uhhh.. $62 Klones by EHX.

[AxAxSxS]

Also I know it's not that important but EHX should really hire someone to design better art for their pedals, a lot of the new stuff looks terrible >.>

Right. How much would Ryan Summit asked to license his unicorn art?

A few hundred G's at most.
http://ilovefuzz.com/viewtopic.php?f=42 ... 30#p661185

I would so buy a Klone with that on it. Hell, I dont care what circuit was inside. I just want gay hitler unicorn dude on my board. Fucking Metal \m/

[GardenoftheDead]

I kind of want one, but I would feel dirty. Like if I paid to have sex with a monkey.

a dude monkey.

[theavondon]

On the plus side, I imagine these will be dirt cheap second hand. Might grab myself a klone and rehouse it.

My thoughts exactly. GONNA PAINT ME A BIG BONER ON A KLONEKLONE.

[AxAxSxS]

On the plus side, I imagine these will be dirt cheap second hand. Might grab myself a klone and rehouse it.

My thoughts exactly. GONNA PAINT ME A BIG BONER ON A KLONEKLONE.

This is ILF. Etch that shit. Make it a beautiful work of Boner Art!

[DarkAxel]

A big part of their allure is the fact that pre-bankruptcy, no 2 are exactly alike. You can open up a dozen of any Muff, EM, DMM etc and upon comparing the circuit board you'll see *substitutions* were made here and there with regards to which diodes and caps were used where and how many (substituting 2 of a kind for 1 of another).
The builders used whichever parts they grabbed that were (close to) within spec...and being that all electronics are not equal, this leads to deviation and supposed *mojo* in certain units, in certain rigs where others sound good but not magical like the special ones. It's like a quest for the grail.

The modern big boxes and XO series abandon this bricoleur experimentation for standardized, cost-efficient production. They're pretty much all the same inside. Hear one example of their new pedals, you've heard them all. That's really sad...along with the fact they're seemingly disposable like dollar store products.
The old ones could easily be modded/repaired and hold their value on the used market, or appreciate as assets. Not-so with the micro component surface mount shit. And at ~65bucks new, repair costs for even a simple component failure practically render the pedal "totaled"

great points!

My main beef is that for a brand that was able to release very innovative and unique pedals that are now classic, they've gone to fuck in the late few years. I think that reviving the DMM with tap and cool extra stuff was good, that's the kind of forward thinking when you make your classic pedal more "up to date", however, it's getting worse and worse... they started to aim for cheap prices which gives them little space to operate and with that being said, fuckery like this and the other drives is not surprising

to clarify - i think reissuing Hot Tubes was great and it actually honours the old graphics, so that WAS good

[univalve]

do any rockstars actually use that thing?
thats seems like a waste of good coke money
hmm,do rockstars actually do coke anymore?

Nels Cline is the only one that springs to mind and "rock star" is kind of a loose use of the term, even though he's the shit

Don't forget Meh-er

Yeah but he sucks shit and can kiss my grits

Ah, come one, amazing Joe Bonamasssssssa uses also severals...

[cheesecats]

i didn't see the word clone mentioned anywhere in the ehx copy--it's described as an alternative. if ehx want to make a $70 clean boost/overdrive, why not. and i don't give a toss about the name or graphics. the $40 lbp-1 is first in my signal chain and always on--this new pedal could be useful, and it's available and affordable. that sounds like what a pedal should be. and regarding ehx, they've been putting out some cool stuff--i love my freeze. maybe they don't appeal to everyone, but i don't think they're trying to. and i don't think ehx are putting bill finnegan out of business. he's selling his stuff as fast as he can make it (which isn't very).

[JohnnyC]

Wonder what tgp is up to now? 100+ pages?

[JohnnyC]

what I want more than anything right now is a klon built big muff... in a massive big box centaur enclosure. it can be called the hot soup..
stir that pot

[myrrh]

Microsynth and Superego are great.

I question putting the website on the front panel art though...

Agreed, that is seriously bad. Also the thing looks like shit.

[Gone Fission]

I would so buy a Klone with that on it. Hell, I dont care what circuit was inside. I just want gay hitler unicorn dude on my board. Fucking Metal \m/

Something like this? (huge image)

NSFW: show

(If I had the artwork before I drilled the case I wouldn't have had the "Klonopin" knob obscuring the horn.)

[D.o.S.]

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.

A) I think it's awesome that they're offering a cheap Klon, because that means the circuit will be more available to more people. If I was some 14 year old John Mayer-o-phile playing P&W on weekends and pouring over TGP in my spare time I'd be beyond stoked that I could snag a Klon for about the price for a bag of good weed.

That I don't smoke, because I'm a 14 year old John Mayer-o-phile playing P&W on weekends. Regardless, one day I'll get into chicks and orgies and The Metal, only to relapse into Mormonism and find me a hot blonde wife who will put up with my newly revived love of transparent overdrive.

B) I think it would be silly to not at least consider the idea that Klon-man is getting some kind of kickback from EHX, which is why they're referencing his product directly in their ad copy?

[grygrx]

I think we are starting to see a trend in the pedal market. The nature of low priced, tiny, high quality effects (mostly clones) will start to shrink the backyard production and growth we've seen in the number of boutique builders over the last 10 years. The era of producing another orange squeezer, distortion +, fuzz face, etc... and slapping your own 'look and feel' on it is on the decline. None to soon if you ask me. Price wars and the increase in acceptance (and capabilities) of digital or analog path/digital control effects are also starting to increase the barrier to entry into the market.

I'm not saying boutique fuzz face clones are going away, but I think most of the mystery has been stripped off... and it going to get harder to get $200+ for your fancy 'lovingly crafted' tweaked clone.

[ryan summit]

i was just thinkin
all this buggaboo
like here we go again kinda shit
another thread devoted to
TRANSPARENT OVERDRIVE
so many words ive read about this shit
and not one person has ever said
"all the hype is cause its fuckin awesome"
even the ehx description sounds boring
not that they were into it
but they had to figure it out

[Chankgeez]

Well, if I had the option of playing with a Centaur or not, I'd always opt for with. (Can't really speak on klones.)