I’ll have to agree with you lol I never try the real deal. But I’ve try some that were super close like the mjolnir. Although it sounded so good. The klon just isn’t for me
Great video! I have the Mythos Wildwood and I found the same, this circuit can sound really honky and when it does I don’t love it. I’m thinking of getting an EQ to dial back the 1k range but not sure if I should spend more $
I've got two Savage from Anasounds (klon type). I use one a the end of the pedalboard to boost or to simulate a break up amp, I use the other one as an overdrive after fuzz.
I've done a very scientific study of multiple Klons compared to every Klone available. Based on this very large and very scientific analysis, the real Klon is .96754873% better than the average Klone. I'd say that is definitely worth the $6,000 premium. Trust the science. In fact, I AM science, so just trust me.
I don’t like the way it distorts, it has a funky character and it’s too pokey in the lower mids, I’ll use it as a clean boost sometimes but the form factor just doesn’t work on my pedalboard
Same for me, bought a soulfood few years ago, just to see because of the hype. Couldnt integrate it into my rig. Got a Bondi SickAs, because i thought it would be better with the Treble+Bass knobs. Sounds great in many ways, but never been able to get working in my rig; too much mids (playing mostly singlecoil offsets on a fender pro reverb amp).
A number of years ago, before I was even aware of a Klon, I tried the EHX Soul Food, but I really didn't care for it. Eventually I became enlightened and bought a couple of budget mini Klon clones. I ended with one of them on my 'mini pedal board' But I have yet to put a Klon style pedal on my main pedal board' Unless the Suhr Eclipse is patterned after a Klon. Sort of sounds like it.
I had a suhr eclipse and a soul food on my board at the same time, they are totally different lol!! I love my suhr eclipse tho. I will say if you put a klon clone before the suhr eclipse that gain staging sounds amazing!
@@leo._.vincent I should try that. I have a Sparkle Drive as an always on clean boost, then a Nobles Odr 1, and then the Suhr Eclipse running at 18v. One channel of the Eclipse is usually always on, set to an edge of breakup, I never use the ODR1 without the Eclipse, though. I suppose we’re all just a bit obsessed with chasing the perfect tone!
@@jimhart1959 I've heard that you get more clean headroom with the eclipse on 18v but I don't have an 18v power supply, I usually always have mine set to edge of breakup around 7,8 o'clock and the other side set around noon for lead
I've only owned a couple of EHX Soul Foods, a J. Rockett Rockaway Archer and a regular Archer, and I've come to the conclusion that they're not for me. The only one I've really gotten along with long-term is the OBNE Fault v2, that I still own. I'm more into Tubescreamers, and I mainly use them as boosts either way. Good video, funny twist. 🤣
@@LivingroomGearDemos I was just about to post the same, also understood 8000 at first. Was quite surprised they were this expensive already back then, haha
Come on, that's the most overrated pedal in the history of the solar system. Collective hype can make anything possible. The Klon is not very versatile, it sounds very generic. Besides its clones, you can achieve a generic overdrive or give it any desired character by buying some of the other less expensive overdrives and couple them with an EQ pedal, the real secret weapon of the secret weapons.
How is it really overrated? I rarely see people actually claiming it’s better than everything else. Prices yes, but that is due to other things than the sound.
Yes, of course a lot of people are saying it there, but you also see groups of people claiming that the Timmy is better. Or Bluesbreaker. Or Tubescreamer. I wouldn't say that the Klon is over-represented, really.
Players should stop to analize phrases like" I havent played with a ""real"" Klon". Whatnthe heck is that idea of "real". It is just a circuit with an eq flavor. Any eq flavor is obtainable if you look to dial it in. It is people pushing their tone vision in an obsesive way that is way too limited.
I will never buy an original, because of the price obviously, and because is not a pedalboard friendly size. That being said, i love the sound of this pedal, and specially, i love how it stacks with other pedals. Off course i'm talking about clon Klons, i love my J Rockett Ikon, don't know if it sound 100% or 1% similar, and i also tried the Wampler Tumnus and the Mojo Hand Sacred Cow, and i loved them.
@@the-np4mr yeah totally, i loved them (i have the PDF 2 that is huge) but they're not very useful when you have to make a portable pedalboard. But yeah, big boxes pedals look amazing.
