Tone King

{{Infobox company

| image = Tonekingfront.jpg

| image_caption = A Tone King guitar amplifier

| founded = {{start date and age|1993}} in Kingston, New York

| founder = Mark Bartel

| hq_location_city = Baltimore, Maryland

| hq_location_country = United States

| owner = {{ubl|Premier Builders Guild (until 2016)|Boutique Amps Distribution (from 2016)}}

| website = {{url|toneking.com}}

}}

Tone King is a manufacturer of vacuum tube guitar amplifiers and stand-alone attenuators located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Tone King was founded by Mark Bartel in 1993 in Kingston, New York, after studying vintage fender amplifiers with blues guitarist Ben Prevo.{{cite web | url=http://bartelamps.com/about/ | title=About – Bartel Amplifiers LLC }} In 1994 Mark moved the company to Baltimore.

Tone King is one of the boutique "vintage" amplifier companies making Fender style amps. Tone King was owned by the company Premier Builders Guild (PBG). In 2016 PBG went out of business and sold the Tone King brand to Boutique Amps Distribution (BAD), which now manufacturers these amps in Huntington Park, California.

In January 2016, Tone King introduced the new Royalist 45 Mk II amplifier, an updated version of Tone King's Royalist amplifier, known for its low-gain British sound qualities.{{cite news|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24008-tone-king-amplification-releases-the-royalist|title=Tone King Amplification Releases the Royalist 45 Mk II and the Ironman II Mini Precision Reactive Power Attenuator - Premier Guitar|work=Premier Guitar|accessdate= February 8, 2016}} That same month, Tone King introduced an updated version of its Ironman attenuator, the Ironman II Mini.{{cite news|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24008-tone-king-amplification-releases-the-royalist|title=Tone King Amplification Releases the Royalist 45 Mk II and the Ironman II Mini Precision Reactive Power Attenuator - Premier Guitar|date=February 2016|work=Premier Guitar|accessdate=February 8, 2016}}[http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23772 Mark Bartel demos Tone King Royalist 45 Mk II and Ironman II Mini at 2016 NAMM]

There are 4 different amplifiers in the current lineup that all feature the Ironman compensated reactive load attenuation: Gremlin Combo, Falcon Grande Combo, Imperial Head and Combo, Sky King.