8 Nano-Sized Klon Klones (Decibelics, Wampler, MXR, Nux, BYOC, Tone City, Mosky) 

I’ve always wished that pedal and amp demos would use a looper. That removes any bias that the player may have for a certain option.

Just wanna say I watch about 6 different pedal channels and this one is leagues above the rest, keep up the badassery!

All brands copying Klon: gold, yellow, silver, black with gold or yellow MXR: ....BLUE....

These videos are so good, it makes me very sad that the channel appears to have stopped posting, wherever the creator is, I wish them well

I've never fallen into the Klon hype, but that MXR sounded awesome and it's almost $100 less than the Decibelics. If I had to choose I'd definitely go for that one. Great video!

The loud mode on the Silver Mosky is 2xLEDs, quieter mode 2xGe, same as the Gold.

This awesome format of demoing would could be potantialy the best way to check the diiferences between Tube Screamer, Klon, Blues Breaker, Zendrive and OCD type of OD's, i would personally add a BB Preamp in the mix because im interested in it since Andy Timmons uses it for a tube screamery kind of tone.

honestly i love this channel, the loops you use are amazing and the fact you use them at all is a rarity among pedal channels (which is a huge surprise)

So i received my "Muslady Golden Horse" a couple of weeks ago. I fell in love immediately. That's the cheapest pedal i have ever owned and it's the only one along with a tube-screamer like that i would never want to do without. It just makes everything sounds better: clean, drives, chords, riffs, high gain. I didn't understand Why people use it as a clean boost. Well i do now. It's where it really shines, it's like magic. I originally wanted an Archer but it's 11 times the price....

wow, nice one! decibelics golden horse is the absolute best pedal in the video, don't get me wrong. but mosky golden horse being almost 1000% cheaper (not being hyperbolic) than the decibelics, it is the number one top winner in this comparison, even with it's downsides (louder noise floor/less headroom). thanks for the video, amazing!

I took a chance buying the mosky golden horse. At the price, I figured why not? I was pleasantly surprised how good it was compared to the other higher end pedals on my board. Today I did a recording session where my rhythm tone was the mosky (output and tone at 1 o'clock and tone at 11 o'clock) for versedls & pushed by an xotic ep booster at minimal setting for choruses. For solos, I used the mosky pushing a revv G2. It's a fantastic little pedal. Even better since it's so affordable.

This is the channel of my dreams. Thank you for creating the best pedal comparison demos. The manufacturers MUST pay you for those honest reviews. When demos like this are biased towards some companies (such as when the player obviously picks harder and more carefully when demonstrating the "more expensive" equipment), it seems like mocking the customers and doing this only destroys the will to buy those products. And products seem like they have "nothing to hide" when the comparison demos are objective. Because your demos show for what differences we are paying more/less. Can you please make a series of videos where common dirt pedals or their clones (such as ocd, ts, muff, rat etc.) stacked with each other? Because the usual case is to stack them for screaming solos or chunky, edgy rhythm tones.

All great pedals, but the coolest one is the NUX horseman. From the graphics, to the knobs, a silver mode and true/buffered bypass. We might have different preferences which horse 🐴 is better but there is no debate that this channel is the G.O.A.T. 🐐!!!

At the end it's like I on the road, trying to tune to a radio station and some smaller but closer station is getting in the way. Neat.

Great demo. These are the best pedal comparisons on RU-vid. Please come back and make more!

Your demos are my favourite, keep up the good work! You using the Boss Katana also gives me the most accurate reference for my gear, so that's a plus. Also, your videography and the set with the books and the wooden floor looks unique in a great way!

Great comparison - the Decibelics Golden Horse is still my favourite in this area

PB I hope you will eventually come back with more comparisons. As so many have already said; your format really is amazing. I would say it’s the best.

You made the best pedal comparison videos. I’ve seen others try to imitate your approach but none come close.

Once again, I'm just here for the loop. Once again, it did not disappoint

This demo rocked, especially with the looper providing consistent input. I love the pedals I use now but I have this fantasy of a really portable nano-pedal board for gigs.

