Tone is everything and when you find it nothing is the same again.
My Dogs Bollocks is all the things that might help you get your tone or put a smile on your face.
Don't know what tone is, then this page is just a load of BOLLOCKS.
You can now follow My Dog's Bollocks on Twatter.... https://twitter.com/KeithJayJohns
Regular readers will know the name Frankie Whyte....in a world of over sexualisation in music Frankie walks her own path....Frankie is a guitarist in the same rock star mold as Chrissie Hynde and Joan Jett....and as the lead singer and guitarist of her own band Frankie Whyte and the Dead Idols she has bigger balls than most for getting up on stage and doing it in the first place....
I was listening to her bands EP....Hollywood Ending....while reading Twitter/doing nothing and came across a post from Frankie and wondered why she had not been on Lunch with Dan Boul recently....she is after all a 65Amps Artist....I suddenly knew the reason why....
"There
are five stages of recovery for the brain after a trauma, and I have
recently been assessed at stage two. To put this in perspective, stage 1
was: can you stand up, can you tie your shoes, how do you process
light, how do you process sound. Now it’s can you walk, and for how
long. Can you look at a page in a book. Can you problem solve
coherently. Can you write things down and if so, for how long.
Certainly the arc of recovery is longer now looking back than I could
have estimated or imagined in September when I had the accident. But I
think that’s okay. Perhaps oddly, even amidst moments of extreme illness
or incapacitation, this concussion season has never felt quote-unquote
like something “bad” that has happened. It is really hard at times,
scary at other times, painful, it is challenging, it is purposeful, but
to put it as succinctly as I can for those who ask: it mostly feels like
life. We live things and they become our stories."
I then spent the next hour trying to find out what the fuck was going on....reading between the lines I think she came off her skateboard but didn't bounce back up....I remember coming off mine as a kid...."I still have one of my boards in the garage"....I also remember coming off my push bike as a grown up....coming round to pins and needle's all over my body....wondering why I was pushing my head hard into the dirt....after the first couple of times you knock yourself out it's kinda trippy....not....
I sent her a shout out on Twitter hoping her well....bought her bands EP....Hollywood Ending...."again....why not"....from Amazon and watched her Keep Walking video on YouTube....Send her some love guys if you can....because apart from being really nice....she's one of us.... ....Keep Walking Frankie...."no joke intended...."....k.j.
You can also download Frankies latest single Keep Walking Right Here for free....
Evil Robot mod for C30 model.
1. Power attenuator cold/hot
2. Second channel cleaner, less distortion with more jangle and stacked tone POT for full channel separation
3. Heat reduction include fan, front plate and hood.
4. Speaker change
5. Output Transformer change
6. Effects loop switch on front panel and send return volume
7. 5W limiter
8. Conversion to 6L6 or EL34 with mod for safe use
9. Upgrade Vibrato fuller richer sounding and works with effects loop
Videos
of each mod coming next week.
Just
specify the mod, country and address, and I will send you a quote
including shipping.
Pricing is available through my Contact Page
Will
be starting a new technical blog on amps, pedals and various things.
Keep EVR alive, it is one of a kind amp and the new mods will blow you
away.
Here’s the new video with the modified C30....
https://youtu.be/8AddSMX-_qA
This C30 has the following mods: Mercury transformer upgrade Weber custom speaker New low noise fan and hood to reduce heat up to 12 degrees cooler. Stock C30 will run at 105 degrees, new mod runs at 95 degrees on the front panel. Upgraded vibrato that works while the effects are engaged Power attenuator to adjust power level making the amp tone tighter and wider on demand. Allows you to use EL34 and 6L6 tubes for long term use. Extended overall tube life circuitry designed for class A amps New clean channel that chimes and jangles with stacked tone pot for wider frequency sweep and will not effect Ch 1 distortion tone (original Magnatone vibe). Overall, the amp has more bark, better bass and high response, tubes will last longer, reduced heat, more versatile clean channel, effects that work while vibrato is on and the ability to tighten or loosen the overall tone using the power attenuator.
