Starting to get the Klon thing?

[AutomationBias]

I bought a Soul Food and thought I hated Klon(e)s.

Yeah, I wonder how many people got turned off to klons/klones because of the Soul Food. I have generally very positive feelings about EHX, but oh buddy, that was a turd.

 

[Eagle]

I can’t give you the empirical evidence because it is based on experience. The reason I say try it is because in the room or playing it you would definitely agree. It’s not a small subjective difference. And I say try it yourself because I don’t think you should just take someone’s word for it.
Try it open minded and see what you think.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I can’t give you the empirical evidence because it is based on experience. The reason I say try it is because in the room or playing it you would definitely agree. It’s not a small subjective difference. And I say try it yourself because I don’t think you should just take someone’s word for it.
Try it open minded and see what you think.

I kinda like a bit of "snobbiness" actually

 

[HomespunEffects]

I think my favorite stack at far is a Klone with the gain down into a J. Rockett Blue Note. That’s one to try.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I think my favorite stack at far is a Klone with the gain down into a J. Rockett Blue Note. That’s one to try.

Man I miss my blue note... what a rad pedal

 

[HomespunEffects]

Man I miss my blue note... what a rad pedal

Yeah, I really like it. It’s tangy on the high end.

 

[JasonE]

Yeah, I wonder how many people got turned off to klons/klones because of the Soul Food. I have generally very positive feelings about EHX, but oh buddy, that was a turd.

I think that opinion depends a lot on what your thoughts were going into buying the Soul Food. I had no idea it was considered some sort of Klon clone. I didn't even really know what a Klon was or sounded like. I bought the pedal and made my decision based on the tones I was able to get out of it. I don't think it is a turd at all. I have found a few tones in it that I really like with both humbuckers and single coils. If your expectations were that you were getting a cheap Klon clone that was 100% accurate or you are a high gain player, I can see why you would think it is a turd.

 

[norminal]

I don't really know why people need to be so down on phrases like "3 dimensional" or whatever.

Define “3 dimensions” in the effect of a guitar tone.

There's 2 sides to this. The one side where the person uses the phrase to give something cachet without any real empirical "evidence" to back it up.

This.

 

[AutomationBias]

I think that opinion depends a lot on what your thoughts were going into buying the Soul Food. I had no idea it was considered some sort of Klon clone. I didn't even really know what a Klon was or sounded like. I bought the pedal and made my decision based on the tones I was able to get out of it. I don't think it is a turd at all. I have found a few tones in it that I really like with both humbuckers and single coils. If your expectations were that you were getting a cheap Klon clone that was 100% accurate or you are a high gain player, I can see why you would think it is a turd.

I'm glad you were able to appreciate the pedal on its own terms and that you're enjoying it. For context, there were just years and years and years of hype around the Klon, and the scarcity and outrageous price meant that most guitarists had no way of trying one. So when EHX said they'd reverse engineered it, everybody bought one, and a lot of us were understandably mystified about the years of hype.

 

[Cirrus]

Define “3 dimensions” in the effect of a guitar tone.

This.

I don't know what about my post made you think I'd do this

 

[Aelred]

I think that opinion depends a lot on what your thoughts were going into buying the Soul Food. I had no idea it was considered some sort of Klon clone. I didn't even really know what a Klon was or sounded like. I bought the pedal and made my decision based on the tones I was able to get out of it. I don't think it is a turd at all. I have found a few tones in it that I really like with both humbuckers and single coils. If your expectations were that you were getting a cheap Klon clone that was 100% accurate or you are a high gain player, I can see why you would think it is a turd.

I've subsequently tried it as a Drive pedal. I had many I consider a lot better before I bought the KTR, and more since.

Glad you like yours!

 

[dronerstone]

But does it do that Klon in the room sound?

 

[KingsXJJ]

But does it do that Klon in the room sound?

I think most are looking at the psych-social “Klon in your head surrounded by hype” sound. Don’t the originals have a disclaimer on the very front of the pedal? That’s no accident IMO.

 

[Aelred]

 

[Elf]

From all the Klon vs Clone videos out there this is my favorite!

 

[dronerstone]

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