Thanks for taking the time to do this, Mike. Yeah, I didn't goop mine either. I agree with you - it is a great pedal. I love mine as a boost and thickener for the neck pickup on a cheap Squier strat I have.
My Notaklon arrived a couple days ago and assembled it using only my Leatherman with the pliers and screw drivers. But I've been jammed with work, so I haven't had much time to test it yet. It is a bit surprising how "transparent" it is - it doesn't change the tone of the guitar much which I like. I did an A/B test with my ODR-mini and it actually gets very close. I'll try the MXR Timmy and Wampler Tumnus to see how those comparisons fare. Cheers!
@timchalmers1700 yes, as much as the word "transparent" gets over used, the Klondike is well known to be exactly that. I suppose that's why it it so beloved. I've only been able to compare mine with my Soul Food and my Archer. The Soul Food is really good, but, both the Archer and the Notaklon are my 2 favs.
I've had a few budget Klon clones ranging from $35 to $250, and to this day my personal favorite was the Soul Food,... hands down. All the others were a bit too dark for my taste. I've never even been in the same room as a real Klon, but the $35 Mosky sounds criminally close to the J. Rockett Archer,... maybe just a tiny bit more noise.
Yup, I've been running mine into the LPD Sixty 8. It also sounds great into the Wampler Triumph. That said, it really does sound pretty good on its own. I just picked up a J. Rocket Archer. I'm looking forward to doing some comparisons to other Klone clones. I'll probably have to pick up a Tumnus as well.
You can definitely do this, my friend. It's very easy to put together, even though, it's jut a bit unnerving when breaking the circuit board apart, but it's all good.