John Kasha....the man behind Evil Robot has read My Dog's Bollocks....and has given it a big thumbs up....but....and there is always a but isn't there....I have got the tube layout wrong....
The tube layout should read....
V1 - Front End Driver
V2 - A Side - Second Driver
V2 - B Side - Phase Inverter
"remember a tube is made up of 2 identical sides....I have gone over this in another post"
V3 - Mixer
"I have no idea what the V3 - Mixer Tube does - I will tell you when I figure it out"
V4 - loop
V5 - Vibrato
Mr Kasha has also designed a Up-Grade Mod for the C30 Evil Robots that brings these amps up to US standard 30w amp specs....John say's the mod will give "major improvements to the electronics with extended tube life and a warmer edge"....this up-grade is going to be only available from Kasha Amps and I'm asuming will be more of a amp techs job than a plug and play sort of job....He also told me that a new line of Evil Robot amps are coming out soon....
"this is not me talking to Mr Kasha by the way"
Below is the emails of our conversation....read into it what you will....
V6 is the Vibrato tube, V5 is the Effects loop... Nice writeup by the way...
I have a new mod for the C30 that changes it into more of the USA standard 30W version. If you want to know more, email me at jkasha@kashaamplifiers.com
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Me - I thought V6 was the Phase Inverter….so would that make V3 the Loop and V4 the Vibrato….and not the other way round as I thought. Yes your Mod would be awesome and I will change the tube info on my blog as soon as you can confirm the layout….just goes to prove you can never trust the internet.
Do you think you’ll ever do another Evil Robot or was it an awesome one off.
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John Kasha - The EVR has a unique phase inverter using one side of V2. V1 front end driver, V2 second driver (1/2), V3 Mixer, V4 loop, V5 Vibrato. A very unique design, that’s why it is so different...
Yes, I have a new version and a new line of amps coming out soon. Stay tuned...
My C30 mod is killer with major improvements to the electronics with extended tube life and a warmer edge.
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Me - Can I be a pain….V3 Mixer….What does the mixer do in the amp….then I can put it all in the blog and how do you get the new mod….is it only in the US from you and what is the cost.
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John Kasha - that’s as far as I can elaborate on the design to the public. There’s some secret sauce in this design which is my signature. The vibrato is my design in the C30, not Magnatone. I have a new Vibrato design coming out in the new line that is awesome.
The mod is only available through me. I have worked out a special shipping price for International customers.
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All this made my day....I can't wait to get my hands on the new Evil Robot Amps....I have had more fun with my C30 than any other amp I have....and when you do email John please mention my bollocks....k.j.
Awesome is the only word to describe the AsharpFretworks BiasPro VI....The black art that is amp biasing has now become easier than changing a set of strings....Again....Awesome....
The hard part of the biasing process in finding your tubes maximum power dissipation rating...."the tubes power output in watts to anybody that doesn't know"....and this is hardly top secret....practically all the online shops that sell tubes give this rating in the information about a particular tube if not in the title line of said tube....
I started off with my Evil Robot....a self biasing amp....?....over 3 days checked both the plate voltage and the cathode current with the BiasPro VI and each time got the same ratings....spot on....this told me two things....1. that the Evil Robot is rock steady and 2. that the BiasPro is also rock steady....any wavering in these ratings and something is not worth the money....
Onto the Egnater Renagade....This amp has biasing probe points on the back panel with a section in the manual on how to bias the amp yourself using any number of tubes...I had always thought that my Renagade sounded sweet....Channel 1 has 6V6's to give me a very retro tone and with a Tele gives a very passable Keef Tone and has Twang aplenty....Channel 2 has EL34's to give a very Egnater modern rock tone....tons of fun....can be a bit much....but dialed in with the 6V6's is just about a perfect do anything amp....the 6V6's taking the edge off the 80s metal tone....
