Not A Notaklön [Dan’s DIY Approach To The Klon Centaur]

Josh JHS Made A Modular Klon Centaur-alike… Can Dan Do The Same? Welcome to the show! And very possibly the last Klon show we do. For a while anyway. Because the very, very, very clever people at JHS Pedals recently launched the Notaklön, a Centaur-type OD pedal in kit form. Genius idea, genius marketing. The easy thing would have been to buy one and compare it to Mick’s Klon. But. But but but but but… this is That Pedal Show and we like to be a little more, erm, enquiring. Thusly, Dan has attempted to deconstruct a Klon circuit, using other pedals to try to explain what’s going on. Can we do it? Why would we do it? Welcome to That Pedal Show. Enjoy the episode! The JHS Notaklön And please visit That Pedal Shop Pedals and stuff used in this video… • TheGigRig Three2One • Lazy Bear Custom Parallel Splitter • MXR 10-Band EQ UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • Ross Distortion UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • Empress Para EQ UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • Boss GE-7 UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • JHS Summing Amp UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • TheGigRig Wetter Box • Origin Effects DCX Boost UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • Lazy Bear Custom Volume Pot • Klon Centaur - head very gently to Reverb or eBay • TheGigRig QMX4 • Crazy Tube Circuits White Whale 0:00 Intro playing 1:45 Why are we making this show? 3:40 Klon circuit brief explanation 4:58 Dansclaimer! 5:45 Today’s amp reasoning 7:44 Sounds Of The Klon Centaur 11:10 Three distinct signal paths 14:35 The Ross Distortion & hard clipping 16:45 Dual-gang gain pot 19:35 Why the DCX Boost? 20:21 Hear the Klon tone control 22:30 Sound 1: Low Gain Clean Boost 29:40 Still not quite getting the clean tone 33:00 Sound 2: Mid Gain Overdrive 36:05 Hear the DCX Boost 37:40 Sound 3: Higher Gain Overdrive 40:15 Reconstructing it backwards 42:22 Closing thoughts Guitars in today’s show • 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: • New-ish Gibson USA SG Standard with Maestro Vibrola - no video yet • Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 - Mick’s video here: • Gibson Custom True Historic ’57 Les Paul Godtop. Murphy Aged - no video yet Amps in today’s show • 1979 Fender Bassman 70 • Mesa Boogie 212 vertical cab with EVM12L speakers We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel. You can buy TPS merch to support our efforts We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives Please visit our preferred retailers! UK & Europe: Andertons Music Australia: Pedal Empire