FS: Tone King Sky King. Ex condition. £1650

saltnpepper · June 2016

Absolutely great amp in excellent condition. Serviced by Martin Ballinger at Stoneham amps last month. With padded Tone King cover and footswitch.

Reason for selling is simple. I bought two hard to find expensive amps at once because no one stocks them locally and I wanted to try them. I committed to keeping only one. Ultimately I prefer my 100 watt custom audio electronics PT-100.

These things are unbelievably rare on the used market. New price is £2300. The price advertised is exactly what I paid for it. However I have since had it serviced and replaced 2 microphonic preamp tubes. The power amp tubes were replaced recently by the previous owner.

The dual attenuators on this amp make it a fantastic amp for the house. I'd keep it solely for that if I had the money! At 35 watts it's perfect for gigging.

Don't want to ship, but willing to travel if it helps. Based 10 miles east of Newcastle. NO TRADES PLEASE
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The spec. The Tone King Sky King is a 1x12" tube combo unlike any other. Featuring handwired circuitry the Sky King produces rich velvety vintage tones and has some awesome tricks up its sleeve! The Ironman attenuators (one for each channel!) give you ultimate control over the output volume without affecting the actual tone from the cooking tubes! There's also a switch that allows you to choose between pentode or ultralinear modes for classic vintage tones. Here's what Tone King say about the Sky King Combo The 35W Sky King combo features a genuine built-in Ironman attenuator, and fully handwired circuitry – the first handwired Tone King amp in 20 years of amp building. The novel handwiring approach developed by designer Mark Bartel adds a whole new level of depth and dimension to Tone King’s authentic vintage tone recipe, and an incredibly responsive feel that makes Sky King an amp that really wants to be played. The built-in genuine Ironman attenuator gives you 6 levels of attenuation, and preserves the natural tone and feel of the amp all the way down to true bedroom volume (-36db). It includes separate attenuation controls for the rhythm and lead channels, so that the attenuation level will change automatically as you switch between rhythm and lead channels. A unique Output Mode switch doubles the tonal range by allowing you to operate Sky King’s 6L6GC output tubes in either Pentode mode or Ultralinear mode. This gives you the choice between the crisp, present, and dynamic sound of Pentode mode, or the oldschool sound of Ultralinear mode - thick, chunky mids, a sweetly burnished top end, and a nice natural compression (as on the Tone King Falcon). Sky King’s 1x12 combo cabinet is finely tuned to capture the woody resonance, open, organic sound, and elastic feel of a well worn vintage cab, but without the flabby bottom end. It is loaded with the new Celestion G12M-65 “creamback” speaker. Specification Two channel preamp, rhythm and lead Tube driven string reverb Tube driven tremolo Output Stage: 35W; 2x 6L6GC, cathode biased, ultralinear or pentode mode 5U4G Tube Rectifier Preamp Tubes: 4x12AX7, 1x12AT7 Cabinet: 1x12 combo cab with Celestion G12M65 “creamback” speaker Built in Ironman attenuator – separate attenuation controls for rhythm and lead channels Handwired Circuitry Standard Colors: black, brown, cream Size: 24” x 18” x 12”; Weight: 40lbs

saltnpepper · June 2016

Dominic · June 2016

I can't open the photo's

Wazmeister · June 2016

No photos

saltnpepper · June 2016

saltnpepper · June 2016

sweepy · June 2016

That is gorgeous, just checked the website

let's see if my Yamaha SG and Helix sell

Dominic · June 2016

not working

saltnpepper · June 2016

I have inserted links to the photos into the original post - fingers crossed!

sweepy · June 2016

Works a treat

cheers

sweepy · June 2016

You have a message @saltnpepper

FINBAR2004 · September 2016

What is your prefered method of payment, as I have cash available? How do you PM on this site? Cheers, Finbar

sweepy · September 2016

FINBAR, you have a message

hotpickups · September 2016

Damn I was after a used one of these last month but ended up with a used imperial mk2 in the end only because I couldnt find a used skyking for sale. Still the imperial is an amazing amp too though and very happy with it but I've tried a friends Skyling and it too is truely an amazing amp.

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