Hyped Overdrive
Description: It's possible to love a pedal but also think the hype and mystique is ridiculous right? This is a true clone of an original 90's silver Klon that was de-gooped, traced and the schematic shared online. All the original components that make it special are here, the internal voltage charge pump (doubles the 9V internally to 18V), germanium clipping diodes, buffered bypass etc. But not wanting to leave things alone, I added a couple mini switches to the bottom right of the circuit board if you take off the back cover (see last image). 'FAT' mode switches in a different capacitor for a slightly fuller, fatter sounding (dare I say better sounding?) Klon. And there is also a clipping switch for selecting between the stock germanium diodes (GE) and LED diodes which change the distortion character of the pedal, making it louder and more dynamic and amp-like (all the buzzwords). Play with them and see which you prefer! Runs on your standard 9V Boss-style center-neg power supply (...
It's possible to love a pedal but also think the hype and mystique is ridiculous, right?
This is a proper clone of an original 90's silver Klon that was de-gooped, traced and the schematic shared online, with a few extra tricks up it's sleeve. The perfect transparent overdrive to push a tube amp to breakup or to stack with other kinds of drive pedals.
- NOS Soviet germanium clipping diodes that I have found to be closest in spec to the orginal "mythical" Centaur diodes (if you care about such things)
- Runs on your standard 9V Boss-style center-neg power supply (do not run more than 9v on a true Klon clone as it has a voltage doubler to 18V inside!! *no battery clip on any of my pedals*)
- Soft touch relay footswitch
- True Bypass!
- Handbuilt with love in small batches in Vancouver, Canada
Not wanting to leave things alone, I added a couple mini switches to the bottom right of the circuit board if you take off the back cover (see last image).
- 'FAT' mode switches in a different capacitor for a slightly fuller, fatter sounding (dare I say better sounding?) Klon. Note that this switch is only audible when the gain is up past halfway.
- A clipping switch for selecting between the stock germanium diodes (GE) and LED diodes which change the distortion character of the pedal, making it louder, more dynamic and amp-like (all the buzzwords). Again, only noticable at higher gain settings when the diodes come into play. Play with them and see which you prefer!
| Title | Hyped Overdrive |
|---|---|
| Category | Discontinued or On Hiatus |
| SKU | HO-1 |
| Condition | new |