This was like a ballet of switching pedals 👏

I did my research and got the NU X horseman. The option of buffered or true bypass, and the dual modes sold me because I like options. I don't care if it doesn't quite clone a Klon. It's a different clip than my TS and my Super Metal, and blend well between them. It sounds fat and smooth, and has TONs of boost.

The pedal board demos/comparisons are very, very helpful. Thank you. And I love the books.

Almost got cocked wah sounding at the end, which was brill. Love this format and your fastidious nature in coaxing all of the tones it off the pedals. Kudos to you

Hands down the best demo videos i have ever seen in youtube.

This should be how all pedal comparisons are done. Thank you!

Great vid again. That looped track is so catchy aswell.

Love love love these vids. Best way to judge pedals...and love the loops.

I love this demo for originality and fun. It has helped my search for a klon clone and was entertaining. Thumbs up. Subscribed!

Love this comparison! The MXR is so close, but with price comparison the moskys would seem to be a really good value. Silver seems more versatile, the extra bass boost might be a good option to have if you switch between HB guitars and say teles or some other single coils. Great loop!

Best K copy review I've seen yet. Its the MOSEY & TONE CITY for me. Seriously, great job.

I’ll number thoughts this time: 1. Excellent video, this is entertaining and extremely helpful. 2. Good to know the MXR is basically as faithful as it gets to a proper Klon, some folks on guitar forums ragged on it, but I’m now sure it was due to confirmation bias that a mass produced pedal can’t possibly be a proper Klon. 3. What is up with mini BYOC pedal gain pots? I had a Li’l Op Amp Big Muff clone from BYOC and the gain didn’t get into proper Big Muff territory til it was at 75%! This Li’l Klon has the same issue. 4. Running 7 mini Klons together gives you a good shoegaze tone. Kevin Shields will see this and immediately buy 7 more Klons. 5. Ever try the Way Huge Conspiracy Theory? I got one for less than $100 on a Memorial Day sale and it’s awesome. Not sure how it compares to the MXR (they’re both under Dunlop’s corporate umbrella) but it does everything I want a Klon to do and it’s built like a tank. 6. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the Boss SD-1 shootout!

Love these true side by side comparisons, I get the impression you have spent a lot of time getting the aesthetics just right too, I mean look at the way the cables are beautifully arranged. That's no accident. Great stuff, I have a Mosky Golden Horse that I bought as a stop gap for a while but on hearing it against some others it really does look like a bargain. That said if I could justify it, I'd have a Tumnus. Again. Great stuff and please keep the bids coming.

Another awesome video, brother! As expected, the Decibelics is ace as it’s a true “clone” in every way. But for return on investment, I still think the Mosky Golden Horse is solid at $18. I really like the Tone City Mad Horse too, although it’s more of a stand alone distortion pedal than a Klon knock off in my opinion. I like a lot of the pedals from that Tone City series, especially the Sweet Cream (which is a Mad Professor Sweet Honey clone), the Tape Machine (which is a Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay clone), and the Summer Orange (which is an MXR Phase 90 clone).

I think you're demos are some of the best out there. Love this channel dog!!

So I really love the idea of a loop playing into the pedals for comparison. However having them all in the same signal chain doesn't work with Klones. Most of these pedals are running a buffer so while the horseman is last in the chain it will sound totally different if you move it to the front.

This vid makes me feel better about having spent the ridiculous money on a Decibelics - thanks :)

Great video. Effective comparison, good observations, and informative. Well done.

Appreciate the straightforward method of demonstration AND your own evaluative comments.

No forever pedals, even change tuners. Love the review, thanks. Got their Spring Reverb on the merits of the GH.

Outside of the awesome demo, I’m loving the shit out of the tune. Really great music!

That was a great way of comparing. NO TALKING because it is smarter this way. I'm going with the horseman because it's two in one, and that mid-hump you mentioned will be different when I set it for more treble. And I play ceramic pickups which are mid-heavy.

Always enjoy your loops, and the character they develop as you walk through effects. Bottom line, any of these units would work to give you the Klon sounds. I agree with your final assessment.