"ignore the multimeter in the photos....its not needed....it's plugged into the Renegades test points"
Using the BiasPro the 6V6's were too hot just enough to lessen their lifespan but not enough to sound too hot using the settings from the Egnater Manual....The EL34's on the other hand were well out....not hot enough....If you have read my other posts on the Renegade you'll know I have spent ages trying to find the perfect tubes for this amp and it would seem all I really needed was to bias the amp better....seems so stupidly simple now but if anybody was going to kill their amp trying to do a DIY Bias it would have been me....
Using the AsharpFretworks BiasPro VI is simplicity itself....all you need to know is your tubes power rating....then with the probes installed under the tubes in your amp the BiasPro gives you the two other values needed to bias your amp perfectly....One of the probes cables has a little box with a toggle switch on it and the switch gives you either the Plate Voltage or the Cathode Current and that's it....Different amps will have different PV's and not knowing your amps PV is going to make any bias setting a wild stab in the dark....you only need to be a little out and your risking bad tone at best and a tube letting go at worst....The CC is your amps bias setting....
Maximum Power Dissipation Rating
JJ 6V6 S = 14watts
JJ E34L = 25watts
JJ 6L6 GC = 30watts
Tung-Sol 5881 = 23watts
TAD 6L6WGC-STR = 30watts
You then divide your amps Plate Voltage by your tubes power rating....this gives you the tubes maximum bias current....then you need to set your amp to 70% of this maximum current....
JJ E34L 25w/440 Plate Voltage = 56.8 maximum bias current
56.8 x 70 and hit the % button on a calculator gives you 39.7
39.7 being the magic number....it really is as easy as that....
"if you can not see this video in the email Blogger version....click HERE"
The BiasPro VI is designed and built in the US by Ken Koga of AsharpFretworks....they look like they are built to last....not at all like something your mate made for you....the cables that make up the probes are as good as anything I've bought over the years not cheep and flimsy looking...it comes with two probes but if you need or want 4 you can buy two more....The probes are the big eight pin versions....you can also get nine pin versions for EL84's....two more probes would have been best for my Marshalls....it will just take me longer to bias my JCM900 but I can live with that....The BiasPro will also show you how well matched your tubes are....but best of all....it works and works very well....is stupidly simple to use and for the money I think every guitarist with a tube amp needs one....My Egnater is an even better amp that I thought it was with a perfect biasing....now on to my other amps....cheers Ken your a star....this thing ROCKS....k.j.
I have always sent my amps to a tech to have them retubed and biased....its not only a pain but its also expensive....But then I got my Egnater Renegade that has biasing probe points at the back and I wondered why if biasing was so easy don't all amps come with easy biasing set up points....Biasing seems very straight forward with the right know how and a multimeter and yet also a bit of a black art....
I started looking for something that would make the biasing process easy but strangely nothing is really out there....TAD "Tube Amp Doctor" make a biasing kit that only gives you one part of the equation....the Cathode Current....but you then need a multi meter to read the Plate Voltage....whats the point of the TAD kit if you have your multi meter out to read the PV you may as well read the CC while your at it....????....
Then I found this on Ebay....The BiasPro VI by AsharpFretworks....This not only gives you the PV but also at the flick of a switch the CC....all you then need to know is the Maximum Power Dissipation of your new tubes....that's easy with the internet....a bit of math....a twist of a screwdriver and your done....that all seems easy enough....
The BiasPro looks well made....all the lethal electrical power strays in the tube connecters plugged into your amp and sends Milli-Volts instead of the Volts to the Readout Module....this can only be a good thing as its these Volts that could kill you....and the reason why I don't want to mess with a multimeter in the internals of my tube amps....
"you will not see this video if you have signed up for this blogs email edition"
This video is a different kit from mine but made by the same guy....Ken Koga in Minnesota, USA
ps....I'm in the UK....the BiasPro was £73.00....Postage from the US was £14.24....and I should have paid a VAT/Duty/Handling Fee of £22.80....
....but for some reason I was never asked to pay the charge...."maybe someone at the Royal Mail reads this Blog"....gotta love the Royal Mail....So all in the BiasPro work's out at £115 here in the UK....and that's still cheaper than the TAD biasing kit that only does half the job....it was posted by Ken in the US on the 6th and I got it on the 13th here in the UK....
