J Rockett Archer Ikon

[Lewguitar]

Anyone tried the Hermida Dover Drive? Eric Johnson is using one on his small pedalboard that he uses for clinics. Gets that violin tone that Eric normally gets by combining a Fuzz Face and Tube Driver. Does a lot more too! Almost sounds like a fuzz when you start cranking it. I was thinking: "Boy, I could almost play Satisfaction with this!" I have the Klon and the Dover Drive on my pedal board and between the two I can get all the overdrive, fuzz and violin tone a guy could ever want.

 

[Lewguitar]

I remember when I was researching Klons and Bill hadn't started making them again so I was looking at Klones.

The Rockett was highly regarded by a lot of players.

I fell into an Aluminum Falcon for a good price and got that instead but the Rockett Archer Ikon was at the top the list.

 

[Dave Locher]

That is funny, because I am under the impression Bill whatever created the Klon circuit to push his Fender Reverb amp?
The Timmy is the only other beloved circuit I have yet to try...

 

[Lewguitar]

That is funny, because I am under the impression Bill whatever created the Klon circuit to push his Fender Reverb amp?
The Timmy is the only other beloved circuit I have yet to try...

Bill Finnigan. He says he designed the Klon to make his Strat sound more like a Les Paul.

I like the Klon through my blackface Fenders. I like it through my Blackstar Artist and Artisan amps too.

But we all have our preferences and there are lots of choices.

Stevie Ray liked old Tube Screamers as we all know. So do I. So does Eric Johnson. Both are favorite guitarists of mine and I own one but I don't use one.

Jeff Beck, who has been my favorite guitarist since about 1965 when he played with the Yardbirds, uses a Klon, and has for quite a few years now.

One of the beauties of the Klon is that I can leave it on all the time and it cleans up when I turn the volume control of my guitar down.

If a player is more into grinding fuzz and heavy metal tones there are pedals better suited for those tones.

And truthfully, for more saturated tones that are dense, thick, fuzzy and violin like, I use my Hermida Dover Drive.

 

[Securb]

Have to agree with everything LLL said. I have tried gain-staging mine using a boost to push the Klon or using the Klon as a boost to push another pedal...not the best application. My best description is it gets squirrelly and difficult to control when approaching the high-gain territory. There are much better pedals out there for those types of applications, But plug one into a Marshall and you can spend the afternoon going through your classic rock catalog.