For a bigger challenge, the BYOC Silver Pony is a fairly easy but great sounding build.
JHS Notaklon
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Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
I finally got it out together. It's a pretty great klone and I could get some great settings out of it. The Shamrock mod switch is pretty useful. Way better than an EHX Soul Food for the same price.
The only glaring issue with it as far as I'm concerned is there is no 9v battery option and the 9v socket is quite literally a square block in a round hole.
I don't care much for klones, but this one is definitely one of the better ones.
The only glaring issue with it as far as I'm concerned is there is no 9v battery option and the 9v socket is quite literally a square block in a round hole.
I don't care much for klones, but this one is definitely one of the better ones.
chadd
New member
What was your order number? I was order 8300 and change and was hoping mine would show up before the weekend. I ended up getting a germanium Tumnus after I ordered my notaklon, probably not going to keep both, but who knows.
marcello252
Well-known member
has it the honky mid high the klon has or is it flatter?
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
I don't remember the exact number but I was past the initial 3000 orders but before 5000
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
I've been playing mine on the "+" side which does have a lot of high mids, but the "-" side is flatter
chadd
New member
Thanks, It looks like my tranche has slipped into February. Not really the end of the world.
El Dunco
Sock Supplier to RHCP
I don’t see anything wrong with anything he had said or done to have legitimate detractors except those who just can’t handle very simple, basic truths.
More on topic, the Klon type sound is described as being “transparent and amp-like.” Is there much use for ot if I already love my amp sound as is? (and my overdrive for that matter?) What would it sound like directly into a power amp as though it were an “amp?”
marcello252
Well-known member
unpopular opinion: to my ears the Klon is everything but transparent, in low gain settings is almost flat, ALMOST, you can still hear a slight bass cut, in higher gain there is a wowel hump on the mid high with significant bass and high treble roll off.
Is it useful? yes, its eq is similar to the tubescreamer but it's not that compressed so you mantain the dynamic character of your chain but pumping the mids with some crunch.
is it transparent, hell, no.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
That's how I feel about it too. I feel the people that really enjoy it tend to use single coils deriving most of their gain from it as a clean boost, and more use the gain control as an EQ rather than to purely govern the amount of distortion. That's the same as I view the King of Tone, despite being a completely different pedal. Also they both have a large following of people who buy them because other people say they are the greatest thing ever.
