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So I am sure this has been discussed before but I am LAZY and I couldn't be bothered searching.

I was going to impulse buy a Soul Food today cos I want to try a klone but it turns out they are not as cheap as I expected, so I had second thoughts.

So, what is good? I'm not looking for note perfect klon replica for megabucks I want to spend a moderate amount of money on something that sounds cool and gets across the general character of the circuit in a decent enough way. What's the haps? :snax:

So far tempted by: Soul Food, idiotbox thing, ???

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I have absolutely Zero experience with klons, but I'd go with the idiotbox without doubts cause he's cool (and the pedal has a Star Wars reference)

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:lol:

Are you gonna be mostly using it as an overdrive or mostly as a clean boost? Where in the signal chain as well? :snax:
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I recommend this. Mostly because I just bought it. I assume it is a klone? If not it got me up over the free shipping mark at Amazon so... worth it.
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Chankgeez wrote::lol:

Are you gonna be mostly using it as an overdrive or mostly as a clean boost? Where in the signal chain as well? :snax:
...Yes?


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I really like the sound of it as an overdrive from demos I've heard but also I like boosting things so boost will be a key goal. All of the above.
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Good. It's always best to experiment with placement, amount of gain, EQ and stuff like that.

That being said, I have my Klon/e placed at the very end of my chain as an almost always on (mostly clean) boost. Really the only time I'd switch it off is if I've got a fuzz on and it's takin' the edge off of the fuzz. :rock:

I tried a Soul Food when skully lent me one. It's just OK as an overdrive and not worth it as a clean boost. Doesn't really sound like a Klon. I also tried a Madbean klone he built at the same time (which sounded very close to a Klon).

Haven't tried the IdiotBox. So, can't comment on it.

I recently picked up an Earthbound Audio klone built on an Aion Electronics board. It's not really gettin' along with the guitar/amp set-up I've got here. :idk: The good thing is the diodes are socketed. So, I intend to try out some other diodes.

Don't even ask me about the buffer. (As I've said, it's almost always on. So, I never use the buffer.). :D

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fredric zombie

someone on osg said it sounded exactly like his silver klon, very cheap secondhand. i like mine a lot although it's not on the board at the mo
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On a whim, I picked up one of those cheeeeeeap WISH klons - because fuck it - and I ended up liking it so much I rehoused it. I'm too common to ever come within a few kilometres of a the real thing, but what it does is pretty great.
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I had a Tumnus Deluxe for a bit....the EQ was kinda interesting. I think the mids/lows were active and the treble was a passive / roll-off. The buffer was switchable too, and it had a high gain mode if you want a drive instead of a boost.

Sold it cuz I didn’t really dig the Klon sound and generally not crazy about Wampler....it was super well built, good sound, etc just not my thing.

I wanna try the Idiotbox MK one day.
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Thanks for the skinny on the Soul Food chanks. I had heard the same thing about it on the internets but you know I don't trust internet klon dudes ('cept you). So yeah... Fredric or build my own madbean one seem like good options.

NVM the madbean site says it's a hard build :lol: I know my limitations.
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Wampler Tumnus.

I know.

But, really. Sounds really close and is smol.

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Might have one in the post today :snax:

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I've made a bunch of these over the last decade plus. Never really as a production model but for one-off custom stuff. Most are direct circuit replicas unless requested otherwise. Not sure it would fit the moderate price scale, but hey...handbuilt. Here's the most recent one:

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coldbrightsunlight wrote:NVM the madbean site says it's a hard build :lol: I know my limitations.
Hard disagree. Maybe more difficult to troubleshoot than a TS-808, say, but its not like it needs calibration or part matching or anything.
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That one is gorgeous!! :love:

Hmm interesting. I am wicked out of practice though so I'm erring on the side of believing them when they say it's tough (my DIY skills are not great).
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vidret wrote:that red one?
isnt that a real klon and like $400
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