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NEW Kingtone Duellist 2022: Should You Upgrade?
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- čas přidán 8. 08. 2024
- Kingtone recently released a new version of their very popular The Duellist pedal! New for 2022 - SRV Mod and Amp-Like modes as well as the dip swiches being on the outside, rather than the inside! The question is - should you upgrade if you have an older version?
I am giving away my older Duellist pedal to public subscribers (you must comment too) when I hit 6,000 subs.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:19 What is the Duellist?
2:49 What's NEW in 2022?
4:07 Giving away my Original Duellist!
5:21 String Singer - Comparing New and Old Pedal Dipswitches - Drive A
8:45 How much has it changed?
11:04 Heavy Hand - Comparing NEW and OLD
14:52 How much has the heavy hand changed?
17:01 Heavy Hand with Telecaster
18:22 More difference with single coil
18:40 A-B vs B-A when using both sides
20:49 Which way around is better?
21:43 Should You Buy The 2022 Duellist?
23:33 Telecaster with String Singer SRV Mod and Amp-Like
I never knew my duellist had anything on the inside I could fiddle with! I just got it last week and I really love it. Now I can't wait to hear it after those minor adjustments. Thanks!
Great demo, James. The changes are subtle, but there and the external switches are a big functional improvement. The String-Singer into the Heavy Hand with your Tele sounded awesome.
Cheers Rich - yeah, clever Jesse, just turned this pedal into a real workhorse i think!
Awesome demo! The amp like mods really makes the sound more “alive” :). Thanks again for demoing the pedals with both single coils and Humbuckers! Cheers
cheers! Yeah, a small but noticeable difference for sure!
Great comparison. Just coming into the interest of this pedal and really like your honest approach to it. The newer dip switches really make so much more sense of the flow of the pedal.
Gerald here from Singapore. I was deciding between Gladio and the Duellist. You just won me over.
Great review as always. Keep rockin'.
Cheers Gerald! Enjoy 🤟🏼
That intro tone is heavenly!!
Much appreciated comparison! Looking forward to getting my hands on one at some point.
Cheers!
Great video. Really enjoying the gear reviews. Also your blues playing is ace.
Thanks!
Nice video… Love my 2.0 duellist … I’m typically a set-forget-it type player & find minor “upgrades” don’t matter much after the new pedal “honeymoon” period wears off …. if you’re not A/B’ing side by side, I find slight improvements are hard to discern 👍
Cheers! Yeah, generally agree and obviously to make comparison videos i have to get into some detail to help people make up their mind. But in this case, i didn’t keep the older duellist on the board but with the upgrades i would definitely put it on the board when i need it - just less pedal-like overall, which is great! 🤟🏼
Great comparison James, thank you.
I'm in the market for the Duellist and was waiting for someone to do this to hear them both.
Fantastic work as always, great playing wish I had your ability well done 🙂
Cheers Shane! Too kind 🤟🏼
Intro sounds like an old blues 45. Very nice my man!
😃 cheers man. Love that sort of thing 🤟🏼
Great Video and superb review. Thanks for plugging in the different guitars. The tele had a really nice bite to it. The new duelist pedal 😍
Cheers man! Yeah, really enjoying the new duellist - it is gonna have to find a space on the board!
Lovely playing mate 😊
Thank you, James!
Great demo! I love the Bluesbreaker style overdrive🎸
👌🏽🤟🏼
perfect demo/comparison, literally!
Great pedal !! Great demo !!
Finally got to order one today. This pedal sells out so fast, so im just excited to finally try one. Im currently using a Kasleder Fx Toxic Twins and that pedal is phenomenal. Doesnt get into higher gain territory on either side in my opinion unless stacking both sides, but it's extremely dynamic and its low gain tones are outstanding. Just a fantastic pedal. Im curious on stacking the Blues Breaker side of the Toxic Twins into the Blues Breaker side of the Duellist to see if it gets somewhere into that KoT territory or not. Probably not, but it will still be fun and interesting to try out. 😁
Had the original Duellist, and then switched to the updated version. Really like the DIP Switches on the side now! The Amp Like settings seem to add more clean headroom.
Keep up the beautiful playing man!
Thanks!
Thanks for the great videos on gear!
Cheers 🤟🏼
Great review...I have the 5th anniv one and definitely loving it.