I've just discovered this channel and comparisons are great. One note though: unity gain pot position doesn't have to do anything with pedal headroom. It might be just a different pot tapper, or entire clipping section, who knows.

Wish I'd found your channel sooner. These are perfect comparison videos

Dude this was brilliant. Glad to see the MXR was a super close match because that’s the one I have on my board!

For $20-$30 the Mosky is a must have for EVERY guitar player.

Brilliant. I like your sense of humor. Great noise in the end of the video! Yep, I watched it to the very end. And, regardless of this demo, I bought Tumnus. Subscribed.

Best pedal demo channel I've seen yet. Thanks for posting.

Despite the brilliant pedal comparison you do I absolutely love your loops!

Awesome demo as usual! Your method is truly the best way to evaluate similar types of pedals. I literally laughed out loud when I read, "Christ, is loud!", so thank you for that.

"Let's see if I can make this lot sound horrible" is something I can really get behind. For the record it sounded awesome

Great video.im a golden horse user.love it with my telecaster and deluxe reverb.thanks for letting me know I made the right choice Cheers

I hear great things about THE GOOD SOUND mod of the Mosky pedals. Supposedly changing out two diodes gives the pedal MEGA headroom.

This video is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you.

I never thought to put my looper before pedals when comparing tone. Great idea! I have the MXR Sugar Drive and love it.

Fantastic format for comparing pedals, love your channel

Thank you so much for the video! I've tried in a shop the MXR and I found it nice, but the price tag was a bit too high for me. After your video I went for the cheapest one (and there's a boost in it!)

I ordered a Gold Mosky two days ago to try out having a Klon sound, so your final assessment was a relief!

Dude, you are awesome. I love just about everything you do in these videos. Thank you!

In my opinion, no doubt, Decibelics wins

Come back to us. Your channel was the best bro

You're definitely right that the high headroom of the Boss Katana 50 probably precludes you from showing everything of which these pedals are capable. I'd love to see these pedals hit the front end of a British valve amp like an AC15. It would probably make it even more clear where your money goes when you buy one! For me, I've found cheap pedals have a problem with noisy switches.Its something you don't really get to hear in most demos, but your demos do a good job showing how cheap pedals can often have a bit of a noise/volume 'pop' when first engaged that higher-quality pedals don't deal with. It was unfortunately the reason why I had to return my Black Secret and I ended up just getting the regular RAT.

I'm getting a lovely seventies vibe from the loop.

Great video, man! I'm not done watching the vid but I know it's a quality right here... Anyway if I can request please do a comparison on treble booster pedals.. Thanks

Thanks for the thorough comparisons. The mosky gold was my first dirt pedal. It was definitely a great introduction to drive and I still enjoy it. But now I need to find a pedal that can do that awesome pseudo-synth sound you pulled at the end. 🤘🏼

Perfect video! Love it! Really surprise about the MXR, seems it will my first MXR on my board! :)

One of the greatest comparison ever seen. Thanks~~~~

I love your approach........let me "hear" not watch you show off playing skills while trying to hear! Great video!!

Volume settings are irrelevant, they are just using different tapers, Taper B or A.

Just picked up a mosky silver horse, can’t wait

You make the best pedal shootouts on youtube dude

This is a fantastic demo. Very illuminating and instructive.

All on at once was hilarious. Awesome demo man!

Awesome shootout! Love the Roald Dahl books on the background.

I've never tried a few of the newer affordable Klones, like the NUX, the Way Huge, and the TC one, but I've tried almost all the rest, as I'm a Klone freak. I've tried the Soul Food, which I hated, and was my least favorite of all. I like the Mosky Gold and Silver even more than it, but they are very low on my list too, as is the Sugar Drive. My favorites, that I've kept, are the Caline Medusa and Pegasus (the Medusa is the better of the two, IMO), the Joyo Tauren, and the Tone City Bad Horse. The others I have tried that I like less than those, but more than the Mosky, EHX, and MXR ones, are the Tone Bakery Creme Brulee, the two Chinese Centaur ones, one of them with the in/out jacks on the top, and one with the jacks on the side (that one is higher gain and more compressed, while the one with the top mounted jacks is lower gain and less compressed, more like the Pegasus), and the Xin Sound RM-10, which is very much like the Centaur with the side mounted jacks, and has the highest output of them although the Tauren is very high output too.

