The Royalist Preamp puts the Royalist MKIII's British voices on a pedalboard. Three 12AX7s run at high voltage, one of them as a phase inverter, which Tone King calls a zero-watt power amp, so the preamp reacts the way the amp does when it's pushed.
Both channels have Volume, Bass, Middle and Treble, a FAT switch, and the amp's 1964, 1967 and 1970 voicing switch. They differ in the tone stack. The top channel uses a JTM45, Bassman and Super Bass style EQ, and the bottom one a later British Lead stack, so one leans tight and articulate and the other more midrange-forward. Dual Iron Man attenuators, HF switches, reverb assignable to either channel, 20 OwnHammer impulse responses and 128 MIDI presets round it out.
Choose it for direct recording or a silent stage with real British tube response, or to add two Plexi-era channels to an amp with a series effects loop. The Imperial Preamp is the same format with the American blackface and tweed voices.
SPECIFICATIONS
SPECS
Country of Origin: China
Weight: 1.9 lbs
Dimensions: 7.2" (W) x 5.7" (D) x 2.75" (H)
Type: Two Channel High-Voltage preamp, DI
Tubes: 3 x 12AX7 preamp tubes running at proper high voltages
Power Amp: Built-In zero-watt power amp, phase inverter circuit
Included: 6' USB Cable, Universal 12V Power Supply
CONTROLS
Channels: Two Independent channels with Volume, Bass, Middle and Treble Control
Voicing: Three-way 1964/1967/1970 voicing switch per channel; FAT switch per channel
Top channel: Vintage-accurate JTM45 / Bassman / Super Bass inspired EQ
Bottom channel: Later-era British Lead tone stack
Attenuators: Dual built-in Iron Man attenuators, HF switches
Reverb: Reverb control (assignable to each channel); Mode switch turns ON/OFF trails
MIDI: Save up to 128 presets for instant recall via an external MIDI switcher
Impulse Response: Low-latency Impulse Response cabinet simulation (bypassable); 3-position CAB/IR select switch per channel; 20 Included OwnHammer IRs
Power Amp Simulation: Software editable HF Comp, Low-Pass and High-Pass filters (per channel)
CONNECTIONS
Outputs: Dual stereo balanced XLR outputs with Ground Lift Switch
Headphones: 1/4" Headphone output
Effects Loop: Effects Send and Stereo Return Jacks; Stereo, Series FX loop (bypassable)
MIDI: MIDI 5-pin standard connector
USB: USB-C connector for use with the included Tone King Editor software
Amp Integration: To Amp In, From Amp Send and From Amp Return Jacks
