Klon Clone

[rwinking]

I have never owned a Klon but have heard and played many. I have always liked them, just never owned one. I was watching the Anderton guys do a clone shootout. What hit me was that the Behringer Zentara was pretty much indistinguishable from a "real" Klon and every bit as good or better that all of the other clones out there. So I figured I would try one. The Zentara is by Behringer and is currently $62.97 US at Sweetwater so I could not pass it up. It is well built and sounds really great. I had read that the build quality was good and it certainly is. What a great pedal! Most of the other Klon clones start at $200 and go  up from there. Granted, I am not a pedal collecter and use either the Line 6 or Quad Cortex versions that are on board their units. This is just a nice pedal to have around for going into a tube amp.

I have no affiliation with Sweetwater or Behringer.

[rockabilly69]

I've owned a lot of clones of the Klon, my favorite is the Mythical Overdrive with the right diodes (1N34 germanium, and 0128 silicone). It's a close as I've heard to the real deal.

I also bought one of those Behringers, the original one before they renamed it, and I can say without a doubt it's not even in the ballpark of the real thing. That said, the little Behringer a decent clean overdrive especially if you don't want the mid bump of a Tube Screamer. I have used mine for just that.

You really have to know what a Klon does well before you can rate a Klon, and to me it's the clean push that it does to a signal, and it is combined with a touch sensitivity that no one talks about. I have played with my good friend Troy's real Klon, and we compared it to clones. When you add gain, the differences are much smaller, and most videos I see comparing to the real deal just don't show that. 

Here's mine (I still can't figure out how Behringer didn't get sued when they first offered it in the original case and called it a Centaur. Maybe they got a cease and desist letter)...