Why is Klon Centaur so expensive?
The current price of the original Klon Centaur pedals is due to two factors. First, the pedals are discontinued, so it’s now a collectible. Whenever you stop supplying something that is in demand, the price goes up. The second reason for the high price is due to the hype around this pedal.
What’s so special about Klon Centaur?
The Klon is particularly celebrated for the ‘transparent’ nature of its overdrive. In essence, this means that the pedal causes your signal to overdrive, without ‘colouring’ your tone in any way. It adds warmth and gain to your tone, whilst preserving the natural sound of your guitar and amp.
What does the Centaur pedal do?
The Klon Centaur is an overdrive pedal manufactured by American engineer Bill Finnegan between 1994 and 2008. Finnegan hoped to create a pedal that would recreate the harmonically rich distortion of a guitar amplifier at a high volume.
Is Klon Centaur worth?
In my opinion, it’s the most overrated pedal of all time. It’s just a diode hard clipper (like a RAT, DS-1, or Distortion+) with a very clever EQ trick up its sleeve. The frequency response changes as you turn up the gain, so it works as a gritty boost or an overdrive equally well.
Does a Klon cut bass?
I love the Klon’s overdrive on bass, but I was always unhappy that it cut out too much low end. This unit has a switch for two levels of bass boost in the drive portion of the circuit, on top of the stock configuration. Great if you play both bass and guitar.
How much does a Klon Centaur cost?
LEARN GUITAR WITH THADDEUS HOGARTH I recently re-visited the Klon Centaur experience. If you can find one, the originals are cost-prohibitive ranging anywhere from $800-$1,500 on eBay, but usually going for around the $1,000 price range.
Is the OCD a Tube Screamer?
With the OCD’s volume, tone and drive knobs you can dial in a range of drive from clean boost to high gain distortion. The OCD differs from the Tube Screamer in that it retains a wider range of bass and higher frequencies, while the famous sound of the Tube Screamer “mid-hump” accentuates the mid frequencies.
Who owns the first Klon pedal?
JHS Pedals owner Josh Scott is selling the first-ever Klon Centaur for $500,000. The Klon Centaur, originally developed by Bill Finnegan, is among the most mythical and coveted overdrive pedals in the gear world, not to mention one of the most expensive – originals can go for thousands on the resale market.
Does Klon cut bass?
What kind of car is the Klon Centaur?
Product Specs Brand Klon Model Centaur Professional Overdrive (Horsie) Finish Gold Silver Year 2000s Made In United States
When did the Klon Centaur guitar pedal come out?
The Klon Centaur is a guitar overdrive pedal developed by Bill Finnegan between 1990 and 1994. The pedals were made manually by Finnegan. The Centaur is characterized as a “transparent” overdrive, meaning it adds gain to the signal without significantly altering the tone of the guitar.
How long did it take to make the Klon Centaur?
The initial idea was to improve the TubeScreamer transient response and the midrange-bass frequencies in order to create a big open sound with a hint of tube clipping: the so-called transparent overdrive. The design process took more than 4 years and the result was a mythic $329 hand build pedal that was running in production for 15 years.
How much does the Ikon Klon Centaur cost?
This is very similar to the Archer, but is designed to replicate the sound of the golden Klon Centaurs, which a lot of people believe have a slightly different tonal characteristic to the silver Centaur pedals. The Archer costs around $175/£175, whilst the IKON is slightly more expensive, at $199/£199.