Cheers 🤟🏼
Awesome video as usual! Magic sound as usual!
Thanks!
Great review. It does sound an improvement on the original, especially on single coils. Really enjoyed this James.
Cheers Steve - yeah definitely on the single coils, it sounds much more amp like and it feels nicer to play.
Great playing. Kept it up.
Thanks!
Very interesting video, thanks for the comparison!
Cheers!
I just subscribed after watching your Morgan MVP23 review. I have one of these I got recently and this has really helped me map out a tone tour! Cheers!
Cheers!
On the waiting list but would love to try this out to 😏
Beautiful tone and playing!
Thanks 🤟🏼
Nice one, and that Tele was 💥. I would love to try a Duelist one day
Cheers. Yeah love this Tele!
Sweet tones 🔥
Cheers! 🤟🏼
Hi James. I was surprised to see that I wasn't already subscribed to your channel, I thought I was. Anyway,
I agreed with your opinion on the Duellist video you previously made. The String Singer side was a bit too compressed for my taste. I recently sold mine, but now I really miss it. I loved the Heavy Hand side and primarily used that side when playing. I bought the Heavy Hand pedal but to be honest it wasn't anything like the Heavy Hand on the Duellist. I'm happy to see Jesse Davey make the mods for the new Duellist.
I hope to eventually get one some day. But I would love to get the one you're giving away. I feel so stupid for selling mine.
BTW....you literally have the best collection of gear on CZcams. Thanks for the videos
Thanks for the sub! This new duellist really gives me the feeling that i couldn’t quite get from the original one - especially on the string singer side. A real clever set of changes by Jesse.
😃 thanks! Let’s see what goodies i can add to the channel this year! Cheers
I have been trying for years to get a TS/BB style overdrive pedal that I'm happy with ...I have Klon(Ceriatone) that I love, but I needed more OD tones available on the pallet. The Duellist has solved that problem for me ...Jesse has struck on something with this pedal!
Yeah, definitely 👌🏽
the older duellist warmer to my ears
Cheers James - Some great videos. I was actually looking at getting a Duellist for my board. Ill hang on for the give away now. You never know :)
Thanks :) Good luck - definitely worth waiting!
I would love to win the pedal. I would put it to work for sure. I’m such a ridiculous fan of Jesse Davey. Bless him for creating this jewel
Man, that Tele with this pedal.... ❤️
Awsome, I was waiting for this comparison. Used to have a Duellist and foolishly sold it
The new one is definitely gonna get more use from me 🤟🏼
I'm at work right now and can't really deep dive into your demo but I'm sure it will help me to either chose between old and new. Thanks for doing this
Love, the content & great playing! Only the Color balance is somewhat weird to look at. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! I love the way it looks 🤣
How does it compare to the Protein for you? I know they both have a blues breaker style side, but the Protein has a Noebels style green channel instead of a tube screamer. I’m not a big TS sound fan, so the Protein seems like a better option for me.
Hi James a recent new subsciber, loving your content. I don't know if you know or have tried but i am wondering how this pedal of the blues power sound into a Fender Tone Master.
Have you ever played the HoneyBee Double Trouble pedal? If so, how would you compare it to the Duelist pedal? Thanks for the demo, exactly what I was looking for!
Hey James… the Tele tones with Duelist on the outdo were great! Thanks for the content… I can’t wait to hear it with a dirtier amp.
Remember my new amp dilemma? I’ve settled on an amp, and just waiting for my order to be finalised.
Cheers
Chris
Nice! Did you go bloomfield… rift… or other? Cheers 🤟🏼
@@JamesOnGuitar I actually went with a TS-1… I had help from Corey Congilio… can’t wait
Oh sweet! I love the sound of that amp 👌🏽 they use it a lot on Max Guitars, always sounds great. Enjoy it!
@@JamesOnGuitar cheers man… maybe I’ll start creating content when it arrives 😉
Already subscribed and been enjoying your channel, just wanted to put in name in the draw. Who knows this may replace my Keeley D&M drive... Thanks
Good luck!
Ohh! that would be nice to have in my collection!
