Kingtone "The Duellist" pedal with Dual Humbucker Guitars - Not Just For Strats!

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  • The Duellist pedal has long been a favorite among Strat players, but it sounds amazing with humbucker equipped guitars as well!
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Komentáƙe • 188

  • @-thirteen
    @-thirteen Pƙed 5 lety +11

    Man, thank you for not stressing the SRV sound

  • @SabiaCDO
    @SabiaCDO Pƙed 4 lety +9

    You are still so underrated. Every time I see you play, I am in awe. Because practice is one thing, but this level of SOUL? There are no tabs for that. A gift, that’s what it is. Thank you so much for your videos.

  • @ShawnTubbs
    @ShawnTubbs Pƙed 5 lety +59

    Stand out pedal for sure! Great playing RJ!

    • @RJRonquillo
      @RJRonquillo  Pƙed 5 lety +5

      Thanks Shawn!! 😀👍

    • @RealMNeutral31
      @RealMNeutral31 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      You have single-handedly convinced me to purchase this pedal for my blues learning and playing. You have the best demo of this pedal here on CZcams. Thank you.

    • @MOAB-UT
      @MOAB-UT Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

      @@RealMNeutral31 How do you like the pedal. For me it's this or a OriginEffects RevivalDRIVE. Leaning towards this- esp. the new V2 version with SRV mods and external dips.

  • @jw6588
    @jw6588 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    Always one of my favorite guitarists to listen to, you and Pete Thorn both.
    Keep it up man, so so good.

  • @heavyasi1981
    @heavyasi1981 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +1

    As soon as you hit both switches, you answered my question!!!! DAMN DUDE! This is what Heavy As I needs live!

  • @seal-nowweretalking6753
    @seal-nowweretalking6753 Pƙed rokem +3

    Brother you sit in that groove like MTF!!! 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

  • @BellTunnel
    @BellTunnel Pƙed 5 lety +11

    The Duellist and Blues Power are my favorite pedals I’ve bought in the last few years. Can’t say enough good things about the tones I’m able to get out of them, how easy they are to dial in, how well they pair with my Strat and Tele into Fender amps, and King Tone’s outstanding customer service.

  • @DVincentW
    @DVincentW Pƙed 5 lety +3

    Its a journey.
    So many colors, tones, love, pain, born to play all those emotive.
    I'm gonna go practice..

  • @benjaminmead1336
    @benjaminmead1336 Pƙed 5 lety +12

    Turns out the Duelist can nail quasi-Robben tones!!! Killer playing RJ

  • @letterli
    @letterli Pƙed 5 lety +3

    Folks! I mean, all you guys out there...!! R.J. Ronquillo is THE most inspiring teacher here in the You Tube world! HE is THAT inspiring to me, shares great lessons, shows us loads of cool riffs, sounds, guitars and and and... - He's Nr. 1 for me! Pls keep up the brilly-lilly work on here! BIG thank you R.J. !!!

  • @the_grube5782
    @the_grube5782 Pƙed 5 lety +9

    Great expressive playing! Thanks for demo-ing this pedal with humbuckers.

  • @PMUP2016
    @PMUP2016 Pƙed 5 lety +7

    I love my Duellist pedal!

  • @lainetreme6088
    @lainetreme6088 Pƙed rokem +1

    So used to hear reviews by half ass players.. smart jazz voicings. Good playing

  • @mikeoxley9121
    @mikeoxley9121 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Picked mine up the other day. Took it to jam yesterday, and it sounded HUGE through the provided Boss Katana amps.
    The guy’s jaws dropped when they heard my tone with the Duellist! Best OD pedal I’ve owned in a long time!! 🎾

  • @Dani-El.
    @Dani-El. Pƙed rokem +2

    Incredible playing there. The pedal sounds good as well.

  • @johnpalmer1005
    @johnpalmer1005 Pƙed 5 lety +4

    You are such a killer player man. Please take this as a compliment, I often find myself watching another demo video after yours of the same piece of gear to "verify," so to speak, that it sounds good. Your tone, feel, sensitivity, passion, and dynamic control are off the charts regardless of what gear you are using. I love the way you play and I am absolutely going broke (happily) purchasing some of the gear you demo. I really love the king tone stuff. Crazy tube circuits are pretty killer too. If you are in to wahs, Kevin Wilson makes some pretty good ones. Again, I love your playing and enjoy your videos very much.

