Its such a smart product in every way, and has Josh's DNA all over it. I mean, in the right way. I love how easy it is to build, and the quality of every part of it. I hope it gives Josh and the good folks at JHS enough of a cushion to do whatever he wants to do next.
Oh man, thank you so much! That's a song of mine called "Think of You" - and that hammond player is Gabe Dixon of Tedeschi Trucks Band - he's a brilliant musician.
This proves a HUGE point Josh is trying to make - a circuit is a circuit. There is no magic sauce. There are no secret angels making something sound more better. Specs is specs. $99 or $2000. It makes zero sonic difference.
so true! for me it's all about wide fat but not overdriving too much. I am def not a Roland JC 120 kinda clean... that feels too pristine and lifeless. It's all about that fat/wide frequency.
I don’t like any overdrive on my clean sound, actually in most of my professional situations it wouldn’t suffice. I usually play a twin reverb with volume between 3-5 and I like to get a full rich sound, but completely clean. And then I’ll add drive for specific sounds. I never heard Paul Jackson Jr’s clean sound break up. That’s what I’m going for. A lot of review videos say “clean sound,” and then the sound has a crunch to it.
Took 6 months but it arrived on my birthday. Glad to have a Klon circuit at 99 and laugh every time I think about what people pay for the ‘real’ thing. It stacks well with my tumnus deluxe.
Absolutely cracking overall sound...it would have been nice to hear through a completely clean amp though. That's how I want to hear effect pedals firstly always with nothing to hide behind, just the sound from the pedal before anyone begins demoing other effects etc...
We can but hope we get them over in Europe. Having had to recently pay 30% of the price again in custom fees, I am loathed to buy from the US again (though the lightspeed was worth it) Great video and great pedal as well
@@markhopkinsmusic it's as good as they say. I have been on a digital journey and returned to amp land as it's a much happier place. Lightspeed is phenomenal
I saw a video of a dude A/B'ing this w/ his real centaur. You literally could not have a difference. Plus the whole assemble it concept is genius. I ordered one immediately. By the way, nice Jeff Buckley album in the background. Masterpiece
+1 for the Moskey Silver and golden horse pedals! Grace is the best album but reaply puts me in a melancholy mood. Lover, you should have come over is one of the finest love songs ever written.
@@markhopkinsmusic Thanks for the reply! I subbed :) My Notaklon arrives tomorrow. I'm going to have my 6 year old put it together for me. This'll be my third Klon. You can''t have too many :) Great demo showcasing the tones, sir. Great playing as well!
Fantastic video, Mark. Three great chapters. Superb fun idea by JHS, beautifully executed (interesting that IKEA lawyers didn’t get grumpy - I haven’t watched Josh’s video but perhaps he mentions it there). Pedal itself sounds average at best, but then I’m not a massive Klon fan to start with, despite owning one. Love your work mate.
What's with all of you and this ikea crap? Lawyers? Lawyers for what?! He didn't steal, their trademark. He's not copying their products. And if you mean "some assembly required" then you obviously have zero real world experience because thousands upon thousands of companies sell stuff with assembly required. You can't sue someone because they copied your idea of requiring customers to put it together 🤣 You people are full of nonsense. There is NOTHING IKEA about that pedal and the only reason it's even talked about is because this entire community is nothing but an echo chamber or a cage full of parrots, all parroting the same thing they heard about the ikea reference over and over. Just like all the nonsense and foolishness that gets repeated by the community over and over and over.
2 other channels compared this side by side.. and it is identical except for the mod switch. This is so good I want 2 or 3? at least 2 because I want to give this to a friend for a Christmas if I can get it by then.
sounds nice! only thing that i dont ever really understand: why is the clean tone NEVER clean? its not that teh amp wouldnt be capable of producing a beautiful clean tone.
I like a tiny bit of push in the clean tone because i can use my guitar volume to clean it up more - and that added sonic width allows for a much more controllable sound right at the instrument. But it's all subjective of course.
