Proof all Klons sound the same.

[Saul Goodman]

From my favorite peeps. 

 

[RobB]

It’s true. Each one sounded as shitty as the previous one. 

[ARM OF HAMER]

                                              Yeah prices on these are absolutely insane. Meet the new boss...................same as the old boss. Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive (Horsie) 2000s Gold Serial # 389 | eBay

Edited May 8, 2025 by ARM OF HAMER

[diablo175]

That's why ya'll need to ditch the Klons and get yerself a Fart Pedal 2! 🤣

[velorush]

12 hours ago, RobB said:

It’s true. Each one sounded as shitty as the previous one. 

I have never been around a single Klon (I mean, what would a $$$$ pedal be doing between the swamps, really?) until I went to see Kevin Eubanks in concert. Playing was brilliant, but I noticed every time he went to a dirty tone it was terrible. Like JC120 distortion terrible (anyone else remember that?). He had only a few pedals on the floor and after the concert I edged up to the stage to see what he had. Klon. 

I never actually wanted one due to the price, but after that I really was never even curious.

[Dave Scepter]

3 hours ago, velorush said:

I went to see Kevin Eubanks in concert. 

Oops sorry, wrong Eubanks 🤣

Edited May 8, 2025 by Dave Scepter

[RobB]

I DO own a Klone. A Ceriatone Centaur. It’s okay, I guess. I don’t own the type of amps (Fenderish) that would probably benefit from this kind of boost. I’ve used it for lead tones with a cranked, Victoria Vickyverb. Less than favorable results with British circuits. 

Edited May 8, 2025 by RobB

[LucSulla]

I had a Mastoklon for awhile. Cool pedal, but I there are a couple of things I preferred as a boost, and a couple of things I preferred for base dirt. I moved it on as a result. 

I watched this the other day and was cracking up at around 7:45 when they run down the line and are just like IT'S ALL THE SAME. 

[django49]

First NOTAKLON, now NOTADUMBLE. With goop to make it authentic.....

 

[Jimbilly]

1 hour ago, django49 said:

First NOTAKLON, now NOTADUMBLE. With goop to make it authentic.....

 

As a parody, Josh Scott should announce his 'notafart' pedal, pre-order today!

I have a BadCat Double Drive, which is supposedly 2 Klons in one pedal. I really want to like it, it looks so cool, but so far it's not bonding. 

[Jim85IROC]

All these shootouts where they sound different are from people who insist on putting the knobs in the same spot.  There's a 20% tolerance on most pots, and way more on the super cheap ones used in low budget products, and that's just with respect to max values.  The taper profiles vary wildly, so the resistance value at noon on one pot can be wildly different than another.  Once you adjust the pots, you will ultimately end up with exactly the same sound from all of these circuits.

 

A couple years ago when everyone on HFC was buying the Klones, I jumped on too.  I bought a Klone, and also a Joyo Tauren.  With everything at noon they sounded different,  but as soon as you dial the pots a bit, they got identical.  I kept the Joyo because it was smaller and I liked the cool light. That Tauren into my Supersonic 22 is the setup I use 99% of the time for my humbucker guitars.  I absolutely love the tone.

[seeker]

It's a good circuit if you use it as a clean boost into an amp near breakup.  When it starts clipping it really gets parts dependent. 

[Disturber]

Looks like the Klon vs. Behringer has been dismissed. Still, any Behringer clone Klon made before the lawsuit will sound way better than any unit made after the lawsuit, so the earlier ones will now cost from 1500 $ and up on Reverb and Ebay.

 

Klon Centaur maker’s lawsuit against Behringer has been dismissed

In a new development in Klon maker Bill Finnegan’s legal battle against Behringer over its “counterfeit” Zentara pedal, it has been revealed that the lawsuit has been dismissed.

The dispute went quiet in recent months, but it’s now been revealed that the case has been dismissed by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

https://guitar.com/news/klon-behringer-lawsuit-dismissed/?utm_source=Guitar.com&utm_campaign=0a8b939f8c-nl_w41_2y25_weekly_digest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0a8b939f8c-50585352

[Saul Goodman]

19 hours ago, Disturber said:

Looks like the Klon vs. Behringer has been dismissed. Still, any Behringer clone Klon made before the lawsuit will sound way better than any unit made after the lawsuit, so the earlier ones will now cost from 1500 $ and up on Reverb and Ebay.

 

Klon Centaur maker’s lawsuit against Behringer has been dismissed

In a new development in Klon maker Bill Finnegan’s legal battle against Behringer over its “counterfeit” Zentara pedal, it has been revealed that the lawsuit has been dismissed.

The dispute went quiet in recent months, but it’s now been revealed that the case has been dismissed by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

https://guitar.com/news/klon-behringer-lawsuit-dismissed/?utm_source=Guitar.com&utm_campaign=0a8b939f8c-nl_w41_2y25_weekly_digest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0a8b939f8c-50585352

Just checked Ebay. There's several listed for around $150.

[Jakeboy]

I don’t understand how Perry, Beck, and Whitford use(d) them so successfully with Marshall amps. As a clean boost they are fine but nothing special. I have had two Klones over the years and the only guitar I could use the gain knob cranked with was a Strat into a Vox or a BF Fender. Other than that, it was clean boost only and other things do that as well. Now I do like them as a tone shaper before or after fuzz. But an eq pedal does that too.

Yet Perry has gone on record that the Centaur is essential to “his sound”.  Through Marshall amps. Maybe Finnegan tweaked them for Marshalls for his higher-profile customers? 

[Jim85IROC]

On 10/12/2025 at 10:18 AM, Jakeboy said:

I don’t understand how Perry, Beck, and Whitford use(d) them so successfully with Marshall amps. As a clean boost they are fine but nothing special. I have had two Klones over the years and the only guitar I could use the gain knob cranked with was a Strat into a Vox or a BF Fender. Other than that, it was clean boost only and other things do that as well. Now I do like them as a tone shaper before or after fuzz. But an eq pedal does that too.

Yet Perry has gone on record that the Centaur is essential to “his sound”.  Through Marshall amps. Maybe Finnegan tweaked them for Marshalls for his higher-profile customers? 

It's all a matter of preference.  I like the overdrive tones that I get from my klone pedal, especially with humbuckers. I don't like it dimed, but the gain between 1/2 and 3/4 (depending on guitar) into a clean or slightly overdriven Fender seems like perfection to me. If I ran it into a Marshall I'd probably dial the overdrive on the pedal back a bit more.

[WiskiTangoFoxtrot]

Why would the Behringer Centara sound any different than the Centaur?  That’s just silly and it sounds like someone bought 5 of these and is doing all they can to drum up buzz.
 

I have a Behringer Centaur. It’s a fantastic boost pedal into a Marshall circuit. Use it to boost a modeling amp and it sounds just as good.