Attack of the Klons - Blindfold pedal challenge! Andertons Music Co. 

Timestamps if you want to jump back and forth.. Wampler Tumnus 3:56 Walrus Voyager 7:05 Ryra Klone 10:07 Klon KTR 13:25 Tone City Bad Horse 16:24 EHX Soul Food 19:34 J Rocket Archer Ikon 22:40 Keeley Oxblood 25:15 Mythos Mjolnir 27:57 JHS Soul Food MOD 31:09

Lee: "I'm just gonna..." *changes everything without saying anything*

Can you make a rig out of everything that scored the best out of these kinds of videos?

How about a "BOSS vs. Boutique" blindfolded shootout video?

Me: "Man, I love the sound of that friedman. It's just a tiny combo how expensive could it be..." Me, 5 seconds of googling later: *cries*

7:53 Rob: "Could you turn it off a minute?" Lee: *turns pedal off* Rob: "That's better." OH MAN😂

Can you please redo this challenge with the Captain or Pete doing it with a cleaner Fender amp. It would be interesting to see the difference in results.

It makes me happy whenever someone plays a Nuno riff. And especially happy when they play the BEST Nuno riff.

“The waptian” has a whole new meaning these days

*NO CHAPMAN OR VICTORY WAS USED IN THIS VIDEO* Today, the internet is proud...

The Wampler Tumnus is the stuff of unicorn poop in that tiny box!!! Amazing box!!

Im less than a minute into the video and it's already my favorite youtube video ever.

I love that the captions sometimes pick up the guitar playing as applause

Hey guys, I just wanna say I'm LOVING these pedal "blindfold" challenges. Thanks for doing them. It's really giving me an edge on my pedal choices! You guys rock!

Finally some love for SGs

These blindfold videos are great, most unbiased and interesting reviews on RU-vid

Curse you all! Before watching this video I didn't really care about a Klon or a Klone. Now I'm hunting for them online. This is why I stay broke! Seriously love these vids guys. You've taught me quite a bit over the years. Great work and keep em coming!

I loved the tone of the ryra for some reason that thick tone with still that super nice tone

The Taco+Tumnus is the best tone I've heard on this channel.

Just ordered a Tumnus from these guys that I’ve been hankering after for ages. Big fan of my Soul Food, but I just had to get one. Can’t wait to try it.

Having had a tumnus and returned it for it just not being my thing. The RYRA sounded great and looked cool like the original klon

I like this new format blindfold shot out. fast and fun to watch.

Awesome, I bought a oxblood two years ago, and it's still my favourite pedal

Wow, that Ryra! Fantastic classic rock tone.

Can we ban Rob from playing all guitars except SGs from now on? His SG riffage is just stellar.

Amp tone 3:46 Wampler Tumnus 3:57 Walrus Voyager 7:10 RYRA Klone 10:13 Klon KTR 13:33 Tone City Bad Horse 16:33 EHX Soul Food 19:50 J Rockett Archer 22:47 Keeley Oxblood 25:22 Mythos Mjolnir 28:08 JHS Soul Food Mod 31:13

Another great test is “which sounds best in a mix”

Great video. Elektron's Analog drive has also a very nice Klon style drive.

Great choices Rob your ears are undeniably good! I have the Oxblood and love it but that Tumnus was also sweet.

This channel has much more fun every day.. it's not just guitars and gear.. it's about playing and living in a joy way! Tk u !! Greetings for Brazil!

"You fought in the Klon Wars?"

That SG is super hot. Damn!

This entire video is just guitar tone porn, it’s so glorious and amazing.