I understand that. Obviously. Because i prefer it as well. However, each amp is different and so is the subsequent interaction with the pedal. So i can like your tone or not (each to his own, right?) but it doesn’t help me figure out how it might interact with my setting. It would be good sounding the pedal out in a absolutely clean setting first. And then in your „personal taste“ setting.
@@markhopkinsmusic yes, amazing. I think the whole idea of the pedal where the end user assembles it is a fantastic idea. 1) people will enjoy it, 2) I suspect it cuts out the largest cost of producing a pedal.
"if i can do it, anyone can do it" he says .... yet the video you mentioned shows children putting them together.......but yeah, 99 with the shamrock mod too.
Heck yes!! I am a huge fan! Josh Scott is too and we’re doing an episode of my podcast the third week of Dec where we break down our favorite Dawes tunes in the discography
The song you are playing in the background with the lyrics, “when I get lost, I think of you”, who does that? It’s a very good song. Nice video as well.
@@markhopkinsmusic just found it on iTunes. It’s a great song. I look forward to checking out more of your music. I get a little bit of a Dr. John vibe from your voice.
If the klon thing is your thing then great get one! But the klon is not for everybody which is why so many dont use them because there are other things, dont get caught up in the hype because it's cheap does'nt make it worth having..
Jhs is a perfect example of a company who builds medium quality products with super good marketing, there are tons of products that can do the same thing. Also quality of parts does matter but at that point you are splitting hairs
Thanks for watching, regardless. I did have the Treble knob at noon you can definitely get it darker. I agree about the Klon hype - so many other great OD circuits out there too.
Proves totally that guitarists (and I count myself in this too) are idiots, and that so much hearing is done with the eyes. Perfect tone, like Narnia, does not exist and yet so many people swear it does and spend dumb amounts of money trying to have it. "Tone is in your fingers, son", BB King once said. Amen to that. Well done JHS for holding a mirror up to idiots.
@@louissanderson719 If ypu think its good value then buy one, Im happy for you but Ill stick to using my EHX Soul Food which is the same price or cheaper and they actually build it for you.
Lol. How did he know people were going to snap up all 3000 in a matter of a few hours? He's working on getting 20K of them out. Waiting list if bought right now is February.
Its such a smart product in every way, and has Josh's DNA all over it. I mean, in the right way.
I love how easy it is to build, and the quality of every part of it. I hope it gives Josh and the good folks at JHS enough of a cushion to do whatever he wants to do next.
Well said. I love Josh and his crew, just great people doing great stuff!
lol
What do you think is in the goop? Josh's DNA perhaps? Lol
It is SO brilliant, and certainly popular. They sold all 3000 units in like 5 hours yesterday! Well deserved. Love JHS.
That’s awesome!
I got in on the second wave. I was 3001 I think.
Me too. Got my son one for Christmas
20000?
@@J.C... Now it's 20,000. After the initial 3000 disappeared in mere hours. The demand was not expected by JHS.
Came for the review, stayed for the song. What a beautiful little piece and, man, that hammond!
Oh man, thank you so much! That's a song of mine called "Think of You" - and that hammond player is Gabe Dixon of Tedeschi Trucks Band - he's a brilliant musician.
This proves a HUGE point Josh is trying to make - a circuit is a circuit. There is no magic sauce. There are no secret angels making something sound more better. Specs is specs. $99 or $2000. It makes zero sonic difference.
People want to justify their purchases and don't want to be called a sucker when they really are
seems to me you're part of some conspiracy to hide the truth about magic diodes and fairy dust.
Amen! I freaking love it, and I love how Josh is disrupting the gear craze too!
Aaaand.... he's technically not breaking his handshake agreement with Bill Finnegan. He's not building Klons....we are. Lol
Then why is no one able to exactly reproduce a Clyde Mccoy wah? There are some great "clones", I own a couple, but none of them nail it!
