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Bye bye Klon
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:22 pm
by Haze
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?
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:40 pm
by Sloan
kLOL
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:51 am
by ultratwin
Re: Bye bye Klon
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:08 am
by timhulio
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:28 am
by Will
I remember when these first came out. For a while amongst professionals they seemed as ubiquitous as a guitar and amp.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:40 am
by Blurillaz
How much more can the price on these things go up?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:49 am
by Noirie.
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:10 am
by foll
I am only interested in it coz Lee Ronaldo and Nels love theirs.
But I think bad monkey is good enough for me.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:07 am
by Blurillaz
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:59 am
by less_cunning
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:35 pm
by analogsystem
now that its no longer available, maybe BYOC will sell a kit.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:37 pm
by paul_
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:57 pm
by Will
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.
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:32 pm
by Mike
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.
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:56 pm
by euan
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:04 pm
by Pens
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:45 pm
by JSutter
Great now prices will skyrocket even more.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:53 pm
by euan
like it matters. you can get pedals that do the same job for a substantial fraction of the price.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:51 pm
by paul_
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:59 am
by Will
"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.