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Behringer's move was pure marketing genius. Create a controversy, and then just change the name after the uproar. The crazy thing is that now people are trying to sell those $80 pedals for $200-400, like they are something special! And Behringer didn't really take any money out of Finnegan's pocket since he's not really building units... even the KTR has been out of production for 15 yrs. Bill builds one or two pedals, and sells it online once in a blue moon to keep his registration current. And when Andertons did a comparison of a bunch of OD pedals, the Zentara actually got picked over the real Klon. My NotAKlon works better than most pedals because Josh was clever enough to include a tube of black GOOP to cover the magic diodes. THAT was the real secret sauce, just like Dumble did. I think it has something to do with the Photonic Interference Factor, a hitherto unknown aspect of audio reproduction!

Very nice tune and tone!

NIce sounding guitar and playing

Such a classy guitar and sounds great in the recording!

Tons of pedals are just straight rip offs of other circuits. Behringer took it a step too far by copying the only elements that can be trademarked and deserved to get spanked. They do some shady things that I do not support but other times I think they get it right. I love my Behringer Model D. I can't afford an original and Im not the demographic that Moog was targeting with their $5,000 reissue so they didn't take any money out of Moog's pocket.

I had a great time building this Klon Centaur clone from Ceriatone. No idea if it sounds like the real deal or not and don't care. Sounds good to me!

Took my second trip to True Tone music here in L.A. to play this bad boy again. It's a used artisan aged custom core and it's a beauty. From the online descriptions, I thought the artisan aged thing might be kind of a gimmick but in person I thought it looked really nice. I compared it to a few other guitars including a Gibson '59 reissue. The Gibson was nice but defintely not better and that is one steep price tag on those as well. Plus I much prefer the neck joint at the 19th fret on the Heritage for the easier upper fret access. Even though it was artfully done, I don't think I'd pay extra for the aging if I was placing an order on a new guitar. I also have my heart set on an original sunburst otherwise I'd be very tempted to figure out how to make this one mine.

Spent an hour Friday comparing an H-530 standard with the custom core model I had played previously. Despite the public flogging I got above from Rich 😅, I'm going to have to double down on the 50's style neck carve being the one for me. Both guitars were very nice and the price on the standard is much more attractive. That said, I'll just have to keep saving and keep an eye out for a used custom core that I can eventually afford. Not sure if the 60's vs 50's neck carve matters to the OP or not but it is worth considering if you are extremely particular in this area. Overall, the custom core model definitely had a more premium vibe to it but I'm not sure the cost difference between the two models is justified. If the standard had the 50's neck carve, I wouldn't even be considering the custom core. The standard 530 sounded just as good and the cost savings is substantial. I know the OP wasn't asking about the 530 but I'd imagine the differences to be somewhat similar with the other Heritage models as well.

I bought a NotAKlon a while back. It sounded every bit as good as my EH SoulFood, and was quieter as well. Plus it was a fun little project to assemble it. It's been on my pedal board for over a year. JHS was having their Black Friday sale (25% off) yesterday, and I decided to pick up their NotADumble to play with. I've always been a bit fascinated with the Dumble mythology. I'm curious to see what it sounds like. I've read some stuff where people really like it, others where they don't, so I'll just have to make my own decision. It's probably a better use of $100 than if I just went to the casino down the road.

I got the same earlier today. I finally got logged in, and thought that maybe the site was being inundated with bots. When I looked at online users, it was me, and LK155 was listed at 24 minutes earlier. I'm guessing maybe the system has been rebooted? I'm not having an issue logging in, and I see 4 of us online right now. Weird!

I've been getting lots of these recently....

Damn. LOL! Thats terrible. Hah! I will probably get one

I am truly enjoying this guitar. Proportions make it very comfortable and playable. I’ve discovered what I’ve been missing all these years in a floating pickup. About ten years ago i played and fell for a vintage Guild Artist award with a Dearmond Rhythm Chief but it was pristine, blond and very expensive. Spending a few days now with my Sweet 16 i can tell that the immediacy and organic feel of the floating pickup that was part of why i loved the Guild so much. There was more to it, how the neck fit my hand, how the body sat just right in my lap and put the fretboard in the perfect spot for me…. This Sweet 16 is pretty close at less than half the price of the Guild (10 years ago). I’m ordering the Armstrong single coil today. We’ll see what that brings with it in terms of tone and feel. More to come…

I have had my Behringer Klon for about three weeks now and am blown away by it. I am not really a pedal guy as I use mostly digital FX but I could not pass up this one because of the price. Here is another interesting Klon shootout. Got to 37:22 for a real Klon vs. the Behringer.

Exact same issues. ???

Congratulations on your new 'Sweetie'! Play that beauty in good health. 👍

Yeah, I'm seeing that a lot as well, as soon as I try to access the site, long before clicking on anything.

It sometimes happens when I first try to log in. It also happened when I tried to save this post the first time I wrote it. I came back a half hour later and it took. Don't know how that would have gotten double clicks.

Some of the best Heritage archtops I've experienced have been the Sweet 16. The 575 is nice too, but the Sweet 16 with it's longer scale works really well. The Armstrong single is a super pickup. They have 7k and 11k options on tap. I've set them up with a small slider switch under the guard to make it selectable. Both settings sound and work good. The woods on your 16 are very nice. Enjoy.

Beautiful, enjoy.

Sweet! Congrats. That is a good looking guitar.

That's a sweet, sweet 16! Congrats on your NGD!

Very nice, congrats!

I believe it is caused by multiple clicks occurring before the last function has completed execution