No, they are really that good. I wouldn’t pay $4k for it, but they are great pedals. Stop acting like they aren’t just because of price inflation. Even the KTR is relatively better than a majority of the clones out there.
what baffles me the most is that this pedal is literally the most boring sounding pedal in history, and yet it has all these mysteries around it. I use my EHX Soul Food as a preamp to make Fender Deluxe Reverb pedals handle hardcore fuzz better. Or as a "edge of breakup" sound. It reeeeaaaally isn't that special, y'all.
I use a Klon clone on my board, and it's by far my favourite overdriven sound, it pairs really nicely with the amps and guitars I use BUT I totally agree, it's nothing special, it's just another flavour of overdrive - the mythology around the pedal is more interesting than the pedal itself
I thought you said you paid "8 thousand dollars" for it and almost spit out my coffee. Your english is impeccable but when speaking about numbers saying "uh thousand" is clearer than "aye thousand" LOL Glad you didn't pay 8 thousand
Haven't played a "real" Klon yet, just a few clones or clones with extras. Most I really didn't like, but the Bondi Sick As I absolutely adore. Don't have any itch to get many other overdrives after this.
@@LivingroomGearDemos do it, it’s the GOAT. Ever since I saw you demoing it covering „All my Life“ years ago I wanted one. I bet you could snag the new MkIII for a demo/promo.
As a former owner of a first year production klon centaur I absolutely can say it's just a decent pedal. Nice tone but no magic and nothing you can't get from many pedals for normal money. However they're a good investment when most other pedals lose money so in that regards it's a sensible buy
Are they a good investment or have they reached the point where they will start to come down in value? There are plenty of them, plenty of cheap clones and the retired boomers who can afford them are dying off.
I miss my real Klon. I've had many great Klones, KTR etc and none of them have quite matched it. Some are pretty close and will perform the same function.
I would have bought more gear with what u paid. People used to go bananas for the first boutique overdrives. Only to later experienced that newer pedals surpass very often earlier overdrives.My tone hunt is elsewhere than low gain or even high gain overdrives. All is good.i dont think new generation of players will fall in that expensive craze ever again. Not with the great variety of pedal options.
EVERYBODY, my English is broken. I didn't pay $8000 for it, I paid $1000.
I thought I heard 8,000 too.
I heard A thousand but I'm swedish so I understand norrbaggar.
I absolutely heard $1000, your English is not broken, maybe just bent a little bit like mine since mine is also not native language. 😅
@@Tomislav_B. I speak it natively and I heard a thousand lol, maybe it's americans
Ohh… how you did?!?!
In South Korea, price of Klon Centaur is already over $4000.
I got to say it, klons aren't even that good
Delete this guy from your channel…..
Hahaha jk
I’ll have to agree with you lol I never try the real deal. But I’ve try some that were super close like the mjolnir. Although it sounded so good. The klon just isn’t for me
Guess it depends on the tone you're after. 🤷♂️
Yeah they're mid-tier af
Bill??
People seem to misunderstand, the price of something is due to its rarity not its quality....as an old Whisky drinker I know this :)
I have a Ceriatone Centura and I love it. It really opens up my amps. I paid $200 for it.
I love all your videos and the always well thought out cinematography you put into them. This one was stunning, beautiful, perfect. Loved it!
Thanks!
Thank you for the wonderful video!!
Arigatou gozaimasu!!︎
Before you revealed the true pedals in the a/b test, I was so excited the clone sounded better 😭
Thanks for sharing your knowledge :)
50/50 this is sarcasm. Not sure what to respond!
Great video! I have the Mythos Wildwood and I found the same, this circuit can sound really honky and when it does I don’t love it. I’m thinking of getting an EQ to dial back the 1k range but not sure if I should spend more $
I really enjoyed this, great video! 👏
Thanks!
I have a strong feeling that your accountant totally approves the investment.
;)
I've got two Savage from Anasounds (klon type). I use one a the end of the pedalboard to boost or to simulate a break up amp, I use the other one as an overdrive after fuzz.
What type of amplifiers is he using?
I've done a very scientific study of multiple Klons compared to every Klone available. Based on this very large and very scientific analysis, the real Klon is .96754873% better than the average Klone. I'd say that is definitely worth the $6,000 premium. Trust the science. In fact, I AM science, so just trust me.
I don’t like the way it distorts, it has a funky character and it’s too pokey in the lower mids, I’ll use it as a clean boost sometimes but the form factor just doesn’t work on my pedalboard
Amazing.
