NUX | Horseman Overdrive Pedal, Full Size

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NUX is a pioneering musical technology company, specialising in innovation surrounding effects pedals, digital software, smart amps, and state-of-the-art products designed with the modern guitarist in mind. The legendary Klon Centaur that we all know and love is described by some as the perfect overdrive pedal.

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A Klon-inspired overdrive with a broader gain range and an extra Bass knob that’s particularly effective in fattening up or thinning down the overdriven tone.NUX Horseman has an optional bypass mode. You can use the pedal in True Bypass mode to keep your signal untouched when the pedal is OFF in the chain. We highly recommend to select buffer bypass mode if you have more than 4 pedals connected together; switch to Buffer Bypass mode and there will be no signal loss in your pedal chain! First and foremost, we are guitarists, and we want other players to find the right product for them. So we take into careful consideration everything from budget to feature set, ease of use and durability to come up with a list of what we can safely say are the best cheap guitar pedals on the market right now.

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The second dual overdrive that Nordvang has released is the ’83 Drive. This is made with a Klon style circuit, and a Marshall Bluesbreaker style circuit. So here I’ve compiled a list of some of the best ‘Klones’ out there. I hope this helps you in your quest for beautiful blues tones. Cheap guitar pedals can be great as they allow you to try out a whole range of new sounds, without having to spend a lot of money. Times are tough, and for a lot of musicians there’s less disposable cash available. If you need a new overdrive, or you just fancy adding a new dimension to your rig, then one of the best cheap guitar pedals lets you do so without it hitting your wallet too hard. Used – This is the pedal that coined the term “Klone” (as in “clone of the Klon,” get it?). The Arc Effects’ stompbox is a recreation that replicates all components from the original design, at around… 10% of the cost or so!You can find yourself believing that only the ‘real deal’ will do the job. Or you can find yourself poring over guitar forums, studying the minute details that guitarists believe they hear between different ‘Klones’. There are companies out there that own huge factories that make pedals on the behalf of other brands. Some of these companies have since gone on to create their own brands and sell directly to the consumer, meaning that you can get the same pedal, perhaps with a slightly different design, for a lower cost. What is a cloned guitar pedal? If you are going to be using your Klon style pedal a lot, then I would suggest opting for one of the top-end, hand made clones. It will be made with higher quality components and is likely to be sturdier and more robust. I mostly like to run it in silver mode with the gain dimed. This gives a great moderate/high gain sound which is great for chords and leads. It palm mutes like the gain structure of a real amp and has real amp-like harmonics.

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I've only just come to grips with this thing - so far I've used it on the Silver mode running the gain flat out, and also as a clean boost on the Gold mode. All of this detail serves to point out that most of the magic happens in these filter networks and the gain stage itself. Though the original tone control is interesting - an active high pass shelf above 400Hz - modifying the EQ stage doesn't affect the essential character of the circuit as much as you might expect. What should I look for in a Klon clone? As a result, the Tumnus Deluxe offers both Klon like tones, as well as a whole range of beautiful and warm overdrive tones. Just like the Centaur, the Soul Food uses both a TL072 op-amp and a dual-gang gain control. As a result, its tone profile is very close to that of the Klon.

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A Ukrainian hand-built reinterpretation of the Klon, featuring the original NOS USSR ?9? diodes, but replacing the Electrolytic capacitors in the audio path with high-quality film capacitors and audio-grade electrolytic capacitors. It also adds two toggles for extra tonal options: a 3-way low-frequency one and a 2-way gain one.

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A hand-built Klon that shares the simple 3-knob layout of the original, but allows for more flexibility thanks to two under-the-hood side sliders: one sets the circuit to True or Buffered Bypass, the other one provides a CENT mode tuned after the original and a higher gain and fatter bass mode labeled as MINO. Its circuitry closely mimics the original Klon, as does its design. Of all of the pedals listed here, the Way Huge is closest in size to the JRAD Archer.

Electro-Harmonix Founder Mike Matthews recognised this, and so built the Soul Food as an affordable alternative for ‘starving musicians’. Yet having said this, so great is the hype that surrounds the original Centaur, that even most clones of the pedal are quite pricey.