ehx Soul Food - Klone?

hugbot

Why do people like klons? Im asking this never having played one.

stickyfiddle

Essentially just because it's a really nice overdrive. It works really nicely as a leave-on clean boost (basically just adds a bit of warmth and sparkle) but it's actually really nice right through the gain range. Just a bit more interesting than a TS imo.

juansolo

Flanging_Fred said:

I saw a rather cryptic message over on TGP from a well known boutique overdrive builder that EHX have been working closely with a third party on these overdrives. Said third party was said to know a LOT about building good overdrive pedals.

There was conjecture that it might be Bill Finnegan(?)but no names were actually mentioned properly. Intriguing thought though.

"Said third party was said to know a LOT about building overdrive pedals"

Not Bill then

EricTheWeary

I watched one of the demos and it seemed to work well as a general warmer upper, but quite a few things do that, and its own distortion seemed quite harsh when fully up  ( not in a good Neil Young way).
I have seen a Klon clone demoed before and that seemed more impressive to me, but then a lot of reasons why youtube isn't the best way to hear something.
I didn't hate it, just wasn't sure it is quite the Holy Grail for £49 either.

stickyfiddle

EricTheWeary said:

I watched one of the demos and it seemed to work well as a general warmer upper, but quite a few things do that, and its own distortion seemed quite harsh when fully up  ( not in a good Neil Young way).
I have seen a Klon clone demoed before and that seemed more impressive to me, but then a lot of reasons why youtube isn't the best way to hear something.
I didn't hate it, just wasn't sure it is quite the Holy Grail for £49 either.

A lot of demos tend to leave the treble knob too high when they crank the gain. That extra top end is nice when it's clean but can get spitty and harsh when it's dirty. 

I'm not going to say it's the holy grail do-all pedal that some claim (I'm not convinced there is such a thing) but it's certainly got lots of applications.

EricTheWeary

stickyfiddle said:

EricTheWeary said:

I watched one of the demos and it seemed to work well as a general warmer upper, but quite a few things do that, and its own distortion seemed quite harsh when fully up  ( not in a good Neil Young way).
I have seen a Klon clone demoed before and that seemed more impressive to me, but then a lot of reasons why youtube isn't the best way to hear something.
I didn't hate it, just wasn't sure it is quite the Holy Grail for £49 either.

A lot of demos tend to leave the treble knob too high when they crank the gain. That extra top end is nice when it's clean but can get spitty and harsh when it's dirty. 

I'm not going to say it's the holy grail do-all pedal that some claim (I'm not convinced there is such a thing) but it's certainly got lots of applications.

I think a lot of people find TS style overdrives a bit nasal - that's mid range focus when you are Carlos Santana playing the O2 through a wall of Mesa Boogies but sounds like a paper and comb when you are the guitarist from Mid Life Crisis playing down the pub through a 1x12 Laney. For the MLC's of this world (or me) a more open OD like the Soul Food is probably a better bet.I just got the impression it works better as a mild OD than as an amp in a small box type pedal.   

Dave_Mc

stickyfiddle said:

Essentially just because it's a really nice overdrive.

Yep. It's ages since I tried one, and I was only able to try one once, in not exactly ideal circumstances (non-master volume high wattage marshall which i could only play at shop volumes), but it seemed like a very nice pedal. The kind of hype there is surrounding it is a bit daft, if you ask me, but to be fair it's a nice pedal which genuinely was original.

juansolo said:

Flanging_Fred said:

I saw a rather cryptic message over on TGP from a well known boutique overdrive builder that EHX have been working closely with a third party on these overdrives. Said third party was said to know a LOT about building good overdrive pedals.

There was conjecture that it might be Bill Finnegan(?)but no names were actually mentioned properly. Intriguing thought though.

"Said third party was said to know a LOT about building overdrive pedals"

Not Bill then

LOL

jonnyburgo

The EHX seems to have a softer attack (against the original Klon) It seems pretty much the same as the KTR though

not_the_dj

Ok, the GAS has got me, it's almost inevitable that I'll get one. 

So @MarkGAK what's the lowdown on the availability of these?

MarkGAK

@not_the_dj They're on the boat as we speak! Should be arriving in the next week or so. I'd HIGHLY recommend getting a deposit down on one before they arrive as they've started selling very quickly already.

not_the_dj

@MarkGAK thanks, you'll have one less available now.

damodai

me too damn gas this early in the year

not_the_dj

Oh look, a despatch confirmation e-mail :-)

damodai

Mine is "en route" , looks like the race is on

not_the_dj

Package recieved :-)

Although as my amp died on Saturday night and I won't get it to a tech till later this week I'm not really going to get a good go with it and my regular rig for a while :-(

TimmyO

stickyfiddle said:

EricTheWeary said:

I watched one of the demos and it seemed to work well as a general warmer upper, but quite a few things do that, and its own distortion seemed quite harsh when fully up  ( not in a good Neil Young way).
I have seen a Klon clone demoed before and that seemed more impressive to me, but then a lot of reasons why youtube isn't the best way to hear something.
I didn't hate it, just wasn't sure it is quite the Holy Grail for £49 either.

A lot of demos tend to leave the treble knob too high when they crank the gain. That extra top end is nice when it's clean but can get spitty and harsh when it's dirty. 

I'm not going to say it's the holy grail do-all pedal that some claim (I'm not convinced there is such a thing) but it's certainly got lots of applications.

On the real Klon the Gain and Tone knobs are VERY interactive - as the gain knob goes up the treble has to come down - it seems to be part of how the circuit works - I recall that from my Silver one (that I wish I ahdn't sold - mostly for the cooler-than-cool enclosure :-) ) 

And re the dual-gang pot, yes I've seen DIY klones that have them so no reason to suspect there aren't commercial ones with it too. 

shuikit

@markgak I ordered one on Friday about 12pm but haven't heard anything since the order confirmation email. Are they still in stock?

d8m

Insanely jealous of anyone who's got a Soul Food right now 

made myself a resolution this year to cut back on my GAS and have lasted about a week!

Misty

The discussion on TGP has reached 70 pages....

http://www.thegearpage.net/board//showthread.php?t=1361044

Whoever started the rumour that this is a Klone has done very well:-)

juansolo

Misty said:

The discussion on TGP has reached 70 pages....

http://www.thegearpage.net/board//showthread.php?t=1361044

Whoever started the rumour that this is a Klone has done very well:-)

That would be EHX on their site. http://www.ehx.com/products/soul-food

I expect it'll be klonish rather than a klone. I doubt EHX could be arsed with germ diodes for a start, plus there's a few ways it could be changed (for the better) to differentiate it a little.