No doubt! cheers
I had a duelist, had to sell it, would love another, there's a guy I know who makes spot on clones of the older ones. I have one of his soloists and his blues powers. Sold both my originals cuz his were so good
Good luck 🤞🏼
YES…. You absolutely need more than one Duellist 😵💫
Awesome demo! Thank you. Big question for me is how this new version compares to the left side of the Protein?
Yeah - i mention it at some point in the video and maybe i should make a comparison. Generally the duellist has higher output and more grunt, the protein is sweeter - more mayer sort of sound i think
Great sounding pedal, get even better... Sky is the limit!
Man... this is some old school tone. Might go looking for a duelist..
It is! 🤟🏼
They should put a hinged cover over the dip switches to keep the dust out. Gonna be a problem down the road.
That is a good point!
Great video! Can anyone please talk me into this V2 vs. a Origin Effects RivalDRIVE original or Compact. They look nice too. I played a Way Huge Doubleland pedal today- it sounded great too! It happened to be sitting waiting for me at a local Guitar Center. Got me hooked on this type of tasty tone that I did not even know I was missing...but wow.
Great comparison! I prefer the new version.
Thanks for the demo! Is the giveaway worldwide, or UK-only?
Worldwide 👍🏼
Great pedal. Jack Griffiths of Peach Guitars originally made me a fan.
Great demo man. I am looking for the v2 but v1 is realy nice too.
Cheers!
Great video, thanks for the giveaway!
Cheers!
Great video! This pedal sounds amazing! I've been searching for a BB and TS combo pedal for a while without breaking the bank. I've wanted a Duellist for a while but can't afford one haha Do you have any other BB+TS pedal combinations that you recommend?
Save up!
Nux has one 😊
Great demo as usual, very insightful. Too bad these literally never seem to be available here in Germany at the various dealers, whether old or new version. I’ve been looking for years.
Cheers Nils! I reckon you can order from Peach in the UK (will cost some customs these days i imagine!)- they get them in often 🤞🏼
@@JamesOnGuitar Yes, so it seems. A few retailers here carry them too, but never any stock. I am too lazy or impatient to preorder, so that’s my fault haha.
You got that quick !! They are not my favourites as I sold mine !! I prefer my KOT and the Gladio !! and PS get a new switch for the TR ! Keep well !
Haha yeah i had a new switch ready at an amp tech during one of the lockdowns but i guess i left it too late and he moved on! This new one definitely makes this pedal better. Cheers
Just have for a few days the Duellist pedal ( old version ) and it took me hours to figure out how all the tone knobs/switches and distortion interfere each other but at the and a figured it out and a think it's a good pedal ; but you are right : I missed the natural compression and you are so right : you might hear it not so clearly but you feel it when you are playing . At the end that was a great minor for that pedal for me .
Note : I saw this and your earlier video about this pedal after I draw my conclusion about this pedal . And that was not easy because of all the possibilities with this pedal.
That means for me that this are great reviews ; you really got the ears for it !!!
There are some small/subtle differences. Seems so many guitarist love the blues breaker/tube screamer combination.
Pretty versatile options for sure 🤟🏼
I am surprised this version wasn't the four knob version like the single pedals are. That'd give you much more versatility, in addition to the 3 new switches on the side versus the Chinese clone.
Subtle but noticeable. For me the highest improvement is to have the switches outside. I have never liked internal dip switches in pedals since I'm too lazy to acess and play with them. The simplest the better!
Yeah, totally agree. Was a novel idea to have inside, but a bit silly really! Anyway, now the switches are really great - happy days!
I unsure about this. Having the dips on the inside makes me play the pedal and decide on a sound i like (or dont!), Then screw the back on and forget. Having the dips on the outside is nice for access but I'm sure I would continue to mess with them if they were as accessible as that.
Same with my Broadcast. Initially I couldnt understand why they didn't just add another pot on the top instead of the internal trims. But in reality, spending the time dialing those trims in really aquainted me with the pedal and I havent moved them since.
Same with my Duellist once I had selected the dip config I like I have not opened the back since...
Where can i buy it?
Maybe the HeavyHand single pedal can sound the same as the 2022 Duellist HeavyHand side?
for a marshall mini jubilee and a les paul owner, but a srv huge fan... ahahahaha, which one do you recommend? blues power or 2022 duellist? in the future i will buy a strat, but keep with the jubilee.
