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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Effects pedals

    Guitar and bass effects — overdrive, distortion, fuzz, delay, reverb, modulation, and more, in pedal, rack, and multi-effects formats.

Representative model

  • 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.