Maker
Klon
Boutique overdrive pedal maker
Klon is a boutique guitar pedal maker founded by Bill Finnegan, known for the Centaur overdrive (built 1994-2008) that popularized the transparent overdrive, and its current KTR reissue.
Models
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Klon KTR
Effects pedal · United States
The redesigned KTR reissue, debuted in 2014, matching the original Centaur's tonality in a smaller housing with Gain, Treble, and Output controls and a switchable buffered or true-bypass design.
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Klon Centaur
Effects pedal · United States
An overdrive built by Bill Finnegan from 1994 to 2008 (around 8,000 units) that sought to emulate a cranked tube amp and is credited with popularizing the transparent overdrive, adding gain with minimal change to the underlying tone.
Sources
Categories
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Effects pedals
Guitar and bass effects — overdrive, distortion, fuzz, delay, reverb, modulation, and more, in pedal, rack, and multi-effects formats.
Representative model
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Klon Centaur
Effects pedal · United States
An overdrive built by Bill Finnegan from 1994 to 2008 (around 8,000 units) that sought to emulate a cranked tube amp and is credited with popularizing the transparent overdrive, adding gain with minimal change to the underlying tone.