Exactly why I bought it. $99 for that is a no brainer.
1000%
Just assembled my today. Waiting for the goop to dry then...🎸🔥🍺😎
@@TVguy9999 yes!!
Thank you for the demo, I always enjoy listening to your playing. You are right, that’s an excellent deal for such a awesome sounding pedal.
1000%
Absolutely CRUSHED that dawes track
Aww man, thank you!
Thanks for the review! I must say it's interesting what people perceive as a "clean sound."
so true! for me it's all about wide fat but not overdriving too much. I am def not a Roland JC 120 kinda clean... that feels too pristine and lifeless. It's all about that fat/wide frequency.
I don’t like any overdrive on my clean sound, actually in most of my professional situations it wouldn’t suffice. I usually play a twin reverb with volume between 3-5 and I like to get a full rich sound, but completely clean. And then I’ll add drive for specific sounds. I never heard Paul Jackson Jr’s clean sound break up. That’s what I’m going for. A lot of review videos say “clean sound,” and then the sound has a crunch to it.
Took 6 months but it arrived on my birthday. Glad to have a Klon circuit at 99 and laugh every time I think about what people pay for the ‘real’ thing. It stacks well with my tumnus deluxe.
Nice! Double Klon attack! I just rediscovered how well the Morning Glory stacks with my TS9.
Great tune, "Think Of You", cheers.
Thanks, man! One of my favorites I e written in the past few years.
Absolutely cracking overall sound...it would have been nice to hear through a completely clean amp though. That's how I want to hear effect pedals firstly always with nothing to hide behind, just the sound from the pedal before anyone begins demoing other effects etc...
You got some serious McCready DNA in your playing. Dope
Pearl Jam is the reason I play guitar so you nailed that ❤️. I have a PJ tattoo so I am really all in haha
We can but hope we get them over in Europe. Having had to recently pay 30% of the price again in custom fees, I am loathed to buy from the US again (though the lightspeed was worth it)
Great video and great pedal as well
Oh man, the Lightspeed is such a great pedal!
@@markhopkinsmusic it's as good as they say. I have been on a digital journey and returned to amp land as it's a much happier place. Lightspeed is phenomenal
Man that thing makes for a great Christmas gift!
Can’t beat it at this price!
Grace and In Rainbows albums up on the shelf. Great taste, mate!
Thanks so much!!
I saw a video of a dude A/B'ing this w/ his real centaur. You literally could not have a difference. Plus the whole assemble it concept is genius. I ordered one immediately.
By the way, nice Jeff Buckley album in the background. Masterpiece
Thanks so much! Is there a perfect album… yes and it is Grace.
Check out the Mosky Silver Horse. Josh runs the same a/b test and the difference is indistinguishable. Plus it’s only $30 and mini form factor.
+1 for the Moskey Silver and golden horse pedals!
Grace is the best album but reaply puts me in a melancholy mood. Lover, you should have come over is one of the finest love songs ever written.
That song is perfect in every way! Thanks for saying hi, man.
@@IamtheFerryMan
@@markhopkinsmusic Thanks for the reply! I subbed :) My Notaklon arrives tomorrow. I'm going to have my 6 year old put it together for me. This'll be my third Klon. You can''t have too many :)
Great demo showcasing the tones, sir. Great playing as well!
JHS are genius! Great demo!!
Thanks buddy
Huge thumbs up for Dawes in the demo! 👍
I love all the Dawes heads posting-on this video best fans out there!
Can’t wait to order mine
Man that single guitar demo sounds so good!
Thank you!
Fantastic video, Mark. Three great chapters. Superb fun idea by JHS, beautifully executed (interesting that IKEA lawyers didn’t get grumpy - I haven’t watched Josh’s video but perhaps he mentions it there). Pedal itself sounds average at best, but then I’m not a massive Klon fan to start with, despite owning one. Love your work mate.
