JHS Pedals NOTAKLÖN (Solderless KLON DIY Kit)

[norminal]

Even the word “Klon” makes me nauseous these days, but this is very cool for $99. The PCB wrenches are a nice touch.

 

[PLX]

Gotta hand it to him.. he's a marketing genius.

Releasing this 6 weeks before Christmas, priced at a stocking-stuffer price point.

 

[holoholo]

$99 to build it myself?

 

[jellodog]

$99 to build it myself?

Have you ever gotten to goop a pedal before though?

You're paying for an experience here.

You also get to cosplay Bill Finnegan (don't forget to stamp some greasy garbage into your carpet before you get started).

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Have you ever gotten to goop a pedal before though?

You're paying for an experience here.

You also get to cosplay Bill Finnegan (don't forget to stamp some garbage into your carpet before you get started).

You're gonna need a card table for those authentic Bill Finnegan hype tones.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Does it ship with some swedish hot dogs?

 

[Whizzinby]

 

[paisleywookiee]

This is really cool. Guys, this is like the same price as a fucking EHX Soul Food, and better made, if you can follow instructions. Plus, it’d be a fun pedal to paint as well.

 

[dk_ace]

This is really cool. Guys, this is like the same price as a fucking EHX Soul Food, and better made, if you can follow instructions. Plus, it’d be a fun pedal to paint as well.

I thought it was cool too. Sounds like a klon, inexpensive, fun little project, adds an interesting circuit mod. I don’t see what’s not to like?

D

 

[metropolis_4]

Pedals are fun to build! I used to make all my own pedals

I’ve actually been thinking about getting back into it, maybe I’ll have to pick up one of these kits. I love that it comes with goop

 

[paisleywookiee]

I thought it was cool too. Sounds like a klon, inexpensive, fun little project, adds an interesting circuit mod. I don’t see what’s not to like?

D

Get it now, before Mason at Vertex buys them all out, paints the case, and then sells them for $299!

 

[ragingplatypi]

I was about to buy a Soul Food for half the price, but I watched this video with my kid who is hyped to be involved, so yeah the idea and marketing are spot on.

 

[Byrdman]

Pretty cool idea for sure. One of the videos I watched last night, the guy compared it to an original A/Bing it and it sounded just like it on the exact same settings. I'm sure there will be a few more comparisons out over the next few days.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Smaller than the original = great!
I/O in top position = great!
Sounds just like the real deal = great!
Additional gain switch = great!
Price = fair (there's cheaper clones which are seemingly sounding like the original as well).

Unfortunately, I'd bet it'll take quite a while for these to arrive at german retailers. And as usual, they will slam a hefty "hey, we managed getting this over here for you" fee on top. But we'll see. Once it's available (first batch is already sold out), I'll get one.

 

[DrewJD82]

Badass!!

While ultimately it can be said that everything Josh does with his channel/JHS circles back to supporting JHS, I don’t really care. The dude has no problem promoting other brands and stuff like this I see as a service to the community. Sure, there’s BYOC and other pedal kits out there, but I’m thinking back to my teenage years and how stoked I’d be if Digitech, Boss or DOD did something like this.

It’s stuff like this that could spur off the next lineup of pedal builders because mom and dad thought it’d be cool to toss one under the Christmas tree one year.

 

[mbenigni]

What do I work here now??

Just kidding, this looks like a lot of fun.

 

[Jarick]

That actually seems like a really fun idea honestly. The IKEA bit is really well done.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I can totally see the modeler wars Batsignal but I also think it's quite cool.

 

[Sascha Franck]

It’s stuff like this that could spur off the next lineup of pedal builders because mom and dad thought it’d be cool to toss one under the Christmas tree one year.

Yeah.
Also, the IKEA approach is working quite well for IKEA, could as well work for these kinda things - well ok, admittedly, unlike IKEA, you don't save much storage space, so it's just the final assembly.
As a potential (hypothetical but still...) sideeffect: The fact that this is solderless could lead to a new trend, such as in solderless DIY kits allowing for a bit more freedom of choice. As an example, you could just split things over two solderless PCBs and combine, say, different drive circuits with different EQ circuits. I'd be all over that!

 

[JiveTurkey]

Yeah.
Also, the IKEA approach is working quite well for IKEA, could as well work for these kinda things - well ok, admittedly, unlike IKEA, you don't save much storage space, so it's just the final assembly.
As a potential (hypothetical but still...) sideeffect: The fact that this is solderless could lead to a new trend, such as in solderless DIY kits allowing for a bit more freedom of choice. As an example, you could just split things over two solderless PCBs and combine, say, different drive circuits with different EQ circuits. I'd be all over that!

It's solderless? Oh I am definitely in if it means I don't have to mangle a circuit board after 4 cups of coffee with an underpowered iron from harbor freight

Edit just read the video title. It's early. What can I say