I'll have a play....bias some of my amps and tell you all how good the BiasPro VI is....k.j.
I've had my Evil Robot for a while now....so what have I found playing it over that time....
It's
a aggressive S-O-B in Phil X mode that benefits from a reduction in
gain that comes from changing the V1 12AX7 tube for a 12AU7. I have also
placed a modded BOSS GE-7
in the C-30's loop to allow me to tweak the EQ....the C-30 has a very
focused tone that sounds great with a drummer....but on its own can be a
little too much....the GE-7 lets you take the edge off....and that the
Vibrato only works with a 12AU7 tube....oh and that the footswitch is
rather piss poor....
The
C-30's cab is very tightly packed on the inside....changing the speaker
for something else is going to be a challenge....I found that the
magnet on a Vintage 30 too big to fit in-front of the transforms....To
make the fan work better it needs something to channel the air flow
upwards....
....and
that White Knobs look way more cooler than the standard black
one's....in the dark....black on black is really hard to see....
....not that my C-30 needs to stand out more....
My
C-30 is mainly for home use and is the best small amp I've ever
owned....I have played better amps....but they have all cost 5 times as
much so should be better....for the money the C-30 is an outstanding
little amp....
Over the weekend I started to hear a
harshness in the C-30's tone....the tell tail signs that the power tubes
were on their way out....I have been giving the 6L6's in the amp a real
pounding and decided to try out EL34's but then found a set of 5881's I
have had for years and had never used. 5881 tubes are lower powered
6L6's....6L6's give out a maximum of 30watts....24watts for the
5881....more importantly 5881's will break up earlier than 6L6's. I
found that with the 5881 tubes....the C-30 became very clean....too
clean with a 12AU7 in the V1 position....
With
my C-30 now back in Phil X mode with a 12AX7 in V1 and with the 5881's I
found I could drop the gain in the Pre Amp Channels and crank up the
Master Volumes giving as near as perfect home low volume tones....the
6L6's staying clean with louder Master Volume levels you have turn up
the gain in the Channels thus making standard Evil Robot tones too much
for my talents....but with the 5881 power tubes I seem to have found a
balance that I can work with....the C-30 still gets loud when you need
loud....and now runs a lot cooler than with the 6L6's....which is cool
also....k.j.
Unfortunately
new Sovtek 5881's are not the same as the old ones I had and the
Tung-Sol's that I hoped were going to be similar to the old
Sovtek's...."Sovtek and Tung-Sol are the same company....Tung-Sol is the
name given to their up market tubes"....were a bit disappointing so I
have gone back to 6L6's....
I thought I would give a full set of Tung-Sol's a go in the Evil Robot and again a bit disappointing....
Too warm....all the bite had gone....a very nice tone....but not enough top end for my liking....
For
the power tubes I have gone for a set of TAD 6L6's....these being the
best so far....After a lot of messing again with the tubes I have gone
with Tung-Sol's for the channel tubes and JJ's for the rest of the pre
amp tubes....the Tung-Sols warmth keeping all the harshness under check
with the JJ's keeping the presence and the bite from desapering through
the Loop and Phase tubes....
In
the Evil's V1 tube I have settled on a Tung-Sol EEC803S Gold Pin
12AX7....now before you say "gold pin bullshit"....the EEC803S has to be
the best sounding tube I have ever played through and all of my amps
are going to have one fitted....before you buy any other pre amp or
power tubes try one of these....this one little tube could very well
save you a load of cash....
I'm
still using a EQ pedal last inline in the loop to help shape the
overall tone....I not boosting or cutting any frequencies
massively....just tweaking the EQ more to what I think is sweet
sounding....