Thanks buddy! I had fun doing this one with a massive head cold haha
Give'm a minute, they'll get grumpy lol
What's with all of you and this ikea crap? Lawyers? Lawyers for what?! He didn't steal, their trademark. He's not copying their products. And if you mean "some assembly required" then you obviously have zero real world experience because thousands upon thousands of companies sell stuff with assembly required. You can't sue someone because they copied your idea of requiring customers to put it together 🤣
You people are full of nonsense. There is NOTHING IKEA about that pedal and the only reason it's even talked about is because this entire community is nothing but an echo chamber or a cage full of parrots, all parroting the same thing they heard about the ikea reference over and over. Just like all the nonsense and foolishness that gets repeated by the community over and over and over.
2 other channels compared this side by side.. and it is identical except for the mod switch. This is so good I want 2 or 3? at least 2 because I want to give this to a friend for a Christmas if I can get it by then.
crap! I just saw this ... went and ordered one, and I should have it by March 😁
sounds nice!
only thing that i dont ever really understand: why is the clean tone NEVER clean? its not that teh amp wouldnt be capable of producing a beautiful clean tone.
I like a tiny bit of push in the clean tone because i can use my guitar volume to clean it up more - and that added sonic width allows for a much more controllable sound right at the instrument. But it's all subjective of course.
I understand that. Obviously. Because i prefer it as well. However, each amp is different and so is the subsequent interaction with the pedal. So i can like your tone or not (each to his own, right?) but it doesn’t help me figure out how it might interact with my setting. It would be good sounding the pedal out in a absolutely clean setting first. And then in your „personal taste“ setting.
I thought I got in fairly quickly to buy one, but my order is #13,946, so it won't ship until probably February lol
worth the wait - you're gonna have so much fun with it!
Quite the value. Sounds Klon like for sure.
It's pretty spot on- i threw it on my board right away :-)
I would have had one, but the old NordV is doing the trick well.@@markhopkinsmusic
JHS has completely owned off white.
I’d like to see some different colors on this too. I might get my kid to paint it at some point
Sounds good. Smart Marketing idea too
Absolutely brilliant idea 💡
Buy archer. Jeff beck mod. It’s a 10
I still wanna try one of those too!
I ordered mine one hour after announcement. The first lot of 3,000 sold out instantly...I have no idea when they will ship mine.
it's freaking great, worth the wait! So fun to put together too!
JHS sent out an email (on Nov 22) with approximate shipping times based on order number. Ship dates ranged from November 2023 to late February 2024
I still can't believe how many they sold that first day... crazy!@@mghumphrey
@@markhopkinsmusic yes, amazing. I think the whole idea of the pedal where the end user assembles it is a fantastic idea. 1) people will enjoy it, 2) I suspect it cuts out the largest cost of producing a pedal.
I am preordering from the next wave right now. This sounds amazing. And DUDE!!! Fantastic job on this video.
☮️❤️🌮
Thanks so much for watching!!
"if i can do it, anyone can do it" he says .... yet the video you mentioned shows children putting them together.......but yeah, 99 with the shamrock mod too.
Why hasn't the bass guitar been connected to the third Klon yet?
I have a bass - I could try it out for sure and post a video or a short
Dawes!! Yes man!! 🔥🤘🏻⚡🎉
Heck yes!! I am a huge fan! Josh Scott is too and we’re doing an episode of my podcast the third week of Dec where we break down our favorite Dawes tunes in the discography
@@markhopkinsmusic Awesome!! 🙌🏻⚡🔥🎉💫
So glad I found this comment while looking for someone geeking out on Dawes. Looking forward to your discussion!
The other difference you have to ask yourself is, could you DESIGN a circuit as great as a klon ? Anyone can make a clone
I don't design any pedals. I just buy em
The song you are playing in the background with the lyrics, “when I get lost, I think of you”, who does that? It’s a very good song. Nice video as well.
