ago, the original Royalist was the first amp from Tone King dedicated entirely to classic British tones. Prior to that — both under the sole stewardship of founder Mark Bartel, from 1993 to the early ’00s, and during much of his association with Premier Builder’s Guild, from around 2010 to 2016 — most Tone King models offered one American-voiced clean channel and another with a tweed-meets-Marshall dirt tone. Boutique Amplifiers Distribution (BAD), which has owned the brand since 2016, has brought noteworthy updates to all remaining models in the lineup, and the Royalist MkIII is the latest to get the treatment. The result expands