Blindfold videos = the best videos

Apparently when Chappers called the Oxblood out as what he thought was the Mythos Klon, he had forgotten that the Captain told him that there were a couple of switches on the Oxblood. That was almost a dead give away for Oxblood or a JHS Custom Shop Mod of an EHX Soul Food. The KTR is Finnegan's remake of the original, glad it got the highest score. I think the Tumnus would need to be re-evaluated, because it was the first, there was nothing to really compare it to, although at a certain point that frame of reference is lost over 40 minutes with 10 Klons. I've listened to so many Klons to try to figure out which one I wanted recently, I can understand being Kloned out. Of the 3 at the very end, I liked the KTR myself, I thought the Oxblood was 2nd best of those 3 and the Tumnus a close 3rd. Every review & even Wampler himself, says the Tumnus is Wampler's own personal spin on a Klon, Wampler says he doesn't like to make a 1:1 clone copy, tends to add or deduct what he likes or dislikes from a clone to make it a Wampler pedal. FWIW, I heard enough in a Mosky Silver Horse review to go with a sub $ 30 Klon clone. That one has a soft & hard clipping switch, so it's probably would score somewhere in the range of any of these pedals. Would be interesting to revisit this and throw the Mosky Silver or Golden Horse into the mix. I don't think it would be as bad a score as the Walrus did, and easily as good as the Bad Horse ?

Looking forward to the first run of the "whelmed" t shirts.

We have to say, we whole heartedly approve of that t-shirt Lee! ❤️🤘 Great video as always!

I wish Pete and Rabea had reviewed these pedals .. Their tone and style of playing is more resonant with mine.

You combined the prequel and original trilogy in the opening crawl. I am happy with whoever made that up. Kudos!

Rob's ear is so keen, maybe he should become a sound engineer. He knows tone for sure.

Love it! I have the Tumnus, no regrets here. Shopping for the Oxblood, sounded more Rat-y to me thought, seems like a nice wide spectrum overdrive/distortion pedal.

Robs playing was killer! Having started a channel recently myself (not under this name) it's really hard to consistently come up with things to play especially if your tired/not in the mood/shooting back to back and he always does a great job, helps when you can fall back on a back catalogue of awesome riffs you've written too! :)

I have watched many or most of the vids from Andertons on Klon like pedals. My take is that I prefer Danish Pete’s playing style - more nuanced and melodic, but Chapper’s ear is much more refined and discerning….I trust Chappers ear implicitly, even though his playing too metal orientated

Credit to Chappers on that SG. Sounds exactly like an SG should. Love it.

So I take it the editor finally got that well deserved raise?

SG Rob is best Rob

i own a bad horse and I must say its best bang for buck. Great sounding pedal

Ryra is a great pedal for me is the best of these distortions pedals

Robert, thanks for speaking on this. You are truly a living LEGEND!!!

The Keeleys pedals are really amazing. I have 3 and they are my favorites

Oxblood was the best for me - doesn't sound like a Klon though. Out of the Klones, the KTR and the Ryra were my favourites.

I must agree. My two favorites were the Wampler and the Oxblood. And I would have to give the edge to the Oxblood. Honorable Mention to the Mythos. Honorable Mention to two Honorable Menschen: Rob and Lee. 🙌🏼

Greetings from Singapore! Your videos are amazing! :)

MXR Sugar Drive deserves to be in this! I demand you do it again!

Chappers' favourite riff is "just got paid" by ZZ Top! Plays it almost every time) Great tune and superb band by the way!!!)))

So the KTR brings out Nuno! 🤘🏼

Sometimes Rob just crushes some guitar licks during these pedal challenges.

Ok now I want an Oxblood pedal too. It DID sound great...That combo of SG into the Pink Taco was such a perfect fit too,...the pedal just seemed to really accentuate and take into uber-phat land that trademark and distinctive SG tonality....the three just sing, scream and grind together. Nice!

The RYRA orOxblood for me, killer tones! Had a soul food once, didn't like it. I feel the same now. (Gave it to a mate who is making better sounds with it than I ever did though, so it was probably me.)

Thanks, that was very helpful. I've narrowed it down to the Tumnus or Archer.

Damn...i love that SG

I clicked on this and then saw it was a 40 minute video. BONUS! No need for me to watch TV when I can watch these guys and learn something. I have owned a few of these and love the reviews. Thanks from USA

I’ve had some success with the walrus voyager with the same final settings. Interesting to hear it through a marshall relative to my ‘57 deluxe reverb. I’ve been using it to push the high end of the sound and have been swapping out a second overdrive behind the voyager. Helps with a really well rounded, thick sound and cuts through a mix well.

I too have had this pedal since its release, and it's still on my boards, and also an original Klon C. . . I love them both! I think Robert probably remembers me from Hawaii; and I'm happy that I acquired many of his superb pedals. Six of them are currently on my boards. You can't go wrong with RK pedals! Keep up the great work Robert!

