Ordered a Kingsley ToneBaron Amplifier!!

Wow! I am so excited about this amp. :) Trawling through The Gear Page forums, as I normally do, I came across a posting about Kingsley Amplifiers and was intrigued. So I went to the website to hear some clips and I was floored by the tone and versatility of these boutique amps. I normally play and prefer a compressed 80's type of distorted tone... sort of an EVH "brown sound" meets Metallica black album. Lately, however, I have turned my taste towards a more harmonically complex, more refined tone (a la Eric Johnson).

I want an amp that has an impressive clean channel that accepts pedals well (in which case I can almost turn it into any sort of amp depending on the pedals used), but one that also has a usable gain channel without the fizz and "fuzz face" ragged/woolly distortion many tube amps seem to have when pushing the preamp to distort. The ToneBaron has something similar to the Dumble/Two Rock/Fuchs style distortion going on with all the sustain, harmonics and overtones (without the fizz) while still retaining its own unique voice as an amplifier.

I am very excited about this amp, and I cannot wait until I get it. Simon Jarrett, a phenomenal guitarist, makes each of his Kingsley boutique amps by hand using point to point wiring, so it can take a little while to get one after you've ordered. I am hoping mine will arrive in the next several weeks. I ordered the head version for use with my Bogner cabinet. I still need to decide which color tolex I want the amp covered with. :)

I'll be getting clips up as soon as I receive it and get it dialed in. In the meantime, you can go here for clips from Simon's web site: Kingsley ToneBaron Audio Clips