Thanks man, that’s my original song called “Think of You”. My band is called Mark Hopkins & the Pretty War. Really appreciate the kind words. 🤘
@@markhopkinsmusic just found it on iTunes. It’s a great song. I look forward to checking out more of your music. I get a little bit of a Dr. John vibe from your voice.
Thanks so much, that's a huge compliment!@@davidbakerscuba
If the klon thing is your thing then great get one! But the klon is not for everybody which is why so many dont use them because there are other things, dont get caught up in the hype because it's cheap does'nt make it worth having..
Well said!
doesn't your Leatherman have one next to the small file?
100% and I totally forgot in the moment d'oh!
Nice to hear some Dawes in a review
I sneak em in quite often. My podcast tonight is with Josh and it’s all Dawes. Talking every album and our favorite songs on each record.
Who is the artist performing it reminds me of Julian Velard
very tasty Dawes cover "One of Us"
Jhs is a perfect example of a company who builds medium quality products with super good marketing, there are tons of products that can do the same thing.
Also quality of parts does matter but at that point you are splitting hairs
Thanks for hanging and watching, I appreciate you checking it out. How many overdrives do we all need, right? Maybe one or two more haha
Sounds great but I like my Tumnus :)
I had a Tumnus too, that thing is spot on as well!
I really like the idea of this pedal and it sounds great, but people have to remember there f#$k all warranty with this compared to other pedals
I’ve got the original, a JHS Soul Food 😉
haha
Great playing! I think it sounds shrill. Never understood the Klon hype.
Thanks for watching, regardless. I did have the Treble knob at noon you can definitely get it darker. I agree about the Klon hype - so many other great OD circuits out there too.
Does anybody know about the price?
It is 99$ but currently sold out for the first 3000 POs which will arrive January next year
I don't trust anyone who doesn't curve their brim! 😉
nice shirt, I have the same!
🤘🤘
Honestly for an extra $50 you can buy the Tumnus. It's not that great of a deal.
Masterpiece 😂🥴
Dawes!
🤘🤘
So what about the power supply? Eh? EH? EH? WHAT ABOUT THE POWER SUPPLY?
EH? EH?
What about it?
There is no magic $4000 circuit. Especially a Klon which can be mimicked by literally hundreds of other pedals.
And they're all sold out. 😣
Proves totally that guitarists (and I count myself in this too) are idiots, and that so much hearing is done with the eyes. Perfect tone, like Narnia, does not exist and yet so many people swear it does and spend dumb amounts of money trying to have it. "Tone is in your fingers, son", BB King once said. Amen to that. Well done JHS for holding a mirror up to idiots.
Too bad the klon is so thin sounding
Isnt a Klon you have to build yourself, really just a Con? A fantastic marketing exercise though so top marks to Josh and JHS.
How is it a con? They’re up front about what it is, and it’s only 99 bucks
@@louissanderson719 If ypu think its good value then buy one, Im happy for you but Ill stick to using my EHX Soul Food which is the same price or cheaper and they actually build it for you.
It's certainly not a klon
how did i know... not available. but we can pre order and wait, oh how i love to wait! thanks for nothing jhs
Lol. How did he know people were going to snap up all 3000 in a matter of a few hours? He's working on getting 20K of them out. Waiting list if bought right now is February.
Not worth the money?
More than worth the money imo. It’s absolutely awesome, and super fun to assemble.
Garbage, I'll pass.
Yawn. Just like a hundred other pedals.
At a seriously good price point.
You mean a hundred pedals built on the same circuit are just like one another? You don't say...
Be sure your grounded (not shuffling any rugs.as it may screw up the circuit.
You didn't show the inside as you went ?
I put mine together while having meatballs and a few cinnamon rolls :)
Hahaha heck yes!!
GO BUY SOME FRIGGING TOOLS
i have em - was just too lazy to go out to my garage :-)