N Stuff Music I picked the green. Just better tone to my ear. More character to it. The red sounds about like a Super Overdrive, which is nice, but the Boss is about $50. 😆✌️
@@pcollenyt3683 the Tumnus definitely sound good, especially in a cleaner amp or maybe with single coils, but the Klon will stack better with an amp that is hotter, precisely because it tightens the low end and gives a little mid spike. Like with anything, it really depends on the application. The Klon will be puncher though, either way.
@Infinite Revery Stuff on the Tube it's not like trying it yourself, you may have nasty surprises but then do what you please, I'll stick with the Soul Food (I've tried several "diy" Klon copies....terrible stuff)
@Infinite Revery Well as you know we don't perceive frequencies in the same way,everyone has his own ears. To me the SF seems pretty well balanced and absolutely not that midrangey but as I said above we all have different sensibilities. 😉
The green sounds greener and the red a little bit more red but I don’t know , maybe I’m confused because your shirt is also green. The thing is both sounded exactly like a boss metal zone .
This is the third video I've seen where the Klon goes head-to-head with the Soul Food. I'm always amazed at how closely they sound against each other. How much longer are buyers going to continue to pay stupid-expensive prices for Klons when they can get a Soul Food for just $79? I love my Soul Food. God Bless Mike Matthews and EHX!
Anything that the Soul Food might be lacking can damn sure be dialed in with a run of the mill EQ pedal. One of my buddies has a Klon KTR. Same exact circuit as the Centaur with the added option of true bypass (which definitely sounds a little bit “meh”). We A/B’d his KTR with his son’s Soulfood and a Berhinger EQ pedal through a JHS A/B and we were able to nail the KTR’s tone to the wall through a pair of Deluxe Reverbs. A lot of these comparison videos test the effects head to head with the exact same settings. As long as you’re willing to turn a knob a couple millimeters one way or the other, you can come a lot closer in person. I won’t even get into the Wampler Tumnus vs the Klon. Unless you’re a top tier session musician or have Eric Johnson’s ears and can tell the difference between the brand of batteries in your vintage Arbiter Fuzz Face, you will not be able to discern any difference between a Klon or the Tumnus, especially in a mix and especially at live gig volume. Hell, even the guy who built the Centaurs says the prices their fetching these days is borderline retarded. It’s a great OD for sure, but it’s garnered this reputation among the cork sniffers of the guitar community and there it shall remain for no logical reason.
I'm listening though a good pair of Parrot V3 headphones, bluetoothed to my PC, and I really couldn't tell any difference between the two. In a live gig situation, either one would do the trick.
In this video, for the position of the vol, tone and drive controls used (?), I hear (*) the red (KLON) with more mid-bass and more drive than the green (Soul Food). (*) My monitors are two 15" boxes!
The red (Klon) sounded a little hotter. I liked it better on the bridge pickup. The green (clone) sounded more clear on the neck pickup. But I can’t help but think the clone would sound nearly identical if the gain was boosted just a hair.
I guessed that the green was the Klon. Which pleased me no end, as I have a Soulfood and could never justify paying 2 or 3 grand for one pedal. Especially when it would take up about a quarter of my pedal board.
I couldn't tell a difference until I put on head phones but I thought the red one sounded better. Someone else already mentioned it but it sounded much more tube like, open and spacious. I was really hoping it was the soul food.
The Soul Food is a reasonable boost. But it's not as good as an overdrive pedal. The gain structure isn't pleasant (my opinion) and the bottom-end loss (which is tough to deny) is worse than most other O/D pedals. I have found that it can stack pretty well with other O/Ds and distortions - but, mostly, it's just a decent boost pedal.
With the gain on zero there is little to no bottom end loss.. It's just wen you move the gain control, because that's what the overdrive circuit does.. It effectively cuts lows and boosts high mids... Presumably so as to go into an already overdriven amp and not get muddy. The Tumnus has more low end, but softer high mids, so it might work Jocelyn on a clean channel, but won't cut through as much when and amp already has some crunch.
Klon’s mids sounded slightly harsher than the Soul Foods but other than that I really couldn’t see a difference. Soul Food clear winner because of the price
I like the red more as used in thimese clips. I know it's the Klon. I'm a metal guy too. I have the EHX. Works nicely for what I use it for.. A clean boost into high gain. Max out the volume, keep the tone at noon (or max 1 o'clock, depending on the amp and the cmfain setting (with gain on zero, I turn the tone up a notch and with gainanywhere above 0, I move the tone gkoser to noon) , and then for the gain, it's on zero, or turn it up a notch or too not for more grit, but because it tightens the low end a bit.. So not enough to give it much distortion at all.. But just enough to cut the lows a bit. I think the gain on zero turns it into a clean boost right? The gain circuit actually cuts low end, so basically I just find the right balance with the amp to clean some mud if I need to. I'm going to get A Decibelics kline next to see how I like that, and then I'm pretty much done with getting any more Klons I suppose.
I've owned a real KLON since 1998. It was stolen and recovered about 15 years ago. I gig with the Soul Food now for obvious reasons...but it also sounds almost exactly the same as the real thing with simple eq tweeks. You'll need to stop equating the sound of the KLON in any reference to it's current collector value. There's no connection whatsoever .
At $5K for the Klon, one would pay not for the incrementally better sound quality (and it does sound better), but to own a piece of music history. It is not unlike dropping $200K for a Dumble amp. I'll forego the worry of owning a $5K museum piece, use the $50 Soul Food, and keep the $5K in my pocket.
There was no question that the red was the Klon; it just had a creamy smoothness lacking in the Soul Food. That said, the Soul Food still sounds good, and given the price difference, I know which one I’d buy 😉👍.
Liked red one much better. Sounds more tube amp like, better touch sensitivity/ dynamic range. I think the player likes it better too by the way he plays it.
Green is Soul Food. I know because I have one. I know what it sounds like when the tone knob is turned past 1 o'clock.I can be wrong too, so who knows.
Klon has a little more grit at low gain settings, which I like. BUT - there's no way I'm going to pay $2K for that tiny difference! I own the Soul Food and love it.
Just to point out, tests involving red and green LEDs mean nothing to a large percentage of males who are red/green color blind. What we think is red or green might not actually be correct, so the opinions expressed are suspect.
Sorry but this is one of the worst comparison videos I have seen...I know what you are trying to get from the watchers but as far as a comparison, uhh no!