I have also found using a clean
boost....I'm using a Rothwell Atomic Boost....in the loop helps give you
a big sounding tone at home friendly volumes....you can get the same
tone from using the amps master volume but by the time you have dialed
in the same punch and power you have also turned up the amps overall
volume and are now playing at a home unfriendly volume....The Clean
boost also helps to keep the Evil Robot clean sounding....as you turn up
the gain in the pre amp your going to get more break up....more volume
and your tone is going to get fuller....using a clean boost your just
tuning up the volume and also end up having more control over keeping
the amp in the sweet spot at home lowwer volumes....I have always played
too loudly at home but with this set up I'm surprised at how quiet I
can play and still keep the amp in the sweet spot....
This
video is not the best sounding but you can hear what the EQ and Boost
pedals are doing....I will re-do the video first chance I get....For
home use this set-up is killer....
Remember....I'm
using this amp at home....If your going to want to Jam and do Gigs with
yours....I would stick to using a quad set of 6V6's....and get yourself
an EQ pedal for some extra tone shaping....but before anything else try
a Tung-Sol ECC803S Gold Pin tube in V1....Hope this helps....k.j.
The whole world has gone Klon mad it
seems....everywhere you look Bill Finnegan or some other Klon related
stuff....do I need one....do you need one....well I have come to a
decision....but it's not the one I honestly thought it was going to
be....?
First thing...."what is so great about the
Klon"....NOS “new old stock” Germanium
Diodes....Bill Finnegan set about making himself a pedal....and for
four years he beavered away trying to build himself something that
would make his Fender Twin sound as good as it did at 8 on the Volume
Knob as it did when it was set at 3....He didn't want something that
would add masses of gain....he wanted less master volume....but with
power and drive. His design was built around a plain old set of
diodes....that to Bill....were the best sounding diodes that he could
find.... that would clip his guitar signal in a way that was perfect
for driving a tube amp into a loud sounding sweet spot.... he had
come up with the Klon Centaur....With no gain the Klon acts as a very
clean volume boost....then as gain is added the circuit also adds
more clean signal to add body and stop the gain taking over
completely....It also has a buffer circuit that is always on....it's
a very clever pedal....
Now it would seem that Bill Finnegan never wanted
to make pedals as a business....he wanted to play his guitar in his
band and become rich and famous the usual way.....but still managed
over the next 14 years or so to make over 8000 Klons....making about
700 a year....that's a lot of pedals. If Bill ever did think about
producing Klons for the mass market....the idea was quickly
forgotten....it's a lot of work....legalities....wages....taxes and
then the need to come up with Klon 2....3 and 4 to keep the business
in business....You can't blame him for not wanting any part of
that....The problem was that the Klon was becoming huge....the
Klon Centaur is to Bill Finnegan as the Telecaster and Stratocaster
was to Leo Fender....a pain in the ass....
From the start Bill did his best to protect his
circuit and the cleaver use of diodes....that up until that point was
his and his alone by covering the Klons circuit board with a epoxy
potting compound gloop that hid the electronics from the gaze of
thieving eyes. He also says that after he had found just the right
Germanium Diodes....he tracked down and bought up the last remaining
large quantity of said NOS diodes....Now for a dude who never wanted
to run a Boutique Pedal Business....you have to admit that was very
Donald Trump of him....But then to stamp on his new Klon KTR Pedal
the words...."Kindly remember: the ridiculous hype that
offends so many is not of my making." ....err....yes it
fucking is....well sort of anyway....
Bill Finnegan makes it clear he does not like Klon
clone's....Adamant that if you try to make a copy of his
circuit....the clone would not have the right Germanium Diodes as a
real Klon...."remember he has the only remaining
supply"....and therefore will not sound as good a real
Klon....But even I know the electronics world is not like
that....several company's will all manufacturer their own version of
a component that will do the exact same thing...."look at
tubes....everyone makes a 12AX7"....Then you have the usual
5/10% tolerance that means a 500ohm pot can be as low as 420ohm's or
as high as 580ohm's....and all that changes things....Wouldn't that
mean that some Klon's sound better than others....and if we all agree
that for a Klon to be a Klon it has to be one of the 8000 Klons that
Bill himself built by hand....where does that leave the new Klon
KTR....OK....so it has the right Germanium Diodes....but it ain't
hand wired....it's built on a mass produced circuit board with
machine picked parts....dipped in solder by a outsourced electronics
company....No Way on this earth is the KTR going sound like a hand
built Klon Centaur....if it does....then why can't a hand wired clone
sound at the very least as good as the mass made KTR....”or am I
just trying to convince myself I don't need an original Klon”....