I think it sounds really sweet after some really gated fuzz.
indeed
@@LivingroomGearDemos Do you know a good fuzz that won't completely choke out pinch harmonics?
Maybe a fuzz factory? I have never played one, but it may be what you want
@@alejandroalcalarodriguez it's on my radar, but my guess it would mute them the same. I have a Fuzzolo from ZVex. Great pedals!
Fantastisk !
Same for me, bought a soulfood few years ago, just to see because of the hype. Couldnt integrate it into my rig. Got a Bondi SickAs, because i thought it would be better with the Treble+Bass knobs. Sounds great in many ways, but never been able to get working in my rig; too much mids (playing mostly singlecoil offsets on a fender pro reverb amp).
Metalzone smokes that p.o.s.
Average gear in the right hands will sound amazing while the most expensive gear in average hands will sound mediocre at best. It's the player.
what about the Bad monkey .... its not a klon centaur bad it has a decent transparanet sound that claims the sound of a klon Centaur
A number of years ago, before I was even aware of a Klon, I tried the EHX Soul Food, but I really didn't care for it. Eventually I became enlightened and bought a couple of budget mini Klon clones. I ended with one of them on my 'mini pedal board' But I have yet to put a Klon style pedal on my main pedal board' Unless the Suhr Eclipse is patterned after a Klon. Sort of sounds like it.
I had a suhr eclipse and a soul food on my board at the same time, they are totally different lol!! I love my suhr eclipse tho. I will say if you put a klon clone before the suhr eclipse that gain staging sounds amazing!
@@leo._.vincent I should try that. I have a Sparkle Drive as an always on clean boost, then a Nobles Odr 1, and then the Suhr Eclipse running at 18v. One channel of the Eclipse is usually always on, set to an edge of breakup, I never use the ODR1 without the Eclipse, though. I suppose we’re all just a bit obsessed with chasing the perfect tone!
@@jimhart1959 I've heard that you get more clean headroom with the eclipse on 18v but I don't have an 18v power supply, I usually always have mine set to edge of breakup around 7,8 o'clock and the other side set around noon for lead
I don't like klons but I think it would be cool to build a clone with a really badly drawn horse on it, I'm thinking of calling it the stupid horsie
See: Outlaw Horse Monkey pedal by Sketchy Sounds
thank goodness i took a risk and ordered the htj bright horse :D
0,8% tone for a 5000$ price difference. :)
The bright horse is great
@@LivingroomGearDemos unbelievably great! ❤️
Klons really suck man I don’t understand this crap
I've only owned a couple of EHX Soul Foods, a J. Rockett Rockaway Archer and a regular Archer, and I've come to the conclusion that they're not for me. The only one I've really gotten along with long-term is the OBNE Fault v2, that I still own. I'm more into Tubescreamers, and I mainly use them as boosts either way. Good video, funny twist. 🤣
The OBNE Fault v2 is a Klon clone ? Thnx
do a review of the brighthorse pedal that Japanese brand
nice playing tho
thanks!
I bought a Nux Horseman a while back, haven't used it much to be honest. It's alright but... *shrug*
Well, I know he thinks it’s ridiculous. How much they’re going for and during the lockdown he made some 375 US.
With your accent I thought you said you paid “eight thousand dollars”… and then it was clear you said “a thousand dollars”… 😂😂😂
lol!
@@LivingroomGearDemos
I was just about to post the same, also understood 8000 at first.
Was quite surprised they were this expensive already back then, haha
@@DerEchteBold In another year, Eirik can sell it for 8 grand, cuz that will be the going rate!
@@mattvgyo
Haha, you think he'll change his mind about selling?!
Did I miss a mention on the price anywhere in the video? Or you just didn't say?
It’s almost the first thing I say in the video
@@LivingroomGearDemos ah that's why, I skipped the intro!
;)
Come on, that's the most overrated pedal in the history of the solar system. Collective hype can make anything possible. The Klon is not very versatile, it sounds very generic. Besides its clones, you can achieve a generic overdrive or give it any desired character by buying some of the other less expensive overdrives and couple them with an EQ pedal, the real secret weapon of the secret weapons.
How is it really overrated? I rarely see people actually claiming it’s better than everything else. Prices yes, but that is due to other things than the sound.
@@LivingroomGearDemos You rarely see people claiming that it's better than anything else? You probably don't have account on TGP? 😂
Yes, of course a lot of people are saying it there, but you also see groups of people claiming that the Timmy is better. Or Bluesbreaker. Or Tubescreamer. I wouldn't say that the Klon is over-represented, really.
