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Thunderbird Club

At the time it was released, the Klon Centaur was arguably the best sounding overdrive around. That top players like Clapton used it didn’t hurt its popularity. It’s still the gold standard for a lot of people, and I love it for guitar.

i realized that with my current situation, I only use my distortion pedal like an overdrive but it’s turned so far down there’s no subtlety to the control. I’d rather get a good overdrive. I’m seriously considering the JHS Notaklön. The only downsides are (1) I feel the white box will look dumb on my board[@] and (b) it’s a kit (of sorts) so if I don’t get on with it, I can’t return it.

On the flip side, (3) it’s only $99, and I could probably get close to that selling it assembled and (q) if I want to experiment to make a bassier version, it was only $99 and I didn’t damage a valuable artifact that museum curators, guitar warlords, and tomb raiders like Daniel Radcliffe will be trying to get.

[@] I’m sure on of my artsy friends can help.
 
My-previously posted-pedal board:
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At the time it was released, the Klon Centaur was arguably the best sounding overdrive around. That top players like Clapton used it didn’t hurt its popularity. It’s still the gold standard for a lot of people, and I love it for guitar.

i realized that with my current situation, I only use my distortion pedal like an overdrive but it’s turned so far down there’s no subtlety to the control. I’d rather get a good overdrive. I’m seriously considering the JHS Notaklön. The only downsides are (1) I feel the white box will look dumb on my board[@] and (b) it’s a kit (of sorts) so if I don’t get on with it, I can’t return it.

On the flip side, (3) it’s only $99, and I could probably get close to that selling it assembled and (q) if I want to experiment to make a bassier version, it was only $99 and I didn’t damage a valuable artifact that museum curators, guitar warlords, and tomb raiders like Daniel Radcliffe will be trying to get.

[@] I’m sure on of my artsy friends can help.
I really love my Grenzler 4 On The Floor for the various overdrive options. They are subtle, but there. Great OD without buzzsaw. But it can do decent distortion. Can also be used clean for four flavors as well. Also, I bought a JHS Phaser to have at home from money I had from a Sweetwater gear exchange sale. It's a very nice pedal and was very reasonable. But I didn't have to put it together. Which means it's well built also.
 
I really love my Grenzler 4 On The Floor for the various overdrive options. They are subtle, but there. Great OD without buzzsaw. But it can do decent distortion. Can also be used clean for four flavors as well. Also, I bought a JHS Phaser to have at home from money I had from a Sweetwater gear exchange sale. It's a very nice pedal and was very reasonable. But I didn't have to put it together. Which means it's well built also.
Which phaser? How do you like it?
 
I really love my Grenzler 4 On The Floor for the various overdrive options. They are subtle, but there. Great OD without buzzsaw. But it can do decent distortion. Can also be used clean for four flavors as well. Also, I bought a JHS Phaser to have at home from money I had from a Sweetwater gear exchange sale. It's a very nice pedal and was very reasonable. But I didn't have to put it together. Which means it's well built also.
I also use the 4-on-the-floor
All the above plus the LPF and HPF built in makes it hard to beat
 
Did this get posted here? Best new product video in a long time.

These guys use a bunch of pedals to duplicate a Klon, which explains how the Klon works. More verbose than they need to be, but a good explanation.

Anyone used a Klon (or more likely klone) with a Thunderbird?


I am sure the JHS version would be more accurate but when I reach for a Klone pedal it’s this one by idiotbox.
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