Bye bye Klon

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:22 pm

http://www.tpngear.com/klon.htm

it was only a matter of time with his "fancy-smancy limited edition new old stock bullocks" diodes/transistor/whatever part

Klon-Lite anyone?

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:40 pm

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:51 am

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:08 am

Haze wrote:fancy-smancy limited edition new old stock bullocks

That was baloney wasn't it, cos all the parts in the klon are easy gettable. There's a non-chargepump version of the klon on freestompboxes. Gotta be worth a whack.

Maybe the guy just got sick of chatting to tonesniffers on the phone, pathetically begging for a pedalol.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:28 am

I remember when these first came out. For a while amongst professionals they seemed as ubiquitous as a guitar and amp.

Blurillaz · Post by **Blurillaz** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:40 am

How much more can the price on these things go up?

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:49 am

wrote:The Klon is priced at only $344 including shipping

haha only $344? Fuuuuck you.
I've never seen the fuss over the klon. It just sounds like any other whiteman blues wanky overdrive to me.

Good riddance.

foll · Post by **foll** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:10 am

I am only interested in it coz Lee Ronaldo and Nels love theirs.

But I think bad monkey is good enough for me.

Blurillaz · Post by **Blurillaz** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:07 am

foll wrote:I am only interested in it coz Lee Ronaldo and Nels love theirs.

But I think bad monkey is good enough for me.

I'd only get it if thurston moore loved lee's lol.

less_cunning · Post by **less_cunning** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:59 am

i'm a mote partisan by nature, but fuck that if i'm spending four hundo for a boutique over-drive just becuz he has it.

analogsystem · Post by **analogsystem** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:35 pm

now that its no longer available, maybe BYOC will sell a kit.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:37 pm

foll wrote:I am only interested in it coz Lee Ronaldo and Nels love theirs.

They only love theirs because they're expensive and boutique and so they each know they should.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:57 pm

I watched Mike's videos. I quite like the sound. The idea behind the circuit is interesting too - the way the different frequency bands are independently distorted and then mixed together.

You know, if it was going to be a main ingredient in your sound, the price isn't that outrageous.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:32 pm

Definitely a unique sounding pedal. If you play lead guitar I think it's one of the best pedals to make your guitar stick out in a mix live and add cut...

I don't particularly care for the overdrive sound fullbore but I think it justifies it's popularity if not the hype, price or bizarre ordering system. Also those diodes were nothing special.

euan · Post by **euan** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:56 pm

Will wrote:I watched Mike's videos. I quite like the sound. The idea behind the circuit is interesting too - the way the different frequency bands are independently distorted and then mixed together.

You know, if it was going to be a main ingredient in your sound, the price isn't that outrageous.

Sounds like the idea I had for the pedal I was too lazy to design.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:04 pm

Sounds like the pedal I did design and breadboard just before I went insane trying to design that impossible Tremolo Hurb asked me to make fore him and I quit making pedals completely. Two paths with different RC networks and diode distortion into a blend and buffer.

Also sounds like the DOD Punkifier. Or the Buzz Box. It's not a new idea.

JSutter · Post by **JSutter** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:45 pm

Great now prices will skyrocket even more.

euan · Post by **euan** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:53 pm

like it matters. you can get pedals that do the same job for a substantial fraction of the price.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:51 pm

There's so much other stuff at play when you get your end result guitar sound, the exact overdrive pedal can't matter that much. Surely not $350 worth, which could get you overdrives, boosters, EQ pedals and have enough left over for a massive pizza and a few brewtauskis. That's a party. Just a Klon is not a party. It's more like trying to take a girl out and her Dad wants to meet you first.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:59 am

"The Klon-Siberia web site now says that the Klon will return "sometime in 2010" in a smaller enclosure but with the same circuit."

Read it on TGP. It checks out.

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