I'm definitely getting that Mosky Golden Horse, if that's really the sound I need then I'm getting one of those higher end pedals later

I absolutely love the music! Is it original? Sounds great! Awesome video! Thanks!

I have the Bad Horse and the MXR. The Bad horse started to have this irritating high pitch hum that would drive me crazy. If I unplugged it and plugged it back in a few times it would go away. The MXR is amazing though. It became my most used pedal at the moment.

Great comparison. What about the buffer impedance from one pedal to the next? I think that would certainly effect any differences.

I have litterally watched this video about 6 times... I was not at all interested in a Klon, nor a clone of said Klon. That said, I just bought a Mosky Golden Horse for like... the price of a case of beer, with free shipping... That's GAS that anyone can afford. Merry X-mas to me! Great...GREAT video. Keep up the good work!

These riffs are magical, I honestly cannot get enough of it!

thought the mxr did the best overall re-creation. but in terms of overall "do i like the sound this pedal makes" i was actually quite taken by the Lil Pony. as you mention, if you want a (heh) workhorse that's going to last, definitely buy from a more established manufacturer, but the cheaper ones do have their place. as always a great review, honestly you basically set the standard for pedal shootouts my friend. appreciate your time

I would love for you to give a loop breakdown sometime. This tune is so good. My friend and I are attempting to break it down to jam with each other. On a side note i have the MXR Sugar Drive and it is a fantastic pedal. The Sugar Drive and the Keeley Phat Mod are my two favorite drives that i own, both of which you have featured.

golden/silver horse if you just want the clean. but the tumnus deluxe is the best version ive seen of them yet, because of the extra mid and bass knob for that bit of extra variety.

Thanks for doing this video. Great rundown.

The Mosky Audio Golden Horse nails it.

Dude. Easily the best pedal comparison videos around. Great work!

Thanks to your video I'll get a Mosky golden horse, great demo! I'll subscribe!

I stayed until the end for the trippy tune

Love the riff on this one!

I must weigh in lol. I own the Decibelics- love it for classic rock and lighter stuff. I use the Mosky Golden Horse for my 80’s hair band stuff. Sometimes I need a little more gain (grit,fuzz,fizz,zapp,boom,”jape”) for some solos. Flying High Again by Ozzy is one of them. The roughness, or harshness of the Mosky works perfect for 80’s hair metal. BTW, I use a relatively low gain setting for the rhythm of flying high, so I need more gain for the solo-cause my talent booster pedal is broken.

The Horseman wasn’t bad. But the Tumnus and Decibelics seem worth the extra $ to me. The Tumnus sounded the best at lower gain, but fell off a bit once the gain went up. I have the Tumnus and haven’t noticed that myself, but maybe I just like the sound with lower gain for a Klon

Nice bit o' noize at the end there! Got the Mosky Gold and do like it, probably more than more expensive Marshall. However already there is something catching on the jackplug which means it's harder to take out and sometimes needs to be pulled out slightly to make sound. This after only a few months and maybe a couple of gigs where it was on s table so bear that in mind for longevity considerations. Cheap n cheerful fun though and you can always buy two and still save

Decibelics and the Sugar Drive were the 2 best, imho, and the two that sounded the most alike. Mosky's were v. good, but I liked the Bad Horse better. L'il pony sounded least like a klon. Interesting vid!

Bro. Honesty. Actually turning on all the pedals and then stacking gain sounds like an AMAZING outro for a song lmao.

What a good job ! Thanks a lot. A french musician.

2 me the Nux wins this by a long shot. Both in tone and price. It's the only one that seems to get the low end right from the OG klon. Also the voicing of it's gainier tones is the most pleasing.

The Nux sounded the fullest and had the most character, but because of that it sounded the least like the others. The Li'l Pony sounded neat with high gain. I would likely choose the Bad Horse based on this demonstration. It seemed to be pushing the drive in a tighter, more focused way than the others.