Can't Afford A KLON.........So I Bought An EHX Soul Food Pedal

[Rex_Rocker]

For reference, the more bass you have predistortion, the fuzzier your sound gets... the more treble the more rasp.

Agreed, but...

the more mids, the more tubelike;

100% disagreed. For example, a Tube Screamer is all mids, and it's got to be one of the most blatantly pedal-sounding, least real-amp-sounding overdrive pedals I can think of. And I love Tube Screamers, BTW.

"Tube-like" is more than a matter of EQ, be it pre or post distortion.

FWIW, a Klon isn't all that Tube-like on its own to me either. But the way it interacts with tube input stages because of the way it's EQ'd, the way it blends the clean with the distorted signal, and the way it has TONS of output volume to really drive the input of an amp is very desirable, IMO. Especially for mid-gain applications.

[beaubrummels]

Klon was never intended to be tube-like on it's own. It's not an amp in a box. My understanding is it was created to give Fender singles the girth and level such that you could switch between a Les Paul and a Strat and not change your settings.

[Chistopher]

Agreed, but...


100% disagreed. For example, a Tube Screamer is all mids, and it's got to be one of the most blatantly pedal-sounding, least real-amp-sounding overdrive pedals I can think of. And I love Tube Screamers, BTW.

"Tube-like" is more than a matter of EQ, be it pre or post distortion.

FWIW, a Klon isn't all that Tube-like on its own to me either. But the way it interacts with tube input stages because of the way it's EQ'd, the way it blends the clean with the distorted signal, and the way it has TONS of output volume to really drive the input of an amp is very desirable, IMO. Especially for mid-gain applications.

I agree it's not the onlything that makes a pedal tubelike, putting a midboost in front of a metal zone isn't magically going to make it sound like an amplifier, but it's the best description I have for that band. Tubes clip a lot of mids

[Mincer]

Klon was never intended to be tube-like on it's own. It's not an amp in a box. My understanding is it was created to give Fender singles the girth and level such that you could switch between a Les Paul and a Strat and not change your settings.

That is essentially how I use my Klone...it is always on.