Kingsley Constable Teardown! See what's inside!

Welcome back to the teardown series, where I take apart new and interesting pedals, and show you what's going on inside!
One of the premier tube-based pedal companies, Kingsley has a whole line of effects built around classic tube amp topology. The constable is a faithful recreation of the Marshall JTM45 preamp, built into pedal format!
If you have recommendations for a pedal you'd like to see on the teardown series, let me know in the comments.
Enjoy!

[TheRealGuv]

As soon as I saw the guts of this one I immediately emailed Simon and ordered a Juggler. This is absolute quality.

[MistaF]

Great video for simple guitar guys like myself. voltage, turret wire vs print board. Etc. Awesome.

[xdoctorblindx]

This channel is definitely going to blow up - and deservedly so!

[jeffgreen]

Thanks Joe, enjoyed watching and hearing your thoughts on this Kingsley pedal!

[westwoodmusic]

As said before Kingsley is indeed based just outside of Vancouver, BC in Canada though Simon is from the UK originally. I think Noah might have made this one. I phoned and told Simon to watch this so we can talk about it at work tomorrow. Good teardown!

[forestyogin]

Not sure if anybody mentioned it yet, but Kingsley is from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (just outside of Vancouver). The owner and designer is originally from England.

[livingabovetheth]

Cool to see a turret board in a pedal.
Love these videos, I find them interesting and strangely relaxing.
Another idea that may be interesting are the quilter superblock pedalboard amps, the USA or uk versions.

[Grant_Ferstat]

I've never opened my Kingsley Page but it's a great sounding pedal. I'm back in the queue for more of Simon's pedals.

[jublaim]

Thanks, great video and you know what you're doing. I've not opened my Constable yet, got it years ago now but as life got in the way I almost forgot about it🤫

[georgerobartes]

Nice quality . The designer must have spent some time in custody as the blue is bang on . I'm guessing stud welds for the tube stands offs but maybe wrong, very neat . This method is like spot welding but leaving the pin behind . I've built similar using the close equivalent of ECC83s in Russian subminiature tubes which enable lower plate voltage, but mainly to drive 2 amps from a " Stereo " guitar source . My supply of old Cliff parts is drying up after parting out some old solid state PA amps that had seen better days . The jacks are great if you are building into an enclosure as they can be mounted flush, dropped in and held with the bezel and coloured ring of your choice ( red or black in my case ) and Cliff has now moved away from their older product line so its difficult to find the white, red and black bezels used on the classic gear . I have a few but running low on those too . Last white one went on the output jack of a 1972 HiWatt Custom 100 head during a rebuild . I'm surprised that no one has used the Hi Watt preamp topology for this purpose . Maybe I will build one .

[ree]

Thanks for hearing the call out- A gorgeous meticulous component/wiring layout, def a build to try to aspire too someday once learned this crazy tube amp math and etc. Rad show mate :)

[Wolf_K]

Quite a decent build.

Putting high voltage pedals into the hands of the public is a scary thought. I felt the same about those older EHX Tube pedals. ;)

Great video, Joe.

Thanks, man!

[waynegram]

The Kingsley Artisan has a bias control but I think the bias control is adjusting the JFET biasing voltage or the tube grid biasing voltage? because most of kingsley pedals plate voltage are at 250vdc step up from 9vdc

[Andreorsel]

Very curious to see the inside of the van Weelden Royal Overdrive. He clames that there are over 200 components in that pedal!

[BryanDenham]

i enjoy your tear down videos, i was wondering if you could get into the schematic a bit more of some of the older pedals that are no longer being made , break down how each component effects the circuit . do you have any recommendations on a book or books i can read to help me understand DIY guitar pedals a bit better?

[ileutur]

Question about tube pedals, from a layman's perspective:
1) How can you tell if the tube is really in the circuit and doing something, as opposed to just being a marketing thing? I remember there being some drama about some pedals only having a decorative tube that isn't actually in the circuit.

2) How to properly care for tube pedals? How long does that tube inside actually last before we should consider changing?

[erikvincent]

Nice video as always. How about a breakdown of Vactrols and rolling ones own?

[omnaraiya]

Great tear down video. I’m interested in learning more about that power supply and how those plate voltages compare to what is present on a real Marshal preamp. Cheers

[tkbyd]

S.i.b. barracuda tube overdrive. A review of that would interest me

[kosmicwizard]

While born in the UK, Simon isn't a UK manufacturer, he now lives outside Vancouver, BC, Canada.