  • @badbadger9860
    @badbadger9860 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    That's it! I am just going to make a playlist of all his demos. Better than 99.9% of the music out there today! Awesome!

  • @charlesrich4749
    @charlesrich4749 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    Boy, that’s some damn good pickin’! You make that pedal work for it’s money!

  • @NERDOFUNK
    @NERDOFUNK Pƙed 5 lety +6

    PLEASE do a Strat Demo if you have the time, The Duellist needs a good high quality audio Strat Demo :D

    • @RPSartre01
      @RPSartre01 Pƙed 5 lety

      I have this pedal. Ironically, it sounds MUCH better with my Gibson with humbuckers then it does with any of my three fender strats. It's okay as a clean boost with my fender strats, but I have a Xotic Clean Boost and the Analogman KOT for that - both of which sound better with my strats. It's just with the strats it sounds tinny and compressed as HELL. But it does come alive with humbuckers. So I will be selling mine.

    • @robertwellington2616
      @robertwellington2616 Pƙed 5 lety

      Robert Pajkovski HB’s Rock.

  • @Chord_The_Seeker
    @Chord_The_Seeker Pƙed 5 lety +2

    I have the Duellist, and it’s my favorite pedal that I own. It does sound great in this video, but with a Strat it’s off the charts amazing!

  • @gitarbangsatchanel8036
    @gitarbangsatchanel8036 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    That out side lick is đŸ’„

  • @Sofatronic
    @Sofatronic Pƙed 4 lety +1

    I'm not sure if I was watching for the pedal or the tunes. Beautiful.

  • @vitoleo7197
    @vitoleo7197 Pƙed 5 lety +3

    Unbelieveable playing on this vid RJ, congrats!

  • @hotmilkcrewberlin4475
    @hotmilkcrewberlin4475 Pƙed 5 lety +2

    one of the tastiest players. killer timing bro!!

    • @riheg
      @riheg Pƙed 5 lety

      Hot Milk Crew Berlin yea I can tell he has put in the work to get to a pro level but some players are more interesting than others and RJ always catches my interest

  • @Zinfandel92
    @Zinfandel92 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    marvellous it is, that you've got in your hands. Thank you very much for your playing.
    Just ordered this pedal.

  • @AddisonSauvan
    @AddisonSauvan Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Geeeeeez that sounds good. Killer tones and playing RJ. The playing from 9:00 to 10:00 was RIDICULOUS. Don't need another $350 overdrive, but that is TEMPTING.

  • @franckrichard8077
    @franckrichard8077 Pƙed 3 lety

    I have this one, plugged into my Marshall JTM1 Offset.... pure heaven, both with my Blackie or my Little Lucille. A MUST HAVE PEDAL

  • @stevenpaul3886
    @stevenpaul3886 Pƙed 5 lety +5

    That was awesomely fantastic! Great playing

  • @JakubKazmierski
    @JakubKazmierski Pƙed 3 lety

    When you turn in to learn more about a pedal...and just end up feeling bad about yourself. As always, some amazing playing!

  • @mpactdesignmedia
    @mpactdesignmedia Pƙed 5 lety +7

    I've heard guitars called 'tone machines', I've heard amps called 'tone machines', but I've not often heard pedals being tagged with that label. This one might be THE Tone Machine king. Want to add 24 pickups to your guitar? Here ya go!

  • @jimmygreen5872
    @jimmygreen5872 Pƙed 5 lety +6

    Jesse makes some great stuff. I have his germanium mini fuzz & it’s stellar!

    • @johnpalmer1005
      @johnpalmer1005 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      The silicon one is great too. Both are killer and keepers.

  • @donaldcright5292
    @donaldcright5292 Pƙed 4 lety

    In the zone...nice, In the zone for 11;36 minutes ? Incredibly NICE....Great job !