Blues Power! 😃 it is just a great sound in a box whereas the duellist will probably accentuate whatever your amp is already doing
@@JamesOnGuitar yeaaahh. I was tending to buy the new duellist because of the versatility, but you made me inclined to the blues power hehehe
@@Jaques355 you are right the duellist is more versatile for sure! The blues powers has one incredible sound and feeing really, and i think will help more to make a marshall amp feel more like srv but you will enjoy either!
@@JamesOnGuitar perfect! Hope I can buy both in the future :) thankss and congrats for the videos! 🇧🇷
I hope Jesse adds outside dip switches and Srv mode to the solo
Fingers crossed!
Have you tried it with 18v yet? Sorry if I missed this if it's already in the video! ✌️🙏
For a strat (SR tone) Duellist 2.0 or Blues Power? I see you have them both.
That is a hard question to answer! Ultimately i think the string singer into a pretty hot fender amp is ideal. But the blues power basically gives you that without having to go too hot on the amp 👌🏽
James, can I request a video. Can you run the Shanks ODs-1 in to the Bluesbreaker side of the Duellist.
That sounds like a good idea!
Sounds awesome! Do you prefer this to the Cornerstone Gladio?
At the moment, the Duellist, but i never gave the Gladio a full go really and then put it on the shelf - i’ll give it a blast again and make a video i think, cheers
I have a feeling that these improvements will sell a lot of pedals.
No doubt!
I'm guessing the Amp-like mod is more of a feel thing as I struggle to hear the difference in this or any demo I've seen (heard)
and at 08:50 is the answer to just that..!
I’ll be happy to get your original
Following you on your way love to see the number of subscribers growing
Great channel for guitar lovers
Thanks - really appreciated :)
Time for another battle against the protein?
That outside dipswitches! They should be mandatory on all pedals. Great improvements on the pedal and great vid on your side! ;)
Haha yeah, they should! Thanks 🤟🏼
Where did you get that from there none available?
Got it from Peach - they had some on pre order but it shipped within a coupla days! :)
Wonder if a new Blues power is in the works?
Maybe an amp like mode would be good, or the fat control like on the soloist 🤔
You should check out the centura pedal
As in the Ceriatone Klon clone pedal? I did a video coupla weeks ago with it comparing to an original klon 👍🏼 and i gave away the horsebreaker pedal last year, one side of which is the centura
I could really use your old Duellist pedal, great comparison James, superb playing, nice control. The new Duellist sounds crisper to me, you had more articulation and a thicker tone but, like I said to me! Just one man's opinion.
Hey good luck man! Cheers
Had a duelist, very similar complaint about the compression, something about it just didn’t feel “right.” I know tube screamers are supposed to cut low end and I’m more than okay with that, I tend to like a tight low end and I don’t 100% rely on pedals for my distortion since I run my amps cranked, but I found it very difficult to get a “sweet spot” on the low end with the earlier version of the duelist and it was also either very ice picky or muddy with the high end. Those things appear to be solved with this revision. It was one of those pedals similar to the 1981 DRV I had. Very nice, but I passed on it. The 1981 was cool looking and sounded good, but it ultimately lost to my danish hanwided t-Rex mudhoney which is cheaper and still undefeated imho when it comes to Rat style pedals. Ditto with the duelist vs my VS10 valve screamer.
The left side ofvthe protein is hard to beat
I sold my Duelist as well as a Blues Power. I actually don't like dipswitches. Just make a great sounding pedal with a few knobs to turn and maybe a toggle or two. When I saw the external dipswitches I just shook my head. Not for me.
The thing about those switches is they're not meant to be fiddled with a lot. It's for people who play with different gear from time to time. "Where did my bass go", flip a switch and there you go. It's an effort to get the same sound from different riggs.
Thanks for this vid and the opportunity for this lousy guitar player who doesn’t have disposable income a chance for a amazing pedal.
You are welcome! Hey the only difference between us is I spend too much on pedals! Cheers
Слепаков, что ты здесь делаешь?
Too many options!
Hm… the Old version sounds better. Deeper. More dynamically. New is SMD, sounds flatter, cheaper, and now not so originally… similar to lots of OD’s on the market…
Sounds ace… subscribed & heading to Instagram to follow!!
Thanks!
Have you tried it with 18v yet? Sorry if I missed this if it's already in the video! ✌️🙏