That intro was epic!

I would have added the Soul Food Bass, in my opinion its even better for guitar than it is for bass.

Oh guys i just love you for such ridiculous things like this intro! 😂

well to be honest, the general idea of a Klon Centaur pedal is that it sounds great in every setting, so in that regard the Oxblood lost even if it sounded great in one particular setting

I like all these crazy blindfold tests, this pedal one has been quite informative for me on the tones of the pedals in question give out. Very helpful if your local guitar shop is a small business and can't stock every pedal available from the dealers they use.

I love how he chose KTR as the best. For my personal taste Wampler has the warmest and the Keeley has the most unique sound. I like how the oxblood can go from klon to 70's metal tone. Funny fact about the J.Rocket (7th) that almost everyone is obsessed about, Bill Finnegan(the creator of Klon Centaur) authorized J Rocket to make the klon but ended up not liking their quality somewhere down the line so they had a falling out. I love JHS but i always thought that their modded Soul Food didn't have anything special. Which sells for crazy amounts on the second market. Actually it must be the most expensive after the KTR

33:16 I agree with Lee (and not just because it's the one klone I own). The Archer Ikon is a fantastic pedal and, if I'm not mistaken, is from the people who actually built the KTR.

I have a Voyager and I must say that it works way better as more of a clean boost, which is what I think it’s designed for anyways. It has a great musical top end, and great mid push.

Gotta agree about the archer pedal, that sounded fantastic! That said, the whole lot was pretty impressive. Still can’t decide for myself between the archer or the tumnus.

Awesome to see an SG in your hands!

Some of the stuff Rob was playing is making me crave a new Dorje album so bad

These are getting better and better fellas

I’m still amazed at the Friedman.! Love the videos as per usual great job dudes.

dumble klone pedals next, I'm intrigued to hear that!!!!

I just bought a plus top pro and now I'm liking the sound and look of that SG, think my holiday spending money could take a hit!!

I always used my Soul food as more of a clean boost, but to each their own.

After hearing ONLY the tumnus for liek 1 note - THIS PEDAL IS JUST PUREGOLD!

RYRA is the King Klon Klone. Some great pedals here, but as far as sounding the most like a Centaur... It's the RYRA

Killing me with the Taako pronunciation!

The Tumnus is amazing!

I think the position of the Volume makes more of a difference in tonal quality more than anything else, the Oxblood changed completely. If Lee had played around with the volume knobs on the last few pedals, would have been a different outcome. Thanks for putting this up guys, nice to hear these all together! Waiting for pt. 2 with pedals like Matthews Architect, Tumnus v2, maybe even the Helix version! Cheers!

I feel a bit like they ended up using a lot of these to boost and squeeze out good sound from the preamp tubes of the freedman.

Do a marshall in a box blindfold challenge

I swear Rob plays the riff of "Just Got Paid" by ZZ Top in every challenge

I love these videos, I love the engament that Robert Keeley does, it's so rare for people to come in to the ocmments and tell us about their work and at the end of the day this one proves why rob thought it was the best. A clone with ideas.

This is absolutely glorious

Love my oxblood. You can get such a wide range of sounds out of it from an absolutely killer boost through to a fuzz. I always find the tone control needs to be at around 2/3 of the way around as a starting point as it can get a bit wooly below that as demonstrated here (I guess this depends a lot on the amp etc though)

That SG is really cool. Suits you rob. You vibed on it.

Rob would really love the Tumnus deluxe. So good

They should have included a Klon model in a Helix FX :D

"Tumnus" is, far and away, the best name. Maybe the best-named pedal of all time.

Good job guys I'm a big fan of Anderson's TV but you both are the star if I had anything to wish for it would be more lessons from you both they have helped me greatly with my playing

I try blindfold and my top 3 are wampler tumnus, mythos mjolnir, jhs soul food mod. Please make another one version this blindfold challenge with more clean amp like fender or single coil pickup

These recent videos have got me wanting some pink taco so godamn much

Classic '57's in the SG? P'ups make a big difference.

That Klon ktr is insane in both sound and price