  • @isaacjohnson.
    @isaacjohnson. Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Wow that opening jam! Tasty as hell RJ! and that pedal sounds amazing. Love when you bust out that Knaggs-killer guitar.

  • @jedanduncan5624
    @jedanduncan5624 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    This is Lovely! Wow the tone and picking. Gotta grab this pedal.

  • @stephenmartinez2211
    @stephenmartinez2211 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    GREAT PEDAL THERE I'VE HAD TWO OF THEM THE FIRST ONE I WORE OUT BUT THEN AGAIN IT GOT DROPPED A FEW BUT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT PEDAL. VERY EASY AND SIMPLE TO USE COME UP WITH YOUR OWN UNIQUE PLAY IN SYSTEM FROM A PEDAL

  • @BrianDonnelly68
    @BrianDonnelly68 Pƙed 5 lety +4

    Great demo! I have Jessie's Bluespower pedal and love the damn thing. He makes outstanding stuff.

  • @IPushHard
    @IPushHard Pƙed 5 lety +4

    This is one one of those pedals.... It happens to sound fantastic, but that doesn't matter. It looks so dam cool its going on my board!
    I think I'm gonna save this video and try to steal some licks. You burned it up man.

    • @jakehyrule7260
      @jakehyrule7260 Pƙed 4 lety

      In that case you're lucky it sounds fantastic, spending $600 on a pedal because it looks cool. Wow haha

    • @IPushHard
      @IPushHard Pƙed 4 lety

      @@jakehyrule7260 Great point!

  • @greenlemon68
    @greenlemon68 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Your playing is so amazing, I totally love it!!!

  • @frantisca
    @frantisca Pƙed 5 lety +2

    With the King of Tone, one of my favorites. I 've got a (very) good one though: French-made Riff Shooter with also a lot of tweaking options: triple toggle for dirt, "sound" and "voice" pots, plus the usual EQ and a "patate" booster ! ! ;-) Great playing as usual RJ \m/

  • @frantisca
    @frantisca Pƙed 5 lety +1

    10:21 : that riff/tone is killing me đŸ˜”

  • @Schizophrenia222
    @Schizophrenia222 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    God this thing sounds so sick!!!

  • @anmolatwal
    @anmolatwal Pƙed 5 lety +2

    Man I so wanna see you play this with a strat!! This sounds killer though!!

  • @safedangerband
    @safedangerband Pƙed 4 lety

    Glad you made a demo focusing on humbucker equipped guitars. Duellist has displaced every drive on my board except for my old COT50. Hard to beat it.

  • @jeffbratteson7007
    @jeffbratteson7007 Pƙed rokem

    I've seen plenty of videos of this with Strats but man with humbuckers this thing is FAT. Awesome playing also helps to hear how this thing sings.

  • @maciejgrobelny3326
    @maciejgrobelny3326 Pƙed rokem

    R. J., I love this bluesy tune you are playing here. Great performance bro.

  • @dougrettberg7986
    @dougrettberg7986 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

    Sounds awesome!

  • @mattelder9147
    @mattelder9147 Pƙed 5 lety +3

    I have The Duellist, a Marshall Bluesbreaker mk1, and Analog King of Tone. All do their own own thing with some overlap. All great, but when using The Duellist, I typically use the String Singer side (TS inspired). The Duellist has crazy amounts of volume on tap. The Fat, Stock, and Glass switch was a great idea. Enjoying your channel RJ.

    • @justingarcia7722
      @justingarcia7722 Pƙed 5 lety

      You ever stack the duelist with the KOT? Thinking of getting one to partner up with mine

    • @mattelder9147
      @mattelder9147 Pƙed 5 lety

      @@justingarcia7722 I have this gain stage order: KOT>Marshall Blues Breaker mk1>The Duelleist>Tumnus Deluxe. I will often use the KOT to boost either pedal directly after or, more often, the Tumnus Deluxe boosting anything before. Also, because they are similar, I set them up to work best, but complimentary, with different guitars without having to bend down mid-song to tweak.

    • @justingarcia7722
      @justingarcia7722 Pƙed 5 lety

      Matt Elder thanks man, sounds like a great pedal. Currently using a KOT and Hamstead Odyssey but I’m missing a TS, more mid full style sound to get on the fly, this pedal seems the ticket. Nice set of pedals!

