4817]

Muy buen vídeo . Estaría bien algo similar con single coils

[@JESSEALLEN77]

Good demo vid. My only issue is that I would have liked to hear how some power chords/heavier, more "chuggy" riffs sound with the distortion turned up. Might not be your style tho, and that's ok; just something I'm usually looking for in demo videos for pedals with any kind of distortion, or high gain overdrive (cuz I'm more of a metal/hard rock/punk kinda dude). Either way, I think I'm sold on it. Got a Deluxe Big Muff on its way from Sweetwater as we speak, and just saw this pop up in my Amazon suggestions today. Thinking of building an overdrive/distortion/fuzz centered board and that seems like a good fit with the Big Muff I'm getting. Will probably add a heavier distortion pedal of some sort too to round it out. Was thinking of calling it my "Simply the Beast" board, or the "50 Shades of Gain" board.🤘

[@peter333]

Agree.

[@hariandjadelapan9]

This is pedal have a trimpot on casing back body???

[@manfredworner8528]

Sounds good

[@PedalPlatform]

And if it sounds good.. it is good! 😁

[@turkeysteve2325]

Great demo but insane playing as well

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@juanvaldez5422]

Judging by the comments, most people are not aware of what pedal this one is attempting to clone . Its a copy of the analogman . This isn’t a chug pedal . It kinda sounds like it does what it is supposed to

[@DizzyKrissi]

You say that channel A is identical to B? Is that true? I thought that it's the basic overdrive and A works as a boost? BTW: thanks for this very useful demo.

[@PedalPlatform]

Hi Dizzy, thank you! Yes, both channels are identical, which allows you to configure them as you wish, and not be tied to having the boost before of after your gain. The only thing that's fixed is that channel A goes into channel B. How you configure each one of them is then up to you: no clipping for boost, soft clipping for overdrive, hard clipping for distortion, both clippings for a total mess 🤣

[@DizzyKrissi]

@@PedalPlatform : lol, thanks. The next 2 days mine will arrive and I will check it out. My sound for the past months was already a mess so I guess that things will get better with this.

[@blitzkrieg-9570]

What is that scale called or what are you playing? It sounds heavenly

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you, I was mostly messing around in Lydian mode, bouncing between C and D major, with more dud notes than I would like to admit 😬

[@rlin2648]

Does this boost the sound as much as a klon does?

[@PedalPlatform]

If you're talking mostly "clean" boost, it has more than enough output on tap - and you can stack both sides, which is more than enough to make a mess if you so wish. I know I do! 😁

[@caelenselke-minogue]

Damn, this makes me regret getting the Boss SD-1. I can never get some clear, crispy low gain tones with the SD-1, or as much drive. Stacked drives in one pedal is an underappreciated thing.

[@PedalPlatform]

I love the SD-1 as a mid boost to tighten an already cranked Marshall, but for the full range between low gain to saturated sustain, this thing rocks. 😁

[@Tony-ph8vh]

Beautiful playing there and absolutely gorgeous tones! Great demo! A must have pedal for me. Could I ask your opinion, do you think this pedal could produce a similar lead tone to this just after 11:40? Stunning! I wonder with your experienced ear, do you know how that tone is being produced? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXzaoppmipyNgrc

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you for the kind comments! 🙏🏻I don't know what specific pedal is being used there, but it sounds to me like a mid pushed, very compressed overdrive. You should be able to get close with the Joyo, but a good part of that sound also comes from the 335 😁

[@Tony-ph8vh]

@@PedalPlatform Thank you. Yes the 335 does produce beautiful tones. I’ve just ordered the King of Kings and the Uzi. Do you think it would also be possible to boost the Uzi with the K of K to produce a really thick sustained lead tone?

[@Triumphinchrist1]

Great! Wonder how it compares with 68 king of clones!

[@musicman4christjesus]

I don't have that pedal but I just got this king of kings pedal and it really blew me away! Pure tasty tone! So many variations it's really amazing! Using a Strat with Lace Gold Sensor pickups! Makes that Fender Tone really come out especially if I use the neck pickup it sounds super bluesy!

[@PedalPlatform]

Yeah, I don't have the 68 either, but I can confirm that this Joyo sounds really good. If it's a 1-to-1 clone of the original or not, or better than any others, I have no idea... what I do know is that it feels good to play and sounds great!

[@jimhunt7314]

I paid more attention to the playing than the pedal. Tasty

[@canadianguitarguru]

Lydian heaven

[@xicoescuroII]

Well.... Sounds great? Yes it does! But I like the two in one thing... That can be four in one or even six in one! And you must work around a little bit... The wrong notes... Tsss Tsss Tsss 😂🤣😅 Great video again, mate 👌 Thank you!

[@PedalPlatform]

Yeah, need to practice more! 🤣

[@camielkotte]

I love those transparant clippings. I dont like the high gain into 2nd highgain. Matter of taste.

