Reverend KingSnake
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Re: Reverend KingSnake
>>heck, they just started shipping!
I got mine in a september. (I ordered as soon as the official order date was announced in July)
I think very highly of the Kingsnake. For reference, I mostly play classic rock style. 99% of my playing with the kingsnake has been with my 2 SG's, but recently I've had an SX Tele that I've been working on (SD pups, guts uprade, etc) , and it too sounds good in its own way, although this latter axe has had no stage time yet for a true test.
It really has great versatility, and is plenty loud when you need it to be. Our drummer is the loudest, smashiest, cymbal banging, motherthumper you could ever hear, and I hold up easily against him with tons of juice to spare. Also, there's 2 other guitars (silverface twin, peavy deuce) in the band, and my Kingsnake cuts right through when required. I had been thinking I'd need an extension cab to hold up, but that's not the case at all.
I mostly play clean, and its real easy to dial in the exact level of breakup that I like. its all real easy to control in that regard. The responsiveness to my picking and hammer/pulls is to die for.
I love the 60/20 setting. I practice down in the basement on 20, and then just flip up to 60 for when I take it out to the gigs and rehearsal jams. Both settings fully allow me to translate my tone well and its a nice feature that I initially thought I'd have zero use for, yet am finding I use it tons. And speaking of taking it out of the house...man, its light (approx 40 lbs???). I can carry my amp in one hand, my hardcase in the other, and my accessory bag over my shoulder, and its one easy trip from the car to the studio and I never feel burdened. I used to always have to make 2 trips with my old rig, just because my amp alone was over 60 pounds.
I also like the various "schizo" settings. As I said, I mostly go clean for about 75% of our songs, but the UK crunch really comes in nice, especially for my slide work. Really adds some good bluesy gnarl to my style. You have to also turn up the gain for this to work to its best ability (at least from the 11:00 setting I have my gain dialed into). The LoFi switch didn't get a lot of use initially, but now I find its a great way to add a touch of crunch to some tunes that can use a bit more color than my otherwise "boring" clean setting provide. When I switch to lo-fi, I find I don't need to futz with the gain at all, so its nice quick change of tone in that regard.
I hope I answered a bunch of good questions you may have had. I tried to comment on the features that I like the best and have proven to be the most useful during the last few months. I know its hard to bite the bullet on a $700 amp you've never heard. My only reverend experience prior to this was having heard a hellhound a year earlier at a friend's rehearsal. I loved his tone, I initially hemmed and hawed (wasn't ready to spend the $) , and when I finally decided to pick one up, they discontinued it (d'oh) and announced a Kingsnake "coming soon". almost a year later, and here we are.
>>heck, they just started shipping!
I got mine in a september. (I ordered as soon as the official order date was announced in July)
I think very highly of the Kingsnake. For reference, I mostly play classic rock style. 99% of my playing with the kingsnake has been with my 2 SG's, but recently I've had an SX Tele that I've been working on (SD pups, guts uprade, etc) , and it too sounds good in its own way, although this latter axe has had no stage time yet for a true test.
It really has great versatility, and is plenty loud when you need it to be. Our drummer is the loudest, smashiest, cymbal banging, motherthumper you could ever hear, and I hold up easily against him with tons of juice to spare. Also, there's 2 other guitars (silverface twin, peavy deuce) in the band, and my Kingsnake cuts right through when required. I had been thinking I'd need an extension cab to hold up, but that's not the case at all.
I mostly play clean, and its real easy to dial in the exact level of breakup that I like. its all real easy to control in that regard. The responsiveness to my picking and hammer/pulls is to die for.
I love the 60/20 setting. I practice down in the basement on 20, and then just flip up to 60 for when I take it out to the gigs and rehearsal jams. Both settings fully allow me to translate my tone well and its a nice feature that I initially thought I'd have zero use for, yet am finding I use it tons. And speaking of taking it out of the house...man, its light (approx 40 lbs???). I can carry my amp in one hand, my hardcase in the other, and my accessory bag over my shoulder, and its one easy trip from the car to the studio and I never feel burdened. I used to always have to make 2 trips with my old rig, just because my amp alone was over 60 pounds.
I also like the various "schizo" settings. As I said, I mostly go clean for about 75% of our songs, but the UK crunch really comes in nice, especially for my slide work. Really adds some good bluesy gnarl to my style. You have to also turn up the gain for this to work to its best ability (at least from the 11:00 setting I have my gain dialed into). The LoFi switch didn't get a lot of use initially, but now I find its a great way to add a touch of crunch to some tunes that can use a bit more color than my otherwise "boring" clean setting provide. When I switch to lo-fi, I find I don't need to futz with the gain at all, so its nice quick change of tone in that regard.
I hope I answered a bunch of good questions you may have had. I tried to comment on the features that I like the best and have proven to be the most useful during the last few months. I know its hard to bite the bullet on a $700 amp you've never heard. My only reverend experience prior to this was having heard a hellhound a year earlier at a friend's rehearsal. I loved his tone, I initially hemmed and hawed (wasn't ready to spend the $) , and when I finally decided to pick one up, they discontinued it (d'oh) and announced a Kingsnake "coming soon". almost a year later, and here we are.
Mkf411
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Re: Reverend KingSnake
I think they have a 14 day trial period so it'd be worth trying. On there site, I noticed the sound files sounded like they have alot of pre-amp distortion. I didn't really love the sound files, but I'd like to try one of their amps. They have a good reputation.
I think they have a 14 day trial period so it'd be worth trying. On there site, I noticed the sound files sounded like they have alot of pre-amp distortion. I didn't really love the sound files, but I'd like to try one of their amps. They have a good reputation.
RiffRaff
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Re: Reverend KingSnake
Thanks for the update Sabe, I appreciate your review. The amp sounds like something I'm looking for, I need a good solid clean sound - I use pedals for my overdrive and crunch but it's good to have an amp you dial in some grind on and control with the volume knob on the guitar. The weight is also something I'm motivated by - I'm tired of lugging heavy amps to small gigs. Anyhow, I have a line on a used Kingsnake - that's like new (only a month old) before I drive a couple of hours and try it out I wanted to get some opinions - Harmony Central reviews tend to paint an overly rosie picture of everything I've ever looked at.
Thanks for the update Sabe, I appreciate your review. The amp sounds like something I'm looking for, I need a good solid clean sound - I use pedals for my overdrive and crunch but it's good to have an amp you dial in some grind on and control with the volume knob on the guitar. The weight is also something I'm motivated by - I'm tired of lugging heavy amps to small gigs. Anyhow, I have a line on a used Kingsnake - that's like new (only a month old) before I drive a couple of hours and try it out I wanted to get some opinions - Harmony Central reviews tend to paint an overly rosie picture of everything I've ever looked at.