  • @GRude420
    @GRude420 Pƙed 5 lety

    I love a majority of RJ's videos.. But this is nothing short of pandering for the system. His riffs and runs on the guitar make it sound o.k.. but at the end of the day *HE* is the one who makes it great. Forget the amp, guitar, and pedal. RJ is the one that makes it sing and sound wonderful. Anyone can learn to play guitar, but a select few can make it scream. A++ Well done again, RJ!!

  • @hockeyman2274
    @hockeyman2274 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    That playing is awesome!

  • @danielcalderon6966
    @danielcalderon6966 Pƙed 3 lety

    Dude, that improv was top notch đŸ‘ŒđŸŒ

  • @srficarra
    @srficarra Pƙed 2 lety

    Awesome pedal!!! I love the Duellist especially for that stratty SRV thing!!! Nice to finally see a review of this pedal with HB’s though. But to be honest RJ, you would sound awesome playing through anything!!!

  • @noselodigasanadie
    @noselodigasanadie Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    vine a ver el pedal pero me quede disfrutando de este blues mientras desayuno jajajaja

  • @mcmgtr
    @mcmgtr Pƙed 3 lety

    Beautiful tones, no matter what the setting. Great demo!

  • @Weily_Alcequiez
    @Weily_Alcequiez Pƙed 5 lety +22

    great pedal but better player!!

  • @colinrobertson4569
    @colinrobertson4569 Pƙed 4 lety

    Man that neck pickup sounds great.

  • @jhesbol
    @jhesbol Pƙed rokem

    Yeah man! Great phrasing. Great tones. Love it!

  • @ljgaines8170
    @ljgaines8170 Pƙed rokem

    Great video great petal great Playing I have one.
    I didn't know you could run both sides into same time.
    I guess I gives you a little extra punch..

  • @SamHooperGroup
    @SamHooperGroup Pƙed 4 lety

    Beautiful playing R.J.! Smokin' tones from the Knaggs & the pedal too.

  • @MrMarcee
    @MrMarcee Pƙed 2 lety

    Oh my god that t-shirt!!! Love it!

  • @waynetoneseekerandersen2213

    Sooo nice.... the pedal too. great demo, Duelist is not just for strats. Wow

  • @rudytorres1433
    @rudytorres1433 Pƙed 5 lety

    Awesome demo and playing RJ!!! Also, cool backing track :)

  • @rockinchango
    @rockinchango Pƙed 5 lety

    You and that Knaggs are pure MAGIC!

    • @RJRonquillo
      @RJRonquillo  Pƙed 5 lety

      Thanks rockinchango!! 😀👍

  • @gearmeister
    @gearmeister Pƙed 5 lety +1

    Great job! That pedal is now out of stock! Yeah, I'm checking out as many of your vids as possible, I've got a ton of pedals but this one makes me want to throw a few in the trash!

  • @phydauex
    @phydauex Pƙed rokem

    Love your playing. Love that tone.

  • @DannyBrooks1
    @DannyBrooks1 Pƙed 5 lety

    Love mine! Fantastic demo as always.

  • @barefootpowers
    @barefootpowers Pƙed 3 lety

    What a legend 🙌. Face melted.

  • @greenlemon68
    @greenlemon68 Pƙed 4 lety

    Awesome playing, amazing!

  • @gregorystone768
    @gregorystone768 Pƙed 5 lety

    Use mine with my Tele all the time. Amazing pedal

  • @MrLespaul2000
    @MrLespaul2000 Pƙed 3 lety

    Great demo and great playing.

  • @SweetSpotSC
    @SweetSpotSC Pƙed 5 lety +1

    Awesome playing RJ! Can you please do a lesson on Reggae guitar? Particularly soloing ideas over some common chord progressions, guitar tone and effects/amp setup? I’m certain you brought a unique voice to the reggae bands you’ve toured and recorded with in the past. Thank you!!!

  • @dougfa3515
    @dougfa3515 Pƙed 5 lety

    You got a lot of talent, RJ! Sounded great!