[@BishopEddie5443]

The mistakes were good as well. Great guitarist!

[@PedalPlatform]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@leehenderson8132]

I have one it is very musical as you see.BEST $70 KOT CLONE OUT THERE.SAVE MAYBE 68 PEDALS.

[@PedalPlatform]

It's really nice indeed!

[@phunkyjunkee]

Can anyone confirm if this is actually an analog circuit?

[@PedalPlatform]

It is.

[@phunkyjunkee]

@@PedalPlatform thanks! Mine is on the way

[@void0094]

Why edit the audio with reverb when demonstrating a pedal?

[@PedalPlatform]

Great question - one that I've asked myself a few times, and therefore has a bunch of answers: - the first part of the answer, though, is a minor correction, and part of the larger picture: the reverb wasn't edited in - I was already playing into it (Plethora X3), and at a point in the video I actually reach out to add some delay on top of that (and I point it out in the video, because in my mind, delay can change the sustain characteristics more than a moderate amount of reverb); - from a physics point of view: most of us don't live in an anechoic world, and listening to any instrument being played without any room around it isn't a very pleasant experience. Since I don't own a great recording room and therefore play and record almost exclusively with IRs, the sound that gets to the "tape" is dry as a bone unless I add reverb at some point in the chain, which takes me to... - ...from a personal point of view, and unless I'm doing really heavy riffs with heavy muting, I don't like playing dry, and I like it even less to hear it played back (and even in the heavy riffs situation, I'm probably going to have a touch of "studio" reverb going); - in this video, the exploratory stuff I'm playing and desperately trying not to eff' up, in my mind calls for a slightly livelier sound than the bone dry / studio ambience, and one can actually argue that this is therefore more representative of some real conditions the pedal is going to be used in; - ... but I also understand that drowning stuff in reverb can sometimes be a hindrance to listening to what the pedal is really doing. The flip side to that is that adding a bit of reverb doesn't affect the characteristic sound as much as playing it with a completely different guitar / amp - and if we're going down that road then might as well be demo'ing pedals with signal generators and straight into a recording interface instead of guitars and amps - because that might be the only way of showing what the pedal is really doing to a fully characterized, repeatable, reproducible signal... ... and that's part of my answer. As you can see, I thought about it before doing it that way, weighed pros and cons, and in the end decided to press that reverb switch. Maybe next time I won't, who knows? 🤷🏻‍♂️😉

[@Mr.Steve-O]

@@PedalPlatform The right answer is because reverb is a basic component of the tone food group. This was a great demo !! Thanks for putting this together, you captured the essence of this pedal and the reverb is just icing on the cake. Not sure who plays without reverb but then again there's always that one guy 😂😂 😂

[@PedalPlatform]

🤣 I do understand the question, though. And in a way it's good that we're talking about reverb, otherwise I'd have to say that I recorded this with a $150 amp (Joyo Jackman II, clean channel), and that might cause a bit of a stir! 😁

[@devinsoto.]

Thanks for playing and not talking.

[@PedalPlatform]

Sometimes that's all that's needed. 😉

[@silverwings1843]

I have one. And as shown here..with all the variations... Not one solid tone.. Nice demo and nice playing.

[@salahbaker4089]

your input clip was an issue

[@PedalPlatform]

Clean signal path all the way, the only clipping you hear is from the pedal. 😉

[@salahbaker4089]

@@PedalPlatform you clipped input

[@PedalPlatform]

I'm looking at the original wav file statistics right now. True Peak amplitude: -13.81 dB. I purposefully recorded this with enough headroom throughout the signal chain because I knew the pedal can get really hot into a clean amp.

[@nathanguy981]

Is this a clone of... Never mind 😂

[@PedalPlatform]

A modded twin Marshall Bluesbreaker? Why, yes it is! 🤣

[@peter333]

Some gain pedal demos just lack heavier playing, power chords, maybe some chugging , and this is a double gain pedal, it's screaming for heavier stuff (can you hear it scream 'hit me! hit me!"). But there's too much fiddling about and excuses for messing up. We're not here to find out how you play, we're here to check out the pedal and to hear what it can do, not just Santana solo style all over the fretboard but for heavier riffing style too, so we can decide if it's worth spending money on. Nothing personal and no offense, just some constructive criticism. Having said that: you do cover every aspect of the pedal (except for heavy riffing).

[@TheShmikes]

Nothing my amp can't do then ?

[@gradygordon453]

Just love 2 chords being repeated for 10 minutes

[@PedalPlatform]

9m06s, as I used a different chord in the end. And the other two were expensive, I couldn't afford any more...

[@floodgatestudios1825]

I was feeling all "Black Napkins" by Zappa....two chords can contain a universe....

[@rlin2648]

He's using the same riffs to get a good reading on the tone in different settings I believe.

[@andreicraiesti]

..... maybe the : king of kings : name its to much for this pedal... my opinion,