"The sweet thing is. He didn't charge me money for it.... He just made me close my eyes and suck it out of a hose"
haha
who said that?
This is a joke right?
What part of the video?
Players should stop to analize phrases like" I havent played with a ""real"" Klon". Whatnthe heck is that idea of "real". It is just a circuit with an eq flavor. Any eq flavor is obtainable if you look to dial it in. It is people pushing their tone vision in an obsesive way that is way too limited.
Do you even like Klons? Let me know! 👇🏻
I respect Klon but I prefer Tube screamer.
I will never buy an original, because of the price obviously, and because is not a pedalboard friendly size. That being said, i love the sound of this pedal, and specially, i love how it stacks with other pedals. Off course i'm talking about clon Klons, i love my J Rockett Ikon, don't know if it sound 100% or 1% similar, and i also tried the Wampler Tumnus and the Mojo Hand Sacred Cow, and i loved them.
@@nicolas.grisanti man idk, I think big boxes are cool. If ehx reissued a big box green Russian I'd be all over it
If you add another zero you could buy used Ferrari. Kind of a silly.
@@the-np4mr yeah totally, i loved them (i have the PDF 2 that is huge) but they're not very useful when you have to make a portable pedalboard. But yeah, big boxes pedals look amazing.
I have never gotten along with the sound of a Klon, to honky.
Agree. Probably works for Fender guitar and amp blues guys though.
Bro, you tick all the right boxes in my opinion. Great videos, good info and no BS.
Thanks!
No, they are really that good. I wouldn’t pay $4k for it, but they are great pedals. Stop acting like they aren’t just because of price inflation. Even the KTR is relatively better than a majority of the clones out there.
Not sure if you are addressing me or guitar players in general, but I haven't claimed that it's that good.
@@LivingroomGearDemos not my intent to aim towards you, more towards the neigh sayers in the comments section. Good video
what baffles me the most is that this pedal is literally the most boring sounding pedal in history, and yet it has all these mysteries around it. I use my EHX Soul Food as a preamp to make Fender Deluxe Reverb pedals handle hardcore fuzz better. Or as a "edge of breakup" sound. It reeeeaaaally isn't that special, y'all.
I use a Klon clone on my board, and it's by far my favourite overdriven sound, it pairs really nicely with the amps and guitars I use BUT I totally agree, it's nothing special, it's just another flavour of overdrive - the mythology around the pedal is more interesting than the pedal itself
I was looking for HTJ Works vs Klon comparisson, somehow your video is not up in a search
Why is your hair so PERFECT?
From owning a Klon, duh!
I thought you said you paid "8 thousand dollars" for it and almost spit out my coffee. Your english is impeccable but when speaking about numbers saying "uh thousand" is clearer than "aye thousand" LOL
Glad you didn't pay 8 thousand
I paid $80 000!
I don't noticed any difference. I just heared the audio (without watching de video), and sound identical.
Haven't played a "real" Klon yet, just a few clones or clones with extras. Most I really didn't like, but the Bondi Sick As I absolutely adore. Don't have any itch to get many other overdrives after this.
Been a long time since I've played a Sick As. Need to get one again!
@@LivingroomGearDemos do it, it’s the GOAT. Ever since I saw you demoing it covering „All my Life“ years ago I wanted one.
I bet you could snag the new MkIII for a demo/promo.
As a former owner of a first year production klon centaur I absolutely can say it's just a decent pedal. Nice tone but no magic and nothing you can't get from many pedals for normal money. However they're a good investment when most other pedals lose money so in that regards it's a sensible buy
Are they a good investment or have they reached the point where they will start to come down in value? There are plenty of them, plenty of cheap clones and the retired boomers who can afford them are dying off.
please add a little more gain next time
Almost maxed out at the end?
@@LivingroomGearDemos even more gain :P
8 thou!?? Gimme a break!!
One thousand
I must be going deaf because I clearly heard a thousand lmao
I miss my real Klon. I've had many great Klones, KTR etc and none of them have quite matched it. Some are pretty close and will perform the same function.
I would have bought more gear with what u paid. People used to go bananas for the first boutique overdrives. Only to later experienced that newer pedals surpass very often earlier overdrives.My tone hunt is elsewhere than low gain or even high gain overdrives.
All is good.i dont think new generation of players will fall in that expensive craze ever again. Not with the great variety of pedal options.