Coriolis Effects releases Hail to the King Ultimate Edition dual overdrive

July 15, 2024 · 3 sources

Coriolis Effects has released the Ultimate Edition of its Hail to the King, a dual overdrive the maker describes as an overdrive booster and that Delicious Audio called "a rather affordable take on the legendary Analogman King of Tone (a dual overdrive)"¹². Delicious Audio published its report on July 15, 2024².

Each of the two identical channels carries Telefunken BA282 and Toshiba 1S1588 diodes, according to Delicious Audio, along with components it says are found in current production of the original King of Tone². Guitar Pedal X lists the shared parts as JRC4580D op-amps, Panasonic ECQ film capacitors, Rubycon electrolytic capacitors and carbon film resistors, with the Telefunken BA282 as the soft clipping diodes against the King of Tone's Panasonic MA856³. The two outlets differ on the diodes: Delicious Audio names the Toshiba 1S1588 as a clipping diode, while Guitar Pedal X calls it the hard clipping diode and the Telefunken the soft clipping one²³. RockBoard's PedalPedia entry says the pedal is updated with "genuine NOS Panasonic MA858 diodes"¹.

Per Guitar Pedal X, each channel has Volume, Tone, Drive, Presence and a footswitch, plus High Gain (+25%), Hard Clip and Soft Clip toggles, giving eight clipping combinations per channel³. Delicious Audio reports a toggle that runs the circuit internally at 18V for extra headroom, and an FX loop between the two channels². Guitar Pedal X says the FX loop arrived with Batch 3 and is side-mounted³. RockBoard lists an analog circuit and 9V DC center-negative power¹.

Guitar Pedal X gives a price of $199 and says the pedal is built in small batches of 10 to 12 units every one to two months, with a third batch of 20 planned³. It cites $325 for the King of Tone³. RockBoard states that all other versions of the Hail to the King have been discontinued¹.