Klon Klones - any recommendations ?

JMP220478

Never had one ... Wanna see what I'm missing

stickyfiddle

Fredric Golden Eagle. My favourite drive pedal by far at the moment, and made by our own @Timhulio

JMP220478

What's difference between that and the standard Fredric's ?

stickyfiddle

Nothing between the GE and Zombie except the orientation and pcb layout afaik.

BadlyDrawnBoy

I like the golden eagle too. Never tried any other Klone, but perfectly satisfied with it. And it's small.

JMP220478

Cheers guys / I'm stalking both atm

Anyone else got any feedback ; Klones vs Klon comparison ?

musteatbrain

Juan solo makes a decent Klon. He's a good guy to talk to about comparisons as he knows a lot of background on them

smudge_lad

I've got a Karma FX one, great pedal although I'm thinking about selling it soon as I don't use it much

markslade07

I got the Zombie Klone too, cracking pedal

ThePrettyDamned

Ehx soul food.

Whatever you do, don't go on a wait list for a ktr, it'll be years before you realise you'll never get it.

juansolo

I tend to do one offs every now and then for capacitor money, though I haven't any boards in at the moment to make any. Timhulio (Fredrik Effects) is your man for production Klones over here.

They're a great OD which work with just about everything. They're not perfect, but they're very, very good. What they do that's unique in the OD world is the gain is a blend between a clean and a dirt signal. Which works quite well unless you dial the gain all the way around which doesn't sound that nice IMO. Though pulling the treble control back as the gain goes up tends to tame it a bit.

They're worth a go if only for the fact that it's an OD that's different to a TubeScreamer

wordy

I've got the Golden Eagle too.... I think its great... and a very different sound to my tubescreamer type that sits alongside it.

d8m

ThePrettyDamned said:

Ehx soul food.

Whatever you do, don't go on a wait list for a ktr, it'll be years before you realise you'll never get it.

This.

Or if your handy with a soldering iron(or know someone that is) get a pedal parts kit.

frankus

@juansolo - do you know if the sunking pcb is still made?

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the zombie one seems pretty good, the JHS soul food (waiting on delivery) on paper should be THE klon to have.

juansolo

frankus said:

@juansolo - do you know if the sunking pcb is still made?

Nope, bean pulled that long ago after the Tone Monk fiasco. He only does the Kingslayer now, which is a refined Klon-like thing.

The Grind Customs Chimera BFD is spot on if you want an alternative.

As for which is the best Klone... FWIW, they all are much of a muchness if they're built right. There's no real mojo in there and the unicorn tear diodes aren't particularly hard to find either. They're all based on the same schematic done back in the day on FSB. Which I have no doubt whatsoever is completely accurate to the pedal they traced. However when we back-to-backed ours with a Klon we found a slight difference which was addressed with the swapping of one cap (tone cap from a 3n9 to a 8n2). To the point they were indistinguishable. That's not to say either is wrong or right, just that that particular Klon might have had a different cap in it to the earlier one.

What I'm saying is, generally, if it's made well enough, there's f**k all in it. So get the one in the box you like the most

frankus

Ironically it's for refitting into a Tone Monk

Ta - I'll investigate

allicio

I'm getting this one from arcane Analog

ThePrettyDamned

darcym said:

the zombie one seems pretty good, the JHS soul food (waiting on delivery) on paper should be THE klon to have.

Just looked this up, NIFTY.  

preston61

I have an ARC effects Klone V2 which was so much better than my KTR that I sold it. As far as klones go it's the best I've tried (I had the Fredrick's one as well)

allicio

I was going to get an arc until I saw the arcane. There very very good from what ive seen and heard.