The Ibanez TK999HT Tube King Overdrive Pedal - While the name and purpose of the new pedal is the same as the original ‘90s models, this version of Tube King, the TK999HT, differs from its two predecessors in that it features internal high voltage DC circuitry instead of previous starved plate low voltage circuitry. Ibanez says that makes a significant difference. Includes AC adapter.
The Ibanez TK999HT Tube King Overdrive Pedal.“Using the ‘starved plate’ circuitry, the tube in the original Tube Kings really acted more as a filter to achieve tube tones.” commented John Lomas of Ibanez Electronics. “But with the TK999HT the 12AX7 gets normal DC high voltage, allowing total linear operation of the tube. It works just like a tube preamp because it effectively is one!! The result is that the TK999HT makes any solid-state amp sound just like a tube amp. The distortion is massive yet tight.”
* A great Easy to use distortion pedal with Bass, Mid and Treble tone controls, bypass switch works well as pedal does not color sound of guitar when distortion is off.
* The sound of the TK999HT is always warm. You can set to both a warm blues overdrive or a very heavy distortion. There is also a noise reduction system and it works very well even at low volume.
* Basic Level and Drive like most OD boxes, and then the nice feature of 3 versatile bands of EQ instead of one pot.