I can't even...the end is near.

Re: I can't even...the end is near.

YeRedHouseOverYonder said:
A used Tumnus can be had for $125 or so. I had a klone built from scratch (plus mods) for $120 minus the enclosure. The Klon circuit is killer as a clean boost with a pushed amp or using them with strats. Listings like this one feed into the distaste for them.
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Now that looks interesting.

I may have to see if I can find someone to build me a hotrodded Klon now. Lol
 
Re: I can't even...the end is near.

YeRedHouseOverYonder said:
A used Tumnus can be had for $125 or so. I had a klone built from scratch (plus mods) for $120 minus the enclosure. The Klon circuit is killer as a clean boost with a pushed amp or using them with strats. Listings like this one feed into the distaste for them.
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C14 to 6.8n or 8.2n (stock is 3.9n, from memory) is an improvement, IMO. My build is as the original except for that one change (6.8n).
 
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-C14 adds bass and helps the tone sound fuller (so it won't sound thin) through the cap value.
-The fat switch allows more low end to hit the op amp (2nd, I believe).
-Gain mod adds a bit more hair to the pedal (would have to double check the value)
-1994 spec emphasizes the low mids.

Its a little busy inside, but with all the mods turned off, it's a normal klon circuit (Aion board). I'm also using Russian diodes. So far I'm happy with the pedal. *The switches allow me to tailor the needs of specific amps, guitars, or pickups. Sounds good through the Tweed Harvard Clone I recently got.
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Re: I can't even...the end is near.

YeRedHouseOverYonder said:
-C14 adds bass and helps the tone sound fuller (so it won't sound thin) through the cap value.
-The fat switch allows more low end to hit the op amp (2nd, I believe).
-Gain mod adds a bit more hair to the pedal (would have to double check the value)
-1994 spec emphasizes the low mids.

Its a little busy inside, but with all the mods turned off, it's a normal klon circuit (Aion board). I'm also using Russian diodes. So far I'm happy with the pedal. *The switches allow me to tailor the needs of specific amps, guitars, or pickups. Sounds good through the Tweed Harvard Clone I recently got.
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Excellent. That's an Aion board with the pots mounted off board. The board is designed to fit in a B enclosure so it accommodates board mounted pots, which I like. I built my klone with the same board. Kevin at Aion designs and supplies high quality boards.
My diodes are socketed and I'm using a pair of 1N34a's or 1N270's (I cant recall which at the moment). Those look like Russian D9E's in your pedal. I have some of those as well and they were in my pedal initially. They sound great. If the forward voltage measures within a few hundredths (I use a Peak Atlas DCA-55 to test transistors and diodes) there isn't much of a difference, if any (that I can hear), between the different diodes I've tried in the klone.
 
Re: I can't even...the end is near.

YeRedHouseOverYonder said:
-C14 adds bass and helps the tone sound fuller (so it won't sound thin) through the cap value.
-The fat switch allows more low end to hit the op amp (2nd, I believe).
-Gain mod adds a bit more hair to the pedal (would have to double check the value)
-1994 spec emphasizes the low mids.

Its a little busy inside, but with all the mods turned off, it's a normal klon circuit (Aion board). I'm also using Russian diodes. So far I'm happy with the pedal. *The switches allow me to tailor the needs of specific amps, guitars, or pickups. Sounds good through the Tweed Harvard Clone I recently got.
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Don't take the time to plot all this out for me if you haven't already done so, but do you have a schematic for that on hand?
 
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Chistopher said:
Don't take the time to plot all this out for me if you haven't already done so, but do you have a schematic for that on hand?
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I sent Guitarfeak (forum member who built the pedal for me) the info attached to the link I added. He did some research on his own and put everything together. I wouldn't doubt him having a schematic of what he did. He's made custom schematics for other builds as well. Shoot him a PM. Here's the link I used:

https://www.coda-effects.com/2015/09/klon-centaur-clone-and-mods-aion.html?m=1

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Buy it because you want it. Buy it because you have the money mr. blues lawyer. Buy it as an objet "d'art"

But don't tell me there isn't something for a tenth the price that does an indistinguishable job. Again - coming from a guy who owns a Diaz Tremodillo....

These are in the same category with what I refer to a R-tards. The guys who say the ONLY Gibson worth owning is an R7,8,9 etc...


I'm with Ary. In a blind test, I bet a properly set TS7 could fool a lot of people.
 
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Aceman said:
Buy it because you want it. Buy it because you have the money mr. blues lawyer. Buy it as an objet "d'art"

But don't tell me there isn't something for a tenth the price that does an indistinguishable job. Again - coming from a guy who owns a Diaz Tremodillo....

These are in the same category with what I refer to a R-tards. The guys who say the ONLY Gibson worth owning is an R7,8,9 etc...


I'm with Ary. In a blind test, I bet a properly set TS7 could fool a lot of people.
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A tenth of the price of what, the $10,000 Klon? I'd say more like 1/200th - 1/50th of that price to do an indistinguishable job, depending on whether you are building it or buying it already built.
 
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Apologies. Don't know current Klon prices. Don't care. You get my point...
 
Re: I can't even...the end is near.

Empty Pockets said:
These pedals are so silly. Just buy an amp that sounds good, dudes.
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But the shipping with pedals is so much less, when you have to flip them constantly because you can’t find one that keeps you happy for more than a week. Imagine doing that with amps instead.
 
Re: I can't even...the end is near.

Aceman said:
Apologies. Don't know current Klon prices. Don't care. You get my point...
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Current prices are something like $1500 - $3000, however, the one that was the topic of this thread was $10,000. That's what my percentage was based off of. But yeah, I got your point.

PSA ... the seller has reduced his price by 50%. It's a real steal now at $5000 !!!
 
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