The thing is that these clones that Bill hates so
much are filling a void in the market that he himself has made by not
wanting to make any more hand wired Klons...."Imitation is
the sincerest form of flattery"....and that brings us to all
the company's like J.Rockett Audio and Electro-Harmonix that have
“borrowed....?” his circuit....tweaked it and then given
it their own names....”I'd be pissed too”....Where does
that leave his mate Paul Cochrane of Timmy fame....here is another
dude that seems not to be bothered about making money from his
awesome designs....isn't Paul C's very own now discontinued Tim
Pedal....just a tweaked up on steroids and reworked turbo Klon
pedal....”I guess Imitation is OK if it's from a mate”....
OK but what does all this have
to do with my Klon or Klot Shootout....
The Archer made by Rockett is a Klon....”well....a
KTR anyhow”....J.Rockett Audio
Designs was the company that Bill Finnegan got to make his red KTR
pedal...."who then decided to make their ownwhen
Bill wasn't happy with how it was working out"....so
I now have a Klon....how do my other pedals stand up against it....As
you would guess they all sound the same in a generic sort of way but
then again they don't....The Soul Food is just dreadful....it has no
bottom end to speak of and as you push the gain it gets fuzzy rather
than smooth....this just goes to prove what Bill has said all
along....it's not the circuit that is important....it's the
component's that makes up the circuit that's important....In a word
the Soul Food is just plain WRONG....
The Golden
Eagle....as soon as you start playing....jumps out at you and grabs
your ears in a way that the Soul Food just doesn’t do....It has
less gain than the Archer and as you push the gain you do hear some
noise....but nothing compared with the Soul Food....Out of the three
pedals the Archer is the better overdrive pedal...But here's the
thing....The Klon....like a Tube Screamer are pedals from
another age....both pedals were designed for loud amps....You used a
TS for control....tighten the lows....focus the mids....A common
complaint of TS pedals is the lack of bottom end....With a loud amp
your pushing a lot of air and this naturaly will produce plenty of
bottom end....so the TS dosn't need a lot of bass....The Klon on the
other hand was designed to create the overtones found in a amp being
played loud....that are then lost....when the volume is turned
down....a Klon is trying to simulate your speaker pushing more
air....it's not trying to be an overdrive pedal as such....it's
trying to be a loudness kind of pedal if that makes sense....and
that's why Klons are more relevant today than they have ever been....
We have gone from playing stupidly loud amps....to
playing 30watt amps....to playing at home but still want the tone
that sounds like our ears are going to start bleeding at any
moment....Tube Screamers sound horrible quiet....but add a
Klon....and they get their scream back....and even turned down your
amp will regain it's thump....So you would think the Archer would be
the best Klon like pedal....sadly no....the Archer just frustrates
me....no matter how much I try....I can not find it's sweet
spot....The Golden Eagle on the other hand hits the sweet spot every
time with no messing about....it's almost as if Fredric Effects knew
what they were trying to bring out of their pedal....whereas Rockett
were making just another overdrive pedal and missed the whole point
of what a Klon does....or maybe to do a what a Klon does....if it's
not handmade you lose what the Klon it supposed to sound awesome at
doing...."is that why Bill stopped making the KTR"....My
opinion is if your going to get a Klon type pedal....get a handmade
clone....
“now back to the rant”....
Then you also have Xotic's AC and RC
Boosters....more Klon type pedals....The Lovepedal AMP Eleven that
shares similarities to Paul Cochrane's Tim....He has stopped making
the Tim in favour of the smaller Timmy....a pedal that Lovepedal
completely ripped off....A clone of a Timmy without the
asymmetrical/symmetrical clipping switch and Lovepedal's own COT 50
boost pedal added for good measure....all unashamed Klon type
pedals....”your beginning to see why Bill Finnegan gets so
pissy”....I bought my Amp
Eleven because here in the UK Timmy's are very hard to get
hold of....”sorry Paul....I did try and find a
Timmy....honest”....
