When people refer to "Klon" sound, etc. What pedal exactly are they referring to?

[FuzzyAce]

Y'all let Dave L be. He looks to be having more fun than most of us here.

 

[Eagle]

Y'all let Dave L be. He looks to be having more fun than most of us here.

In that guy dribbling in the corner and laughing out of context sort of way.
But he does have a Temu season ticket.

 

[Richard_G]

I like my Tumnus Ge Deluxe. The eq possibilities make it a lot more flexible and useful than a typical Klon-based pedal.

 

[Eagle]

I like my Tumnus Ge Deluxe. The eq possibilities make it a lot more flexible and useful than a typical Klon.

It’s a good pedal but not as dynamic feeling as the original.

 

[Richard_G]

That may be correct.

And I should have written «…than a typical Klon-based pedal» anyway.

 

[HomespunEffects]

The Klon is the reason that I got into building pedals. I wanted one but I couldn’t even afford a knock-off, let alone the $2000 they cost at the time.

when I plugged in and hit the first chord, I thought “oh, I get the hype now.” It’s definitely my favorite distortion circuits.

 

[Eagle]

The Klon is the reason that I got into building pedals. I wanted one but I couldn’t even afford a knock-off, let alone the $2000 they cost at the time.

when I plugged in and hit the first chord, I thought “oh, I get the hype now.” It’s definitely my favorite distortion circuits.

Have you played a real one in to a fender tube amp?

 

[HomespunEffects]

Have you played a real one in to a fender tube amp?

 

[newpedals]

Year 2030.

"Yes, Music store. I would like to buy an authentic klone clone."

"Do you own a car?"

"Yes. It's a 2029 Audi."

"Is your spouse/ lover aware of the car?"

"Obviously. My wife drives the kids to sports practice."

"Oh! Then sorry you can't buy the pedal, Sir."

"I don't understand."

"She will notice that the car is gone."

"I still don't understand!"

"We have collaborated with a bank, so that you can mortgage the car and buy the pedal."

 

[Aelred]

My KTR with original "magic" diodes is now an investment - I should never have opened the box! As things are going, I'll hang onto mine until I can trade it in for a Fender instead of a Squier, which is about its going rate atm. I can almost get a new Marshall 1960 4x12...

When do we KTR (magic diodes I tell you!) owners get to call ours a real Klon?!?

 

[paisleywookiee]

My KTR with original "magic" diodes is now an investment - I should never have opened the box! As things are going, I'll hang onto mine until I can trade it in for a Fender instead of a Squier, which is about its going rate atm. I can almost get a new Marshall 1960 4x12...

When do we KTR (magic diodes I tell you!) owners get to call ours a real Klon?!?

Never. Original Klon owners won’t let you.

 

[EOengineer]

I never quite understood the overall hype to be honest.

I was totally where you are. I’ve only very recently come to find the Klon thing works for me pushing EOB into a commendable crunch while staying very lively and not getting overly compressed. My Marshalls love it, I really need to try it through the Mesas.

Fwiw, I was informed long ago that a Klon (I have a KTR), like a Prince of Tone (I don't have a KoT), only shines when the volume is LOUD.

I play quiet, at home. My KTR and PoT sit on a shelf.

I’ve read this as well, and similar statements about Fulltone. Fletcher Munson and all but I really can’t decide whether I think it’s BS.

It’s a pretty safe bet if you put a Klon(e) in front of a JTM45/Bassman with a shitload of reverb, I’ll be sitting there for hours just getting lost in the tones.

OMG I haven’t run the klone through the Bassman yet. This is exciting. I could see it working really well with a broad range of guitars too.

Yup Klone plus Marshall with reverb and delay is my happy place.

Definitely finding my Marshall circuits love it as well. Switching between LPs and Teles here and that seems to work really well also. Good stuff.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I was totally where you are. I’ve only very recently come to find the Klon thing works for me pushing EOB into a commendable crunch while staying very lively and not getting overly compressed. My Marshalls love it, I really need to try it through the Mesas.

I was kinda joking. It being a mid-forward thing makes sense that players would latch onto it. I just think it's funny how expensive originals have become.

 

[Aelred]

I’ve read this as well, and similar statements about Fulltone. Fletcher Munson and all but I really can’t decide whether I think it’s BS.

As far as the Prince of Tone is concerned, that was directly from Analog Mike.

From online I now see that Bill Finnegan was trying to get a Twin Reverb to sound like it was at 6 when he had it at 4:

Builder Profile: Klon's Bill Finnegan

The reclusive pedal builder discusses the origins of his famed Centaur overdrive, the more affordable new KTR design, and how one pedal can inspire so much adoration and disdain.

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