NPD x2-Kingsley Minstrel and Freakshow Magic Rabbit!

[alguit]

Boy, what a fun afternoon I'm having! The Kingsley Minstrel was bought on TGP pedal emporium from Paul from NY, selling his spare, and for a cool price at that (thanks, Paul!). :) I get the praise that's been given to this overdrive-not only is it the first tube OD that I've loved into a tube amp (well, I liked the Mesa V-Twin years ago, but not nearly as much), but also this is simply a first-rate overdrive, period. Great clarity, flexibility, rich, stringy tones and with three modes available taking one from light overdrive to enough to play heavier classic rock-what an incredible piece of gear.

The Freakshow Magic Rabbit brings together their rabbit (mod'd Rat) pedal with their boost pedal-I had a Lovekraft Chupacabra which did an "uber-rat" bunch of tones so well but had to sell it years back...this makes me no longer miss it! One can choose the core op-amp either with diodes, just the op-amp or the op-amp with led's for three distinct clipping options, something done elsewhere with a few TS-derived pedals, but a nice feature with a Rat-inspired one. I know for many people this kind of tone represents the better parts of 80's rock/metal tone, but for me it takes me to Jeff Beck's "There and Back"-era lead tones, rich and punchy with bags of sustain and that great Filter feature.

A fun afternoon, indeed. :)

-Alan

[Zero G]

Congrats man. I've got pretty bad GAS for the Minstrel. Wish there were more clips out there.

[alguit]

Congrats man. I've got pretty bad GAS for the Minstrel. Wish there were more clips out there.

I wish I had the technology (and the desire!) to make clip-I sure would for this pedal.

I'll write what others have...just get one! :) Seriously, I don't think this is one a person would have buyer's remorse over!

-Alan

[alguit]

I've used the Kingsley Minstrel on three gigs since my last post-boyhowdy is this a great overdrive!

I love the warmth it creates, the ability to shape the tones and the pleasing musicality of its overdrives.

At each gig, the bass players and other guitarists (and one drummer) came over to check out what I was using and highly praised the Minstrel (not as much praise for me, though...) :)

Alan

[frontingbravery]

Glad you are digging it! Still my favorite OD!

[alguit]

Glad you are digging it! Still my favorite OD!


Paul, thanks again for selling it, and for such a fair price-it is a killer piece of gear! I understand why you bought two! :)

Alan

[GibsonLives]

I hadn't found a single negative word about thee Minstrel before pullng the trigger (and trust me, I looked hard!), and when I got it, it lived up to and xceeded my expectations. People talk about Kingsley onhere a bit, but there has yet to be an explosion of threads and videos about it, maybe because they're pricey and hard to come by, but it's worth it to just pick one up.
Steve