Tone King
23Also known as: Tone King Amplifiers, Tone King Amps, ToneKing
UnclaimedTone King is an American manufacturer of all-tube guitar amplifiers, attenuators, and preamp pedals based in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1993 by Mark Bartel in Kingston, New York, the company grew out of Bartel's study of vintage Fender circuits alongside blues guitarist Ben Prevo, and has built a reputation around hand-assembled, vintage-voiced amps made in the USA with components sourced ...
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Tone King is an American manufacturer of all-tube guitar amplifiers, attenuators, and preamp pedals based in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1993 by Mark Bartel in Kingston, New York, the company grew out of Bartel's study of vintage Fender circuits alongside blues guitarist Ben Prevo, and has built a reputation around hand-assembled, vintage-voiced amps made in the USA with components sourced worldwide.
The brand's amplifier lineup includes models such as the Imperial MKII, Sky King, Royalist MKIII, Falcon Grande, and the lower-wattage Gremlin, typically paired with matching 1x12 and 2x12 cabinets. A signature feature across the amp range is the built-in Ironman frequency-compensated attenuator, which Tone King also sells as a standalone pedal-format unit (Ironman II and Ironman II Mini) for reducing speaker volume while preserving cranked-amp tone.
In addition to amplifiers and attenuators, Tone King produces pedal-format preamps based on its amp circuits, including the Imperial Preamp and Royalist Preamp. The company is associated with boutique, vintage-style tone aimed at players seeking Fender- and Vox-adjacent voicings at stage-friendly volumes.
Tone King has 33 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Combo Guitar Amplifiers, Guitar Amplifier Heads, and Guitar Amplifier Cabinets. Their gear is featured by 19 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Folk, World, & Country, and Blues. Notable users include Paul Davids, Mark Knopfler, and Lou Reed. Most Tone King products sit firmly in the high-end, boutique range.
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