It would
seem that you can't patent circuits the same way you can a men's
vibrating razor or else people would be being sued left right and
center....The thing is....it would be helpful to us pedal geeks if
company's were honest about the origins their pedals. If the Klon
started the whole clipping diodes thing off...."and to some
people....nailed it"....and makers like Xotic were honest
and said that their pedals were their own version's a Klon....but
with tweaks that in their view makes them better or takes the Klon
Tone in another direction....we would all be better informed for our
next guitar pedal purchases....basically if you read “transparent
and dynamic”about a pedal....8 out of 10 times it's going to be
doing something Klon like on the inside....EHX is sort of being
honest....”or cashing in on the Klon magic as it ain't no
Klon”....
There are so
many pedals on the market that owe a hell of a lot to Bill
Finnegan....to pick the best one....it comes down to what you want
from the pedal....do you want boost....gain or both.....Now that I
have a Klon and a Timmy....or....a Golden Eagle and a Amp
Eleven....it is very obvious that no one has bettered these two
legendary pedals....they sound amazing on their own or working
together....Xotic's AC and RC Boosters have tried to expand on the
Klon thing ....but their own AC+ in my opinion is the better pedal
and that's a Tube Screamer type pedal....So the answer to my shoot
out is either a Klon....a Timmy or both....they are simple to use and
awesome sounding pedals....Saying all that....if I could only have
one guitar....one amp and one pedal would I choose a Klon or a
Timmy....NO....I would choose a TC Electronic Vintage Tube Primer or
a T-Rex Moller...."they are the same pedal"....again
they are TS type pedals....but with a klon thing going on that makes
them better than just a Klon or TS pedal....Since I've had my Tube
Primer....it's the only pedal that has stayed on every pedalboard
I've made up....I love my Golden Eagle....but it's a one trick
pony....The Tube Primer/Moller is one hell of an overdrive
pedal....and about the best Tube Screamer you can buy....and even
better with a Golden Eagle in front of it....
After all I have read in the last week
or so to help me write this piece I have been left with a couple of
stand out opinions....1. that Paul Cochrane sells the Timmy too
cheaply....2. that the new Klon KTR is never going to out shine the
Klon Centaur simply because it's not hand wired.....and ….3.both
Bill Finnegan and Paul Cochrane in my view have been royally screwed
over....both having had their designs stolen by unashamed harpies....
Definition of a Harpy 1. Greek
Mythology One of several loathsome, voracious monsters with the head
and trunk of a woman and the tail, wings, and talons of a bird. 2.
harpy A predatory person. 3. harpy A shrewish woman.....
Now if Bill Finnegan and Paul Cochrane
would join forces and together set up a company making hand wired
Klons....Timmys....and dual Klon and Timmy pedals....it was Paul C
that Bill got to help him make the buffer/true-bypass switch for the
KTR....quite frankly the world would be a better place...."it
would sound better anyway"....and it would definitely be a
huge Up Yours to everybody that has ever ripped these guys off....I
do feel bad that I have had so much from Bill and Paul but never
given either of them any of my money....but instead given it to
others....that are a little less deserving....
….so to cut a long story short for
all those who don’t want to read my ramblings....yes the EHX Soul
Food is as good....if not better....than a Klon Centaur....k.j.
"I have re-done this post....it
now incorporates the Klon Klot Shootout Post....I hope this stops any
confusion with Tube Screamer/Klon circuits....I have also got rid of
a number of things....
The OKKO Diablo vs Xotic's
AC+vs DigiTech Bad Monkeyvs T-Rex Michaelangelo
Overdrivebit
....on
reading....didn't make much sense....rofl....it's not like the post
has been up for a couple of years....oops....Thanking You Ms
OD....k.j.
....ooooh baby....k.j.