  • @BK-lx5mo
    @BK-lx5mo Pƙed 3 lety

    That Doug Rappaport Knaggs sounds amazing.

  • @yanghan1094
    @yanghan1094 Pƙed 2 lety

    Awesome demo! But sounds really like my BB preamp made by Xotic, and for the price you can buy 4 used BB


  • @ht9399
    @ht9399 Pƙed 4 lety

    Wonderful play!

  • @ikluno
    @ikluno Pƙed 5 lety

    Great playing!!! And good pedal also

  • @PERRADE
    @PERRADE Pƙed 5 lety

    My next pedal , for sure !

    • @PERRADE
      @PERRADE Pƙed 5 lety

      I would like to see this pedal with a PRS guitar , to compare

  • @damirkarakas7111
    @damirkarakas7111 Pƙed 2 lety

    Great...just order the pedal..

  • @mikegoodwin1498
    @mikegoodwin1498 Pƙed 2 lety

    super cool note choices! Breaking out of the I-IV-V humdrum, but not so far that it's not melodic.

  • @sam127001
    @sam127001 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    you can definitely make those steel strings sing !

  • @freedommatters9596
    @freedommatters9596 Pƙed 5 lety

    Great playing man 👌

  • @mikeoxley9121
    @mikeoxley9121 Pƙed 3 lety

    Great demo, R.J.! I just tried the Duellist yesterday, and it was instant gratification the moment I turned it on! Will have to get one!

  • @FRX67
    @FRX67 Pƙed 4 lety

    RJ could make a box of rocks and sticks sound awesome

  • @HBSuccess
    @HBSuccess Pƙed 5 lety

    Sick playing - 👏

  • @chadbouterse8617
    @chadbouterse8617 Pƙed 5 lety

    Stellar playing!!!

  • @DreCarvalho
    @DreCarvalho Pƙed 4 lety

    What a player!

  • @robertbriquet
    @robertbriquet Pƙed 5 lety

    Great playing

  • @heycaptjack
    @heycaptjack Pƙed 3 lety

    Love it!

  • @papaflann
    @papaflann Pƙed 5 lety

    some great playing!!!

  • @tonesafari3778
    @tonesafari3778 Pƙed 5 lety

    Yes! Sounds so good...and killer playing too

  • @wgb01001
    @wgb01001 Pƙed 5 lety

    I love that Knaggs guitar, but I have such a hangup over the pickups being different colors. It’s the pea under the mattress of this, uh, princess. I wish to holy hell that either the bridge was plain black or (preferably) that the neck was also a zebra. Zebra humbuckers always look killer.

    • @RJRonquillo
      @RJRonquillo  Pƙed 5 lety +1

      I kinda agree with you, but never been a fan of zebra pickups so I would get a black bridge.

    • @wgb01001
      @wgb01001 Pƙed 5 lety

      R.J. Ronquillo Go for it! If only to help with my OCD. 😂

  • @jgl2222
    @jgl2222 Pƙed 5 lety

    You sound great man!

  • @sammyrothrock6981
    @sammyrothrock6981 Pƙed 2 lety

    Impressive RJ

  • @mikeyg00
    @mikeyg00 Pƙed rokem

    Tasty groove.

  • @therifftones2198
    @therifftones2198 Pƙed rokem

    Great player!

  • @guitarfreak585
    @guitarfreak585 Pƙed 5 lety

    Oh man I need one of these.

  • @zshwn
    @zshwn Pƙed 5 lety

    Killin it đŸ’Ș

  • @rickc2102
    @rickc2102 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    Oh my, when you kicked the uni-vibe in...

  • @crazyforbeingsane611
    @crazyforbeingsane611 Pƙed 2 lety

    RJ is so good I would love watching him play a tennis racket plugged into a boom box if that were possible. Im also a D area native and I want to know @RJRonquillo do you ever do gigs where you would play the Token or Machine shop or something? Ever play up here anymore?
    Killer sounds man...as always.

  • @obicross
    @obicross Pƙed 5 lety

    Bravo!

  • @coreyclark6505
    @coreyclark6505 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    Nice shirt and even nicer playing!