uhhh.. $62 Klones by EHX.

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uhhh.. $62 Klones by EHX.

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Directly from EHX:

"Tone aficionados kept telling EHX's Mike Matthews about a pedal that had achieved a lot of buzz because it was only obtainable at an exorbitant price. That pedal was the KLON CENTAUR.
A believer in bringing great tools to starving musicians, Mike tasked his trusty team to create an affordable alternative, and that is how the SOUL FOOD was cooked up.

The SOUL FOOD delivers transparent overdrive with great touch and response. Its circuitry features boosted power rails to provide abundant headroom and increased definition. Best of all, you don't have to be a rock star to own one!"

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uhhhh...


ermmm...

:picard:

My thoughts: yeah, the Klon dude f'ed up. he had a goooooood thing and didn't take advantage of it and give people what they wanted, all the sharks circled in the water and ate it up. whatever. I don't even have a problem with EHX coming in and stepping on the small builder's toes by undercutting everyone on Klones... good for the goose, etc.

BUT.... huge foul to use the dude's company name and pedal name as a direct comparison. we're not idiots, we can figure it out. weak.
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Re: uhhh.. $68 Klones by EHX.

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Kind of seems like a low blow/act of desperation on EHX's part to make a freaking Klone. I mean come on, aren't there enough dudes sitting in their basements cranking out Klones and selling them to people? It didn't seem THAT hard to get a Klone if you wanted it. I digress.
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PS why is it called the Soul Food? Makes no sense at all, much like most of what EHX has been putting out. It seems like their last decent idea was the Super Ego
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Re: uhhh.. $68 Klones by EHX.

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yeah dumbbb name.

Apparently, it has a switch inside to turn the buffer on and off. :surprise:

EHX should make more digital insanity instead of cloning shit. but hey... wherever the money is.
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Re: uhhh.. $68 Klones by EHX.

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I don't know what's happened, they reissued the hot tubes which was pretty cool and then just a string of crappy overdrives and distortions... maybe Mike Matthews is getting crazier with old age.

Even the Slaamii is a whammy... although it does sound very good and the price is right.
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Are Klons gooped?
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Re: uhhh.. $68 Klones by EHX.

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Hmmm.... another award winning idea from the award winning EHX.....

I think it's time they put that weird old guy in a home.... I work in healthcare man, I know when enough is enough.....
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This is a sad day in EHX history.
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Soul food is something white people have shamelessly stolen and whitened up. Just like the blues. Which white people use Klons for. Boom. Name explained.
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pelliott wrote:Soul food is something white people have shamelessly stolen and whitened up. Just like the blues. Which white people use Klons for. Boom. Name explained.
I lol'd. Good point!
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Re: uhhh.. $62 Klones by EHX.

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Wow. Just lost a lot of respect for EHX, and I've always been a fan.

I've never followed the Klon in any way, I know nothing about it or the builder...yeah, the price is super stupid (as are the prices of most Klones!). But. An effects GIANT directly referencing a small-builder's brand in their press release? That's dickish in a we're-trying-to-put-them-out-of-business-way, and surprisingly stupid from a legal standpoint.

Mike Matthews pushed his David-and-Goliath story of standing up to shady Russian mob figures (which I assume has some ounce of truth to them) to make himself more of a legend...in this story, the roles seem kinda reversed.

[EDIT: Maybe Klon dude is out of business and not returning, and maybe EHX has verified this...and if so, :idk:. Who cares if Klon cloners are upset by this.]

EHX should be innovating and taking advantage of their finances/designers to do new crazy stuff instead of touting overdrive copies.
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Didn't EHX complain to ARC effects just a couple of weeks ago to change their pedal design and now EHX is ripping on other peoples stuff and bragging about it :lol:
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I'm in the minority here... But, I'm kinda glad this happened. Far too long have companies lived off of the Klone wave. I'd rather see more innovative stuff and not more Klones of Klones. I'll chalk this up to EHX taking one for the team. Lol
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